By Donal Devlin 10 December 2024 “The choice of the Irish people is clear: they want more of the same”. This was the immediate and typically superficial reaction from Irish Times political editor Pat Leahy about the outcome of the general election in Ireland. Much of the establishment media followed suit. Similarly, Fianna Fáil (FF) and Fine […]
The brutal over-half-century-long Assad-dictatorship has fallen in Syria. Thousands and thousands of political prisoners have been able to reunite with their families, many after years during which they were thought dead. Millions more who were internally displaced are rejoicing as they reunite with their families. The grip of fear losing its hold on people has
Celebrations sweep Syria, but what comes next? Read More »
By Walter Chambers 5 December 2024 The suffering caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the subsequent conflict has been pushed out of the global headlines by the horrific genocide in Gaza, but it is no less horrific. The number of dead and wounded, both military and civilian, now far exceeds
A thousand days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, can the war end? Read More »
By Serge Jordan 4 December 2024 Dramatic events have shaken South Korea in the past 24 hours, plunging the country into a major political crisis. Right-wing President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, accusing opposition parties of pro-North Korean sympathies and pledging to eliminate “anti-state elements”. Yet this desperate authoritarian gamble backfired spectacularly,
South Korea: Martial Law crumbles within hours under threat of general strike Read More »
By Serge Jordan 29 October 2024 For more than a year, the world has been watching in horror in real-time as the Gaza Strip has been enduring one of the most destructive and merciless bombing campaigns in history—an unrelenting assault of genocidal proportions. Yet the machinery of death and destruction wielded by the Israeli State
Stop the Genocide in Gaza and the spiraling bloodshed in the Middle East Read More »
Harper Cleves 23 October 2024 Ears bandaged in a Van Gogh-esque homage to Trump’s injury in a summer assassination attempt; attendees of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) decked out in white as a nod to the suffragettes; live streamed debates where the moderator has to clarify in real time that “murdering infants is illegal in
US elections 2024: The stark limits of lesser-evilism in the age of disorder Read More »
By SocialistIndia.org 11 October 2024 More than 1,500 workers at Samsung Electronics’ plant in Sriperumbudur, on the outskirts of Chennai, have been on an indefinite strike for over a month, standing firm in their demand for the registration and recognition of their newly-formed union, the Samsung India Labour Welfare Union (SIWU), as well as for
Solidarity with the Samsung workers of Chennai! Read More »
This article, written by Rob Jones was first published on 30 May 2021 A graphic example of the current situation in Myanmar was given the other day, when while speaking to one of our correspondents, a bomb exploded in the background. Now nearly four months after the military announced their take-over on 1 February, the
Myanmar: Lessons from the Struggle as It Enters New Phase Read More »
