Tear-gas in Syntagma Square
The capitulation of Syriza’s leadership to the demands of the Troika is not the end of Greece’s struggle, but the start of a new phase. Social confrontation and workers’ militancy might still succeed where parliamentarianism failed, write Matt Myers and Barnaby Raine. In Athens last night, Molotov cocktails and tear-gas flowed. The SYRIZA government, which […]
Report from the LSE occupation
Matt Myers reports from the ongoing occupation at the London School of Economics, and considers what it tells us about the modern university. It was a very odd way to start an occupation, being presented with edible offerings and an ironic solidarity fist salute by LSE’s Vice Chancellor (VC), Craig Calhoun, the highest paid individual […]
Scottish independence: Why didn’t the working-class Yes vote win the day?
Class was central to the Scottish independence referendum, writes Matt Myers. The low-waged, unemployed and young were more likely to vote Yes – so why did enough working class people vote No that the vote was lost? In the aftermath of the referendum one thing remains clear: the vote was neither about dry constitutionality, nor nationalism per se, […]