Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
Previous articles concerning EU countries (and not EU institutions) are beginning to be regrouped in this new section. It will take time. Some countries not formal members of the EU are included in this section.
’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, (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
They say that politics is an art: the art of compromise, the art of getting along with people, but also the art of telling stories. When more than 70,000 demonstrators gathered in Prague on 3rd September, two different stories immediately emerged. According to one story, it was an action by the (...)
“We have to oppose the false argument that the fight is just with stopping the neo-fascist Meloni and therefore the only ‘useful’ or tactical vote is to back Letta and the PD. ”
Cantagallo is a well-known service station on the main north-south motorway on the outskirts of Bologna. We have (...)
Private pension systems are the most complex domain of financialization in general. These systems intertwine and influence all aspects of present socio-economic circumstances, all the while shaping the future through financial and political dealings. The topic of pension systems best (...)
In Italy, Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned as prime minister last week after three parties in his government refused to back him in a confidence vote. The country’s President, Sergio Mattarella, has asked him to remain as caretaker leader and early elections will take place this autumn. (...)
1,400 children and orphans fled Ukraine with the help of a Polish charity. This is their story
Help for Ukrainian refugees comes in many shapes in Poland. Right now, two young women are filling out dozens of forms for dental care for some of the 1,400 children that Happy Kids, a Polish (...)
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