Kevin Ovenden
LATEST ARTICLES BY Kevin Ovenden
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Politics
With right-wingers in charge, the European Union is no force for democracy
August 17, 2023It is an illusion to imagine that the liberal-capitalist center is going to come to the rescue.
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World
Nazis lose in Greece; Golden Dawn declared criminal organization
October 7, 2020The crowd at the anti-fascist rally waved banners with slogans including “Fyssas lives, crush the Nazis,” and chanted “The people demand the Nazis in jail.” More than 5,000 people held a similar rally in the northern...
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World
Defeating fascism: Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party is collapsing
September 20, 2019Leaders on trial for murder, party headquarters shuttered, and finances in turmoil -- times are tough for Golden Dawn.
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Politics
Centrist politicians denounce “populism” in effort to equate left and right
November 27, 2018It’s not some new populism we are seeing but the return of the big ideological questions about society’s future and of mass politics.
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Opinion
Big business—as a class—will put dollars over democracy every time
October 19, 2018Economic policy is a challenge for the modern far right, but if overcome, big business won’t hesitate to back extremists.
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World
Greece after the bailout: Lessons for the left
August 23, 2018Eight years on and the truth cannot be hidden. The imposition of neoliberal solutions on Greece has been a catastrophe.
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News
Rescue service cuts worsened wildfire tragedy, say Greek Communists
July 25, 2018Communist leader Dimitris Koutsoumpas says "national mourning...should not be an excuse to cover up the responsibility of government."
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World
Spain: Catalan crisis spotlights Europe’s anti-democratic slide
October 4, 2017Rajoy’s repression has transformed a contested question of regional secession into a deeper clash between authoritarianism and democracy.
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