Europe
Insurgent Communards: The Road to Revolution
The Paris Commune was founded on March 18, 1871. A few days before the 150th anniversary, we look at how the ground was prepared for the first working-class government in history.
Doug Enaa Greene
March 14, 20218M: The Feminist Movement Defied Prohibitions and Took the Streets in Madrid
Although the "progressive" government of Pedro Sánchez did everything it could to prevent mobilizations, a major demonstration took place in the Spanish capital for International Women's Day.
Antonia Civelli
March 9, 2021Sweden Censors Foreign Academics Critical of No-Mask Strategy
Sweden continues to implement its deadly pandemic response, and has worked to censor foreign academics who are critical of its disastrous strategy. It’s time to debunk the myth of the Swedish “socialist paradise.”
Matteo Iammarrone
March 8, 2021Berlin Residents Have Built a Campaign to Expropriate the City’s Biggest Landlord
The German state expropriates things all the time, like when it needs to build an Autobahn. When a pit mine for lignite coal is built, whole villages get nationalized. So why not do the same thing to provide affordable housing for all?
Nathaniel Flakin
February 25, 2021Hanau’s Far-Right Terror Attack One Year Later
One year ago today, a Nazi terrorist murdered nine people in the German city of Hanau. This was not an isolated crime. It was a product of state racism.
Nathaniel Flakin
February 19, 2021Protests Erupt Across Spanish State After Rapper Jailed for “Insulting the Monarchy”
Across the Spanish State, young people have been protesting the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasél and facing heavy police violence under the command of a supposedly "progressive" government. These young people need a revolutionary party that fights against repression, the monarchy, and the whole Regime of ‘78.
Nathaniel Flakin
February 19, 2021Berlin’s Social Democratic Government Evicts Residents of the City’s Largest Homeless Camp
As temperatures drop to -10°C, Berlin’s local government closed the Ostkreuz homeless camp and brought people to shelters. But was this all for realty speculators?
Nathaniel Flakin
February 11, 2021Refinery Workers Go On Strike Across France to Protect Jobs
On Wednesday, January 3, Total refineries throughout France went on strike in response to the call of union confederations and the strikers at the Grandpuits site, in solidarity with their struggle and in defense of jobs across the country.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
February 3, 2021Make the Bosses Pay for the Crisis: Day of General Strike in Italy Mobilizes Workers and Students
This Friday, a sector of militant and rank-and-file trade unionism carried out a major day of general strike in Italy, with a huge impact on logistics and education. Thousands of students joined in, with demonstrations in various cities.
Giacomo Turci
February 2, 2021Widespread Protests Rock Putin’s Regime in Russia
On Saturday, thousands of people protested in almost 200 cities throughout Russia in response to the arrest of populist anti-corruption figurehead, Alexei Navalny. Will this protest wave become a sustained movement?
Dima Gonskiy
January 28, 2021