Socialist Action

Why Common Prosperity is good for socialism and for China’s economy

18th October 2021

In summary, Common Prosperity is good for socialism in China – and it is good for China’s economy.

International Energy Agency gives COP a warning

16th October 2021

The IEA World Energy Outlook 2021 sets out in very clear terms and stark figures what the world needs to do to keep below an average temperature rise of 1.5C; and how far short we are falling. It envisages the total investment required will have to rise to $4 trillion a year by 2030 to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

Scathing Covid-19 report only shows one aspect of the catastrophe

15th October 2021

The government’s overall policy has been to boost profits at every turn, even at the cost of 160,000 lives and rising. It has no intention of shifting course, because its entire attack on workers and the oppressed has letting the virus rip as its centrepiece.

Whither Turkey?

12th October 2021

Now it has become clear that neither Iran nor Syria are going to be toppled, new tectonic shifts are taking place in West Asia and North Africa. What steps will Turkey now take?

Europe Against The Cold War – China Is Not Our Enemy! 11am Saturday 23 October

12th October 2021

Europe Against the Cold War – China is Not Our Enemy! Online Zoom meeting Saturday 23 October

Conservative collapse in Germany opens the door to an SPD led coalition government

11th October 2021

After the recent general election, Germany will see its first coalition government since 1957 which includes more than two parties, and the first Social Democrat (SPD) led government since 2005. Although the SPD won the election, it only gained a meagre 25.7% vote share; a long way from its high point of 40.9% in 1998.

Despite the defeats the Labour left can still fight

8th October 2021

The largest scale political and organisational attack on the Labour Party’s left wing since the Second World War is currently unfolding within the party. But despite the defeats that have been suffered the Labour left remains the largest political force engaged in resistance to the Tories’ attacks.

China’s power cuts hint at faster transition

5th October 2021

The current power cuts come from a combination of increased demand from manufacturers, a slowdown in coal production, partly caused by improved health and safety measures in mines, and the restrictions put on coal use by national guidelines to restrict carbon emissions.

Venezuela and the re-emergence of sovereignty in the Americas

1st October 2021

The US unilateral and illegal sanctions regime remains in place and so does the US government’s commitment to overthrow the Bolivarian process. The emerging alliances in Latin America and the Caribbean – anchored by Maduro and López Obrador – have already reshaped the hemisphere to the disadvantage of imperialism.

Gas crisis requires windfall tax on pandemic profiteers and faster transition off fossil fuels

29th September 2021

The paradox of Boris Johnson's assertion that the market will sort itself out is that they are in no position politically to allow the market to do that.