“At present, it is impossible to predict how the movement will develop. The issue of housing, however, is already at the centre of public debate, even as the government attempts to refocus the debate on ‘violence’ or the legitimacy of occupying a public space with tents.”
Millions Join No Kings Demonstrations for Free and Fair Elections
20 October, byAn estimated 7 to 9 million people joined some 3,000 No Kings demonstrations across the United States on October 17 to encourage voters to vote and to defend the vote. The liberal organizations leading No Kings—Indivisible, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Federation of Teachers, and Black and Latino voters’ group—called for a non-partisan demonstration. Certainly, there were many Independents and some Republicans present, but, like three earlier No Kings protests, this was another massive movement against President Donald Trump.
Thousands of young people launch a housing protest in Lisbon
19 October, byA housing encampment was set up in Rossio this Saturday, in response to rising rents, which put the prospect of housing out of reach for young people in Portugal.
Paris calls? Rome answers!
18 October, byParis calls? Rome answers! This was the announcement made by Maurizio Landini, General Secretary of the CGIL, from the podium in Piazza del Popolo at the end of a major national march. It will be a day of natural solidarity with the students, just as is currently happening in France.
You can’t defend peace when there is no peace to defend
17 October, byWritten for an Australian audience, Colin Long’s reply to the Australian Greens leader David Shoebridge makes arguments useful for Ukraine solidarity activists everywhere.
Spanish Housing Crisis May Bring Down Socialist Government
16 October, by[Bilbao, Spain, October 15, 2026] Hundreds of thousands have marched in Spain in recent weeks to stop evictions, in opposition to housing speculation, against rising rent, and to demand more housing. One woman’s eviction sparked the movement.
Workers’ internationalism in action
15 October, byThe struggle for the rights of Kenyan workers at the French multinational digital services company is being organised from Nairobi to Paris.
“The reason you are poor is not another poor person”
14 October, by“We did not fight against apartheid because we were Zulus or Xhosas or Sothos. We fought because we were Blacks and we were being deprived of the right to be South African by a regime that did not recognise our existence as Black people in this country. ”
To defend our future, against austerity and repression: everyone in the streets alongside the youth!
13 October, byAfter a scorching and deadly summer for the working classes, the mobilizations for decent, free and democratic education that began in June are back in full force!
Maricarmen, the general strike and the threat of an electoral victory for the reactionary bloc
12 October, by“Preparing for the General Strike on November 11 requires the greatest possible unity of action among the organising bodies to establish neighbourhood, workplace, and campus committees across the country—as has already been proposed by the Tenants’ Union and various other trade union, feminist, environmental, and social organisations.”
