2016
31 December 2016 · Turkey
Turkish novelist Asli Erdogan released from detention as trial continues
Asli Erdogan will be freed after 132 days in detention alongside one of her two co-defendants. A court has ordered their release from custody, but none of them will be able to leave the coun…
20 December 2016 · · Culture, Reviews
Rebellions are built on hope – a Star Wars review
Andy Stowe reviews Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Is science fiction set to become the popular storytelling vehicle of choice for writers and audiences who despise everything Donald Trump stan…
20 December 2016 · Syria · 1 comment
Aleppo: Assad’s barbarism
Fred Leplat writes about the barbarism unleashed by Assad on the people of eastern Aleppo. Bashar al-Assad is in the last stages of the military annihilation of eastern Aleppo. It is no libe…
16 December 2016 · Trade Unions, Ukraine
Support the Ukranian railworkers' union
The Ukrainian transport workers at the “Kyivpastrans” bus and trolleybus workplaces of Kyiv are facing increasing pressure to break their union. Management have engaged in violence, bullying…
15 December 2016 · · Britain
Resist the attack on free speech on Israel
Roland Rance looks at what the government's new definition of antisemitism means: The Tory government’s announcement that it accepts the recommendation of the Home Affairs Select Committee a…
12 December 2016 · Climate Change
Time to act on climate refugees
Alan Thornett and Terry Conway In the last six years over 140 million people have been forced to move because of climate change disasters: droughts, harvest failures and devastating storms. …
9 December 2016 · · Ireland, Women
Abortion in Ireland - anger hobbled by reformism
by John McAnulty On November 25, thousands of activists demonstrated in Dublin calling for the abolition of the 8th amendment to the Irish constitution – a section that asserts equal rights …
6 December 2016 · · Italy
Five Lessons from the Italian referendum
by Dave Kellaway A thumping defeat for Renzi’s anti-democratic and pro-capitalist project. Renzi wanted to change the constitution to remove the senate and to centralise more power in his ha…
6 December 2016 · Italy
Italian voters reject authoritarian proposal
Sinistra Anticapitalista is an organisation in Italy which supports the Fourth International. This is a translation of their statement on the referendum result. The Italian electorate has re…
5 December 2016 · · Indigenous struggles, USA
Standing Rock: a battle won but the war continues
Patrick Scott reports: “Any white person who brings the elements of civilization had the right to take over this continent, and it is great that some people did, and discovered here what the…
1 December 2016 · Cuba
Hasta La Victoria, Adios Fidel!
Susan Pashkoff reflects: When I woke yesterday morning, I was told that Fidel Castro had died. For an American born in 1960 in a US fixated upon the Cold War and the “Communist threat,” Fide…
30 November 2016 · Britain, Housing
Axe the whole housing Act
Glynn Robbins reports on the partial victory just won by the movement to defend public housing: The partial U-turn on ‘Pay to Stay’ is very welcome, but it’s not enough. The Housing and Plan…
28 November 2016 · · Brazil, Reviews
Sport’s dance with the devil
Jane Shallice reviews Brazil's dance with the devil : The World Cup, the Olympics and the fight for democracy by Dave Zirin Haymarket Books $17.95 The Olympics! Who still harbours any illusi…
27 November 2016 · Cuba · 1 comment
Fidel dies
Dave Kellaway reflects Images of Fidel fill the newsreel of our lives: Dishevelled and defeated after the bloody attack on the Moncada barracks; walking free from prison into exile in a smar…
25 November 2016 · Afghanisatn, Women
‘Afghan women’s struggle wont end with NATO pullout’
Orzala Ashraf Nemat is a civil society activist from Afghanistan. Under the Taliban regime, she launched underground literacy and health education programmes for women and girls. She holds a…
24 November 2016 · Poland
Milka Tyszkiewicz Needs Help !
Some comrades will remember Milka Tyszkiewicz speaking at meetings in the UK in the ‘80s and ‘90s. The appeal below on her behalf is from Marek Krukowski and Jozef Pinior. Marek is a Directo…
23 November 2016 · · Britain, Labour Party
A tale of two parties?
