Europe
Tory fools are in a Brexit farce as ruling class panic grows
The Tories’ Brexit crisis has descended further into farce. But behind the absurdity is a deep panic in the ruling class.
Workers across Europe strike back against austerity
The economic and social policies pushed by the European Union (EU) are often described as a haven from inequality and crisis.
May in crisis over EU deal as divisions get deeper for Tories
Theresa May has launched another desperate bid to delay a vote on her Brexit deal.
Labour’s Brexit plan is a mistaken concession to the bosses’ agenda
Jeremy Corbyn has written to Theresa May suggesting a five-point plan to deliver Brexit. And shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said that, unless May accepts the plan, there should be a second referendum.
Mood of rebellion moves to French trade unions
Yellow Vests and trade unionists could together deliver a crushing blow to France’s president Emmanuel Macron.
Racist EU leaders are to blame for refugee deaths
Around 170 refugees have drowned after two boats were shipwrecked in the Mediterranean Sea last week.
Jeremy Corbyn can break the impasse over Brexit if he backs free movement
22 January 2019After the crushing House of Commons defeat for her deal with the European Union (EU), Theresa May has been going through the motions of talking to opposition parties.
Struggle can break paralysis on Brexit
15 January 2019A thin ray of light shone through the Brexit tangle last week. Two government defeats in the House of Commons marked the moment when Theresa May definitively lost control of the parliamentary process governing Britain’s departure from the European Union (EU).
How can the left get its voice heard over Brexit?
08 January 2019What machinations will May pull to get out of her crisis? And what should the left do to force her out? Tomáš Tengely-Evans says the key is a fight against racism and austerity
Yellow Vests protests continue in France as President Macron faces a growing crisis
28 December 2018The holiday season hasn’t ended the Yellow Vest revolt in France.
Liberals can’t solve a ruling class crisis
11 December 2018Pundits rightly mock Theresa May’s promise to deliver “strong and stable” leadership amid the Brexit chaos. Yet she’s not the only European ruler facing a crisis. Germany and France are far from “strong and stable”.
New book shows how the European Union ‘hollowed out democracy’
11 December 2018Costas Lapavitsas is a Marxist economist and author of a new book, The Left Case Against the EU. He urges a break with the neoliberal European Union
Crisis for Theresa May as vote on Brexit deal looms
04 December 2018Nobody at the top of society knows what will happen in British politics in the next two weeks—including Theresa May. A crisis has struck at the heart of the government and the Tories.
Damning report exposes depth of racism in the EU
04 December 2018It’s no surprise that people of African decent face shocking levels of harassment in the EU, writes Alistair Farrow
As Brexit chaos continues - grab this chance to push the Tories out
20 November 2018Theresa May survived the first blasts of the Brexit crisis storm. But she still seems headed for disaster.
What does global capital want out of a Brexit deal?
20 November 2018Brexit has become, as numerous commentators have pointed out, a historic crisis of the British state
New figures on child refugees make a mockery of Tory promises
06 November 2018Sea routes are becoming deadlier, but the Tories are refusing to offer refuge, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans
LETTERS - People’s Vote isn’t left wing, but don’t dismiss marchers
29 October 2018I shudder to think that I’m part of the same movement as Tory MPs, war criminals Alastair Campbell and Tony Blair and their like.
Brexit crisis could spell the end for Theresa May
23 October 2018Tory prime minister Theresa May faced a growing threat to her leadership as Socialist Worker went to press on Tuesday.
Refugees storm Spanish border fence
23 October 2018One African migrant died and three others were injured when around 300 stormed the border fence separating Spanish enclave Melilla from Morocco in north Africa on Sunday.
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- Yellow Vest movement has Emmanuel Macron on the run
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