Europe

Russia: hundreds arrested in anti-war protests

Moscow police arrested hundreds protesting against military intervention in Ukraine, after President Putin won approval from senators to send troops into the neighboring country.

Southern Cone

Brazil: 230 arrested in World Cup protest

Brazilian police are continuing with mass arrests against youthful protesters, while lawmakers are planning to fight protests with an "anti-terrorism" law.

The Andes

‘Fascism’ and the Venezuela protests

Are the Venezuelan protesters monolithically "fascists" and "golpistas"? And are left-dissident elements in danger of being exploited in a reactionary putsch?

Europe

Anti-austerity protests rock Bosnia

Unemployed workers in Bosnia-Herzegovina set fire to government buildings, in the worst unrest the country has seen since the end of the 1992-95 war.

Europe

Neo-Nazi pogrom targets Warsaw squatters

On Poland's Independence Day, masked far-right militants rioted in central Warsaw, attacking the city's bohemian district and two squatter buildings run as community centers.

Europe

Greece: anti-fascist activist on trial

Anti-fascist militant Savvas Michael-Matsas went on trial in Greece, charged with "libellous defamation" in a case brought by members of the far-right Golden Dawn party.