Lebanon’s political crisis deepened after Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced on Monday (10 August 2020) on national television that the whole cabinet had resigned, despite President Michel Aoun asking them to stay on as caretakers until a new government is formed.
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Mass protests in Lebanon after port explosion kills over 150
As the body count rises to over 150 confirmed dead, thousands in Lebanon took to the streets over the weekend to protest corruption and negligence.
Solidarity with Iran’s striking sugar factory workers!
Workers of the Haft Tappeh sugarcane factory in Shush, Iran, have demonstrated an iron will and resolve as they have now been on strike for well over a month at the time of publication (21 July 2020).
Iraqi Communist Party: early elections are people’s urgent demand
The new Iraqi government headed by Mustafa al-kadhimi was finally endorsed by the Parliament in the early hours of 7th May after several weeks of manoeuvres by the ruling blocs and an undeclared US-Iranian consensus.
Start date passes as Netanyahu’s right wing coalition continues to threaten West Bank Annexation
With today set as the possible start date for Israel annexation of Palestinian territory in the West Bank – with plans seemingly stalling today – Robert Wilkinson analyses on the political machinations behind the plot.
Turkey & USA agree secret carve up of Libya
Authoritarian Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared today (9 June 2020) that he has reached an unspecified agreement with Donald Trump for imperialist control of Libya during telephone talks.
Joint statement of Communist Parties: Occupation is Terror; Annexation is Apartheid
On the initiative of the Palestinian People’s Party and the Communist Party of Israel, communist and workers’ parties from across the world signed the following joint statement.
Crisis destroys any pretence of humanitarianism under Capitalism
Covid-19 has done many things in a relatively short period of time. It has removed the thin veil of ‘eternally generating profit’, destroyed any semblance of solidarity within the confines of the European Union, highlighted the advantages of state-controlled economy, as well as showing the roots of fascism and authoritarianism in capitalist crisis. Like anyContinue reading “Crisis destroys any pretence of humanitarianism under Capitalism”
