A review of The Carnation Revolution: The Day Portugal's Dictatorship Fell by Alex Fernandes, Oneworld, 2024, 400 pages, £22.

The seventh South African election under universal suffrage proved to be a turning point for the party that negotiated the ending of apartheid 30 years ago, the African National Congress (ANC).

Any agreement reached under the cosh of Netanyahu and Ben Gvir’s New Nakba and the services of US imperialism would mean simply continuing the torment of the Palestinians and the denial of their democratic rights and national sovereignty.

A surprise victory for the left-wing New Popular Front will intensify the political instability in the country.

The new popular front is no barrier to the rise of the far right

Will the US continue to allow Israel to ignore its most important ally?

There can be no peace while Israel maintains its occupation of Gaza and the West Bank

Six months into the war in Gaza, Israel continues to commit genocide against the Palestinians and aggression against its neighbours with impunity.

By Martin Suchanek In a serious attack on freedom of expression and assembly, on 12 April the Berlin police shut down and dispersed the Palestine Congress, a democratically and legally organised meeting. All this was an attempt to criminalise criticism of the state of Israel and its racist foundations, indeed any advocacy of the democratic […]

The Austrian Communist Party's brand of leftwing municipalism is delivering electoral success

Social democrats punished as far right surges in latest right shift in Europe

India's prime minister seeks a parliamentary supermajority that would allow his Hindu nationalist coalition to amend the country's secular constitution.

A woman’s right to choose to terminate their pregnancy lies at the heart of the liberation struggle. Not the Church, not the state, women must decide their fate!

Berlin, 14 April 2024

China is facing serious economic problems.

Israel's allies are providing aid as humanitarian cover for its genocidal war

The DUP have returned to power sharing. Who benefits?

Despite its limitations, the ICJ ruling represents a moral blow to Israel and the western powers.

With a weak and unstable government confronting a frustrated opposition, the workers’ movement must build a united front against the IMF.

The war is exacerbating the contradictions inside Ukraine and Russia

The US is talking up the prospect of Israel's war ending with a two-state solution