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9 November: General Strike in Belgium–Reports from Belgian socialists
The following leaflet that the members of LSP/PSL distributed on the picket lines and actions was well received…
Sri Lankan PM Resigns after counter-revolutionary assault provokes fury
By Serge Jordan Events have taken a frenetic pace in Sri Lanka over the last 72 hours. Nothing…
Sri Lanka: First general strike in 42 years
By Serge Jordan Global capitalism is in the midst of growing economic throes and working class resistance. Sri…
April 1920: Revolutionary General Strike in Ireland
One hundred years ago this month, workers downed tools and took over their workplaces and towns. What began…
France. Build for an indefinite general strike everywhere!
By Nicolas Croes (our sister organisation in Belgium) The first day of strikes and protests against French President…
Mass general strike in India
Article by members of New Socialist Alternative, our sister organisation in India, about the 150 million strong general…
100 years on: When working class power defeated conscription
April 2018 marks the one hundredth anniversary of a historic general strike in Ireland. Cillian Gillespie looks at…
General strikes and mass demonstration in Barcelona: Eyewitness report
Mick Barry, Solidarity TD and a member of the Socialist Party, gives an eyewitness report on yesterday’s general…
“Nuit Debout”: French workers and young people take to the streets
By Naomi Byron Striking workers from the railways, car factories, supermarkets, hospitals, offices and banks joined students and…
