The shameful passage of the assisted dying Bill where safeguards have been all but jettisoned is symptomatic of a hyper-liberalised society where the cult of individualism reigns supreme, argues KEVIN OVENDEN

The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN

As heavy industry flees and public-sector strikes paralyse the nation, the French leader’s increasingly desperate attempts to rule without a majority reveal the deep crisis at the heart of European liberal democracy, writes KEVIN OVENDEN

KEVIN OVENDEN draws on the Greek anti-fascist movement’s resounding successes against the neonazi Golden Dawn to outline a united front strategy to challenge state racism and surging mob violence

Amid an enormously dynamic situation, can Le Pen’s National Rally be stopped in the forthcoming snap election and what role will the new left-wing anti-fascist pact play, asks KEVIN OVENDEN

The US and even Britain could force a ceasefire by halting arms sales to Israel, writes KEVIN OVENDEN, and now the staggering failure to take any meaningful action is weighing heavily on both country’s political establishment

The protest movement that has exploded onto the streets and inside the Labour Party in response to British complicity with Israel’s crimes is not a distraction from class politics — it’s the way forward, writes KEVIN OVENDEN

The British left can be proud that it never abandoned Palestine to be more acceptable to the Establishment — today it is Palestine and the huge rebellion it has inspired that is breathing life into our movement, writes KEVIN OVENDEN

In order to ‘justify’ their actions, oppressors seek to dehumanise their victims – hence the need to present the Palestinians as ‘human animals.’ The anti-racist left should be ready to combat this tendency, writes KEVIN OVENDEN

Syriza, once the focus of left-wing hopes across Europe, looks set to pick a super-rich shipping magnate as its new leader. KEVIN OVENDEN asks what this tells us

Forget the notion of the European institutions being the guardian of centrist politics and liberal humanitarianism, the widespread success of the far right is now setting the agenda, warns KEVIN OVENDEN

KEVIN OVENDEN asks how far parallels can be drawn between Blair’s and Starmer’s Labour Parties and how we should interpret left insurgent ruptures and their underlying processes

Amid climate change, economic meltdown, worsening living standards and the growing threat of world war, the radical left must draw its own political horizon, combined with a popular sense of urgency, argues KEVIN OVENDEN

It is a mistake to see the structure of racism as fixed – understanding precisely a changing picture at any one moment is vital if we are to confront racism in all its forms, argues KEVIN OVENDEN

KEVIN OVENDEN looks at the wider political context behind the recent rail tragedy

It is the EU’s own policies that have caused the flow of desperate migrants that politicians wring their hands over. Working-class humanity and solidarity will now be key, argues KEVIN OVENDEN

We are seeing epochal changes and shocks across Europe which will likely mean big upheavals and social clashes ahead. Can the left unite to offer a radical way out, asks KEVIN OVENDEN

With the tantalising prospect of Melenchon’s left alliance winning a majority in the national assembly, KEVIN OVENDEN takes a look at the shifting French political forces where, for the left, there’s all to play for

The Ukrainian president’s decision to platform the far-right military force backfired dramatically in a country where memories of Golden Dawn are still fresh and the public are questioning the motives of those involved in geopolitical power play, says KEVIN OVENDEN

KEVIN OVENDEN looks at how the Hungarian and Serbian elections failed to go the way the political centre wanted — and why that is as much the fault of the neoliberal opposition as it is due to support for the hard right

Huge demonstrations have begun in Greece in opposition to the right-wing government's warmongering and needless spending on weapons, reports KEVIN OVENDEN

In a multipolar world Nato’s repeated violations of other countries’ borders were bound to provoke a reaction, argues KEVIN OVENDEN

A number of recent European election results show not a return to the centre, but a gathering of an increasing number of fragments out of which to construct governments, writes KEVIN OVENDEN

The latest refugee crisis is but an aspect of the ever-tightening Fortress Europe policy that began to take shape in 1991-2 with the end of the cold war and the dawn of a supposed ‘liberal golden age,’ writes KEVIN OVENDEN

Regardless of what politicians say does or does not come up ‘on the doorstep,’ our movement needs to engage in real, practical and mass agitation that’s rooted in working people’s lives, argues KEVIN OVENDEN

The seeds of the disintegration of the West’s occupation of Afghanistan lay in its ham-fisted and self-serving character, writes KEVIN OVENDEN

There is cunning in what some Tories are doing but there are also profound weaknesses – the left needs to be wise to this, says KEVIN OVENDEN

KEVIN OVENDEN says last week's Labour rout has deep roots – reversing it means rebuilding mass politics

Can unity of purpose and organisation bring about the fighting coalitions needed to beat the Tories? KEVIN OVENDEN believes so, but warns the left needs to be bold

A demoralised and insular left is in danger of handing the issue of free speech over to the dishonest right – and no good can come of it for socialists, warns KEVIN OVENDEN

Venal governments and weak parliamentary oppositions, along with great social discontent, create serious questions for the left to grapple with, says KEVIN OVENDEN

Despite what some commentators might contend, Biden’s election represents no return to the liberal Third Way consensus, writes KEVIN OVENDEN

There has been no 'victory over populism' and a return to '90s style corporate stability in Europe or the US: callous hard-right politics is growing and any respite is purely in the minds of an out-of-touch neoliberal establishment, warns KEVIN OVENDEN

Brutal repression and snatch squads failed to deter a mass turnout of protesters in Athens, writes KEVIN OVENDEN

Right-wing populism is not fading away on account of exposure through holding office. Nor are the capsized political systems of the neoliberal era automatically righting themselves, writes KEVIN OVENDEN

KEVIN OVENDEN reports as judges weigh what sentence to issue convicted neonazi criminals

by Kevin Ovenden in Athens

As the long-awaited verdicts in the Golden Dawn case are due, KEVIN OVENDEN explains what’s at stake not only for Greece but also for the anti-fascist movement on both sides of the Atlantic

Signalling an end to the Corbyn period’s politics of peace and internationalism is obviously part of the new management’s thinking, but how will such vacuous slogan-peddling fare in an era of multiple crises, asks KEVIN OVENDEN

As we are asked to return to work, Britain has an understandable lack of trust in its government. But what alternatives are there — and which should the left fight for, asks KEVIN OVENDEN

The reasons for distrust of governments’ responses to the pandemic cannot be put down solely to plain ignorance or wild conspiracies. KEVIN OVENDEN explains why a Marxist approach can assist our thinking

From Greece to Germany, the Black Lives Matter protest movement that began in the US has reignited the struggle for human equality. We must not let the Establishment derail it, warns KEVIN OVENDEN

Our movement mustn’t limit itself to the odd statue of a black person or plaque – it is the reality of racism and working-class exploitation that must be confronted head on, writes KEVIN OVENDEN

The drive to preserve a failing economy that works for the few rather than to transform it radically for the many exists on an international level, writes KEVIN OVENDEN

Only working-class solidarity, compassion and organising for the common good will see us through them, writes KEVIN OVENDEN

KEVIN OVENDEN looks at the false narratives being offered by right-wing German politicians in the wake of the murderous attacks on Hanau’s shisha bars