Who is defending democracy in France? Labour unions!
When Emmanuel Macron fought for the presidency, he presented himself as a defender of democracy. He suggested that anyone who...
Social issues
Greece: from privatizations and cuts to a train crash
On 28 February, an InterCity train from Athens to Thessaloniki collided with a freight train. Fifty-seven people were killed and...
Francesco Trupia: North Kosovo crisis – the dilemma and turnaround for Kosovo Serbs
After the 1999 Kosovo War, Belgrade established its parallel system to exert control over Kosovo Serbs and cement ethnic partition...
Vessela Tcherneva: Bulgaria and Romania should modernize with Western European support
The Bridge of Friendship, 14 January 2023 The contradiction between economic dynamics and security unfolded after the war in Ukraine....
Gael de Santis: For the first time French labour unions think they can win [video]
Cross-border Talks' episode with the editor at l'Humanite Gael de Santis on Macron's pension reforms and resistance against it. Who...
After the war, Ukrainian workers will never agree again to be exploited
On 21 February, Yuriy Samoylov, chairman of the Independent Miners’ Trade Union in the city of Kryvyi Rih, visited Warsaw....
Lea Vajsova: There is a boom of feminist organizations in Bulgaria after the debate on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention
- We saw the conservative insistence on the "traditional Christian family" around the Istanbul Convention debate as a metaphor behind...
Asking the oppressed to be nonviolent is an impossible standard that ignores history
The Globetrotter, 16 February 2023 In January 2023, after five police officers killed Tyre Nichols, President Joe Biden quickly issued a statement calling...
Workers of Palestine between Hammer and Anvil
- Netanyahu came back to power by forming a government with the most extremist parties in the history of Israel....
This time, Czech workers won: a union strike forces the South Korean management of Nexen Tire to compromise on wages
In an environment of unprecedented inflation and falling real wages, Czech unions won one important victory. (more…)
