Europe

General strikes rock Europe

“Sciopero generale” in Italy. “Algemene staking” and “grève générale” in Belgium. In any language the words “general strike” elicit fear…

December 21, 2014

Europe anti-labor law threatens U.S. workers too

In a rare note of agreement, the Wall Street Journal and Novosti, a Russian newspaper, agree on the large size…

October 30, 2014

Why the Palestinians struggle

What is it that keeps the Palestinian people struggling? The Israeli rulers, with the Pentagon, Wall Street and Washington at…

July 30, 2014

Ukrainian leftist leader speaks: ‘From the beginning, Maidan supported imperialist plunder’

The following interview with Sergei Kirichuk, leader in exile of Union Borotba (Struggle), was published at Initiativ-online.org on June 11, 2014.…

June 13, 2014

Migrant struggle in Europe reveals global crisis

Two incidents on European territory this week demonstrate how the deepening global economic and political crisis affects the international working…

June 8, 2014

Syrian people elect president by wide margin amid insurgent attacks

Damascus, Syria --  On June 3, nearly 12 million Syrians cast their ballots at one of the 9,601 polling sites…

June 5, 2014

NYC meeting kicks off actions on Ukraine

Meeting at Riverside Church on May 10, anti-war activists from the New York metropolitan area gave a kick-start to three…

May 14, 2014

U.S. imperialism’s dirty little secret

As World War I broke out 100 years ago, Vladimir Lenin pointed to the root cause of that terrible social…

May 14, 2014

Ukraine’s coup regime ups threats as protests expand

April 14 — Desperate to stamp out a popular uprising in southeastern Ukraine, the junta in Kiev — which came to power…

April 14, 2014

U.S. officials caught in Ukraine plot

U.S. spying devices record phone calls of enemies, allies, neutrals and bystanders alike. Do U.S. officials think no one records…

February 13, 2014