Argentina: Return to turmoil

Danny Byrne is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Debt crisis is back – the class struggle and tasks for the Left Over a decade has passed since the Argentinian financial crash of 2000-2002, which led to one of history’s biggest sovereign defaults. The dominant narrative has it that the ensuing period […]

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Ireland: Electoral surge against austerity

Danny Byrne is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Ireland was no exception to the general rejection of pro-austerity governments in the European elections. Three sets of elections took place on 23 May: Local elections across the country; European elections and two by-elections to the Irish parliament. These were the first nationwide […]

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Portugal: Government in disintegration

Danny Byrne is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. No to a government of “national unity”! For mass action to deal final blow to rotten coalition and impose a workers’ alternative! In the last two weeks, Portugal has been plunged into possibly the deepest and most desperate episode of political crisis since […]

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