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Podemos, Catalonia and the workers’ movement in the Spanish state
By Héctor Sierra
Posted on 29th June 2017
Three years ago, the Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy looked like the captain of a sinking ship.1 Following...
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Leader’s walkout stuns German far right after election success
Just as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) was basking in the glow of its greatest triumph,...
Revolt in Catalonia
Catalan referendum: a ‘democratic tsunami’ rises against Spanish state siege
By Dick Nichols
September 24, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — The most critical week in modern...
Strength in Division | An Interview with Fabio de Masi
Die Linke MEP Fabio DeMasi on why Germany's fragmented electorate will return Angela Merkel to office this Sunday.
Germany heads to the polls this Sunday...
Between Capital and Volk
By Sebastian Friedrich, Gabriel Kuhn
Germany's AfD poses as a defender of the "common man," but seeks to impose an authoritarian form of neoliberalism.
The “Alternative...
Will Europe survive German Nationalism?
Eight Lessons from Germany's Elections
Angela Merkel is back for a fourth term, the Social Democrats are wounded and a right-wing populist party has been...
Catalonia and the right of Self-Determination – An interview with Inaki...
Question: What are the principal grievances that induce a significant part of the Catalonian people to demand separation from Spain?
Answer: To understand the current...
Quebec independence a key to building the left in Canada
By Richard Fidler
August 31, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Life on the Left — The 2017 edition of the...
In Defence of Democratic Rights in Catalonia
By José Luis Martínez
In Catalonia an important process of independence is taking place against Spain. At the request of the Popular Party (PP), the...
Norwegian elections: Another right-wing victory – and a serious Labour defeat
By Asbjørn Wahl, Norwegian trade union and political activist
The centre-left failed in getting rid of the so-called blue-blue government at the parliamentary elections in...