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November 2019 protest in Lebanon Photo: Kaepora~enwiki/CC Iain Dalton On May 15, Lebanese voters headed to the polls in one of the strangest elections in recent years. The unprecedented social breakdown in Lebanon in recent years served…

The leaders of the Swiss Socialist Party presented a new plan which shows new paths for Switzerland's accession to the European Union. Leaders of such a party presented a 32-page document that revealed the pros and cons of being part of the…

A year after breaking off talks to restructure Switzerland's agreements with Brussels, leaders of the Swiss Socialist Party have presented a plan on how Switzerland could eventually join the EU, RTS reports. © exploring the imagination…

Lois DanksJune 2022 State-Specific Non-Binary Gender Policies – PURPLE: Recognition via law or policy (eg, non-binary option on state ID cards). STRIPED: Recognition in a specific case by court…

The Socialist Party campaigns to tackle the cost of living crisis in Stratford, east London – photo Socialist Party Adam Powell Davies East London Socialist Party members were out again on May 21 in Stratford, campaigning for a socialist…

Socialism today number 257 The editorial of Socialism Today, May 3, 2022, n°257 Certain events become iconic when they are then perceived as the representative synthesis of a new turning point in social, economic or political evolution.…

Use the word socialism over the past decade and you'll likely conjure up images of political ads claiming control of the United States by the country's "coastal elites." But from the turn of the 20th century to the end of World War I,…

Vote TUSC May 5, 2022 Vote Labor and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) Find your local candidate here:https://m.tusc.org.uk/txt/469.pdf We need socialist advisers who can give workers a voice against austerity, greedy landlords, privatization and…

The French Socialist Party joined the New People's Ecological and Social Union formed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise ahead of the June legislative elections, but the news was not welcomed by all. EURACTIV…

The French Socialist Party and Jean-Luc Mélenchon's far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party have reached an agreement in principle to form an alliance in view of the June legislative elections.The coalition pact, which the Greens and…

Cardiff Conversion Therapy protest. Photo John Williams Ginny Bayliss, Swansea and West Wales Socialist Party 150 people demonstrated outside government and BBC offices in Cardiff demanding a ban on conversion 'therapy' for LGBTQ+ people.…

An alliance between France's left-wing parties ahead of legislative elections could lead to the demise of the Socialist Party, former Socialist leader and former President Francois Hollande has warned. The Socialist Party,…

In support of the agreement with La France insoumise (LFI) for the legislative elections, with whom EELV is currently negotiating, Julian Beau has called for the creation of an organization. "Alliance" The forces of the left are not there…

The science of climate change is established to the same degree as the science of gravity. There is no doubt that human society – distorted as it is by capitalism – is driving climate change. Nothing. If you read a climate denialist…

Unison members marching, credit: Paul Mattsson Action is needed to fight the cost of living crisis! Unison must take the lead - launch an inter-union campaign for higher wages and to stop cuts and privatization Members of the Socialist…

SOUTH Belfast Socialist Party candidate Neil Moore says the executive has not done enough to tackle a range of issues affecting ordinary people, from soaring energy bills to wages. Unite the Union leader Neil is currently…

Socialist Party marching in London, calling for workers' unity to end the war in Ukraine. Photo Socialist Party of London Mark Best, National Committee of the Socialist Party The horror of the war in Ukraine – corpses, houses reduced to…

On May 7, 2012, François Hollande narrowly defeated incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy, ending 17 years of conservative presidencies in France. A month after its victory, the center-left Dutch Socialist Party (PS) and its allies won an…

The Socialist Party of Scotland (SSP) yesterday launched its manifesto for the May municipal elections, with a set of policies designed to tackle the escalating cost of living crisis. At the heart of the party's…

Macron, President of France. Photo: OECD/CC OECD Headquarters, Paris, France Photo: OECD/Andrew Wheeler Leïla Messaoudi, Secretary General of the Revolutionary Left (CWI, France) Anger at rising prices, record profits for multinationals…

