Left must oppose ‘live with virus’ doctrine
The new spike in cases and hospital admissions shows the failure of the Johnson government’s strategy.
Europe
Third Glasgow Asylum death puts pressure for public inquiry
The policy of dispersal and relocation of asylum seekers to places like Glasgow began under a Labour UK government over a decade ago, but the Tories have accelerated the scale and inhumanity of it.
Oppose Johnson’s little-Englander Brexit
Mike Picken explains why this Bill represents an entirely consistent part of the Tory Brexit process that Socialist Resistance has repeatedly attacked from the left.
Step up fight for Richie Venton’s reinstatement
Richie remains sacked and the campaign for his reinstatement is building up momentum.
Resist Attacks on Scottish IKEA Workers
IKEA in Scotland have launched a savage attack on their workers’ rights and conditions in recent days. This has included sacking union representative, Richie Venton. [...]
Why Salvini could become Prime Minister of Italy
The coming unemployment catastrophe could provide fertile recruiting ground for Salvini if there is no organised resistance in the workplaces or communities. Certainly the current government cannot be judged as progressive just because the Lega has been excluded. Its debates focus on which sectors of capital should get the Covid EU money rather than a determined defence of jobs or living standards.
Lukashenko out! Solidarity with the people of Belarus
We support independent Belarusian trade unions, social movements, and left-wing organizations that oppose the usurper regime and criticize openly right, neoliberal alternatives to the existing system. We hope that the political uprising in Belarus will strengthen the influence of those forces.
A triumph of ideology: John Hume and the defeat of Irish Republicanism
So the voice of John Hume was the voice of conservative nationalism, of the Catholic Church and of the Catholic business class. Later this voice was sponsored by Irish capitalism as a whole and, following US supported academic studies in America, it was the local voice of the Irish-American lobby inside the Democatic Party.
“Martin Monath: A Jewish Resistance Fighter Among Nazi Soldiers”
World War II was the product of capitalism which is still with us. It is prepared to defend its system of exploitation and oppression at the cost of tens of millions of lives. The opposite course, advocated by the FI and their comrades publishing Arbeiter und Soldat, cannot be dismissed as mere “counterfactual” history.
Glasgow killing raises major questions about treatment of asylum seekers
In a major event in Scotland, one person was killed by armed police in a Glasgow hotel used to accommodate asylum seekers, reports Mike Picken. The call ‘not to [...]
