Manus Lenihan is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). The hype around the ‘ride-sharing’ app Uber has always been shadowed by protests and scandals. But now the Uber Files, released by a whistleblower, have revealed that under the grand phrases about ‘the sharing economy’ there was rampant crime and exploitation. Across the […]
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Serge Jordan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. By rising up onto their feet, the masses in Sri Lanka have awakened the imagination and courage of millions of workers and poor fighting against the effects of the capitalist crisis in South Asia and internationally. The spectacular storming of Colombo’s Presidential residence […]
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On Friday, July 8, millions of Canadians woke up to find they couldn’t make phone calls, send texts or access the internet. Comments were going round social media, once the lines were reconnected, that it shouldn’t be such a bad thing if phone and social media were out for a day — maybe people would […]
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There’s the story of the guy who went to the gas station to pump up his car tires… they charged him 50 cents. He said, “it was only 20 cents last week.” The attendant replied, “that’s inflation for you.” Except inflation is no joke. When certain phrases get constantly used, they can lose their meaning. […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. A succession of economic and political disasters is casting a dark cloud over Xi Jinping’s impending coronation as China’s dictator-for-life. Paralyzing “Zero COVID” lockdowns of major cities, collapsing GDP growth, record unemployment levels, and accelerating imperialist conflict in the shadow of the Ukraine war have plunged Chinese society […]
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Serge Jordan is a member of International Socialist Alternative. The revolution continues, the whole system has to go! Fast-paced events in crisis-ridden Sri Lanka have taken yet a new turn today, Saturday 9 July, as hundreds of thousands of people descended onto the capital Colombo in a day of huge protests originally initiated by the […]
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Claire Laker-Mansfield is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). Tory infighting rages: Drive them all from power! After two days of humiliation, 59 resignations and one sacking, Johnson has finally succumbed to overwhelming pressure and resigned as Tory leader. Yet far from drawing a line under this crisis, it fires the starting […]
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John Hird is a member of Socialismo Revolucionario (ISA in the Spanish State). Since the lifting of COVID19 restrictions, various sectors of the organised workers in the Spanish state have started to take action. The catalyst was the magnificent metal worker’s strike and movement in Cadiz at the end of 2021. In the Basque Country, […]
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Kshama Sawant is a Seattle City Councilmember and a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The day the Supreme Court announced their overturn of Roe v Wade, tens of thousands took to the streets across the country. The shameful, right-wing ruling runs counter to the support for legal abortion by the majority of American […]
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Stéphane Delcros is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). Two months after the presidential election, the traditional parties in France received a new blow in the parliamentary elections. It confirms that the political instruments of the bourgeoisie have been undermined after decades of austerity policies. More than […]
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