Imperialism

Israel kills more than 30 Palestinians in bloody offensive against Gaza

Israel has killed more than 30 Palestinians in a fresh round of bombings on the besieged Gaza Strip.

Angry Hong Kong protests push authorities ‘to the brink’

Cops in Hong Kong say that protests are bringing the city to the “brink of total collapse”.

Murderers gloat over Isis

US president Donald Trump gloated after the alleged killing of Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

The Kurds—a history of agony

The Kurds once again find themselves under attack and under pressure from imperial powers

Stand with Catalonia after new wave of repression

Massive protests erupted across Catalonia this week after a Spanish court sentenced nine pro-independence Catalan leaders to vicious prison terms.

1919 race riots in Britain—a legacy of empire

One hundred years ago Britain was gripped by huge workers’ struggles but also horrific race riots. Ken Olende looks at how the racist violence was unleashed—and how some of the left organised against it

London demonstration shows solidarity with Kurds against Turkish invasion of Syria

13 October 2019
Around 20,000 people marched through London

Turkish socialists condemn invasion of Syria and attacks on refugees

10 October 2019
The Revolutionary Socialist Workers Party (Dsip) in Turkey calls for peace and support for refugees

Donald Trump backs a Turkish invasion of Syria

08 October 2019
Donald Trump gave the go-ahead for a Turkish invasion of northern Syria on Monday in another betrayal of the Kurdish people.

‘We want to change the regime,’ say Iraqi protesters despite repression

03 October 2019
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in the capital Baghdad and other cities.

The Troublemaker - Demo for right of soldiers to shoot Irish people in the back

01 October 2019
A few thousand people took to London streets last weekend to support the right of British people to shoot Irish people in the back.

Gandhi, violence and victory – which tactics can win real change?

28 September 2019
Mohandas Gandhi’s legacy continues to inspire activists today. Socialist Worker looks back at the tactics of the mass movement that kicked the British Empire out of India

1949 — Mao & the Chinese revolution

24 September 2019
Seventy years ago revolution in China threw off the rule of landlords and struck a blow to Western imperialism. But it wasn’t a socialist revolution, and its aims were not to put people in power, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans

The Iraq war is still haunting US foreign policy

17 September 2019
John Bolton's dismissal can be traced back to an earlier Republican presidency in which Bolton served, that of George W Bush

The British arms firms dealing in death

03 September 2019
Arms deals, generals and government officials will gather at the DSEI arms dealers’ conference in east London this week

British arms found in Yemen show up links between Tories and Saudi Arabia

20 August 2019
More evidence of Britain’s role in Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen was uncovered this week.

Riot police lash out in Zimbabwe

20 August 2019
Riot police in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, fired tear gas and beat demonstrators during a crackdown on opposition supporters last Friday.