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After Switzerland ended negotiations with the EU on a new framework agreement, a parliamentary group of Socialist Party members is pushing for Switzerland to become a member of the EU, according to Le Matin newspaper. © Christoph…

It was inevitable that the 12th National Convention of Portugal's Radical Left Bloc (BE), the third largest parliamentary force, would be different from its predecessors – the COVID-19 pandemic guaranteed that. A low delegate-to-member…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1133/32504From The Socialist, May 12, 2021 Tony Saunois, secretary of the Committee for a Workers' International (CIO) After a very polarized and bitter electoral campaign, the…

Bulgaria's socialist political alliance - BSP for Bulgaria - will officially refuse the mandate to form a government today. BSP chief Kornelia Ninova followedPhoto: AP Bulgaria's socialist political alliance - BSP for Bulgaria - will…

Master political strategist Ivan Redondo controls the tactics of the ruling Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) so tightly, some observers joke that PSOE Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is nothing but a hologram generated by the…

Updated on March 25, 2021 at 9:17 p.m. With enough ballot petition signatures in New York potentially out of reach, the city's declared Socialist Workers Party candidates have said they will continue to focus on the New Jersey…

The government of the Socialist Party (PSOE) -Podemos is stepping up the persecution of rapper Pablo Hasél and the crackdown on demonstrations in his defense. This is part of a wider campaign by the European ruling class on…

Denis SandersDecember 2020 London, March 15, 2019. Young people around the world have come out in force for several global climate strikes. PHOTO: Garry KnightThe global…

Spain chose a prime minister on Tuesday, ending nearly a year of political stalemate that included two inconclusive elections. The Spanish Parliament in Madrid elected Pedro Sánchez Prime…

Do you remember where you were on September 20, 2019? This is one of those memorable dates. The global climate strike, launched that day, was the largest climate mobilization in world history. During this week, more than 7 million people…

MADRID (AP) - Leaders of Spain's Socialist Party and the left-wing United We Can party said on Tuesday they had reached a preliminary agreement to form a coalition government, two days after parliamentary elections…

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists won national elections in Spain on Sunday, but big gains by the far-right Vox party look certain…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1061/29759From The Socialist, October 23, 2019 Funeral of Tony Mulhearn on October 21, 2019 (Click to enlarge)Theo Sharieff, youth and student organizer of the Socialist Party…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1060/29712From The Socialist, October 16, 2019 No confidence in regional and imperialist powers Across the country, members of the Socialist Party joined in solidarity…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1060/29725From The Socialist, October 16, 2019 PCS union members at the “Climate Strike” protest, London, 20.9.19. (Click to enlarge)Helen…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1060/29730From The Socialist, October 16, 2019 This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution. In the second in a series of articles marking this event, Tom…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1060/29731From The Socialist, October 16, 2019 A revolutionary socialist alternative is needed Events in Ecuador 2019, photo Voz de America / CC (Click to enlarge)Tony Saunois,…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1058/29656From The Socialist, October 2, 2019 photo Kevin Parslow (Click to enlarge)Mark Best, Socialist Party membership organizer Have you read the Socialist and thought…

The Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) has filed a complaint against the Association of Civil Servants of Macao (ATFPM) for alleged “abnormal situations” linked to the sending of votes by mail for the…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1058/29650From The Socialist, October 2, 2019 Karro Food workers process pork products, photo Jane Charlesworth / CC (Click to enlarge)Karro Foods workers in Hull got a 7.1%…

The April legislative elections in Spain were certainly a step forward for the Socialist Party. But it was only a step back from his “third way”. Vicente Navarro In the elections to the Spanish…

Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) leader Pedro Sanchez attends a parliamentary nomination debate in Madrid, Spain, March 2, 2016.Andrea Comas | ReutersSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told CNBC that a government led by his Socialist…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1045/29222From The Socialist, June 5, 2019 Nineteen Eighty-Four was "an outpouring of human frustration and anxiety as it moved from a world war to the cold war", image by…

Running out of absolute majority, Sánchez's PSOE will have to forge alliances to rule Socialists under Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez won early elections, without the majority needed to rule solo,…

