Philip Chmel is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). In many countries, workers and youth have taken actions against the shipment of arms to Israel and the massacre in Gaza. This has been urgently necessary and needs to be generalized and escalated. These actions follow a call […]
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Solidarity as the Last Line of Defence Climate change is here and now. Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium have this week suffered severe flooding, costing at the latest count over 200 lives. The necessary resources must be mobilised to deal with it in order to provide answers. Apocalyptic images followed one another without interruption. […]
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Anonymous is a nurse and shop steward in a hospital in Brussels. From Applause to Being Stabbed in the Back Colleagues with a few years of experience felt it coming: following the applause the stabbing in the back. Health care workers off course knew it all along: the politicians who applaud the “heroes” are the […]
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Elin Gauffin is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden). International Women’s Day 2019 once again became a day of struggle around the world. In some countries, the movement has declined somewhat, while at the same time new movements have emerged in other countries, and in others it was bigger than ever. In Spain, the […]
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Kenzo is a member of Actif Left Students Gent. Mass protest can force ministers to leave. After two months of protest, mainly pushed forward by young people, one of the four Belgian ministers responsible for climate had to resign. The Flemish regional minister, Joke Schauvliege, of the Christian-Democrat party, CD&V, announced his resignation on February […]
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More people are concerned and anxious: the future of our planet is on the line. The recent International Panel on Climate Change report states there us are only 12 years to avoid irreversible environmental disaster. Despite the warning signs, the political establishment does not seem to grasp the seriousness of the situation. Many workers and […]
Continue ReadingTowards a second plan of action to get rid of this government and austerity! The general strike of 15 December in Belgium was phenomenal. The united call of all three trade union centres illustrated the power of the working class movement. We made the government wobble, but it will need an extra push to fall. […]
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