Issues
UK: Johnson gone - but Tories hang on
Dave Stockton Thu, 14/07/2022 - 11:39Boris Johnson has resigned as leader of the Conservative Party, but not yet as prime minister. Read more...
Madrid decisions – NATO on course for war
Susanne Kühn, Neue Internationale 266, July/August 2022 Mon, 11/07/2022 - 16:00NATO leaders celebrated in the midst of war. They themselves present the conference on 28 and 29 June as a "historic summit" with an "undoubted message". Read more...
Results of the G7 summit – the West is mobilising
Wilhelm Schulz/Martin Suchanek, GAM Infomail 1191, 29 June 2022 Thu, 30/06/2022 - 11:42It is not only Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor and host of the G7 summit, who is looking pleased with himself. Read more...
UK: Rail workers — escalate to win!
KD Tait Fri, 24/06/2022 - 16:19Britain'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
Resa Ludivien, Neue Internationale 265, June 2022 Fri, 24/06/2022 - 08:20The last few months have shaken the global power structure. Read more...
UK: After the TUC demo: coordinate strikes to beat inflation
KD Tait Wed, 22/06/2022 - 13:24On 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
Shehzad Arshad Tue, 14/06/2022 - 10:58Since 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...
The West’s war aims in Ukraine
Dave Stockton, Workers Power 394, London, June 2022 Sat, 04/06/2022 - 16:45THE 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...
As Sweden and Finland join NATO: The end of Nordic "neutrality"?
Neue Internationale, Berlin, June 2022 Thu, 26/05/2022 - 17:28The Russian invasion of Ukraine has meant an all-out barrage of pro-Western imperialist propaganda in Western Europe. Read more...
Sri Lanka: For a Constituent Assembly!
Peter Main Sat, 14/05/2022 - 18:20"Rajapaksa is sending his thugs to kill us", that was the one line message sent to the League by a supporter at the protest camp on Galle Face Green in Colombo on May 9. Read more...
Amazon Staten Island – a victory for rank-and-file organizing
Dave Stockton Sun, 08/05/2022 - 12:39April 1, 2022, witnessed one of the most striking victories for US Labor in quite a time. Read more...
The War over Ukraine: National Defence or Imperialist War?
Markus Lehner, Neue Internationale 264, May 2022 Thu, 05/05/2022 - 19:21For all their rejection of the imperialist aggression represented by the Russian attack on Ukraine at the end of February, Marxists must ask themselves deeper questions about the background to the con Read more...
Germany: DGB on May Day - Protests against national closing of ranks
Susanne Kühn Wed, 04/05/2022 - 19:20203,500 people took part in the trade unions' demonstrations and rallies on 1 May 2022, according to the DGB. Read more...
China: Facing the failure of Zero-Covid?
Resa Ludivien, GAM Infomail 1185, Berlin, April 20, 2022 Thu, 21/04/2022 - 12:29For years, China's Zero-Covid strategy appeared to be a successful and life-saving alternative to the prevailing pandemic policy in the West. Read more...
Pakistan: Imran Khan forced out – the political crisis continues
Umar Javiad Tue, 12/04/2022 - 09:20Imran Khan's time as prime minister ended in the last moments of Saturday, 9th April, after weeks of political crisis and a power struggle between his PTI-led government and the opposition. Read more...
Malvinas War anniversary
Bernie McAdam Mon, 11/04/2022 - 18:06Forty years ago, Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government fought an undeclared war against Argentina for control of the Malvinas or, as Britain calls them, the Falkland Islands. Read more...
Belarus: Solidarity with railway workers
Martin Suchanek Wed, 06/04/2022 - 18:35On 19 March, railway workers from Belarus closed the railway lines to Ukraine in order to block supplies for the invading Russian troops. Read more...
Ukraine: Sanctions: ‘war by other means’
Tim Nailsea, Workers Power 392, April 2022 Mon, 04/04/2022 - 17:03Russia’s imperialist invasion of Ukraine has prompted justified outrage around the world. Read more...
Sri Lanka: Rajapakse II imposes State of Emergency
Peter Main Sat, 02/04/2022 - 14:45Two days after he addressed the nation on TV to announce his latest promise to revive the economy, President Gotabaya Rajapakse has taken emergency powers to try to hold back the tide of protest threa Read more...
Solidarity with the Russian anti-war movement!
Jaqueline Katharina Singh, Neue Internationale 263, April 2022 Fri, 01/04/2022 - 12:06Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there have been protests around the world - including in Russia itself. This article is dedicated to them. Read more...
France's presidential election: No to racism, No to imperialism, Prepare the fight!
Marc Lassalle Sat, 26/03/2022 - 16:03The winner of the presidential election in France is effectively a foregone conclusion. Read more...
Freedom convoys: Canada's far-right roadshow
Andy Yorke, Workers Power 391, London, March 2022 Wed, 09/03/2022 - 12:32The "anti-vax" movement took a new turn early this year with the launch of the freedom convoy in Canada, sparked by a new mandate law requiring unvaccinated truckers (less than 15 per cent) to quarant Read more...
The war in Ukraine and the struggle for the re-division of the world
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Tue, 08/03/2022 - 09:25The Russian invasion of Ukraine has opened a new stage in the struggle for the re-division of the world between the great powers. Read more...
Germany rearms
Martin Suchanek, Infomail 1179, 27 February 2022 (abridged) Mon, 28/02/2022 - 13:17When the U-turn came, it came fast. At a special session of Germany's Bundestag on Sunday, February 27, it was agreed to more than double the Army's budget to 100 billion euros. Read more...
Pakistan: Gwadar's struggle against capitalist "development"
Sheraz Arshad Fri, 18/02/2022 - 09:09The port city of Gwadar in Balochistan is the starting point for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, CPEC, a key strategic link in Beijing's "Belt and Road Initiative". Read more...
Left Party Strategy: Not even old wine in a new bottle
Susanne Kühn, Neue Internationale 262, February 2022 Thu, 10/02/2022 - 10:57Germany's Left Party, DIE LINKE, is once again invoking a new dawn. Read more...
NATO, USA, EU, Russia, Ukraine: Background to the Propaganda War
Frederik Haber, Neue Internationale 262, February 2022 Mon, 07/02/2022 - 10:36Revolutionary communists must not be taken in by the propaganda of rulers, especially not those of the imperialist countries. Read more...
EU Sustainability Assessment: "Greens" facing a meltdown?
Markus Lehner, GAM Infomail 1175, 7 January 2022 Sat, 05/02/2022 - 15:13At first it sounds like a bad joke, or a Brexiteer's fake news report: the EU is to declare power generation from nuclear and gas plants to be "environmentally sustainable". Read more...
Inflation: make the bosses pay!
Jeremy Dewar, Workers Power 390, February 2022 Fri, 04/02/2022 - 17:28Inflation is back in the headlines. Even Tory MPs are raising the ‘cost of living crisis’ in the House of Commons. Read more...
Turkey’s economy on the brink
Dilara Lorin, Neue Internationale 262, Berlin, February, 2022 Thu, 03/02/2022 - 18:31In 2021, Turkish workers had first-hand experience of how worthless their pay packets were in comparison to the profits of factory owners and the ill-gotten gains of the élite of President Recep Tayyi Read more...