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

Palestine solidarity·Reviews and Culture

Review: NAZA, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor

By Eílís Gallagher NAZA is an acronym used by the IDF, derived from the Hebrew phrase nezek agavi, meaning “collateral damage”. It refers to calculations made using Artificial Intelligence to discern the number of civilian casualties, i.e. Palestinian lives that will be

Oct 27, 2026

Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa forced out of power

By Serge Jordan, International Socialist Alternative Fast-paced events in crisis-ridden Sri Lanka have taken yet a new turn today, Saturday 9 July, as hundreds of thousands of people descended onto the capital Colombo in a day of huge protests originally initiated by

Jul 11, 2022

World News

Tory infighting rages: Drive them all from power!

By Claire Laker Mansfield, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) After two days of humiliation, 59 resignations and one sacking, Johnson has finally succumbed to overwhelming pressure and resigned as Tory leader. Yet far from drawing a line

Jul 8, 2022

World News

Britain: End of the line for Boris Johnson

Statement from Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) The Johnson government is on the ropes in the worst crisis so far of his tenure. For the first time, Cabinet heavyweights have openly deserted him. Others are doing their

Jul 7, 2022

World News

Colombian elections: Historic victory for Gustavo Petro paves way for new struggles

By ISA in Colombia After a tense and uncertain second round Gustavo Petro has won the Colombian presidential elections with 50.4% of the vote, beating right-populist opponent Rodolfo Hernandez who picked up 47.3%, a difference of 700,000 votes. Voter turnout was 58%,

Jun 30, 2022

Uncategorized·World News

French elections: New historic blow for the ruling class

By Stéphane Delcros, Left Socialist Party (our sister organisation in Belgium) Two months after the presidential election, the traditional parties in France received a new blow in the parliamentary elections. It confirms that the political instruments of the bourgeoisie have been undermined

Jun 29, 2022

Socialist Feminism·Uncategorized·World News

Roe overturned! Take the streets! Build a mass movement against the right!

By Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) Roe v Wade has been overturned. This is a historic defeat for the women’s movement and represents a victory in the right-wing campaign to undermine the bodily autonomy of women and queer people across

Jun 24, 2022

World News

RMT Strike in Britain: Victory to the rail workers

By Socialist Alternative, our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland The historic national strike action taking place this June is testament to the bravery and determination of rail workers everywhere. RMT voted 9:1 on a 71% turnout for action against the

Jun 21, 2022

World News

Food crisis: War in Ukraine means famine in Africa

By Per Olsson, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (our sister organisation in Sweden) After the 2011 famine in Somalia, the world’s power elite said, “never again”, but now the disaster is happening all over again, and even more people are at risk of starvation. Global

Jun 18, 2022

Anti-war·Featured Articles·World News

A brutal war of attrition – bloodshed in Ukraine continues

By Stephen Boyd Putin’s original war aim of a quick Ukrainian capitulation, with Russian troops being greeted as liberators in some areas, has been dealt a decisive blow. Failing to occupy Kyiv, Russian forces are now concentrated in the Donbas region. Fighting

Jun 9, 2022

World News

Britain–Johnson hangs onto power: Organise to finish him off!

By Socialist Alternative, our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland It has been a tumultuous 24 hours for Boris Johnson. After the news broke on Monday morning that the required 54 letters had been sent in to the Conservative Party’s 1922

Jun 8, 2022

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