Israel doubles down on its atrocities in Palestine
Dave Stockton Tue, 17/05/2022 - 14:35On May 11, an Israeli "Defence” Force sniper shot the famous Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the head. 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...
USA: The Leak – What It Means for Abortion Rights
Marcus Otono Fri, 06/05/2022 - 12:58The recent leak of a “first draft” of a majority opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), repealing the Roe v Wade judgment that legalized abortion rights throughout the United St 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...
New period, new challenges, new International!
League for the Fifth International Sat, 30/04/2022 - 15:30Russia's reactionary attack on Ukraine has opened a new stage in the struggle for the redivision of the world between the great powers. Read more...
Macron wins: class collaboration is no way to stop his new offensive
Dave Stockton, Workers power 393 Tue, 26/04/2022 - 16:58The second round of France’s presidential election on 24 April saw Emmanuel Macron, an arrogant neoliberal ‘reformer’, returned to the Elysée for a second term. Read more...
France: Macron or Le Pen – no choice for the working class
Dave Stockton Fri, 22/04/2022 - 18:07This Sunday's second round of the French presidential election pits the incumbent, authoritarian neoliberal Emmanuel Macron, against veteran far right racist Marine Le Pen. 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...
Women in Afghanistan: Resistance to Islamism and Imperialism
Minerwa Tahir, Fight! Revolutionary women's paper No. 10, March 2022 Fri, 18/03/2022 - 19:54The defeat and ignominious withdrawal of the imperialist occupation forces in Afghanistan brought the Taliban back to power. 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...
International Women's Day
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Tue, 08/03/2022 - 13:04Against War, Women’s Oppression and Capitalism!
For an International gathering of Women’s Movements! 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...
Stop the war in Ukraine
International Secretariat Thu, 24/02/2022 - 13:31The League for the Fifth International condemns the attack by Russian air and land forces on Ukraine, as well as Vladimir Putin’s denial of its right to independence as a sovereign state. 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...
Ireland: 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
Bernie McAdam, Workers Power 390, London, February 2022 Fri, 28/01/2022 - 09:23January 30 marks the 50 year anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Read more...