By Themos Demetriou (27th April 2026) On 7 April 2026, US President Donald Trump warned - “an entire civilisation will die tonight, never to return” if Iran did not agree to a deal regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Whatever the final outcome of the war with Iran, one cannot avoid the parallelism with the answer that the king of Lydia received from the Delphic Oracle in 546 BC, … [Read more...]
A STRONG LEFT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORKERS OF CYPRUS
From The Left Wing (May 7th 2026) The elections of 24 May are expected to reflect the continuing breakdown of social institutions and the public's distrust in the possibility of reversing this course of decay. It is anticipated that the vote share of the two major parties, AKEL and DISY, will be around 20%; ELAM will be the third party; two new political formations, ALMA and Direct Democracy, … [Read more...]
THE FRENCH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
WIN Discussion March 2026. See it HERE. The recent municipal elections have confirmed a sharp polarisation in French politics. The far-right National Rally won 3,019 mayoral and city council seats compared to just 827 in 2020. As incumbents, the Socialist Party retained power in France’s four largest cities (Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Lille). And despite a generalised witch-hunting campaign … [Read more...]
From one Munich to another –
But what security are they talking about? by Yorgos Mitralias At first glance, everything separates the Munich Conference of 1938 from the Munich Security Conference of 2026. The former saw Czechoslovakia sacrificed on the altar of Hitler's appeasement policy by the “great democracies” of Europe, which allowed this “appeased” Hitler to unleash the Second World War by invading Poland a year … [Read more...]
THE GREENLAND CRISIS
A WIN meeting February 2026. Watch it HERE. The sharp crisis over the status of Greenland brings into sharp focus several key issues: the changed strategy of US imperialism; the rift in the NATO alliance; the global climate crisis; the new technology; preparations for world war… The melting of the Arctic has opened up the potential for new maritime defence routes, military surveillance, and the … [Read more...]
Germany: Drained of Power; der Kraft Beraubt
by Michael Roberts (from Richard Mellor) Germany holds a snap election on Sunday and the current coalition government of Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and the Free Democrats (FDP) is heading for a heavy defeat. The main opposition conservative Christian Democrat-Christian Social Union alliance is polling about 30% in voting intentions, while the SPD is down to 16% (from 26% last time) and … [Read more...]
Auschwitz, the bankruptcy of the idea of progress and the rehabilitation of the utopian dimension of socialism
By Yorgos Mitralias Why republish a text on Auschwitz and its meaning, written in Greek in the last century? Because, reread today, at a time profoundly marked not only by the genocide of the Palestinians and the destruction of Gaza, but also by the return in force of the fascist threat - and war - on a global scale, embodied by the Trump-Musk duo, this text takes on a heightened significance … [Read more...]
IRELAND: LESSONS OF THE ELECTION
A WIN discussion December 2024. Follow it on Youtube HERE. The recent general election in Ireland has marked a setback for the left. The two traditional parties of the ruling class have between them come close to an overall majority and are likely to continue to rule as a reactionary coalition. The Greens have been all but wiped out; Sinn Fein has lost momentum in terms of its voting percentage; … [Read more...]
Trump and the European right: an attraction-repulsion relationship that does not bode well…
by Yorgos Mitralias What to think of Trump's return to the White House? For the European bourgeoisies and their parties, the answer should be and has been positive and even enthusiastic. But why? Because of Trump's very clearly expressed intention to implement reactionary, anti-union, anti-worker, anti-social and pro-capitalist policies that the European right-wingers would like to … [Read more...]
Monarchy – By Finn Geaney
The multimillionaire scion of the super-wealthy, landowning Windsor family was 2 years ago accorded some powers over the Westminster Parliament and Government, powers that previously were exercised by other members of his family. This landed elite of privileged oligarchs have, over centuries, abrogated to themselves significant power over Britain’s elected parliament. The powers that Charles III … [Read more...]