National climate march calls for a fair transition and an end to fossil-fuel subsidies

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...

Belgium’s major unions called a national strike and demonstration against proposed pension, labour-market and public-spending reforms. The action paralysed much air travel and disrupted public...

The Mirabal platform, a coalition of around a hundred organisations, called a national Brussels march against gender-based violence. Organisers and union partners connected physical and sexual...

The general strike followed transport action on 24 November and public-service strikes on 25 November. The three-day escalation disrupted transport, airports, schools, hospitals, culture and private...

Thousands marched in Brussels against austerity measures affecting education and young people. Education International reported estimates of 6,500 to 8,000. The action formed part of a wider union and...

Dozens of students gathered at Vrije Universiteit Brussel’s Etterbeek campus in an action initiated by students after proposals for higher-education cuts emerged. Participants questioned the effects...