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GermanyMore than 1.5 million Berlin households have been dealt a blow by the Federal Constitutional Court. At the request of 284 Christian Democratic Union of [...]
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RussiaA massive build-up of Russian forces on the borders of Ukraine last week saw the US president, Joe Biden, move swiftly to suggest a summit [...]
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CoronavirusIn recent weeks new Covid infections have fallen steeply. Over 32 million people have had their first vaccination. Most of us are looking forward to [...]
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FinlandRail strikes stopped travel in the Finnish capital area on 18-19 March and again on 9 April, as conductors stopped work in separate protests over [...]
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USFor the last several months, the urgently needed union campaign to organize 5,800 workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse raised the hopes of many Amazon [...]
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Ireland NorthImages of young people rioting in Belfast and elsewhere, countered by police using water cannon, conjured up scenes from the period of the ‘Troubles’. From [...]
Economy

World Economy
‘Casino capitalism’ reaches new levels as inequality grows
Across the globe, at least 2.4 million people have now died from contracting Covid-19. Livelihoods have been wrecked and economies have crashed, with the world economy shrinking by over 4% and the UK suffering a […]

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 […]
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
