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Labour panders to racism – playing the far rights game

Starmer argued migrants should be welcome when he stood to become Labour leadership, Simon Hannah reminds us. In government, the PM is pandering to the racism of the Tories and Reform.

Portuguese general election – Right and hard right further advance

Dave Kellaway reports from Portugal on yesterday’s general election where the right and particularly the neo-fascist Chega increased their support.

What do you know about us?

A personal address from Somebody's Sister, a socialist trans women, to those who do and don't stand in solidarity with trans women in this moment of reaction.

What sort of Left do we need? (Review of What now for the left? second edition)

What now for the left? Dave Kellaway reviews Michael Chessum’s updated book, This is only the beginning, The making of a New Left, from Anti-Austerity to the fall of Corbyn published by Bloomsbury (2024)

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We seek revolutionary transformation to meet the compound crisis of ecological disaster, economic collapse, social decay, grotesque inequality, mass impoverishment, growing militarisation, and creeping authoritarianism.

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For a May Day of anti‑fascist and anti‑imperialist resistance

Declaration of the Executive Bureau of the Fourth International.

Solidarity is not a crime

Many paths to genocide

Radical Socialist Statement on Operation Sindoor

On the Ongoing India‑Pakistan Conflict and the Crisis in Jammu & Kashmir

Pakistan and India, Escalating Tensions

Bob Cullen 1949 — 2025

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Free Ukraine’s stolen children

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Palestine and Marxism an online author discussion

INTERNATIONALISM OR RUSSIFICATION – a study in the Soviet nationalities problem

THEORY

Against Campism, for International Working‑Class Solidarity

Democratic socialist internationalism must reject the inverted nationalism of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Jason Schulman and Dan La Botz make the case against campism.

Busting myths and misconceptions about the Russia‑Ukraine war

Rubio: “They must be eliminated; they must be eradicated.”

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Understanding Trump’s Reelection

The Longest Night

Disabling Ability

PUBLICATIONS

Manifesto for an ecosocialist revolution

ABOUT THE BOOKThe race for profit is widening social inequalities and destroying the planet. As the productivist catastrophe is worsening day by day, democratic and revolutionary socialism must be rethought to meet needs within ecological limits. This Manifesto adopted by Fourth International in February 2025 by the Fourth International raises the banner of a civilisational […]

An October in Catalonia

AN OCTOBER IN CATALONIADisruptions and paradoxes of the Catalan independence movement by Josep Maria Antentas ABOUT THE BOOK“This book does a wonderful job of dissecting the Catalan independence movement, analysing its victories, defeats, and the broader implications of its strategic decisions. We are provided with profound insights into the interplay of internal weaknesses and state […]

Labour’s Extreme Neoliberalism

Labour’s Extreme Neoliberalism by Jamie Gough ABOUT THE BOOK“Jamie Gough explains not only Labour’s economic plans but gives a clear explanation of the radical socialist alternatives to it. The Labour government’s utter failure to tackle the fundamental issues facing us will only feed the growth of the far right – this pamphlet is an invaluable […]

FOR THE EARTH TO LIVE

The Case for Ecosocialism by Allan ToddForeword by Professor Julia Steinberger ABOUT THE BOOK “Extinction Rebellion somewhat succeeded in its goal to break the wall of climate denial which was hampering necessary progress. Critics have rightly argued though, that to move forwards, we need a shared ‘overstanding’ of the colonialist, capitalist, political economy that has […]