January 2025

The electoral failure, and ongoing threat, of the Irish far right

News and analysis, Racism and fascism, Europe

By Drew Frayne (Socialist Party – Ireland) 31 January 2025 Bucking the international trend of far right electoral gains, the Irish electorate by and large rejected the far right’s programme of anti-immigration, anti-LGBTQ, ultra conservative policies. The surge in anti-immigration protests in the preceding year, the momentum built in the local elections in June and […]

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“Shame must change sides” –  The vital case of Gisèle Pelicot

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First published by Socialist Party (Ireland), 26 January 2025 Warning: Article contains distressing details of r*** and abuse In a stunning decision, Gisèle Pelicot faced down the rape culture that demands survivors of abuse carry the burden of shame and secrecy. She refused a closed trial, demanding that the public join her in confronting the

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Scorched earth capitalism: Wildfires bring apocalyptic scenes to Los Angeles

Environment

By Isi Stewart Duran (Socialist Party Ireland) 23 January 2025 At the time of writing, firefighters in Los Angeles are warning of ‘explosive fire growth’ and ‘critical fire weather’ in the city and its surroundings, where at least 27 people have been killed and at least 31 people have been reported missing since wildfires began

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Brazil: Between Barbarism and Dismay, Conciliation and Coup-Plotting

News and analysis, Racism and fascism, Americas

By PRMI reporters in Brazil, 23 January 2025 This article can also be accessed in Portuguese here 2024 was an apprehensive and discouraging year for left-wing and progressive people in Brazil. In the midst of so many crises, such as the environmental one, and the urgent need for social transformation, the conservatives and the right

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The return of Trump and the fascistic billionaire regime

News and analysis, Americas, National politics

By Donal Devlin Socialist Party Ireland, first published 19 January 2025 Two related stories featured in the news in the weeks before arch-climate change denier Donald Trump was sworn in to serve his second term as US President: 1.     In 2024, the global average temperature crossed a crucial barrier, exceeding 1.5C above pre-industrial

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A critique of ‘Analyzing an Age of Imperialism, Nationalism and Militarism’

News and analysis, Imperialist conflict and war, Socialist feminism, PRMI

By PRMI reporters 20 January 2025 This rather unusual article is published as a contribution to the process of clarifying how we as a revolutionary Marxist, feminist, antiracist organisation in the process of reflection and reconstruction understand and orientate ourselves within the world today. Introduction In 2024, after five years of existence, the International Socialist

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Destroyed areas of Gaza

Ceasefire in Gaza: The struggle against Genocide and Occupation isn’t over

News and analysis, Imperialist conflict and war, Middle East

By PRMI reporters 18 January 2025 “This is a day of happiness, and sadness, a shock and joy, but certainly it is a day we all must cry and cry long because of what we all lost. We did not lose friends, relatives, and homes only, we lost our city, Israel sent us back in

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Syria after Assad: rising from the ashes, the struggle for liberation continues

News and analysis, Middle East

By Serge Jordan 12 January 2025 The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s decades-long dictatorship last December has dramatically reshuffled the cards of Syria’s future. A sense of freedom and jubilation broke through among many Syrians following over five decades of tyranny. However, it is tempered by fear and unease, as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), now the

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Discussing the global situation – report of PRMI meeting

News and analysis, Socialist feminism, Imperialist conflict and war, PRMI, Global economy

PRMI Reporters At the end of December, an international meeting of organisations and supporters from twenty-two countries was held to discuss the current global situation and take a series of political decisions concerning the work of the Project for a Revolutionary Marxist International [PRMI].  Just a week before the meeting, the sixty-year long Assad dictatorship

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Young people do not trust the former liberation movements still in power today

Africa, Workers' struggle and solidarity, News and analysis, PRMI

By Ndumiso from South Africa Published 9 January 2025 This is the transcript of the introduction by Ndumiso to the discussion on the global situation held during the meeting of the PRMI on 14 December 2024. It has been slightly edited for stylistic reasons.  I want to focus my introduction on developments in Africa. Generally,

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