Mass protest can force ministers to leave. After two months of protest, mainly pushed forward by young people, one of the four Belgian ministers responsible for climate had to resign. The Flemish regional minister, Joke […]
If there would be a European competition for the least stable government, it would be a very close run. The Belgian government made a move bringing it back to the front of this competition: in […]
More people are concerned and anxious: the future of our planet is on the line. The recent IPCC-report claims we have only 12 years to avoid irreversible environmental disaster. Despite the warning signs, the political […]
Workers’ resistance must be stepped up!
Despite the rain, nine regional demonstrations in Belgium on 2 October mobilised 65,000 in protest against the right-wing Michel government. Although the previous attacks on our pensions and living standards have not yet been digested, […]
Following a recent documentary on a Flemish language TV station in Belgium, widespread disgust and anger roared through society. The documentary exposed the fact that some students were organising a group along the lines of […]
Six months after a huge trade union demonstration with 40,000 in Brussels, a new demonstration mobilised two times as many on Wednesday 16 May: 80,000. The anger against previously taken measures and new plans of […]
Last year we saw, with the #MeToo movement, an international revolt against sexism. Women all over the world spoke out against powerful men abusing their social position to force unwilling women to have sex with […]
Chinese methods against Marxists copied by Belgian authorities
“The cup is full !”
Call for two national demonstrations, building towards general strikes
Second action plan needed to stop the Michel government
Inequality, war and insecurity show the urgency of the struggle for socialism
Antiracists arrested while the far right can demonstrate
Action by far-right led hooligans last Sunday in Brussels
Oppose terrorism, war and poverty
Huge potential for workers’ struggles
For general assemblies in all workplaces
Learn from the struggle, as new opportunities open up
New action plan against right wing government takes off
Towards a second plan of action to get rid of this government and austerity!
Shows anger against austerity
The right wing coalition must go, and all austerity policies!
Massive social resistance is looming
Anger against austerity growing
Protesters’ radical mood
Recent polls confirm a probable electoral breakthrough for the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB/PvdA).
«It is already 10 past midnight»
Increasing support for nationalisation to save jobs
Struggle at Arcelor Mittal Liège against redundancies
Ford plant closure would see 4,000 jobs lost
11 November – Mass demonstration called in support of Ford workers
International left speakers address public launch rally
MEPs protest company’s private militia
A strike corresponding to the level of anger over austerity programme
General strike called for 30 January against austerity
"Without our work, your capital isn’t worth a penny!"
"The demonstration on Friday showed a huge discontent. This is the beginning of a movement, we now need to continue."
ArcelorMittal wants to close ‘liquid’ steelproduction in Liège. Workers resist, unions call for nationalisation.
Clear opening for radical ideas developing
Banners unfurled in support of workers and activists at Belgium vs Kazakhstan football match
End attacks on lives and freedoms of worker activists!
New book on 1960/61 general strike published by CWI in Belgium
What next after this massive protest?
“Anger can explode at any moment, for any reason”
Constant stigmatisation of Muslim population
Youth and workers need a socialist alternative
Thousands marched through Brussels on 6 March to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Stop the policies of liberalisation – invest in safety and services
New phase of trade union militancy
Nick Griffin prevented from speaking at university – violent attack on socialist student meeting
CWI members arrested for opposing anti-democratic ban on veil in public school
Stop the threatened jobs massacre – for nationalisation under workers’ control and management !
Now workers’ all-European action plan for jobs needed!
1,000 demonstrate against 300 neo-fascists
Nationalise and provide transport for all!
But no real alternative on offer
Warning to bosses and government!
100,000s protest for a living wage and affordable prices
Government and bosses fear all-out battle with working class
Protests against anti-immigrant Brussels mayor and neo-Nazi group
First International Women’s Day demonstration in decades
March 8th International Women’s Day demonstration in Brussels
Workers demand higher wages to off set rising energy and food prices.
Ruling class parties in a muddle
’Committee for a Democratic SP’ founded
Workers will have to resist more ‘social reform’ cuts
June 10 will see the first election outing for the Committee for Different Politics (CAP) when it stands in the Belgian general election for both the federal Senate and Chamber.
Will the Flemish parties succeed in imposing the break up of the national labour market policy?
Social democratic leaders forced to pose as more left wing as a result
Successful second CAP Conference
Extremely succesfull meeting of the Belgian left socialists
Three years after massive job cuts at Ford-Genk (the loss of 3,000) and nine years after the closure of Renault-Vilvoorde, the announcement of Volkswagen that it will cut 4,000 jobs in its plant in Vorst […]
Up to 11,000 jobs threatened
Important step towards a new workers’ party
National government’s defeat hidden by media!
CWI contests local elections to highlight case for new workers’ party
Veteran workers’ leader discusses a new political initiative
Serving soldiers amongst suspects
From 1 – 5 August, the Committee for a Workers International (CWI) held its Summer school in Ghent, Belgium, with over 300 participants from all over Europe, but also with delegates from our sections in […]
The political situation in Belgium has changed a lot in the past year.
