Statement on foreign intervention following the overthrow of Assad

Fifth International issue 26, Winter 2024/25

Articles from the December 2024 issue

A joint statement between the ISL, the ITO and the L5I on regroupment discussions

Statement on the second election of Donald Trump

Opposing the imperialist motives of western support for Ukraine doesn't mean subordinating the right of Ukraine to resist invasion and annexation by Russia

Right-wing populists and fascists will be encouraged by a new Trump presidency to step up their attacks

Student protests following the rape of a student have spread across the country after a police crackdown

75 years after the founding of the PRC, turning to the history of the Chinese Communist Party can help us understand its trajectory

By KD Tait This recent Panorama documentary examining the sexual assault allegations against Mohamed Al-Fayed, former owner of the Harrods department store, sheds critical light on the intersection of wealth, power and the systemic neglect of survivors of sexual violence.  In an era where accountability is urgently demanded, this film provides a necessary exploration of […]

There can be no lasting peace in the Middle East as long as Israel continues to exist as a gendarme for imperialist interests in the region

The decision to ban UNRWA confirms the genocidal intent of Israel's war in Gaza

Troublemakers at Work are holding their second conference at an opportune time. The Manchester gathering on 5 October offers trade union activists a chance to reflect on the tasks posed by the arrival of a Labour government, a stagnant capitalist economy and the ongoing war in Gaza and Lebanon. The first conference, in July 2023, […]

Israel stands on the brink of invading Lebanon, having doubled its war aims and placed a ceasefire way beyond the horizon. Reducing whole neighbourhoods to rubble, killing hundreds in pursuit of a single individual is another war crime – in Gaza and in Lebanon. But it is one Labour Britain persists in supporting under the […]

Despite learning how to smile, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves painted a grim picture of the ‘change’ workers can expect to receive in the coming months and years. Resurrecting Theresa May’s plan to means-test winter fuel payments and maintaining the Tories’ vindictive two-child benefit cap are just two of the headline austerity measures Reeves is […]

A joint statement by the ISL, the ITO, and the L5I

By Rose Tedeschi The prison population in the UK is at breaking point. The maximum capacity of UK prisons is 89,619; currently there are 88,521 people in custody. The Ministry of Justice’s latest projections estimate that the prison population could increase to as much as 114,800 by March 2028. Just days after entering office, Labour […]

By Jeremy Dewar On 27 September Israel dropped 10 US made and supplied two-tonne ‘bunker buster’ bombs on Dahyeh, a suburb in southern Beirut and home to 700,000 civilians, killing 300, including Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah and the group’s southern commander Ali Karki. This follows Israel’s attack on Hezbollah’s communications systems by blowing up its […]

By Peter Main The MASS protests that ended with the storming of the presidential palace and Rajapakse’s flight began when even the slightly better-off residents felt the impact of the rapidly deteriorating economic situation. They were soon joined by thousands of others, who established a permanent encampment on Galle Face Green. Entirely missing from the […]

Since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential election after his catastrophic debate with Trump, Kamala Harris has established a narrow lead in the opinion polls. But these are hardly safe or reliable majorities. Hence, amongst the liberal and reformist socialist left there is anxiety bordering on frenzy about Trump’s re-election. Adding fuel to the […]

By Jeremy Dewar ‘RATS CAUSE RIOTS! Rats cause riots!’ chanted protesters as they stormed the Michigan House of Representatives in 1967. Weeks earlier Detroit had witnessed one of the fiercest of the uprisings that had erupted across the States that summer. Even the Republicans had to admit there was an ‘urban crisis’ and substandard housing […]

Israel is intensifying its criminal war against the Lebanese people in order to secure its continued oppression of the Palestinians.

Nurses have overwhelmingly rejected Labour's pay offer. Now is the time to step up the action.

By KD Tait KEIR STARMER spent his first conference as prime minister under pressure to offer tangible evidence of the party’s commitment to its election slogan of ‘change’. Rachel Reeves responded to demands for the government to set out a positive vision by putting on a grin and declaring there would be ‘no return to […]

The inquiry into the Grenfell fire has confirmed this was a preventable disaster, caused by the collective greed of private manufacturers and government bodies.

With the world's attention focused on Gaza, Israel has launched its deadliest raid on the occupied West Bank for two decades

Over 150 attended this year's summer camp organised by the League for the Fifth International and REVOLUTION

A review of the AWL's pamphlet on the 1974 Portuguese revolution

Millions of women have organised protests and strikes after the rape and murder of Moumita Debnath

The SWP limit Stand Up to Racism's programme and tactics to what is acceptable to its reformist sponsors