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COP26 was a flop but there is still hope

Only revolutionary activism can help save civilisation from a climate catastrophe.

People take part in a protest against the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland on November 6, 2021 [Reuters/Russell Cheyne]

‘Be realistic, demand the impossible!’

How the events of 1968 transformed French society.

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After Brexit and Catalonia, what will become of the EU?

The EU’s likely future is an imperial neoliberal superstate. But there is also an alternative.

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The failed dream of a Russian revolution

The legacy of the Russian Revolution obliges, one hundred years later, neither celebration nor mourning.

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Greece and economic recovery: Fake news in action

The Greek ‘economic success’ story advanced by Tsipras et al would have been funny if it wasn’t such a serious matter.

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America’s flawed democracy

There is nothing in the constitution that grants American voters the right to choose their president.

Colorado Electoral College elector Sen. Polly Baca displays her voted ballot after voting at the State Capitol in Denver

Towards a new economic system for the 21st century

The new economic system should be based on localised forms of industry, finance and participatory democracy.

File photo of smoke rising from a chimney among houses as new high-rise residential buildings are seen under construction on a hazy day in the city centre of Tangshan

After Brexit, there will be no Grexit

Following Brexit, talk of a Greek exit is nothing more than media sensationalism.

A protester holds a Greek flag as he takes part in an anti-government rally organised to mark a year since Greeks voted against bailout measures in a referendum, in Athens, Greece [EPA]

Syriza’s betrayal and the selling of a nation

The only thing missing outside the office of Greece’s privatisation agency is a sign that reads “A Nation for Sale”.

Port workers shout slogans during a demonstration against the privatisation of the ports of Piraeus and Thessaloniki, in Athens, Greece [EPA]

Rebuilding the EU or breaking free from it?

The powers that be continue to defend ferociously a Frankenstein-like creation, a playground for financial vultures.

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium [REUTERS]