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News from around the world by authors from the Socialist Party and our sister parties in International Socialist Alternative (http://www.internationalsocialist.net)
China’s heatwave “the most severe ever recorded in the world”
Hong Liuxing, chinaworker.info Temperatures have risen as high as 45C degrees. Extreme heat of over 40C has been…
Chaos, crisis & catastrophe – capitalist decay in the 2020s
By Laura Fitzgerald It’s been dubbed the Age of Disorder. The 2020s and the present era of capitalism…
Britain: Liz Truss appointed — Prepare for an Autumn of struggle
Editorial from Socialist Alternative, paper of our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland A storm is gathering…
New cold war: What’s behind the Taiwan Strait crisis?
By Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The chain of events sparked by Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on 2-3 August…
War in Ukraine: What can the labour movement do?
By Eric Byl, first published in ‘Lutte Socialiste’/’De Linkse Socialist’, monthly papers of PSL/LSP (our sister organisation in…
Obituary: The last General Secretary dies
It was announced this week that Mikhail Gorbachev, last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet…
Bankrupt Pakistan faces the worst floods in its history
By Geert Cool, Left Socialist Party (our sister organisation in Belgium) Pakistan’s poverty-stricken masses face many problems. There…
Britain: “The Working Class is Back” – are we headed for a general strike?
By Matt Kilsby, Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales & Scotland) Not a day goes by without more…
US: Climate bill, cowritten by coal baron, makes history
By Meaghan Murray, Socialist Alternative US The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is being touted as the largest climate…
Brazil: Stop the coup in the streets! Defeat Bolsonaro and build a socialist alternative
By Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (ISA in Brazil) Brazil sinks into a historic crisis. Bolsonaro’s brazen attitude and…