Roger Silverman speaks about being a candidate for the Labour Party National Executive Committe elections … [Read more...]
From United States
By John Reimann, USA The Covid-19 pandemic which is wreaking such havoc is first and foremost an environmental disease. Or, more exactly, it is caused by how our society – capitalist society – interacts with the natural world. This includes both wilderness areas and modern capitalist agriculture, and the relationship between these two. As with all resources, from human labor … [Read more...]
Covid-19 and South Africa: A test of six statements
By David Hemson President Ramaphosa is weak and incapable of leadershipPeople cannot be ordered to stay away from work if they have no moneyThe SA labour movement will press its own demandsThe high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the population will lead to runaway Covid-19 infectionSouth Africa has a developed health system which will be resilient to the face of Covid-19South Africa will have the … [Read more...]
THE TWO FACES OF INDIA
As the shadow of ruthless authoritarian regimes falls across the world’s continents from Europe to America North and South to Asia, the world’s capitalists have greeted with undisguised jubilation the victory of Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party in India’s recent general election, winning 303 of the Lok Sabha’s (lower house) 543 seats, as against their main rivals’ Congress … [Read more...]
FIGHTING BACK
In the first issue of On The Brink, we asked: “Are we descending into a new dark age?” The working class worldwide is under threat from an emboldened enemy, more dangerous than at any time in living memory. But we concluded: “The workers’ movement is not defeated; it is gathering its forces, poised for its next offensives.” it is once again the French workers who are showing the way forward. … [Read more...]
Syrian Conflict
As we go to print, a bloodbath is being prepared against the Syrian people in Idlib province. Hundreds of thousands from elsewhere in Syria have been kettled there along with the original Idlib population. The Iranian government, whose troops in Syria have carried out ethnic cleansing, has called for a “purge” in Idlib. Troops of Assad, Putin and Rouhani are massing at the border while Russian … [Read more...]