As Portugal heads to the polls this Sunday, the Socialist government boasts of its success in breaking the country out of austerity. Yet as the Left Bloc’s Francisco Louçã tells Jacobin, the current low-investment growth model is unsustainable — and fundamental questions around debt restructuring and the Eurozone architecture remain to be answered.
Modi’s Philosopher
5 October 2019, byThe far-right ideology of Hindutva has gained frightening currency under Indian leader Narendra Modi. But in order to combat it, we first have to understand Vinayak Damodar Savarkar — the man who originated the violent ideology.
GM Workers Need More Than a Decent Contract
4 October 2019, byThe GM workers out on strike have been hit with concessions for years. They need more than a decent contract — they need a transformational agreement that puts workers’ rights before GM’s profits.
We are quitting the Awami Workers Party
3 October 2019, byCapitalist exploitation in Pakistan is assuming alarming proportions. Democratic spaces are shrinking. The state is increasingly becoming oppressive towards social movements and working class organisations.
Macron and the Gilets jaunes
2 October 2019, by“We’re here, we’re here, even if Macron doesn’t want it, we’re here, for the honour of the workers and for a better world.”
One of the songs of the gilets jaunes.
British politics in utter turmoil
1 October 2019, byBritish politics is in utter turmoil as a general election looms. We face either a Labour government, possibly as the biggest party with the support of other left parties, most notably the Scottish National Party, with a radical left agenda; or a reactionary Tory Government driven by racism, populism, and English nationalism, with a race to the bottom economy and a strategic relationship with Donald Trump’s America First USA. This could determine the shape of British politics for a long time to come.