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Greece Dispatches

‘No to fear’ - report from Athens as No supporters flood the streets

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

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
Some thoughts on the deal between Syriza and the Independent Greeks

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
Greek lesson: let's show some initiative on the Left

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

Kevin Ovenden makes a foray into the economic labyrinth in his ninth dispatch from Greece
Shehzad Luqman zindabad! Fighting racism in 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
Greece: the strategic question is posed, whether the Left asks it or not

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
Greek election: by their infomercials, ye shall know them

Kevin Ovenden looks at the party election broadcasts and what they say about the parties in his sixth dispatch from Greece
Greece: bread, education, freedom… and roses too

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
Greece: the ruins of the centre-left

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
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
The Right in Greece: cornered, but fighting for its life

In his second dispatch from Greece, Kevin Ovenden looks at the extremism of the mainstream Right
Greece: every cook is debating

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
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

Greece Dispatches

Greece Dispatches

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 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

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

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

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

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