France on the brink
Hundreds of thousands took part in France’s bloquons tout movement last week, dominated by the youth. This was a thunderclap: let the next mobilisation tomorrow, 18 September, be the beginning of a social storm!
Europe
France: Let’s block everything! For a workers’ government!
Facing Bayrou’s austerity drive and a looming vote of confidence, France braces for mass action on September 10 — led by unions and La France Insoumise to ‘block everything.’ If it succeeds, the impact will go far beyond Emmanuel Macron’s fate.
Ukraine war: European leaders prolong the carnage
With the Ukraine war well into its third year, a Russian victory is inescapable. Trump is trying to secure a deal in order for US imperialism to withdraw, but the European leaders are desperately dragging out this bloody conflict, for their own cynical, imperialist ends.
“Guns, not butter!” – European imperialism’s doomed attempt at asserting its role in the world
In the weeks that have passed since the US tore up the decades-old western alliance, the European leaders have been frantically trying to thrash out a rearmament plan. The Communists say: Down with militarism and austerity! For international revolution!
The case of Marine Le Pen: how the ‘democrats’ are destroying democracy
This week, Marine Le Pen was barred from standing in the upcoming French elections after having been found guilty of the embezzlement of European parliamentary funds. Many on the Left have been jubilant, but Alan Woods warns us that this is in fact nothing to celebrate.
German elections: Merz takes the helm of a sinking ship
The CDU’s Friedrich Merz will be Germany’s next Chancellor. But with geopolitical and economic turmoil ahead, the next government will be even more unstable and discredited than than the last. Polarisation and class struggle are on the order of the day.
Trump ends the liberal world order
In a matter of weeks, President Trump has upended the decades-old ‘western alliance’. With US-Russia relations opening up, European powers have been left in the eye of the storm, carrying enormous social and political implications.
Europe without America: a dark road ahead
‘America First’ means everyone last, including Europe. European capitalism is already in an impasse. US retrenchment, increased defence spending, and a potential tariff war will only further this decline. Events are laying the groundwork for the future European revolution.
Car industry crisis and the decline of European capitalism
The European economy is facing its biggest crisis in a decade, with hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs at risk. European capitalism has entered into a steep decline, and will be unable to weather the geopolitical storms that surround it.
Imperialist hypocrisy on full display at Auschwitz memorial ceremony
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where over a million Jews, Poles, Roma and communists were murdered by the Nazis. But today’s commemoration was tarnished by the hypocrisy of western imperialism.
Spain: monarchs pelted with mud as rage over avoidable deaths boils over in Valencia
Six days after flash floods left at least 214 people dead, the Spanish King and Prime Minister were pelted with mud and chased away by angry protesters. These unprecedented scenes were an expression of seething class rage.
France mired in political crisis – for a general mobilisation!
The political crisis in France has intensified, with Macron’s refusal to appoint the left-wing NFP’s proposed Prime Minister. Whatever the outcome, only a powerful movement of workers and youth outside of parliament can halt the ruling class’s austerity agenda.