Europe

Lenin: Thinker and fighter

April 22, 2020, marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin, leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution. This…

April 27, 2020

Prisoners rebel during pandemic

Prioritizing prisons, police and punitive responses to social issues is a public health crisis. These approaches are only aggravated by…

April 14, 2020

Toward a Popular Salvation Front in Spain

Red Network, a communist, anti-imperialist organization that sees socialism as the only way out of the capitalist crisis, published this…

April 6, 2020

China’s socialist planning and COVID-19

The global COVID-19 viral pandemic has exposed in the sharpest light the contradiction between a globalized world economy and a…

April 3, 2020

Can workers in Spain stop EU limit on social spending for COVID-19 crisis?

By Ángeles Maestro Red Network, Madrid  Ángeles Maestro is a public health doctor, a leader of the Red Network in…

March 17, 2020

French anti-worker pension plan becomes law without a vote 

Hundreds of thousands of people have been in the streets protesting for months. Transportation strikes have disrupted travel. Public opinion…

March 12, 2020

30,000 U.S. soldiers sent into Europe without masks

By Manlio Dinucci Published in the Italian web newspaper, Il Manifesto, March 3. Translation by John Catalinotto. The United States…

March 5, 2020

U.S. military budget seen from Italy: More arms than ever

Published Feb. 18 in Il Manifesto in Dinucci’s “Art of War” column, which examines Trump’s proposed military budget. Translation by…

February 19, 2020

Italy’s war policy is tied tighter to Pentagon

By Manlio Dinucci Published in the Italian daily Il Manifesto on Feb. 4. Translation by John Catalinotto. “A historically privileged…

February 7, 2020

After Brexit, will Britain become U.S. puppet?

At the stroke of 11 p.m. on Jan. 31, Britain was no longer part of the European Union and free…

February 7, 2020