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Solidarity with mass protests in China

Translation of leaflet from chinaworker.info for global solidarity demos with China’s mass protests Free the arrested • End Zero Covid • End dictatorship! The mass protests of November 2022 have changed China. Whatever happens in coming weeks, everybody now knows how much

Dec 4, 2022

World News

Brazil: Bury Bolsonarismo once and for all with working-class struggle!

Editorial of Ofensiva, newspaper of LSR, our sister organisation in Brazil Bolsonaro was finally defeated at the polls on 30 October. After so much suffering and backlash in recent years, this result represents a significant victory for workers and youth, for women,

Dec 3, 2022

World News

United States: Rail workers betrayed by Biden & the “Squad”

By Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Council member and member of Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) When AOC and other members of the “Squad” were first elected, most of them did so as self-identified “democratic socialists.” They ran on

Dec 2, 2022

Socialists and a Sinn Féin Government

Sinn Féin could well lead the next Government in the South. This would be historic in Irish politics but raises many questions, including: would Sinn Féin actually deliver the real change that working-class people need and hope for? Can Sinn Féin be

Dec 1, 2022

Environment·News & Analysis

What came from COP27? Hot air, fudges and meaningless agreements

By Ben Samond This year’s UN climate conference, COP27, ended just two days before the first football match kicked off in a World Cup so energy-intensive that its total emissions are set to equal those produced annually by the Democratic Republic of

Nov 30, 2022

World News

China’s mass revolt — Where now?

By Li Yong and Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info At the time of writing, police are massing in Chinese cities in an effort to stamp out the recent protest wave. Protests continue at universities. The coming weekend could see new street protests in cities

Nov 29, 2022

East Wall protests: Unite and fight for a decent life for all

By Conor Payne Conditions for the working class and the poor in Ireland and internationally, as well as for the planet, are deteriorating at an alarming rate because we live in a capitalist system that is only interested in super profits for

Nov 28, 2022

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Socialism 101: Are all workers exploited? Are there no good bosses?

By Harper Cleves In early November Elon Musk purchased Twitter. Within a week of his ascendancy, he had arbitrarily laid off over half of his staff internationally — by email. This is far from the first time workers have been unceremoniously sacked;

Nov 25, 2022

Reviews and Culture

Review: All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Edward Berger

By Thomas Carmichael Against a backdrop of an imperialist war of aggression in Europe and growing geopolitical tensions between superpowers that threaten to spill over into conflict far deadlier and more destructive than any yet seen in the 21st century, the current

Nov 24, 2022

News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism·World News

Woman, Life, Freedom: 25 November- International Day for the Elimination of Gender-Based Violence

“Woman, life, freedom” – This is the main slogan the masses in Iran have been shouting on the streets after the brutal killing of 22-year-old Jina (Mahsa) Amini. From Kurdistan to Azerbaijan, from Sistan and Baluchestan to Khuzestan – this movement has

Nov 23, 2022

Solidarity

Solidarity with mass protests in China

Brazil: Bury Bolsonarismo once and for all with working-class struggle!

United States: Rail workers betrayed by Biden & the “Squad”

Socialists and a Sinn Féin Government

What came from COP27? Hot air, fudges and meaningless agreements

China’s mass revolt — Where now?

East Wall protests: Unite and fight for a decent life for all

Socialism 101: Are all workers exploited? Are there no good bosses?

Review: All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Edward Berger

Woman, Life, Freedom: 25 November- International Day for the Elimination of Gender-Based Violence

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden