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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

Covid-19 Pandemic·World News

Austria: Discontent over Covid measures further undermining confidence in ruling elites

With the fourth wave of Corona accelerating and fear over the newly emerging ‘Omicron’ mutation growing, governments are desperately looking for a way out. Their half-hearted measures during the last two years of the pandemic were designed in such a way as

Dec 1, 2021

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India: Heroic farmers’ movement wins concessions from right-wing Modi government

Mohamed Nawaz, ISA supporter in India After nearly a year long protest by farmers, their largest mobilization in India in over half a century, the right-wing authoritarian government of Modi has finally caved and given in to the demands of the farmers.

Nov 28, 2021

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Capitalism kills: build a mass struggle for refugee rights

Claire Laker-Mansfield, Socialist Alternative — ISA in England, Wales & Scotland 27 migrants including pregnant women and children drowned when their boat sank as they tried to cross the English Channel / la Manche in an attempt to gain asylum in Britain.

Nov 27, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·World News

New ‘Omicron’ variant: another warning of capitalism’s inability to end pandemic

By Dan O’Rourke The new strain of Covid-19 (B.1.1.529) found in Botswana and South Africa has been named Omicron by the WHO, which has labelled it a ‘variant of concern’. Some experts have described it as the “worst” variant yet. Similar to

Nov 26, 2021

Socialist Feminism·World News

ISA statement on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

ISA’s International Women’s Bureau and ROSA International 2021 has been another year of struggle against sexism, LGBTQphobia and racism, including mass protests and strikes, inspiring examples of solidarity being built amongst workers of all genders. At the Mercedes plant in the Basque

Nov 22, 2021

Anti-racism·World News

USA: Kyle Rittenhouse on trial – build A movement to defeat the far-right

By Will Fitzgerald, Socialist Alternative USA Since the re-emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement just over a year ago, millions of people internationally have stood shoulder to shoulder in the fight against the police brutality and racial injustice produced by capitalism.

Nov 19, 2021

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Belarus-Polish Border: Refugees treated like animals as imperialist tensions increase

Joint statement by ISA members from Poland, Belarus, Syria and Russia about the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border as thousands of refugees have been caught in a no-man’s land between the two countries on the edge of the European Union. For weeks

Nov 18, 2021

Anti-war·World News

The New Cold War: Getting hotter?

By Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info — ISA in China, Hong Kong & Taiwan Are we witnessing a temporary thaw in the US-China conflict? This idea gained currency in September upon the release of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou by Canadian authorities, as a result of

Nov 14, 2021

Environment·World News

Greenwashing at COP26

By Per Olsson, ISA Sweden The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is a “global greenwash festival and a failure”, said Greta Thunberg when she spoke at the “Fridays For Future” event in Glasgow on 5 November. That demonstration was followed the next

Nov 12, 2021

Economy·World News

Global supply chain chaos worsens

By Tom Crean, Socialist Alternative USA Over 100 container ships unable to unload in the Port of Los Angeles. Auto plants cutting production or closed because of a global shortage of microprocessor chips. A possible toilet paper shortage (again) and many goods may not

Nov 9, 2021

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