Syriza

The wide range of essays in Socialist Register 2020 provide important reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of recent left movements, finds Sean Ledwith

The conservative right won the Greek election but didn't do as well as predicted, and the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn were wiped out, reports Kevin Ovenden

Only a general election can break the impasse, and to make it happen we need to get out on the streets and pile the pressure on, argues Martin Hall

In his speech at 'The Corbyn Moment', Alex Nunns argues that it's participation which will be critical in avoiding the perils of Pasokification

A successful left wing movement has to break completely with the organs of capitalist class power and forge an emancipatory politics from the bottom up, argues Stathis Kouvelakis

It’s become a journalistic cliché to say that we live in times where the unexpected happens. But that doesn’t mean we have to wait on events, argues John Rees

Helena Sheehan in The Syriza Wave provides a vivid and incisive account of the rise and fall of Syriza, finds Peter Stäuber

As a Corbyn government seems more and more likely, there are clear lessons to be drawn from the Greek experience, writes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica
 

Vladimir Unkovski-Korica points out the glaring contradictions in Paul Mason's argument to boycott the EU referendum

Alexandre Lemos and Orlando Hill report on the recent street protests in Brazil after ex-president Lula’s unconstitutional arrest last weekend

Kevin Ovenden examines the various politics strategies on offer from the European left

Vladimir Unkovski-Korica analyses some of the challenges faced by activists trying to re-build the radical left in the Balkans and Eastern Europe since 1989

A new book by Kevin Ovenden looks at Syriza’s rise to become the most important party of the European radical Left

The chances of the deal agreed between Greece and the 'Institutions' actually being enforced seem low - this is, by no means, over writes James Meadway

The EU have struck at Syriza to warn the rest of Europe of the folly of electing anti-austerity representatives writes Brian Heron

We need a broad, progressive campaign against EU membership, based on internationalism and solidarity and in opposition to the British establishment. We cannot leave the anti-EU argument to the racist right

The capitulation of the Syriza government is complete. The only way a disaster can be averted is for the left and the movements to take mass action quickly and decisively argues James Meadway

The Greek vote heralds the last few years of neoliberalism in Europe - the Left can win this time says James Meadway

John Rees speaking at Saturday's London protest in support of Greece

A selection of Kevin Ovenden’s live posts from the massive No protest in Athens, 3 July 2015

The forces which want to bury January's election outcome are regrouping through the Yes campaign. They may be using a democratic mechanism, but their methods go beyond it. Kevin Ovenden reports from Athens

The following is a letter to the Turkish and Kurdish organisation Day Mer by Kevin Ovenden regarding the situation in Greece and the lessons for the Left

There is a stark choice facing us all: allow the elites to ruin the lives of millions, or build mass resistance across the continent writes Lindsey German

Syriza's leadership is walking a tightrope between the demands of the troika and the express will of its base and of the majority of the Greek electorate

Kevin Ovenden takes stock after Syriza's first two months in office

Alice Brito reports from Portugal on the state of the Left Bloc

Kevin Ovenden on the roles of nationalism and internationalism in Greece's struggle with European imposed austerity

The political symbolism behind Alexis Tsipras' speech on reparations is explored by  Kevin Ovenden in his latest dispatch from Athens

Syriza central committee member Stathis Kouvelakis and economist James Meadway discuss the situation in Greece after the Syriza government's deal with the Eurogroup

Costas Lapavitsas was professor of economics at SOAS before his election as Syriza MP. Here he poses five urgent questions for the Syriza leadership following Friday's deal with the Eurogroup

Greek Resistance hero and Syriza MEP has issued a statement urging opposition to the deal done by the party's leadership on Friday

Greece's Syriza government must decide whether to surrender to the Troika’s demands or exit the Euro.The Nazi Golden Dawn are waiting in the wings should they fail. Joshua Tartakovsky reports from Athens

The European Central Bank's decision to cut support to Greek banks may force the Syriza-led government to default and exit rather than abandon its anti-austerity programme writes James Meadway

With the German government's austerity mania losing them friends, it's looking increasingly likely that the new Syriza government will get a deal on Greece’s debt

A resolution on Syriza and the new left passed at Counterfire National Conference 2015.

