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Mohammed Magdy – Belgium’s Arrest of IDF Soldiers Could Be a Watershed Moment

August 4, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘Belgium’s detention of Israeli soldiers over alleged war crimes in Gaza has set a historic precedent for holding Israel to account for its war crimes. And it’s a sign that the tide is turning against […]

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Daniel Kopp – When Belgian University Cleaners Swept Out Their Boss

March 18, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘Fifty years ago, women cleaners at a Belgian university went on strike, then set up their own cooperative called the Liberated Broom. A new film shows how they kicked out the boss, starting an experiment […]

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Marc Botenga – Europe’s Shameful Role in the War in Congo

March 11, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘European countries are stepping up military aid and economic investment in Rwanda, said to be an ally in keeping order in the region. The reality: Rwanda’s authoritarian government is massively destabilizing eastern Congo by backing […]

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Johan Grimonprez: ‘The Empire was hidden in Belgium. It was called the Empire of Silence.’

February 25, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘Johan Grimonprez speaks about his innovative, Oscar-nominated documentary, which reveals disturbing truths about the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.’ Interview by Stewart Smith, in Tribune. Read the article HERE.

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Middle East Eye – Belgian arms produced in Egypt fuel human rights abuses, says report

February 24, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘A new report has revealed how Belgian-designed arms fuelling human rights abuses in Egypt are being produced offshore to circumvent the state’s arms embargo against Cairo.’ Read the article HERE.

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Grace Blakeley – Going Back to Class

January 8, 2025 Ben Wray 0

A hopeful piece about the success of the Workers’ Party of Belgium in re-building socialist politics. In ‘Tribune’. Read the article HERE.

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Anton Jäger – National Lockstep?

October 7, 2024 Ben Wray 0

On Belgium’s shift to the right. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.

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Piero Valmassoi – Riders’ accidents in Belgium: more exposed, less covered

December 20, 2023 Ben Wray 0

An in-depth analysis of food delivery accidents and accident insurance in Belgium. Piero Valmassoi is a journalist and a platform transport policy expert in Brussels, Belgium. This article was originally published by Econospheres in French. […]

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Gig Economy Project – Is Belgium’s platform work law “a dead letter”?

May 11, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Belgium introduced a platform work law on 1 January that has so far not changed anything. Gig Economy Project co-ordinator Ben Wray visited Brussels to find out what the problem is, and what lessons there […]

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Gig Economy Project – Organising from the bottom-up: Inside Brussels’ House of Couriers

April 2, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The House of Couriers opened in December to aid rider-organising in the Belgian capital. The Gig Economy Project went to the House of Couriers to speak to two of its main organisers to find out […]

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The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform by Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian

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Book Review by Branko Milanović Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian’s The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform is a book about how China transformed itself between the Great Leap Forward and the early […]

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Germany’s Jewish Problem: Genocides Past and Present by Wieland Hoban

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Reviewed by Raymond Deane On 30 January, Uwe Becker – the so-called commissioner for Jewish life and the fight against anti-Semitism in the German state of Hesse – demanded that the organization Jewish Voice for […]

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