Introduction: The month of March started with yet another country saying loud and clear: this world capitalist crisis, its consequences and the pandemic are unbearable. Workers, young people and poor people took to the streets of Senegal to say enough. The mainstream press says it is because of the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. […]
Read MoreSince March 5th, thousands have had enough of Mario Abdo Benítez and the Colorado Party’s corruption and inaction regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and have taken to the streets. Since March 5th, thousands have had enough of Mario Abdo Benítez and the Colorado Party’s corruption and inaction regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and have taken to the […]
Read MoreInternational Socialist League Women’s Committee Just days after 8th March, and the sexism and misogyny that define our society has shown itself in the most extreme of cases. The murder of Sarah Everard has sickened the country, and the talk that is dominating the streets, social media and mainstream media has shifted to the focus […]
Read MoreThe ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic have laid bare the fault lines that run through British society. Over 4 million people have tested positive, and over 120,000 people have died with the highest death rates amongst frontline workers, black, elderly and disabled people, precarious workers and the poor. COVID-19 paralysed Johnson and the rest of […]
Read MoreFor the second consecutive year International Women’s Day will once again be marked by the COVID-19 crisis. With the biggest recession in history in the UK and the worst still to come, women are disproportionately bearing the costs of the rotten system. Be it due to working in unsafe conditions, earning less, or being made […]
Read MoreInternational Socialist League The International Socialist League is reproducing the Moviment Corrent Roig (Red Current Movement) statement from Catalan for the slate of Catalan candidates for the 14-F (14 February) elections. This article, published in English, as a sign of our solidarity with Moviment Corrent Roig and Corriente Roja. We think the statement will be […]
Read MoreBut many sectors of the mass movement fight the deepening economic catastrophe Martin Ralph – International Socialist League The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in February 2020 that Sudan’s economic prospects are alarming due to Covid-19 and the deepening world economic crisis. The IMF statement shows a great alarm for the interests of the USA, EU […]
Read MoreA French health worker answers question about their struggle and in doing so shows the European struggle for public health is a central question for all countries in Europe, against health cuts, privatisation and capitalism. We also take the opportunity to express our solidarity to the health workers struggle and our agreement that as workers […]
Read MoreThird year nursing student Dafydd Jones reflects on the campaign for pay and conditions in the NHS during the hardest year for healthcare workers in living memory How did NHS workers’ struggle advance in 2020 over wages, funding for services etc? 2020 is of course a story of two halves, pre- and post-lockdown. Up until […]
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