Italy has a new reactionary government in power, following elections on Sunday. This will mean further vicious attacks on workers and the oppressed. Explosive class struggles lie ahead – on the industrial front, and on the streets.
Responding to recent advances by western-backed Ukrainian forces, Vladimir Putin this week announced plans to mobilise additional military manpower for Russia’s war effort. The big imperialist powers are raising the stakes on both sides.
This Sunday sees the latest national elections in Italy. The result is likely to return a right-wing coalition. This will mean further attacks on workers and the oppressed – and further strikes and explosive struggles, as the masses mobilise.
Over the last week, Ukrainian forces have made significant advances on the Kharkiv front, forcing the Russians into a disorganised retreat. Where did this surprise counteroffensive come from? And what is its significance for the war overall?
Germany is facing a crisis of catastrophic proportions this winter, if supplies of Russian gas remain restricted. This would have profound social and political consequences, which could spread worldwide. Class struggle is on the order of the day.
Every year on 12 July, Ulster loyalists in the North of Ireland celebrate William of Orange’s victory at the Battle of the Boyne. In this article from 1913, Irish Marxist James Connolly explains the real meaning of these sectarian traditions.
This summer marks a century since the outbreak of civil war in Ireland, when fighting began between supporters of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and those demanding a sovereign Irish Republic. Today, the struggle for a Socialist United Ireland continues.
As the war drags on, the real aims of western imperialism are openly being admitted by its representatives. Many ‘left-wingers’, however, are providing them with a left cover. Instead, socialists must maintain a clear class position.
Following Thursday’s elections, Sinn Féin is now the largest party in Stormont. This will have explosive repercussions across Ireland and Britain: accelerating the crisis of unionism and sharpening UK-EU tensions.
The liberal establishment are breathing a sigh of relief that their man – Emmanuel Macron – has won a second term as French President. His re-election, however, will mean further attacks on workers and youth, and further intense class struggles.
Joe Attard analyses the 2022 French Elections, putting forward the positions that Marxists should stand for complete class independence, voting for neither Macron nor Le Pen.
The conflict in Ukraine has seen a massive campaign of propaganda by western politicians and press, designed to whip up jingoism and distract from problems back home. Marxists must cut through the lies and reveal the real class interests at play.