US elections: Democrat President, Divided Congress
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Fri, 06/11/2020 - 13:15Joe Biden looks certain to be the next President of the USA but, despite a record turnout of some 160 million voters, this was no "blue tidal wave". Read more...
USA: Election Day Statement
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Tue, 03/11/2020 - 17:33Millions of US citizens vote today in an election which the whole world is watching. Almost 100 million have already voted, either in person or by post. Read more...
Bolivia’s Election; the defeat of the 2019 Coup
Liga Socialista, Brazil Tue, 03/11/2020 - 11:49One year after they ousted the Bolivian President, Evo Morales, the right and far right parties that organised and led the coup, with the support and encouragement of the White House and the Organisat Read more...
Labour Party suspends Jeremy Corbyn from membership
Red Flag statement, October 31, 2020 Sun, 01/11/2020 - 18:36Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the Labour Party for pointing out that the party bureaucracy obstructed attempts to deal with genuine cases of antisemitism, and his political opponents dramatica Read more...
Poland: Mass protests and strikes against abortion ban
Aventina Holzer/Martin Suchanek, GAM Infomail 1124, 30. Oktober 2020 Fri, 30/10/2020 - 18:15For days, thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Poland. Their signs and banners read: "They have blood on their robes", "Protect the women", "Fuck off" and "This is war". Read more...
Austria: Local elections in Vienna and a new Left organisation
Arbeiter*innenstandpunkt, Vienna, October 16, 2020 Fri, 23/10/2020 - 17:01In the recent local elections in Vienna, the biggest city in Austria with about one third of the country’s population, our Austrian section was part of a new left election project called LINKS (German Read more...
Crisis in the USA
International Executive Committee, League for the Fifth International Thu, 22/10/2020 - 07:42A: Introduction Read more...
Belarus: Protest movement stagnates as Lukashenko consolidates control
Urte March Tue, 20/10/2020 - 11:16Anti-regime protests in Belarus are continuing for a tenth week; meanwhile, embattled president Alexander Lukashenko was formally inaugurated in late September. Read more...