US: Revolt for Black Lives in Kenosha
This article was first published by Socialist Action's co-thinkers in the United States, Socialist Alternative. Jacob Blake: unarmed, Black, father, and paralyzed from the waist down. Seven shots in...
Thailand: A rising movement against the regime
The wave of protests and demonstrations in Thailand is growing. On Sunday 16 August, more than 10,000 gathered to demand the resignation of the military led regime. The protests now...
Belarus: Rigged election ignites revolution
[caption id="attachment_20523" align="alignleft" width="1707"] A demonstration in Minsk. Photo by Aliaksei Lepik.[/caption] With the beautiful ironic humour that usually accompanies mass uprisings and revolutions, a video has appeared of Belarusian...
Lebanon: Fury over Beirut explosion erupts in the streets
“Before the Lebanese were angry because they had no money and no electricity. Now they have no windows and many do not have homes. If there is no bread, the...
Hong Kong: Third wave of pandemic and counter-revolutionary repression
Government uses new Covid-19 outbreak as pretext to cancel Legco elections The passage of the draconian Hong Kong National Security Law means the counter-revolutionary suppression by the Chinese dictatorship (CCP)...
The Australia-China conflict: a socialist view
A new stage of hostility has opened in the strained relationship between the Australian and Chinese governments. At a time when international cooperation is needed more than ever, Canberra and...
The role of the working class in fighting racism
This article was published by Socialist Action’s sister organisation in the U.S. While it focuses on the specifics of the racist, violent history of the U.S. ruling class analogies, parallels...
Hong Kong national security law – Xi Jinping’s “nuclear option”
The effect of the Chinese regime’s new law is similar to a military coup or second “June 4 (Tiananmen)” but using laws, secret police and massive levels of cyber-surveillance instead...
Who are the real looters?
During the recent Black Lives Matter protests, following the murder of George Floyd, the mainstream media has been guilty of sensationalism, focusing on limited instances of ‘looting’ to discredit the...
Ask The Socialist: How would socialists deal with the pandemic?
One of our supporters recently asked us: “Capitalist governments around the world are doing a terrible job handling COVID-19, but what would socialists do instead?” We answer below. ** Early...
How to end racist policing?
The nature of policing in the United States is inseparable from the violent, racist history of capitalism in this country. From slave patrols; to Bull Connor’s unleashing dogs and fire...
Governments seize on COVID-19 to extend repressive powers
The Economist has described it as “the most dramatic extension of state powers since the second world war.” Across the globe governments have implemented draconian legislation akin to that of...
Eco-destruction and plagues
Raging fires in Australia and a plague of locusts in east Africa dominated global news at the start of 2020. These rapidly receded in consciousness as the COVID-19 pandemic erupted...
Planning and democratic control needed more than ever
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing all the more clearly the fundamental failings of the capitalist economic system that we live under. Even before the pandemic, capitalist states have allowed for...
COVID-19 & the climate crisis
Capitalism is yet again inflicting more shock and horror on the world that is bound to traumatise the global population, leaving scars that will be felt for generations. Just like...
Mass, coordinated action needed to win #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
George Floyd gasped “I can’t breathe,” again and again, for nine long minutes. This is murder. It is murder at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Yet the recent racist...
Justice for George Floyd!
George Floyd suffocated to death with a Minneapolis Police Officer’s knee to his neck on May 25th, 2020. Video of Floyd’s murder released by the Washington Post clearly shows the...
EU: The hypocrisy and cynicism of the rich
“Shame on you. Shame on Europe. Stop this circus now.” These words did not come from an angry demonstrator but from the French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le...