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Analysis

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

Workers shake Macron: snapshots from the struggle in France

Posted on 19th June 2023 by International Socialism

What has been happening in France since January 2023 comes closest—in terms of its breadth and duration—to a revolutionary situation in an advanced capitalist country in decades.1 In addition to the objective factors, such as the deepening contradictions of capitalism… Continue Reading →

Analysis, Article France, neoliberalism, Strikes, Working class

Economic strains

Posted on 16th June 2023 by International Socialism

A widely anticipated recession across the major economies had not taken hold by the time International Socialism went to press, but there was no doubt that the global economy was coming under intense strain.1 The post-Covid rebound in economic activity… Continue Reading →

Analysis, Article economic crisis, Economics, inflation

The British labour movement’s halting recovery

Posted on 7th April 2023 by International Socialism

In autumn 1979, Tony Cliff, writing in International Socialism, surveyed the landscape of labour struggle in Britain. He concluded that, in the second half of the 1970s, the balance of forces had tilted in favour of the ruling class.1 A… Continue Reading →

Analysis Britain, British working class, Trade union bureaucracy, Trade unions

On the precipice

Posted on 3rd January 2023 by International Socialism

What are the prospects for left politics as 2023 begins?1 To say that the coming year will be one of crisis is simply to state the obvious, a point now accepted across the political spectrum and echoing through end of… Continue Reading →

Analysis Climate change, Ecology, economic crisis, Economics

Trussonomics confronts the crisis

Posted on 21st September 2022 by International Socialism

Liz Truss, asked to form a new government in what turned out to be the dying act of Queen Elizabeth II, confronts one of the greatest crises for an incoming British prime minister with one of the weakest mandates.1 Truss… Continue Reading →

Analysis Britain, Economics, inflation

Striking back: is the class struggle reviving in Britain?

Posted on 16th September 2022 by International Socialism

In the summer of 2022, strikes by workers suddenly returned to centre stage.1 Three high profile national disputes catapulted industrial action, picket lines and national union leaders into the public arena. The first nationwide strikes on the railways since 1993,… Continue Reading →

Analysis British working class, Strikes, the working class

Pandemic politics: year two

Posted on 5th April 2021 by International Socialism

When the first full lockdown began in Britain, on 26 March 2020, it would have been hard to imagine that over a year later restrictions on travel and socialisation would still be the norm, face masks would be required to… Continue Reading →

Analysis

Thailand: return of the mass movement for democracy

Posted on 30th December 2020 by International Socialism

Large, youth-led pro-democracy protests hit the Thai military junta in autumn 2020. Crowds of up to 50,000 started to gather around the Democracy Monument in central Bangkok in August. By 19 September—an important anniversary marking a military coup against an… Continue Reading →

Analysis, Article

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