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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This is a joint statement by International Socialist Alternative and ROSA International. Our bodies, our lives, our right to decide Lawyers being brought in before treating ectopic pregnancies. Cancer patients denied life saving treatment because they are pregnant. Sexual assault victims in the emergency room denied the morning after pill. Within weeks of the overturning […]
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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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We need to build struggle and a socialist alternative! Every day we see and feel new reasons for the urgency of defeating Bolsonaro. Rising prices and hunger, unemployment, corruption in education, sabotage of the Covid vaccination, new cases of racism and police violence, privatisation, social cuts and environmental destruction with deforestation, the release of pesticides, […]
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This is a joint statement by International Socialist Alternative and ROSA International. Build international socialist-feminist solidarity with the growing movement against gender based and state violence! The killing of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, a young Kurdish woman, by the “morality police” in Iran provoked a new, bold and explosive movement from below, challenging the rule of […]
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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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Geert Cool is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). Pakistan’s poverty-stricken masses face many problems. There are the persistent shortages and the price rises while incomes do not keep up. At the end of August, inflation stood at 45%. Public infrastructure and social protection are almost non-existent. […]
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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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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. The chain of events sparked by Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on 2–3 August signals a further escalation of the Second Cold War — the imperialist power struggle between the US and China. Predictably, Pelosi’s trip brought forth a furious reaction from Xi Jinping’s regime in the form […]
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