News & Analysis
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Royal Mail handed over to billionaire boss – CWU must demand nationalisation
Gary Clark, Socialist Party Scotland and retired CWU member The government has approved the takeover of Royal Mail by EP…
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Ireland South: General election results – a precarious ‘stability’ holds, for now
Ciarán McKenna, Militant Left (CWI in Ireland) Following the Dáil [parliament of the Irish republic] elections of 29 November, government…
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Build a socialist and trade union stand in 2026
Socialist Party Scotland and the Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition have pioneered, since 2010, the standing of socialist and…
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Syria: Assad gone but independent workers’ organisation to struggle for socialist democracy now essential
Judy Beishon Millions of Syrian people reacted with astonishment and joy at news that the Assad family’s five-decade long despotic…
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South Korea: Protests block attempted coup
Carl Simmons (CWI Japan) At 11pm on 3 December, President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) made…
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The war in Ukraine and the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria
Niall Mulholland It is often a paradox of war that as the end begins to loom in the distance, the…
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Trumpism and its limits
From the December 2024/January 2025 issue of the Socialism Today magazine “It is time to study Caligula. That most notorious…
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Scottish budget sees SNP cuts continue
Socialist Party Scotland The Scottish government draft budget for 2025/26 was unveiled this week. SNP finance secretary Shona Robison described…
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Council by elections expose deep-seated anger at Labour and SNP
Matt Dobson reports The overwhelming hatred and anger towards the main establishment parties – primarily Labour and the SNP –…
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Hundreds protest threatened council cuts in Dundee
Jim McFarlane, Dundee City UNISON branch secretary (personal capacity) SNP-run Dundee City Council are currently consulting over the closure of…
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