Alejandro González Iñárritu’s ‘Digger’ exposes the madness of US imperialism in its relative decline — to a mixed reception. Iñárritu brilliantly captures America’s crisis — but, unlike in the film, real-life workers cannot accept this fate, and are rising up all across the world.

Almost half a million were out on the streets of France on 6 October. Brutal police repression has, rather than cow the school student protests, only enraged the youth, brought widespread solidarity, and set up the movement to spread to a full-blown social uprising.

Spain’s housing crisis has erupted into half a million out on the streets demanding a general strike. We spoke with Irene, a comrade of Organización Comunista Revolucionaria, the Spanish section of the RCI, who has been involved in the encampment set up in Madrid.