The European Commission aims to inject 800 billion euros into the arms industry with the ReArm Europe plan. Using militarisation as the driving force behind reindustrialisation will lead to either war or crisis - and in both cases, to industrial decline.

On the eve of the NATO Summit in The Hague, Peter Mertens brought eight theses to explain the essence and the challenges to confront, at peace events in The Hague and Brussels.

On the eve of the NATO summit, the PVDA-PTB mobilized to oppose Trump’s 5% target and against NATO, an aggressive war machine. [Photo report]

ManiFiesta? Two days to see the world as it should be. With workers, young people and all those who want to imagine alternatives for the future, to be together, to act together...

In June, The Hague will host the 2025 NATO summit, where its members will pledge to increase defense spending, "rearm" the old continent and extend NATO's influence around the world.

The Institute for Marxist Studies (IMAST) is joining forces with national and international partners for the first edition of the Marxist Summer School in Bredene, Belgium! Join us from July 6 to July 9 and register now at: www.marxist.be

Seventy years ago, the seeds of a new world order were planted in Bandung. In the former colonial banquet hall, Sociëteit Concordia, leaders from Asia and Africa gathered to stand united against imperialism and domination. The building—once marked by a sign reading "Dogs and Natives Prohibited"—where Dutch officers, businessmen, and dignitaries had celebrated colonial power, became the stage for the Bandung Conference, a milestone in the struggle for independence and self-determination. What began as a bastion of colonial arrogance became a symbol of liberation.

At the call of the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PVDA-PTB), nearly 5,000 people marched through the streets of Brussels on Sunday 27 April against social cuts and for peace.

The European Left is a platform that brings together over 40 parties from across Europe fighting for a just society. On that occasion, we were delighted to welcome Walter Baier (President of the Party of the European Left), Sira Rego (Spanish Minister of Youth and Children), and Tea Jarc (Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation) to the PVDA-PTB’s national headquarters, where they spoke alongside our General Secretary, Peter Mertens. Faced with attacks on the working class, militarization, and the climate crisis, our response must be international. These are the struggles we will continue to wage alongside the Party of the European Left, trade unions, and civil society organizations.

The return of German militarism, the arms race in Europe and Washington's war rhetoric: all point to escalation. But as always, the power of peace lies below: with those who pay the price. Let's make the workers' movement a central force for disarmament, social justice and a socialist alternative, once more. Peter Mertens, General Secretary of the PVDA-PTB