For almost 50 days, workers at 7 refineries across the country have led a strike that has shaken both the oil giants TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil, as well as the Macron government. The powerful strike movement, which was beginning to spill over into other sectors, carried the potential for a major struggle to obtain a pay-rise […]
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Tom Costello is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). First, the Queen dies. Then a ‘mini-budget’ pushes the British economy to the brink of collapse. Then, just after the Tories come within an inch of reinstalling Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, back comes Rishi Sunak to the front again. Four people have […]
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Philip Chmel is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). Expropriate the Energy Capitalists and Climate Killers Escalating the strike is the best answer of the working class to company blackmail and the government’s threat to force striking refinery workers back to work. The climate movement needs to […]
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This is a joint statement between Socialist Party Northern Ireland and Socialist Alternative in England, Wales and Scotland. Escalate workers’ action — For a general strike! Fight for a socialist alternative! Another Tory prime minister bites the dust. In scenes less like a slow-motion car crash and more like a high-speed multi-vehicle collision, Tory MPs […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). The offensive by Ukrainian forces continues and the crisis of Putin’s war deepens. On Friday 30 September, Moscow declared that the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson are “forever” part of Russia, as a result of the fake “referenda”. But already on the […]
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Written by ISA members in Italy. A coming storm These elections have reaffirmed the deep political crisis in Italy. With the lowest turnout in republican history, the right wing is confirmed as the largest parliamentary force and Fratelli d’Italia as the largest national party. We must prepare for the most right-wing government since the fall […]
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Tom Costello is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). Enough is enough! Build towards a general strike Kwasi Kwarteng’s new budget for the rich is an open, naked display of class warfare. It represents a Tory party hurtling even further towards the right, as working-class people begin to strike back against the […]
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On 8 September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died, ending the longest reign of any British monarch. In Northern Ireland, her death, the events around it, the actions of the establishment as well as how the worker’s movement responds can have significant consequences. These events are happening against the backdrop of important struggles of workers in […]
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Eric Byl is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). At least 9,000 Ukrainian and 15,000 Russian soldiers have reportedly been killed. Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed or wounded. Fourteen million Ukrainians have fled and countless families have been torn apart. Cities and villages have […]
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Danny Byrne is a member of ISA’s International Executive. Economic crisis, a rising strike wave, ‘Enough is Enough’ and the need for socialist solutions During the last global “stagflationary” crisis, in the 1970s, Britain was often referred to as the “sick man of Europe.” An oil crisis, triggered by geopolitical turmoil, plunged the world economy […]
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