War
Pakistan: Army takes advantage of Lahore bombing
Revolutionary Socialist Movement Pakistan Tue, 12/04/2016 - 11:43The suicide attack in Gulshan Park, Lahore, on Easter Sunday, killed 74 people of whom 29 were children and nine women. More than 370 were injured in the attack. Read more...
The battle for Aleppo and the imperialist-brokered ceasefire
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Sun, 14/02/2016 - 10:48Once again, a wave of tens of thousands of refugees is trying to cross the Syrian-Turkish border, seeking asylum from the horrors of Syria’s civil war, with 35,000 at the Bab al-Salama border crossing Read more...
Hollande’s declaration of “war” threatens the French working class
Marc Lassalle Sat, 19/12/2015 - 19:58“France is at war,” declared President François Hollande after the barbaric massacre in the centre of Paris – adding that it will be pitiless. War - but against whom? Read more...
Syria - Years of War?
Dave Stockton Sat, 05/12/2015 - 14:30David Cameron has admitted that the war on ISIS could go on for years. All military experts agree that airpower alone cannot defeat ISIS because itt cannot hold territory. Read more...
Britain: War in Syria, War in the Labour Party
Dave Stockton Fri, 04/12/2015 - 16:13The British Prime Minister, David Cameron won his House of Commons motion to extend British air strikes from Iraq to Syria with the support of 397 MPs against 223. Read more...
Non à la terreur islamiste, non à la guerre impérialiste et à la réaction impérialiste !
Sécrétariat International, Ligue pour la Cinquième Internationale, 15/11/2015 Mon, 30/11/2015 - 08:14Des millions de personnes en France et partout dans le monde ont été choqués par le massacre de 129 personnes à Paris le soir du 13 novembre. Read more...
No to Islamist terror, no to imperialist war and reaction!
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Sun, 15/11/2015 - 15:01Millions of people in France and worldwide were shocked when they heard of the murder of 129 people in Paris on the evening of November 13. Read more...
Turkey: AKP bombs its way to a majority
Svenja Spunck Thu, 12/11/2015 - 04:12On November 1, the Justice and Development Party, AKP, led by Ahmet Davutoğlu, but in reality dominated by the authoritarian Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, swept back to power with an absolut Read more...
The war in Syria and its regional and global impact
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Wed, 21/10/2015 - 11:36Turkey: the regime wants civil war
Svenja Spunck, Gruppe Arbeitermacht, Berlin Sat, 19/09/2015 - 15:13The situation in Turkey has escalated dramatically recently. Across the country, 400 offices of the Kurdish HDP have been attacked, some buildings were even set on fire. Read more...
No refuge for Cameron in asylum crisis
Jeremy Dewar, Workers Power 385 Thu, 17/09/2015 - 12:03Over 100,000 people marched through the streets of London on Saturday 12 September under the slogan, “Refugees Welcome Here”. It was the biggest pro-migrant demonstration we have seen for many years. Read more...
Turkey: Down with state terrorism!
Svenja Spunck, Gruppe Arbeitermacht, Berlin Tue, 28/07/2015 - 20:43International antifascist forum in the People's Republic of Lugansk
Franz Ickstatt, Gruppe Arbeitermacht, Germany Mon, 08/06/2015 - 13:16The 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi-Germany was a well chosen date for convening an international conference against fascism and war. Read more...
Death of a freedom fighter: Alexei Mosgovoi was murdered
Franz Ickstatt, Neue Internationale 200, May 2015 Thu, 04/06/2015 - 10:47He was probably the most prominent figure among the commanders in the eastern Ukrainian resistance. Read more...
Yemen: No to Saudi intervention!
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Fri, 17/04/2015 - 19:59On 25 March, Saudi Arabia and its allies began a series of air strikes in Yemen, aimed against the Houthis and their allies, who include sections of the Yemeni Army loyal to the former president, Ali Read more...
