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SliderAmid unprecedented events, thousands of supporters of Donald Trump supporters rallied in Washington on 6 January. Hundreds, some armed, then stormed the congress buildings on [...]
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Japan2020 was a tempestuous year for Japan, as well as the rest of the world. In August, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became the longest-serving prime [...]
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FinlandFinland has, for the third year in a row, been declared the happiest country in the world in the “World Happiness Report.” Strong unions and [...]
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World EconomyFor over a year, the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the globe, causing over two million deaths and unleashing enormous economic and social crises. [...]
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LebanonLike many countries around the world, 2021 has begun with a new lockdown being implemented across Lebanon, until the end of January. This is a [...]
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Hong KongLast Wednesday, January 6th, more than a thousand state forces carried out pre-dawn raids on 73 premises in Hong Kong. They arrested 53 activists and [...]
Economy

World Economy
Global capitalism at most perilous since 1930s
For over a year, the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the globe, causing over two million deaths and unleashing enormous economic and social crises. 2021 has ushered in new lockdowns in the UK, Germany […]

World Economy
Super-rich tax evasion costs equivalent of thirty four million nurses worldwide
Around £320 billion is lost annually to corporate tax abuse and private tax evasion, the equivalent of nearly 34 million nurses’ salaries, according to the Tax Justice Network. Poorer countries are most affected, with tax […]

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Worldwide capitalist crisis deepens – step up the fight for socialism
A decade ago, following the worldwide financial crash, a Financial Times editorial congratulated capitalism on a bit of luck that “the left” was “missing in action in what should have been its finest hour. In […]
Theory

8oth anniversary of Trotsky’s assassination: The revolutionary ideas of a Marxist giant

Coronavirus plunges capitalism into global turmoil -The need for a socialist alternative

Socialists debate identity politics
