United States
Left candidate leads polls ahead of Mexico election
28 May 2018Elections set to take place in Mexico on 1 July could deliver a left wing president in the shape of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Donald Trump will be hounded when he visits Britain in July - join the protests
22 May 2018With only 50 days to go until the bigot-in-chief arrives, we must plan protests, writes Alistair Farrow
Trump threatens to escalate dangerous tensions in Middle East
07 May 2018US president Donald Trump is threatening a return to direct confrontation with Iran—amid growing tensions and the threat of war in the Middle East
Koreas are pawns in a much bigger game
24 April 2018Is Donald Trump about to have a “Nixon in China” moment? The signs are that his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may actually deliver a diplomatic success instead of descending into a disastrous war between the two countries.
Racist violence grew from Vietnam war, says new book
24 April 2018From US racist shooter Dylan Roof to Norwegian Nazi Anders Breivik, terror attacks by whites are portrayed as “inexplicable acts carried out by one or a few actors”.
Teachers stay out in Oklahoma after union leaders tell them to end their strikes
17 April 2018Teachers and other education workers in Oklahoma, US, are continuing strikes and protests for better pay—despite union leaders’ attempts to sell them out.
Syria strike shows the callousness of our rulers
17 April 2018Missiles were launched against Syria as all the imperial powers jockey for their position in the carve up
The attacks on Syria will only bring more horror
14 April 2018The US, Britain and France have launched missile strikes on Syrian targets.
British intervention in Syria could lead to a war between Iran and Israel
13 April 2018Donald Trump and his hangers on Theresa May and French president Emmanuel Macron have paused attacking Syria—for now.
Teachers’ pay rebellion spreads across Oklahoma with second week of strikes
10 April 2018Teachers in the US state of Oklahoma began their second week of walkouts on Monday. They are striking for more pay and better education funding.
Welcome to strike country - inside the spreading US teachers' strikes
27 March 2018An inspirational fight by West Virginia teachers has inspired teachers and other public sector workers
John Bolton - the latest threat from Trump
27 March 2018Donald Trump has appointed warmonger John Bolton as his national security adviser.
Big anti-gun demos rage at the violence, racism and poverty in US society
27 March 2018Marches of hundreds of thousands of people show fury at racism, police and poverty, reports Alistair Farrow
The Troublemaker - US spy in charge of torture means Brit secrets stay safe
20 March 2018When the US spy Gina Haspel was presented to the queen at Buckingham Palace, she introduced herself as “minister-counsellor for co-ordination affairs” at the US embassy in London.
US pay fight spreads after West Virginia teachers’ strike wins
13 March 2018Powerful action by workers in West Virginia has inspired others to fight back
Reclaim Martin Luther King the radical
10 March 2018Liberals have tried to sanitise Martin Luther King ever since his death 50 years ago. But, says Yuri Prasad, King was a radical who blamed capitalism for racism, poverty and war
Trump’s trade war means chaos for the ruling class
06 March 2018Ever since he was elected, there’s been an argument over whether Donald Trump would be more than a conventional right wing Republican president.
West Virginian school strikers vow to stay on the picket lines
04 March 2018The West Virginia school workers’ strike is set to continue throughout this week after rank-and-file union members rejected a deal recommended by their leaders.
West Virginia school workers reject deal agreed by union leaders and continue strike
01 March 2018Teachers and other public school workers in the US state of West Virginia have rejected a pay and conditions deal designed to get them back to work
Striking teachers defy the law in the US
27 February 2018Around 20,000 teachers and school workers in all 55 districts of the US state of West Virginia struck on Thursday and Friday of last week over pay and healthcare costs
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