https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/continent/europehttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/wwoe-j09.htmlThe workers were massacred in Calabria by gangmasters in a system of hyper-exploitation whose conditions were created by Italy’s government and “opposition.”Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:23:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b03caf7d-7d61-4283-bd21-45eb10dbbc5B/wwoe-j09.html2026-06-09T01:23:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/blfz-j08.htmlThe E3, represented by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gathered in Downing Street and issued a joint five-point declaration.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:20:06 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7413109f-cb1a-4311-a57c-c8190be675aM/blfz-j08.html2026-06-08T19:20:06Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/taex-j08.htmlThe lockout was reinforced by a major police presence, with photographs shared by workers showing a fleet of police vehicles stationed around the site.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:59:19 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ff916710-3f10-4ef9-92d3-50ad686b8afB/taex-j08.html2026-06-08T18:59:19Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/geej-j08.htmlAttenborough continues to explore new scientific opportunities and discoveries in covering all aspects of the natural world. His series are distinguished by a systematic approach, to groups of organisms or specific eco-systems, grounded in the history of science.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:24:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/46c02839-565e-48d4-bd91-4ce4d530a2fI/geej-j08.html2026-06-08T18:24:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/nelt-j08.htmlIn April 2026, Stellantis announced elimination of 650 of the remaining 1,650 jobs at the Rüsselsheim, Germany development center, without hiring replacements, in open violation of an ongoing “Future Collective Bargaining Agreement.”Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:24:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bd45d797-c1b9-4f37-a3ed-e9370c2e562A/nelt-j08.html2026-06-08T02:24:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/07/quhh-j07.htmlThe university is to be brought into line, critical voices are to be silenced, while the campus is being transformed into a military research facility and recruitment ground for war. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:45:03 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b0279c65-06e9-40ec-b114-ac577fdd1cfI/quhh-j07.html2026-06-07T22:45:03Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/07/xsik-j07.htmlWSWS reporters spoke to some of those attending the lecture series held by the Socialist Equality Party (UK) last month marking the centenary of the 1926 general strike.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:58:59 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4a78a2e3-992f-43e0-8191-e6244ad6568G/xsik-j07.html2026-06-07T17:58:59Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/07/vyuq-j07.htmlThe capitalist state is not a neutral instrument that can be picked up and aimed at the wealthy by a sufficiently determined government. It is an organ of class rule.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:11:17 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/cb881122-ad54-4636-85c9-14c0fb007d4N/vyuq-j07.html2026-06-07T17:11:17Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/wubr-j06.htmlGermany lost the vote for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council to Portugal and Austria, reflecting growing global opposition to its imperialist foreign policy and militarism.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:19:04 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/848572a5-e7b1-4535-8522-2699ab3c3f1H/wubr-j06.html2026-06-06T03:19:04Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/coyr-j05.htmlÖzel’s article is not a defense of democratic rights. It is a letter of assurance from a bourgeois party to the imperialist powers.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:53:56 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3308f878-7aed-4f21-a514-2fe6ebcdc7fB/coyr-j05.html2026-06-05T17:53:56Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/tryj-j05.htmlA measure of the misery Burnham would continue inflicting on the working class can be taken from the cabinet he is planning to assemble.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:16:51 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/601947c5-154a-4a5c-9810-191ec3f57eaO/tryj-j05.html2026-06-05T17:16:51Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/pfzp-j05.htmlNowak’s death is being used to promote the bogus right-wing “two-tier policing” narrative, claiming whites are penalised because of “woke” attitudes and “political correctness”.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:16:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c43f210f-7ae3-4f23-8520-92f68d10e3bM/pfzp-j05.html2026-06-05T17:16:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/ukra-j05.htmlAs shown by the latest Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia, NATO maneuvers in the Baltic Sea, and German-Ukrainian arms cooperation, NATO is de facto waging war against Russia and risking a nuclear catastrophe.