A Green New Deal for Europe
Europe’s rising far right want to make the EU elections a vote on defending national identity. For the socialist left, the elections are about defending the planet itself.
5 Articles by: Pablo Castaño Tierno
Pablo Castaño Tierno is a graduate student of political science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and has written for Contexto, Regards, Novara Media, and the Independent.
Barcelona, a Beacon By the Sea
With far-right forces on the rise across Europe, Ada Colau’s progressive administration in Barcelona shows how local government can be a base of resistance.
The Politics of France Insoumise
In the wake of its impressive performance in last year’s presidential campaign, the movement around Jean-Luc Mélenchon has set about establishing a new kind of political organization.
Building a Catalan Republic
Lluc Salellas of the Catalan leftist party CUP discusses the events that led up to Catalonia’s declaration of independence — and what happens next.
Notes on the Spanish Election
A strong Unidos Podemos showing in Spain’s election today would give hope to radical left forces across the continent.