The left and freedom
Democratic socialists must take back the concept of freedom from the libertarians, Robert Misik writes.
Today’s far right and the echoes from history
Robert Misik argues today’s extreme right is sponsoring a brutalisation comparable to historical fascism.
Reasonable left, irresponsible right
Amid burgeoning crises, Robert Misik writes, the left finds itself assuming the mantle of responsibility.
A social-democratic decade ahead?
Now Austria’s SPÖ too has left its competitors far behind, Robert Misik asks: is the Zeitgeist moving to the left?
A new era of containment?
The security architecture of the past 50 years is in ruins. Robert Misik maps a policy for the new cold war.
Beyond dystopia
To change the pessimistic Zeitgeist, left-wing politics and radical art must renew their alliance, Robert Misik writes.
The revolt against reason
Many have lost all trust in politics, Robert Misik writes. The protests against vaccination and anti-virus rules however turn this into madness.
The improbable victory: lessons of the SPD’s election win
In his first Social Europe column, Robert Misik explains how the SPD prevailed in the Bundestag elections—and what follows.
Austrian Democrats Must Unite To Stop The Far Right
The resistible rise of the Far Right in Austria. The presidential election is on a knife-edge before the deciding round of at the end of May.
Caputalism: Will Capitalism Die?
The fact that western capitalism is in a severe crisis is now so commonplace that it’s become almost a cliché. In 2008 the global financial
A Nail-biting Exercise For Alexis Tsipras
We’re sitting on the roof terrace of a restaurant at the foot of the Acropolis, with the brightly lit temple above us. But the mood
The Unsettled Greek Revolution
While Syriza slowly recovers from the shock of the last few weeks, prime minister Alexis Tsipras is searching for a role. Greece after the referendum,
My Greece. The Journey Inside Syriza
Days of Decision. While the Greek drama moved towards a decision, I travelled into the interior of the new Greece. Meetings with Alexis Tsipras, his
Show Solidarity And Stop Bashing Greece!
It was a paragraph hidden away in a Der Spiegel story about European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker. During the European election campaign, one read, “the