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School students in Gaza on demonstration - February 1988

9 December 1987: Start of the first Intifada

PRMI reporters 9 December, 2025

Working-class protesters raided the crops of wealthy Palestinian landlords, forcing them to reduce rents. They went on strike and refused to pay taxes. Israeli Civil Administration bodies in the occupied territories were boycotted and Palestinians refused to work in Israeli settlements. A grassroots movement spearheaded by women and girls sought to establish Palestinian food autonomy, and began collectively cultivating crops.

Protests in Cote d'Ivoire demand free and transparent elections

Presidential election of 25 October in Côte d’Ivoire

Militant Cote d Ivoire PRMI in Cote d Ivoire 5 December, 2025

Through their massive abstention, the Ivorian workers and popular masses refused to endorse this fraud. They demonstrated their absolute attachment to their own interests. They showed that they are no longer willing to die for leaders who think only of themselves. As for the political opposition, it revealed its incapacity to lead a struggle that goes beyond institutional demands. It failed to build mobilisation around more compelling demands. We must commit ourselves to occupying this terrain now.

“We Can’t Eat Money” – Indigenous resistance and capitalist disregard at COP30

Lenn Viken Socialist Party, Ireland 5 December, 2025

The most inspiring and distinctive feature about COP30 was the resistance, in the form of direct action that multiple Indigenous groups and activists carried out in the first week of COP30. Indeed, after marching and protesting outside the COP, demonstrators forced themselves into the buildings, and occupied the restricted zone of the conference for a short period of time before they were physically forced out by security guards and police. This was a powerful action in which local Indigenous leaders demanded to be heard, stating that their land is not for sale nor up for negotiations.

Kyiv building s destroyed by Russian missile strikes

Missiles continue to fall on Ukraine as imperialist powers discuss “peace plans”

Walter Chambers PRMI Russia 28 November, 2025

The original plan written in Russia’s interests is based on the approach of 19th Century European, Russian and US imperialism. Ukraine will become a US protectorate, allowing the western powers access to exploit the country’s natural resources, while at the same time accepting the brutal annexation of key parts of the country by Russian imperialism in return for empty promises and the removal of sanctions on Russia.

Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana together at a meeting

Socialism or Barbarism – New left parties & the struggle for revolutionary rupture

Kevin Henry Socialist Party, Ireland 28 November, 2025

There is no reformist road to breaking with capitalism. When it has been tried, the results have been a disaster. Capitalism has at times been prepared to tolerate reforms, such as the creation of the welfare state and NHS post-World War 2. It did so because the alternative was a revolution. Faced with a powerful, organised workers movement, the ruling class risked losing their wealth and privileged place in society.

United States: The growing discord in the MAGA movement

Kevin Henry Socialist Party, Ireland 28 November, 2025

Throughout the period since winning the 2016 Presidential election, the primary means of discipline has been Trump banging the table. Those who publicly broke with him were generally forced out of the party. Otherwise, any differences or fractures have been covered over by this personalism. However, barring a power grab, Donald Trump is term-limited from future presidential runs.

Mass demonstration by SEAT workers in Barcelona against Franco dictatorship in 1971

50 years ago Francesco Franco, Spain’s fascist dictator died

PRMI reporters 20 November, 2025

According to the Socialists and Stalinists, i.e., the Mensheviks of the first and second instances, the Spanish revolution was called upon to solve only its “democratic” tasks, for which a united front with the “democratic” bourgeoisie was indispensable. From this point of view, any and all attempts of the proletariat to go beyond the limits of bourgeois democracy are not only premature but also fatal.

Genocide in Sudan & the role of imperialism and capitalism in fuelling the terror

Michael Shiel Socialist Party, Ireland 20 November, 2025

Since April 2023, the head of armed forces and President Abdel Fattah al-Burnham and his deputy (and RSF leader) Mohamed “Hemedti” Dagalo have been engaged in a vicious power struggle with devastating consequences for the Sudanese people, some of whom have been living in overcrowded, unsafe refugee camps such as those in Chad for over two years.

Picture from Lily Allen's West End Girl Album cover

Review: West End Girl by Lily Allen

Aislinn O Keeffe Socialist Party, Ireland 20 November, 2025

The album begins with “West End Girl” and the first signs that something isn’t quite right in the relationship. After receiving good news about a role in an upcoming play, Allen relates her confusion when her husband is less than supportive of this opportunity. This is presented as the catalyst to the betrayal which is about to unfold.

Advertising shot from One battle after another

Review: One Battle After Another directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Jonathon Diebold Socialist Party, Ireland 20 November, 2025

For all its political references and sympathetic portrayals of the radical left, the film is more concerned with shootouts and car chases than delving deeper into political themes and ideas. Nevertheless, the fact that this movie could be made, on a massive budget and by a mainstream studio, and was received so positively, reflects something of the mood in society today.

Woman in despair sitting amongst rubble of home in Gaza

Israel’s message: “You cease, we fire” – Gaza genocide continues

Socialist Party Ireland 4 November, 2025

Palestinians are living with the trauma of two years of genocide, the mass destruction of life and the means of living. An estimated 90% of buildings have been destroyed or damaged, and the health system has been decimated. With no reconstruction taking place, the impact of this destruction will be keenly felt in the winter months.

Protests against pollution in Gabas, Tunisia - the banner reads in English and Arabic "Stop pollution in Gabas, Stop pollution everywhere"

Tunisia: “We want to live”: the people of Gabès revolt against environmental destruction

PRMI Reporters in Tunis 26 October, 2025

The Tunisian Revolution opened the door to a wave of protest movements and the raising of social demands across the country. Gabès, which had suffered from gas emissions and pollution caused by the chemical complex since the 1970s, also rose up. Protests escalated to the point of sit-ins inside the factory and even temporary shutdowns of production, demanding either the closure of the complex or a radical solution to reclaim their city from what they call “pollution and death.”