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News from around the world by authors from the Socialist Party and co-thinkers internationally

Europe’s scorching heatwave – capitalist climate crisis intensifies

By Jake O’Brien “This heatwave is a dress rehearsal… they are getting more frequent, stronger and lasting longer. Every summer we fail to prepare for them is a summer we pay for in lives.” These are the words of Dr. Hans Henri

Jul 21, 2026

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One year of war: Russian offensive begins as Ukraine war escalates

By Tom Crean, International Executive of International Socialist Alternative The horrific war in Ukraine, which began nearly a year ago, is by far the biggest on the European landmass since World War II. Total casualties, both dead and wounded, number in the

Feb 23, 2023

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World Economy: On a bumpy road towards an impending slump

By Eric Byl, ISA International Executive At the World Economic Forum in Davos Gita Gopinath of the IMF surprisingly announced that the fund would upgrade its economic forecast. This follows after months in which growth expectations were being downgraded by a whole

Feb 21, 2023

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Italy: Resist the right’s offensive in every workplace, school and street!

By Eugenio Marcigliano & Fabian Colyn The September general elections reaffirmed Italy’s deep political crisis. Yet another unstable coalition government, with all sorts of unelected technocrats as ministers, fell in July. With the lowest voter turnout since Mussolini still ruled, the right

Feb 20, 2023

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ISA 13th World Congress: Preparing for new twists and turns in the ‘Age of Disorder’

By Danny Byrne, ISA International Executive Between 30 January and 5 February, over 100 delegates and visitors participated in International Socialist Alternative’s 13th World Congress. Participants hailed from over 30 countries, across all continents. Most delegates participated in person, gathering in Belgium.

Feb 16, 2023

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Turkey / Syria / Kurdistan earthquakes: Horrific death toll – fate has nothing to do with it

By Serge Jordan, International Socialist Alternative Multi-storey buildings standing next to pulverized ones. A father holding his dead daughter’s hand, as her body, still lying on her mattress, is stuck in between layers of concrete. Small children in the cold rain crying

Feb 12, 2023

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Review: A Road Map for the US-China Cold War

Book review: Danger Zone — The Coming Conflict with China by Hal Brands and Michael Beckley offers a very scary road map for US victory in the new imperialist Cold War. Review by Adam N Lee chinaworker.info Brands and Beckley, specialists in

Feb 9, 2023

Earthquake hits Turkey, Syria & Kurdistan: Thousands killed, construction companies profit

By Serge Jordan, International Socialist Alternative The scenes of the lives shattered by yesterday’s earthquakes in Turkey, Syria and Kurdistan are painful to watch. I was in Turkey in the summer of 1999, just 40km away from the epicenter of the last

Feb 8, 2023

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Peru: La Toma de Lima uprising threatens coup-Government

By Darragh O’Dwyer The historic class confrontation sweeping Peru has entered its 7th week. On one side stands the Peruvian oligarchy and their loyal servants in the form of the deeply unpopular coup government. On the other, are the politically awakened workers,

Feb 4, 2023

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France: Millions of workers strike & protest against attack on pensions

By Arno, a member of Left Socialist Party, our sister organisation in Belgium As announced during the presidential campaign, the Macron government has launched its pension reform. To quote the programme, “raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, and a number

Feb 2, 2023

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US socialists say: “Tyre Nichols’ murder: We need mass protests to end racist policing”

By Socialist Alternative Black Caucus, Socialist Alternative is our sister organisation in the US This evening, the Memphis Police Department released a four-part video of the killing of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers. Nichols was pulled over in a traffic

Jan 28, 2023

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