United States
Iranians take to the streets after a week of war threats
14 January 2020Protests burst out in Iran last Saturday after the regime admitted to accidentally shooting down a passenger plane.
Trump threatens devastating war after US assassinates an Iranian leader
03 January 2020In a massive warmongering escalation, a US airstrike murdered general Qassem Soleimani
Opioids in the US - a crisis prescribed by profit
02 January 2020The US is in the grip of a huge health epidemic so big that it is killing more than 130 people a day.
International round-up—Get Trump out of the White House
16 December 2019The US House of Representatives was set to vote on whether to impeach Donald Trump on Wednesday of this week.
Protesters tell racist bigot Donald Trump he’s not welcome in Britain
03 December 2019Some 2,000 protesters took to the streets on Tuesday in London to demonstrate against Donald Trump's visit and the Nato warmongers' summit
Twenty years since the great Seattle anti-capitalist revolt
30 November 2019On 30 November 1999 demonstrations, street occupations and riots at a meeting of the World Trade Organisation signalled the birth of a new opposition to the people at the top of the political and economic system.
Motherless Brooklyn—a feast for film noir fans old and new
26 November 2019Edward Norton’s new film is an ode to past classics that also takes a fresh look at the inequality and corruption of today
Ukraine shows splits in the US ruling class
26 November 2019There’s a large element of accident in how Ukraine has come to dominate the impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump
The Irishman—an unsettling and melancholy film about age and regret
18 November 2019The Irishman has everything you’d want from a Scorsese gangster film, writes Simon Basketter, but there’s humour and sadness amid the violence
Cracks in US ruling class are chance to dump Donald Trump
17 November 2019US establishment figures hope they can impeach Trump over ‘Ukrainegate’. We need to go beyond their narrow differences, writes Gabby Thorpe
California wildfire chaos wrecks lives
05 November 2019In California, the mansions of the rich are better protected against climate catastrophe than ordinary people. Changing that means challenging the logic of profit, writes Sarah Bates
General Motors strike ends with dodgy deal
29 October 2019A strike by nearly 50,000 General Motors (GM) workers ended last Friday, as the UAW union ratified a new contract with the firm.
GM auto strikers debate new deal, while Chicago teachers take action
22 October 2019Workers at General Motors (GM) plants and factories across the US are voting on a tentative deal
International round-up - US car workers’ strike continues
15 October 2019Bosses at General Motors n the US offered a new contract, as a strike of nearly 50,000 workers entered its fifth week
International round-up: Trump keeps up attacks on migrants
08 October 2019Trump keeps up attacks on migrants
A history of oppression and revolt in Haiti
08 October 2019As demonstrations again see a revolt in Haiti causing a crisis for the country’s rulers Gabby Thorpe looks at its turbulent history
Donald Trump backs a Turkish invasion of Syria
08 October 2019Donald Trump gave the go-ahead for a Turkish invasion of northern Syria on Monday in another betrayal of the Kurdish people.
General Motors workers in the US win global solidarity for their strike
30 September 2019A strike by nearly 50,000 General Motors (GM) staff across the United States has entered its third week as talks between the company and the United Auto Workers union (UAW) continue.
Impeachment threat against Donald Trump escalates a crisis for the US ruling class
28 September 2019The political battle going on at the top of US society has reached a new pitch. US speaker of the Senate Nancy Pelosi announced last week that formal impeachment proceedings are set to begin against president Donald Trump.
The strike that’s driving the resistance in the US
19 September 2019A mass strike over pay and jobs at General Motors has swept across the US— Gabby Thorpe says the dispute could inspire many more workers’ struggles
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