Brutal austerity and unprecedented strike wave shatters Belgian social model

The bosses’ organisation, Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB), dubbed it the “€1 billion strike”. They were referring to the supposed financial loss caused by the three-day strike on 24, 25, and 26 November. This bosses’ propaganda, aimed at frightening workers, instead resulted in many people thinking: “Wow, is this the wealth that our work produces in just three days? And what would happen if the CEOs and shareholders stopped working? In reality, nobody would notice. We are the real wealth creators!”

On 11 February, at 18:00 GMT, we will be streaming the official launch of volume three of the collected writings of the great Marxist revolutionary, Ted Grant. Rob Sewell, from the International Secretariat of the Revolutionary Communist International, will introduce this brand new collection, which brings together Ted’s work from 1945-46, the years following the end of the Second World War.