Larry Elliot: A perfect economic storm made Italy ripe for a protest vote

We all need to know what weapons the US has in its armoury and what their capacities are, so we can prepare to resist them. Read the article HERE.

Another must read from Wolfgang Streeck on the perils of American hegemony in Europe, in New Left Review’s Sidecar. Read the article HERE.

Today Greece officially came out of the strait jacket of the so-called Troika bailout programme. Outside of Syriza, probably no one in Greece will be celebrating Read here