Nicolas Croes is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). Last Saturday 12 December, for the third consecutive week, thousands of people marched in various French cities to denounce the Global Security Bill and the separatism bill. In the midst of the pandemic, the priorities of President Macron’s […]
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Rob Jones is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (ISA in Russia). The latest phase of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, appears to have been concluded. Fighting which started at the end of September ended with a “peace agreement” on November 10 leaving thousands of soldiers and civilians dead and the map of […]
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Mike Forster is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). On November 28, 1990, 30 years ago, Margaret Thatcher tearfully tended her resignation as Tory Party leader and therefore by default, as prime minister of the UK, after 11 years in power. She was forced out by a Cabinet coup against her and […]
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Andros Payiatsos is a member of Xekinima (ISA in Greece). “It seems paradoxical, but it is quite accurate: the government and its police were able to break up and disband the rallies organized by the Left, but the Left felt triumphant at the end of the day.” 17 November is a day of historic importance […]
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Answer violence with Solidarity – Need for Urgent Action. More arrests in Moscow. On International Day against Violence Against Women, once again Moscow police have acted in a completely unjustified manner. In St Petersburg a picket was held successfully and peacefully. In Moscow the authorities refused permission for an action, fearing it would be as […]
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Time for a new Left Party to fight the Tories Condemn Corbyn’s suspension Organise now for socialist change, and to build a political voice that can be a real opposition to the Tories Jeremy Corbyn is not antisemitic. He has a lifelong history of fighting racism in all its forms. It is a disgrace that […]
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Paweł Nowak is a member of Alternatywa Socjalistyczna (CWI in Poland). Covid Can’t Stop Mass Anger! Following last Thursday’s ruling of the Constitutional Court that abortion in the case of foetal defects is unconstitutional, protests and mass demonstrations have swept the country, gaining in numbers each day. After the ruling was announced on Thursday, a […]
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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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Danny Byrne is a member of International Socialist Alternative. “Remember Brexit?”, was the title of the New York Times’ main editorial on 11 September. It summed up a sensation that was palpable during the Spring and Summer months of 2020, in Britain and elsewhere. It reflected both a certain bemusement, and an acknowledgement of the […]
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Conor Payne is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Reject false choice between ‘economy’ and public health The last days saw the development of an open split between the Fianna Fáil / Fine Gael / Green Party coalition government and the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) which has offered public health […]
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