At many times since the start of the war on Gaza it has seemed that the situation in the strip couldn’t become much worse. But following the Israeli government’s renewal of bombardments in early March […]
A supposedly ‘historic’ trade deal between the US and UK was signed on 8 May, the first the US had agreed with any country following the chaos unleashed by Trump’s sweeping tariffs in April. Many […]
A wage agreement between the main trade union federation in Norway, the LO, and NHO (the employers’ organization, the NHO, was announced by both parties on Tuesday, April 1st 2025. They said that the framework […]
The Results The local election concluded on 6 May in Sri Lanka marks the beginning of a loss of support for the National People’s Power / Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (NPP / JVP) (formally a “leftist” […]
The Australian Labor Party has won a landslide election victory. The opposition Coalition has slumped to the lowest proportion of seats it’s ever held since the launch of the Liberal Party. In a country where […]
Canada’s federal election results, on 28th of April, illustrated the polarisation of political ideologies that is continuing to unfold in society. The crisis of capitalism is creating an increased cost of living, a lack of […]
In a historically unprecedented development, today the Christian Democratic candidate Friedrich Merz was unexpectedly not elected Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, in the first ballot for the position. This is the first time […]
Braving the rain – and despite all of the travel restrictions imposed in Istanbul – the May Day demonstration in Kadikoy, organised by trade union confederations DISK and KESK and professional associations, brought together tens […]
This week, largescale commemorations took place in Vietnam to mark the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, known in Vietnam as Reunification Day. North Vietnam forces captured the capital of South Vietnam, on 30 April 1975. As […]
Pakistan’s Defence Minister claimed on 29 April that India is likely to take military action, something that has the potential to escalate into an all-out war between these nuclear-armed countries. The recent tensions were provoked by the […]
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