Mass mobilisations are forcing governments to seriously consider imposing sanctions and severing ties — even in places like Australia and the Netherlands — despite continued arms shipments to Israel’s war machine, writes RAMZY BAROUD
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No-one believes the lies about austerity being necessary any more
But the real battle against our corrupt and ruthless ruling class is just beginning, says BILL GREENSHIELDS
What we are learning today is that fascism can come to power even when the working class of almost every capitalist nation is very far from achieving revolution, argues DAVID LETHBRIDGE
TONY BURKE explains how an internationally significant breakthrough for workers’ organisation and recognition against two notoriously anti-union global mega corporations has been finally achieved in Canada
The heroism of the jury who defied prison and starvation conditions secured the absolute right of juries to deliver verdicts based on conscience — a convention which is now under attack, writes MAT COWARD
A Dutch investigation found seven internationally renowned Holocaust and genocide experts, including Israelis, concluded Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide, despite a campaign of denial and disinformation from the US state, writes TERRY HANSEN
The horrors in the Congo have much in common with Gaza’s genocide, most notably the financial and military support of the US, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
IT’S time for a “phase II” of our anti-austerity campaign — a sustained campaign of mass action by trade unions and communities not only against the deprivation and suffering caused by austerity economics, but for the alternative — policies designed to irrevocably shift wealth and power from the tiny economic and political ruling class to the mass of the people.
Of course, there are many within Parliament struggling to achieve that too — and many who are struggling to maintain the status quo of neoliberal capitalism.
What we have seen over recent months and years, though, is that when push comes to shove such struggles cannot be won solely from within Parliament.
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