Defend the Gains of the Cuban Revolution! The shortage of medicines, as well as the growing economic crisis which has been aggravated by the pandemic, has generated a growing discontent among Cuban working people, who took to the streets on July 11. The ruling Communist Party (CP) bureaucracy described the demonstrations as counter-revolutionary and pro-imperialist. […]
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Build Organized Working Class Struggle Against the Criminal Capitalist Class! South Africa is currently engulfed in food riots. Scenes from KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Gauteng, Eastern Cape and the North West have shown masses of people rushing to secure what little they can from malls, grocery chains, and other shops. Many buildings have been set alight as […]
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Eddie McCabe is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). US Imperialism Withdraws US imperialism’s 20-year war in Afghanistan has come to an ignominious end with the final withdrawal of its 2,500 remaining troops this month. The withdrawal comes two months before Biden’s deadline of 11 September – the 20th anniversary of Al-Qaeda’s criminal […]
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Written by an Iranian socialist. Iranian oil, gas and petrochemical workers from more than 60 facilities in ten provinces have been on strike since June 19. Unprecedented rise in prices in recent months and intolerable working conditions has been the cause of the largest strike in the Iranian energy sector under the Islamic Republic. The […]
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Grace Fors is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The relative fast pace of vaccination in the U.S. has been an enormous relief for tens of millions. People are able to reunite with family members and friends. But the real toll of 15 months of isolation, the psychological and social effects on the […]
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Socialist Action (ISA in Hong Kong) reporters In Hong Kong, the government’s white terror against political activity, the media, opposition parties and democratic rights takes new leaps every day. Apple Daily’s billionaire owner Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying was arrested under the national security law last year. He is one of 114 people so far charged under […]
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Elin Gauffin is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). Victory For the Struggle Monday, June 21, 2021 became a historic day in Sweden. For the first time ever, a prime minister has been defeated, after the Riksdag voted in favour of no-confidence. It is the struggle from below against market rents that overthrew […]
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Workers’ Movement Must Organise for Struggle and Solidarity In June, the French departmental and regional elections were marked by a historic abstention: 68% of voters stayed away from the ballot box in the first round. In the 18–24 age group, this abstention even climbs to 87%! This is, of course, an illustration of the crisis […]
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Morena achieved the majority by obtaining, according to the Preliminary Electoral Results Program, between 34.9 and 35.5% of the votes for federal deputies according to INE’s quick count. However, they are set to lose between 50 and 63 seats compared to the previous election, in which it had 253 of the 500 seats in the […]
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Workers across the world have been inspired by the determined resistance in Myanmar to the military takeover and widespread repression that has followed. The working class has played a central role. International Socialist Alternative discussed the situation with Khaing Zar, a leader of the textile workers union and national treasurer of the Confederation of Trade […]
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