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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

Socialist Feminism·World News

Iran: Justice for Zhina (Mahsa) Amini! Down with the Clerical Regime

Statement by ISA (International Socialist Alternative–the Socialist Party is the Irish section of ISA) & ROSA International Socialist Feminists The killing of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, a young Kurdish woman, by the “morality police” in Iran provoked a new, bold and explosive movement

Sep 21, 2022

Environment·World News

China’s heatwave “the most severe ever recorded in the world”

Hong Liuxing, chinaworker.info Temperatures have risen as high as 45C degrees. Extreme heat of over 40C has been recorded for more than 70 days in a row, affecting 900m people. New Scientist magazine declared it the “the most severe ever recorded in the

Sep 13, 2022

Chaos, crisis & catastrophe – capitalist decay in the 2020s

By Laura Fitzgerald It’s been dubbed the Age of Disorder. The 2020s and the present era of capitalism could also be described aptly and alliteratively as the Era of Chaos, Crisis and Catastrophe. Multifaceted crises of and for the system define the

Sep 6, 2022

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Britain: Liz Truss appointed — Prepare for an Autumn of struggle

Editorial from Socialist Alternative, paper of our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland A storm is gathering in Britain. Determination to fight is rising among working-class people across all walks of life. And the capitalists are already afraid of the fury

Sep 5, 2022

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New cold war: What’s behind the Taiwan Strait crisis?

By Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The chain of events sparked by Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on 2-3 August signals a further escalation of the Second Cold War – the imperialist power struggle between the US and China. Predictably, Pelosi’s trip brought forth

Sep 3, 2022

Anti-war·World News

War in Ukraine: What can the labour movement do?

By Eric Byl, first published in ‘Lutte Socialiste’/’De Linkse Socialist’, monthly papers of PSL/LSP (our sister organisation in Belgium At least 9,000 Ukrainian and 15,000 Russian soldiers have reportedly been killed. Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed or wounded. Fourteen

Sep 3, 2022

World News

Obituary: The last General Secretary dies

It was announced this week that Mikhail Gorbachev, last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and architect of ‘perestroika’ and ’glasnost‘, attempts to reform from above to prevent revolution from below, has died. His policies ultimately failed, leading

Sep 2, 2022

Environment·World News

Bankrupt Pakistan faces the worst floods in its history

By Geert Cool, Left Socialist Party (our sister organisation in Belgium) Pakistan’s poverty-stricken masses face many problems. There are persistent shortages and price rises while incomes do not keep up. At the end of August, inflation stood at 45%. Public infrastructure and

Sep 1, 2022

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Britain: “The Working Class is Back” – are we headed for a general strike?

By Matt Kilsby, Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales & Scotland) Not a day goes by without more headlines and stories being published about the deepening cost of living crisis and the devastating impact it is having on millions of people. Recent figures produced

Aug 25, 2022

Environment·World News

US: Climate bill, cowritten by coal baron, makes history

By Meaghan Murray, Socialist Alternative US The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is being touted as the largest climate bill in U.S. history – but what does that actually mean, when the bar was so low to begin with? President Biden’s original climate legislation

Aug 19, 2022

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