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

The Cockroach Movement: Gen Z uprising against paper leaks in India

Article originally published on inquilabileninist.substack.com For the first time in 12 years of the Modi regime, a sitting Union Cabinet minister – Dharmendra Pradhan – has been forced to resign. Not out of moral conscience, but because millions of young Indians, breaking

Aug 21, 2026

US: Victory for socialist in Seattle!

An interview with Kshama Sawant, Socialist Alternative.

Nov 22, 2013

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Philippines: Typhoon destruction aggravated by capitalism

Typhoon Haiyan (‘Yolanda’ in the Philippines) has caused destruction on a massive scale. This storm was three times more powerful than Hurricane Katrina, which killed 1,400 people in the United States in 2005.

Nov 14, 2013

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US: Socialist Alternative election campaigns create shockwaves

Two Socialist Alternative candidates sent historic shock waves through the U.S. left last night. Both candidates, Kshama Sawant in Seattle and Ty Moore in Minneapolis, mounted the strongest election campaigns by open socialists in a major U.S. city in many decades.

Nov 7, 2013

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NSA spying row reveals tensions between imperialist powers

Widespread anger across the world and embarrassment in Washington has greeted the news that the US security services and its closest allies, particularly Britain, have been spying both on their supposed allies and tens of millions of ordinary people around the world.

Oct 30, 2013

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Syria: US & Britain prepare military attack against Assad regime

Via social media, smart phones and traditional news channels a flood of bloody images, footage and reports of the unbearable suffering inflicted on the Syrian masses has been broadcast around the world.

Aug 28, 2013

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South Africa: One year after the Marikana massacre

On 16 August, 2012, at Marikana, a bloody line was drawn in South Africa’s political sand when police in cold blood shot dead 34 workers and wounded 78. The few seconds of the massacre that were shown on TV tore down decades

Aug 22, 2013

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US: Socialist breakthrough shows path for independent politics

In the August primary election for Seattle City Council, Socialist Alternative candidate Kshama Sawant won a stunning 35% of the vote in a three-way race against two Democratic Party candidates. Over 44,000 people voted for Sawant, more votes than the incumbent Seattle

Aug 20, 2013

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Egypt: Hundreds dead as military tries to consolidate power in blood

Millions across the world, and especially in the Middle East, have been shocked by the killing of hundreds of mainly unarmed people in the Egyptian military’s brutal clearance of the two pro-Morsi camps in Cairo. In the days since then the military

Aug 19, 2013

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Brazil: Heralding an era of political radicalisation

The government of Brazil must bitterly curse its bad luck this week. In normal times in a Latin American country a visit from a Pope would bring an avalanche of good publicity and opportunities for unpopular establishment politicians to use the pontifical

Jul 30, 2013

Paul Murphy Column·World News

Paul Murphy MEP defends call for intifada

Below is a press statement issued today by Paul Murphy MEP. It is in response to an article in the Jerusalem Post which contained condemnation from a number of MEPs on the call for a mass movement, similar to the first intifada

Jul 27, 2013

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