The different components of the war in Ukraine
Markus Lehner Neue Internationale 271, February 2023 Tue, 31/01/2023 - 11:18The war in Ukraine is certainly at a historical turning point. Read more...
Iran: The regime threatens to drown the revolution in blood
Martin Suchanek Wed, 25/01/2023 - 12:02For months, the Islamist regime has been trying to drown in blood the mass protests and uprisings that have shaken the country since the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini. Read more...
Marcus Vickers
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Wed, 18/01/2023 - 20:24It is with great sorrow that we learned of the death of our comrade Marcus Vickers after a prolonged battle with cancer. Read more...
EU - Balkans Summit: Old Promises, New Lies
Frederik Haber Tue, 17/01/2023 - 16:36On 6 December, the Albanian capital Tirana hosted the latest conference of the “Western Balkan” states and the European Union. Read more...
Brazil: The failed coup - a warning to the working class
Martin Suchanek Tue, 10/01/2023 - 14:26Thousands of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidential Palace in the federal capital Brasilia on 8 January. Read more...
China: the end of zero-Covid
Peter Main, Workers Power 299, London, December 2022 Wed, 04/01/2023 - 12:08The rapid relaxation of China's zero-covid lockdowns is a direct consequence of the mass protests that have shaken the country. Read more...
For a Revolutionary Year of Struggle in 2023
New Year’s Statement of the League for the Fifth International Sat, 31/12/2022 - 12:28The year 2022 saw a series of inter-related crises wracking the world. There were the wars in Ukraine, Tigray, Yemen, and Myanmar, and a “cold war” launched by Nato. Read more...
1917 in Russia - two revolutions and a turning point in history - the first workers state. First published in 1987 this is an updated version using re-edited material serialised in Workers Power in 2007.
First published by Workers Power in 2000.