International

Austria: 1,500 school students strike against right-wing coalition government

By REVOLUTION – International Communist Youth Organisation ON 13 JANUARY tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Vienna against the new Austrian government, formed by the conservative Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) and the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ). The  “Black-Blue” coalition, so-called from the parties’ colours, is planning the worst attacks on the working class and […]

Workers Power  ·  25 January 2018

SPD Young Socialists step up opposition to new Grand Coalition in Germany

The final decision will be made by a ballot of the whole membership

Workers Power  ·  24 January 2018

Hands off Afrin! Solidarity with the Kurds!

THE INTERNATIONAL workers' movement should take to the streets in solidarity with the justified resistance of the Kurds' against Turkish militarism

Workers Power  ·  22 January 2018

Solidarity with the movement in Iran! No to imperialist interference!

Resistance is not futile.

Workers Power  ·  09 January 2018

Why won’t Labour show solidarity with Iran protests?

The Labour leadership's 'caution' is a cover for ducking its duty of solidarity and giving the Iran regime the benefit of the doubt

Workers Power  ·  08 January 2018

Rajoy loses Catalan elections – now it’s time to throw him out

The Spanish Prime Minister has been punished for his handling of the Catalan separatist crisis. Now is the moment for a united movement to kick out his austerity government

Workers Power  ·  23 December 2017

Catalan elections set for inconclusive result

The struggle between Catalan separatists and the Madrid government has poisoned relations in the province, with neither side able to offer a satisfactory way forward

Workers Power  ·  16 December 2017

Oppose UK support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen

By Marcus Halaby Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn condemned prime minister Theresa May for her silence on Yemen prior to her recent visit to Saudi Arabia, pointing to the UK government’s “complicity in the Yemeni people’s suffering”. He has called for an end to the Saudi naval and air blockade of Yemen, which began on 6 […]

Workers Power  ·  08 December 2017

Labour, anti-imperialism and the war in Yemen

A socialist international policy has to confront the imperialist division of the world driven by capitalist competition between nation states

Workers Power  ·  07 December 2017

Germany: the far right is growing, but what about the resistance?

Socialists organised protests and blockades to greet the AfD conference which saw the nationalist party lurch further to the right

Workers Power  ·  04 December 2017

Dilma Rouseff’s reformist dreamworld

The leftwing PT is set for a return to power in Brazil, but has it learned the lessons of its past mistakes?

Workers Power  ·  02 December 2017

Robert Mugabe ousted in Palace coup

Zimbabwe’s working class will have to act fast to disrupt the smooth transition of power from one ruling faction to another

Workers Power  ·  26 November 2017

Germany: Collapse of coalition talks triggers unprecedented political crisis

A break with the politics of class collaboration and social partnership is needed to deepen the political crisis of the German ruling class

Workers Power  ·  23 November 2017

Lebanese intrigue opens new front in regional power struggle

Major political events in Lebanon’s politics rarely take place without the intervention of external powers.

Workers Power  ·  14 November 2017

Referendum in Kurdistan: defend the right to self-determination

The false friends of Kurdish independence are determined to keep Kurds divided and stateless. 

Workers Power  ·  13 November 2017

Austrian election results show it’s time to fight back

The poor results of the left show that a new anticapitalist force can only be created around a clear programme forged in resistance to austerity and racism

Workers Power  ·  07 November 2017

Thousands march to demand justice for Palestine

The absence of Labour leaders and members speaks volumes about the real priorities of the Labour left

Workers Power  ·  05 November 2017

Balfour Centenary: it’s time to end UK’s legacy of oppression

A century on from the infamous Balfour declaration it's time to end UK support for Israeli apartheid and colonialism

Workers Power  ·  04 November 2017

Catalan nationalists collapse with a whimper

After the nationalist debacle, it's time for working class unity to fight for a socialist and democratic alternative

Workers Power  ·  31 October 2017

Spain: after the nationalist debacle, unite the working class

ON OCTOBER 27, the Catalan Parliament declared independence by 70 to 10, with 55 abstentions. The Spanish state responded by removing the Catalan First Minister and his government from office, dissolving the Parliament, and assuming control of the region’s government, police and media. New elections have been called for December 21. Until then, Soraya Sáenz […]

Workers Power  ·  30 October 2017

Farcical Irish Labour Society AGM hijacked by the Right

ON OCTOBER 25th the Labour Party Irish Society (LPIS) held its AGM under tight security at Portcullis House in Westminster reports. Past the airport style searches at the entrance, leading to hour long queues outside the door, was a team of Progress apparatchiks attempting to prevent entry to anybody who wasn’t a Blairite MP or […]

Workers Power  ·  30 October 2017

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