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China’s COVID outbreak of 2022 has become a major economic and humanitarian crisis Dikang, chinaworker.info “Five more years!” This was the bombshell message from the CCP’s top official in Beijing at the end of June. Cai Qi is the CCP’s secretary i...

This is an abridged version of an article from the upcoming issue (number 8) of Socialist World, the political and theoretical journal of International Socialist Alternative. Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info A succession of economic and political dis...

Steph Lacey, ROSA Socialist Feminist Movement, Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland) (This article was first published on 20 May 2022) From #MeToo, to Ni Una Menos, to the mass outpouring of grief and anger at femicides from Sarah Everard to Sabine Ness...

Pádraig O’Flynn, Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland) (This article was first published on 14 May 2022) The news that the world’s richest man is to take control of his favourite social media network for an obscene $44 billion (€42bn) has reopened debat...

Al Jazeera journalist Shereen Abu Aqleh was shot to death during a military raid at the Jenin refugee camp on 11 May, and during her funeral march in East Jerusalem her casket was almost dropped due to the actions of Israeli police. Ariel Gottlieb, ...

John Lee “elected” Chief Executive to continue in Carrie Lam’s bloody footsteps The so-called election of Hong Kong’s new Chief Executive ended without any surprises on 8 May. As expected, John Lee Ka-chiu, Beijing’s lone candidate, was elected by t...

Build a mass movement against the right! Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States) (This article was first published on 24 June 2022) Roe v Wade has been overturned. This is a historic defeat for the women’s movement and represents a victor...

Policy coup for capitalist and imperialist interests Per Olsson, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden) (This article was first published on 19 May 2022) In an undemocratic, coup-like manner and with the help of a cynical “shock doctrine”, ...

On 2 May a draft decision leaked to Politico emerged indicating that the U.S. Supreme Court is on the precipice of overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion. Socialist Alternative made the call “Hit the streets to defend ...

The second round of the French presidential elections ended with 58.5% for Macron and 41.5% for Le Pen although enthusiasm for Macron was very limited. Stéphane Delcros and Nicolas Croes, PSL/LSP — ISA in Belgium The second round of the French pres...