Spain's ruling Socialist Party (PSOE) won its first electoral victory since the financial crisis, although it failed to secure an overall majority.With most of the results confirmed, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was assured of securing an…

The results raise the specter of a new period of instability for Spain, with Pedro Sanchez dependent on alliances with hostile rivals in an…

Pedro Sánchez at the Spanish Congress on Wednesday Lamoncloa.gob multimedia Last Sunday marked the most contested general elections in Spanish history. With a record 75% turnout, nine…

The Podemos party once protested against the "1978 regime," a reference to the two-party system that followed the 40-year dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. He is today the most ardent defender of the Spanish bourgeois constitution…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/28698Posted on February 15, 2019 at 12:51 GMT Student Union poster (Click to enlarge) Esquerra Revolucionria, Spanish state The trial of political prisoners accused of…

In this photo from Sunday, December 2, 2018, the Spanish president of the far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, in the center, with…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1010/27963From The Socialist newspaper, September 19, 2018 Socialist students stall at Hull University freshers fair, 17.9.18, photo by Matt Whale (Click to enlarge)Socialist…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1010/27960From The Socialist newspaper, September 19, 2018 Protest against EDL in Huddersfield, 5.9.18, photo of Huddersfield Socialist Party (Click to enlarge)Protesters…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1010/27969From The Socialist newspaper, September 19, 2018 Rally of striking home care workers in Birmingham, 15.9.18, photo by the Socialist Party of Birmingham (Click to…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1010/27954From The Socialist newspaper, September 19, 2018 General strike in Catalonia in defense of the vote for independence, 3.10.17, photo by Robert Bonet / CC (Click to…

Since the turn of the century, Maryland has had, within a few years, four political parties whose candidates automatically appear on the general election ballot: the Democrats, the Republicans, the Libertarians and the Greens.A fifth could…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez spoke today at a special session of Congress to explain his government program, a month and a half after coming to power following a historic vote of no confidence against the government…

The leader of the Socialist Party Pedro Sánchez.Europe PressMore informationThe general secretary of Spain's main opposition Socialist Party (PSOE), Pedro Sánchez, announced on Friday that he wanted to form a…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/993/27298From The Socialist newspaper, May 2, 2018 Strike to win a secure job! Eliminate zero hour contracts! photo Mary Finch (Click to enlarge)Liat Norris, Secretary, Usdaw…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/993/27300From The Socialist, May 2, 2018 Tory David Cameron and Lib Dem Nick Clegg worked together on the Austerity Wrecking Ball, Suz cartoon (Click to enlarge)A Lib Dem…

On April 10, two members of the Socialist Party of Zambia were arrested for organizing training sessions in Matero, one of the poorest complexes in the country. Combined with the government's attempt to recall Cuban Ambassador Nelson…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/991/27219From The Socialist newspaper, April 18, 2018 RMT members on strike, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)Scott Jones Conservative MP Enoch Powell made his infamous…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/968/26367From The Socialist newspaper, October 25, 2017Film - Dennis Skinner: The Nature of the Beast Dennis Skinner speaking at the 2016 Durham Miners Gala, photo Paul…

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/949/25485From The Socialist, May 17, 2017 Fighters of the militia "POUM" captured at the Battle of Guadarrama - at the start of the Spanish Civil War, POUM fighters held the…

The Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) has announced that the primary election for the party's general secretary will take place on May 21. Candidates will need to be endorsed by at least 5% of the party's 180,000 members by May 4.The PSOE has…

Pedro Sánchez at the Spanish Congress on Saturday.JULIÁN ROJASFormer leader of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) Pedro Sánchez relinquished his seat in Congress on Saturday, just hours before a…

The political stalemate in Madrid also comes as the Catalan regional government continues its plan to separate from the rest of Spain. Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said on Wednesday that Catalonia would hold an independence referendum…

Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez on vacation last week in Ibiza.© GTRESONLINEspain Socialist Party (PSOE) says he will not revise his decision to reject support for interim Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of the…