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:09:18 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/19bedb79-f5e5-48d6-bc2d-9270d01776bD/ukra-j05.html2026-06-05T04:09:18Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/eesy-j05.htmlStocks of gold are now the second highest store of value held by central banks as part of their reserves.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:05:07 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c9482d33-9ad5-4679-af46-e9449184e92A/eesy-j05.html2026-06-05T04:05:07Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/oiod-j05.htmlGeneral strike in Portugal over pay, conditions and labour reform; thousands of teachers in Valencia, Spain continue indefinite strike over staff shortages, pay and conditions; indefinite stoppage by Nigerian oil workers at regulatory commission over wages and benefitsFri, 05 Jun 2026 03:40:20 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/784e1c4c-0b43-4d16-9ee2-3dc912b51d9I/oiod-j05.html2026-06-05T03:40:20Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/ttuc-j04.htmlLabour is presiding over a social catastrophe, including the deepest levels of poverty in 30 years, and trailing the far-right Reform, the Conservatives and the Greens in general election polls. If he successfully becomes an MP, Burnham is expected to challenge Starmer for the Labour leadership and to replace him in Downing Street.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:16:22 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7c282933-d3a5-465a-8df4-811395e239fI/ttuc-j04.html2026-06-04T17:16:22Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/jdrp-j04.htmlThe European Parliament and EU states have agreed a new return regulation that abolishes the fundamental right to asylum and normalises collaboration with fascist parties.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:39:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/41a56a17-d163-4bff-87b5-70f1854dfa7H/jdrp-j04.html2026-06-04T04:39:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/yrut-j04.htmlStaff at over 50 hospitals across Germany recently protested against the government's planned cuts in the healthcare and nursing sectors, which threaten wages, working conditions and the existence of many hospitals.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:56:20 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/73ea0668-1a87-4ef1-8427-f846949994eJ/yrut-j04.html2026-06-04T00:56:20Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/qlzn-j03.htmlThis lecture marking the centenary of the 1926 general strike was delivered by Socialist Equality Party (UK) National Secretary Chris Marsden to public meetings in Sheffield, Manchester, Inverness, London and Glasgow,Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:25:25 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/961c5a4e-fdbd-4405-8605-dd2a288e0d4K/qlzn-j03.html2026-06-03T18:25:25Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/vmdv-j03.htmlThat First South Yorkshire was ultimately forced to retreat from its insistence that the 7 percent offer was "final" was due to the determination and unity of the drivers.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:22:25 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bb37ae60-42e5-442c-a42d-78c47938c95N/vmdv-j03.html2026-06-03T17:22:25Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/wprl-j03.htmlTransport for London’s had not budged on its plans. Talks between management and the RMT union have revolved around the definition of what constitutes a “voluntary” implementation aimed at demobilising opposition.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:22:04 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3fa59d99-8c2e-4867-bbae-449b12b1672K/wprl-j03.html2026-06-03T17:22:04Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/gqpj-j03.htmlA major exhibition of the Renaissance artist’s work sheds light on the social and aesthetic factors that enabled his artistic development and on the character of his achievement.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:43:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ac0fe142-13ed-41de-a3a7-c56c49bd38dA/gqpj-j03.html2026-06-03T01:43:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/82a7-j03.htmlThe meeting took place at a time when Bogdan’s trial is at a critical turning point. Two expert reports have now exposed the core of the charge—that Bogdan spreads Russian propaganda—as baseless.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:39:28 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b10e513f-46f3-4ef1-b379-388f36c41a5E/82a7-j03.html2026-06-03T01:39:28Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/vlpx-j02.htmlThe bans stemmed from demands from right-wing Labourites and Zionists, who deployed the now standard lie conflating opposition to the fascistic Israeli government with antisemitism and terrorism.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:28:36 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0dc344d3-e241-4c98-87a3-69d1819abfdO/vlpx-j02.html2026-06-02T19:28:36Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/oidu-j02.htmlIn reburying and celebrating this Nazi criminal as a hero, the ruling class is attempting to reanimate the political corpse of fascism.