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Post-disaster ‘election’ adds insult to injury  Wang Yong Hong Kongers went to the polls on 7 December, still processing the continuous drip feed of shocking revelations about the deadly fire that killed at least 159 people on 26 November. It was a...

Li Yong, chinaworker.info With 151 dead and 150 still missing the Tai Po fire is one of the most devastating disasters in Hong Kong’s history. As more evidence emerges, it is now clear this was a man-made and completely avoidable disaster. There is ...

Editorial in Offensiv, paper of Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden) (This article was first published on 18 November 2025) During the 1.5-months ‘ceasefire,’ Gaza has not come a single step closer to real peace, let alone an end to occ...

Capitalist greed, cost-cutting and disregard for human life have once again caused a catastrophe Hua Ao Man, ISA in Hong Kong The raging fire at Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court, which lit up half the night sky, was the deadliest fire in Hong Kong in the po...

Hazel Grinberg, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States) (This article was first published on 5 November 2025) In a truly historic victory, self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has defeated hated former governor Andrew Cuomo t...

Respond to imperialist attacks and threats with workers’ mobilisation, international solidarity and the struggle for a genuine socialist alternative in Venezuela and throughout Latin America. André Ferrari, Liberdade Socialismo e Revolução (ISA in B...

Imperialism and the quest for global hegemony is behind the rare earth battle Li Yong and Moby, chinaworker.info Rare earth elements are considered China's most powerful trump card in the US-China imperialist trade war. They are essential in the ma...

Build workers’ resistance and a socialist alternative Marcus Kollbrunner, Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (ISA in Brazil) (This article was first published on 28 October 2025) Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei managed to secure an unexpe...

With every tenth of a degree of additional warming, the probability of passing a tipping point increases. Arne Johansson, Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden) (This article was first published on 15 October 2025) A major new review conducted b...

Looking behind the uneasy truce in the US-China trade war Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info  100 minutes was all that was needed for the two ‘strongmen’ heads of the world’s main superpowers to agree a one-year truce in their long-running trade war. T...