Europe

2009

Europe's Left: Not Dead Yet

Gary Younge

Europeans haven't stopped looking for alternatives to capitalism.
Jobbik Rising

Jordan Stancil

What's behind the recent success of Hungary's right-wing political party?
Europe Lurches Right

Maria Margaronis

In the European parliamentary elections, the center-right has won at the expense of social democrats.
Old Europe, New Again

Jordan Stancil : World Economy

The European economic model, berated for years by US neoliberals, made a big comeback at the G-20 summit this week.
What Can We Learn From Europe?

GRIT TV

Is the economic crisis in Europe any different from our own? Newsweek's Rana Foroohar, former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister Tony Benn plus others discuss the protests in Europe.

London: The Nightmare is Over

D.D. Guttenplan & Maria Margaronis : Barack Obama

When the votes were finally counted, Europe's wish to usher George W. Bush into the dustbin of history made for widespread jubilation.
Jörg Haider's Legacy

Slavenka Drakulic : Austria

Austria's most notorious right-wing politician died as spectacularly as he had lived--and in a Europe stunned by financial crisis, leaves a dangerous legacy.
Missing: The 'Right' Babies

Kathryn Joyce : Religious Fundamentalism

Christian-right activists look at falling birthrates among whites and rising Muslim immigration in Europe and warn of a looming "demographic winter."
Rambling Man

Mark Mazower : Non-Fiction

A modern-day Rip Van Winkle challenges the view that Europeans are too wrapped up in their past to move on.
In Europe, Where's the Hate?

Gary Younge : Islam & Muslims

The main threat to democracy isn't "Islamofacism" but plain old fascism, with mostly white Europeans terrorizing minorities in the name of racial, cultural or religious superiority.

German GWOT Misfire

Neil Smith : Germany

The government is using antiterrorist laws to suppress political dissent.
Waiting for Gordon

D.D. Guttenplan : Great Britain

Britain's incoming prime minister inherits a country transformed almost beyond recognition.
The French Connection

Jordan Stancil : Foreign Affairs

A new Reaganomics is taking hold in Europe, with grave implications for progressive politics everywhere.
Veiled Intolerance

Richard Wolin : Islam & Muslims

A batch of new books describe how European governments have dealt with Muslim immigrants and citizens since 9/11.

In Her Mind's Eye

Jonathan Rée : Philosophy

Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism is a political classic trapped in the era in which it was written.
Europa, Europa

Charles S. Maier : History

Tony Judt's Postwar, a massive summary of European public life since World War II, is a triumph of narrative that will allow readers familiar with the history to experience it again.