Category: International
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Britain: May elections 2026 – a funeral for the two-party system
Nationalists. Populists. Insurgents. Independents. None of the above. These were the assorted winners of Britain’s May elections. [Originally published at communist.red] The losers? The upholders and former beneficiaries of Britain’s crumbling two-party system: Labour and the Tories. The biggest loser of all is ‘Sir’ Keir Starmer, the establishment’s loyal – but hated and hapless –…
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Israel’s ‘Gazafication’ of Lebanon
Israel is subjecting Lebanon to a campaign of ‘Gazafication’ – systematically levelling villages, displacing populations and targeting journalists and medical staff – under the pretext of ‘fighting Hezbollah’. Their intention is clearly to prevent any ceasefire between the US and the Iranians, and to seize Lebanese territory by force of arms while much of the…
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United States: “All you had to do was pay us enough to live” – warehouse arson vents class rage
“A lot of people are going to understand,” Chamel Abdulkarim reportedly told his girlfriend over the phone just moments after burning down the 1.2 million square foot Kimberly Clark distribution center where he worked. [Originally published at communistusa.org] He wasn’t wrong. A lot of people did understand. Regardless of whether one condemns or condones arson…
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Trump’s defeat in Iran and its worldwide consequences
The war in Iran, which started as a reckless gamble on the part of Trump, is developing into a significant strategic defeat for US imperialism, which can have important consequences for the world economy, the position of America as a world power, and world relations in general. We are now in the seventh week of…
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Trump faces impossible dilemma as Iran gets the upper hand
Four weeks into the US-Israel war of aggression against Iran, the war aims of US imperialism have not only not been achieved, but they look further away than before. Trump is faced with an impossible situation. If he cuts his losses and declares victory now that would represent a massive humiliation for US imperialism, and…
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Hands off Ehsan Ali and the Awami Action Committee: international day of action on 2 April!
Ehsan Ali and other leading members of the Awami Action Committee in the Pakistan-administered region of Gilgit Baltistan have been arrested once again. The Revolutionary Communist International is running a solidarity campaign to secure the comrades’ release, starting with a global day of action on 2 April. Free Ehsan Ali! Hands off the AAC! [Originally…
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The Cuban Revolution is facing its most dangerous period ever
The oil blockade decreed by Trump on 29 January is slowly but surely asphyxiating Cuba, which relies on oil imports for 60 percent of its energy production. The Cuban government has admitted talks are taking place with the United States, but these take place in conditions of extreme imperialist blackmail. How can the Cuban Revolution…
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‘The revolution will not be televised’ – the Bolivarian Revolution on camera
The criminal offensive by US imperialism against Venezuela on 3 January has put the country back in the international spotlight. The outrage sparked by this military aggression has been accompanied by a discussion on the left about the Bolivarian Revolution that developed after Hugo Chávez’s victory in the 1998 presidential election. [This article was originally…
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Pakistan: Ehsan Ali and AAC leaders arrested again on charges of terrorism
Comrade Ehsan Ali, chairman of the Awami Action Committee of Gilgit Baltistan and central leader of RCP in Pakistan, was arrested on the night of 10 March from his home in Gilgit, when police raided his home. After that, the homes of several other leaders of the AAC have been raided and four more have…
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Trump’s massive Iran aggression gamble becoming a catastrophic miscalculation
Drunk with success in Venezuela, Trump thought that the same methods could be used to force Iran to submit. Either a threatening naval force encircling the country would lead to capitulation, or a short sharp decapitation strike would produce regime change through the emergence of a new leadership willing to comply with imperialists’ demands (a…