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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

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Sweden: Government falls over market rents. Victory for the struggle

By Elin Gauffin, national spokesperson for the campaign ‘No to market rents’ and Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna — our sister organisation in Sweden Monday, June 21, 2021, became a historic day in Sweden. For the first time ever, a prime minister has been defeated

Jun 22, 2021

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Elections in Iran: “Death Judge” Raisi is new President as struggles loom on horizon

By Nina Mo–SLP — our sister organisation in Austria Friday’s presidential election in Iran saw a historic low turnout of under 50%. The victor, Ebrahim Raisi symbolises the desperate decline of the regime, which is showing its ugliest face in these times

Jun 21, 2021

Environment·World News

G7 summit – capitalist leaders maintain course for climate disaster

By Ben Samson Every time the G7 leaders meet it is to discuss a range of hopeless solutions to an ever-growing mountain of crises that are being thrown up by capitalism. Before the first case of Covid-19 was even reported in 2019,

Jun 20, 2021

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Peru: Pedro Castillo wins Presidential election

By Marcos Ariel (ISA supporter in Argentina) The deep economic crisis, the great social polarization, and the radicalization of the poorest sectors in Peru were expressed in the presidential elections with the triumph of the rural teacher and candidate for the ‘Peru

Jun 18, 2021

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Young people: No future under capitalism — Global resistance on the agenda

By Tom Costello, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales & Scotland) Recently, the British pro-capitalist journal the Financial Times conducted a survey of more than 1,700 young people, to find out the main concerns and problems facing both Millennials and

Jun 13, 2021

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Canadian State genocide- Remains of 215 Indigenous children found in residential school

Residential schools were part of the Canadian government’s policy to forcefully assimilate Indigenous people. While the federal system, of government-sponsored religious schools was established in 1883, the origins of residential schools date to the 1830s. The Catholic Church ran the majority of

Jun 10, 2021

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Myanmar: Lessons from the struggle as it enters new phase

By Rob Jones A graphic example of the current situation in Myanmar was given the other day, when while speaking to one of our correspondents, a bomb exploded in the background. Now nearly four months after the military announced their take-over on

Jun 2, 2021

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Can capitalism solve a plague? Global vaccine inequality spells disaster

By Grace Fors The U.S. is approaching “back to normal.” Millions are vaccinated, the CDC nixed its mask guidelines, and states everywhere are eagerly lifting restrictions in time for summer. But globally, COVID-19 is exploding. Entire regions are wracked with new outbreaks.

May 31, 2021

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Italy and South Africa: Workers solidarity action against Israeli State terror

By Giuliano Brunetto, Resistenze Internazionali — our sister organisation in Italy On 14 May, workers of the Autonomous Collective of Port Workers (CALP), members of the Usb base union, and the international association Weapon Watch learned that ‘high-precision bullets’ destined for the

May 26, 2021

Featured Articles·Palestine solidarity·World News

End the siege of Gaza – End the occupation of Palestine

Text of Socialist Party leaflet for tomorrow’s protests in solidarity with Palestine. Over the last two weeks we have watched in horror as the Israeli State, the fourth largest military power in the world has waged a murderous assault on Gaza. An

May 21, 2021

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