Another left is possible

The protest movements in France and the birth of the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA) inaugurate a new chapter in the life of the international radical left, especially when viewed in tandem with the developments of recent years in Latin America, says Nathan Rao in an article which was first appeared at the progressive Canadian web site rabble.ca and has been posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with permission.

The fact that the main figure associated with events in France was born in the mid-1970s also signals the emergence of a new generation of radicals, Rao adds.

Nathan Rao’s article

The Tower Of Babel of the European Left

While the European Right in power gloats, today's Left reality is indeed sad, says Gaither Stewart, Contributing Editor for Cyrano's Journal/tantmieux.

Disarray reigns in almost every party of the Left in European and in the American Left and in Socialist, Social Democrat and Communist movements. There is disarray also with regard to the Left idea. There are too many ambitious leaders in some places, and too few in others. Anarchists deny the need for leadership at all.

Stewart’s article, distributed by Countercurrents.org, can be accessed here.

Gaither Stewart, who is a novelist and journalist based in Italy, is now on a three-month stay in Paris . His stories, essays and dispatches are read widely on the Internet. His recent novel, Asheville, has been published by Wastelandrunes, (www.wastelandrunes.com).