Belgium has once again been paralysed by strikes. Tens of thousands of workers demonstrated in Brussels on Tuesday 12 May 2026, the day before the opening of the debates on the law and pension reform programme. Since the formation of the government, structured around the two major right-wing parties (the Flemish nationalists of the NVA and the “Trumpified” Francophone neoliberals of the MR- Mouvement réformateur), the trade union common front (Fédération générale du travail de Belgique-FGTB, (…)

Le pays a été une nouvelle fois paralysé par les grèves. Des dizaines de milliers de travailleurs et travailleuses ont manifesté à Bruxelles le mardi 12 mai, veille de l'ouverture des débats sur la loi programme et la réforme des pensions [voir l'article de Mateo Alaluf publié sur ce site le 12 février 2026]. Depuis la formation du gouvernement, dont les deux grands partis de droite forment l'épine dorsale (nationalistes flamands de la NVA et libéraux francophones ‘trumpisés' du MR-Mouvement (…)

If only Soliman Santos, Jr. pursued a career path in history — he's a lawyer and a retired judge (his last stint being the Regional Trial Court Judge of Naga City) — he could have been the most eminent historian chronicling and interpreting the re-established Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its movement. Sol or Booj (as he is fondly called) has written several books and numerous articles about the different aspects of the revolutionary movement. He has the creds. He was part (…)