Europe

Robert Stark — Historic elections have revealed deep public dissatisfaction with austerity, scandals, and a fading populist agenda.

Raquel Varela and Roberto della Santa provide insight into the workings of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution, recognising it as the culmination of a number of processes, most significantly, the anticolonial uprisings that were shaking the Portuguese empire.

DK Renton unpicks the legal background to the Supreme Court decision and argues for a strategy of mass action to turn back the tide of right wing authoritarianism.

Anti*Capitalist Resistance — We reject imperialist rearmament and instead argue for a new internationalism of the people.

Christopher Ford — Ukraine’s fight for freedom is intrinsically linked to the global battle against reactionary forces.

Michael Roberts — Keynesianism advocates digging holes and filling them up to create jobs. Military Keynesianism advocates digging graves and filling them with bodies to create jobs.

Thomas Hummel — The rise of the global far right defines our historical moment. Revolutionary socialists must revive the strategy of the united front to challenge this new authoritarianism.

Simon Pirani — European powers have decided on long-term rearmament programmes. The left must not become cheerleaders for these.

Bloco de Esquerda — There are several imperialisms in the global system. But none of them will play a progressive role because all act according to the interests of their capitalist elites.

Boris Kanzleiter — Die Linke’s successful campaign in East Berlin epitomizes the changes sweeping through the party.

Thomas Goes — Die Linke has staged an impressive comeback, but even more is possible. Through anti-fascist and ecological class politics, it can become the strongest left-of-centre party.

Denys Pilash discusses the implications of the shift in US policy towards Russia, the threat posed by the rising global axis of extreme reaction, and the need for a renewed internationalism that opposes all oppressors.