Europe
How East Germany Got Overrun by Nazis
The far-right AfD is riding high in the polls, and get their best results in East Germany. What happened to the former GDR?
Nathaniel Flakin
August 24, 2023Marx21 in Germany Is About to Split
Marx21, a post-Trotskyist network inside the reformist party Die Linke, is just weeks away from a three-way split. A former member looks at the debates inside Marx21 and draws lessons for revolutionary socialists.
Nathaniel Flakin
August 9, 2023Sink the Floating Migrant Prisons, Let Them All In
In the race to the bottom regarding anti-migrant policies sweeping Europe, the British government has reached a new low. More than 500 migrants will be locked up in a floating prison on the open sea while they wait for their cases to be processed.
Nathan Erderof
August 6, 2023Russia’s Withdrawal from UN Grain Deal Once Again Expands Reach of War in Ukraine
The UN-brokered grain deal has largely kept the consequences of the war in Ukraine confined to Eastern Europe. Russia’s withdrawal from the deal is a reminder that capitalist competition poses great risks for the international working class.
Samuel Karlin
July 28, 2023The Uprisings in France and the Specter of the Yellow Vests
The French riots, after the police murder of Nahel Merzouk, illustrate the prerevolutionary potential of the situation.
Juan Chingo
July 11, 2023Another NATO Summit Will Bring Nothing but Insecurity
As NATO leaders smile, shake hands, and talk of “security,” workers and Leftists must be clear that all these imperialists bring us is insecurity and death.
Samuel Karlin
July 9, 2023Protests Burn Thousands of Cars Demanding Justice for Nahel
Last Tuesday, French police murdered 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk in broad daylight during a traffic stop. Initiating another phase of class struggle in France, people across the country are taking up radical methods to demand justice.
Emma Lee
July 3, 2023The Wagner Group Mutiny Shows Weaknesses in Putin’s Regime
The theatrical mutiny staged by oligarch-turned-warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group, was short-lived but damaging for Putin’s regime.
Claudia Cinatti
June 30, 2023The Ukrainian Counteroffensive: What Happens Next?
The long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive seems to be underway, but the chances that it will profoundly change the fate of the war are looking slim. Is this the last step before negotiations begin or simply a continuation of the war?
Philippe Alcoy
June 21, 2023Protests in Greece after 79 Migrants Killed, Hundreds Missing in Shipwreck
Thousands across Greece protested against the government and the EU’s deadly migrant policies as hundreds are missing after a shipwreck. These tragedies are a result of increasing border militarization and repression of migrants in “Fortress Europe.”
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
June 18, 2023