Cooling tower Photo: piqsels.com Dave Carr, East London Socialist Party The Johnson government reinforces its commitment to developing nuclear energy with the announcement that it will take a 20% stake in the new 'Sizewell C'. The…

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The “big tankers” are making huge profits from the war in Ukraine. Photo: Paul Mattson Tom Baldwin, National Committee of the Socialist Party As the horror of the war in Ukraine dominates the headlines, the latest report by the United…

PCS delegation at the TUC demonstration on March 26, 2011. Photo: Senan Katrine Williams, SCP Member Nominations for PCS 2022 union president and national executive elections closed on March 10. Details of the branch appointments have…

VALENCIENNES: In France's former mining heartland, promises from the Communist Party's first presidential candidate in 15 years to raise the minimum wage, lower the retirement age and tax big business resonate harshly with voters who feel…

Gas prices in the United States keep rising and Democrats in Washington have found a convenient scapegoat for the pain inflicted on American drivers - Big Oil.President Joe Biden oil companies say “should not inflate their profits” as crude…

Coventry bin workers on strike Coventry lorry drivers are on strike against the Labor Council to demand equal pay with other local authorities. Two of the strike leaders spoke to Coventry Socialist Party member Dave Griffiths about their…

WF1 taxi drivers treated as second-class citizens by Wakefield Council sparked a strike and protest outside Wakefield Town Hall in West Yorkshire on March 2. Taxi union leader Yasar Ahmed told about 60 strikers that even their simple…

Dave Nellist, photo Paul Mattsson Editorial of the socialist, number 1170 The Birmingham Erdington by-election showed, with a pitiful turnout of just 27%, that the task of building a new vehicle for the political representation of the…

The crisis reaches its boiling point Russian President Vladimir Putin advances plans for a "Greater Russia" (Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Reporters of the Committee for a Workers' International (CIO) Russian…

Judy Beishon, Socialist Party website editor A new Socialist Party website will replace the current one on Tuesday 1 March. The existing website has played an important role for two decades in spreading the ideas of the Socialist Party -…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1168/33800Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, February 23, 2022 Brighton Bin Strike. Photo: Brighton SP (Click to enlarge)Brighton Socialist Party Austerity has left Brighton…

Brighton Bin Strike. Photo: Brighton SP (Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Brighton Socialist Party Austerity has left Brighton without vital services, a housing crisis and growing poverty as wages are slashed, with…

Fight for free, green and public transport (Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Adam Goulcher, Gloucestershire Socialist Party Almost one in five households does not have access to a car. For those in the bottom 20%…

Anne Hidalgo, the socialist candidate for the presidency of France, of Seville origin and controversial mayor of Paris, won only 3% support during the campaign for the April elections. But now she is one of the "elephants" of the PS and a…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1167/33777Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, February 16, 2022 Socialist Party member Oisin Mulholland shows solidarity on the UCU picket line at Swansea University (Click to…

Socialist Party member Oisin Mulholland shows solidarity on the UCU picket line at Swansea University (Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Beginning of ten days of action in the dispute over pensions and the "four fights"…

Campaigning in Erdington (Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Joe Foster, Erdington resident and Birmingham North Socialist Party A worker we met told us: “These deputies who have two houses while some cannot have one,…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1166/33712Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, February 9, 2022 Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. Photo: Andrew Parsons, 10 Downing Street/CC (Click to enlarge)Usemu Makaya…

Fight for trans rights, photo Tom Wolf/CC (Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Michael Johnson's article, "Stonewall attacked by the establishment" (The Socialist, December 15, 2021), refers to "some members of the women's and…

As a trio of right-wing candidates attempt to challenge centrist incumbent President Emmanuel Macron in France's upcoming presidential election, the country's once-dominant left is barely holding its own.Dr. Sylvain Catherine, French…

