Trade Unions
France: United working class action can beat Macron
Marc Lasalle, Paris Thu, 28/09/2017 - 09:43PARIS - In France a major attack against workers’ rights has been expected since President Emmanuel Macron’s election on May 7. Read more...
France: Macron prepares his offensive
Marc Lassalle, Paris Wed, 02/08/2017 - 20:31The new French President, Emmanuel Macron, speaking at a business start-up event, declared in imperfect English, “Entrepreneur is the new France”. Read more...
France: Macron smashes the left
Marc Lassalle, Paris Fri, 23/06/2017 - 07:34As was expected, Emmanuel Macron's party, La République en Marche, The Republic on the Move, won an absolute majority in the second round of elections to the French National Assembly on June 18. Read more...
Brazil in turmoil: The Temer tapes
Pericles da Lima, Markus Lehner Sat, 27/05/2017 - 09:18On May 17, a political bomb exploded in the capital city of Brazil, Brasilia. Read more...
General strike in Brazil: Unions, social movements and students, all out together!
Péricles de Lima, Liga Socialista, Brazil Thu, 11/05/2017 - 07:49The general strike in Brazil on 28 April was rated a great success by the trade unions, the social movements and the various parts of the left. Read more...
USA: May Day, 2017
Marcus Otono Wed, 19/04/2017 - 12:28The irony of May Day in the USA is that this workers' holiday, celebrated officially in 66 countries in the world and unofficially in most of the rest, had its origins in the United States. Read more...
Brazil: working class joins resistance
Péricles de Lima, Liga socialista, Brazil Tue, 28/03/2017 - 07:51March 15 was a remarkable day with strikes and protests throughout Brazil. The working class, along with the youth movement, took to the streets on massive demonstrations across the country. Read more...
India: 13 union leaders sentenced to life
Hassan Raza Tue, 21/03/2017 - 08:47In a blatant attack on trade unionism, a court in India has sentenced 13 workers, including all 12 members of the Executive Committee of the Maruti-Suzuki Workers' Union, to life imprisonment. Read more...