Europe
A terrible beauty: Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising
March 25, 2016It is a hundred years since some 750 men and women threw up barricades and seized strong points in downtown Dublin, to be joined by maybe a thousand more.
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Overseas commentators equate Trumpism with racist nationalism in Europe
March 7, 2016A growing number of foreign diplomats are complaining to U.S. government officials about Donald Trump.
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Are Europe’s left victories a triumph or a trap?
February 17, 2016Over the past year, left and center-left parties have taken control of two European countries and hold the balance of power in a third.
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Right wing extremism, not immigrants, the big threat in Europe
December 14, 2015It is not the refugees who are posing the threat, but rather, those forces whose goals and methods all too vividly recall the rise of fascism 85 years ago.
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Anti-austerity struggle: Is the tide turning in Europe?
October 19, 2015If mass unity, transcending national borders, can indeed be built, great things can happen in Europe.
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