On the anniversary of Jina Mahsa Amini's death: A year that changed Iran
Martin Suchanek, Infomail 1231, 15 September 2023 Sat, 16/09/2023 - 08:36On 16 September 2022, the Iranian Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini died as a result of injuries inflicted on her by the so-called morality police during her arrest and in detention through brutal mistre Read more...
Niger Coup exposes Sahel’s acute crisis
Dave Stockton, Workers Power 406, September 2023 Fri, 15/09/2023 - 18:54On July 26, Niamey, capital of the West African state of Niger, saw the presidential guard arrest and depose President Mohamed Bazoum. Read more...
Wagenknecht: The dead-end of left-wing conservatism
Martin Suchanek, GAM Infomail 1130, September 8, 2023 Mon, 11/09/2023 - 19:54To found or not to found – this is the all-important question in the world of Sahra Wagenknecht. Read more...
Argentina: Rightward shift in the primaries
Martin Suchanek Sat, 26/08/2023 - 16:51The victory of the right-wing, ultra-liberal Javier Milei in the primary elections on 13 August is tantamount to a political earthquake. Read more...
Niger: Coup exposes Sahel’s acute crisis
Dave Stockton Mon, 07/08/2023 - 10:58On July 26, Niamey, the capital of the West African state of Niger, saw the presidential guard, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani, arrest and depose President Mohamed Bazoum. Read more...
Sweden integrates into the NATO war alliance
Arbetarmakt - Swedish section, League for the Fifth International Tue, 01/08/2023 - 16:16Sweden joining NATO has formalised a long standing military and security reality: Swedish imperialism lining up behind Washington. Read more...
Freedom for Boris Kagarlitsky!
League for the Fifth International Sat, 29/07/2023 - 15:07Pakistan: LQM mobilises tens of thousands for labour rights
Khaliq Ahmad Sat, 22/07/2023 - 16:54Forward to a working class party in Pakistan! Read more...
A year of war in Ukraine
Resolution of LFI-Congress, 24. June 2023 Fri, 21/07/2023 - 11:081. The outbreak of the war in Ukraine marks a decisive change in the world situation. Read more...
Sweden - part of the NATO war alliance
Arbetarmakt, Swedish section, League for the Fifth International Fri, 21/07/2023 - 10:56Sweden's admission to NATO formalises what has long been a military and security reality: Swedish imperialism is allying itself with Washington. Read more...
Tragedy and Farce: the Wagner coup
Martin Suchanek, GAM Infomail 1226, June 26, 2023 Thu, 06/07/2023 - 10:00Almost as quickly as the scare had begun, it was over. On June 23, the head and owner of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Prigozhin, announced a "March for Justice" on Moscow. Read more...
Why is Russia an imperialist power?
Markus Lehner, Neue Internationale 274, June 2023 Sat, 17/06/2023 - 12:49In the left-wing debate about the positioning in the Ukraine war, the question of the imperialist character of the Russian Federation plays an important role. Read more...
Turkey: the fight goes on!
Dilara Lorin, Neue Internationale 274, June 2023 Thu, 01/06/2023 - 09:25In recent months, particularly in recent weeks, the country has been politicised and tensions within the population have been increasing. Read more...
Pakistan: Reactionary Right secures victory against transgender rights
Minerwa Tahir Fri, 19/05/2023 - 18:37In a landmark defeat for sexually oppressed people’s rights, the religious court of Pakistan has ruled that transgender people cannot change their gender at will. Read more...
Ukraine: On the Way to an Endless War of Position?
Markus Lehner, Neue Internationale 273, May 2023 Wed, 17/05/2023 - 10:56The war in Ukraine is taking on more and more of the terrible characteristics of the First World War. Read more...
Pakistan: Heading for a constitutional crisis?
Minerwa Tahir Fri, 12/05/2023 - 07:56The arrest, and then the release, of Imran Khan, former prime minister and leader of the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf, PTI, party, underline the deep divisions within the country's ruling class and state in Read more...
Turkey: Elections could see the end of Erdogan
Dilara Lorin Fri, 05/05/2023 - 13:19Presidential and parliamentary elections are due in Turkey on 14 May. They could prove decisive for the fate of the Erdogan regime. Read more...
France: Is Macron driving through his pension reform?
Martin Suchanek Wed, 19/04/2023 - 09:24Regardless of reverses and record unpopularity, President Macron is pushing through the raising of the retirement age from 62 to 64 years - against the resistance of wage earners, trade unions and you Read more...
The anti-war movement in Russia
Jaqueline Singh, Fight! Revolutionary Women's Newspaper 11, March 2023 Fri, 07/04/2023 - 10:29The banking crisis: background and answers
Markus Lehner Wed, 05/04/2023 - 08:37On 8 March, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) announced that it would raise $2 billion through a capital increase to offset losses in its assets. Read more...
The Ukraine War and its Impact on Women
Jaqueline Singh, Fight! Revolutionary Women's Newspaper 11, March 2023 Tue, 04/04/2023 - 09:32For more than a year, the Ukraine war has dominated the headlines. Read more...
Israel-Palestine: Break the wave of repression!
Alex Rutherford, Workers Power 402, April 2023 Mon, 03/04/2023 - 12:37AS PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu was being wined and dined by the British government, both the brutality of the apartheid state against the Palestinians and mass opposition on the streets by Israe Read more...
Pakistan: Deaths at charity flour centres
Revolutionary Socialist Movement – Pakistan Sun, 02/04/2023 - 16:53In the last week, 12 people, three children and nine women, have died as they queued for flour at a Ramadan charity centre in Karachi. Read more...
Spain: Mass protests against deterioration of the health system
Ernst Ellert, GAM Infomail no. 1217, 22 March 2023 Thu, 30/03/2023 - 16:12A wave of protests by doctors, nurses and their supporters is developing in Spain against the deliberate run down of the public healthcare system. Read more...
French battle over pensions becomes struggle for democracy
Marc Lassalle Fri, 24/03/2023 - 10:22General strike is the solution!
Down with Macron and the antidemocratic Fifth Republic! Read more...
On the political economy of reproductive labour
Tina Holzer and Martin Suchanek, Fight! #11, March 2023 Tue, 21/03/2023 - 09:15The current crisis is also one of social reproduction. Read more...
Pakistan in the grip of economic crisis and the IMF
Shehzad Arshad Mon, 20/03/2023 - 08:56Pakistan is in the grip of the worst economic crisis in its history. Read more...
Dictatorship and defiance, two sides of today's China
Peter Main Mon, 13/03/2023 - 16:54The last week has seen two sides of today's China; the fake parliamentary facade of the CCP's dictatorship and the eloquent defiance of that dictatorship by the Hong Kong democracy activist, Chow Hang Read more...
Battle over the pensions in France : Trade Unions are the key
Marc Lassalle Wed, 08/03/2023 - 14:56After six days of strike action and demonstrations in France the confrontation between workers and the government over the issue of the pension “reform” is reaching a decisive moment. Read more...
Unite women’s struggles with those of the working class and the oppressed!
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Tue, 07/03/2023 - 11:18Women have been in the forefront of working class and democratic struggles over the last year. 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.