Veronica Fagan reports: Being in Liverpool during Labour Party conference was an extraordinary experience which I will struggle to adequately convey. In terms of what happened on conference …
22 November 2016 · Turkey
Emergency visit to HDP MPs in Diyarbakir, Turkey
Julie Ward, MEP for North West England, and Melanie Gingell, Barrister, visited Diyarbakir in South East Turkey between 18th and 20th November 2016 in response to an urgent call from the HDP…
21 November 2016 · · Reviews, Spanish State
Politics in a Time of Crisis
Dave Kellaway reviews: Politics in a Time of Crisis : Podemos and the future of a Democratic Europe by Pablo Iglesias published by Verso Books One passage that made me sit up during Corbyn’s…
18 November 2016 · Europe
Remembering resistance to the Nazis
Mark Findlay writes about The White Rose (Die Weisse Rose), 1952, by Inge Scholl, and its relevance for today in the light of the shift in politics towards to the authoritarian right. Inge S…
17 November 2016 · USA
What next after the US elections?
George Binette just back from US, Boston Red Sox supporter, & Camden UNISON branch secretary (p.c) addressed a packed and lively meeting organised by London Socialist Resistance on November …
16 November 2016 · USA · 1 comment
Trump and the Future
The shocking victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential elections is a major turning point that is part of, and will give new momentum to, a surge to the right in world politics. Phil He…
15 November 2016 · NHS
How can we rescue our NHS?
In the last few days Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) have made it into the headlines after a statement from the Kings Fund pointing that they have been kept secret. Despite th…
15 November 2016 · · USA
Trump as salesman
by Dave Kellaway Andrea Arnold has made a brilliant film, still showing in some cinemas called, American Honey about a group of young workers earning only commission selling magazine subscri…
10 November 2016 · · USA, Uncategorized · 2 comments
How did this racist win?
Mark Findlay analyses the results and considers some of the fall-out from the election of Donald Trump as US president... President-elect Trump is an open racist, misogynist and homophobe. L…
9 November 2016 · USA · 9 comments
The world in shock
The stock markets are falling and the political elites are reeling as Donald Trump, a racist, misogynist, abuser of women and climate change denier wins the US presidential election. He won …
8 November 2016 · · Britain, Tories
Tory Party undergoes major UKIPisation
Alan Thornett looks at what's going on: Theresa May’s government, established in a few frenzied weeks of infighting after the referendum in June, is the most right-wing administration of mod…
1 November 2016 · · Britain
What does democracy look like?
Veronica Fagan looks at some of the issues Over the last few days there has been a lot of brouhaha about what’s happening with Momentum. Unpicking what is behind the controversies is complex…
25 October 2016 · Ecosocialism, Reviews
Facing the Anthropocene
Facing the Anthropocene - fossil capitalism and the crisis of the earth system by Ian Angus (1) Monthly Review Press, October 2016 £15.99 Reviewed by Alan Thornett The first passage of the l…
23 October 2016 · Britain · 1 comment
Anti-Zionism is not a crime
While most attention has been, quite rightly, focused on opposing the smears and witch-hunts against Jackie Walker and other targets for supposed antisemitism, Israel’s supporters and apolog…
21 October 2016 · · USA
On US politics today
Joanna Misnik Black Lives Matter, the Bernie Sanders movement and a presidential campaign with the unlikely presence of Donald Trump and of the first woman candidate for a major party; the p…
20 October 2016 · Syria
Gilbert Achcar: Syria - what prospects for peace?
