National Sections of the L5I:

Trade Unions

French battle over pensions becomes struggle for democracy

General strike is the solution!

Down with Macron and the antidemocratic Fifth Republic! Read more...

Unite women’s struggles with those of the working class and the oppressed!

Women have been in the forefront of working class and democratic struggles over the last year. Read more...

France: millions march against pensions robbery

The numbers speak for themselves. More than two million workers marched on 19 January against President Emmanuel Macron’s latest attempt to reform the pension system. Read more...

France: two million march—where next?

Biden bans railroad strike

As railworkers in Britain face Tory threats to make their strikes ineffective by ‘minimum service’ laws, 115,000 US freight railworkers have just had their strike vote for decent working conditions ‘s Read more...

Britain’s Winter of Discontent

Britain is facing a “winter of discontent” in the shape of the biggest wave of strikes for many years. Read more...

French workers on the offensive

For almost a year, the French workers have mobilised in a series of strikes across the country which gained momentum after the summer. Read more...

Britain’s strike heatwave

Britain is having a record hot summer - not just in terms of the 30-40 degree temperatures that have turned normally green lawns and pastures into brown scrublands – but in terms of a “hot summer” of Read more...

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