Pakistan: Caught in the crossfire of the new world (dis)order
Martin Suchanek, Gruppe Arbeitermacht, Germany Wed, 01/04/2015 - 09:27On 17 March, Pakistan was again shaken by terrorist attacks. In Lahore, two Taliban suicide bombers left 15 dead. Read more...
Boko Haram: the forgotton Islamic State
Jeremy Dewar Mon, 16/03/2015 - 10:22Last year Boko Haram declared the area under their control an Islamic state, part of the Iraqi Islamist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s global Caliphate. Read more...
NATO Security Conference, 2015: The military redivision of the world
Juergen Roth, Neue Internationale 196, Berlin, February 2015 Sat, 14/02/2015 - 13:14Having completed combat operations in Afghanistan, a full troop withdrawal was, of course, never in question, NATO is now turning its attention back towards Europe. Read more...
Ukraine: New battles
Franz Ickstatt, Neue Internationale 196, February 2015 Fri, 06/02/2015 - 11:09There never was a real ceasefire. Again and again, the Kievan army, or their fascist allies attacked with artillery, missiles and aircraft, mainly against the civilian population. Read more...
Pakistan: Government exploits Taliban attack on children
Hassan Raza Thu, 08/01/2015 - 12:42The coldblooded killing of 142 people, including 132 children, at the Peshawar Army Public School was a sad day in the recent history of Pakistan, which has been a victim of the “War on Terror” for mo Read more...
Rojava, Imperialism and Revolution
Martin Suchanek, Neue Internationale 194, Berlin, November 2014 Mon, 17/11/2014 - 12:45The heroic resistance of the Kurdish self defence units of the YPG / YPJ is undoubtedly currently at the forefront of the fight for a progressive development in the Middle East. Read more...
Editorial: Nato summit lays plans for new cold war
Dave Stockton Fri, 07/11/2014 - 15:00The decision of the 2014 Nato Summit in Wales to station permanent military forces along the Russian border marks the end of the post-Cold War “phony peace” and the opening of a pre-war period. Read more...
Israel’s third war in Gaza and the prospects for Palestinian liberation
Marcus Halaby Fri, 07/11/2014 - 14:57Israel’s onslaught on Gaza saw record numbers demand an end to the siege. Marcus Halaby asks how can we break the blockade and end the occupation of Palestine Read more...
Counter-revolution in Syria invites US return to Iraq
Marcus Halaby Fri, 07/11/2014 - 14:52Lacking support, the Syrian revolution suffered a series of defeats, a consequence of which was the rise of the ISIS. Marcus Halaby examines the fallout of this development Read more...
Editorial: Imperialist rivalries today
Dave Stockton Fri, 07/11/2014 - 12:19Dave Stockton looks at the increasing tensions between the great powers in the Far East and in Europe, with talk of New Cold Wars and increased arms spending – and what this means for socialist strat Read more...
No to the bombing of Syria and Iraq – solidarity with Kobane!
Fri, 07/11/2014 - 12:09As the Western powers bomb Iraq and Syria under the pretext of fighting the Islamic State, attention has been drawn to the struggle of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) to defend the Syrian Read more...
Проект Программы действий для Украины
Международный секретариат Лиги за Пятый Интернационал Mon, 20/10/2014 - 16:58Лига за Пятый Интернационал приняла участие в конференции Сопротивления, состоявшейся в Крыму 6 и 7 июля 2014. Read more...
Kiev losing a war on two fronts
K D Tait, Workers Power 379 Mon, 13/10/2014 - 18:47On 5 September, six months of fighting between the ultra-nationalist regime in Kiev and the militias of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics was brought to an end by a ceasefire signed in Minsk, Read more...
Statement on the New US-led War in Iraq and Syria
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Thu, 02/10/2014 - 09:30NATO militarism fuels war tension
Workers Power Britain Tue, 02/09/2014 - 07:56On the 4th and 5th of September, the Nato summit will be held in Newport, Wales. Read more...