Halt the tragedies in the Channel – let the refugees in
Da Thu, 25/11/2021 - 12:59In the latest tragedy in the English Channel, at least 27 refugees, including five women and a young girl, drowned when their inflatable dinghy capsized in the icy waters. Read more...
China: Xi Jinping preparing for stormy weather
Peter Main Tue, 16/11/2021 - 14:59First published in Fifth International 22.
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Afghanistan's economy in free fall
Martin Suchanek Mon, 08/11/2021 - 10:16First published in Fifth International 22.
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Dispute with Poland: new test for the EU?
Aventina Holzer, Neue Internationale 260, November 2021 Sun, 07/11/2021 - 12:00The conflict between the EU and Poland is escalating. The parliament and the government in Warsaw continue to refuse to recognise the superior character of EU law over national law. Read more...
Refugees victimised in EU-Belarus ‘hybrid war’
Urte March, Workers Power 388, November 2021 Fri, 05/11/2021 - 12:53ON THE border between Belarus and its EU neighbours; Poland, Latvia and Lithuania, refugees from the global south are once again being used as pawns in a vicious inter-state power struggle. Read more...
Revolutionise the climate movement
Rebecca Anderson, Workers Power 388, November 2021 Thu, 04/11/2021 - 11:29THE 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 - 11:23For 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 - 12:32ON 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 - 09:02After 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 - 09:24On the morning of October 25, a coup was launched in Khartoum. Read more...
Austria: Kurz's resignation: a rebuff for the bourgeoisie, a chance for the left!
Arbeiterinnenstandpunkt, Vienna Fri, 22/10/2021 - 09:28Less than a week after searches were carried out at the headquarters of the Austrian People's Party, ÖVP, and the Federal Chancellery, Sebastian Kurz was no longer Chancellor. Read more...
The Left Party's election debacle: a well deserved disaster
Martin Suchanek Tue, 19/10/2021 - 16:01Even before September 26, it was certain that the Left Party, DIE LINKE, would lose votes and seats. Read more...
What's the Chinese for "Lehman"?
Peter Main Mon, 18/10/2021 - 11:10Well, 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 - 16:46A mass strike has halted steel production in South Africa since 5 October. Read more...
Labour Party: Locking the left out for good?
Editorial, Workers Power 387, October, 2021 Thu, 14/10/2021 - 11:12KEIR STARMER’S first annual conference as Leader started from the assertion that ‘Labour is back in business’ – the business of serving Britain’s ruling class. Read more...
Texas law triggers US-wide attack on abortion rights
Marcus Otono, Nashville, Tennessee Tue, 12/10/2021 - 13:01Texas has become the testing ground for a new approach to the nearly 50 year-long battle over abortion rights in the United States. Read more...
France: Anti health pass demonstrations: no-pass or no-vax?
Marc Lassalle Sun, 10/10/2021 - 16:25Every 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...
German elections: Life in the old dog yet
Jaqueline Katherina Singh Tue, 05/10/2021 - 10:09Germany: Elections and the political crisis of the bourgeoisie
Martin Suchanek, GAM Infomail 1163, Berlin, 20.09.2021 Mon, 20/09/2021 - 15:17With 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 - 15:25Afghan 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 - 13:45The NHS is no longer the best healthcare system in the world. Read more...
UK: Why we are relaunching WORKERS POWER
Editorial Board, Workers Power, London Mon, 06/09/2021 - 10:41With this issue, WORKERS POWER is resuming publication after six years – replacing RED FLAG which appeared for 39 issues during the four and a half years of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Pa 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 - 17:02With 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 - 20:57The 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...
French troops out of Mali, down with French colonialism!
Marc Lassalle Mon, 16/08/2021 - 13:55In a declaration in June 2021, President Macron announced the end of France's Operation Barkhane in Mali. Read more...
Germany: After the strike is before the strike!
Martin Suchanek, GAM Infomail 1158, 13 August 2021 Sat, 14/08/2021 - 15:54A 48-hour strike on Germany's railways has highlighted several key issues, and not just for railway workers. Read more...
Editorial: Fifth International 21
Dave Stockton Sun, 01/08/2021 - 12:39First published in Fifth International 21.
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The World Outlook
Martin Suchanek, Fifth International Journal 21, August 2021 Sun, 01/08/2021 - 12:38First published in Fifth International 21.
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US Imperialism in Perspective
Moritz Sedlak Sun, 01/08/2021 - 12:36First published in Fifth International 21.
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Cedric Robinson's Black Marxism: a critique
Jeremy Dewar Sun, 01/08/2021 - 12:35First published in Fifth International 21.
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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.