United States
Four Hours at the Capitol—the strange spectacle of the US far right at large
New footage reveals some of what went on when Donald Trump supporters stormed the US capitol. It’s a glimpse into the world of the far right
US billionaires grab over two trillion dollars in pandemic
It’s right to demand wealth taxes on the billionaires—but the system that produces them also has to go.
Don’t mourn expired war criminal Colin Powell
The “progressive” and “moderate” face of US mass murderers is dead. Colin Powell, who died on Monday, helped to sell the 2003 invasion of Iraq to the world.
International round up: Floods in Greece and India result of ruined ecosystems
Devastating damage caused by wildfires in Greece this year has now given way to widespread flooding.
It’s right to strike during the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow
Groups of workers are preparing to strike in Glasgow during the Cop26 international climate conference. They are right to do so.
Rising imperialist tensions and war games over Taiwan
Taiwan, an island about 100 miles east of China, is at the centre of imperialist rivalries.
Marches for abortion rights in the US, and solidarity in Britain
02 October 2021Tens of thousands of pro-choice activists were set to join 660 separate mobilisations across the US on Saturday.
Join pro-choice march on US embassy in London
28 September 2021Supporters of a woman’s right to choose on abortion will demonstrate this Saturday in solidarity with protesters in the US opposing vicious attacks on abortion rights in Texas and other states.
A divided Squad is sign of Democrats’ flaws
28 September 2021Are cracks appearing in the Squad—the group of left Democratic Party members in the US House of Representatives?
International round-up: Revenge raids escalate after prison escape in Palestine
21 September 2021Israeli soldiers have captured the last two of six Palestinian prisoners who liberated themselves from a high security jail nearly two weeks ago.
Biden ramps up new arms race with China
21 September 2021Aukus is the agreement by the United States and Britain to supply Australia with the technology to build eight nuclear submarines.
Attica riot 1971—‘We aren’t beasts, we won’t be beaten’
17 September 2021Fifty years ago prisoners in a US jail exploded in revolt. Sam Ord looks at the resistance—and the state’s revenge
‘We’re not criminals,’ say protesting migrants trapped in Mexico by US
16 September 2021Hundreds of migrants trapped in southern Mexico protested on Wednesday against the state’s immigration rules.
Why the US right attack abortion
11 September 2021Abortion rights have been hard fought for in the US. Now some of these rights are under ferocious assault. Isabel Ringrose explores a history of resistance and shows why the right’s view on abortion is complicated
Europe’s imperialism is still reliant on US
07 September 2021The Western ruling classes’ response to the entirely predictable Taliban victory in Afghanistan is astonishing—combining arrogance, self-deception, and panic.
More die as US state fails those hit by storm
07 September 2021Far from helping, President Biden is creating conditions that will lead to more disasters, says Sophie Squire
Fury as Texas bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy
01 September 2021This assault on women's rights is part of a sustained attack across large parts of the United States
Same lies to justify killings in Afghanistan two decades on
31 August 2021All the lies used to justify the terror the West inflicted on Afghanistan 20 years ago played out over its airstrike on children last week.
Hurricane Katrina—class, race and climate change
31 August 2021As flash flooding and tornadoes hit the north-east United States, Sophie Squire looks at the lessons from Hurricane Katrina in 2005
US military continued killings of children in Afghanistan
31 August 2021The United States military left Afghanistan as it arrived—by killing children.
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