A packed meeting organised by Socialist Resistance in London on Tuesday 18 October heard Gilbert Achcar analyse the situation in Syria and Mohamed Najjar, of Syria Peace and Justice, talk ab…
15 October 2016 · Labour Party · 1 comment
‘Corbynism’ and the challenge for the left
The Corbyn movement is the most significant development on the left in British politics that has occurred in the course of most of our political lives. It is certainly the radicalisation wit…
7 October 2016 · · Ecosocialism
A major step towards the Anthropocene
Alan Thornett looks at current debates: We are at a crossroads in terms of the impact of our species on the planet. The actions of modern human beings, ‘ homo sapiens’—i.e. us—are set to det…
5 October 2016 · · Syria · 1 comment
Syria – calling for an end to intervention is not nearly enough
The ceasefire in Syria concluded on September 9, 2016 between the US and Russia came to an end on September 19 at 7pm. It was a total failure politically, military and in humanitarian terms,…
30 September 2016 · · Culture, Reviews
Austerity kills real people
Terry Conway reviews Ken Loach's new film I, Daniel Blake I, Daniel Blake’s first showing in Britain was as part of the World Transformed organised by Momentum, on the same day as Jeremy Cor…
27 September 2016 · Latin America
Brazil: a new illegitimate right-wing government stepping up austerity
Marcio Musse writes about the the illegitimate right-wing government of Temer which is stepping up austerity. He also outlines the challenge for the left to present an anti-capitalist and an…
24 September 2016 · Labour Party · 6 comments
Inside Labour is the heart of the class struggle
Andy Stowe writes about Jeremy Corbyn's election victory for leader and the process of change of the Labour Party. The Labour right, its friends in the press, the commentariat and their alli…
21 September 2016 · Media
Ken Loach on media bias against Jeremy Corbyn
Ken Loach spoke as part of a debate on the media in London on September 15 at a meeting organised by Media Reform. Listen to Ken and you will hear detail of Corbyn's policies on the NHS, on …
20 September 2016 · · Syria
The Syrian Truce and Obama’s Exit Strategy
Gilbert Achcar argues that without an agreement for Assad to step down and allow a transition toward a pluralist government, no cease-fire stands a chance. The Syrian Truce and Obama’s Exit …
18 September 2016 · China
Hong Kong elections: call for change
Au Loong Yu, a labour rights activist in Hong Kong, writes about the Hong Kong Legislative Council Election Results held on the 4 September 2016. He is the author of China’s rise: strength a…
13 September 2016 · Education
Grammar schools – another step back to the 1950s
Paul Clarke writes The proposal by Theresa May and her Brexit cabinet to substantially increase the number of grammar schools is a further step towards entrenching class privilege – despite …
7 September 2016 · Green Party
Greens propose a progressive alliance
Jay M assess what this means for the left: The Green Party has elected new co-leaders Jonathan Bartley and Caroline Lucas at its Autumn Conference. The major theme of their leadership campai…
31 August 2016 · Labour Party
Corbyn: a new vision of democracy
Socialist Resistance has asked supporters of Jeremy Corbyn to tell us what they think are the most important things he has achieved in the last year and what their hopes are for the year ahe…
29 August 2016 · · Turkey
Turkey’s incursion in Syria aims to defeat the Kurds and overthrow Rojava
Phil Hearse reports: Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria on 24 August was flagged up as a move to drive the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) out of the border town of Jarabulus. But that is…
28 August 2016 · · Labour Party
Jeremy has put socialist politics at the heart of the Labour Party
Rodger McKenzie Socialist Resistance has asked supporters of Jeremy Corbyn to tell us what they think are the most important things he has achieved in the last year and what their hopes are …
27 August 2016 · NHS
STPs: A new way to force through NHS cuts
The NHS has been hitting the headlines again in recent days as the government's plans to decimate our services have received some attention. Health campaigners have been trying to organise a…
26 August 2016 · Labour Party · 1 comment
The Kurdish community supports Jeremy Corbyn
The Kurdish community supports Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party and the next prime minister. The Kurdish community have known Jeremy Corbyn over many years during which time he ha…
24 August 2016 · Labour Party
Why we will win!
In the last rally of Jeremy Corbyn's campaign before the ballot papers went out, an huge crowd of 3,500, in Kilburn in North West London, brought together in less than 72 hours, were electri…
23 August 2016 · Labour Party
"Antisemitism" - a stick to beat Corbyn
AR Clarendon writes: Despite the comprehensive discrediting of the false allegations of widespread antisemitism in the Labour Party, this lie refuses to die, and has been more recently suppl…
22 August 2016 · Reviews, South Africa
Spirited lessons from the platinum mines
The Spirit of Marikana: The Rise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa by Luke Sinwell with Siphiwe Mbatha Pluto Press reviewed by Norman Traub The lead author of this book, Luke Sinwe…
18 August 2016 · Our History · 4 comments
Trotsky: What was that?
Ian Parker explores: Like most human beings, Leon Davidovich Bronstein was born and he died. He was born in 1879 in Ukraine, became active in left politics in Russia as a student and was imp…
5 August 2016 ·
A week of internationalism
Between the 24th and the 30th July, over 360 young political activists drawn from over a dozen countries took part in the 33rd revolutionary youth camp of the Fourth International in Catalon…
5 August 2016 · 1 comment
A Green spends the week with the Fourth International
Jay M, a Green Party member, spent a week at the Fourth International's youth camp in Catalonia. Here's what he made of it. The first I heard of the Youth Camp was when I casually picked up …
5 August 2016
Stop the bombings and the sieges in Syria, support the Syrian people !
