Germany
Germany: Government disunited, and debates within the Left Party
Germany is seeing its politically most unstable period since unification of East and West in 1990 and also the beginning of the end of the “Merkel era”.
Europe
Britain
Britain: Desperate government divisions – Corbyn and unions must act
Bitterly divided, chaos ridden, vulnerable to potential rupture: these are all descriptions that could, in many respects, be accurately applied to both the Conservative and Labour parliamentary parties today. Recent weeks in politics have been […]
Spain
Spanish state: Rajoy falls
Now build a Left alternative to defeat cuts and repression
Britain
Britain: Grenfell Tower fire…still waiting for justice, one year on
The horror of the fire at Grenfell Tower one year ago, on 14 June 2017, will be etched on the consciousness of working class people for a very long time. None more so than the […]
Spain
Spanish state: Metal workers’ rebellion in Cadiz
General strike of metal sector in Cadiz on 13 June. Interview with strike leader, Antonio Muñoz
Scotland
SNP’s commission will weaken support for independence – only socialist policies can end austerity
The Scottish National Party’s (SNP) new economic case for an independent Scotland deepens the craven support for the capitalist market under the Nicola Sturgeon leadership.
Italy
Italy: “The Government of Change” is born
Three months after the general election of 4 March, Italy has a government again. On June 1, the yellow-green government, was officially given birth to by the lawyer Giuseppe Conte and the two vice-premiers – […]
France
France May ’68 – week four: Communist Party leaders hand power back to defeated bosses
By Friday 24 May 1968, ten million workers were on strike. The greatest general strike in history. On the same day, the president of France, General Charles de Gaulle, tried to address the nation. Nobody […]
Italy
Italy: A new crisis for European capitalism
What was a severe crisis for Italian capitalism, following the rejection in March’s general election of the establishment parties, has now developed into what can be seen as a time-bomb also threatening the European Union […]
France
France ’68 – weeks 2 & 3: History’s greatest general strike
The legacy of the French revolution of 1848, the second time France overthrew a monarchy, played an important part in the escalation of the demonstrations and street fighting in Paris.