Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). The war in Ethiopia has entered a third phase close to a year after its start, with a new offensive launched by the federal army against Tigray. The human consequences of the war are disastrous, with the country facing the worst famine globally for […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). Reply to Pro-Authoritarian ‘Lefts’ In the second of our two-part article on Chinese imperialism, we wrote: “The huge network of concentration camps, disappearances, torture, rape and more in Xinjiang, directed against the Uighur and mostly Muslim population, are not made up, but are the harsh […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of ISA’s International Executive. This is the second in a two-part article by Per-Åke Westerlund first published by Chinaworker.info looking at the rise of Chinese imperialism. The first part China’s state capitalist imperialism is here. As the imperialist conflict between the US and China has sharpened in recent years, some […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of ISA’s International Executive. In the first of a two-part article Per-Åke Westerlund looks at the rise of Chinese imperialism and what it means for building international workers’ solidarity against international capitalism China becoming the workshop of the world was the main driver of capitalist globalisation of the last decades. […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). Biden, the IMF and Taxes — A Socialist Response 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 capitalist economy? […]
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Cedric Gerome and Per-Åke Westerlund are members of ISA’s International Executive Committee. Last year ISA, in its analyses, pointed out the new features of many mass movements – they lasted longer and rapidly became focused against governments with demands for real changes in society, despite being triggered by different events and even incidents. They were […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). On Saturday, November 28, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, declared that his troops had captured Mekelle, capital of Tigray, and that the war was over. For the people in Tigray and the rest of Ethiopia, however, a period of deeper humanitarian crisis and armed […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). The war that started last week in the region of Tigray, Ethiopia, between the national army and Tigray armed forces, is putting millions at risk of famine and displacement. Within a few days, dozens of soldiers have been killed and hundreds are wounded, although […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). This article deals with the second wave in Europe but in Canada, too, government failings have pushed new COVID cases to the highest level ever. Germany is experiencing a “very serious rise,” Czechia faces an “enormous surge” while Spain needs “drastic measures” while countries […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). The military coup in Mali, Tuesday August 18, will not satisfy the needs of the masses, who have been demonstrating for months to demand President Keïta’s resignation. Rather the coup is underlining the deep crisis in the country and the entire Sahel region. The […]
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