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composite photo of irish civil rights protesters gunned down by british army on bloody sunday, 1972

“Derry — This Was Murder” — 50 Years Since Bloody Sunday

January 30, 2022Sean Burns

Sean Burns is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Northern Ireland). Sunday, 30 January 1972 saw one of the bloodiest and most callous atrocities committed during the Troubles. In an event that would become known as Bloody Sunday, British paratroopers (paras) fired indiscriminate live rounds into a crowd of unarmed civil rights protesters […]

Iraq: Only united action can stop sectarian war

August 20, 2014Robert Bechert

Robert Bechert is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Iraqis and Kurds must not trust imperialist ‘helpers’ Millions of working people around the world have been shocked at the rapid advance of the extreme religious fundamentalists of ‘Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIS) who have now proclaimed the foundation of […]

Socialism and national rights

August 19, 2014Peter Taaffe

Peter Taaffe is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). Ukraine, Israel/Palestine and other countries The bloody conflict in Ukraine, alongside the slaughter of the Palestinian people in Gaza, has brought the issue of the ‘national question’ once more forcefully onto the political agenda. How can we open a road to […]

Ukraine: Descending into bloody conflict

May 10, 2014Rob Jones

Rob Jones is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (ISA in Russia). Only united working class action can stop the catastrophe Events in Ukraine have taken a tragic turn as the country has degenerated into violent conflict. The Ukrainian army is moving in, with western powers’ backing, to violently disarm the mainly pro-Russian activists who have […]

Syria: The accelerating catastrophe

November 8, 2013Per-Åke Westerlund

Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden). Will there be ’Geneva II’ negotiations? The western imperialist powers have changed their current focus on Syria from war to negotiations. The aim now is to convene a Geneva II conference before the end of the year. On the ground in Syria, fighting and […]

Syria: Conflict threatens to spread across the Middle East

June 25, 2013Peter Taaffe

Peter Taaffe is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). Urgent need for independent working class socialist organizations The capturing of the strategically important city of Qusair by pro-government forces, including Hezbollah and Iraqi Shias, marks a new stage in the bloody quagmire of Syria and is likely to have wide […]