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In 1973 the US Supreme Court in a case called Roe v. Wade effectively legalised abortion throughout the United States, on demand during the first three months of pregnancy, with some restrictions in the second three months, but only in the case of the mother’s life being at risk in the final three months.  Within … [Read more…]

(By Nina Kosta and George Korkovelos) 73 years after the end of the decade 1940-1949, the ideological battle over it continues to occupy an important place in the general ideological struggle that is taking place in our class society. No other historical event of the 20th century attracted as much interest as the Occupation (1941-1944) … [Read more…]

Those who spread the lie that the conflict in Ukraine is an ‘interimperialist war’ are helping to demobilise the world’s most militant antiwar activists. Greek trade unionists have set a powerful example by refusing to transport Nato weapons bound for Ukraine. Alongside supporting such important actions, Greece’s communists have played a more destructive role by … [Read more…]

With only a handful of fascist diehards still holed up in the Azovstal steelworks, the one-time stronghold of the Azov fanatics in the southern port city of Mariupol has fallen at last. For months the fascists had sabotaged all efforts to evacuate the civilian population from the war zone, preferring to have them remain in … [Read more…]

On 10 April 2022, the Pakistan National Assembly voted, by a razor-thin majority of 2, in favour of a motion of No Confidence in the government of Imran Khan, removing him from the office of Prime Minister.  In his place it elected Shehbaz Sharif. Shehbaz Sharif hails from one of the two main political dynasties … [Read more…]

Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst Reproduced from the BRICS Information Portal, with thanks At the start of the new phase of the Ukrainian crisis, beginning with Russia’s special military operation which pre-empted the Kiev regime’s plan to conduct an ethnic cleansing campaign in Donbass, the Ukrainian military was one of the largest and … [Read more…]

The island nation of Sri Lanka is enduring its worst-ever economic crisis since its formal release from British colonial rule in 1948. For months, petrol, diesel, gas, food and medicine have been in very short suppy and have risen astronomically in price, as has the cost of transport. People are compelled to wait in long … [Read more…]

By Steve Sweeney Reproduced from Al Mayadeen Net, with thanks 7 April 2022 Neo-nazis across the world glorify Azov, and whitewashing them in the way the BBC and other mainstream media organisations have should not be taken lightly. On 15 January 1934, as Europe stood on the precipice of war, British newspaper the Daily Mail … [Read more…]

News of Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the 2022 French Presidential election, broadcast worldwide before counting had closed, brought forth an audible sigh of collective relief from the global corporate neo-liberal elite. The City of London, Wall Street, the French Bourse, Washington, Westminster, Brussels, and the Bundestag, in short, all the economic and political mouthpieces of … [Read more…]