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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'Democratic Socialism' in the United States
Andy Yorke Sun, 01/08/2021 - 12:25First published in Fifth International 21.
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The Death Agony of the New Anticapitalist Party
Marc Lassalle and Martin Suchanek Sun, 01/08/2021 - 12:24First published in Fifth International 21.
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The War in Nagorno-Karabakh
Marcel Rajecky Sun, 01/08/2021 - 12:24First published in Fifth International 21.
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South Africa: poor confront ANC’s rotten state
Jeremy Dewar, redflagonline Wed, 21/07/2021 - 16:40South Africa has just witnessed the worst violence in the country since the fall of apartheid nearly three decades ago. Read more...
USA exits Afghanistan in ignominy
Dave Stockton Tue, 20/07/2021 - 09:12Just short of the twentieth anniversary of George W Bush’s declaration of his War on Terrorism, Joe Biden announced the final exit of the remaining 2500 US troops from Afghanistan. Read more...
Cuba: protests raise need for a socialist perspective
Markus Lehner Fri, 16/07/2021 - 10:55On Saturday, July 10, several bloggers arranged to meet at noon the next day in San Antonio de los Baños, a suburb of Havana, to protest against the extreme shortage of basic necessities in Cuba. Read more...
War, massacre and starvation face millions in Ethiopia-Tigray War
Dave Stockton Mon, 12/07/2021 - 12:59First published in Fifth International 22.
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Joe Biden's Build Back Better hits the buffers
Dave Stockton Mon, 12/07/2021 - 12:58First published in Fifth International 22.
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Peru: Preparing for a right wing coup?
Markus Lehner, Neue Internationale, Juli/August 2021 Sun, 11/07/2021 - 11:06The second round of Peru's presidential elections was held on 6 June. Read more...
China: The centenary of the Chinese Communist Party, part 2
Peter Main Fri, 02/07/2021 - 17:49China: The centenary of the Communist Party
Peter Main Thu, 01/07/2021 - 10:41First published in Fifth International 22.
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UK: The crisis of Ulster Unionism deepens
Bernie McAdam, Red Flag Fri, 25/06/2021 - 11:28Ulster Unionism is experiencing a profound crisis right now. Read more...
USA: Camp Bliss – More Like Camp Hell
Dave Stockton Thu, 24/06/2021 - 10:02More than 4,300 teenaged children are presently interned in an “emergency shelter" at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas. Read more...
Sweden: Government toppled, at last
Arbetarmakt, Swedish section, League for the Fifth International Tue, 22/06/2021 - 11:25Sweden's minority Social Democrat-Green government has finally been toppled, after the prime minister, Stefan Löfven, lost a vote of confidence in parliament. Read more...
Kate Ford - trade unionist and revolutionary socialist
Dave Stockton, Peter Main Sun, 20/06/2021 - 10:39We have learned with great sadness of the sudden and untimely death of Kate Ford. 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.