The AKP (Justice and Development Party) government of Turkey is responsible for the death of the miners in Soma. ...

Understanding the Corporatisation of Universities in the Netherlands and beyond  ...

Thessaloniki is a lively sprawling metropolis located in the north of Greece. As with the rest of the country, it is affected by increasing unemployment and poverty, a result of the government's Troika-dictated policies, which have driven the economy into a deep recession.   ...

Hundreds of people marched on May 1st in Amsterdam to honor the International Workers' Day ...

Thousand of people have marched today in Amsterdam to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. ...

Over the last five years, Greece has been facing a crisis that has brought it to the verge of bankruptcy and has had enormous repercussions for the living standards of its population. The Troika of international lenders (EC, ECB, IMF) has, via its bailout plan, imposed on Greece the most brutal austerity measures in Europe since the Great Depression. The results today are staggering; GDP has declined by 27% ...

Op 24 en 25 maart zal in Den Haag de Nuclear Security Summit plaatsvinden. Tijdens deze twee-daagse bijeenkomst zullen 58 wereldleiders praten over nucleaire ‘veiligheid’. Zoals altijd bij dit soort bijeenkomsten zal het hier enkel gaan over de belangen van de grote machthebbers, en niet over die van de mensen in het algemeen. Net zo als dat gaat bij bijeenkomsten als de G8 en de G20. Zo willen de wereldlei ...

Nederland heeft een racismeprobleem. Dat zegt de Zwarte Piet Niet beweging. Dat zegt de nationale ombudsman. En dat zegt Amnesty International over de politie. Racisme is geinstititutionaliseerd en voor veel Nederlanders een dagelijkse ervaring. Het aantal racistische incidenten is het afgelopen jaar gestegen. Dit kabinet wil Antilliaanse Nederlanders zelfs apart registreren. Om de aandacht af te leiden van ...

On Saturday, March 8, Gisella Rubilar, 47, was shot dead and two other people suffered serious gunshot wounds. They were attacked as they were removing an opposition roadblock which prevented safe passage to their working class and poor neighbourhood of Pie del Tiro, in the Andean capital of Merida. You will not have heard about this event in the mass media, but is is part of a growing trend of opposition v ...

Born out of the Socialist movement, the 8th of March has traditionally been the day to celebrate women, the day to especially address and fight for women’s rights and recognition of the (mostly unpaid) work we do as mothers and caretakers. Every year demonstrations and events to make struggles of women visible are organized worldwide. ...