The defeat of the attempts by the counter-revolutionary opposition to overthrow the Venezuelan government by force has given way to a wide debate amongst the Bolivarian rank and file about economic policy. Jorge Martin of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign analyses the latest events and debates in Venezuela.
News that the IMF might consider allowing the Irish government to pay off a large chunk of the bailout debt will no doubt be heralded as a great victory for the Coalition in Ireland. Séamus Loughlin from Fightback Ireland explains the reality: that the impact of this deal will only be felt as a ripple on the balance sheet.
Saturday 26th July saw another wave of protests in Britain against the military aggression of the Israeli state, who have continued their criminal attacks on the innocent people of Gaza. We publish here brief reports of two of the demonstrations in the UK from Socialist Appeal supporters in London and Newcastle.
The death of almost 300 innocent men, women and children on a Malaysian airline flight has shocked the world. Flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was travelling over the conflict-hit region when it disappeared from radar. Alan Woods analyses the hypocrytical response of the media and the politicians to these events
Last week, the Israeli army embarked on a ground offensive into Gaza. Whilst hundreds of Palestinians die at the hands of the Israeli state’s criminal attacks, the imperialists continue to offer their support to Israeli’s “proportionate actions to defend itself”. Fred Weston analyses the cynicism and hypocrisy of the Israeli government and of the international bourgeois media and politicians.
We publish here a draft document to be discussed at this year’s World Congress of the International Marxist Tendency. Written earlier this month, before the recent recapture of Slovyansk by the Kiev government, the document explains the origins and processes behind the current war and crisis in Ukraine, as well as outlining the tasks of the Marxists internationally.
A storm of bombs and fire grotesquely denominated “Operation Protective Edge” has been unleashed by the Israeli government on the civilian population of Gaza. Francesco Merli discusses the latest attacks by the Israeli state and the hypocrisy of the imperialists.
Recently a young worker and member of the Leeds Marxist Society, Ben Curry, travelled to Cuba as an international delegate to the May Day celebrations. We publish here his thoughts and analysis on what is happening in Cuba now and where it is going in the future.
Sinn Féin made a big surge in the Euro and Council elections. What are the reasons behind this development? What programme does Sinn Féin propose? And what does the growth of SF mean for workers across the Island?
The speed with which large swathes of Iraqi territory have fallen to a relatively small force of armed militias begs the question as to how this was possible. The Iraqi armed forces were numerically much superior to the groups who took over towns such as Mosul in the north. The army actually melted away. This cannot be explained simply by referring to armed Islamic groups. Something deeper is going on.
Ever since the reactionary and bloody partition of the South Asian subcontinent in 1947, the drums of blame immediately start beating when any major incident that divides the South Asian subcontinent occurs, with fingers pointing across the other side of the border. Lal Khan examines the historical roots of the divisions between Pakistan and India, and looks at the political tensions between these countries today.
Earlier this month, the Solidarity with the Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine (SARU) campaign was launched. This Sunday (22nd June), Jorge Martin from the SARU campaign will be speaking about the struggle against fascism in the Ukraine, as part of the International Marxist School 2014. We publish here a brief overview of the past few months’ events in Ukraine by Tomasz Pierscionek.