Europe
Pablo Iglesias Steps Down from Spanish Government to Avoid Electoral Defeat in Madrid
The leader of the Spanish political party Podemos announced on Monday that he would be stepping down as Vice President of the coalition government to run in the upcoming Madrid elections. The move is aimed at mitigating the crisis in Podemos, taking a step back from the central government and forcing an agreement with his former political partner, Íñigo Errejón.
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
March 19, 2021Police Can’t Stop Gendered Violence — They Cause It
Liberals often argue, in response to calls to defund or abolish the police, that we need more cops to protect women against sexist violence. But police are a source of sexist violence, not a solution. An officer of London's Metropolitan Police killed Sarah Everard — and others attacked people who gathered to remember her.
Sybil Davis
March 19, 2021The Resolution of the Communards
The Paris Commune was founded 150 years ago today. The working class took power for the first time in history. This new government fought for workers' control and women's liberation.
Doug Enaa Greene
March 18, 2021Insurgent 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, 2021