SHARE        Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Johnson's bogus agenda for combating the escalating pandemic will cost tens of thousands of lives in UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's raft of measures to supposedly combat the escalating resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic will do nothing of the sort.

SHARE        Tuesday, November 26, 2019
The significance of the doctors' open letter in defense of Julian Assange The World Socialist Web Site applauds the medical doctors who have issued an open letter calling for urgent action to protect the life of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder and journalist Julian Assange.

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, August 30, 2019
Johnson's proroguing of Parliament: The British ruling class declares war on democratic rights Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to prorogue Parliament is an historic attack on democratic rights and an attempt to force through a Brexit agenda that will have devastating consequences for the jobs and living standards of the working class.

SHARE        Saturday, July 6, 2019
Royal Marines seize Iranian tanker under orders from US Britain's seizure of an Iranian supertanker carrying 2 million barrels of oil is an act of piracy and a major escalation in tensions that threaten to spiral out of control. It was carried out at the behest of the United States as part of the campaign of military provocations and economic sabotage against Tehran.

(7 comments) SHARE        Thursday, May 9, 2019
The defence of Assange and Manning is the spearhead of the struggle against imperialism It is the task of the International Committee, one that we are determined to carry out, to mobilize this immense social force. We will provide workers and young people with a socialist perspective on which to secure freedom for Assange and Manning, as the spearhead of the fight against war, state repression and the malignant growth of social inequality.

SHARE        Sunday, November 19, 2017
Campaign to force out Mugabe escalates in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's war veterans' association is staging a march today through the capital, Harare, demanding the resignation of President Robert Mugabe. Tens of thousands are expected to take part after all 10 of the country's provincial Zimbabwe African National Union -- Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) branches passed motions of no confidence in Mugabe.

(4 comments) SHARE        Monday, July 18, 2016
What the coup against Jeremy Corbyn reveals about the Labour Party Labour MPs are well paid representatives of the capitalist class, often with direct relations to the security services of the UK and the United States. For example Labour MP Ruth Smeeth, who recently declared that Corbyn had made the Labour Party "unsafe for Jews," was exposed by WikiLeaks as a "strictly protect" US informant.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, June 23, 2016
The Brexit referendum: A turning point in European politics The Brexit referendum is a product of the deepening antagonisms produced by the drive of the rival imperialist powers to dominate the world's markets and strategic resources. It is this conflict that has fatally undermined all efforts to unify the continent economically and politically on the basis of capitalism.

(3 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, January 7, 2014
The New York Times pronounces on destabilization of the Middle East In alliance with a new imperialist partner, Saudi Arabia has pledged a massive $3 billion to pay for weapons being supplied by the government of French President Francois Hollande to the Lebanese army in order to target Hezbollah, an ally of Iran and Syria. What is taking place in the Middle East is naked imperialist power politics, yesterday's enemies can become today's allies and vice-versa.

(2 comments) SHARE        Sunday, June 30, 2013
Washington ships arms to Al Qaeda-linked forces in Syria The United States is to officially begin arms shipments to Syria, after months of doing so through third parties, such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The Obama administration cited unsubstantiated US and French claims that pro-Assad forces have used chemical weapons such as sarin on 10 separate occasions to claim that a "red line" has been crossed justifying an open policy of arming the opposition.

(1 comments) SHARE        Saturday, June 8, 2013
US threatens Iran, Hezbollah for backing Syria There is no popular support in the US for war against Syria, and a great deal to lose if things go wrong for the ruling class. That is why, to date, the Obama administration has preferred to proceed through local intermediaries--the FSA and its regional backers, Turkey and Gulf States such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, May 26, 2013
US and allies step up war preparations against Syria, Lebanon, Iran The Israeli media has been discussing the advisability of establishing a new buffer zone on the Syrian side of the 43-mile cease-fire line established in 1973, following an attack on an Israeli military vehicle that had crossed the line in the disputed Golan Heights. To do so would require a full-scale invasion.

(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, April 7, 2013
UK Prime Minister Cameron stokes fires of war against North Korea Once again the UK is providing the lies necessary to justify military aggression by US imperialism, as Washington pursues plans to secure its global dominance against its rivals. The parallels with the claims made by the Labour government of Tony Blair in the run-up to the Iraq war in 2003 are all too obvious. Cameron's filthy rhetoric should be treated with the contempt it deserves.

(5 comments) SHARE        Saturday, August 18, 2012
Imperialist lawlessness and the witch-hunt against Julian Assange Assange has said, with every justification, that he fears for his life. Everyone but the willfully blind knows that Assange is the victim of a witch-hunt, yet this has not stopped the nominally liberal media from continuing to back extradition and denounce Assange.

(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, June 10, 2012
US military lobbies for war with Syria Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told reporters on Thursday that the Obama administration's continued pursuing of diplomatic solutions in Syria has put military planners in the Pentagon in a strategic bind. He declared that, with a clear instruction for regime change, "I can build you a plan, and I know how many divisions, I know how many air wings ... it takes."

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, July 8, 2010
Obama endorses Netanyahu as "man of peace" Just hours ahead of Obama's meeting with Netanyahu, during a visit to Finland, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned that "if Iranians gain nuclear capability, we will see a crazy nuclear arms race in the whole Middle East with consequences I don't even want to think about." This, he said, "is the biggest threat to the Gulf countries, it's the biggest threat to the Middle East."

(3 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Europe's Media Warn of Global Social Unrest The extraordinary destructiveness of capitalism drives both the left & the right to the brink of violence. European journalists sense we are nearing a flash point.