This statement was approved by the closing rally of the youth camp in solidarity with the Fourth International on 30th July in Cannoves, Catalonia in the Spanish state. More than 350 partici…
25 July 2016 · 5 comments
The UKIPisation of the Tory Party –The Brexit left in denial
Alan Thornett explores the situation: It was clear, long before it was launched, that the EU referendum held serious dangers for the left as well as for multiculturalism and anti-racism in B…
20 July 2016 ·
Post capitalism by Paul Mason: a review
The Revolution will not be downloaded Farooq Sulehria reviews Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future by Paul Mason (£8.99; 368 pages; Paperback; Published 2 June 2016 by Penguin) Paul Mason’s…
14 July 2016 · · 4 comments
The Brexit hard-liners take control of government
Alan Thornett analyses the composition of new government, in which Brexit hard-liners have gained key positions. The Theresa May administration is a sharp shift towards the xenophobic right.…
13 July 2016 · · 1 comment
All hands on deck to help Jeremy Corbyn win
“Jeremy Corbyn has touched parts of the electorate Labour hasn’t reached in a long time” writes Andy Stowe . That was the judgement of Laura Kuenssberg, the Tory propagandist who delivers mo…
10 July 2016 ·
CHILCOT REPORT VINDICATES ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT
Fred Leplat analyses the repercussions of the Chilcot report and the tasks that arises out of it for the left. The Chilcot report into Britain’s war in Iraq has given a devastating verdict o…
4 July 2016
What’s at stake in the Tory leadership contest?
Mark Findlay explores the issues Writing about the Tory leadership contest is almost impossible as, as soon as you get started, everything changes. Battles in the Tory party are totally diff…
4 July 2016 ·
Morbid Symptoms - Relapse in the Arab Uprising
The Arab winter as ‘morbid symptom’ Farooq Sulehria reviews Morbid Symptoms - Relapse in the Arab Uprising by Gilbert Achcar. Published May 2016 by Saqi Books, London; ISBN: 9780863561832; P…
30 June 2016
Podemos progress stalls but stalemate not resolved
by Dave Kellaway Rajoy’s PP holds and extends its core vote The headline writer in El Diario probably summed it up best – “Todos Pierden, Rajoy menos” all parties lost but Rajoy’s PP less th…
29 June 2016
No to Jexit! No to austerity! No to racism!
Those that have organised an attempted coup against Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party are cynically using the referendum result as cover for something they have wanted to do ever s…
29 June 2016
Referendum outcome - a setback to compare to Thatcher's win
In these videos recorded at a London meeting to assess the result of the Brexit referendum, Alan Thornett, author of The EU and the Referendum sets out Socialist Resistance's view that Briti…
29 June 2016
The Far Right in Europe - book reviewed
The Far Right in Europe Published November 2015 by Resistance Books and the IIRE Paperback, 334 pages, Price: £12 To order the book, go to http://resistancebooks.org/product/the-far-right-in…
27 June 2016
Fact and fiction about the Referendum
Phil Hearse considers the situation: Massive amounts of comment and analysis are emerging from the political Left and the left-of-centre commentariat. Some is sensible, some is full of half-…
26 June 2016 · 3 comments
Five lessons from the Italian local elections
Dave Kellaway considers; Renzi Prime minister and leader of the PD (Democratic Party) took a kicking from the voters . The PD lost Rome’s mayoral election to Virginia Raggi of the Five Star …
24 June 2016 · Britain, EU · 7 comments
Brexit vote is a disaster, but the struggle goes on
Socialist Resistance statement on the result of the EU referendum The Brexit vote to leave the EU is a victory for the right-wing xenophobes and a disaster for the struggle against austerity…
23 June 2016 ·
Si se puede, Unidad Podemos surges forward in Spanish state elections
Dave Kellaway looks at the prospects for Unidad Podemos in the elections in the Spanish state on Sunday June 26: While we have been facing a confused referendum debate which has boiled down …
22 June 2016 · 1 comment
Why the Left should vote to remain in the EU on 23rd June
Steve Hall, one of Left Unity's four principal speakers explains why he will be voting remain on Thursday and urges others on the left to do so https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZlmmTBmjFo&fe…
21 June 2016
What EU citizens living in Britain think of the referendum
One group of people from whom we haven't heard much during the referendum campaign but whose future is very much at stake in the decision we take on Thursday are EU citizens living in Britai…
