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General Strike
General Strike
General strike shuts down Greece: Collective working-class action has great power
Greek workers shutdown the country in a national 24-hour general strike calling for higher wages in the face of rising costs and in clear opposition to war and militarism, reports Kevin Ovenden
Israeli apartheid and the rebirth of Palestinian mass resistance
The current wave of Palestinian revolt is especially threatening to Israel because it is characterised by a high level of mobilisation, including a general strike, by Palestinians in Israel, explains Alex Snowdon
The Colombian uprising: mass protests rage on despite deadly repression
Jonathan Maunders reports on the mass protests across Colombia in response to police brutality and planned government austerity measures
The 1926 General Strike: when workers brought Britain to a standstill
On International Workers' Day, Chris Bambery recalls the General Strike of 1926, the power of the working class and the lessons to be learnt in the struggle today
Radical Seattle: The General Strike of 1919 - book review
Winslow’s
Radical Seattle
tells an important story of workers’ militancy in the US very well, but questions of political strategy also need to be addressed, argues John Westmoreland
Fighting back in France
Hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets to combat Macron’s war on the welfare state, writes Susan Ram
After a bruising election... What next for the left? - Counterfire Freesheet January 2020
Labour leadership contest, general strike in France, growing protest movement in India, why socialists oppose imperialism, a year of climate strikes and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet
What next for the French strikers?
The mass movement in France is impressive and has made significant gains but the battle against Macron's Thatcherite reforms needs a second wind, reports John Mullen
Macron had a bad month, but what will it take to break his pensions bill?
An update from Paris on the ongoing protests and strike action against Macron's pension reform bill by John Mullen
All power to French workers - report from Paris
An organised movement of French workers unheard of in decades could hold Macron's fractured neoliberal outfit to ransom, reports John Mullen
France on strike: “We’re fighting Macron and his world!”
Across France, hundreds of thousands strike work and take to the streets to denounce neoliberal pension ‘reforms’, writes Susan Ram
Antisemitism, politics, and voting Tory - election briefing 6 December
Let’s stop apologising for having done nothing wrong, insists Lindsey German
Bolsonaro under pressure from within and below
Although the Bolsonaro regime doesn't look like collapsing immediately, its structure and support are waning and the mass movement is growing, argues Orlando Hill
Yellow Vests join unions to agitate for a general strike in France
Repudiating Macron’s ‘great national debate’, Yellow Vests join hands with trade unions and the radical left to build for a general strike, reports Susan Ram
Protest: Stories of Resistance - book review
A historically rich collection of stories on episodes of resistance across British history is evocative of experiences of protest, finds Ralph Graham-Leigh
May ‘68: France on the cusp of revolution
Susan Ram looks back at the tumultuous events of May 1968, where students and workers united against the establishment, and asks what we can take from them today
Is France heading for another May '68?
From student dissent to militant strikes and a radical alternative, the ingredients are there for mass rebellion, writes John Mullen
'Let's stop Brazil' - workers to stage general strike in defence of their rights
Brazilian workers are striking in response to 'the generalization of job insecurity' reports Orlando Hill