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February 14, 2025

78 workers killed after being trapped in a mine in South Africa

By César NetoIntroductionThe artisanal miners of South Africa, often of foreign origin and called “zama zamas,” were punished for "illegal" mining by being forcibly trapped in an abandoned mine where they were left without access to food and water....

Trump and the Tech Bros — a match made in hell

By HERMAN MORRIS The Year is 2025. The richest man in the world has gained full administrative access to and control of the U.S. Treasury...

Protectionism or free trade? How does capitalist trade policy affect workers?

By ERNIE GOTTA  “I’m President of the UAW. We’re ready to work with Trump,” read a headline in The Washington Post that shocked many in...

Crisis in Catatumbo: the failure of the guerrilla strategy and the limits of Petro in Colombia

By Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores - ColombiaThere is a Marxist maxim that says: "Existence determines consciousness". This is what has happened to most of the insurgent organizations, their way of life has changed...

Travelogue of post-Assad Syria

By Fabio BoscoOn the January 21, I began a six-day trip through Syria at the invitation of Monif, a former Trotskyist leader of the Communist Workers Party (CWP). The CWP was severely repressed by...

Palestine Special

Recent News

Israel retreats and accepts ceasefire in Lebanon

By Fabio Bosco On November 26, the State of Israel agreed to a 60-day ceasefire with Lebanon, brokered by representatives of U.S. and French imperialism....

107 years after the revolution that changed the world

By Wilson Honório da Silva, PSTU-BrazilPetrograd, early in the morning of October 26, 1917. "Lenin, standing (…), let his small shining eyes roam over...

The suspension of MPs and the reality of Indian ‘Democracy”

By Mazdoor Inquilab The winter session of 2023 will go down in the parliamentary history of India as one of its darkest episodes. On December 16, while India and Bangladesh celebrated victory day, marking the...

When Lenin Became Trotskyist

By: Francesco Ricci Bourgeois Revolution or Socialist Revolution? Since the beginning of the twentieth century, and especially after the blood-soaked Russian Revolution of 1905, the character of the future revolution in the land of...

Women for Socialism! Let’s Put an End to the Violence, Exploitation, and Environmental Destruction of the Capitalist System!

A Statement from the IWL-FI On the occasion of another March 8, International Working Women's Day, we are proud to publish this new issue of International Mail, dedicated exclusively to analyzing the situation of...

Which way for Bangladesh?

by Mazdoor InquilabOn the January 7, Bangladesh went to the polls. The election had a predictable outcome, despite months of protests, and ongoing agitation by the garment workers. The boycott by the main...

Videos

Theory

Working Class Struggles

The mammoth strike at Samsung India 

Since September 9, the workers at the Samsung plant at Sriperambudur in the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, have been on strike. Over...

Brazil: The launch of the “Peoples’ Summit” marks the beginning of mobilizations in protest of the G20 meeting

CSP-Conlutas was present at the launching event, which took place in Rocinha (Rio de Janeiro), on Saturday, September 14. By CSP-Conlutas, Brazil Different social movements and working class organizations, among them...

A key discussion in the face of layoffs in Peru: Should we rely on “justice” or mobilization?

The recent collective dismissals at the ceramics manufacturer Celima are part of a long list of closures, layoffs, and impositions of “perfect work suspensions” (temporary layoffs) which for the...

Oppression

Border Patrol raids spread fear in California’s Central Valley

By Jose Monterojo From Jan. 7 through Jan. 10, immigration agents carried out a series of unexpected raids in California’s Central Valley, in an operation...

Solidarity with the Mapuche community Lof Pailako in Argentina

By Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores Unificado - ArgentinaOn Thursday, January 9, 2025, a large operation was carried out by the Federal Police and the Gendarmerie to evict the...

How can we defend women’s and Queer rights?

By CHRISTINE EVANS The incoming Trump administration has committed itself to deepening the current attacks on the rights of women and other oppressed sectors of the population. The direction in...