This article appeared on a number of British websites in early May 2013 including on Left Unity on May 7. It was submitted to that site anonymously - on some other sites it appeared under the name Michael Ford.
Will the real European Left stand up?
3 June 2013, byTHis article was published on leftunity.org in reply to the article "Left Unity’s ’modest flutter’ ".
Response to ‘Left Unity’s modest flutter’
3 June 2013, byThis article is a slightly reworked version of a comment that originally appeared on leftunity.org.
New broad parties: the French experience
27 May 2013, byThis text, of which the first parts were discussed collectively, in particular with the comrades of the Anticapitalist Left (GA) who are members of the IC, represents the majority view of the comrades of the NPA who are members of the IC.
The NPA - a balance sheet
27 May 2013, by ,This contribution is by three members of the Gauche Anticapitaliste (Anticapitalist Left) which left the NPA in July 2012 Myriam Martin, Flavia Verri and Sébastien Ville.
For the Fourth International discussion
27 May 2013, byI am contributing to the debate a specific perspective on the recent split in the NPA, marked by GA’s departure to the Front de Gauche (Left Front – FdG).
Like Michael Löwy, I publicly took on the choice of double membership (GA and NPA) which to date has been accepted by both sides.
Elements for a balance sheet of the NPA
27 May 2013, byThe ongoing discussion on the balance sheets of building broad anti-capitalist parties at the next IC early March, gives us the opportunity to set the debates of the second conference of the NPA, our own balance sheet, in a more global context. This text is an individual contribution to this vital work that requires confronting different points of view in order to draw lessons from them.
Turn the page, write a new book
22 April 2013, byIn discussions about building anti-capitalist parties the Italian example is frequently quoted particularly in relation to Rifondazione Comunista [RC or PRC (Communist Refoundation Party)] and the eventual failure of its political project. For a fuller discussion and a more precise approach to the situation it would be good to also consider the present crisis of the Italian section. There is a crisis of its leadership and of its political perspectives. This short document aims to be a contribution to a better understanding of these events especially at an international level and has no pretension at absolute truth.
The crisis of the radical left and the recent debate in Sinstra Critica
22 April 2013, by ,The crisis of the Italian far left has accelerated in the last year and a half. After the 15 October 2011 demonstration, which ended with a violent repression by the police and a devastating debate among the promoting organizations, the fragmentation of the radical left and its inability to answer in a credible way the popular discontent produced by the European austerity policies, have increased.