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Europe's mutual suicide pact
19 Jan 2012
Austerity plans pursued by European governments are proving to be self-defeating, writes Eddie Ford
Anti-fascists on the march
01 Mar 2018
As the far right becomes more emboldened, Toby Abse reports on the disgraceful attempt of the PD leadership to ban leftwing protests
Theresa May’s à la carte menu
01 Mar 2018
Three-course dinner or a packet of crisps? Eddie Ford looks at the latest Brexit developments
Further into farce
22 Feb 2018
How much longer can Ukip limp on, wonders Paul Demarty?
Italy: Democratic Party left up in arms
08 Feb 2018
Matteo Renzi’s purge is unlikely to halt his party’s decline, argues Toby Abse
21st century global reality
08 Feb 2018
Eddie Ford looks at the growing Tory infighting over Brexit
Corbynmania and the SPD
01 Feb 2018
Emma Rees and other Momentum employees have been sent to Berlin to help the German youth wing oppose the latest grand coalition, writes Susanne Holstein
Hard, soft or no Brexit?
25 Jan 2018
The working class needs a strategy that tails neither big capital nor backward-looking politicians, argues Jack Conrad
The price of neoliberalism
18 Jan 2018
The continuing decline of the left will be confirmed by the results of the March 4 general election, predicts Toby Abse
Labour tails Tory rebels
21 Dec 2017
Calling the modern powers to revise statutes by regulations ‘Henry VIII clauses’ gives the whole Brexit exercise a spurious air of English antiquity, argues Mike Macnair
Renzi vs Grasso
14 Dec 2017
It looks as though a ‘centre-left’ coalition headed by Matteo Renzi will be opposed by a leftwing bloc in the 2018 general election, writes Toby Abse
Negotiations end in chaos
07 Dec 2017
Even if Theresa May manages to strong-arm Brexit negotiations to their next phase, there is a long way to go. Paul Demarty asks if she has the staying power
Mafia politics sway vote
23 Nov 2017
Toby Abse analyses the significance of the Sicilian election results earlier this month
Causing alarm in Rome and Brussels
03 Nov 2017
Toby Abse reports on the bizarre behaviour of Matteo Renzi, which has played into the hands of the right-populist M5S
Pisapia’s soap opera
19 Oct 2017
Thankfully the attempt by the former mayor of Milan to pull fragments to the left of the PD back into the fold has ended in failure, writes Toby Abse
Dangerous games
05 Oct 2017
There is a perverse rationality to the Spanish repression of the Catalan independence campaign, writes Paul Demarty