Euroelection2014
Spanish state: ‘We must continue to widen the cracks that have begun to open up’
By Josep Maria Antentas, translated by Federico Fuentes for Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal.
First published in Spanish at Dominio Publico. More analysis of politics in the Spanish state.
May 26, 2014 -- Six years have passed since the “official” start of the crisis, when Lehman Brothers collapsed in September 2008. Four years since [then president Jose Luis Rodriguez] Zapatero announced the first big package of cuts in May 2010. Three years since 15M (the May 15 Movement) exploded onto the streets. Two years since the large demonstration for independence in Catalonia on September 11, 2012.
European elections: Hope in the gloom as left gains in Greece, Spain, Ireland
Basque Country: EH Bildu on the 2014 European election
Greece: Syriza's historic European election result
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Britain: Behind the strong vote for far-right UKIP
Anti-UKIP protest.
Ireland: Left surge in South’s local and European elections
Sinn Fein's Lynn Boylan is one of the party's three MEPs in the South.
Britain: UKIP leads race to the gutter
By Liam Mac Uaid
European election: Jean-Luc Mélenchon campaigns for the left (video)
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Greater unity, optimism as Italian left backs Alexis Tsipras
By Roberto Musacchio, translated from Italian by Veronika Peterseil
Spain: Left unity elusive in European poll pre-selections
"Before the crisis: