“The working class in Europe is alive:” Peter Mertens
Peter Mertens of the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB/PVDA) talks about how the working class movement in Europe is gaining strength and what role international solidarity plays in strengthening it
In two days, 144,000 US autoworkers workers are set to strike
The master contract for 144,000 unionized workers expires on September 14. Workers are ready to strike the three largest automakers in the nation
Héctor Béjar: “Hay que vincularse con ese gigantesco precariado que es el proletariado de hoy día”
El histórico revolucionario peruano Héctor Béjar convoca a las fuerzas progresistas y de izquierda a relacionarse urgentemente con el proletariado de hoy y contrarrestar el ascenso de la derecha
Héctor Béjar: “We must have contact with that gigantic precariat that is today’s proletariat”
Lifelong Peruvian revolutionary Héctor Béjar called on progressive and left forces to urgently engage with the proletariat of today and counteract the rise of the right
Mass protests over increase in power tariffs sweep Pakistan
In July, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) of Pakistan approved a national average power tariff hike of PKR 4.96 per unit for the current fiscal year
Dilemmas of Humanity conference calls for Pan-African, working class power
At the Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism conference, 184 delegates from 38 radical organizations charted the socialist way forward for Africa at a time of dramatic change in the world order
The US has a child labor crisis. Lawmakers are trying to make it worse.
Iowa just passed one of the most extreme pro-child labor bills in recent times, leaving employers off the hook if a child worker dies on the job
Working class sections across Spain protest cost of living crisis
The ongoing war in Ukraine has resulted in skyrocketing oil prices across Europe, including in Spain which was already witnessing high inflation, reportedly the highest in the last three decades
Protests against new mandatory COVID-19 regulations across Europe
Even though protests and propaganda against COVID-19 restrictions were earlier initiated by far-right and corona-sceptic groups, sections of the working class and youth have also starting opposing the new COVID-19 regulations, exhausted by the prolonged crisis and the insensitive policies of neoliberal governments
Joaquin Piñero: MST loses a steadfast comrade in the struggle for the working class
Valquimar Reis, as he was also known, dedicated more than 20 years of his life to militant struggle
Progressives slam Tory government over disparities in COVID-19 relief
Research conducted by the Labour Party shows that richer areas in the UK are seeing bigger falls in COVID-19 infection rates following vaccine distribution compared to poorer, working-class areas
“The burdens of the pandemic must not be passed on to the working class”
The pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of the Austrian public health system, the failure of the federal government, and led to the acceleration of the economic crisis, writes Tibor Zenker, chairman of the Party of Labor of Austria
- Letter by academics across the globe raises concerns over the ICC’s inaction on Gaza
- MST sends another donation of 11 tons of food to families in Gaza
- Rising incidents of custodial death trigger demonstration in Sri Lanka
- Anti-fascists in Italy protest police attack on Turin University students
- Senate Republicans block $111 billion aid package for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan
