Europe

What does global capital want out of a Brexit deal?

20 November 2018
Brexit 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 2018
Sea 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 2018
I 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 2018
Tory 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 2018
One 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.

Huge march for a ‘People's Vote’ boosts the big business agenda

21 October 2018
Almost 700,000 marched for a “People’s Vote” in London on Saturday.

State racism—fuelling the fire of fascism

09 October 2018
Tories and others claim that they can undermine the far right by being more racist. But as Tomáš Tengely-Evans explains, conceding to the fascists’ ideas just boosts them

‘People’s Vote’ over Tory Brexit deal would divide the working class

04 September 2018
Theresa May danced on a tightrope over Brexit this summer.

Tories splinter as warnings of a no-deal Brexit grow

27 August 2018
Theresa May was forced to schedule an emergency cabinet meeting last Friday amid deepening Tory splits over Brexit.

Syriza signs up for decades more austerity as final bailout deal ends in Greece

20 August 2018
Greece exited its final bailout agreement on Monday—the mechanism through which the European Union (EU) and the bankers have forced austerity on ordinary Greeks.

Drive to save money lies behind Italian bridge collapse in Genoa

15 August 2018
The motorway bridge that collapsed on Monday in Genoa, Italy, killing at least 39 people failed because of money.

Don’t fight for a second EU referendum - fight to get the rotten Tories out

10 July 2018
Some say the Tories are making such a mess of Brexit that it would be better to retreat from it altogether.

European Union leaders unveil new plan to lock out refugees

03 July 2018
The European Union (EU) told rescue boats to let refugees drown in the Mediterranean last week.

Don’t let the vote to leave the European Union be written off as backward

18 June 2018
The campaign for a “People’s Vote” on Brexit is based on liberal snobbery toward workers, says Sadie Robinson

European rulers plot new clampdown on refugees after Aquarius docks in Spain

17 June 2018
Hundreds of refugees arrived in Spain on Sunday after more than a week stranded in the Mediterranean Sea.

Push back the rise of the far right across Europe

12 June 2018
Right wing governments in Europe are driving through a racist clampdown against Muslims, migrants and refugees.

Exploit Tory Brexit split

05 June 2018
Theresa May is taking a gamble next week which, if it fails, could sink her.

Martin Luther and peasants' rebellion

07 November 2017
500 years ago a preacher called Martin Luther sparked a movement which loosened the grip of the church on society. Dave Sewell argues this was about more than just theology

Catalan struggle can damage smug bosses

24 October 2017
“When the first reports of serious disorders in Catalonia were reaching Madrid, the English ambassador wrote home that he saw ‘nothing in the business that is hard to settle’.”

Mariano Rajoy’s repression in Spain props up the European Union too

09 October 2017
“When one joins the civil guard, one declares civil war,” wrote the novelist Ramon Sender in 1936, the year his native Spain disintegrated into war.