Election 2016 and working-class independence The fightback against capitalist attacks in the name of “austerity” (or “recovery”) has been at the forefront of the class struggle in Ireland over the past few years. The...
CWI/Socialist Alternative providing left cover for Democrats The following is a lightly edited version of a talk given by an IBT comrade on a Platypus-sponsored panel in Chicago in April 2015. The Second Congress...
A shortened version of an IBT contribution to a panel discussion on “What is Political Party for the Left?” held in Chicago in April 2015. The question of what kind of party we should...
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Translation of “TTIP: Ein Angriff auf die Arbeiterklasse,” first published in German in January 2015 Since July 2013, the EU Commission, U.S. government officials and industry lobbyists have been...
Ferguson, Baltimore, Oakland: An Injury to One is an Injury to All! Oakland, 1 May 2015—Workers organized by International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 voted two weeks ago to shut down the...
Responding to cruel and vindictive disregard for the serious health problems of Mumia Abu-Jamal by prison authorities, a small protest was held on Friday 8 May 2015 in Wellington, New Zealand, to demand his...
Defend refugees against terror and deportation! Smash racist and fascist mobilizations! Translation of “Proletarischer Internationalismus und der Kampf gegen die Festung Europa,” first published in German in September 2015 The recent wave of racist...
Imperialism, Islamic Reaction & Syria’s Civil War The state system established in the Middle East after World War I, when Britain and France carved up the Arab territories of the Ottoman Empire, appears close...
For International Labor Action against Israeli Apartheid! The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched “Operation Protective Edge” against the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on 8 July, placing the Palestinian population in Gaza under brutal military assault...
Down with the National Security Law! Defend Democratic Rights! On 19 December 2014, the Constitutional Court of South Korea ordered the disbanding of the Unified Progressive Party (UPP) on the grounds of alleged “support...