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United States: The growing discord in the MAGA movement

Colm McCarthy 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.”

Catherine Connolly address a street meeting during the Irish Presidential Campaign

Catherine Connolly trounces right-wing political establishment in Ireland – what next?

Finghin Kelly Socialist Party, Ireland 26 October, 2025

The victory for Connolly and the extremely low vote for Heather Humphreys is a significant blow to the Fianna Fáil / Fine Gael government. It was a rejection of their meek approach to the genocide in Palestine – watering down the Occupied Territories Bill to a toothless token Bill and doing so under pressure from US big business. It is a setback to their ongoing efforts to remove the Triple Lock and to fall into step with EU militarisation and further integration with NATO.

New Gaza ceasefire brings relief – struggle against genocide & occupation continues

Socialist Party Ireland 14 October, 2025

If Trump gets his way, Gaza will be ruled by an imperial and grotesquely named “Board of Peace”, with Trump himself as chair, and including arch war criminal Tony Blair. The Palestinian people will have no say in the running of the Strip.

Banner at front of demonstration in Serbia reading "Your hands are dripping blood"

Serbian students tell Vucic “Your hands are bloody”

PRMI reporters 4 October, 2025

There is so much wrong for us to see. The evil is now so deep, and we are so far into the revolution that we see that corruption is only the tip of the iceberg, just one of the methods they are using to abuse us. We are living in a collective nightmare. And everyone, the whole world is experiencing it. The longer it goes on, the harder it will be to clean up the consequences of their actions.

Protesters in Kuala Lumpa after the Flotilla is attacked

Flotilla blocked, need to widen solidarity action

PRMI reporters 3 October, 2025

Only through the political self-organisation of the Palestinian working class and youth acting together with the organised working class of the Middle East and North Africa can imperialism and the capitalist regimes, along with those who have misled the Palestinian struggle throughout its history, be challenged and a genuine revolutionary movement for the liberation of Palestine succeed. This is why international solidarity is critically important, the imperialist-Zionist war machine with its genocide needs to be stopped so that the Palestinians themselves are able to enact their own liberation. Their victory would be a victory for the working class and oppressed all over the world.

Anti-migrant demonstration by "Operation Dudula"

South Africa: No to xenophobia and attacks on migrants

Jeff Luk PRMI in South Africa 29 September, 2025

Of course, ordinary South Africans are angry and desperate, and this is being exploited by manipulative and power-hungry politicians eager to hide from blame and responsibility. The rhetoric from Operation Dudula, March in March and other reactionary groups is a diversion from the root cause of the crises facing the working class.