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Analysis by Country

US Supreme Court strikes heaviest blow in generations to women's rights

Finally, they have done it. On June 24, after fifty years of a limited constitutional right to abortion, American women were robbed of that right. Read more...

UK: Rail workers — escalate to win!

Britain's railway network was twice brought to a standstill on June 21 and 23 as 40,000 rail workers walked out in the first national strike for 30 years. Read more...

China and the new world situation

The last few months have shaken the global power structure. Read more...

UK: After the TUC demo: coordinate strikes to beat inflation

On Saturday 18 June, tens of thousands of people marched through central London to demand action to fight the growing cost of living crisis. Read more...

Pakistan: Capitalist crisis and the working class

Since Imran Khan lost a parliamentary vote of confidence and Shahbaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) replaced him as prime minister, the political crisis wracking the country has taken even s Read more...

Is the New Popular Union a step forward for the French working class?

“French people if you want it, with your ballots you can satisfy many essential demands”. Read more...

The West’s war aims in Ukraine

THE WORLD situation in 2022 is characterised by multiple crises—the most immediate and far reaching in its global consequences is the war in Ukraine, which has massively boosted re-armament, the expan Read more...

Sinn Fein's historic victory runs into Unionist veto

Sinn Fein won a historic victory in the Northern Ireland Assembly election. Read more...

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