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Editorial of the Socialist issue 1312 Under Donald Trump’s brutish ‘America First’ presidency, US imperialism’s ruthless determination to defend its own interests is no longer disguised by diplomatic fig leaves. Instead, naked self-interest is the order of the day. That was demonstrated to the world at the jaw-dropping Oval Office press conference where Trump and vice-president JD Vance gave Ukrainian president ...

By Robert Bechert The victory of Trump and his refashioned Republican party clearly opens new chapters in both US and world history. For many in a polarised US this victory of right populism will strike more than a note of fear, especially among women fearing attacks on their reproductive rights and migrants fearing they, or their family members, will be ...

Build the socialist opposition Editorial of the Socialist issue 1293 On Saturday 5 October 2024, the Socialist Party took part in the biggest anti-war demonstration since the first months of the onslaught on Gaza, marching on 10 Downing Street, the New Labour prime minister Keir Starmer’s residence. The marchers’ need to make their voices heard against the nightmarish events taking ...

By Callum Joyce Over 35,000 Palestinians in Gaza killed. Over one million displaced from their homes – almost half of the entire population. It is not just the Israeli state’s bombs and missiles that are leading to the huge loss of life. Electricity, food, water, and medicine are now all in short supply. Many are succumbing to starvation and illness. ...

Editorial in the Socialist Issue 1268 After almost six months, after more than 32,000 dead, after more than 74,000 wounded, and after the majority of buildings have been reduced to rubble, the United Nations (UN) Security Council has finally passed a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Words agreed by the Security Council will not stop the unimaginable ...

Launching the second of the Socialist Party’s  Introduction to Marxism series, Judy Beishon traces the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict and the current brutal war on Gaza. This is a shortened version of the original article which can be read in full at socialismtoday.org The world’s imperialist powers have always intervened in the Middle East for their own political, strategic and economic interests. ...

Editorial of the the Socialist Issue 1255 Every day in Gaza a new unimaginable horror exceeds the horror of the day before. As winter begins, freezing is being added to bombing, hunger and disease as causes of Gazans’ deaths. At the time of writing, the official death toll has reached 18,000, but with hospitals unable to function and many buried ...

Editorial of the Socialist issue 1249 The horrific bombing of the Gaza Strip has continued relentlessly, inflicting terrible and unprecedented suffering on the trapped, blockaded population. The death toll has increased daily – over 8,300 at the time of writing – with more than 20,000 injured. Nowhere in the Strip is safe, so Gazans are in deep trauma, not knowing ...

At least 1500 people marched in Cardiff on Saturday October 21st against the war in Gaza.

By Scott Jones Internationalism in the 21st century and why only the working class can defeat the capitalist system and its wars, exploitation and other horrors, was the theme of a public rally hosted by the Committee for a Workers’ International in Berlin on 31 July. Opening the rally, Sascha Staničić, Sol (CWI Germany) spokesperson, pointed out that the “working ...