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  Spain

  Spain: Failure of Podemos to offer alternative in government allows far-right to make electoral gains

  June 28, 2023 CWI reporters, Spain

  In 2015, the Comunidad Valenciana celebrated the end of 16 years under the governance of the People’s Party (PP). The PP lost the absolute majority they had enjoyed in the region since 1999. A coalition [...]

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  Greece

  Greece: Legacy of Syriza’s historic sell-out allows Conservatives to confirm election victory

  June 27, 2023 Martin Powell-Davies, writing from Greece

  As expected, the second round of the Greek general election has resulted in the main party of Greek capitalism, New Democracy (ND), winning an outright majority. To the delight of capitalist commentators internationally, the result [...]

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  Russia

  Russia: Prigozhin’s armed uprising stands down but crisis deepens for Putin

  June 26, 2023 Niall Mulholland

  In a dramatic turn of events last weekend, the Russian mercenary leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, staged an armed uprising only to turn his fighters back from a march on Moscow after a truce was struck with [...]

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  Germany

  Germany: Railway workers’ union, EVG, holds strike ballot

  June 22, 2023 Interview with rail worker, Jonas Grampp

  Jonas Grampp is a member of the youth group of the Berlin region of the German Railway and Transport Union (EVG) and of the youth representative committee of DB Netz AG, the railway infrastructure division [...]

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  Greece

  Greek authorities lie about preventable migrant tragedy

  June 22, 2023 Max McGee

  The economic rush to the bottom and the callousness of capitalism is seen in the recent Greek boat tragedy. On 13 June, a boat carrying an estimated 750 refugees capsized. Seventy-eight are confirmed dead, while [...]