20 years on: The Good Friday Agreement is dead
The Good Friday Agreement was signed two decades ago, ending years of sectarian violence. But now the treaty is being trampled under foot by the narrow interests of cynical politicians on all sides.
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Cambridge Analytica holds a mirror up to the mainstream media
The technology may have changed, Daniel Morley writes, but the dodgy practices used by Cambridge Analytica to influence political opinion are no different from those employed daily by the entire capitalist establishment and its liberal mouthpieces.
Italian elections: establishment shaken to its foundations
Fred Weston analyses the results of Sunday’s elections in Italy, which have left the country in much the same situation as before the vote: economically in crisis; politically unstable; and socially on the brink.
Five years on: the revolutionary legacy of Hugo Chávez
Alan Woods looks back at the life and revolutionary role of Hugo Chávez, using the 5th anniversary of his death to examine the prospects for the Bolivarian Revolution going forward.
Syria: the barbarism of war and imperialist hypocrisy
Alan Woods takes an in-depth look at the situation in Syria, where the ceasefire has broken down. The dire situation reveals the cynicism of the imperialists – and the horror without end that they have created.
Making poverty profitable
Daniel Morley discusses the latest accusations and revelations that have engulfed Oxfam and the murky global charity sector. Far from “making poverty history”, these organisations thrive on capitalism’s injustices.
South Africa: the chaotic end of Jacob Zuma
Last night, on the evening of 14th February, Jacob Zuma resigned from his position as President of South Africa. This follows a long period of power struggle between two rival wings of the ruling ANC party. Turbulent events lie ahead.
Escalation of imperialist aggression against Venezuela: respond with revolutionary measures
We publish here a statement by Lucha de Clases, the Venezuelan section of the IMT, which discusses the increased aggression and intervention by US imperialism in Venezuela.
No honour among thieves: Saudi war on Yemen falling apart
After inflicting years of barbarism on the Yemeni people, the Saudi coalition is falling apart at the seams. This, Hamid Alizadeh explains, spells trouble for the rotten Saudi ruling class.
The Trump presidency: a year in the madhouse
On the back of yesterday’s State of the Union speech, Josh Holroyd takes a look at the chaos sweeping through the White House. Donald Trump is both a product and a source of unprecedented instability in the system.
Trump and Western imperialism: hands off the Iranian protests!
Waves of heroic protests have spread rapidly to towns and cities throughout Iran over the past two weeks. But, as Farshad Azadian reports, the rhetoric of Western leaders in support of the ‘Iranian people’ has nothing to do with concern for the suffering of the Iranian people and everything to do with assuring their own imperialist interests.
The North of Ireland: Brexit and the Irish border
Gerry Ruddy explains the history of the border in Ireland, and discusses the contradictions facing the governments in Britain and Ireland as a result of Brexit.