(2024-05-15). US-China Rivalry Riles Tiny Solomon Islands. popularresistance.org The Solomon Islands will continue its security pact and economic ties with China after the election of Jeremiah Manele as the country's new prime minister. | Manele, a former foreign minister in Manasseh Sogavare's outgoing government, needed the support of independent MPs to form a government after his Unity and Responsibility (OUR) Party surprised many by losing its outright majority. It took 15 seats in the April 17 election, down from 37 at the last election. | Western pundits have cast the new leader as a less "divisive" figure than his "pro-China" predecessor, but many see Manele facing the same difficultie…
(2024-05-15). Accomplices in Genocide: Canadian imperialism and fascist barbarism. wsws.org This is the text of the speech delivered by Keith Jones, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
(2024-05-15). UK: Labour vote share in Muslim-majority areas 'down by one third'. middleeasteye.net 
UK: Labour vote share in Muslim-majority areas 'down by one third' | Opposition party loses 33 percentage points in areas with large Muslim communities, driven by its stance on Israel's war on Gaza | | Labour Party leader Keir Starmer embraces newly elected East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward during a ra…
(2024-05-15). Uruguay passes bill for compulsory internment of drug addicts. plenglish.com The regulation includes the prior consent of the person who will be subjected to internment to treat their addiction. | The plenary of MPs voted 74 in favor and nine against, in a vote in which the Broad Front divided its votes. | In July, 2022 the initiative had been voted in the Chamber of Deputies only with the support of the Government coalition benches; in the Senate the bill underwent some changes, and in May, 2023 it received the green light only with the votes of the ruling party. | Now, it has finally been approved in the Lower House, and in its articles the goals of 'rehabilitation and social reintegrat…
(2024-05-15). Opposition parliamentary bench gathers signatures to impeach Boluarte. plenglish.com Congresswomen Ruth Luque and Susel Paredes, from the progressive "Juntos por el Peru-Cambio Democratico" party, announced the initiative, while another left-wing group, the "Peru Libre" party, analyzes the possibility of presenting a similar motion. | Luque said that the announced motion raises two charges: obstructing justice in the Public Prosecutor's Office investigations into the president's undeclared possession of expensive jewelry and the investigations into her brother, Nicanor Boluarte, for possible crimes of usurpation of office and other charges. | Luque further points out that the head of State lacks…
(2024-05-15). Amazon Labor Union hosts Stalinist Communist Party of Greece. wsws.org The union's fraternizing with Stalinist parties, like its relations with the anticommunist trade unions, is aimed at building a new labor bureaucracy while ignoring the needs of Amazon workers.
(2024-05-15). Fight the Australian Labor government's program of war and austerity! wsws.org This is the text of the speech delivered by Max Boddy, Socialist Equality Party (Australia) assistant national secretary, to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
(2024-05-15). Green Party of NJ Candidate for US Senate, Christina Khalil, Supports Growing Student Movement in Solidarity with Palestine. fightbackbetter.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 14, 2024Contact: info@khalilforsenate.com mrhlepaix@gmail.com Green Party of New Jersey's Candidate for U.S. Senate, Christina Khalil, Supports the…
(2024-05-15). 'As someone with Palestinian heritage, I couldn't stay in the Labour Party'. aljazeera.com Disillusioned with the UK opposition, British Palestinian professor Kamel Hawwash plans to run in the general election.
(2024-05-15). Caroline Lucas takes apart Tories sex education plan in one tweet. leftfootforward.org Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has torn into the government's new guidance for schools in England due to be published on Thursday, after details of the plan were leaked to the media. | A government source said the new guidelines for schools on relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) will include a ban on teaching sex education to children under nine, while 'explicit' discussions including on topics such as contraception won't be allowed until age 13. | Head teachers have challenged the introduction of new guidance for schools, with the head of a school in Rotherham, Pepe Di'Iasio, telling the BBC Today s…
(2024-05-15). Sahra Wagenknecht: Condition of Germany. newleftreview.org Interview with a prominent leader of the German left on the state of her country, currently the epicentre of converging crises—geopolitical, economic, environmental. With politics swerving right under an SPD-led government, flux and refoundation on the left.
(2024-05-15). Fascism: three-part test. cpusa.org 
This piece is a contribution to the Pre-Convention Discussion for our 32nd National Convention. During Pre-Convention Discussion, all aspects of the party's program, strategy, and tactics are up for consideration and debate. The ideas presented here are those of the author or authors alone, and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Communist Party USA, its membership, or their elected leadership bodies. — Editors | Georgi Dimitrov's definition of fascism is often cited, yet key parts of his quote are not always included or fully appreciated: | [F]ascism is not a power standing above class, nor…
(2024-05-15). Towards a vibrant future: re-establishing a national YCL. cpusa.org This piece is a contribution to the Pre-Convention Discussion for our 32nd National Convention. During Pre-Convention Discussion, all aspects of the party's program, strategy, and tactics are up for consideration and debate. The ideas presented here are those of the author or authors alone, and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Communist Party USA, its membership, or their elected leadership bodies. — Editors | In 2019, the CPUSA's national convention laid down a pivotal resolution: the facilitation of a national Communist youth organization. Since then, local YCL clubs have cropped up arou…
(2024-05-15). India: Modi and the rise of the billionaire Raj. cadtm.org A general election in India starts today. 970m Indians, more than 10% of the world's population, will head to the polls in what will be the largest election in history for the Lok Sabha (House of the People) parliamentary elections. The poll will spread across India and take up to 4 June to complete. Opinion polls suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and his coalition will win a third successive 5-year term, and win by (…) | – | / |