21 June 2016 ·
Fire and Blood - a review
Jane Shallice reviews Fire and Blood: The European Civil War, 1914–1945, by Enzo Traverso, translated by David Fernbach. Published by Verso Books, London, 2015, 304pages, £16.99. One of the …
17 June 2016 · · 3 comments
Jo Cox and the well of hatred
Jo Cox, fifth from left. Photo: Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East Socialist Resistance sends its sympathy and solidarity to the family, friends and comrades of Jo Cox writes An…
13 June 2016 ·
An Antiracist Hamlet
Bob Whitehead reviews Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford: Hamlet is the longest of Shakespeare’s plays, at 4000 lines. The full performance would take about four hours, which…
10 June 2016
France swept by new wave of militancy
Terry Conway considers recent developments in France: A massive wave of protests has been sweeping France again since the Socialist Party (PS) government of François Hollande and Manuel Vall…
6 June 2016
Matt Wrack on why the labour movement must support remain
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3 June 2016 · 1 comment
What the Australian points system looks like from the inside
There are many in the Brexit campaign who are not only happy to whip up racism as a byproduct of their campaign but for whom it is the main goal. And following on the back of a viciously rac…
31 May 2016 ·
Make or break time for PCS?
Thomas Barker The civil service union, PCS has suffered significant attacks by the Tory Government. Its membership and finances have been drastically affected by the end of check off (the ta…
27 May 2016 ·
Get it Together - a review
Tony Traub reviews Get it Together: Why we deserve better politics by Zoe Williams (Hutchinson, £14.99) Zoe Williams is a progressive journalist with the Guardian. This book is a very worthw…
26 May 2016 · 4 comments
Why ‘Lexit’ is an illusion
Terry Conway considers the debate on the left over the EU referendum taking place in four weeks time: The referendum on whether or not Britain should remain in the European Union was called …
25 May 2016 ·
NHS: Turn Cameron’s retreat into a rout!
John Lister looks at the situation facing the NHS: A U-turn last week by an increasingly uncertain government underlines the deep divisions within the Tory Party over the EU Referendum next …
21 May 2016 · 1 comment
Defend and build NUS
Nathan Rogers and Terry Conway look at some of the recent developments amongst students: Over recent weeks, votes have taken place in four University student unions as to whether to disaffil…
19 May 2016
China and the 21st Century Crisis - a review
Bai Ruixue, an independent labour researcher based in Hong Kong, reviews ‘China and the 21 st Century Crisis’ by Li Minqi, Published by Pluto Press. ‘China and the 21 st Century Crisis’ by L…
16 May 2016 · · 4 comments
Antisemitism, Zionism and the left
Roland Rance examines the issues: Tory electoral strategist Lynton Crosby has gained notoriety for his “dead cat” tactic: when losing an argument, “throw a dead cat on the table”. However mu…
15 May 2016 ·
Don't leave the EU at this time in this way
In this short talk, Alan Thornett explains why, despite the fact that the European Union is a bosses' club, he thinks it's the wrong time for voters in Britain to support a Brexit campaign. …
15 May 2016
Spanish state: Anticapitalists welcome left wing slate in general election
Socialist Resistance’s sister organisation in the Spanish state, Anticapitalistas, has welcomed the agreement between the new left wing party Podemos and the communist party-backed United Le…
10 May 2016 ·
Corbyn confounds the plotters
Veronica Fagan Labour’s Sadiq Khan decisively defeated Zac Goldsmith after the most disgustingly Islamaphobic campaign by the Tories. Khan won 57% against Goldsmith’s 43% to end eight years …
4 May 2016 · · 1 comment
Break free from fossil fuels
Alan Thornett During the first two weeks of May a global wave of action is taking place around the world around the demand: Break free from fossil fuels – keep the coal, oil, and gas in the …
27 April 2016 · 11 comments
Solidarity with Malia Bouattia
Socialist Resistance stands in full solidarity with NUS President-elect Malia Bouattia, who is facing spurious charges of antisemitism. It is clear to us that the motivation for these untrue…
25 April 2016 · 1 comment
HUGH LOWE 1922-2016
Martin Eady looks back on Hugh's life: For the first time in many years there was no column from Hugh Lowe in the April issue of the Greater London Pensioner. Hugh became ill and was admitte…
20 April 2016
What is to be done with the banks?
