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No more deaths – welcome refugees now
3 September 2015 The drowned body of three year old Aylan Kurdi washed up on a beach near Bodrum, Turkey on Wednesday 2nd. The photograph has concentrated the minds of…
Revolution and counter-revolution in Syria
By Marcus Halaby and Sam Copley 11 August 2015 A large part of the Western left and radical media have written off the struggle against the totalitarian Assad regime in…
Planet without a visa
By Jeremy Dewar 12 August 2015 There are more refugees in the world today than ever before. This year’s Global Trends Report, published by the United Nations High Commissioner for…
Free journalist Stephen Kaczynski
FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION! On the 2nd April, members of the Turkish police and Army raided the Ä°dil Culture Centre (Ä°dil KĂĽltĂĽr Merkezi) in Istanbul. They arrested members of the…
An anti-imperialist movement is the answer to Islamist terrorism
Political Committee, 28 June 2015 Workers Power condemns the 26 June terrorist attack by gunmen claiming allegiance to Daesh (Isis), which resulted in the deaths of at least 37 holidaymakers…
Turkey: vote HDP on June 7 then build a revolutionary party
By Svenja Zhenot 5 June 2015 Turkey’s Parliamentary elections on June 7 will take place against a background of sharpening political crisis in the region. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP…
Deterrent by drowning: Mediterranean tragedy is official policy
By Dave Stockton and KD Tait 22 April 2015 Once again, the seas surrounding Fortress Europe run red with the blood of migrants. The mass drowning of 900 migrants in…
Israel votes for expansionism and war
On Saturday 7 March, only ten days before Israel’s recent elections, 50,000 people demonstrated in Tel Aviv against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-led coalition. They were led by supporters of…
Saudi Arabia’s unholy war
Marcus Halaby investigates Saudi Arabia’s role in the rise of ISIS Our rulers routinely present the beheadings of hostages carried out by the Islamic State (IS) as proof of their…
Turkey: defend union rights – victory to the metal workers’ strike!
By Svenja Spunck, 4 February 2015 On the morning of January 29, in Turkey, 15,000 workers in the metal industry downed tools. The left trade union confederation DISK (Devrimci İşçi…
