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Decision time for Italian voters
Italians are voting again after 14 months under “technocrat” Mario Monti. The outcome of the election in terms of delivering a stable government is uncertain. Pier Luigi Bersani’s centre-left Democrats have been leading in the polls, but billionaire media magnate Silvio Berlusconi’s right-wing alliance is expected to put in a strong showing as is newcomer … Continue reading
Italy: And now for something completely different
A coalition of communists, greens and radical magistrates have combined to propose a Civil Revolution to the Italian people in parliamentary elections on Feb 24-25. Here’s the manifesto
Corruption: it’s not true, politicians are not all the same
By Manel García Biel Generalizations are often not fair, but now seem to be fashionable on the issue of corruption. We often say “everyone is corrupt”, “all politicians are the same”, “they do not represent us.” Generalizations lead to us to put them all in the same boat, and this is neither true nor fair. … Continue reading
Italy’s splintered radicals unite to fight for labour rights
Ever since the dissolution some two decades ago of the Italian Communist Party, once western Europe’s largest, Italy’s radical left has been splintered and weak. Today you have two communist parties (Communist Refoundation and the Party of Italian Communists) a green-radical left party (Left Ecology Freedom party, headed by the Governor of Puglia, Nichi Vendola) and … Continue reading
Portugal: Troika, government blamed for 25% rise in numbers signing on
The number of people signing on at job centres in June in Portugal increased to 645,995, a 24.5% leap compared to a year earlier. That’s a rise of 127,250. The Portuguese Communist Party described the figures as ’alarming’ and blamed them on Government austerity policies, including a rise in valued added tax and cuts in public investment … Continue reading
Portugal: 30,000 in protest against ‘pact of aggression’
Thirty thousand marched in Lisbon Saturday to protest against the bail out plan, or ‘pact of aggression’ one year since it was agreed between the Portuguese government and the IMF-EU-ECB Troika. Attacks on public services, welfare, rising unemployment and inequalities were among the main themes of the protest, which was led by the Portuguese Communist … Continue reading
A young Communist mayor in Mafia land
IN THE RADICAL PRESS / controlacrisi.org Interview with Valerio Marletta He took office in Palagonia on May 23, the province of Catania, Sicily. Valerio Marletta is the town’s first communist mayor. A member of the Young Communists, Marletta has a track record in the movement, campaigning on social issues and in the battle against the … Continue reading
Portugal: Communists demand debt renegotiation as OECD issues growth downgrade
The parliamentary leader of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), Bernardino Soares, said Tuesday that the OECD’s downgrade of Portugal’s economic growth prospects showed the need for ‘debt renegotiation’ . Soares was reacting to the OECD’s forecast that economic activity would decline next year rather than post a small gain, as it forecast in November. Portugal’s economy is likely … Continue reading
Radical left and anti-austerity candidates triumph in Italy’s second round mayoral elections.
Radical left and anti -austerity candidates won Monday in Genoa, Palermo and Parma in the second round run off mayoral elections in Italy. Genoa In Genoa, Marco Doria, a left academic and son of veteran communist Giorgio Doria, the ‘red marquis’, was victorious. Following in his father’s footsteps, Doria joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in his youth, … Continue reading
Italian communists march in protest at Monti
Up to 40,000 communists marched in Rome Sunday to protest against the policies of the ‘technocrat’ Italian government of Mario Monti. A sea of red flags flowed through the centre of Rome, from the Piazza della Repubblica to the Colloseum. The key themes of the demonstration, called by the two communist parties in the Federation … Continue reading
No more bailouts, time to nationalise the banks, say Spanish radicals
United Left called Tuesday on Spanish MPs to back its proposals to nationalise the country’s ailing banks and create a ‘public bank’ to start digging Spain out of recession. Alberto Garzón, economic spokesman of the Communist-led coalition, rejected plans to bailout the country’s third largest bank, Bankia, and said it should be taken into public … Continue reading
France needs genuine policy change and concrete, rapid improvements in living standards or Le Pen will triumph
IN THE RADICAL PRESS / HUMANITE May 7, 2012 Following the victory of Socialist Francois Hollande over right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round of France’s Presidential elections on Sunday, French communist daily L’Humanite caught up with Olivier Dartigolles, spokesman for the French Communist Party, which is a founding and central member of the … Continue reading
Some spending cuts that Italy really needs
More spending cuts are on the horizon in Italy as Mario Monti’s government of technocrats tries to slash its budget deficit in line with demands from Frankfurt, Berlin and Paris. Unelected Monti passed a €30bn austerity package last December and this has driven Italy deeper into recession. This month the government revised its GDP forecast for 2012 … Continue reading
Urgent need to regroup union movement and workers in a more class-oriented direction, say Greek Communists
Interview with Communist Party (KKE) leader Aleka Papariga by Athens News, 27 Apr 2012 Athens News: Does the EU-IMF memorandum raise issues of national sovereignty, of the unfettered operation of the democratic system and of enforcement of the constitution? Aleka Papariga: Whoever raises issues of the abolition of “national sovereignty” because of the memorandum is … Continue reading
April 25: Italy’s liberty and freedom under attack from Monti’s technocrats
April 25, or Liberation Day, is marked in Italy as the anniversary of the 1945 fall of Mussolini’s fascist state, but for Paolo Ferrero, leader of the Communist Refoundation Party, there was little to celebrate. He commented: ‘On 25 April freedom and democracy were won. Today, with a government of bankers and technocrats and a … Continue reading
WAGES SLIDE
Wealth Inequality in Europe
RADICAL VOICES
Italy’s Healthcare Crisis
NO TO WATER PRIVATISATION
Filthy Rich
SANTA DRAGHI’S COMING
WORKERS FIGHTING BACK
FLORENCE’S BUS LUMACA
Massive Spanish protest
FRENCH FACTORY OCCUPATION
International Workers Day 2012
DATA
Discrimination: legal news
- Lithuania - A group of NGOs address the Parliament proposing amendments to the Law on Equal Treatment (PDF 63 kB)
- Romania - Amendments to the Anti-discrimination Law adopted as emergency ordinance without observing public consultations procedures (PDF 59 kB)
- Romania - Proposed amendments to the Anti-discrimination Law are presented by the NCCD for public consultations (PDF 58 kB)
