For socialists and workers’ organisations against the war, stepping up the mass international antiwar movement is extremely urgent. After 5 days of war, Netanyahu and Trump both ordered the entire population of Tehran to evacuate, stressing Israel’s military superiority and “control of the skies”. The latest reports cite over 220 dead civilians in Iran while […]
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On June 18, Vancouver dockworkers and their allies commemorated the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Ballantyne Pier (1935). This so-called battle was actually a vicious attack by police, who were armed with machine guns and tear gas, on unarmed workers who were trying to provide for their families in the midst of the Great […]
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The reality is big business and the capitalist class do not care about the environment. They only have one commitment: the pursuit of profit above all else. COP30, the 30th instalment of the United Nations’ climate change conference, is scheduled to take place in Brazil later this year. In a stunning demonstration of the capitalist […]
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Only the working class can stop war — urgent international workers’ action needed to shut down the war machine The genocidal Israeli regime’s large-scale military attack on Iran may be the beginning of a larger and longer regional war. The working class and poor masses, as well as the region’s reactionary regimes now await the […]
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A coordinated refusal to transport any arms destined for Israel, where they are used to continue the genocidal onslaught, could bring the Israeli war machine to a halt. Workers at docks in Italy and France stopped shipments of weapons to Israel last week. The 19 pallets of components were destined for Haifa where they would […]
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Resist National Guard with Working-Class Power Update, June 9: Trump has ordered 700 Marines into LA. Dozens of fully armed federal agents poured out of unmarked SUVs in Los Angeles’ Fashion District on the afternoon of Friday, June 6. They quickly entered Ambiance Apparel, a clothing wholesaler, and sealed off the street with yellow tape. […]
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End the siege, occupation and capitalism! International Socialist Alternative condemns with the greatest indignation Israel’s war crimes against the people of Gaza and now also against Madleen — the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ship. On the ship at the time of writing is Greta Thunberg who, together with eleven other human rights activists, including EU parliamentarian […]
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Events around the world look grim: the war in Ukraine continues, the genocidal war in Gaza is escalating, and Trump is threatening to push the world economy into a recession that will harm workers. Since Trump’s January 20th inauguration, tariffs, mass layoffs, cuts to social programs, attacks on migrants and the fraying of democracy in […]
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New left party needed to halt Reform’s march to power It is now more than a year since Rishi Sunak stood rain-soaked outside 10 Downing Street to announce a general election. In the time that has passed since, the political landscape of Britain has been transformed almost beyond recognition. The final nails in the coffin […]
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Donald Trump has called “tariff” his favourite word, showing that he must have a limited vocabulary. When he imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports in 2018, he claimed it was protecting American industry. In reality, these tariffs were a nationalist smokescreen for a deeper capitalist crisis — one where working people, not corporate elites, […]
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