Europe
Will Brexit Undermine London’s Financial Power? An Interview With Tony Norfield
Tony Norfield is a London-based economist. For eight years, he worked as an economic consultant, and for close to 20 years in the dealing rooms of London banks, most recently as executive director of a major European bank, in charge of analyzing global foreign-exchange markets.
Esteban Mercatante
October 19, 2018Berlin: A Quarter of a Million People Demonstrate Against Racism and the Right
On Saturday, the German capital was filled with a massive demonstration. Over 250.000 people took to the streets to call for "solidarity instead of discrimination and for an open and free society." The huge crowd showed that there is plenty of will to fight against the country's rightward shift.
Nathaniel Flakin
October 16, 2018A Fight for Power: Trump, Erdogan and the Working Class
Relations between the United States and Turkey are at a low point. While Trump’s “America first” policy slows down the Turkish bourgeoisie’s drive for independence as a regional power, Turkish President Recep Erdogan is trying to overcome his country’s economic crisis at the workers’ expense.
Baran Serhad
September 5, 2018An Atmosphere of Lynchings as Nazis March in East Germany
Scenes from a nightmare: Thousands of Nazis marching through the city of Chemnitz in East Germany, giving Hitler salutes and attacking people who do not look "German" enough. How could this happen? And how can we stop it?
Nathaniel Flakin
August 29, 2018Should Socialists Get Behind the Scottish Independence Movement?
By far the biggest political issue in Scotland right now is the question of independence from the United Kingdom—the political entity made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Natasha Drake
July 20, 2018Macron: The President Who Deports Immigrants but Celebrates Their Goals
While French President Macron celebrates goals scored by immigrant soccer players, he continues to put forward anti-immigrant policies
Analía Micheloud
July 18, 2018The 1968 Student Revolt in Yugoslavia: “We Demanded a Radically Different Socialism!” (Part 2)
We publish here the second part of our interview with Dragomir Olujić (Oluja) on the “student revolt” of 1968 in Yugoslavia, in which Oluja took part as a student in Belgrade.
Philippe Alcoy
July 12, 2018The 1968 Yugoslav Students Revolt, Interview with Dragomir Olujić
Fifty years ago, Yugoslavia saw a massive student revolt that won the support of workers and questioned the regime from the left.
Philippe Alcoy
July 11, 2018Global Perspectives: Crisis and Class Struggle
In March, 2018, delegations from 16 different countries met in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the 11th Conference of the Trotskyist Fraction for the Fourth International (FT). This is the fourth and final part of the Document on the International Situation.
Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International
May 16, 2018‘Grave and Systemic Violations’ of the Rights of the Disabled in the UK
Both Conservatives and New Labour have made the lives of disabled miserable — cutting benefits, creating arbitrary tests, and driving many to their deaths.
Natasha Drake
May 10, 2018