The demonstration was a great success in reasserting solidarity with Black Lives Matter and challenging the far-right backlash for control of Britain’s streets and squares. A strong, energetic and pluralistic anti-racist movement needs to be built in the days and weeks ahead.
Eric Toussaint writes that the Belgian state certainly has no monopoly on brutality, but it is fundamental that we do not forget, and that we restore the historic truth.
Regional elections in two parts of Italy, Emilia Romagna and Calabria were held on Sunday January 26. They were seen as posing a big challenge to the government if Salvini’s Lega (League, formerly Northern League) won. Dave Kellaway looks at what happened and its implications.
Leon Cremieux of the NPA analyses the movement in France after day of strikes and massive demonstrations on 24 January.
The imperial legacy has been the great weakness of the English working class, and as the Morning Star demonstrates with its alarming enthusiasm for English patriotism, also for its labour movement.
Macron has united all the trade unions and left political organisations in opposition to his pension reforms. The strike on 17 December will see another massive mobilisation.
The SSP is supporting Britain’s immediate exit from the EU, opposes a second referendum, and calls for a vote for candidates who support an “Independent Socialist Scotland”. it has taken a significant step backward, writes Mike Picken.
There is a totally different election campaign for the 12 December UK General Election being fought in Scotland to that in the rest of Britain, writes Mike Picken.
The mobilisation of the Sardines movement is something that could contribute to a solution. The radical left needs to join in and build the movement.
