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27 June 2027 Belgium Belgium Bite Back: March to Stop the Animal Industry
14 May 2027 Belgium Belgium Brussels Pride 2027: LGBTQIA+ community weekend
1 May 2027 Belgium Belgium FGTB-Brussels May Day 2027: social struggle and arts
9 March 2027 Belgium Belgium ENOUGH! GENUG! YETER! Global women* general strike
5 March 2027 Belgium Belgium RE:SIST – Weekend of feminist struggle
10 December 2026 Belgium Belgium CollectieviTIJD: public launch of a Brussels diaspora and solidarity calendar
10 December 2026 Belgium Belgium National non-profit-sector demonstration: “Investing in 2029 is too late”
23 November 2026 Belgium Belgium National demonstration: “We build the future together”
20 November 2026 Belgium Belgium International Youth Strike: “Fight for our future, not their wars”
31 October 2026 Belgium Belgium Pan-African Café Politique: “Africa facing its history”
28 October 2026 Belgium Belgium “Back to la Bourse for Palestine” international solidarity gathering
27 October 2026 Belgium Belgium Brussels rally against colonialism, imperialism, fascism and war
24 October 2026 Belgium Belgium Brussels rally connects education, healthcare, purchasing power and police violence
17 October 2026 Belgium Belgium Students and young workers march in Liège and Brussels against education austerity
13 October 2026 Belgium Belgium Brussels public-sector unions unveil a symbolic statue against cuts to public services
12 October 2026 Belgium Belgium Public-service workers strike and campaign to protect accessible services
11 October 2026 Belgium Belgium Climate Coalition’s national march demands a rapid, equitable exit from fossil fuels
9 October 2026 Belgium Belgium National protest brings workers, students and refugee advocates together against budget cuts
16 September 2026 Belgium Belgium Students march against higher tuition and stricter graduation rules
6 September 2026 Belgium Belgium Rise for Convergence brings climate justice and social rights into one Brussels action
16 June 2026 Belgium Belgium Unions and civil society rally in Namur against regional austerity
12 May 2026 Belgium Belgium National union-front demonstration defends wages, pensions and social security
22 April 2026 Belgium Belgium Brussels Global Sumud Congress and solidarity march connect Palestinian liberation with civic pressure
21 March 2026 Belgium Belgium Platform 2103 coordinates anti-racist actions across Belgium
12 March 2026 Belgium Belgium National demonstration and strike renew opposition to federal social reforms
18 February 2026 Belgium Belgium VUB students organise a campus protest against proposed higher-education cuts
26 January 2026 Belgium Belgium Education workers and supporters march to defend public education and young people’s future
26 November 2025 Belgium Belgium A national interprofessional strike closes a four-day wave of union action
23 November 2025 Belgium Belgium Mirabal march links gender-based violence with poverty, racism and economic precarity
14 October 2025 Belgium Belgium National strike confronts austerity; unions broaden demands to social and political rights
5 October 2025 Belgium Belgium National climate march calls for a fair transition and an end to fossil-fuel subsidies
25 June 2025 Belgium Belgium Union and civil-society march demands stable jobs and strong public services
22 May 2025 Belgium Belgium Non-profit and care workers demand investment, staffing and decent conditions
11 May 2025 Belgium Belgium Palestine solidarity march marks the Nakba and demands an end to occupation
6 April 2025 Belgium Belgium Woon Actie·on Logement closes a national housing-action week with a Brussels march
31 March 2025 Belgium Belgium A general strike spreads through workplaces, schools, hospitals and cultural venues
23 March 2025 Belgium Belgium National anti-racism march brings more than 200 organisations to Brussels
8 March 2025 Belgium Belgium Women’s rights march links feminist resistance to austerity and migrant rights
13 February 2025 Belgium Belgium National demonstration and strike challenge the Arizona coalition’s social reforms
19 May 2024 Belgium Belgium Sixth major Belgian coalition march calls for a ceasefire and pressure on Israel
13 May 2024 Belgium Belgium Undocumented families occupy a union building in Sint-Gillis
6 May 2024 Belgium Belgium Ghent University students begin a Gaza and climate justice campus occupation
31 March 2024 Belgium Belgium Housing Action Day links the right to housing with migration, gender and anti-gentrification struggles
8 March 2024 Belgium Belgium Feminist strike organisers call for public services and recognition of invisible care work
30 January 2024 Belgium Belgium Farmers blockade Zeebrugge port over prices, regulation and agricultural livelihoods
17 December 2023 Belgium Belgium A coalition reports more than 50,000 at the largest Palestine solidarity march of the year
22 October 2023 Belgium Belgium Thousands rally in Brussels in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
26 March 2023 Belgium Belgium Housing Action Day marches across Belgium for homes, not profit
8 March 2023 Belgium Belgium Feminist and union actions mark International Women’s Day across Belgium
