Europe

General strike in France

French President Emmanuel Macron’s government bet that the unions would grow tired, their members pinched by their loss of pay,…

January 14, 2020

Elecciones británicas y derrota del Partido Laborista

Esta es una charla ligeramente editada pronunciada durante el foro de Workers World Party/Partido Mundo Obrero el 19 de diciembre…

December 30, 2019

French unions want retirement ‘reform’ scrapped

It was a tough holiday for transportation strikers in France.  Their pay packet for December was basically empty. The struggle…

December 30, 2019

The British elections and the defeat of the Labour Party

This is a slightly edited talk from the Dec. 19 Workers World Party forum in New York City. I thought…

December 23, 2019

After British right-wing win, workers need anti-racist unity

Elections held Dec. 12 in England, Scotland, Wales and the occupied north of Ireland were a boost to Trump protégé…

December 18, 2019

Workers’ militant resistance in France confronts gov’t intransigence

Dec. 16 -- The general strike in France has lasted 12 days as of today. Transportation is barely hanging on,…

December 18, 2019

NATO Summit strengthens the ‘War Party’

This Dec. 6 article from the Italian web newspaper, Il Manifesto, shows how the Dec. 3-4 London NATO Summit reinforced…

December 16, 2019

Pope Francis warns on nuclear weapons; official Italy silent

Published in Il Manifesto on Nov. 26. Translation by John Catalinotto. Italy’s politicians and corporate media, usually eloquent about any…

December 11, 2019

Class struggle breaks out in the streets of France

Workers in France are determined to defend one of the best retirement systems in the world, a retirement system based…

December 9, 2019

What road to socialism?

This article is based on an edited talk, “What Road to Socialism?” given at a Workers World Party Forum on…

December 6, 2019