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Analysis: The IMF is About to Enforce Worldwide Austerity

by Matteo Tiratelli

The International Monetary Fund’s loan-making power has made it a linchpin of the global economy, writes Matteo Tiratelli – power it’s about to use to impose another decade of murderous austerity.

A person wearing black jumper and jeans jumps above a fire in front of a large audience. Behind them is Big Ben.

Long Read: Generation Left Rejected History. Does It Have a Future?

by Michael Chessum

From Occupy Wall Street to Millbank, the generation that awoke in 2010 rejected left history, writes Michael Chessum. Is this why it's struggled to form a coherent political tradition?

Labour leader Keir Starmer in a black suit and dark red tie, against a purple background

Analysis: Has Keir Starmer Heard of Pasokification?

by Joana Ramiro

Social democrats across the continent have learned that maintaining ties with the left equals electoral success. The British Labour leader doesn’t seem to get it.

Greek university students clash with riot police in Athens, Greece

Analysis: Police Brutality: How Protesters Resist State Violence Around the World

by Charlotte England

Novara Media spoke to those organising against police violence in Myanmar, Greece, Palestine, Nigeria, Chile, Colombia and the United States about what they’re up against, their tips and strategies, and the advice they have for protesters facing police brutality in the UK.

Analysis: Greece’s Golden Dawn Has Been Crushed – But Its Agenda Lives On

by Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou

Leaders of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn have today been convicted of running a criminal gang masquerading as a political party. It marks the conclusion of a years-long inquiry by Greek courts, said to be the largest trial of Nazis since Nuremberg. But, Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou explains, its agenda lives on elsewhere.

Analysis: The Road to Moria: How Greece’s Refugee Disaster Became Business As Usual

by Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou

The fires that destroyed a refugee camp on the island of Lesbos and displaced 13,000 people have prompted international concern about the treatment of migrants at Europe's borders. Yet in Greece, the horrors of Moria are filtered through a terrifying banality which makes them seem like business as usual, explains Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou.

Ash Wednesday: Ash Sarkar Debunks Anti-Migrant Myths

While establishment media jumps at the chance to go on refugee safari in the Channel, Ash Sarkar debunks the myths behind anti-migrant sentiment.

Syriza Defeated, but Tsipras’s Takeover of the Centre-Left Rumbles On

by Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou

The headline of Syriza's snap election defeat to New Democracy masks Alexis Tsipras's attempt to rebrand himself as a stalwart of the centre-left. But his neutralisation of the party in favour of his personal authority comes with costs and contradictions, argues Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou.

“Our queerness never dies”: The Battle Against Far-Right Violence in Greece

by Alex King

The murder of prominent LGBTQI+ activist Zak Kostopoulos in September has reignited fears that the battle against far-right violence is being lost. Alex King takes a look at what the response to recent murders in Greece can teach those confronting fascism across Europe.

Greece and the Politics of Fire

by Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou

As prosecutors launch an inquiry into the 96 lives lost in the fires that swept through resorts east of Athens, Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou reflects on the events of last month and who was to blame.

Wildfires and Tower Block Blazes Aren’t Freak Accidents – These Are the Fires of Austerity

by Alex King

From the Athens inferno to the Grenfell Tower tragedy, fires that lead to a catastrophic loss of life aren't freak accidents - they're the consequence of neoliberal policies which urgently need to be challenged, argues Alex King.

Long Read: Ahmad and the Theatre: Life in the Refugee Squats of Athens

by Federico Annibale

Federico Annibale talks to migrant in Athens, where squats provide an alternative to the sometimes harsh and humiliating conditions in refugee camps.

Long Read: The EU-Turkey Refugee Deal is Anything but Historic

by Islam Abdelgadir

Sunday Long Read: The recent EU-Turkey refugee deal was lauded as 'historic' by Donald Tusk. With refugees continuing to die and the Turkish state capitalising on the crisis, is it really anything but business as usual?

Long Read: Rewrite or Escape the EU? Two Strategies from Southern Europe

by Steve Rushton

Sunday Long Read: The rise of Podemos in last week’s Spanish election brings questions of EU membership back into the frame. What can we learn from Greek and Catalan radicals ahead of the UK’s referendum?

‘The government killed our family’: In Conversation with Refugees in Athens

by Tomas Lynch

Pedion Tou Areos has become a makeshift refugee camp in central Athens, with many people passing through to central and western Europe from Syria and Afghanistan. Here some of the residents share their reflections and hopes.

5 Things I Learned From Interviewing Yanis Varoufakis

by Aaron Bastani

Last week Greece’s former finance minister was interviewed for NovaraTV. Here are some thing Aaron learned from interviewing the man who calls himself an ‘erratic Marxist’ - from postcapitalism to the eurozone to that coat.

Interview: Interview: Yanis Varoufakis

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis sits down with Aaron Bastani, discussing everything from Nigel Farage to 'libertarian marxism' and the future of capitalism.

Syriza’s latest victory is not cause for celebration

by Theodoros Karyotis

Skyrocketing abstention, social demobilization and an impending wave of harsh austerity measures call for critical reflection after Syriza’s latest victory.