5 March 2023 Belgium Belgium Coordination des Sans-Papiers marches for the citizen bill In My Name
9 November 2022 Belgium Belgium Unions hold a national day of action over purchasing power and energy costs
8 October 2022 Belgium Belgium Code Rood blocks TotalEnergies infrastructure and links climate action to social costs
31 March 2022 Belgium Belgium Zone Neutre sets up a regularisation camp at Porte de Ninove
3 October 2021 Belgium Belgium We Are Belgium Too holds a national march for a regularisation law
19 August 2021 Belgium Belgium Zone Neutre occupies the former KBC headquarters to demand legal work
21 July 2021 Belgium Belgium USPR suspends its hunger strike after talks, while occupation continues
20 June 2021 Belgium Belgium Solidarity march links undocumented strikers with unions, students and health workers
28 May 2021 Belgium Belgium Migrant domestic workers denounce gendered violence and labor exploitation
23 May 2021 Belgium Belgium Hundreds of undocumented people begin a hunger strike for fair rules
28 March 2021 Belgium Belgium Belgian Housing Action Day brings together dozens of groups for a collective housing-rights agenda
11 March 2021 Belgium Belgium We Are Belgium Too launches a campaign with Sans-Papiers TV
30 January 2021 Belgium Belgium Undocumented families renew the Beguinage church occupation
13 September 2020 Belgium Belgium Housing organisers join Santé en lutte’s march to link housing and public health
5 September 2020 Belgium Belgium Undocumented residents and supporters hold an overnight vigil for equal rights
20 June 2020 Belgium Belgium World Refugee Day protest calls for regularisation and an end to detention
9 June 2020 Belgium Belgium Ekeren removes its Leopold II statue amid anti-racist and decolonial protests
7 June 2020 Belgium Belgium Black Lives Matter protest in Brussels becomes a landmark anti-racist mobilisation
20 April 2020 Belgium Belgium Undocumented workers hold a lockdown action for social protection
28 March 2020 Belgium Belgium The first Belgian Housing Action Day shifts online during the COVID-19 lockdown
24 May 2019 Belgium Belgium Youth for Climate stages its final pre-election march in Brussels
8 March 2019 Belgium Belgium The first national Belgian women’s strike makes paid and unpaid work visible
8 March 2019 Belgium Belgium Collecti.e.f 8 maars organises Belgium’s first official feminist general strike
27 January 2019 Belgium Belgium Rise for Climate march draws a record crowd of around 70,000
24 January 2019 Belgium Belgium Youth for Climate’s third Brussels strike draws about 35,000 participants
10 January 2019 Belgium Belgium Youth for Climate holds its first Belgian school strike in Brussels
2 December 2018 Belgium Belgium Claim the Climate becomes Belgium’s largest climate march to date
24 March 2018 Belgium Belgium More than 120 organisations join a national march against racism and inequality
13 September 2017 Belgium Belgium La Voix des Sans-Papiers occupies the vacant Hotel Astrid
21 July 2017 Belgium Belgium La Voix des Sans-Papiers opens a building occupation publicly and festively
20 September 2016 Belgium Belgium A coalition of unions, farmers and civil society marches against TTIP and CETA
1 October 2015 Belgium Belgium Citizen refugee-support groups leave Maximilien Park, challenging the state’s reliance on volunteer care
15 December 2014 Belgium Belgium Belgian unions stage a general strike against austerity
6 November 2014 Belgium Belgium More than 100,000 march in Brussels against the new government’s austerity programme
30 January 2012 Belgium Belgium Three union confederations launch a general strike against pension reform
2 December 2011 Belgium Belgium “We have alternatives” march links employment and social protection to anti-austerity demands
29 March 2011 Belgium Belgium Non-profit and care-sector workers protest austerity and insecure funding
23 January 2011 Belgium Belgium The Shame march challenges Belgium’s political deadlock
29 September 2010 Belgium Belgium European trade unions march in Brussels against austerity
5 December 2009 Belgium Belgium Climate mobilisation brings thousands to Brussels
7 April 2009 Belgium Belgium Beguinage church occupiers begin a hunger strike over stalled promises
19 January 2009 Belgium Belgium Undocumented people begin a renewed occupation of Brussels’ Beguinage church
13 November 2008 Belgium Belgium Undocumented residents march from an occupied building to the migration minister’s office
18 March 2008 Belgium Belgium Trade-union and civil-society pressure helps secure a regularisation commitment for undocumented residents
17 June 2007 Belgium Belgium National march demands clear and durable regularisation criteria
20 June 2006 Belgium Belgium Parliament’s same-sex adoption law is published after a further campaign for family equality
7 October 2005 Belgium Belgium FGTB/ABVV calls a 24-hour general strike over retirement and end-of-career reforms
1 June 2003 Belgium Belgium Same-sex marriage becomes legal after decades of queer organising
15 February 2003 Belgium Belgium Belgian peace movement joins the global protest against the Iraq invasion