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Feminist strike for the socialisation of reproductive labour!

Anouk Essayad — 2026-07-27T11:25:25Z

All over the world, austerity programmes are following one after another, amounting to a privatization of the sphere of social reproduction. This neoliberal phase of capitalism raises strategic questions for the feminist movement.

- Feminism / Women, Public services , Features, Switzerland

60,000 in Geneva against the G7, imperialism and fascism

Juan Tortosa — 2026-07-15T20:35:20Z

“Despite the repression, we are very satisfied with the massive size, conviviality, diversity and radicalism of the demonstration. This feeling of victory is an excellent springboard for the mobilizations and challenges that await us.”

- IVP618 - July 2026 / France, Switzerland

International Anti-Capitalist Summer Camp

Emil Höllein — 2026-06-04T11:55:17Z

From 18 to 25 July 2026, the Movement for Socialism (BfS/MPS) of Switzerland, in collaboration with the Internationale Sozialistische Organisation (ISO) in Germany, is organising the 41st summer camp of the Fourth International.

- News from around the world / Youth camp, Germany, Fourth International, Switzerland

Against the G7, let's build an internationalist resistance in Geneva

Juan Tortosa — 2026-05-12T11:50:16Z

Faced with the G7, which is meeting in Evian to organize the destruction of peoples, the exploitation of living things and the domination of bodies, let us organize our resistance against fascism and imperialism! Let's meet from June 13 to 17, 2026 in Geneva to build the internationalist response!

- News from around the world / France, Switzerland

Zurich: 3,000 people protest against Trump and the WEF

BFS/MPS — 2026-02-02T21:19:54Z

“The strong turnout at this demonstration goes beyond the outrage caused by Trump. It also reflects the fact that more and more people are rebelling against the capitalist economic and social system.”

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Economy, Switzerland

The Other Davos, 16-17 January 2026

BFS/MPS — 2025-12-25T07:36:30Z

For more than 25 years, the “Other Davos” has been creating a counter-power to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. This year's conference focuses on our anti-militarist responses to the escalation of imperialist tensions and wars, as well as on internationalist solidarity with Palestine.

- IVP611 - December 2025 / Economy, Switzerland

New left-wing wind on the shores of Lake Geneva?

Thomas Vacchetta — 2024-12-21T07:20:47Z

The Swiss parliaments did not wait for a dissolution before dividing into three blocs at both the cantonal and federal levels.

- IV599 - December 2024 / Switzerland

Historic victory for the “Aînées pour le climat”

Maryelle Budry — 2024-04-22T20:33:10Z

“They accused Switzerland, with evidence to back up their accusations, of failing to take care of their health and well-being in the face of increasingly worrying heatwaves, and of failing to take steps to achieve the target set for 2030 by the Paris Agreement in 2015.”

- IV591 - April 2024 / Women, Climate, Switzerland

A new purple tide of anger sweeps Switzerland

Aude Spang, Françoise Nyffeler — 2023-07-02T10:16:00Z

The new feminist strike, which took place throughout Switzerland on 14 June 2023, has once again demonstrated the unequalled power of this movement and its capacity to mobilise. Already in 2019, the scale of the purple wave that swept through this right-wing country, unaccustomed to massive social struggles, took us by surprise.
Once again this year, hundreds of thousands of people in all the major cities shouted out their demands for a world of solidarity, for the abolition of (…)

- IV582 - July 2023 / Switzerland

Banking crisis in Switzerland: socialization not monster colossus!

BFS/MPS — 2023-03-30T06:13:12Z

“This new monster colossus has only come about because once again the Swiss state is stepping into the breach and thus the wage earners are being obliged by the government to pay for part of the losses of a big bank.”

- IV578 - March 2023 / Economy, Switzerland