Britain’s union leaders are not “laying the groundwork for widespread strikes” as claimed by the Telegraph, they are doing everything possible to isolate, divide and suppress them.
SEP and IYSSE speakers discussed the deepening global crisis of capitalism, the eruption of fascist tendencies, the danger of world war and the need for a socialist and internationalist program.
A Labor-Greens government would collaborate with the fascist Trump, intensify the plans for war with China, continue supporting the Gaza genocide and attack the social and democratic rights of working people.
•Robert Creech, SEP candidate for the seat of Newcastle
Days after she filed a lawsuit against the university administration, police seized Laaila Irshad’s phone with a warrant that purportedly authorized an unrestricted search of all the data on it.
The Trump administration has ratcheted up its attempt to force Harvard University to accept its dictatorial rule, to subordinate the school to his fascist political and ideological agenda.
Sheriff Walter McNeil of Leon County identified the gunman as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, and said he was the son of a deputy in his department. McNeil admitted that “Unfortunately, he had access to one of her weapons.”
The FIARI declared: “Art has as little a fatherland as the workers. To advocate today a return to ‘French’ art is ... to consciously promote historical regression.”
The German government and Analena Baerbock’s Foreign Ministry are excluding Russia from the commemoration because they are reviving Hitler’s great power politics and waging war on Russia.
The latest negotiations result hardly differs from the previous arbitration proposal, which was an outrageous sham, and is miles away from our original demands.
Canada is just emerging from another winter wave of multiple infectious diseases only for the population to be confronted with a growing measles outbreak, as the ruling class’ deliberate undermining of public health since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll.
To win, Birmingham strikers must defeat the corporatist alliance between Unite, the Labour council and the Starmer government.
•Tony Robson
Walkout by postal workers in Orléans, France and Leipzig, Germany over pay and conditions; protests continue across Iran over collapsing living standards; teachers and local government workers in Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria continue strike over pay
Postal workers in Orléans, France begin indefinite strike over increased workloads and in Leipzig, Germany postal workers strike over pay and conditions; workers and retirees continue protests against collapse in living standards, across a quarter of Iran’s provinces; teachers and local government workers in Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria continue month-long stoppage to demand minimum wage
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“To oppose fascism at its roots is to oppose the economic foundations upon which fascism develops”
In this critical interview, North addresses the Marxist understanding of fascism, the historical processes that led to the rise of Hitler and the relevance for today amid the Trump administration’s efforts to establish a fascist dictatorship.
The large rallies headlined by Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez demonstrate the growing audience for anti-capitalist, anti-war and socialist politics. But if this healthy impulse is to be developed, it must break free from Sanders and the Democratic Party.
The World Trade Organisation has said global trade could contract by as much as 1.5 percent this year and has warned that forecasting is problematic because “there has been no directly comparable event in recent history.”