National anti-racism march brings more than 200 organisations to Brussels

Students from Ghent Students for Palestine and End Fossil Ghent occupied the university’s UFO building. They demanded transparent, time-bound plans on academic partnerships with Israeli institutions...

Around 40 undocumented people, many women with children, occupied a CSC Enseignement building. The Occupation Solidaires Familles Sans-papiers collective demanded collective regularisation and...

Thousands marched in Brussels for a ceasefire and a just resolution for Palestinians. The coalition included Palestinian, trade-union, peace, development and progressive Jewish organisations....

The three union confederations mobilised against proposed pension, unemployment, health-care and public-service changes. Demonstrators connected the defence of social security and purchasing power...

The World Women’s March Belgium organised a national march on International Women’s Rights Day. Police counted 10,000 participants. Organisers connected the rollback of rights with austerity,...

A nationwide general strike opposed the federal government’s plans and the direction of its labour and welfare reforms. Pickets, reduced public transport, shop closures and actions at hospitals and...

A coalition of housing and anti-poverty organisations concluded a week of actions with a national demonstration in Brussels. The movement called for a major increase in social housing, an end to...

Around 60 civil-society organisations called a national march for a ceasefire and justice in Palestine on the 77th anniversary of the Nakba. Police estimated 20,000 participants; organisers...

Workers from Belgium’s non-profit sector marched in Brussels to press governments to negotiate investment in health, care and welfare. Unions reported 30,000 participants and police 27,000....

A broad union-front demonstration in Brussels called for secure, fairly paid work, social security and accessible public services, and rejected social regression. The FGTB explicitly invited...