Sudan: Millions Caught in Crossfire of Bloody Power Struggle

Serge Jordan is a member of International Socialist Alternative. Deadly fighting has raged into its third month between the Rapid Support Forces militia (RSF) and the Sudanese army. These battles have ravaged the country, with the capital Khartoum and the Darfur region in the West bearing the brunt of the violence. Numerous ceasefires have been […]

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Sudan: Counter-Revolutionary Forces Fall Out

Serge Jordan is a member of International Socialist Alternative. Since the early morning of Saturday April 15, the chiefs of the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have been waging open warfare with each other. The people of Sudan are caught in the crossfire of a fratricidal battle for power between […]

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Earthquake Kills Thousands, While Construction Companies Profit

Serge Jordan is a member of International Socialist Alternative. The full extent of the destruction caused by the earthquakes in Turkey, Syria and Kurdistan has killed over 15,000 people and already big business is looking for how to make profit from it. The scenes of the lives shattered by yesterday’s earthquakes in Turkey, Syria and […]

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Sri Lanka’s Ruling Class Tries to Thwart Revolutionary Uprising

Serge Jordan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. By rising up onto their feet, the masses in Sri Lanka have awakened the imagination and courage of millions of workers and poor fighting against the effects of the capitalist crisis in South Asia and internationally. The spectacular storming of Colombo’s Presidential residence […]

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Sri Lanka: President Rajapaksa Forced out of Power

Serge Jordan is a member of International Socialist Alternative. The revolution continues, the whole system has to go! Fast-paced events in crisis-ridden Sri Lanka have taken yet a new turn today, Saturday 9 July, as hundreds of thousands of people descended onto the capital Colombo in a day of huge protests originally initiated by the […]

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Sri Lanka: Appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe Will Not Fix Anything

Serge Jordan is a member of International Socialist Alternative. After weeks of mass protests, strikes, and general strikes across Sri Lanka, which included earlier this week an elementary explosion of popular fury at the country’s ruling elite following a violent attack perpetrated by armed pro-regime thugs against the “GotaGoGama” occupation in central Colombo, President Gotabhaya […]

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Historic “Hartal” Halts Sri Lanka as President Declares State of Emergency

Serge Jordan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Responding to a joint appeal issued by over 2,000 trade unions, a countrywide ‘Hartal’ (total strike) brought Sri Lanka to a stop on Friday, May 6. The hartal, the largest in 69 years, was a resounding success. The Railway Joint Trade Union Alliance […]

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Sri Lanka: First General Strike in 42 Years

Serge Jordan is a member of International Socialist Alternative. Gota has to go, and the whole system with him! Global capitalism is in the midst of growing economic throes and working class resistance. Sri Lanka has been violently propelled to the forefront of both. The words of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the Communist […]

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Turkey’s Regime Feeling the Heat of Discontent as Currency Collapses

Serge Jordan is a member of International Socialist Alternative. The social foundations of the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey are starting to crack. The elements of economic, social and political crisis that had been building up before Covid-19 have been heightened by the pandemic, bringing the […]

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Millions of Sudanese Demand the End of the Coup

Serge Jordan is a member of International Socialist Alternative. Bring Down the Junta! No More Compromise! The military coup carried out by the Sudanese generals on October 25 has sparked a furious response from the masses, bringing the struggle between the revolution and counter-revolution initiated in December 2018 to its sharpest juncture so far. Since […]

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