The Westminster Labour government has approved the takeover of Royal Mail by EP group whose majority shareholder is multi-billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, with a personal wealth said to be over £9 billion. The Communication Workers Union […]
,The disgraceful decision by Keir Starmer’s UK Labour government to cut the £300 winter fuel allowance for pensioners, except for those on the state pension who are entitled to pension credits, provoked a storm of […]
In Goodbye to Russia, Sarah Rainsford covers her two decades based in Moscow as a reporter for the BBC as well as an earlier period in St Petersburg as a student and an English teacher. […]
As we go to press, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) announced their withdrawal from the discussions to form a new government coalition in Romania, citing the lack of willingness of the neoliberal Save Romania Union […]
A roof at the train station collapsed in the city of Novi Sad in Serbia on a busy November morning, killing 15 people. It collapsed two months after a ‘reconstruction’ job where tonnes of new […]
Following the Dáil [parliament of the Irish republic] elections of 29 November, government formation talks continue. While there is no doubt that the two main traditional ruling parties of Irish capitalism, Fianna Fáil and Fine […]
Crisis, Conflict and Class Struggle The end of the coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) on the evening of 6 November did not really come as […]
It is often a paradox of war that as the end begins to loom in the distance, the ground fighting intensifies. With the election of Donald Trump to the White House, the war in Ukraine, […]
Three short months and then it’s gone! President Emmanuel Macron only managed to keep in place his stopgap, appointed prime minister, Michel Barnier, and his government, for only three months. His roadmap was clear: to […]
The management team of Germany’s largest industrial group has proclaimed a turning point in operations. Wage cuts, mass layoffs and factory closures are on the table. What to do now? The Volkswagen Group may be […]
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