Belgium
The inexorable rise of the Belgian Workers’ Party
The Workers’ Party of Belgium: 'At the European level we need European struggle'
Supporting Ukraine's right to self-determination: The historical example of ‘poor little Belgium’
Belgium: Towards a major confrontation after successful general strike
Strikers march on December 15, 2014.
Belgium: Left parties to form united electoral ticket
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Statement by the LCR-SAP secretariat
Belgium: Class trade unionism seeks political expression
Daniel Piron, the Charleroi regional secretary of the FGTB.
Congolese community calls for solidarity; Mineral profits fuel Congo violence
Sydney, December 10, 2011 -- Leaders of the Congolese community in Australia, at a meeting organised by the Latin American Social Forum, explained the crisis the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing after more than 50 years of exploitation by the Western countries and their local allies, and appealed for solidarity from the international socialist movement. Above community elder Mbuyi Tshielantende speaks (translated by Fralis Kolanga).
Liliane Lukoki discusses the situation of women in Congo; Fralis Kolanga calls for solidarity.
Nuclear means catastrophe: The lesson of Fukushima
People are tested for radiation exposure near Fukushima.
By Daniel Tanuro
March 17, 2011 -- International Viewpoint via Climate and Capitalism -- What has happened was entirely predictable: yet another major nuclear “accident”. At the time of writing, it is not yet certain that it will take on the dimensions of a disaster similar to Chernobyl, but that is the direction in which things, alas, look set to evolve. But whether it develops into a major disaster or not, we are once again faced with evidence that nuclear technology can never be 100% secure.
Irish crisis: A complete failure for neoliberalism
By Eric Toussaint, translated by Christine Pagnoulle in collaboration with Judith Harris
January 3, 2011 -- CADTM -- For a decade, Ireland was heralded by the most ardent partisans of neoliberal capitalism as a model to be imitated. The "Celtic Tiger" had a higher growth rate than the European average. Tax rates on companies had been reduced to 12.5% |1| and the rate actually paid by the transnational corporations that had set up business there was between 3 and 4% -- a CEO’s dream!