Greece: The Fire in Moria and the Hellish Refugee Camps

Giorgos Ligouriotis is a member of Xekinima (ISA in Greece). Over 40,000 refugees are trapped on the Greek islands near the Turkish coastline, living under horrific conditions at Refugee Camps which were designed to host one fifth of their current inhabitants. During the winter, tens of thousands of refugees had to deal with the bitter […]

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Eastern Mediterranean: Peace Torpedoed over Hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean

No to nationalism, no to war, no to Natural Gas drillings! The discovery of hydrocarbon deposits in the Eastern Mediterranean seabed adds another factor to the competition between the ruling classes of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. Today’s crisis, which has been going on for months, is the worst since the 1974 war, both in terms […]

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Thousands of Nameless and Faceless Heroes — the History of the Trotskyist Left Opposition

George Martin Fell Brown is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Rob Jones is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (ISA in Russia) . On 20th August 1940, Lev Davidovich (Leon) Trotsky was brutally murdered by one of Stalin’s henchmen. To commemorate his work and examine his ideas International Socialist Alternative is publishing a […]

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France: Mass Anger Grows During the Pandemic

Nicolas Croes is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). French President Emmanuel Macron wanted to dedicate the July 14 Bastille Day national holiday to the nursing staff. But after the catastrophic management of the COVID-19 crisis, very few health care workers fell for this public relations stunt. […]

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Belarus: Endgame Being Played out

Rob Jones is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (ISA in Russia). With the beautiful ironic humour that usually accompanies mass uprisings and revolutions, a video has appeared of Alexandr Lukashenko driving a salon car being chased by a huge mining dump truck, clearly about to crush the car, symbolizing how quickly the mass movement is […]

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Belarus — Election Fraud Spills out onto the Streets

Rob Jones is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (ISA in Russia). Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa on picket in Kyiv The August presidential election was clearly fraudulent. Now Belarusian workers and youth need a socialist alternative to organise opposition. In Minsk, Brest, Grodno and a dozen other cities thousands have come out onto the streets and in many […]

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British Economy: Government’s Pathetic “New Deal”

Connor Rosoman is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). No solution for workers and young people The summer statement by Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak has promised a new round of public spending, with up to £30bn announced to “Support, Create and Protect” jobs. The statement announced some big numbers, with billions being […]

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Swedish Corona Strategy: Elderly Deaths, Nationalism, Zigzag Turns and Pious Hopes

Jonas Brännberg is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). Three months have passed since the corona pandemic reached Sweden, and although it has a significantly higher death rate than neighbouring countries with no improvement in sight, the government and authorities have so far escaped wider criticism, partly because of the uncertain state of […]

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Siberia: Climate Change and Environmental Catastrophe in — a Vicious Circle

Rob Jones is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (ISA in Russia). If Siberia were a country, it would be the biggest in the world, stretching from the Arctic to Mongolia and Central Asia, from the Pacific Ocean to the Ural mountains on the edge of Europe. It contains incredible nature including the magnificent Lake Baikal […]

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Belgium: Hospital Workers Win Victory Against Government Attacks

Anonymous is a nurse and shop steward in a hospital in Brussels. From Applause to Being Stabbed in the Back Colleagues with a few years of experience felt it coming: following the applause the stabbing in the back. Health care workers off course knew it all along: the politicians who applaud the “heroes” are the […]

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