Woolwich, Islamism and the racist, authoritarian backlash
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The young men who killed a British soldier in Woolwich, in South East London, on 22 May seem to have been Islamists - supporters of extreme right theocratic politics.
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Bangladesh: workers oppose the Islamists
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Badrul Alam from the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist) spoke to Solidarity.
Bangladesh unrest grows as death toll rises
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The death toll from the Rana Plaza factory collapse has now passed 700. It is one of the worst industrial disasters in recent history, and the worst ever in Bangladesh.
The left must debate its “big” differences
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Many of the people who left the SWP recently, and some others who quit SWP longer ago, have formed an “International Socialist Network”.
Has Syria's democratic revolution been hijacked?
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We print US socialist Pham Binh’s criticism of the AWL’s analysis and attitude on Syria.
Who are FEMEN?
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When Tunisian feminist Amina Tyler posted topless pictures of herself online with “Fuck Your Morals” and “My body belongs to me and is not a source of anyone’s honour” written across her chest, she received death threats and was put in a psychiatric hospital.
Socialists must fight for secularism
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On Saturday March 9th, an extraordinary incident threatened to mar UCL’s reputation as a university with a proud tradition of secularism and free thinking.
Whitewashing the Islamists
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Socialist Worker has avoided explicit support for the Islamist militias which ruled northern Mali from April 2012 until recently.
Clerical fascism?
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Critics of Solidarity sometimes say that our description of Islamist political movements as “clerical fascism” is too simplistic, or too sweeping.
Egypt's workers against Morsi
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This is the text of a speech given by Workers’ Liberty supporter Clive Bradley at a public meeting in London on Wednesday 30 January.