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Interview: South Korea in turmoil

Posted on 28th March 2025 by International Socialism

On 3 December 2024, South Korea’s right-wing president, Yoon Suk Yeol, attempted an “auto-coup”, declaring martial law in a live televised address. He claimed that shadowy forces were acting against the state, attempting to impeach members of his cabinet and… Continue Reading →

Analysis, Interview far right, imperialism, South Korea

Polycrisis and far-right resurgence in Germany

Posted on 28th March 2025 by International Socialism

In 2021, the new government of chancellor Olaf Scholz took over from the conservatives and pre-emptively celebrated itself as a “progress coalition” that is “setting the course for a decade of social, ecological, economic, digital, and social renewal”.1 The coalition… Continue Reading →

Analysis Fascism, Germany, Polycrisis

The US election: an update

Posted on 19th December 2024 by International Socialism

In the final weeks of a close—and nasty—presidential election, a feeling of dread took over. This replaced the temporary and undeserved “Kamalamania” that had peaked as I wrote for the previous issue of International Socialism.1 The re-election of Donald Trump… Continue Reading →

Analysis Donald Trump, far right, US

The late, late capitalism show

Posted on 17th December 2024 by International Socialism

A tangle of seemingly disconnected signals emerged from the sequence of elections in 2024, encompassing the dramatic victory of Donald Trump in the United States presidential elections as well as Labour leader Keir Starmer’s landslide in Britain.1 One of the… Continue Reading →

Analysis crisis, far right, neoliberalism

Confronting Britain’s far-right problem

Posted on 2nd October 2024 by International Socialism

There are moments when the flood tide of history threatens to overwhelm individuals and organisations, rendering them almost powerless.1 There are other moments, when, with sufficient clarity, a willingness to strike out in a new direction and a modicum of… Continue Reading →

Analysis Britain, Fascism, the far right

War and resistance—in Palestine and beyond

Posted on 12th June 2024 by International Socialism

Our previous issue of International Socialism went to press carrying the banner headline, “Globalise the Intifada!”.1 By the time it returned from the printers, student encampments in solidarity with Gaza had sprung up in universities in the United States, a… Continue Reading →

Analysis elections, Labour Party, Palestine

Javier Milei, the far right and resistance in Argentina

Posted on 11th April 2024 by International Socialism

On 10 December 2023, Javier Milei was inaugurated as the president of Argentina. He came to power on the back of a barnstorming campaign, sweeping aside the traditional parties and winning 56 percent of the vote in the second round… Continue Reading →

Analysis Argentina, Latin America, the far right

Gaza: a politics of carnage and chaos

Posted on 1st April 2024 by International Socialism

The next stage in Israel’s brutal war on Gaza hung in the balance as International Socialism went to press.1 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had approved plans for a ground offensive against the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah, where 1.5… Continue Reading →

Analysis Labour Party, Palestine, Tories

A second Nakba?

Posted on 13th December 2023 by International Socialism

The carnage wrought by Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip is a moment of unimaginable brutality.1 It is also a moment of intensification of the ­exclusion of and violence against Palestinians stretching back over ­three-quarters of a century. At the… Continue Reading →

Analysis, Article Israel, Nakba, Palestine

The ebb and flow of Britain’s strike wave

Posted on 11th October 2023 by International Socialism

The Conservative administration of Rishi Sunak, the fourth Tory prime minister in as many years, appeared to be limping into oblivion as our autumn issue went to press.1 A piece by the chief political commentator at the Financial Times compares… Continue Reading →

Analysis Labour Party, political economy, Strikes

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