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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

Socialist Feminism·World News

Prince Andrew & the depraved culture of the ruling class

By Aislinn O’Keeffe The Grand Old Duke of York, he had ten thousand men… and they comprised members of the British royal family, the mainstream media, wealthy business folk, a PR team, at least one convicted sex trafficker and one convicted child

Jan 18, 2022

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Britain: “Bring your own bottle scandal” drives Boris Johnson to the edge

By Connor Rosoman, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) In recent weeks, Boris Johnson’s government has faced a mounting crisis, with public support crumbling amid a series of devastating scandals over government ministers breaching their own COVID-19 regulations.

Jan 13, 2022

Uncategorized·World News

United States: Starbucks workers win a fresh brewed union

By Jesse Shussett, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) Less than a month after winning their union, Starbucks workers in Buffalo, NY walked out demanding safe working conditions amid the Omicron surge. They were on strike for five days

Jan 12, 2022

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South Africa: Clover strike is a fight against the capitalist system

Statement by the Workers and Socialist Party (WASP- our sister organisation in South Africa) As WASP we are re-affirming our solidarity with the 5,000 Clover workers on strike since 22 November last year. We fully support the workers’ demands and are calling

Jan 10, 2022

Uncategorized·World News

Kazakhstan: Revolutionary events and military intervention

By Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (our sister organisation in Russia) reporters Revolutionary events such as those that have taken place in Kazakhstan over the last couple of days have their own dynamic — once started they are difficult to stop. On Tuesday evening, President

Jan 9, 2022

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Mass protests and strikes force resignation of Kazakhstan Government

By Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (our sister organisation in Russia) reporters Protests against price rises which started on 1 January in Mangystau, West Kazakhstan rapidly spread across the country with demonstrations now reported in Zhanaozen, Aktau, Aktobe, Taraz, Chimkent, Karaganda, Uralsk and the capital

Jan 6, 2022

Reviews and Culture·World News

Review: In The Camps by Darren Byler

By Per-Åke Westerlund, International Socialist Alternative Three hundred camps with more than a million Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang are probably the most brutal expressions of the CCP dictatorship in China. In Darren Byler’s new book, In the Camps: China’s High-Tech Penal Colony,

Jan 2, 2022

World News

Iran: Teachers’ strikes and protests show the way forward

By Nina Mo, a member of ISA in Austria On 23 December, a national day of action, tens of thousands of teachers and retired teachers — with women workers at the forefront — protested in over 100 cities in Iran, demanding higher

Dec 29, 2021

Environment·World News

Climate catastrophe demands a revolutionary struggle for democratic socialism

By Arne Johansson, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna — ISA in Sweden The pitiful outcome of the Glasgow climate summit, COP26, has been greeted with anger and frustration by the world’s climate activists. Completely inadequate and ineffective market solutions mean a continued rapidly shrinking “carbon

Dec 28, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·World News

Capitalist world leaders are to blame for COVID nightmare

By Keely Mullen, Socialist Alternative, our sister organisation in the US “Everyone has COVID.” If you live in New York, you’ve heard or seen someone say this in the last 24 hours. For the second day in a row, the state broke

Dec 27, 2021

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