Danny Byrne is a member of International Socialist Alternative. War in Ukraine a “before / after” moment in world history Nearing two weeks into Russian imperialism’s bloody war on Ukraine, thousands already lie dead. Amid conflicting reports and figures which inevitably vary in wartime scenarios, on March 4, Reuters estimated a death toll of 10,000 […]
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No to the war in Ukraine! Troops should return home. Build an anti-war movement in the workplaces and universities. This is the call being made by Socialisticheskaya Alternativa in Russia. It follows the attacks on Ukraine by Russian forces on February 24. Bu that evening spontaneous protests, mainly by young people, broke out in 58 […]
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Build a Mass Anti-War and Anti-Imperialist Movement Europe is staring down the barrel of a major armed conflict as the Kremlin launches major attacks on Ukraine ISA expresses its full solidarity with the people of Ukraine who already suffer exploitation, oppression, corruption and growing poverty conditions, and now face the horror of war and bloodshed. […]
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President Putin has now announced that Russia will recognise the independence of the two disputed regions in Ukraine — Donetsk and Luhansk. He has instructed Russian troops to act as “peacekeepers.” This marks another extremely dangerous stage in what could end up as the worst war seen in Europe since WW2. Warmongers have been whipping […]
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John Hird is a member of Alternativa Socialista (ISA in the Spanish State). The regional election results in Castilla and León are another clear warning to the left as the far-right VOX made the biggest gains for such a party in Europe since the start of the COVID19 pandemic. The results are stark. The Socialist […]
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Pedro Meade is a member of Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (ISA in Brazil). As the 6-year alliance between left reformist parties Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc) BE and Partido Comunista Português (Portuguese Communist Party) PCP and the pro-capitalist PS was brought to an end, the snap general elections in Portugal of January 30 produced a […]
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Sean Burns is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Northern Ireland). Sunday, 30 January 1972 saw one of the bloodiest and most callous atrocities committed during the Troubles. In an event that would become known as Bloody Sunday, British paratroopers (paras) fired indiscriminate live rounds into a crowd of unarmed civil rights protesters […]
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Workers’ unity essential to fight the threat of war. Political and economic earthquakes are being prepared globally as the forces of US and Chinese imperialism move from a state of cooperation to open competition. As these forces collide, shock waves ripple around the world dis-organising, disrupting, and re-organising the relationships between the different imperialist powers. […]
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Aislinn O’Keeffe is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Spoilt British ‘Royal’ Prince Andrew, who would scream and shout if his collection of teddy bears was disturbed, is now facing civil action in the US, after his friend, the socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, has been found guilty of soliciting and trafficking under-age girls. […]
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