Socialist Action

“Peak China” – a new low in Western attempts to persuade China to commit suicide

26th May 2023

Those arguing the case for “peak China” propose that China should voluntarily commit economic suicide. That it should abandon the methods that have made it the most rapidly developing economy...

Sinn Féin victory in local elections

23rd May 2023

Sinn Féin have now replaced the DUP as the largest party in local government. Its electoral victory will accelerate political progress in Ireland, north and south.

US surveillance is an obstacle to a truly democratic world order

22nd May 2023

The US has the world's largest and most sophisticated surveillance system - a system essential to the US' goal of maintaining global hegemony, and that has been used to undermine...

The US tech war against China – a briefing

2nd May 2023

US policy aims to strangle China’s technology industry. China has suffered serious set-backs and is intensifying efforts to promote its domestic capacity.

Climate Briefing: which countries are doing what

28th April 2023

$4 Trillion sustainable development investment is needed every year. Only $1.1Trillion is taking place and half of that is by China. Wealthy countries should step up their investment to China's...

Defend Diane Abbott! Reinstatement Now!

26th April 2023

The Labour leadership’s suspension of Diane Abbott as a Labour MP is a blatantly factional move against a leading left critic of Starmer. She should be reinstated now.

Obsolete cold war attitudes are holding Europe back

21st April 2023

Europe desperately needs an independent foreign policy. This is important for the region’s future.

The latest push to legalise assisted dying and the danger it represents

11th April 2023

Disabled people need support to live, not die: why the latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide should be opposed.

Powering up Britain – battery not included

3rd April 2023

Grant Shapps has failed to rise to the task of making the UK government’s Net Zero Plans adequate to meet the target of no more than a 1.5C increase in...

Hunt’s austerity Budget meets working class resistance

21st March 2023

The strike wave shows that there is not only an understanding that the government is responsible for the attack on living standards, but the working class is engaged in a...