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• The EEA: the worst of all possible worlds

  

  The European Economic Area is an extension of the EU's dominance and is not to be taken lightly, argues Martin Hall

• The Italian coup and the growing crisis in the EU

  

  The unelected Italian President has carried out a soft coup which is highly undemocratic and which has thrown the country and the EU into mounting chaos, argues Chris Bambery

• Crisis in Italy

  

  Chris Bambery argues that Italian left needs to break with its ways in order to advance

• Europe Isn’t Working

  

  Europe Isn’t Working is a valuable resource for the arguments against the neoliberal austerity machine that is the EU, argues Richard Allday

• Towards a politics of radical deglobalisation

  

  The soft left’s kowtowing to phony internationalism has to stop now, argues Reuben Bard-Rosenberg

• Brexit: In or Out? Podcast

  

  Lindsey German and Marina Prentoulis join James Butler and Aaron Bastani to discuss Britain's forthcoming referendum on EU membership

• The Tories’ civil war: why do they do it to themselves?

  

  The Tories' brewing civil war over Europe is not the first to divide the party

• New Book 'Syriza: Inside the Labyrinth' out now

  

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

• Greek deal: a second Versailles

  

  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

• Confronting TTIP means confronting the undemocratic EU

  

  If we want to fight TTIP we need to confront the undemocratic and unaccountable European Union argues Reuben Bard-Rosenberg

• The EU destroys Syriza. Will austerity win?

  

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

• EU referendum: why the Left needs to campaign for a No vote

  

  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

• Europe's treatment of Greece shows why the Left should say No to the EU

  

  The very lack of democracy at the heart of the European Union together with the way it has treated the people of Greece are reasons enough as to why the radical left should oppose the EU writes Chris Bambery

• Syriza: escaping the prison of the politics of the past

  

  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

• The European Left and the Euro

  

  The Left must ensure that the case against Europe is about transforming social and economic conditions, rather than as a basis for ultra-nationalist solutions to Europe’s malaise writes Reuben Bard-Rosenberg

• Confronting EU illusions

  

  How can we voice opposition to the EU without sounding like Nigel Farage? Well the obvious answer is not to stay silent about the EU’s lack of democracy writes Chris Bambery

• Five urgent questions: radical left Syriza MP Costas Lapavitsas on Friday's deal

  

  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

• Greece is edging closer to decision time

  

  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

• Greece: this is democracy against the bankers

  

  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

• Greece: a deal approaching?

  

  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

• Syriza versus the Troika: the first week

  

  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'

• Greek Election Liveblog

  

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

• Will the ECB’s Quantitative Easing programme work?

  

  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

• European elites menaced by the danger of debt deflation

  

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

• Greece: when fear meets a movement of hope

  

  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

• Dispatches from hope: a primer on the Greek election

  

  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

• Syriza: the Greek road to socialism?

  

  Europe's neoliberal elite are alarmed at the prospect of a Syriza government - the left needs to be equally clear about the possibilities and limitations writes Sean Ledwith

• Greece: Syriza close to office, elites close to panic

  

  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