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Egypt: Prime Minister Resigns

Egypt: Counterrevolution consolidated ?

Three years after the fall of Mubarak, even the bourgeois media are asking whether anything has really changed in Egypt, or whether the current military interim government is trying to bring about a Read more...

Why communists oppose the French military intervention in Central African Republic

The French government has sent 1,600 troops to the Central African Republic to disarm rebel militias under a United Nations plan to “restore order” to a country destabilised by decades of exploitation Read more...

Egypt: the counter-revolution reigns in blood

Egypt after the Military Coup

Egypt after the Military Coup. Read more...

After Morsi's fall: no support for the generals or their civilian stooges

The fireworks celebrating the “cold” military coup that overthrew elected President Mohamed Morsi, however understandable, will prove shortsighted - and probably sooner rather than later. Read more...

Egypt: Army poised to take power

Egypt: Army poised to take power Read more...

Tunisia: Chokri Belaïd murder could trigger a second revolution

In early February, Tunisia was shaken by the brutal assassination of Chokri Belaïd, general secretary of the Party of United Patriotic Democrats, which identifies its politics as Marxist-Pan-Arabist, Read more...

Egypt: despite the constitution fraud, Morsi can still be stopped

President Mohammed Morsi's December referendum victory for a constitution he rushed through a puppet Constituent Assembly does not have a shred of democratic legitimacy. Read more...

Syria: Victory to the revolution! No to any imperialist intervention!

As the civil war moves towards its climax, the question of the future “new order" in Syria inevitably comes to the fore. Read more...

Egypt: The 18th Brumaire of Mohammed Morsi – and how to stop it

Journalists have suggest that praise from US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton for his services over the Gaza ceasefire went to the head of President Mohammed Morsi. Read more...

South African miners rock the ANC

Condemn the Marikana massacre – unite to win demands

The League for the Fifth International condemns the brutal massacre – reminiscent of the Apartheid era – of 34 striking miners at the Marikana platinum mine, Rustenburg, South Africa. Read more...

Muslim Brotherhood election – no victory for Egyptian workers

The election of Mohammed Morsi, candidate of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the electoral front of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) - represents a defeat for the Egyptian Revolution, not a limited de Read more...

Egypt: Elections open road to counter-revolution

The principal demand of the February 2011 protests that marked the beginning of Egypt’s revolution was for President Hosni Mubarak’s immediate resignation. Read more...

Nigeria: cut in the fuel subsidy sparks general strike

 
Millions of people in Nigeria are taking action against their government for cutting fuel subsidies, writes Dave Stockton. But the movements leaders are proving to be hopeless
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Egypt: the revolution confronts the Junta

The Egyptian revolution is fighting back against the military government, as fierce battles rage again in Tahrir square Read more...

The Egyptian Revolution’s new upsurge

Marcus Halaby looks at how the growing strike wave, mass demonstrations in Tahrir square and Israeli embassy protests herald a new wave of revolution. Read more...

Hipocresía imperialista sobre Libia

Las potencias IMPERIALISTAS se vieron atrapadas apoyando al “bando equivocado” en las revoluciones de Túnez y Egipto, señala Richard Brenner. Sólo cuando se hizo evidente que Mubarak caería, cambiaron completamente y empezaron a posar como apóstoles de la democracia. Read more...

After the fall of Gaddafi revolution must go deeper

Gaddafi has been defeated – now the fight is on to save Libya from NATO and the oil grabbing western powers, writes Richard Brenner Read more...

Imperialist hypocrisy over Libya

THE IMPERIALIST powers were caught backing the ‘wrong side’ in the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, notes Richard Brenner. Only when it became clear that Mubarak would fall, did they turn around and start to pose as apostles of democracy. Read more...

Should socialists support the Libyan revolution?

There has been a fierce debate on the international left about whether to support the rebels, defend Gaddafi or remain neutral. It has seen socialists end up on totally different sides of the revolutionary struggle. So what is causing the confusion? Read more...

The victory of the Libyan Revolution’s first phase

Gaddafi's army melted away as the rebels approached the capital, but what is next for the revolution? A statement by the League for the Fifth International Read more...

Famine in East Africa - a man-made disaster

A terrible famine is gripping East Africa, writes Rachel Brooks, but why is food so scarce? Read more...

Libya and the struggle against imperialism

The fighting in Libya continues to rage as the imperialists attempt to frustrate the revolution whilst isolating Gaddafi. Read more...

Uganda and the fight for gay rights

The struggle for gay rights in Uganda and across Africa has been hitting the headlines. Simon Hardy asks why is homophobia still such an issue today? Read more...

Battle for Libya rages on

The civil war in Libya has intensified, writes Simon Hardy, as both sides struggle for control of major cities and towns Read more...

Blood and tragedy on the Ivory Coast

As French helicopters fire on forces still loyal to Laurent Gbagbo and militia supporting his rival Alassane Ouattara take over the countries largest city, Joana Ramiro explores the political history Read more...

Nato over Libya - the tide begins to turn

Imperialism has intervened into Libya not to save the revolution, but to co-opt it, writes Simon Hardy Read more...

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