In the early hours of 16 July, the Greek parliament voted overwhelmingly to give up its sovereignty and become a semi-colonial appendage…

Discussing the upcoming Spanish elections and the tasks and challenges Podemos faces

The exposure of the Western world’s surveillance networks has heightened the feeling that democratic institutions aren’t functioning as they should

Interview on the origins and rise of the new left­wing Spanish party Podemos

Interview on Syriza’s progressive alternative for Greece

In the week following the atrocities, a wave of moral hysteria swept France. ‘Je suis Charlie’ became almost obligatory. The Hollande/Valls message was simple: either you were for the magazine or for the terrorists

If SYRIZA wins it will mark the beginnings of a fightback against austerity and neo-liberalism in Europe

A lecture about the truth of World War One, the “bad war” the “wrong war”. He discusses the rise of the working class and Socialism, and the militarisation of Germany in an attempt to compete with the colonial empires

Interview on the attack in Peshawar

The response of tens of thousands of young US citizens to the recent outrages in Ferguson, Cleveland and New York is much more important and interesting than the vapours being emitted in DC