Europe
Workers in France Escalate Fight against Macron’s Pension Reforms
Protests continue in France against President Macron’s pension reforms. To win, the working class will need to develop its own organizational bodies to coordinate further actions across workplaces, as well as on the street and in communities.
Feargal McGovern
February 22, 2023Berlin’s Repeat Elections: Racist Campaign Pushes the City to the Right
Last Sunday, the conservative party won the most votes in Berlin’s local elections. It remains unclear who will be the city’s next mayor.
Nathaniel Flakin
February 19, 2023Occupation in Rennes, France: The Socialist Party Calls the Police to Repress Mobilized Youth
On February 8, students in Rennes, France, occupied their City Hall to protest President Macron’s neoliberal pension reforms. The next day, the occupation was forcibly evacuated by the police, who were called in by representatives of the Socialist Party. The NUPES alliance “condemned the occupation” in a statement without mentioning the repression.
Erell Bleuen
February 15, 2023Great Britain: “The Current Strikes Represent a Moment of Awakening, a New Working Class Is Being Born”
On February 1, the United Kingdom was rocked by the largest strike in decades, part of a much longer strike wave that has brought workers into the streets for months. Labor specialist Professor Satnam Virdee explains the significance of these strikes and the prospects of a working class comeback.
Josefina L. Martínez
February 10, 2023Historic Protests in France: Where to for the French Working Class?
After two of the largest days of protest in over a decade, with unprecedented union support and student turnout, the workers and youth of France must push unions to take up a militant strategy to defeat not only this latest pension reform but also Macron and his government.
Antoine Ramboz
February 6, 2023Poland Plans to Become the Most Powerful Military Power in Europe
The war in Ukraine has become a powerful driver of the militarization and rearmament of NATO member countries. Poland now plans to double its military spending with the goal of building the largest land army in Europe.
Otto Fors
February 6, 2023British ‘Mega Strike’: Half a Million Workers Bring UK to a Halt and Protest Government
Over half a million workers in the UK went on strike on February 1 to protest the Conservative government and demand higher wages.
Diego Sacchi
February 2, 2023‘Robin Hood’ Strikes in France: Workers Provide Free Energy for Hospitals, Schools, and Low-Income Homes
Last week, energy workers in France provided free energy for hospitals, schools, low-income households, and libraries. They show that the working class holds the keys to the economy, and can put these resources in the service of society.
Otto Fors
February 1, 2023‘This is only the beginning of the struggle’: Interview with a Healthcare Worker about the Strikes in France
Last Thursday, two million workers across France went on strike to protest the Macron government’s attempt to raise the retirement age. Left Voice spoke to Feargal McGovern, a worker at a hospital in Grenoble, France, and a member of the new organization Révolution Permanente.
Left Voice
January 23, 2023150 Young People in Berlin Break from Reformism
A conference last Saturday discussed a “revolutionary break” from Germany’s Left Party, Die Linke.
Nathaniel Flakin
January 18, 2023