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Macron’s crushing majority
22 Jun 2017
Despite the poor performance of the left René Gimpel expects militant action
Difficult times ahead
08 Jun 2017
Macron appears to be hankering after some form of Gaullist rule. But what of the left? René Gimpel looks at the programmes, prospects and divisions in the run-up to the June 18 elections
No concessions
04 May 2017
The French left must overcome its panic and maintain its opposition to the dysfunctional capitalist establishment, argues Paul Demarty
Not back to normal
27 Apr 2017
The centre-right and the centre-left suffered defeat, but the markets are no longer in a panic. Yassamine Mather looks at the French ... and the Iranian presidential elections
A watermen’s fight
30 Mar 2017
Esen Uslu reports on the pandemonium created by Erdoğan in the run-up to next month’s referendum
Shift to hard right
23 Mar 2017
Jos Alembic and Richard Hoogstraten analyse the results of the Dutch elections and where they leave the Socialist Party
Economic cold war looms
02 Feb 2017
Theresa May wants to cuddle up to Trump, writes Eddie Ford, but EU leaders are horrified
Punished for Brexit muddle
15 Dec 2016
In, out or what? Eddie Ford is still unsure about Jeremy Corbyn’s position on Europe
A vote on Renzi, not Europe
15 Dec 2016
Toby Abse looks at the possibilities following the referendum defeat and subsequent resignation of the prime minister
Are Renzi’s days numbered?
01 Dec 2016
The December 4 constitutional referendum could be one poll where the predictions turn out to be correct, writes Toby Abse
What sort of populism?
17 Nov 2016
Toby Abse reviews: Filippo Tronconi (ed) 'Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement: organisation, communication and ideology', Ashgate Publishing, 2015, pp250, £67.99
Internal and external onslaught
13 Oct 2016
Esen Uslu reports on the Erdoğan regime’s ongoing oppression, its Kurdish war and involvement in Syria
Bernstein’s assault on ‘orthodoxy’
22 Sep 2016
Marc Mulholland examines the revisionist attack on class politics and the three most important responses. Clearly this dispute was about more than ‘reform’ versus ‘revolution’
Sacrifice and redemption
14 Jul 2016
Chris Cutrone of the Platypus Affiliated Society recounts the struggle of Rosa Luxemburg for the workers’ party to base itself on the goal of socialism
Brexit shock waves
07 Jul 2016
The UK referendum vote has added to the uncertainty in Italy, notes Toby Abse