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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)
Middle East: US-led policy of air attacks on Islamic State lies in ruins
As battle for Kobane rages, IS forces make major gains in Iraq
Hong Kong: Police crackdown provokes mass protests
Anger over police violence fuels spontaneous “umbrella revolution” and growing strike movement
Scotland: 1.6 million vote Yes in a working class revolt against austerity
Urgent to build new mass party for the working class.
Israel-Palestine: Netanyahu government fuels wave of protest
Extracts and updates from a series of articles on the website of Socialist Struggle Movement, the Israel-Palestine section of the CWI.
Scotland: Can capitalism put all of us first?
A response to the “practical idealism” of the Common Weal.
Iraq: Isis jihadists capture more territory
Only organised, united working class can end war and social misery.
Climate change – preparing for war
The quickening pace of global warming poses a threat to US national security, says a leading, federally-funded military research organisation
Iraq: Oil war’s bloody legacy
Escalating sectarian conflict threatens to draw in surrounding countries
Brazil: Homeless struggle & strike heat up climate as World Cup approaches
In the context of a wave of struggle and protests in the run-up to the World Cup, the Sao Paolo metro workers began a powerful strike on 5 June.
Euro polls warning
In country after country, May’s elections to the European parliament saw governments and traditional parties defeated.