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:19:42 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9752abbf-ef8d-46a3-a3f4-4c82f35c3ecC/oidu-j02.html2026-06-02T04:19:42Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/neth-j01.htmlWhat is unfolding is not a spontaneous eruption of "popular anger,” as it is often portrayed, but the outcome of a consciously cultivated political campaign by the bourgeois establishment and official media, developed over many years.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:46:32 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2a792520-b6f7-4349-b769-6bed3731160D/neth-j01.html2026-06-01T22:46:32Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/pnef-j01.htmlEmployers' association Gesamtmetall is threatening the loss of 300,000 jobs in the metal and electrical industry. The consequences of the Iran war are being passed on to the working class through mass layoffs and social cuts.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:23:34 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d3a27f3d-bfef-4bca-b6d8-3325f4aed4eL/pnef-j01.html2026-06-01T19:23:34Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/asjk-j01.htmlCWU leaders Ward and Walsh have not been in a dispute with the company, but with their own members.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:12:37 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f44cd394-6e5d-4ebc-acd8-e553ad50057D/asjk-j01.html2026-06-01T17:12:37Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/rdsq-j01.htmlWSWS reporters spoke to members of the SI-Cobas rank-and-file union, which mainly organizes logistics workers, at a demonstration in Rome.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:11:47 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c8f5292c-e5d3-4639-8caf-8ab6671eda5P/rdsq-j01.html2026-06-01T17:11:47Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/aasr-j01.htmlThe German Council of Economic Experts is demanding deep cuts in social spending to pass the costs of the Iran war, rearmament and the enrichment of the rich onto the weakest in society.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:22:23 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5662cd9b-1a1c-499f-a8a4-b54c455b6daF/aasr-j01.html2026-06-01T04:22:23Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/31/tfgj-m31.htmlIn its 2024/25 budget, Oldham Council proposed cutting £2.8 million from health and social care, reducing care contracts, and cutting 12 social worker posts.Sun, 31 May 2026 18:37:46 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6fd873b7-d7f2-4f3d-b3ac-946d3d81d34P/tfgj-m31.html2026-05-31T18:37:46Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/29/axve-m29.htmlThe growing intensity of drone strikes between Ukraine and Russia has made incursions into neighbouring countries a regularity, presenting opportunities for the European leaders to warmonger.Fri, 29 May 2026 20:50:09 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9ff20b88-6c4a-4fa4-8392-6fed6fb457aI/axve-m29.html2026-05-29T20:50:09Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/09/fhfg-a09.htmlThe final two public meetings being held by the Socialist Equality Party (UK) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 General Strike are being held this weekend in London (Saturday May 30) and Glasgow (Sunday May 31). We urge SEP supporters and WSWS readers to attend these important events. Fri, 29 May 2026 17:00:34 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3632ab2a-642a-4627-b5fa-b8643c4a8d0D/fhfg-a09.html2026-05-29T17:00:34Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/29/rtyy-m29.htmlThe German government's friendly reception of Syrian Islamist leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and its plans to deport up to 80 percent of Syrian refugees have sparked massive fear among those who have sought asylum in Germany.Fri, 29 May 2026 03:33:05 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/aa7b52b9-0e5e-4674-a6e3-2251a65cf4dH/rtyy-m29.html2026-05-29T03:33:05Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/29/gvjw-m29.htmlThe shock generated by the Iran war is now testing the so-called “resilience” of the banking system, threatening to expose credit, liquidity and funding vulnerabilities.Fri, 29 May 2026 03:30:31 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/df77083b-2e40-4274-ad85-7f1eb3760afJ/gvjw-m29.html2026-05-29T03:30:31Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/28/whaa-m28.htmlMass demonstration in Madrid, Spain against housing shortages, high rents and property speculation; hundreds of miners at Özşen Mining, Turkey strike over unpaid wages and sackings; petrochemical workers at Petronad in Iran protest sackings as US blockade bites; iron ore miners walk out in Guinea over pay and conditionsThu, 28 May 2026 17:05:03 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c4c885d1-fc24-4688-9f9f-9e40321b921M/whaa-m28.html2026-05-28T17:05:03Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/28/scxf-m28.htmlGreece’s integration into US imperialism’s war drive is the culmination of the country’s decades-long status as a client state for Washington.Thu, 28 May 2026 17:03:30 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c3f0751d-4389-46b0-9c40-c592e469b6cC/scxf-m28.html2026-05-28T17:03:30Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/28/yscv-m28.htmlTo defeat Meloni, workers striving for political independence from the union bureaucracy and the parliamentary parties must be deepened through the establishment of rank-and-file committees.Thu, 28 May 2026 04:32:36 