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M5S takes Rome and Turin
23 Jun 2016
With the help of elements of the left, Beppe Grillo’s crew has gained ground in former working class strongholds. Toby Abse reports
Curious delay and publication switch
16 Jun 2016
Rexx Dunn reviews: 'Victor Serge and Natalia Sedova Trotsky The life and death of Leon Trotsky', Haymarket Books, 2016, pp396, £12.99
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
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
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
Last hurrah of a psychopath
03 Mar 2016
Toni Negri, 'Storia di un comunista', Milan, 2015, pp608, €18, reviewed by Toby Abse
Scandals in the capital
05 Nov 2015
The manoeuvring which culminated in the fall of the mayor of Rome could result in the populist right taking control of the city, writes Toby Abse
Managing a debt colony
08 Oct 2015
Having ‘taken the power’, writes Eddie Ford, Syriza is now an agent of the institutions
No left turn
06 Aug 2015
Those who think the surrender of Alexis Tsipras will push Syriza further to the left are deluding themselves, says Daniel Harvey
Syriza and the left
30 Jul 2015
We need a real working class strategy, says Daniel Harvey
You can’t just sit and wait
30 Jul 2015
Critique editor Hillel Ticktin takes issue with the line of the Weekly Worker. He spoke to Mark Fischer
A tale of two Alexes
26 Mar 2015
The Greek government is slowly retreating in the face of euro zone intransigence. But it may not be enough to stave off ‘Grexit’, argues Paul Demarty - not that that bothers some on the left
Antifa means air raid
26 Mar 2015
A leftwing book presentation in Leipzig was attacked by ‘antifa’ activists earlier this month. We spoke to the main speaker at the meeting, Susann Witt-Stahl