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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The verdict is in – the cancelled Keystone XL pipeline has cost Albertans $1.3 billion! Let’s be grateful we dodged the $6 billion bullet in the form of guaranteed loans which would have materialized if it had not been cancelled. Jason Kenney’s UCP, and the Government of Alberta in general, love giving money away to […]
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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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Jonas Brännberg is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). Two years after the first global climate strike on 19 March 2019, despite the acute situation, Covid-19 has pushed the question into the background. Yet the coronavirus is in itself a judgment on the capitalist mode of production which destroys ecosystems and creates biological […]
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The hottest place in Canada, Lytton BC, has burned to the ground. The mayor of the small village in the Fraser Canyon said “it would be a miracle if everyone made it out alive.” On the evening of Wednesday, June 30, smoke was spotted, and 15 minutes later a full evacuation order was issued as […]
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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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