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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
Rifondazione opposes rail link
08 Mar 2012
Workers' discontent has found an unexpected outlet, notes Toby Abse
Berlusconi still in the dock
01 Mar 2012
The former premier may have been 'cleared' on a technicality, writes Toby Abse, but the repercussions of the whole affair persist in both the Italian and British establishments
Europe's mutual suicide pact
19 Jan 2012
Austerity plans pursued by European governments are proving to be self-defeating, writes Eddie Ford
No surrender on article 18
12 Jan 2012
Toby Abse reports on the intransigent defence of Italy's Workers' Statute coming from an unexpected source
Playing the blame game
22 Dec 2011
With hundreds of billions of debt due to be repaid in the first quarter of next year, writes Eddie Ford, the euro zone crisis has not gone away
Europe and the delusions of leftwing nationalism
15 Dec 2011
David Cameron's veto is a dangerous blunder, argues James Turley - so why does the left reproduce Tory stupidity on the EU?
Cameron's Euro veto con trick
15 Dec 2011
Despite the deepening rift between the Tories and Liberal Democrats over Europe, writes Eddie Ford, both are committed to further attacks on the working class
Three-hour general strike forces concessions
15 Dec 2011
Italian workers are determined to defend their pensions, writes Toby Abse
Budget assault ups the ante
08 Dec 2011
Almost all Italian parties have fallen in behind the attacks fronted by the new government of technocrats, reports Toby Abse
ULA must take itself seriously
01 Dec 2011
Anne McShane argues that the United Left Alliance must take a lead
Democracy against capitalism
24 Nov 2011
The ascension of self-styled technocrats to political power is the latest proof that capitalism is antithetical to democracy, argues James Turley
Lenin and the United States of Europe
03 Nov 2011
Jack Conrad takes issue with the attempt to recruit Lenin to the CPB nationalist camp
No alternative posed
03 Nov 2011
Anne Mc Shane sees the economy and the failing capitalist system as the central question in Ireland
Besancenot: go beyond outdated national borders
06 Oct 2011
Last weekend's Europe Against Austerity event adopted the aim of a 'day of industrial action' across the continent in 2012. Peter Manson reports on the conference's strengths and weaknesses
Mapping the alternative
29 Sep 2011
The workers' movement must begin to act on a European scale, argues Mike Macnair