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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
M5S is not a leftwing party
16 Jun 2016
Why are elements within the left recommending a vote for Beppe Grillo’s party? Toby Abse points to its links with the far right
M5S on course to take Rome
09 Jun 2016
Toby Abse reports on last weekend’s local elections
Divisions continue to multiply
02 Jun 2016
Berlusconi shows all the signs of being a spent force, writes Toby Abse. But overall, politics still moves to the right
Political response needed
02 Jun 2016
How will the resistance to France’s ‘labour reforms’ end? Daren Greene looks at the contending forces
Two reactionary camps
26 May 2016
Our class can gain nothing by voting for either of the two options, argues Peter Manson
Scandal hits M5S
19 May 2016
As Beppe Grillo prepares to step down, his populist party stands accused of corruption. Toby Abse reports
A continent of the mind
19 May 2016
Jack Conrad shows that the European Union has been shaped not only by rival state powers, but by class politics too
Without monarchies or standing armies
12 May 2016
Jack Conrad explores Leon Trotsky’s strategic thinking
A highly serviceable political weapon
05 May 2016
Jack Conrad discusses Lenin and the ‘United States of Europe’ slogan
Better bad unity than bad disunity
28 Apr 2016
Jack Conrad examines the German question in light of the perspectives of the Marx-Engels team
Populism, nationalism and racism
21 Apr 2016
Fred Leplat (ed), 'The far right in Europe', Resistance Books and International Institute for Research and Education, London 2015, pp334, £12
Much ado about nothing
21 Apr 2016
History does repeat itself, says Eddie Ford. Just as with the 1975 referendum, once again we have a government trying to pull a fast one
The in-out kabuki dance
14 Apr 2016
James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists says a passive boycott is not as good as an active boycott. But it is far better than participating in Stronger in Europe
Renzi in the firing line
14 Apr 2016
Scandals reminiscent of the Berlusconi era have put the prime minister under sustained pressure, writes Toby Abse
Both sides are reactionary
07 Apr 2016
Demands are growing for Jeremy Corbyn to swing the balance to save Dave Cameron’s bacon. Eddie Ford calls for an active boycott