Around the world

Hamas victory a blow to imperialism and capitalism in the Middle East

Working class needs to resist new right wing minority government

Weeks after elections in Iraq (15 December), the result is still awaited.

The left was the only true winner of last September’s general election.

Evo Morales of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) was sworn in as President of Bolivia this week. (6,000 words).

The potential for beginning to build a new mass working-class party in England and Wales was glimpsed in outline at the RMT rail union discussion conference on the crisis of working-class political representation on 21 […]

Union-sponsored conference debates way forward for working class and youth

The four-year long cease-fire in Sri Lanka’s civil war is on the verge of collapse.

Mali, 2006.

Homeless occupy empty city buildings

Crisis shows imperialist powers’ hypocrisy

Interview with socialist Hong Kong legislator, "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung.

For genuine working-class representation

Charges have been dropped against eleven of the fourteen people charged with "unlawful assembly" during protests against the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Hong Kong last month.

One year on: where is the relief?

Military hard-man remade as “peacemaker”

Workers and youth have had enough of US-supported Mubarak regime

This is an urgent call for international solidarity.

The massive demo on 4 December 2005 for universal suffrage has shaken the government of Donald Tsang and his puppetmasters in the central government.

Capitalism unable to deliver an advance in living standards, peace or equality.

Worsening misery for tsunami people. A socialist world more necessary than ever

Elections show rejection of neo-liberal policies and hatred of imperialism on the Latin American continent

Hugo Chávez has won his eleventh election victory since becoming president of Venezuela in 1998.

The turnout – of between 150,000 and a quarter of a million – exceeded even the organisers’ expectations.

A year ago, twelve months after former Georgian president Eduard Shevardnaze was overthrown in the so-called ‘rose revolution’, Victor Yushenko came to power as the president of Ukraine after the ‘orange revolution’.

One of the biggest demonstrations in Hong Kong was held on Sunday 4 December.

Delegates oppose social cuts of local Berlin government

Last Friday, 25 November, a general strike against budget cuts paralysed Italy.

Interview by Ron Groves, a Socialist Party member (England and Wales) recently on a visit there

The 450 workers of Tadiran Kesher in Israel are on strike since 11 November.

Sixty percent of Americans now think that the ’blood shed’ in Iraq is not worth it. The brunt of the ’bloodshed’ has of course been borne by the peoples of Iraq, around 100,000 of whom […]

The Israeli government is collapsing in turmoil, forcing forward the date of the next general election by eight months.

CRS caught on camera beating up youths

Immigrant workers in Middle East are on the move

Youth and poor of war-torn country oppose neo-liberalism

Just over a week ago, according to many, the unthinkable happened: Amir Peretz, head of the Israeli trade union federation, the Histadruth, a rank outsider in the beginning of the election campaign, won the vote […]

Not the ‘endgame’ but continuation of ‘Troubles’ in a new form

December trade meeting has “fiasco” written all over it

Stop the repression of trade unionists!

protest message to RACE Management

But victory of communalist candidate poses danger for working class

Successful rally and weekend of discussion and debate hosted by the Socialist Party

Only a socialist solution can save working people

’Chirac-Villepin-Sarkozy – We’ve had enough!"’

Low turnout poll ‘elects’ new reactionary parliament

Establishment’s cultivated image of ‘equality for all’ goes up in flames

‘Sarkozy: We’ve had enough! No to repression! No to racism!’

The result speaks in very clear language: there is no majority for the neo-liberal attacks of the previous red/green government of Gerhard Schröder and Joschka Fischer, or the even harsher ones proposed by Angela Merkel […]