Jean-Francois Ponsot Associate Professor of Economics, Université de Grenoble (France) and Louis-Philippe Rochon Associate Professor of Economics, Laurentian University (Canada) Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics ___________________ The final agreement between…
Photo by Dhārmikatva Practically no one in the West doubts the murder of once-rising reform politician Boris Nemtsov was the work of Vladimir Putin, and/or his allies in government. If…
The rise of Europe’s new Left. By Bryan Evans Filed under: Europe, Socialism Tagged: Austerity, Europe, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Podemos, Spain, Syriza
Photo by Thierry Ehrmann The victory of Syriza in Greece is an important moment. Indeed, I think it is going to be a historic turning point for Europe and the…
Photo by Olaf Kosinsky The position of Syriza is unenviable. It has taken power in a country in the grips of economic depression, riven by oligarchic networks and, for now,…
Juncker urged to revive ‘Social Europe’ model. by Benjamin Fox The ‘Social Europe’ model must be revived if the EU is to avoid lumbering itself with low social mobility and…
Belatedly, here is an article I wrote on Greece’s agreement with the Eurozone for Ricochet. It focuses on the next four months with their opportunities and pitfalls. Given that the…
Is a socialist EU possible via left-wing populist parties such as Syriza, Podemos and the HDP? | openDemocracy. Filed under: Europe, Socialism Tagged: EU, Europe, Podemos, Socialism, Syriza
Filed under: Capitalism, Crisis, Europe Tagged: Financial crisis, Iceland
Right Sector activists stand in front of a Belarusian “democratic” movement flag • Photo by Mstyslav Chernov Longtime trade union activist, former aerospace worker and writer Roger Annis spoke with…
Many legislative debating chambers have been designed and built in the past 50 years. Living in the UK, I’ve been able to travel to and see a number of them.…
The Trouble with Dijsselbloem | Jacobin. by Pepijn Brandon Ever since his infamous half-handshake with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister and temporary chair of…
Photo by Guillaume Piolle Introduction The Greek government is currently locked in a life and death struggle with the elite which dominate the banks and political decision-making centres of the…
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=13088 Filed under: Europe, Eurozone crisis, Greece Tagged: Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Socialism, Syriza, the Left
Germany’s New Far Right | Jacobin. by Anthony Fano Fernandez The gap between ideology and reality could not be any more jarring: according to a European Center for Economic Research…
Image from Public Domain To use a worn-out cliché, “the times are critical.” In fact, they are more than just that: we are at the edge of a crucial temporal…
Image from Public Domain As the media and the Athens stock market (down 4 percent yesterday) had widely expected, yesterday’s finance ministers’ meeting ended in failure, perhaps even a momentous…
Syriza Holds Its Ground | Jacobin. As the media and the Athens stock market (down 4 percent yesterday) had widely expected, yesterday’s finance ministers’ meeting ended in failure, perhaps even…
LOUIS-PHILIPPE ROCHON Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-editor, Review of Keynesian Economics Follow him on Twitter @Lprochon ________________________ As I have said before (see here) and will say again: any solution…
I’m starting to cautiously think that the Varoufakis and Lapavitsas “approaches” to the crisis might end up not too far away from each other even though the strategic direction they…