Neo-liberal policies expose reactionary party’s ‘worker-friendly’ rhetoric
Resistance against government’s pension cuts far from “isolated”
28 October strike poses need for new workers’ party
Government forced to partially retreat, but unions must still oppose cuts
United union action needed to win
Biggest political demo ever in Scotland.
Overview of some of the solidarity messages. Sign the online petition.
Student society under threat of exclusion from university for fighting racism.
Relentless campaign sponsored by university Rector to ban ALS
Just two weeks after a successful mobilisation for the Youth March and European Trade Union demonstrations of 19 March, the LSP/MAS (cwi, Belgium) held its national educational weekend – ‘Socialism 2005’ – in Brussels.
Need for unity in struggle and a political alternative
LSP/MAS organises biggest anti-fascist demonstration since the beginning of ’90.
On 9 November the highest court in Belgium confirmed an earlier court decision convicting three associations linked to the Vlaams Blok for racism.
Is the Vlaams Blok trying to change itself into a more "mainstream" rightwing party?
Linkse Socialistiche Partij(LSP)/Mouvement pour une Alternative Socialiste(MAS), the Belgian affiliate of the CWI, for the first time ever stood nationally in elections and won at least 19,841 votes.
The Active Left Students (ALS), the student organisation of the LSP/MAS, the Belgian affiliate of the cwi, has won a second election victory at the Flemish university in Brussels.
LSP/MAS, the Belgian affiliate of the cwi, has developed very successful student organisations.
Court decides electoral registration office ban was illegal
Electoral registration office bans Belgian cwi contesting elections
Despite bureaucratic obstacles, lists handed in today.
The NSV, the students’ organisation of Belgian’s biggest fascist party, the Vlaams Blok, organises a yearly demo in one of the cities in Flanders where a university is present. This year they chose to march […]
Last weekend, LSP/MAS (the Belgian affiliate of the cwi), held a national conference to discuss ’Political alternatives for the. With 134 participants from 17 branches this conference was the biggest ever in the history of […]
On Saturday 25 October, 1,000 people protested in Casteau near Mons (in the Walloon area in Belgium) against the NATO military headquarters SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers in Europe). The repressive actions of […]
After the dramatic closures and the lost jobs in Renault, Sabena, Cockerill and Philips, there is another threat of the loss of several thousands of jobs at Ford Genk.
Roots in the collaboration with the nazis
At the beginning of July 1,100 asylum seekers from Afghanistan were ordered to leave the country. The government wants to send them back, because, they claim, “the war is finished”. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign […]
The results of the Belgian elections underline the political instability which has grown over recent years and which is expressed in a growing number of undecided voters and voters changing the party they vote for. […]
On 17 April more than 2,500 workers from the threatened Cockerill steel works went to Luxemburg to protest against the planned closure of a part of their factory near Liège. Members of the Linkse Socialistiche […]
On Day X we left with an anti-war demo from the French-speaking ULB University. There were some 1,000 students and school students joined us. We discussed with the police to be able to go the […]
Tens of thousands joined in Day X protests in Belgium. The Linkse Socialistische Partij/Mouvement pour une alternative Socialiste (LSP-MAS), the Belgian section of the CWI, played a key role in all the biggest demonstrations. It […]
Yesterday some 50,000 demonstrated in Liège against the closure of Cockerill, a steel company owned by the multinational Arcelor. It was the biggest demonstration in Liège since the general strike of 1960-61. Besides thousands of […]
Those who search for an alternative list during parliamentary elections on18 May, in Belgium, might consider the Resist list. As its name implies, the list stands for resistance against war, discrimination and exploitation. Still the […]
Yesterday evening over 1,000 young people demonstrated through the streets of Leuven in protest against a demo of the NSV (Nationalist students, closely linked to the neo-fascist Vlaams Blok). The blockade was led by members […]
The Belgian anti-war demo in Brussels was huge. While previous mobilisations had 10 000 at most, there now were a lot more. The police spoke about 50 000, but it was more, probably even double […]
The management of steel company Arcelor announced the closure of part of Cockerill Sambre in Liège by 2005. This would mean a loss of 2,500 jobs. Added to those jobs, there are about 5,000 jobs […]
On 19 January 10,000 people demonstrated in a national anti-war demonstration in Brussels. The collaboration of the Belgian government, by allowing US troops and military transports to use the Antwerp harbour, and the international aspect […]
On the 26 November Mohamed Achrak, a 27 year old teacher from Moroccan origin was shot in Borgerhout, one of the poorest areas of Antwerp. It is almost certain that this is a case of […]
More than 10,000 demonstrated against the war in the streets of Brussels last Sunday. This was an important succes given the fact the trade union organisations didn’t realy mobilise and given the fact that some […]
1,117 arrested, including dozens of CWI members
IN RECENT weeks Turkish politics has looked like a TV soap, you’d never know who would be in which party the following day.
The EU-summit in Seville was confronted with a very big anti-capitalist demonstration on the evening of Saturday June 22. There were hundreds of thousands demonstrators, probably around 300.000! The demonstration remained peaceful and was very […]
Today the tensions in Antwerp (Belgium) have led to several acts of violence. Antwerp is a city with a large Jewish community and a large community of immigrants from North Africa and other Muslim countries. […]
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