Declaring "We have abolished the case for austerity", left-wing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn officially launched his campaign for re-election in London on July 21. He used the occasion to make a strong putting a case for a clearly anti-austerity Labour Party to oppose the Tories and a rise in racism.
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The media-backed attempted coup by right-wing Labour Party MPs against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has failed, amid large demonstrations and public meetings across Britain defending the left-wing leader.
Ten thousand people of Labour's left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn 鈥 elected leader last year in a landslide vote that marked a rejection of pro-austerity politics 鈥 outside of Westminster on June 27, as right-wing Labour Party MPs took advantage of the fallout from the Brexit vote to move against the party leader.
Speaking to his supporters in a live web video address on June 17, Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders insisted that despite his campaign failing to defeat Democrat establishment figure Hillary Clinton, the struggle for a political revolution must continue.
US Women's soccer team after winning last year's World Cup.
The United States women's soccer team does not have the right to strike for better conditions and wages this year, a US district court judge ruled on June 3, that day.
Veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen made waves when he announced on his website on April 8 that he was cancelling a show in North Carolina in protest at a new bigoted law. Ringo Starr also cancelled a June show in North Carolina over what is often called the 鈥渂athroom鈥 law 鈥 a new law that restricts which bathrooms trans people can use as well as restricting LGBTI rights to sue over discrimination.
Self-proclaimed socialist Senator Bernie Sanders has lit up the US presidential race by drawing on enthusiastic support of largely young people in a campaign calling for a 鈥減olitical revolution鈥 against Wall Street.
Defying talking heads who long ago gave the Democratic nomination to the corporate-backed Hillary Clinton, Sanders鈥 social justice platform of pro-poor reforms has provided a hopeful counter-point to the hate pushed by Republican candidate Donald Trump.
This Easter marks 100 years since Ireland's Easter Rising, when republicans launched an armed insurrection against British rule. Seizing Dublin's General Post Office, the rebels proclaimed an Irish republic based on the principles of freedom and equality.
80,000 people marched in Dublin on February 20 to call for a "government of change" ahead of the February 26 elections. Photo via An Phoblacht.
In a sign of popular anger, the combined vote of the two parties that have long dominated the southern Irish state 鈥 Fine Gael (FG) and Fianna Fail (FF) 鈥 has fallen below 50% for the first time in Irish electoral history.
Liverpool fans at Anfield protesting against ticket price hike.
Owners of English Premier League side Liverpool FC have caved to fan protests against rising ticket prices, backing down after raising tickets to 拢77 and apologising to fans.
On February 6, 10,000 Liverpool fans walked out of their team鈥檚 home game against Sunderland in the 77th minute in protest against the planned ticket price rise.
A meeting in Rojava's capital, Qamislo, of the Assyrian ethnic minority. Photo from .
Cuban farmers planting sweet potato crop.
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