After a phone conversation with Turkey’s president Recep Tayyib Erdogan last Sunday, Donald Trump promptly stated that they had agreed on a withdrawal of US troops from Kurdish areas of Northern Syria and given the green light for a Turkish incursion. As of yesterday afternoon, this invasion has begun. According to reports, the offensive started […]

The movement in Ecuador against Lenín Moreno’s IMF-inspired austerity package, which began on 2 October, has reached insurrectionary proportions. The state of emergency declared last Thursday and the use of the police and the army (leaving one dead, dozens injured, and resulting in hundreds of detainees) have not stopped the movement of the workers, youth […]

The mass movement to oust Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has intensified in recent weeks. Facing severe fuel and food shortages, and a totally inept and corrupt government, the masses have taken to the streets once again to force the president to resign and fight for a way out of the deepening economic and social crisis. […]

No matter what industry you work in, a victory of the UAW striking workers will strengthen the working class as a whole and will help all types of workers organize their own unions.

Nearly 50,000 members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have gone out on strike at GM factories, warehouses, and engineering offices in the US. The strike began at midnight on Sunday, September 15, 2019. The Teamsters union, which represents car haulers, said it would honor the UAW picket lines and would not deliver new cars to dealers until the strike has ended. This is the first strike at GM in 12 years. It is part of a growing wave of strikes and job actions which started with the West Virginia teachers’ strike in 2018.

This article was originally published on Socialist Appeal on September 4, 2019. After two defeats in two days, Boris Johnson finds himself blocked in Parliament. A general election is on the cards. The campaign for a socialist Labour government starts today. His government is just two days old, but Boris Johnson has already managed to […]

This article was originally published on Socialist Appeal. Boris Johnson has sent shockwaves across Westminster with his decision to suspend Parliament. This explosive move has thwarted attempts to block Brexit, leaving the ruling class in a frenzy. Labour must mobilise workers to kick out the Tories. Not since Oliver Cromwell’s dismissal of the Rump Parliament […]

Stock markets have experienced a roller-coaster ride over the past two months, as Trump’s erratic trade policy has brought the world economy to the brink of recession. In the latest move, Trump yet again partially postponed the introduction of new tariffs, which he announced two weeks ago. This temporary reprieve will do little to solve […]

Draconian measures by the Modi government regarding Kashmir have sent shockwaves across the whole region. On 5 August, the 70-year status of the disputed Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir was revoked by a presidential order. The existing constitutional arrangement was also revoked suddenly without any democratic process. The constitutional arrangement, referred to as Article […]

Three months have passed since the Sudanese masses rose up and overthrew the hated dictatorship of General Omar al-Bashir a man who ruled Sudan with an iron fist for thirty years. Following months of escalating protests against cuts to basic subsidized necessities like bread and fuel, this marked an important victory for the Sudanese people, but it was only the first step in a revolutionary process.

During the week of 23-30 July, Marxists from across the world attended the International Marxist Tendency’s world school in northern Italy. Attendees came from as far away as Pakistan, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela and South Africa. From Europe, there were visitors from Britain, Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, and Yugoslavia, amongst other places. In total, around […]