Analysis by Country
Catalonia: release the prisoners!
Dave Stockton Fri, 18/10/2019 - 09:09On 14 October, after a trial lasting four months, the Madrid Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for their part in the 2017 secession movemen Read more...
Ecuador: Capital city occupied against IMF programme
Liga Socialista, GAM Infomail 1072, October 12, 2019 Sun, 13/10/2019 - 19:35Ecuador has been plunged into turmoil by mass protests of indigenous people, trade unions, and students against a neoliberal IMF austerity progamme which has triggered cuts to fuel subsidies and hikes Read more...
Germany: Antisemitic attack in Halle
Gruppe ArbeiterInnenmacht, Infomail 1072, 10 October 2019 Fri, 11/10/2019 - 12:05For a long time, the growth of Right wing terrorism in Germany has been downplayed or even denied outright. On Wednesday, October 9, it once again showed the reality of its bloody, inhuman face. Read more...
Austria: ÖVP wins, SPÖ losses show need for socialist answers
Michael Märzen, Neue Internationale 241, October 2019 Fri, 11/10/2019 - 07:33The elections to Austria's parliament, the National Council, on September 29 brought a huge victory for the conservative ÖVP under Sebastian Kurz. Read more...
US imperialism abandons Kurdish allies to Turkish invasion
Red Flag 31, October 2019 Thu, 10/10/2019 - 10:28Donald Trump has just signaled a dramatic shift in US policy in northern Syria, betraying his erstwhile allies the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in which the Kurdish YPG militia are the dominant for Read more...
France: Resistance to Macron grows - but the left vegetates
Marc Lasalle, Red Flag 31, October 2019 Wed, 09/10/2019 - 09:21A prolonged strike in Accident and Emergency departments throughout the country, a successful strike on the Paris metro on September 13, with an indefinite stoppage forecast for December, a national d Read more...
Azadi March in Kashmir – first hurdles overcome, but more are to come
Revolutionary Socialist Movement, Pakistan Sun, 06/10/2019 - 19:56Since October 3, 30,000 or more have joined the Azadi (Freedom) March in Kashmir. The protest is organised by the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, JKLF. Read more...
Israel: Elections further shatter two state solution
Robert Teller, Neue Internationale 241, October 2019 Fri, 04/10/2019 - 09:56Benjamin Netanyahu called the 17 September Knesset election in the hope that it would give him the majority he needed to create a new coalition and remain prime minister. Read more...