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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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Amazon defeated in New York City – unionise Amazon everywhere!

By an Amazon worker in the United States Workers at the JFK8 Amazon Fulfillment Center in Staten Island have dealt a stunning blow to the corporate giant by voting ‘Yes’ for the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), 2654 for and 2131 against. This

Apr 4, 2022

Anti-war·Featured Articles·World News

Ukraine War: Current stage of the war – the view from Russia

By Walter Chambers, based on discussions with Russian socialists Military fatalities are already in excess of ten thousand, civilian deaths number in the thousands. Homes, schools, hospitals, theatres have been destroyed. Five million have fled from their homes. Russian troops should

Apr 1, 2022

Anti-war·World News

The war in Ukraine and the risk of global famine

By Dan O’Rourke The breadbasket of the world is burning. Russia and Ukraine export 25% of the world’s wheat, and 12% of global calorie intake is directly dependent on grain from the two countries. Additionally, the world is critically reliant on the

Mar 31, 2022

Anti-war·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

Ireland & neutrality – socialists oppose all imperialist wars & alliances

Text of speech given by Socialist Party TD Mick Barry in the Dáil on 30 March 2022. I will begin my contribution with a personal reminiscence. I remember a crowd of kids standing out on the sidewalk, as we used to say,

Mar 31, 2022

Anti-war·World News

War in Ukraine: Why socialists don’t support sanctions

By Sonja Grusch, International Socialist Alternative In the face of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian military, many are not only shocked, but ask themselves: what can we do to stop the aggression? The brutal attack by Putin’s regime affects everyone

Mar 30, 2022

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End the murderous war in Yemen

Text of the Socialist Party leaflet on the war in Yemen handed out on Saturday’s demonstration in Dublin City Centre As the world’s media has turned its attention on Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine, a largely forgotten but deadly war continues in

Mar 27, 2022

Socialist Feminism·World News

China: Jiangsu chained woman scandal exposes systemic trafficking

A video of a chained-up mother of eight children was posted on Douyin (China’s TikTok) in late January – within days it was viewed over 3 billion times drawing ten times more online traffic than the Beijing Winter Olympics Adam N Lee,

Mar 26, 2022

Anti-war·World News

Ukraine and China: Xi Jinping plays Russian Roulette

By Vincent Kolo, Chinaworker.info, ISA in China One who is not acquainted with the designs of his neighbours should not enter into alliances with them.” These are the words of legendary military strategist Sun Tzu more than 2,000 years ago. Xi Jinping

Mar 22, 2022

Into week four of Putin’s War

By Per Olsson, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (our sister organisation in Sweden) The Putin regime’s war against Ukraine has entered its fourth week, and the number of victims is growing. Despite repeated talks and a number of different attempts at mediation, the war has

Mar 17, 2022

Socialist Feminism·World News

Chile: Constitutional Convention approves sexual and reproductive rights

By International Socialist Alternative in Chile Last Thursday night (March 10), the Constitutional Convention (CC), a body elected as part of the process to draw up a new consitution, approved, by 109 votes in favor, 40 against and 5 abstentions, the articles

Mar 12, 2022

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