World News- Page 48

News from around the world by authors from the Socialist Party and co-thinkers internationally

Colombia: General strike ignites mass uprising

By David S, SAV (our sister organisation in Germany) On 28 April, the Colombian masses took to the streets. Hundreds of thousands answered the call for a national strike despite the threat of the pandemic and the restrictive lockdown measures currently in
May 16, 2021

USA: Chauvin Convicted, Movement Must Continue

By Rebecca Green, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) Just as the guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin was announced, Columbus police shot and killed another Black person, this time a sixteen-year-old girl named Ma’Khia Bryant. This was the second
Apr 26, 2021
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Global tax reform: Is capitalism making the rich pay?

By Per-Ake Westerlund, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (our sister organisation in Sweden) Why are the IMF, Joe Biden and the UK government, among many other capitalist institutions and governments suddenly advocating increased taxes? And will such measures solve any of the accumulating problems in the
Apr 21, 2021

India: Workers & farmers resist Modi’s brutal regime

India saw the world’s largest-ever general strike in 2020 with hundreds of millions of workers and trade unionists supporting farmers in their struggle against the right-wing policies of the Modi government. Martina Stafford reports on this mass movement. India’s capitalist government is
Apr 14, 2021
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