Europe
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Bad news from Greece: round one
Former Syriza member Marina Prentoulis examines the results of the first round of the Greek elections and explains the party’s continued decline
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From colonialism to fascism: A history of Spain’s elite forces
Uma Arruga i López explains how the violence used by Franco’s forces during the Spanish Civil War was shaped by their earlier colonial endeavours.
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The ongoing battle for French pensions
Once again the French state is trying to cut pension entitlements. As millions take to the streets, Sylvestre Jaffard reports on this renewed battle across the nation
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A new Italian era: the inevitable rise of Georgia Meloni
Can the newly elected postfascist Italian leader Giorgia Meloni last, asks Andrea Pisauro
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How the West scuppered Gorbachev’s reforms
Drawing on his observations of Gorbachev, Jonathan Steele details how Western interests and Yeltsin’s ambition undermined his strategy for gradual reform
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A real ‘culture war’ rages in Ukraine
Russia targeting Ukrainian museums follows a long history of imperial powers looting and despoiling cultural wealth, argues Siobhan McGuirk
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Key words: CANZUK
Owen Hatherley uncovers the imperial nostalgia fuelling proposals for a new geopolitical union