Soudan
Analysis

Sudan: How Imperialism Fuels War and Mass Violence

The civil war today tearing apart Sudan is not just a conflict between rival generals. Rather, it is the direct and tragic consequence of the plundering of the resources under the country’s soil, for the benefit of foreign powers. Only an end to outside interference, and the mobilisation of the Sudanese people to force the creation of a civilian government without military involvement, can put an end to the horror.
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Grève générale
News

Successful general strike in Belgium

From November 23th to 26th, Belgium saw successful action against the austerity measures and budget cuts of the ‘Arizona’ rightist government, culminating in a general strike. The PVDA-PTB, present at 700 picket lines, had a clear message: “Listen to the workers, listen to those who keep the country running every day: Hands off our pensions, hands off the indexation of our wages or our night shift bonuses.”
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Benjamin Pestieau, deputy general secretary of the PVDA-PTB
Analysis

"It's not going to be a smooth ride, but we can win" Benjamin Pestieau, Deputy General Secretary of the PVDA-PTB, talks about the social struggle in Belgium

On October 14th, the trade unions organised a demonstration in Brussels against the anti-social plans of the so called 'Arizona' government. It marked a turning point. 140,000 people took to the streets. That number was immediately downplayed by the right, but reveals the scale of the popular resistance. Benjamin Pestieau, deputy general secretary of the PVDA-PTB, explains the reasons for this massive mobilisation, the government's strategy of division and repression, and the essential conditions for pushing back this government of social destruction.
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David Pestieau, Political Director of the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PVDA–PTB)
Analysis

Facing a Tilting World and the Rise of European Militarism: Why Peace and Socialism Matter Now

At the 2025 European Forum in Vienna, David Pestieau, Political Director of the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PVDA–PTB), delivered the following speech during the plenary “Austerity and the War Economy: Our Opposition to the EU ReArm Initiative. Fighting War Means Fighting Austerity“.
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COP30
Analysis

COP30 — The UN Climate Conference cannot continue to delay solutions

At COP30, States are required to update their climate plans, ten years after the Paris Agreement, and after the failure of COP29 in Baku. Meanwhile, the UN’s latest climate report, “No More Hot Air… Please!” makes it clear: global greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite all declared commitments. The world continues to face an average rise of global temperature whose impacts are already felt in the lives of the peoples.
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Manifestation 14102025
News

The government must listen to the voice of the people and back down on its plans for social destruction

140,000 people marched today, October 14, through the streets of Brussels. An exceptional mobilisation — one of the largest union demonstrations in the past 25 years.
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