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Disputed heritage
28 Jan 2021
The pathetically weak remnants have been marking the centenary of the Partito Comunista. Toby Abse reports from Livorno
Stay, fight and win
14 Jan 2021
Attempts to wreck the youth section have been met with a growing tide of resistance. Emil Jacobs reports on the ongoing battles in the Socialist Party (Netherlands)
Youth section will win
26 Nov 2020
The political battle cleaving the Socialist Party has dramatically intensified. Emil Jacobs reports
Bureaucratic control-freakery
12 Nov 2020
The leadership of the Socialist Party is determined to enter a coalition with bourgeois parties and gain well rewarded ministerial portfolios for a few tops. Those who oppose this disastrous line are being expelled, but not silenced. Emil Jacobs reports
Amplify the voice
22 Oct 2020
Loes Muller reports on the first meeting of the Marxist opposition in the Socialist Party (Netherlands)
In turmoil over Brexit
24 Oct 2019
The economy is set for a hammering, but the left seems determined to learn nothing, writes Anne McShane.
Little cause for optimism in Italy
06 Dec 2018
The left is fragmented, directionless and in total disarray, writes Toby Abse
A unique opportunity
22 Mar 2018
Following changes at the top of the Dutch Socialist Party, Richard Hoogstraten assesses the prospects for the left
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
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
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
Pisapia’s deadly embrace
31 Aug 2017
How productive will Italy’s latest ‘left unity’ project turn out to be? Toby Abse investigates
Rhetoric and political realities
03 Aug 2017
A ‘rule of law’ which protects property rights above all else guarantees nothing but authoritarian demagogy, argues Mike Macnair
Genuine, consistent solidarity
03 Aug 2017
The clerical regime was reactionary from the start, writes Yassamine Mather - even though there were those who claimed it was ‘moving towards the socialist camp’
Racists and Islamophobes
06 Jul 2017
Following the triumph of the right in last month’s local elections, writes Toby Abse, the left appears more and more isolated