We are on the brink of a precipice, which the World risks falling into. We need a radical, left-wing exit route. Italy should contribute in the European elections with an electoral list concentrated on the theme that marks the dividing line: Peace.
Syriza was already in the trajectory of transforming into a “modern” European social democratic party that has disengaged from a commitment to organised members, grassroots organisations and bodies elected by and accountable to the rank and file.
Written in 1972, during Greece’s military junta, leftist Marios Chakkas’s recently translated novel The Commune is a mournful testament from a world where the stakes of politics were communism or fascism, democracy or dictatorship.
Matthaios Tsimitakis and Mihalis Panayiotakis
Jacobin
Last week, two trains collided in central Greece, claiming 57 lives. Unions had long warned that cuts to the now-privatized rail network would cause a severe accident, but neither the government nor the country’s corporate media heeded the calls.
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