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0a349c81-ded5-41f6-8438-f19880dfe25N/yscv-m28.html2026-05-28T04:32:36Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/28/xoae-m28.htmlFor the first time, the “Sudeten German Day” gathering took place in Brno, in the Czech Republic, rather than Germany. Following the Second World War ethnic Germans, many of whom had supported the Nazis, were expelled from the former Czechoslovakia. This year’s event served as a political provocation amidst the growing militarisation and eastward expansion of German imperialism.Thu, 28 May 2026 02:29:25 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1eaef35d-4d70-4797-8974-0c41663a139C/xoae-m28.html2026-05-28T02:29:25Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/27/psqi-m27.htmlThe campaign for the release of 26-year-old Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk is meeting with a growing response in Germany. Students, workers and youth are expressing their solidarity and demanding his immediate release.Wed, 27 May 2026 02:51:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ce56e36c-4b44-4fcd-b740-7c4d21b5873A/psqi-m27.html2026-05-27T02:51:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/26/fnum-m26.htmlColleagues have seen through Walsh’s “heavy and light” alternative to the Optimised Delivery Model (“DM26”). It accepts three delivery workers doing the work of four: slashing jobs by a quarter and intensifying workloads.Tue, 26 May 2026 17:17:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/dc325c04-3940-4b5a-b492-1b651c492acA/fnum-m26.html2026-05-26T17:17:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/26/zowl-m26.htmlWhat is unfolding across Sheffield is a concentrated expression of a broader, 15-year assault on higher education, accelerated under the Starmer Labour government.Tue, 26 May 2026 17:16:15 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/396a10b6-6250-4575-91f7-2f086dfc3f1M/zowl-m26.html2026-05-26T17:16:15Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/25/usct-m25.htmlThe IG Metall apparatus and its works council representatives have made it their main task to ensure that all the company’s attacks are enforced and the workforce is squeezed to the last drop to increase Bosch's profit margin.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:04:59 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/02844e83-ba8b-4be2-be7c-47a18fa9e7aF/usct-m25.html2026-05-25T05:04:59Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/22/hcjr-m22.html“young driver told WSWS, “I’m against this deal. Nothing management comes up with is done to benefit us. It is an attack on all our hard-won terms and conditions, going back 50 years when they were won.”Fri, 22 May 2026 17:13:14 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5e4f400a-c5e6-46d8-8970-853d902bb3dI/hcjr-m22.html2026-05-22T17:13:14Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/22/wrks-m22.htmlThousands of doctors across Spain and teachers in some regions walk out over pay and conditions; protests by farmers in Syria as government sets price of wheat below cost of production; over 700 arrests made during mass protests across Kenya over rising fuel prices and cost-of-living crisisFri, 22 May 2026 13:18:16 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c96c669c-f4d2-499f-9837-1aa88cc4ff1C/wrks-m22.html2026-05-22T13:18:16Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/21/tvov-m21.htmlThe International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) are standing in the student parliament elections at Humboldt University in Berlin. We are publishing their election statement here.Thu, 21 May 2026 23:24:59 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e589c0ff-52bd-424b-93ef-f900e15bcc5K/tvov-m21.html2026-05-21T23:24:59Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/21/dmel-m21.htmlThe Metropolitan Police’s latest statement is part of an orchestrated state cover-up that has continued under four Conservative and Labour governments, led by four different prime ministers.Thu, 21 May 2026 17:07:43 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/47a90145-6344-4cda-ba73-9a4853119a0I/dmel-m21.html2026-05-21T17:07:43Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/21/ccnt-m21.htmlThe Rail, Maritime and Transport union’s ability to maintain a militant posture has been greatly undermined by its role in defusing a struggle against the Starmer government—through repeated closed-door meetings with TfL and strike cancellations. Dempsey’s tub-thumping has given way to demands for “industrial peace”.Thu, 21 May 2026 17:04:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6381058d-bc93-4de4-b179-f66f0fd0489J/ccnt-m21.html2026-05-21T17:04:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/21/rgeq-m21.htmlThe anti-Zionist organisation Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East has achieved a court ruling that means, for now, it can no longer be listed as "extremist" by the Secret Service.Thu, 21 May 2026 01:30:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/dde06f62-cf31-4b60-aa97-522781e7267H/rgeq-m21.html2026-05-21T01:30:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/20/fxrg-m20.htmlA real fight for socialism is necessarily the most conscious of political movements, rigorously analysing events, thoroughly exposing political misleaders and establishing the independence of the working class.Wed, 20 May 2026 18:10:32 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/983413d7-c760-4f95-b857-fea7f059136G/fxrg-m20.html2026-05-20T18:10:32Z