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Internationalism
Internationalism
The war in Ukraine: opposing imperialism East and West
Dragan Plavšić and Anja Ilić discuss the war in Ukraine, its causes and consequences and how socialists should respond
Resist G7: justice for Palestine
Thousands of protesters descended on Whitehall to confront Britain’s complicity in Israeli apartheid, reports Cici Washburn
Lenin 150 (Samizdat) - book review
Lenin 150 (Samizdat)
is a welcome collection of articles and pieces on Lenin by authors from around the world which asserts the importance of his political legacy, finds Chris Bambery
Protecting war criminals and torturers: the Tory bill and Starmer's shame
The passing of the Overseas Operations bill which Labour abstained on is a disservice to victims of torture and undermines international law, argues Lindsey German
Israel annexation of West Bank will be the final nail in the Oslo Accord
What the annexation would mean to Palestinians and Israelis and why we should oppose it, explains Sybil Cock
Coronavirus: a collective problem that needs a collective response
Capitalist competition is arresting the fight against Covid-19, argues Jamal Elaheebocus
UK's national scandal: time for accountability and change
In this thorough and damning account of the government's catastrophic failures dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, Dr Raisa Ahmed argues we cannot return to 'normal'
Lessons from the Spanish flu of 1919: internationalism and people before profit
Internationalism and collective action of the working people is the way to resolve pandemics argues John Westmoreland
6 steps toward rebuilding the left
Six practical and theoretical suggestions to build a broad, united and fighting left, by David McAllister
Now the real solidarity with Europe begins - weekly briefing
Lindsey German on class and internationalism
Another reason to protest Trump's visit: recognition of illegal Israeli settlements
Sybil Cock looks at the US's recognition of Israeli settlements, what this change represents and why it's another reason to protest Trump's visit
Bolivia: call it a coup, support the resistance
International solidarity is vital - the left must unite in condemning the coup against Morales, argues David Bush
Navigating the Zeitgeist: A Story of the Cold War, the New Left, Irish Republicanism, and International Communism - book review
The story of an active life during momentous times from the Cold War to the 1980s turns out to be more personal than resonating with the political, finds Jacqueline Mulhallen
Leave - Fight - Transform - founding statement
From Amazon warehouses to Belfast’s shipyards, workers are demanding a break — a break with the failed system of austerity, neoliberalism and capitalism
Resisting climate catastrophe: the kids are still leading the way
The school students' mass movement against manmade climate catastrophe has lost none of its vitality, reports Ellen Graubart
Why the EU is not internationalist
Seeing the EU as internationalist is a fundamental error rooted in a misdiagnosis of its aims and effects, argues Chris Nineham
Behind every ‘successful’ woman there’s another woman doing the work - weekly briefing
Feminism is a double-edged sword for those fighting for women’s liberation, argues Lindsey German
How activists are supporting Palestinian hunger strikers internationally
On the 69th anniversary of the Nakba and with 1,500 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Nourhan Ashraf Elsayed looks at how activists are showing solidarity
We are a nation. We decide: Catalonia calling
The aftershocks of Franco's Spain are re-emerging and clashing with 21st-century tensions, notes Chris Bambery
The new balance of forces: lessons from Saturday
As the old order stumbles, our side must embrace the internationalism that underpins anti-Trumpism, asserts Kevin Ovenden
Free movement: taking the arguments forward
Internationalism is the key to striking back against the bosses’ Brexit, asserts Cameron Panting
Internationalism can’t be sacrificed to keep the Labour right happy
Retreating over foreign policy will allow the right to regroup, argues John Rees
The EU is no friend to refugees
The EU is has a terrible record on it's treatment of refugees, argues Shabbir Lakha
A beacon of hope in dark times
Shabbir Lakha reports on the Convoy to Calais, which the French police shamefully turned back at the border
All roads lead to Calais
We need working class solidarity in support of the refugees - John Westmoreland reports on building the convoy in Doncaster
To stop the far right we must oppose the EU
Kevin Ovenden argues for an internationalist approach to the European crisis in the second half of a two-part series on the European question
Unions: the EU offers us nothing
Many trade unionists will be voting to leave the EU in the upcoming referendum. An ASLEF, BFAWU and RMT statement explains why
The England Squad: an imagined community of eleven named people
Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football explores what the announcement of the Euro 2016 squad says about modern Englishness
Why the EU won't help workers
Staying in the European Union will increase the power of our rulers, which is why we need to leave, writes Richard Allday
Always in the front line
Women workers have been at the forefront of every new wave of struggle
Nation, class and battling Euro-austerity
Kevin Ovenden on the roles of nationalism and internationalism in Greece's struggle with European imposed austerity