Submitted by the Steering Committee

The Syriza government has begun to reverse austerity despite opposition from Europe's elites. James Meadway looks at the backround for the opening battle with the EU/ECB/IMF 'Troika'

A short documentary on Syriza's 22 day election campaign directed by Theopi Skarlatos and produced with funding from Unite the Union

Greek writer Sofia Tipaldou gives her reaction to Syriza's vote and those of the other political parties in last Sunday's elections

The deal between Syriza and the small right-wing party the Independent Greeks (ANEL) has been the subject of much debate. Kevin Ovenden provides some insights on what it represents

With Syriza's victory comes the potential to shake off the dead years of neoliberalism - years where the left had been ruled out of existence, which are now coming to an end

Syriza should internationalise its struggle to deprive the European elite the power to manoeuvre. John Rees on a stunning victory

The Left Project delegation with an immediate report from the Syriza victory speeches in Athens.

An excerpt from Alexis Tsipras' final election rally speech at Heraklion, in Crete

What initiatives can the European Left take to deliver practical solidarity to the people of Greece? Kevin Ovenden provides some suggestions

In central Athens the Syriza organising hub is packed with activists, campaigners and journalists. Jonathan Shafi spoke to some of the people who have been campaigning hard for a Syriza victory

Rolling coverage of the Greek General Election on 25th January by journalist Kevin Ovenden. Practical solidarity funded by Philosophy Football

Kevin Ovenden speaks to three members of Syriza who are associated with the AnalyzeGreece! website

James Meadway looks at the European Central Bank's proposed quantitative easing scheme and why a debt write-off may be the only alternative to permanent stagnation

With an impending Syriza government its opponents are debating their options. Kevin Ovenden's tenth dispatch from Greece

Kevin Ovenden makes a foray into the economic labyrinth in his ninth dispatch from Greece

Two years ago today supporters of the fascist Golden Dawn stabbed 26-year-old Pakistani retail worker Shahzad Luqman to death. Kevin Ovenden writes on the fight against racism in Greece in his eighth dispatch from Athens

Kevin Ovenden's 7th dispatch from Greece turns to debates about how electoral defeat for the parties of austerity might become a chance to end austerity itself

Kevin Ovenden looks at the party election broadcasts and what they say about the parties in his sixth dispatch from Greece

Kevin Ovenden looks at street culture in this, his fifth dispatch from Greece, and argues that our survival in this crisis decade cannot be through bread alone – we need roses too

For the Greek oligarchy, the multiple parties of the centre-left may fulfil a white knight role – charging in at the last moment to avert disaster by cutting a deal with Syriza. Kevin Ovenden's fourth dispatch from Greece

Unless the nettle of debt write-offs is grasped, we are entering a second, more serious round of the European crisis argues James Meadway

In the coming weeks expect the most unlikely of voices to claim that they were with Syriza all along, or at least prepared to give them a chance. Kevin Ovenden's third dispatch from Greece

The fight is on for an alternative to neoliberalism. In the first of a regular series of reports from Greece, Kevin Ovenden explains the significance of this month's Greek general election

In his second dispatch from Greece, Kevin Ovenden looks at the extremism of the mainstream Right

The battle lines in Athens today are about more than the conventional politics of who will form a government, its policies and prospects, but of the transformation of politics itself

The fight is on for an alternative to neoliberalism. In the first of a regular series of reports from Greece, Kevin Ovenden explains the significance of this month's Greek general election

The whole of Europe's pro-austerity elite will try and scare and intimidate the Greek people into not voting the left wing Syriza into office. We have been here before writes Chris Bambery

Greece could be about to elect the most radical government of the left in Europe since the 1930s - the outcome could shape European society for decades to come

The membership of mainstream parties is plummeting, but people are joining parties if they look as if they are going to take on the elite, argues John Rees