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French workers: heroes of global resistance
The longest strike since 1968 is over, but the struggle to keep hard-won benefits is not.
Fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years on
It wasn’t really about the “death of communism.” It was about the failure of Stalinism, to which capitalism has hardly been an answer to celebrate.
European dockworkers disrupt war machine
Port worker unions in France and Italy recently protested and struck, keeping Saudi ships from being loaded with weapons bound for attacks on Yemen.
Corruption brings down Austria’s hard-right vice chancellor
In a thumping for the far right and an upset for the government, Austria’s vice chancellor was compelled to resign over corruption that surfaced in mid-May.
The far right makes gains, but fails in bid to control EU Parliament
Despite a well-orchestrated attempt, the ultra-nationalistic, anti-immigrant Identity and Democracy coalition failed to win control of the EU Parliament in May’s elections.
Queer rights in Eastern Europe
Renewed attacks on LGBTQ community in Chechnya; Gay MP confronts the Polish right.
Labor Weather Report for June 2017
May 2017 — Autoworkers fight for contract. Seventy percent of Volkswagen-Chattanooga workers in Tennessee voted to join United Auto Workers over a year ago. Yet the automaker still defies U.S. government orders to negotiate a contract. Unionists from seven other countries visited to show support for Local 42’s anger at unsafe working conditions, constant shift… Read more »
Catalonia’s right to decide
Spain’s right-wing government is using every weapon to stifle the independence movement and imprison or otherwise sideline its leaders.
Greeks betrayed by Syriza reformists
More cut-backs, more belt-tightening, more desperation.