ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: Vlaams Blok: what it is and how to fight it?
Roots in the collaboration with the nazis
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: Afghan refugees on hunger strike in Brussels
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 […]
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: Elections – Growing polarisation
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. […]
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: Cockerill workers face police brutality in Luxemburg
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 […]
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: Fifty thousand demonstrate against Cockerill closure
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 […]
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: Does the ‘Resist’ electoral List offer unity?
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 […]
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: Blockade stops fascist march in Leuven
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 […]
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: Fight steel closures
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 […]
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: 10,000 demonstrate in Brussels
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 […]
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: Racist murder in Antwerp leads to riots
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 […]
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Iraq: Anti-war protests – Belgium and Canada
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 […]
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: Bomspotting. 2,000 protest against nuclear weapons
1,117 arrested, including dozens of CWI members
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Turkey: Turkish capitalism teeters on the brink
IN RECENT weeks Turkish politics has looked like a TV soap, you’d never know who would be in which party the following day.
ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: Tensions in Middle East lead to clashes
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. […]