Analysis by Country
UK: Stop the Extradition of Julian Assange
Dave Stockton Wed, 26/02/2020 - 10:04Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange is now on trial at Woolwich crown court in south-east London to decide whether he will be extradited to the United States, where he faces 18 charges of breaching the Read more...
Germany: Right extremist terror in Hanau
Martin Suchanek, GAM Infomail 1091, February 20, 2020 Fri, 21/02/2020 - 18:39Nine lives were lost in the most recent extreme right-wing terrorist attack in Germany. Read more...
Germany: Tragedy and farce in Thuringia
Martin Suchanek Wed, 19/02/2020 - 15:17"Hegel remarks somewhere that all facts and personages of great importance in world history occur, as it were, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce." Read more...
Ireland: The Sinn Féin surge
Dara O’Coghaidhin Tue, 18/02/2020 - 09:02Ireland’s 7 February election delivered a stunning result for Sinn Féin. Read more...
Australia burns: who will douse the flames?
Chris Clough, Red Flag 33, February 2020 Sat, 08/02/2020 - 11:00AS WILDFIRES rage across swathes of Australia, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in every major city to demand the resignation of the government and action on the climate emergency Read more...
Johnson’s victory, Corbyn’s defeat, and the battles to come
Dave sStockton, Red Flag 33, February 2020 Fri, 07/02/2020 - 22:54A DECADE OF political crisis, the last half of which saw three general elections, two referendums, and three Tory prime ministers, has ended with Boris Johnson in Number Ten. Read more...
France: La lutte contre la reforme des retraites à un tournant
League for the Fifth International Thu, 06/02/2020 - 12:00Le mouvement de lutte contre la reforme des retraite est à un tournant, après deux mois d’action de masse qui non seulement ont appris ce qu’est la peur à Macron, mais qui sont aussi devenus une sourc Read more...
Croatia: Electoral setback for the Right
Marcel Rajecky Fri, 31/01/2020 - 13:25In Croatia’s elections earlier this month, the Croatian Democratic Union (Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica; HDZ) lost the country’s presidency, in a major blow to the alliance of far-right governments c Read more...