“Since Israel’s hostages are no longer in Gaza, targets that the air force avoided during the war are now being bombed” Editorial in this week’s Offensiv, paper of Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden) Ten days after Trump celebrated his ‘peace plan,’ Israeli fighter jets carried out at least 20 attacks in various parts of Gaza. […]
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This new bubble underscores the extremely parasitic nature of capitalism and the need for a socialist alternative. Stock markets in the US are reaching record levels led by the “Magnificent Seven” tech giants, with hundreds of billions being invested in new energy and water-hungry datacenters, and trillions more planned. At the same time however, voices […]
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The second of two articles on the ongoing trade standoff between the two biggest imperialist powers, China and the US (part 1) The TikTok deal – if there will be a deal – is an important element in the wider conflict between Donald Trump’s government and the Chinese regime. Using a military analogy, we can […]
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While ISA welcomes the pause in the slaughter, we do not support the ceasefire “deal itself” in any way After two years of genocidal slaughter in Gaza, the first pause in the fighting for more than six months has come into effect on 10 October. Before the agreed start time for the ceasefire approached, the […]
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The working class and poor people in Nepal can’t afford another rotten government of the rich It is one month since Nepal was shaken by a short-lived but intense protest movement that came to be known as the “Generation Z protests.” Five days of struggle, protests and riots succeeded in literally chasing the government out […]
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A new phase of the struggle against genocide – the working class must #blockeverything In the still of night on 1 October, a cowardly attack by Israeli state terrorists intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla. However, even though the flotilla was stopped, its journey will still be remembered as a crucial turning point, showing a path […]
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The first of two articles on the ongoing trade standoff between the two biggest imperialist powers, China and the US (part 2) A popular meme of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is doing the rounds. Trump tells Xi, “I hold the cards”, and Xi replies, “The cards were made in China”. According to some media […]
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US-backed coup in 1965 unleashes one of 20th Century’s biggest mass killings The military crackdown against the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) that began in October 1965 and continued throughout the following year, was one of the bloodiest massacres of the 20th century with possibly one million people killed. Even the CIA, which conspired with Indonesia’s […]
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Workers’ action shows the way forward Update October1: As the Israeli regime intercepted boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, mass protests erupted in cities across Europe and Middle East. Italian trade unionists have called another general strike for Friday, October 3. Under the slogans “24 hour general strike” and “Block everything,” the […]
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Far-right activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on September 11 at Utah Valley University. Kirk spearheaded the right-wing youth movement in recent years, using his platform and organization Turning Point USA to spread anti-trans, misogynist, racist, and anti-worker ideas. Kirk’s last words were, literally, a racist dog whistle about “gang violence.” […]
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