“Since Israel’s hostages are no longer in Gaza, targets that the air force avoided during the war are now being bombed” Editorial in this week’s Offensiv, paper of Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden) Ten days after Trump celebrated his ‘peace plan,’ Israeli fighter jets carried out at least 20 attacks in various parts of Gaza. […]
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While ISA welcomes the pause in the slaughter, we do not support the ceasefire “deal itself” in any way After two years of genocidal slaughter in Gaza, the first pause in the fighting for more than six months has come into effect on 10 October. Before the agreed start time for the ceasefire approached, the […]
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A new phase of the struggle against genocide – the working class must #blockeverything In the still of night on 1 October, a cowardly attack by Israeli state terrorists intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla. However, even though the flotilla was stopped, its journey will still be remembered as a crucial turning point, showing a path […]
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Workers’ action shows the way forward Update October1: As the Israeli regime intercepted boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, mass protests erupted in cities across Europe and Middle East. Italian trade unionists have called another general strike for Friday, October 3. Under the slogans “24 hour general strike” and “Block everything,” the […]
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The struggle against Israel’s war is a struggle against imperialism and capitalism With the attack on the Hamas headquarters in Doha, Qatar, the Israeli government further escalated its regional war. It was an unprecedented attack in a country closely allied to the US, the location of the largest US military base in the Middle East. […]
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Trump’s dystopian Gaza ‘plan’ revealed as dock workers defend aid flotilla While starvation and bombs claim new victims in Gaza, the political elite around the world either stand passively by or, like Trump, encourage the Israeli state’s historic crimes. The only hope in this bleak scenario comes from resistance, in particular from workers’ solidarity and […]
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Workers’ Action Needed to End War and Imperialism Over the past year and 9 months, the people of Gaza have faced a war of extermination at the hands of the Israeli state, backed to the hilt by US and European imperialist powers, including Britain. This historic crime is the most defining example of the depravity […]
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This was the introduction to a discussion at ISA’s International Committee on June 26. Of course, Donald Trump’s presidency still dominates world perspectives. He is a symbol of capitalism in the 2020s and even more so the second half of the 2020s, as we approach another tumultuous ‘30s’. His reactionary ideas and repression are also […]
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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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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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