This is the fourth World Perspectives statement produced by ISA since the inauguration of Donald Trump’s second presidency. This is based on a recent discussion n of ISA’s International Committee. The last, published on 12 February, commented on where his 2026 US imperialist offensive could lead to next: “Following his successful decapitation and subjugation of […]
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This is the editorial from the latest issue of International Marxism, which focusses on “Which Way Forward for the Left,” that includes articles on: Contact us to order a copy. War, a skyrocketing cost of living, climate catastrophe — for the majority of the world’s population today the future feels bleak. Around the world, ruling […]
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As the threat of continued war with Iran grows, working people are once again being told to prepare for sacrifice while corporations and military contractors prepare for profit. The Trump administration’s war on Iran is against the interests of ordinary working people. Workers in Iran face the constant threat of renewed bombing campaigns and economic […]
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Record Youth Unemployment, Worsening Property Crash and Consumption Slump Over the past few years, the Chinese Communist Party dictatorship and the bourgeois media have repeatedly claimed that “a recovery is on the way,” but the reality is quite the opposite: the economic downturn in China is a comprehensive economic and social crisis. Very high youth […]
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The following article is an introduction to Vladimir Lenin’s Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism which was republished by Socialist Alternative England, Wales and Scotland in 2025. While there have been a number of significant global developments since this introduction was written – including the current US-Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon and Trump’s offensive […]
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Tom Costello is a member of Socialist Alternative in England, Wales and Scotland The devastation caused by US imperialism’s war on Iran has been widely documented. The independent Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency estimates that as many as 3,636 have been killed there, and in Lebanon, the death toll from the Israeli regime’s ongoing […]
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Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP) leader, Danielle Smith, has been playing to her conservative populist base since her 2022 election. She campaigned for the Alberta Sovereignty Act, which authorizes provincial institutions to not enforce federal laws that “attack Alberta’s interests.” She introduced privatized healthcare, suspended funding for renewable energy projects, signed an agreement with the […]
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“In the chaos that is headed our way, more voters may be willing to give the NDP a look than is presently accounted for.” Prominent conservative commentator, Andrew Coyne, wrote this after Avi Lewis clearly won the NDP leadership. Coyne has a better understanding of the turmoil ahead than many NDP bureaucrats. For now, Carney […]
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As Carney races to “build baby build,” trades workers are clearly the essential labour force government and big business need to construct mines, fossil fuel expansions, and other resource infrastructure. But while this work may provide high-paying short-term jobs, trades workers are paying a higher price in an industry plagued by addiction and suicide. According […]
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How Can Workers Fight Back? Just under a year ago, John Healey, Labour’s Defence Secretary in Britain, visited a munitions factory. There, he made a speech extolling the virtues of a dawning new era of “military Keynesianism.” Slashing overseas aid budgets and “reinforcing the British industrial base” would lead to “more jobs in every part […]
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