Europe
Madrid’s Amazon Workers Strike Over Rights and Wages
Amazon workers in the Spanish State are fed up and ready to fight. Last night at 10 p.m., 95% of the workforce in the largest logistics center in the country owned by Amazon have walked off the job to protest against planned wage cuts.
Sonja Krieger
March 21, 2018Putin Wins Fourth Term Amid Widespread Claims of Election Violations
Putin won the presidential elections in Russia handily last Sunday. However, the voting took place amid widespread claims of voter fraud.
Marisela Trevin
March 19, 2018Putin Poised for Re-Election as Voters Head to Polls
Russia is holding elections today, in which Vladimir Putin is expected to be re-elected by a broad margin in the first round. The surprise could be the abstention rate.
Left Voice
March 18, 2018Britain’s Young People Toil Under Broken System
What are the economic prospects for millennials and Geneation Z-ers in the UK?
Natasha Drake
March 3, 2018The ‘Corbyn & the Commie Spy’ Story Proves the Establishment is Losing Hope
The latest big story from Britain’s reliably right-wing press goes something like this: Jeremy Corbyn, the lefty leader of the Labour Party, passed information to a Czechoslovakian spy during the Cold War.
Natasha Drake
February 26, 2018University Staff Strike Across the UK
Universities across the UK are on strike. What are lecturers, researchers, administrators, computer staffs, librarians and postgraduates fighting for?
Alejandra Ríos
February 23, 2018People Before Profit: Interview with TD Bríd Smith
The following is an interview with Bríd Smith, a TD in the Irish Parliament (Oireachtas). A TD (Teachta Dála) is the equivalent of a "Member of Parliament” — a member of the lower house (Dáil Éireann). Brid Smith is a member of People Before Profit, an important force in the Irish political landscape that demands and fights for a left anti-austerity government.
Left Voice
February 20, 2018Metalworkers’ Strike in Germany for Shortened Workweek
After days of historic strikes, the metalworkers' union in Germany ended its work stoppage, winning partial gains but at the expense of increased flexibility and a negotiated labor peace until 2020.
Bastian Schmidt
February 8, 2018A New Italian ‘Podemos’?
A new political movement is shaking up Italy's political landscape. Various parties of the Italian Left have come together under the name “Potere al Popolo” (Power to the People) in order to build a common slate for the general election on March 4, 2018. What does this new project propose?
La Voce delle Lotte
January 25, 2018For a Working-class, Revolutionary New Anticapitalist Party (NPA)
Published below is a summary of the platform put forward by the Courant Communiste Révolutionnaire (CCR - Revolutionary Communist Current) and other militants for the upcoming Congress of the Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA - New Anticapitalist Party) scheduled for the first weekend of February.
Révolution Permanente
January 17, 2018