Germany
GERMANY | DIE LINKE / Left Party: What to do?
The author is also a DIE LINKE member. How can the Party’s left react to the decline? The crisis of the Left Party (Die Linke) has not come to an end even with the departure […]
Month: September 2024
Nigeria
NIGERIA | Onerous Bail Conditions Prolong Detention of Adaramoye Michael Lenin and Others
Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) Condemns Conditions of Bail Granted to Adaramoye Michael Lenin and Nine Others Demands Dropping of Trumped-up Charges and Release of all Detainees We Call for Solidarity from NLC, TUC and Civil […]
Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA | Trade Union Conference Debates Way Forward
Over 75 trade unionists and international visitors attended a conference organised by the Free Trade Union Centre in Sri Lanka, which debated the way forward for workers in that country following the protests of 2022, […]
Comment & Analysis
Colonialism was Good Business
A Response to Philip Plickert’s Attempt to Absolve Capitalism Especially since the publication of Eric Williams’ groundbreaking work Capitalism and Slavery, which first appeared in 1944 and sheds light on the contribution of slavery to […]
Iran
IRAN | Review of “Iran Rising: Women, Life, Freedom”
From Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom is described as the first major book on the 2022-23 uprising in Iran. Protests were sparked in […]
Nigeria
NIGERIA | Detainees Michael Lenin and Others Granted Bail
But Struggle Continues to drop all charges and free all jailed #EndBadGovernance activists On Wednesday September 11, Adaramoye Michael Lenin and nine others were granted bail by a Federal High Court at the Federal Capital […]
Nigeria
NIGERIA | Statement of Solidarity from the Workers Party of Argentina (PO – Partido Obrero)
The Partido Obrero (PO – Workers’ Party) of Argentina stands in solidarity with the campaign for the release of hundreds of demonstrators detained in Nigeria, particularly in the days of last August, in the protest […]
Britain
BRITAIN | Trades Union Congress – Two trends: Partnership with the Bosses, or Fight for Workers
Two months into the new Labour government, the Trades Union Congress (TUC – which brings together 5.5 million workers in trade unions across the public and private sector) held its annual Congress. At a time […]
Spotlight on the USA
Harris Will Continue Representing the Capitalists, not the Working Class
Biden’s campaign was on track to crash and burn after his debate with Trump. Despite leading Democrats – including so-called progressive or “left” Democrats like Sanders and AOC – backing Biden to the bitter end. […]
Germany
GERMANY | Far-right AfD and New BSW Strengthened in Regional Elections
Elections in Eastern federal states show massive dissatisfaction with national government The question was not whether the September 1 state elections Saxony and Thuringia (two of the so-called “new federal states” which formed part of […]