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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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Macron wins, but without enthusiasm. For a third round of struggle!

By Stéphane Delcros and Nicolas Croes, Left Socialist Party (our sister organisation in Belgium) The second round of the French presidential elections ended with 58.5% for Macron and 41.5% for Le Pen. The enthusiasm for Macron was very limited. The number of

Apr 29, 2022

Socialist Feminism·Uncategorized·World News

Glasgow Equal Pay victory against SNP’s sexist hypocrisy

By Daisy Crump and Paul Moorhouse, Socialist Alternative in Scotland Glasgow City Council’s public relations team spent the first week of March flooding social media with posts telling us that ‘The Glasgow Family is once again supporting International Women’s Day (IWD)… the

Apr 26, 2022

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Amazon’s union busting at sorting centre in the US

By Chris Gray, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) Following the historic union victory at the JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island, Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is gearing up for the next election at LDJ5, the 1,500 worker sort center

Apr 24, 2022

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Another victory for Viktor Orbán — What is going on in Hungary?

By Till Ruster, Sozialistische LinksPartei (our sister organisation in Austria) To state the obvious: in a country with a notoriously authoritarian head of government, who has been in power since 2010, no election campaign is “fair”, even by bourgeois standards. The main opposition

Apr 17, 2022

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France: Organize to stop Le Pen! Macron is no solution

In the context of the crisis of capitalism, amplified by the disastrous management of the pandemic and the imperialist war in Ukraine, the 2nd round of the French presidential election will see Emmanuel Macron up against Marine Le Pen. Is this a

Apr 16, 2022

Anti-war·Featured Articles·World News

War in Ukraine, the new era and the crisis of capitalism

The statement below on the war in Ukraine and its implications for the manifold crises of global capitalism was discussed, debated, amended and approved unanimously at a meeting of the International Committee of ISA — our international leadership elected at our World

Apr 11, 2022

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Saudi Arabia’s murderous and imperialist-backed war on Yemen

By Finn McKenna Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East and since 2015 its populace has endured unimaginable suffering due to the civil war it has been engulfed by. The complete sea, air and land siege of the country has

Apr 9, 2022

Anti-war·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

Establishment voices demand ditching of formal commitment to neutrality

By Finghín Kelly The last month has seen a concerted effort from large sections of the political establishment – in particular those in Fine Gael and several prominent journalists – to push for a formal abandonment of the Irish state’s position of

Apr 7, 2022

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As war drives inflation, explosive protests rock Peru

By Darragh O’Dwyer The impacts of the war in Ukraine are reverberating throughout the world, heaping more turmoil onto the global economy and spurring social and political crises. Ongoing protests and riots in Peru triggered by spiraling inflation have already left seven

Apr 7, 2022

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Sri Lanka: Masses revolt against consequences of a failing system

By Geert Cool, Left Socialist Party (our sister organisation in Belgium) In late 2019 and in 2020, the Rajapaksa family scored convincing victories in both presidential and parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka. As we explained then, this was a call for stability,

Apr 5, 2022

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