The Death of the Greek Left: A Political Tragedy
Stefanos Kasselakis's victory in the SYRIZA leadership contest marks a traumatic break from the party's political traditions, raising the question: where goes the Greek left go from here?
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Posts tagged: left-politics
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Thirteen theses and some comments on politics today
The current conjuncture demands rigorous analysis if we are to understand the political moment and develop a strategy to respond to it. Alain Badiou undertakes this task, offering thirteen theses on global politics today and suggesting an organizing strategy for the Left given those conditions.
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‘Mélenchon has mobilised an electorate that had stopped voting’
Didier Eribon, sociologist and supporter of Jean-Luc Melenchon's campaign, on the causes of the rise of the far right, and the challenges facing La France Insoumise in durably re-establishing left ideas.
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Neoliberal hegemony Is not undone in the space of a single election: Interview with Stefano Palombarini
Back in February, Stefano Palombarini, co-author of The Last Neoliberal, dreamt of a second round debate between Macron and Melenchon staging a confrontation between two opposing political visions. Melenchon did not make it to the second round of the 2022 French presidential elections, but is there still hope for the anti-neoliberal left?
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Left-wing dissidents were the link between the pre-soviet and socialist tradition and the post-soviet one
Ilyia Budraitskis on the turning points in the development of the left dissident movement and the various streams and faces of the left in post-Soviet Russia.
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The End of Neoliberalism?
Anton Jäger reflects on Paolo Gerbaudo's The Great Recoil, neoliberalism, and the evolving role of the state in the Covid-era
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Thinking The Great Recoil from the Margins
As part of our roundtable on Paolo Gerbaudo's The Great Recoil, Gabriel Hetland writes about populism, sovereignty, and what the US and European lefts can learn from comrades in Latin America.
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‘The Political Line of a Publishing House Is Its Editorial Line’: An Interview with Thierry Discepolo
In this interview, Thierry Discepolo discusses publishing, politics, the challenges of producing radical books in a capitalist industry
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‘Radical Thinking Was No Longer Allowed in the Media’. An Interview with Nicolas Vieillescazes
Left publishing is experiencing a long-overdue renaissance internationally. In this interview, Nicolas Vieillescazes shares his experience building a new editorial programme with Editions Amsterdam and advancing political analysis through publishing.
