Around the world

SSM member, Suiher Daska and other left candidates were elected to the leadership of the union on the background of the coming struggles against austerity

"Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka’s hidden war" by Frances Harrison

Hundreds of people protested outside London’s Houses of Parliament on 14 April to demand that caste oppression in Britain be outlawed.

A surprisingly devastating critique of the ANC’s failure to ensure ‘a better life for all’; BBC2 April 24th and online

Socialist polices needed to resolve crisis in the interests of majority

Following the launch of the WASP the work is ongoing to, on the one hand, complete the formal registration of the party and, on the other, sink its roots and establish its structures across South […]

Unprecedented stimulus package – a desperate gamble

Workers must take urgent steps to defeat capitalism and the right-wing.

The Troika’s bail-out package is an economic and social disaster for the people of Cyprus.

University of Ibadan (UI): End victimisation of student activists! – Call for protest letters and solidarity

Paul Murphy speaks out as European Parliament debates Human Rights

Lively meeting of party members and supporters elects Lagos state executive

On 13 March, seven young men were executed in Saudi Arabia by firing squad.

Appeal for protest letters and solidarity

A socialist perspective on fighting women’s oppression

Peter Taaffe was invited on 10 April to give a series of interviews to BBC Radio local stations on whether there should be protests at Thatcher’s funeral.

Millions have been waiting for this day, 8 April 2013. Margaret Thatcher will never be forgiven for the devastation that her Tory governments’ policies wrought on working class communities in the 1980s – and is […]

Angry, bitter and undeterred, hundreds of pensioners and activists rally in Lagos

Fifteen years without a pay rise – “We are like slaves of the company!”

Just over a month since the death of Chavez and with less than a week till the presidential elections, Venezuelans are experiencing the highest level of political polarization seen in years.

Mere sabre-rattling or real risk to lives of millions?

Thatcher’s bitter legacy

We must stop them!

Weak Israeli government will try to implement austerity budget, and would try to maintain the occupation, possibly under a new cover of "negotiations" with Palestinians. Resistance likely on all fronts.

Anti-bedroom tax protests attracted thousands of people in Glasgow and Edinburgh last weekend – reflecting the mass opposition to the hated ConDem policy.

No political voice for working class

Vic Paananen, who died on 24 March, aged 75, was a veteran socialist activist.

Three Socialist Movement Pakistan killed in sectarian violence in Quetta

Development of Bodu Bala Sena must be stopped

The rise of the Pirate Party is a transient expression of underlying anti-party sentiment and a protest vote against the policies and actions of the established parties

The launch of the Workers & Socialist Party was the direct outcome of the struggles of the mineworkers of South Africa throughout the course of last year.

No trust in any capitalist political factions! For mass struggle around workers’ demands!

Radical, populist policies and anti-imperialism helped transform the political situation This article was first published in Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). After a long battle with cancer, Venezuelan president […]

In his ‘tsunami’ election tour Grillo began to give voice to the deep discontent at economic crisis and austerity

No trust in capitalist government! No austerity for the Euro! Kick out the Troika! For a socialist alternative![Updated article, 25 March]

“A political party has been born in the aftermath of the Marikana mine massacre – the Workers’ and Socialist Party (Wasp)”, media report

Launch surpassed all expectations

Imperialism’s harvest of death and destruction

"The crucial question now is not if or what, but how to begin immediately to build a Working class political alternative"

… and more action after

Alternative energy and socialist planning needed

Ken Loach: "I want people to be angry"

Over 100 people packed into the Glasgow City Unison Offices on March 13th for a public meeting to build for the Anti-Bedroom Tax demonstration on March 30th. The meeting which brought together people from across […]

Verdicts of the Bangladesh war crimes tribunal this February, which were widely seen as overdue and too lenient, sparked off a wave of protests in Dhaka’s Shahbagh Square and throughout the country.

Yesterday, Shimon Peres, the Israeli President, was met by protests as he visited Strasbourg to address the European Parliament

Ruling establishments have long tried to ‘domesticate’ international women’s day – to shed crocodile tears for the victims of gender oppression

Just over 300 delegates and visitors took part in a very successful Socialist Party annual congress in Clacton-on-Sea from 2 to 4 March.

More than ever, the struggle for socialism is necessary!