Editorial

The first time that I actively followed the German elections was in 1998, says Mark Bergfeld. I was eleven years old. I was glued to the television following the debates and speeches by politicians. One politician struck me particularly: Gregor Gysi. My eleven-year old self went back to school the following day and proudly proclaimed […] Read more »

This weekend’s elections will be a test for Die Linke, argues Ben Lewis, especially when it comes to the coalition-making that will follow. (Originally published in the Weekly Worker) As Germany prepares to go to the polls on September 22, there are enormous issues that confront both Europe’s most important power and the continent as […] Read more »

Sophie Katz on the future of the British economy. (1) If in depth attitude surveys in the UK are to be believed, most people think that the banks and bankers were responsible for the 2008 crisis. Beyond that, they also have had the opinion that up to 2008 the government spent too much – and […] Read more »

Richard Hatcher, Birmingham Left Unity The local level is particularly important because it’s where many of the government’s policies, and in particular the savage cuts in public services, impact directly on people’s lives. And of course many of those cuts are relayed from government to local communities and families by local councils, so opposition to […] Read more »

Roland Wood, a freelance journalist and member of Leicester Left looks at the attacks on media freedom especially in the light of recent events in Greece and the closing of the public broadcaster ERT. Unity.Many of you may well attempt to keep up with events abroad. It might be because of family, friends and, for […] Read more »

Left Unity members in Staffordshire have put together an informal filming unit with which we hope to cover local campaigns, demonstrations and events in our area.   We have the ability to both record and edit material and will build up a useable archive of material which we can share.   It is our intention […] Read more »

 Chris Strafford (Anticapitalist Initiative) discusses how we have won and lost reforms and the need for a long term project to rebuild the movement from below. We live in a society of vast wealth, technology and scientific advances, yet billions still suffer in poverty, squalor and ignorance. The capitalist system has revolutionised the way we […] Read more »

Electoral revolts have rocked Europe for the last two-and-a-half years, says Mark Bergfeld. Since the outbreak of the debt crisis, 17 national governments in the European Union have collapsed or been voted out of power – 12 were members of the Eurozone. The German elections taking place in a week’s time are a different game. […] Read more »

A contribution to European debate by the economists Daniel Albarracín, Nacho Álvarez and Bibiana Medialdea from Spain, Francisco Louçã and Mariana Mortagua from Portugal, Stavros Tombazos from Cyprus, Giorgos Galanis and Ozlem Onaran from Britain and  Michel Husson from France. Europe is sinking into crisis and social regression under the pressure of austerity, recession and […] Read more »

Sustaining the planet, preparing the future, building another world … this daunting task for current generations is also a promising manifestation of care for the future of humankind and of nature, says Francine Mestrum from the Global Social Justice Network. We are living in a multiple, civilizational crisis which forces us to reflect on our […] Read more »