Recent events in Ireland have shone a light on the hypocrisy and haughtiness of the political establishment, who believe that there is one rule for them and another for the rest. But beneath the surface, an explosive anger is accumulating.
Workers at the GKN plant in Florence have waged a militant battle to defend their jobs, occupying the factory and organising mass action. Their bold struggle provides inspiration and valuable lessons for fighting GKN workers in Britain.
The US Supreme Court has voted to uphold a new Texas state law that drastically limits access to legal abortions. This attack on reproductive rights – under threat from the rotten capitalist system – must be met with working-class resistance.
On this day 20 years ago, Al Qaeda terrorists shocked the world by bringing down the Twin Towers. Two decades on – after waging a long, bloody war – US imperialism has been humiliated in Afghanistan, opening up a new era of instability.
With the shambolic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan earlier this month, thousands of Afghans are now looking to flee the country. Faced with an unprecedented humanitarian crisis of their own making, politicians in the US and Europe are crying crocodile tears over the hardships faced by refugees, while nonetheless abandoning them to their suffering.
The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan marks a humiliating defeat for US imperialism, as the world’s most powerful military force flees after 20 years of waging a fruitless war. The lesson is clear: the Afghan people can trust only in themselves.
Jorge Martin talks about recent protests in Cuba and the need to defend the Cuban Revolution against imperialist aggression.
Workers at major game developer Activision Blizzard have begun to organise and take action against harassment and discrimination. To kick sexism out of the tech industry, we must kick out the bosses and fight to put workers in control.
The recent World Congress of the International Marxist Tendency was an incredible success, displaying both the strength of the IMT’s ideas, and how these have been translated into a material force across the globe. Marxism is on the march.
The shambolic, much-delayed Tokyo Olympics Games have begun – without fans, and amidst general disapproval from ordinary people in Japan. It is the bosses, not the working class, who should be made to pay for this crisis.
After fighting a fruitless and bloody war for the last 20 years, US forces are withdrawing from Afghanistan. US imperialism is leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Only socialist revolution can prevent a descent in chaos and barbarism.
Counter-revolutionary protests have erupted onto the streets of Cuba, provoked by the deteriorating economic situation facing the country. Socialists must defend the Cuban revolution, oppose imperialism, and fight for workers’ democracy.