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We must oppose this elected monarchy
Giorgio Napolitano was re-elected by parliamentarians and regional political representatives as Italian head of state Saturday, following a deal between the two main parties who have been ruling the...
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Eurozone: A step closer to the precipice
Why Merkel has no choice to pursue austerity in Europe, despite its catastrophic social and economic consequences. And to save Europe, the Eurozone must be ditched. By Jacques Sapir Thanks to the...
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The suicide of Italy’s Democrats
In the wake of this weekend’s Presidential election fiasco, the Italy’s Democratic Party is in complete turmoil. But the causes of the decline of Italy’s ‘centre left’ – which in a series of...
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Italy’s centre-left is dead, long live the Italian Left!
The ‘grand coalition’ between the Democratic Party and Berlusconi’s right-wing People of Liberty party means it’s time to say goodbye to the ‘centre-left’ and hello to a new Italian Left, says Marco...
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Italian lessons on privatisation
Privatisation has benefitted the very few, leading to massive job losses, delivering a bad deal for consumers and sowing the seeds of today’s financial and economic crisis, and yet the process goes on,...
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Eurocrisis: why northern Europe should be celebrating
According to legend, the bailouts of countries of Europe’s south have been costly for Germany and other northern countries such as Finland, Austria and Holland. Hence their obsession with policies of...
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Italy: the jobs of the future
Unemployment is the greatest emergency facing Italy. But new jobs cannot be achieved simply by tax reductions or incentives to companies to hire. You need a plan that will radically change the...
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Italians say ‘enough’ in mass protest against new government
“Enough. We can not wait any longer.” This was slogan behind which tens of thousands of workers, students, pensioners and radical left activists were marching in Rome Saturday in the first major...
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Sick France must reform!
Reform, reform! Yes, now it’s France, back in recession for the third time in four years, which is being lectured on the need to submit to the rigours of neo-liberal change. Read in the Morning Star...
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A Week in Revolting Europe
This is a weekly round-up of news, comment and analysis from Revolting Europe blog, plus our selection of the stories, photos and videos on the web. Click here A Week in Europe – Archive 2013 Friday...
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Work Less, More Work
Despite a huge increase in wealth produced in the West over the past century, working hours have remained virtually unchanged. Cutting them by just four hours a week could see one million jobs created...
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Italy’s centre left bounces back, but will it last?
Italy’s Grand Coalition is paying dividends for the centre-left Democratic Party. But will it last? Analysis of last weekend’s local elections by Tom Gill in the Morning Star
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Italy’s unions march united for jobs
For the first time since 2003, Italy’s three main trade union centrals marched together in Rome on Saturday, to call for government action on jobs. The joint action by CGIL, UIL and CISL, bringing up...
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Democracy or the Euro?
According to the German Constitutional Court it is not acceptable that “the most important decisions at European level be negotiated in anonymous corridors of the Brussels bureaucracy.” In Italy too,...
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If we continue with austerity we will hit the point of no return
By Giorgio Cremaschi If a patient is given an aspirin at the point that he becomes ill and a fever takes hold, the drug may work. But if you wait without giving him anything, just recommending a strict...
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Why Fiat prefers newspapers to cars
Fiat prefers to invest in newspapers these days, rather than car-making. And it is apparently all the fault of the unions. Giorgio Cremaschi explains Announcing this week for the umpteenth time the...
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While the EU frets over Hungary Italy’s democracy burns
It is not just Hungary that the EU needs to tackle on democracy breaches. My piece on Left Foot Forward blog
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Italy in the Summer: A Bel Paese for tourists, not so beautiful for the workers
By Roberta Manieri Employers blame the crisis and the need to cut costs. From Italy’s South to the North, workers are being blackmailed into accepting increasingly exploitative working conditions, say...
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Bank nationality and the risks of European banking union
Current economic policies are accentuating the differences between the eurozone members. Under these conditions, banking union, rather than protecting the weaker countries, could accelerate the...
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On Berlusconi’s efforts to bring down Italy’s government
IN THE RADICAL PRESS / IL MANIFESTO A band of parliamentarians and extortionists led by a criminal. Irresponsible in the face of the Italian people’s problems. Supremely arrogant with respect to the...
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