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Europe's housing nightmare

Mice in the kitchen, holes in the ceiling — what seems like a terrible situation might present a dream for many people in need of affordable housing

By Alena Bieling

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The answer to an anti-green backlash is to be redder

The transition beyond carbon is a class struggle. That, paradoxically, is the lesson of Uxbridge — and the sooner Labour learns it, the better

By Paul Mason

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The cost of freedom

When imperialist dictators are going to war, a security policy devoted to deterrence and defence capability is not conservative but social democratic

By Michael Roth

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Amid nothing going right, Austrians lean far-left

By focusing on former non-voters, the Communist Party has gained considerably in recent elections. The Social Democrats should draw their lessons

By Michael Jennewein

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How not to run a leadership contest

The struggle for leadership of Austria’s Social Democrats is not over yet. And it highlights the fundamental issues facing progressive left parties

By Robert Misik

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Will Spain's left stand or fall?

Spain's upcoming regional elections will be a gauntlet for the left, the social democrats and the conservatives alike

By Juan Rodríguez Teruel

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The good man from Traiskirchen

The leadership dispute among the Austrian Social Democrats is escalating. Andreas Babler, a successful small-town mayor, might profit from this

By Robert Misik

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Is the Labour Party’s hour nigh?

After 12 years of Tories in power, the UK finds itself in a historic crisis. Chances are high that voters will be unforgiving

By Michèle Auga

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Reasonable left, irresponsible right

With no shortage of catastrophes in the past 15 years worldwide — the democratic left is stepping up to provide stability amid the storm

By Robert Misik

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What the ‘woke’ Left and the alt-Right share

Culture wars have displaced class struggle as the engine of politics. Now, with Europe under attack, it needs to mobilise socially and economically

By Slavoj Žižek