UN fails to condemn Israel
League for the Fifth International Tue, 01/06/2010 - 15:28After ten hours discussion – much of it in secret - the United Nations Security Council has failed to condemn Israeli piracy against the Freedom Flotilla. Read more...
Statement on the murderous Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla
International Secretariat Mon, 31/05/2010 - 11:42Israel’s murderous assault on the aid convoy, the Freedom Flotilla, on 31 May must be condemned by the world’s working class movement. Read more...
Make them pay for their crisis! Another Europe is necessary
European Social Forum EPA Fri, 28/05/2010 - 17:41The Sixth European Social Forum will take place in Istanbul from 1-4 July 2010. Here are two calls for the mobilisation passed by the Preparatory Assembly of the European Social Forum, held in Istanbul, May 23 2010 Read more...
British army tortures Afghan citizens on daily basis
Thu, 27/05/2010 - 09:38Afghani prisoners are brutally tortured by British troops and the Afghan secret police on a daily basis, a new court case has revealed. Read more...
Bangkok is burning: The lessons of Thailand
Simon Hardy Thu, 20/05/2010 - 16:57
A tense stand off has ended in bloody defeat for the Red Shirts. Simon Hardy examines the failure of the movement to defeat the government in Thailand Read more...
Turkey: workers unite against crisis – May Day in Taksim Square at last
Peter Main Wed, 19/05/2010 - 23:25The pressure from trade unionists and left activists wanting to march on May Day, forcing the government to legalise the event shows an upsurge in militancy says Peter Main Read more...
Nepal: General strike fails to win support
Dave Stockton Mon, 17/05/2010 - 11:00Huge mobilisations in Nepal signal the revolution has entered a new stage. But, asks Dave Stockton, can the Maoist strategy lead the masses to victory? Read more...
Portugal: making workers pay for the crisis
Workers Power (Britain) Sun, 16/05/2010 - 19:48Despite scrambling to push through a severe austerity programme aimed at cutting its budget deficit, Portugal has been downgraded by credit ratings agency Fitch. Read more...
The withdrawal of the last US combat troops from Iraq does not mean that Iraq has become a free and independent state, writes Simon Hardy
Workers Power Britain has produced a new education pack for members of the League, as well as supporters. It collects together key articles explaining the revolutionary approach to current issues in the class struggle, from the trade unions to anti-fascist campaigning. The pamphlet is now available for download.
The current programme of the League for the Fifth International, adopted at the sixth congress of the League and published in 2003. This programme is essential reading for revolutionaries across the world in the fight for socialism 
