France: ‘Generation 6-7 doing May ‘68 all over again’
The Gen Z revolution has firmly arrived in France.
France: A decisive week, with echoes of May ’68
By resorting to tear gas, beatings, injuries and arrests, the government has brought to the fore precisely what it was seeking to avoid: the possible spread of the protests to the entire working class.
Spain: Sánchez calls early elections—the streets demand a general strike
The brutal police eviction of Maricarmen, who had lived in her flat for 70 years and is wheelchair-bound, acted as the proverbial spark which lit a highly flammable prairie.
The EU won’t save Carney
Carney has been quietly courting European politicians to deepen the bloc’s ties with Canada as a way of gaining leverage over the U.S.
Something is rotten in the state of Ukraine
A battle for political influence is being waged through the medium of corruption allegations.
Britain: Reform, Restore, and the riots
Nigel Farage, Rupert Lowe, Tommy Robinson, and Elon Musk are nothing but a gang of pogrom-mongerers. By sowing racist bile and division, these demagogues are whipping up the forces of barbarism in Britain and the North of Ireland.
Germany: over 50,000 school students strike against conscription!
“The rich want war – young people want a future!” was the central slogan of over 50,000 school students, who went on strike during school hours in over 140 German cities on 5 March against the German government’s reintroduction of compulsory military service.
The French far right’s offensive against the left—the workers’ movement must fight back
For the bourgeoisie, “violence” is a variable geometry notion: it is acceptable or even legitimate when it comes from the police or the far right and when it strikes immigrants or the workers’ movement but unbearable when it comes from left-wing militants or workers.
Europe’s industrial decline: stuck between a rock and a hard place
With the backdrop of stagnant growth – or outright recession – a vast array of cuts to social spending, welfare, healthcare, and many other things is on the agenda.
Italy: the dam has burst, half a million on the streets for Gaza!
The demonstrations and strike on 22 September marked a decisive turning point for the Palestine movement in Italy.