Portside

A planet haunted by democratic upheavals

Reports on mass workers action in France, Italy and UK, and a hard look at the politics of climate rescue

Reports and analyses from the world left's hot spots

Fox News stands naked, and more media world shockers

The new head of the Party of the European Left discusses democracy as a strategic goal

There is growing fascination and nostalgia for dictators, extreme right-wing government in some countries and “illiberal democracy” in others. Why is this? What has happened to permit such a distortion of memory? How do myths replace reality?

Workers vs neoliberalism — it's happening everywhere

We held a massive pacifist rally for a diplomatic solution in Europe, where warmongering rages among the ruling classes. With radical rightists in government and a dismal centre-left, it is a movement to prevent catastrophe and give us back dignity.

Hell hath no fury like radicalized workers and students