HSBC has been fined for money laundering and rate fixing. (Photo: gyverchangphotos via Foter.com) With the recent publication of the leaked "Panama papers", activists and economists have iss…
19 April 2016 ·
Corbyn continues to consolidate
Veronica Fagan looks at the position today: Jeremy Corbyn’s remarkable election as Labour leader was part of a broader radicalisation across Europe – the same process, in different condition…
14 April 2016 ·
Get ready for the 2016 Fourth International Youth Camp
Nathan R. reports from the planning meeting for this year's Fourth International Youth Camp. Read on for details of how you can take part in a week of politics, partying and sunshine in Cata…
13 April 2016
Turkey heads for dictatorship
Sarah Parker and Phil Hearse analyse recent developments in politics in Turkey On March 21 hundreds of thousands of Kurdish people in Diyarbakir, unofficial capital of Kurdistan Turkey, floc…
7 April 2016 ·
Neoliberalism's world of corruption
by Phil Hearse The Panama Papers’ revelations about the rich and powerful hiding untold billions in ‘offshore’ tax havens may be shocking, but it’s hardly a surprise to anyone who knows the …
6 April 2016 ·
NUT: Clearing the decks for action
Jon Duveen reports This year’s National Union of Teachers Conference, at Easter, was held under the shadow of the Government’s White Paper and their consultation documents on ‘Fairer Funding…
25 March 2016 · · 2 comments
The left debates the case for EU exit
Alan Thornett reports on the London meeting on March 23 called by Counterfire and the Communist Party of Britain (CPB) in support of an exit vote in the EU referendum. It generated a lively …
24 March 2016
What happened to the Arab spring?
Gilbert Achcar, author of The People Want, and many other writings on the Middle East particularly assesses the Arab uprising. This talk was given at an international book fair in Sweden. ht…
20 March 2016 ·
An uncertain future for Ant and Dec
It was cruel of the BBC's Andrew Marr to compare David Cameron and George Osborne to the TV presenters Ant and Dec writes Andy Stowe . One pair does nothing more than host frothy light enter…
20 March 2016
What’s wrong with Combined Authorities
Richard Hatcher explores the answers: Neoliberalisation entails both the roll-back and the roll-out of the local state: the roll-back of traditional welfare state structures and functions an…
18 March 2016
Corbyn's campaign - a review
Corbyn’s Campaign edited by Tom Unterrainer, Spokesman Books, Nottingham, 2016, ISBN 978-0-85124-851-6 reviewed by Margot Lindsay We learn here the story of Jeremy’s victory and the opportun…
10 March 2016 · 1 comment
Help us mark the 40th anniversary of the Grunwick strike
August 2016 is the 40 th anniversary of the start of the 2 year strike at Grunwick film processing in North West London. This strike, mainly of Asian women, received unprecedented levels of …
9 March 2016
London NHS devolution - "It's obvious to all but gullible, power-grabbing councillors - this is about dumping blame for closures"
As we head into the third occasion junior doctors have taken strike action in recent years, as well as wrapping up warm for the picket lines tomorrow and Friday, bombarding Jeremy Hunt with …
8 March 2016 · 1 comment
Bernadette McAliskey and Ken Loach mark Easter 1916 Rising
Bernadette McAliskey, the Irish socialist, feminist and anti-imperialist joined film maker Ken Loach and author Geoffrey Bell at a large meeting in London to mark the centenary of the Easter…
8 March 2016
In Honour of International Women's Day: In the Words of Our Founding Mothers
Since its inception in the early 1900s, International Women's Day has inspired many actions and women around the world from Africa to China to Latin America and Europe. In the United States …
7 March 2016 · 2 comments
Fossil Capital - a review
Fossil Capital - the rise of steam power and the roots of global warming, by Andreas Malm. Verso 2016 at 488 pp £19.99 r eviewed by Alan Thornett This book is a well researched, and well-wri…
28 February 2016
The Easter Rising: Comrades of Ours
Geoffrey Bell writes about the Easter Rising and the response of the British left. His latest book, Hesitant Comrades, the Irish Revolution and the British Labour Movement , has just been pu…
28 February 2016 · 1 comment
Sometimes hesitant, sometimes treacherous
Hesitant Comrades: The Irish Revolution and the British Labour Movement by Geoffrey Bell (Pluto Press, 273pp, £17) reviewed by Andy Stowe Jeremy Corbyn finds himself in the tricky position o…
24 February 2016 ·
War and Revolution - a review
Jane Shallice reviews War and Revolution - Rethinking the Twentieth Century by Domenico Losurdo published by Verso Books, 2015, London. With such a grandiose title it would seem that twentie…
23 February 2016 · 5 comments
EU Referendum: for a critical in vote against racism.
