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’Stop Arms Trade’ asked me to sign the call ’[Stop the war by negotiation->https://stopwapenhandel.org/handtekeningen’. Below I explain why I am not doing so, and why I think this and other calls for ’negotiations’ or even a ’ceasefire’ should not be supported.
That the war in Ukraine is horrific, (...)
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, took most Ukrainians by surprise. Many thought it was some kind of misunderstanding that could be resolved by political leaders’ negotiations within a matter of days or weeks. People fleeing their hometowns often had the intention of (...)
Blockades, abducting employers, death threats, confiscating property are all just some of the unconventional methods used by workers to defend their rights.
Strikes are the most common and most effective form of workers’ actions, which we have seen in numerous examples of workers’ struggles in (...)
The hot autumn did not happen. The government has spent a lot of money and a majority of the population is in favour of sanctions against Russia.
Foreign countries are amazed: 295 billion euros against inflation plus 200 billion for the Federal Army - who is supposed to pay for that? The (...)
The right-wing coalition, led decisively by the extreme right party, Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), won the 25 September general election. It opens a phase fraught with danger for the working class movement and for the civil, social and economic rights of citizens.
We are faced with a (...)
Courrier des Balkans: You recently organized a seminar about fascism in Romania, Ukraine, and Russia. Do you see fascism on the rise in Romania today?
Adina Marincea: What we are witnessing now, since AUR [Alianţa pentru Unitatea Românilor, Alliance for Romanian Unity] entered Parliament in (...)
Mamadou Ba is a leader and spokesperson for the Portuguese association SOS Racismo, and an active voice in the public debate on the origins and realities of racism and is part of a generation of black activists who discuss the country’s colonial responsibility with its long-lasting effects. His (...)
Trend of faster warming over last 30 years likely to cause exceptional heat, wildfires and floods, warn scientists
Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average in the last 30 years, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The (...)
When the war broke out, I went to the Polish-Ukrainian border. My fluent Russian came in very handy when there was an ambulance standing in no-man’s land and the doctors couldn’t get through to the parents to find out what a kid moaning in pain had eaten.
On the Polish side, thermoses of (...)
Olaf Scholz’s government has announced relief measures to help Germans pay their energy bills. But what they really need is wage rises — and government action that stops gas giants from profiting from this crisis.
The Russian attack on Ukraine and resulting Western sanctions are leading to (...)
The Russian nuclear industry has once again managed to avoid inclusion in the latest round of EU sanctions – the eighth in a row to skirt this vital issue in an apparent acknowledgment that Europe’s dependence on Russian nuclear fuel cannot easily be reversed.
Since the start of the war in (...)
Personally, I don’t feel this great urge to participate because, on the one hand, it seems to me to be a mainly ritualistic and ’internal’ call to the Italian scenario (in which, in any case, there is and will be a need to deal with large and numerous problems of a social order, which as such must (...)
Across Europe, protests have been growing over rising gas prices, with Germany no exception. Politicians have sought to blame Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine — or, alternatively, sanctions imposed by Europe — for the situation.
But is this the case? How should ecosocialists (...)
Flirting with national rhetoric is harmful. Also for the reason that the war against Russian imperialism will not be won by Ukrainian or Polish women alone. Only an international coalition of many societies, classes and identities has a chance of victory. We must therefore repeat: nationalism (...)
Dave Kellaway makes an initial analysis of the results of the Italian general election.
Chamber of Deputies by % Party/coalition %2022 %2018 +/- Right wing coalition 43.9 37 +5.9 – Fratelli d’Italia (Meloni) 26.25 4.4 +23.5 – Lega (Salvini) 8.97 17.4 -8.1 – Forza Italia (...)
The gloomy predictions of the pre-election polls of recent weeks were fully confirmed by the 25 September vote. The right-wing coalition will have a strong majority in both houses of Parliament. The far-right Fratelli d’Italia (FdI -Brothers of Italy), led by Giorgia Meloni is the hegemonic (...)
The Swedish Social Democrats lost government power in the 11 September election. They will in all likelihood be replaced by a right-wing government consisting of Moderates (Conservatives) and Christian Democrats, possibly also by the Liberal Party. The government will seek and be completely (...)
Data highlights ‘urgent need for more analysis, more investment, more support, and more solidarity with those who experience this condition,’ says WHO Europe boss.
Around 17 million people have been stricken with long COVID in the first two years of the pandemic across the European region, (...)
The Irish élite and its satellites 🛰 are tugging the forelock to the British Monarchy after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. French left-wing politicians are having none of it. The message must spread in Ireland, and other parts of the world. “We are a republican country. Why should I pay tribute (...)
With almost all votes counted from Sunday’s election, it looks like Sweden’s right-wing parties are set to take power with a razor-thin majority, ending eight years of social democratic government. For the first time, this conservative coalition also includes the far-right Sweden Democrats, who (...)
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