Issues

Statement: The Danger of War over Ukraine

International Executive Committee, League for the Fifth International Mon, 24/01/2022 - 18:13

For the first time since the 1990s, war drums are beating again in Europe. The issue is the escalating conflict between Russia and NATO over Ukraine. Read more...

USA: Despite the Pandemic – The Working Class Awakens

Marcus Otono, Nashville, Tennessee Wed, 19/01/2022 - 10:32

Something is happening with the US working class despite the resurgence of the pandemic with the Omicron wave. They are awakening to militancy. Read more...

France: Teachers strike against government organised disruption

Marc Lassalle Mon, 17/01/2022 - 09:39

Less than a hundred days before the first round of the presidential election on April 10, the strike by French teachers has been massive, determined and very combative. Read more...

Sudanese Revolution: Smashing the Junta is the only road to freedom

International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Tue, 11/01/2022 - 09:12

Once more, across the length and breadth of Sudan, we are witnessing a massive revolutionary upsurge against the military junta of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, General Mohamed Hamdan Read more...

Solidarity with the workers and youth of Kazakhstan!

Martin Suchanek Fri, 07/01/2022 - 16:43

Mass protests have been rocking Kazakhstan since the beginning of the year. Read more...

Germany: The "traffic light" coalition

Jürgen Roth, Neue Internationale 261, December 2021/January 2022 Mon, 20/12/2021 - 14:26

Almost three months after the general election, Germany has a new government. Read more...

Down with rape and torture! International solidarity with climate activists in Karachi!

International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Thu, 16/12/2021 - 12:57

The League for the Fifth International is deeply concerned over reports of the rape and torture of a climate activist on the night before the December 12 Climate March in Karachi. Read more...

Four Crises: Climate, Pandemic, Economy and War

International Executive Committee of the League for the Fifth International Wed, 15/12/2021 - 10:04

First published in Fifth International 22.
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Argentinian election: far left and far right advances

Reginald Banks, Workers Power 389, December 2021 Fri, 10/12/2021 - 18:43

The Argentinian mid-term congressional elections produced dramatic results. Read more...

India: Farmers' victory against Modi government

Javiad Imran Thu, 02/12/2021 - 08:47

After a year of courageous struggle, Indian farmers have humbled India’s “strongman" Narendra Modi. Modi had to broadcast to the nation that he intended to repeal the neoliberal agricultural laws. Read more...

China: Xi Jinping preparing for stormy weather

Peter Main Tue, 16/11/2021 - 14:59

First published in Fifth International 22.
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Afghanistan's economy in free fall

Martin Suchanek Mon, 08/11/2021 - 10:16

First published in Fifth International 22.
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Revolutionise the climate movement

Rebecca Anderson, Workers Power 388, November 2021 Thu, 04/11/2021 - 11:29

THE COP26 climate conference of world leaders, meeting this month in Glasgow, has been billed as the ‘last best chance to get runaway climate change under control’. Read more...

The end of the Chilean model?

Markus Lehner, Neue Internationale 260, November 2021 Wed, 03/11/2021 - 11:23

For many decades, Chile was one of the favourite countries of Wall Street & Co. The country was considered a model for neoliberalism's "way to the top". Read more...

Italy: fascists direct covid anger against trade unions

KD Tait, Workers power No 388 Thu, 28/10/2021 - 12:32

ON SATURDAY 16 October tens of thousands attended an anti-fascist demonstration in Rome, called by the CGIL trade union, in response to a fascist attack on the union’s headquarters the previous week. Read more...

Demand return of Afghan reserves and aid for refugees

Dave Stockton Thu, 28/10/2021 - 09:02

After 40 years of war Afghanistan momentarily seemed to be at peace after the Taliban took power for the second time in mid-August. But the Taliban have taken over a devastated country.
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Halt the Coup in Sudan

International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Tue, 26/10/2021 - 09:24

On the morning of October 25, a coup was launched in Khartoum. Read more...

What's the Chinese for "Lehman"?

Peter Main Mon, 18/10/2021 - 11:10

Well, there's no exact translation, but perhaps a close equivalent might be "Evergrande". Read more...

South Africa: 155,000 NUMSA steelworkers on indefinite strike

Jeremy Dewar Fri, 15/10/2021 - 16:46

A mass strike has halted steel production in South Africa since 5 October. Read more...

France: Anti health pass demonstrations: no-pass or no-vax?

Marc Lassalle Sun, 10/10/2021 - 16:25

Every Saturday, from mid-July to the end of August, about 200,000 people protested in France against the introduction of a health pass. Read more...

Germany: Elections and the political crisis of the bourgeoisie

Martin Suchanek, GAM Infomail 1163, Berlin, 20.09.2021 Mon, 20/09/2021 - 15:17

With less than a week before Germany's general elections, the latest polls, from September 16, show the SPD, with 26 percent, ahead of the CDU/CSU on 22 percent and the Greens on 15 percent. Read more...

Afghanistan: Women show the way against fundamentalist reaction

Revolutionary Socialist Movement, Pakistan section of the League for the Fifth International Sun, 12/09/2021 - 15:25

Afghan women are leading the way in organising anti-Taliban protests in Kabul and other parts of Afghanistan. They are doing what US and allied occupying forces failed to do: stand up to the Taliban. Read more...

We need a world health service

Bernie McAdam, Workers Power 385, London, September 2021 Fri, 10/09/2021 - 13:45

The NHS is no longer the best healthcare system in the world. Read more...

German Homes Ltd: Yes to a referendum, Yes to expropriation!

Tomasz Jaroslaw/Veronika Schulz, Neue Internationale 258, Berlin, September 2021 Thu, 02/09/2021 - 17:02

With some 250,000 valid signatures, the campaign "Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co." (DWE - Expropriate "German Homes and Co") achieved the best result ever for a Berlin referendum in June. Read more...

The victory of the Taliban and its international significance

Int Wed, 18/08/2021 - 20:57

The victory of the Taliban and the fall of the Ghani government are a humiliating defeat of global significance for the US and its Western allies. Read more...