Cameron’s announcement on Saturday on his return from Brussels with his so called reform package, that the long awaited referendum on EU membership would take place on June 23 and that he wo…
15 February 2016 ·
How to build a fightback – and how not to
Terry Conway looks at whats going on: The TUC organised a week of ‘action’ from February 8-14 under the rubric Heart Unions week. The centrepiece was a Big Workplace meeting hosted by comedi…
13 February 2016 · 1 comment
Stop Turkey’s war on Kurds! Break the silence - All out March 6
Turkey has launched a war on the 25 million Kurds of south east Turkey ever since the mainly Kurdish political party, the HDP twice won over 12% of the vote in the elections of 2015 and in S…
12 February 2016
Women’s rights and struggles: Five years after Jasmine revolution
In the run up to International Women's Day on March 8 we aim to publish a number of articles on women's resistance internationally. Farooq Sulehria interviewed Feminist and revolutionary Ahl…
10 February 2016 · 1 comment
Lift the ban on the Communist Party of Ukraine - but oppose neo-stalinism
The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign condemns the decision of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv on 16 th December 2015 to suspend the activities of the Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU). T…
4 February 2016
UCL students on rent strike
As the housing crisis deepens, students at UCL in London are on rent strike. The Tories' Housing Bill will deepen the crisis: it will allow further sales of social housing, remove secure ten…
2 February 2016 ·
Climate Rising conference – a big success
Alan Thornett reports from the Climate Rising conference held on Saturday 30 January in London. The Climate Rising conference on Saturday (January 30 th ) was the first big climate event in …
1 February 2016 · 1 comment
International camp for young socialists, environmentalists and feminists
Are you one of the hundreds of thousands of people thrilled by Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour leader? Are you angry about racism, the migrant crisis, and the rise of the far right? Do yo…
30 January 2016
Ireland’s Easter Rising centenary to be marked in London
In 1916 Irish nationalists and revolutionary workers launched an insurrection against British imperialism. This was the beginning of twenty years of revolution across Europe and a struggle w…
25 January 2016 ·
Venezuela: a turning point for Latin America?
by Stuart Piper “They hit us in the stomach. The revolution, and we as social movements, haven't been able to deal with the problem of food.” Marisa, community activist in La Vega, a day aft…
24 January 2016 ·
The world’s eyes are on Turkey
Sarah Parker analyses recent developments in Turkish politics The situation in Turkey is changing quickly, but to see where things are now, it is useful to look back at the events of the las…
22 January 2016 · · 1 comment
Corbyn consolidates his position
Veronica Fagan Jeremy Corbyn’s remarkable election as Labour leader was part of a broader radicalisation across Europe – the same process in different conditions which has seen the growing i…
19 January 2016 ·
Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work
Jane Kelly reviews Melissa Gira Grant's book published by Verso Books in collaboration with Jacobin Magazine. Written by a journalist and former sex worker, this book turns on its head the c…
18 January 2016 · · 1 comment
The age of the Anthropocene?
Alan Thornett reviews The Anthropocene and the Global Environmental Crisis edited by Clive Hamilton, Cristophe Bonneuil, and Francois Gemenne published by the Routledge Environmental Humanit…
15 January 2016 ·
Assessing the Paris COP and building on the outcome
Alan Thornett The COP21 in Le Bourget Paris in December 2015 adopted an agreement on global warming and climate change, which was signed by all 195 participating countries. It will come into…
1 January 2016 · 2 comments
Disability politics: living disabled lives in the age of austerity
Bob Williams-Findlay explores the issues What is disability? I’m someone who has lived all my life with cerebral palsy which was caused by brain damage at birth. My impairment, cerebral pals…