Workers went on strike in Argentina on Thursday in protest at the harsh austerity programme implemented by President Javier Milei's ultra-liberal government. Trains and taxis did not run, planes ...

December 11 saw a massive general strike in Portugal. This was not just a workplace dispute but a political strike, directed against the government’s planned labor reform. Trade unions widely see this ...

BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s trains and subways were disrupted, flights grounded, grain shipments interrupted, deliveries halted and banks shuttered as unions held a general strike Thursday against the ...

Something is in the air: A perception that American democracy and livable conditions for working people may only be saved by the kind of large-scale nonviolent direct action variously called “general ...

In a virtual town hall meeting on Thursday the ‘Don’t Look Up’ filmmaker and climate activist called the current two-party political system “useless” and advocated for workers to withhold their labor ...

A 24-hour general strike in Belgium that kicked off on Monday has led to disruptions to air and rail travel. Significant disruptions were to be expected at Brussels' main airport in particular: "With ...

Workers throughout the public and private sector mounted a general strike against the New Democracy (ND) government in Greece on Wednesday. The main demand of the strike, after over a decade of ...

A nationwide general strike in Greece has left ferries tied up in port and disrupted public transport across the capital as public and private sector workers protest changes to the country’s labor ...

The general strike that brought Portugal to a standstill on December 11 marks a decisive escalation in the confrontation between the working class and the minority right-wing Democratic Alliance (AD) ...

Editor: Authoritarianism creeps forward in stages, each seemingly reasonable until it crashes through the door. Laws bend to favor those in power. Courts fill with loyalists. Independent journalism ...