Fighting global capitalism

Anti-capitalism, globalisation, Social Forums, sweatshops, the environment, war and terror ...

Fair trade, free trade, and socialism

Trade is a vital part of the neoliberal economic, political and ideological regime that now dominates the world economy and most national states. At various summits in recent years the world’s most powerful governments have promised to introduce a better deal on trade, aid and debt for the world’s poorest countries, especially in Africa. At the same time, there are many charities and NGOs making proposals to make trade fairer. A number of organisations came together in 2006 in the Make Poverty History coalition, call for trade justice. Others advocate buying only goods with the fairtrade mark...

Letter: socialism on Mars

In the science-fiction novel Red Star, Mars is organised along socialist lines, and in a very flexible and non-oppressive manner

To curb emissions, curb the rich

The super-rich 1% are responsible for 16% of global carbon emissions, equal to the emissions of the poorest 66% of humanity (five billion people). The richest 10% (incomes over $91,000) are responsible for half the emissions. Limiting long-term global warming to 1.5°C requires a 48% cut in total global emissions by 2030 (compared to 2019 levels). There is no way of achieving this without radical cuts to the oversized emissions of the rich. Progress on poverty alleviation and longer term climate goals also necessitates social control of investment decisions. As the super-rich gather for the...

SWP: Forget elections! Radical action needed!

Despite the wall-to-wall Scottish media coverage of campaigning in the run-up to last Thursday’s Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, some people on the doorstep nonetheless responded to canvassers with the question: “By-election? What by-election?” Perhaps their source of information (i.e. their source of an absence of information) was Socialist Worker , paper of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). Tucked away in a small article on page three of issue 2874 of the paper (27th September) were four short sentences mentioning that the by-election would be taking place and that “media reports”...

Labour, democracy, and Rosebank

Activists from Workers' Liberty and supporters of Solidarity will be at Labour Party conference and women's conference, 7-11 October in Liverpool. We'll be there to help the efforts of Free Our Unions, the Labour Campaign for Free Movement, the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, India Labour Solidarity, and other campaigns; to sell literature, seek discussions and contacts. There will be demonstrations for the NHS and for abortion rights on Saturday, for free education on Sunday. And agitation for a block on new North Sea oil and gas fields, following the Tories' decision to "max out" licences in...

Ecology document (discussed at AWL Conference 2023)

Two years ago we said that we would write a pamphlet on the ecological crises. In the course of attempting that we realised there was a need for further study and discussion. We should use the conference period to discuss the controversial issues that have arisen from this study in more detail, clarify the lines of agreement and disagreement. This document is not intended as a comprehensive statement but simply an attempt to move these discussions forward. I think for a long time we only really thought about climate change as the big ecological problem. More recently we have come to see...

Curbing capitalism on the high seas

After nearly two decades of talks, the UN has agreed a treaty to protect the high seas from overfishing, shipping and extractive industry. The High Seas Treaty is the latest and potentially the most extensive curb on maritime capitalism to date. Although the treaty is very limited due to the commitment of the world’s capitalist states to the growth of fishing, mining and shipping capital, it is a significant step forward. Until recently, the seas have been treated as both inexhaustible resource tap and infinite waste dump. But this illusion is becoming difficult to sustain as the ocean...

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