Portugal's social-democratic Socialist Party (PS) was returned to power in the general elections on January 30, winning a surprise absolute majority.The PS won 117 seats out of the 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic, and just under…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1165/33690Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, February 2, 2022 Anti-cuts protest in Portsmouth, photo Nick Doyle (Click to enlarge)Nick Doyle, Portsmouth Socialist Party City…

Portugal's ruling Socialist Party (PS) won early parliamentary elections on Sunday, securing an outright majority in parliament, according to exit polls. Prime Minister Antonio Costa, the leader of the PS, said in his victory speech that…

MADRID Portugal's ruling Socialist Party (PS) won early parliamentary elections on Sunday, exit polls show. According to initial projections by Portuguese broadcaster RTP, the PS, led by Prime Minister Antonio…

Patrick BurnsFebruary 2022 The Giant Leap of Work: Twenty Years of CIO must be at the top of every union activist's reading list. It details the "independent life" of the militant labor federation, the…

Kornelia Ninova remains the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party after the party congress rejected it resignation in a closed discussion and a vote with 415 votes against, 164 for and 20 abstentions. Discussions and voting on Kornelia…

Come to the trade union and socialist conference TUSC campaigns in Enfield, North London Helen Pattison, Socialist Party London regional secretary The local newspaper in the London Borough of Camden publishes almost weekly…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1162/33582Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, January 12, 2022 From Liverpool youth leader to taking on the press barons in Bradford Pauline (right) with her granddaughter,…

From Liverpool youth leader to taking on the press barons in Bradford Pauline (right) with her granddaughter, Charlotte Spencer, member of the Socialist Party (Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Keith Dickinson, West…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1161/33523From The Socialist, January 6, 2022 Gareth Bromhall, Socialist Party of Swansea and West Wales We were saddened to learn of the death of longtime Socialist Party member…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/33499Posted on December 20, 2021 at 14:48 GMT Renationalize the railways For many hard-pressed households this Christmas, news of a sharp 3.8% increase in regulated rail fares…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1160/33485From The Socialist newspaper, December 15, 2021 Union representative talks to socialist Stagecoach workers picket line in South Wales (Click to enlarge)Lee Hunt,…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1160/33485From The Socialist newspaper, December 15, 2021 Union representative talks to socialist Stagecoach workers picket line in South Wales (Click to enlarge)Lee Hunt,…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1158/33402From The Socialist newspaper, December 1, 2021 Demonstration in front of Newham town hall against another series of draconian cuts by the Labor Council (Click to…

Demonstration outside Newham Town Hall against another round of draconian cuts by the Labor Council Newham resists cuts Newham Resists have agreed to campaign for a no cut, needs a budget to show there is an alternative to the…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1157/33377From The Socialist newspaper, November 24, 2021 Sage picket line, UVW photo (Click to enlarge)Workers at Sage nursing homes in Golders Green, north London, have won…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela and his allies have won regional elections in which the opposition has participated for the first time in four years. Sunday's vote for the governors and mayors of…

The petty-bourgeois left-wing Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda, BE) calls for an alliance with the ruling Socialist Social Democratic Party (PS) in the parliamentary elections scheduled for January 30, 2022. The early elections have been called by…

Headlines say unemployment is down. Commentators speak of a labor shortage and the so-called 'Great Quit', a wave of people quitting jobs, especially those with low pay and few benefits . Workers are on strike across the country, a…

“Slow and steady wins the race,” the old saying goes. That's fine for running a marathon, but with the planet on the verge of irreversible damage and the majority of its people facing a struggle to…

Doreen McGrathdecember 2021 Kshama Sawant speaks at a 2017 rent control rally. PHOTO: socialistalternative.orgWho votes on December 7? Seattle voters do it when there's a big,…

december 2021 John Deere workers went on strike in October and November for higher wages, better benefits and a secure retirement.300 work stoppages By the way, 2021 has been a banner year for…

