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Brazilian socialist speaks out - ‘The workers’ movement can beat Bolsonaro’

Brazilian socialist Sandra Silva spoke to Socialist Worker about how people are resisting in the wake of Bolsonaro’s win

International round-up - Anti-racist action across Italy and German forest under threat

“In my country nobody is a foreigner!” This slogan summarised a day of national mobilisation in Italy on Saturday last week.

Ten dead in latest wave of Israel’s slaughter

Over 100 airstrikes blighted Gaza in just one night, but Palestinians are still resisting, says Nick Clark

Racism from Donald Trump lies behind attack on synagogue in Pittsburgh

Eleven people were murdered on Saturday in the deadliest single attack on Jewish people in the history of the US.

Resistance needed after far right victory in Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro took around 55 percent of the vote and threatens to unleash brutal attacks on working class people

Refugees storm Spanish border fence

One African migrant died and three others were injured when around 300 stormed the border fence separating Spanish enclave Melilla from Morocco in north Africa on Sunday.

International round-up - arrests in Zimbabwe and Palestinian death toll rises

Trade unionists in Zimbabwe, southern Africa, faced repression last week.

Some 250,000 join Unteilbar anti-racist demonstration in Berlin

But it comes alongside another election breakthrough for the far right, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Large protest in Dublin over housing crisis and widespread homelessness

The Irish government faces a mass movement over a housing crisis

Kavanaugh appointment is an indictment of the system

There are more battles to come after a vile sexist was appointed to the US Supreme Court

Determined day of strikes in France against Macron’s barrage of attacks

Workers and students in France struck and protested on Tuesday in a renewal of the battle against President Emmanuel Macron.

Far right candidate comes out on top in first round of Brazilian election

The right are on the rise in Brazil.

Senate vote brings sexist Brett Kavanaugh closer to supreme court confirmation

The US Senate cleared the way for confirming Donald Trump ally Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court judge on Friday.

Israeli state murders children during Great March of Return protests in Gaza

Israel killed seven Palestinians—including a 12 year old boy—during protests in Gaza last Friday.

Brett Kavanaugh case sparks big protests across the US

Action in solidarity with victims shows that people want to fight oppression, says Alistair Farrow

Indonesian tsunami—an avoidable tragedy

A tsunami early warning system that could have saved many lives in Indonesia had not been introduced because of lack of money.

Hundreds of Tanzanians perish in overfilled boat catastrophe

The deaths of 224 people in east Africa were caused by unscrupulous ferry operators and extreme poverty, argues Charlie Kimber

Thousands of Nazis march as racists carry out violent attacks on migrants

The battle against the far right continued last weekend as

Israel ramps up repression

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 12 year old Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip last week. It marked a low point of days of violent Israeli repression across all of Palestine.