For the last five years, Greece has been subject to a series of harsh austerity measures imposed by the Troika (the IMF, ECB, and European Commission) in exchange for loans that, in many cases, have been used for little more than repaying existing loans. These austerity measures follow the tried-and-tested neoliberal readjustment programmes we’ve seen […]
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By Rodrigo Nunes The success of ‘citizen initiatives’ like Barcelona En Comú in the recent Spanish municipal elections seems to confirm Spain and Greece as the – tentative, but still hopeful – ‘success stories’ in the global cycle of struggles that followed the Arab Spring. Yet one way in which their novelty has been interpreted
Spain: From Networks to Parties… and back Read More »
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On the 25th January 2015, the far-left party Syriza was elected to power in the Hellenic parliamentary elections. By the party’s own admissions, Syriza’s economic policy amounts to little more than a ‘mild Keynesianism’ – yet the very possibility of a challenge to the new normal of austerity marks a radical break in the last
Paul Mason’s new documentary – "Greece: Dreams Take Revenge" Read More »
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by Sandro Mezzadra, translated by Leeds Plan C — Italian | French As part of their Autumn women’s collection, H&M has recently launched an outfit clearly modeled on the uniforms worn by Kurdish female fighters, whose images have been disseminated by media around the world. More or less at the same time, close to the Syrian
By posting this little write-up of its research, Plan C Manchester is signalling that it is keen to hear from comrades in France and elsewhere facing similar situations—what forms is the anti-homophobia counterpower taking? what struggles lie on the horizon in light of the seemingly effective alliances being forged between single-issue anti-gay-marriage activists and
The night between the 28th and 29th of November the logistics workers of the main TNT warehouses in Italy, organized by SiCobas and AdlCobas, went on strike for two hours,to send a signal to the executives of the multinational and to its corporate restructuring plan that includes substantial cuts to the workforce. A signal aiming at
Here is a brief report from a member of Plan C MCR’s International Networking Working Group discussing a recent event in Germany. Plan C are interested in making political connections with fellow travelers both here in the UK and internationally. This is a brief report about one of our recent trips to Germany to participate
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On the 14th of November there was a coordinated strike against austerity across many European countries including Spain, Portugal, Greece, France, Italy and Belgium. As expected, the coverage of the strike in the UK media was limited, to say the least. In response we present written this personal account from Rhiannon Colvin, a veteran of
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As a teacher, a thinking man, as much as a politically active citizen for more than 30 years I would like to address you those few words. On Friday 16/11/2012, at 11:45 pm while my school’s celebration on Polytechneio (107th Primary School – Department of Inclusion of children with special needs) was ending; my abduction-arrest
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Following the large protests that recently forced the Portuguese government to repeal the worst of its austerity measures many have wondered how the Portuguese movements have achieved a victory where others have failed. This personal account by Rhiannon Colvin provides some insight into the current situation. Portugal is a country full of beauty, humour and
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Introduction The following article was written in the context of the mobilisation for the international project “M31”, a European day of action against capitalism and the crisis. It is a first attempt to describe our approach of “antinational communism”*. Antinationalism is a fairly new, German-specific perspective on left-wing radical politics. It came about in the
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