In the first 16 days of November, around 20 coordinated Twitter accounts described Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as "beautiful" 100 times and "magnificent" 39 times. It's a curious anecdote, which might have gone…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1156/33338From The Socialist, November 17, 2021After the failure of COP26 Photo: Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)Lluis Bertolin, Socialist Party of South West Birmingham An…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1156/33345From The Socialist, November 17, 2021 Demonstration for action against climate change, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)After banning young climate change…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1156/33348From The Socialist, November 17, 2021 Swansea DVLA workers on strike in July, photo Swansea Trades Council (Click to enlarge)Dave Warren, PCS member and retired DVLA…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1156/33329From The Socialist, November 17, 2021 Starmer firing BLM made me quit work Socialist Party at Black Lives Matter (Click to enlarge)Isabelle France, Socialist Party of…

(Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Isai Priya, Treasurer of the Socialist Party The Today programme, on BBC Radio 4, examined the state of the NHS and its history. The pressure on the NHS and social care is…

November 11, 2021 The Socialist Freedom Party supports the International Alliance of Theater Employees (IATSE) workers fighting for a fair and just contract from the…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1155/33293From The Socialist newspaper, November 10, 2021 COP26 London, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)Adam Harmsworth, Socialist Party of Coventry COP26 is a week away…

Stevenage town centre, photo BWCSEB1989/CC (Click to enlarge: opens in a new window) Mark Pickersgill, Stevenage Socialist Party This year marks the 75th anniversary of the New Towns Act implemented by the post-war Labor…

Home | Le Socialiste November 3, 2021 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Make a donation | audio | PDF | Ebook YFJ Steps, 9.10.21, in London, photo Mary Finch (Click to enlarge)Rhys Davies, Socialist Party…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1154/33250From The Socialist, November 3, 2021Capitalism destroys the planet Newcastle: Protesters against climate change, 24.5.19, photo E Brunskill (Click to enlarge)James…

Developments in North Macedonia are accelerating after Zoran Zaev's ruling Social Democratic Party (SDSM) suffered a crushing defeat in the second round of municipal elections held yesterday Sunday. Zoran Zaev said last night that he took…

Portuguese Communist Party leader Jeronimo de Sousa, right, and other Communist MPs attend a parliamentary session in Lisbon. The…

Portuguese Communist Party leader Jeronimo de Sousa, right, and other Communist MPs attend a parliamentary session in Lisbon. The…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1153/33221From The Socialist newspaper, October 27, 2021 Schoolchildren fighting for system change over climate strikes, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)Nick Hart,…

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Party of European Socialists (PES) President Sergei Stanishev (L) welcomes socialist PASOK party leader Fofi Gennimata during a meeting of European Socialists in Bratislava, Slovakia, September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa/ File…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1152/33191From The Socialist newspaper, October 20, 2021 David Dixon / CC Gas Plant (Click to enlarge)Josh Asker, Socialist Party of North London The bosses of energy-intensive…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1152/33201From The Socialist newspaper, October 20, 2021 Workers on strike at One Housing in 2013. Photo: Helen Pattison (Click to enlarge)Paul Kershaw, President, Branch…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1152/33200From The Socialist newspaper, October 20, 2021 Brighton bin strike, 2013. Photo: Brighton SP (Click to enlarge)Joe Mott, Brighton Socialist Party Brighton bin…

The issue of legalizing marijuana has exposed divisions within the Spanish government, led by a center-left coalition of the Socialist Party (PSOE) and its junior partner Unidas Podemos. The PSOE on Tuesday voted against a proposal to…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1152/33192From The Socialist newspaper, October 20, 2021 sebastiankurz-EU2018-EuropeanParliament-CC (Click to enlarge)Laura Rafetseder, Sozialistische Offensive (CWI Austria)…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1152/33200Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, October 20, 2021 Brighton Bin Strike, 2013. Photo: Brighton SP (Click to enlarge)Joe Mott, Brighton Socialist Party Brighton bin…

In the aftermath of the January 6, 2021 riot in Washington, DC, a photo of a man holding a walis tambo (Filipino whip broom) inside the Capitol went viral online among Filipinos. The man was Kene Brian Lazo, a Filipino immigrant who was…

Denis sandersOctober 2021 On April 8, in the midst of India's second deadly wave of Covid-19 infections, a vaccination center in Mumbai ran out of stock. PHOTO: Francis Mascarenhas /…

September 23, 2021 Women's rights defenders and Afghan civilian activists demonstrate to call on the Taliban to preserve their achievements and education, outside the presidential palace in Kabul,…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1148/33051Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, September 22, 2021 Climate strikers in Sheffield, 14.2.20, photo Sheffield Socialist Party (Click to enlarge)Sam Morden,…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1146/32991Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, September 8, 2021 Dave Nellist - chairman of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and member of the Socialist Party national…

Progressive political activist and social reformer, Freda Ameringer helped the Oklahoma Socialist Party…

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Californians face disaster on many levels. Fires are consuming entire cities, the COVID Delta variant is infecting thousands, and unpaid rent and student debt threaten to swell the ranks of the homeless. The ruling Democratic Party in the…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1145/32947Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, August 25, 2021 LornaMCampbell/CC (Click to enlarge)Statement from the Socialist Party of Scotland The ruling Scottish National…

(Adds that voting seems slow) CARACAS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party is holding a primary on Sunday to…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1143/32860From The Socialist newspaper, July 28, 2021 The NSSN meeting discussed what free ports mean for workers (Click to enlarge)Nick Chaffey, Secretary of the Socialist…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1143/32865Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, July 28, 2021 The Socialist Party joined the protest in Barnsley (Click to enlarge)Angie Waller, South Yorkshire Socialist Party…

Lois DanksAugust 2021 The mayor of Sequim proudly displays his intolerance while shopping. PHOTO: Posted anonymously onlineFar-right Republicans are stepping up their offensives in…

Eighteen months after last pandemic, many observations can be made about the origins and responses to the Covid-19 virus. The 24-hour news cycle and lack of critical analysis has left much of the world's population uninformed, confused and…

Madrid, June 30 (EFE) .- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday that there would be no referendum on independence in Catalonia because the Socialist Party (PSOE) he leads "will not accept it never".!-->…

Marine Le Pen's far-right party holds its message of security and stop immigration high as French voters begin to choose regional leaders on Sunday in an election that is seen as a dress rehearsal for the next year's presidential…

The country's electoral authority has not confirmed the victory, but Pedro Castillo holds a tiny lead over Keiko Fujimori.The leader of the socialist party who appears to be on the verge of winning the Peruvian presidential election…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1137/32625Excerpt from The Socialist newspaper, June 9, 2021 Climate strike in London on September 20, 2019, photo Paul Mattsson, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)Dan…

One of the founders of a new left-wing environmental political party says he wants to transform the Irish state to "achieve the conditions for eco-socialism". An Rabharta Glas - which translates to the green tidal wave - was founded by…

After Switzerland ended negotiations with the EU on a new framework agreement, a parliamentary group of Socialist Party members is pushing for Switzerland to become a member of the EU, according to Le Matin newspaper. © Christoph…

It was inevitable that the 12th National Convention of Portugal's Radical Left Bloc (BE), the third largest parliamentary force, would be different from its predecessors – the COVID-19 pandemic guaranteed that. A low delegate-to-member…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1133/32504From The Socialist, May 12, 2021 Tony Saunois, secretary of the Committee for a Workers' International (CIO) After a very polarized and bitter electoral campaign, the…

Bulgaria's socialist political alliance - BSP for Bulgaria - will officially refuse the mandate to form a government today. BSP chief Kornelia Ninova followedPhoto: AP Bulgaria's socialist political alliance - BSP for Bulgaria - will…

Master political strategist Ivan Redondo controls the tactics of the ruling Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) so tightly, some observers joke that PSOE Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is nothing but a hologram generated by the…