Europe

Trump’s trade wars and new global recession – oppose all cuts to jobs, pay and services

Trump and Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin
Europe, Global economy  

By Finghín Kelly, Socialist Party Ireland. 28 April 2025  Trump’s so-called “liberation day” announcement, massively jacking up tariffs on goods entering the United States, was met with a major sell-off of shares around the globe, with trillions wiped off the stock markets as capitalists put their money into cash and safer assets.  Pointing to an […]

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British Supreme Court decision is a bigoted, transphobic attack

Demonstrators hold placard reading "trans rights are human rights"
LGBTQIA+, Europe  

By Ollie Bell, Socialist Party Ireland 28 April 2025 Outside the steps of the UK Supreme Court, bottles of champagne were popped by For Women Scotland – an anti-trans campaign group, who sinisterly celebrated as another attack was leveraged against the trans community. The Supreme Court had just ruled that the definition of ‘woman’, as

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The Balkans shaken by anger as greed and corruption exposed

Army troops and tanks in Myanmar
Workers' struggle and solidarity, Europe  

By Walter Chambers, 27 March 2025 The massive protests that have already lasted six days in Istanbul, the city that sits on the edge of Europe are a vivid reminder of the volatility of this whole region. Yet the mainstream and even left media pay scant attention to what is happening.  Already this year barely

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Serbian State fails to repress mass protest movement

Mass protest in Belgrade
Workers' struggle and solidarity, Europe  

By Charlie Jean McKeown, Socialist Party Ireland 27 March 2025 Serbia has been captured by anti-corruption protests for four months, which are student-led, and have now gained an untameable momentum. On 1 November last year, the newly “renovated” concrete canopy of Novi Sad train station collapsed, killing 15 and severely injuring two more. The open

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German election: Instability and polarization strengthened

Die Linke flags
News and analysis, National politics, Europe  

The political contours of the “Zeitenwende” – the “turning point – the geopolitical shift that is bringing down the once-successful model of German capitalism have been sharpened with the elections of 23 February. By Christian, Leuven 24 February 2025 With 16.4%, the social-democratic SPD achieved its worst result since 1890, when Friedrich Engels was still

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Plundering of Ukraine: Stunning change in US foreign policy

Trump looking down on a grinning Putin
Imperialist conflict and war, Europe  

By Walter Chambers, 24 February 2025 So shocking was the speech delivered by US Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference that the Chair burst into tears during his closing speech. Barely a day has gone by since Trump’s inauguration in which a horrific new twist has not been added to the US’s

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Greenland – independence and the imperialist scramble for Arctic dominance

Warship in the Arctic sea
News and analysis, National politics, Imperialist conflict and war, Europe  

By Paul Smith, 14 February 2025 Trump’s threats accelerate Greenland’s push for independence, amid growing dangers of imperialist exploitation and conflict, as the Arctic becomes a new battleground in the global struggle for power, natural resources and strategic dominance. In 2019, Donald Trump’s proposal to purchase Greenland, reducing the future of the country to a

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Save Nursing in Wales – Lessons of a campaign

Student nurses demonstrate against closure of Cardiff University course
Workers' struggle and solidarity, National politics, Europe, PRMI  

PRMI reporters spoke to Cerys Keane, Organiser of the “Save nursing” campaign. 14 February 2025 When Britain’s National Health Service is facing a severe crisis, in part due to the lack of qualified staff, the decision by the management of Cardiff University to consider closing the Nurse training course, along with several other important programmes

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BIMM Dublin: A cultural and educational crisis driven by capitalist greed

Concert at BIMM in Dublin
News and analysis, Workers' struggle and solidarity, Art and literature, Europe  

By Kate Quinlan, BIMM graduate, class of 2024, 14 February 2025 The proposed mass redundancies at BIMM Dublin, one of Ireland’s most prestigious music colleges, represent not just an attack on workers’ rights but the potential for a grave cultural loss. Lecturers at the institution, many of whom are accomplished musicians who have contributed to

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The electoral failure, and ongoing threat, of the Irish far right

News and analysis, Racism and fascism, Europe  

By Drew Frayne (Socialist Party – Ireland) 31 January 2025 Bucking the international trend of far right electoral gains, the Irish electorate by and large rejected the far right’s programme of anti-immigration, anti-LGBTQ, ultra conservative policies. The surge in anti-immigration protests in the preceding year, the momentum built in the local elections in June and

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