Europe In Revolt!

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The global recession has had political consequences across the world, but nowhere greater than in the periphery of Europe. In response, a massive wave of resistance has erupted across the continent. Europe in Revolt! examines the key parties and figures behind this insurgency, with insider coverage of both the roots of the social crisis and the radicals seeking to reverse it.

Catarina Principe: Catarina Principe is a social movement activist from Portugal. She is a member of Bloco de Esquerda (Portugal) and Die Linke (Germany) and a contributing editor at Jacobin magazine, where she writes frequent dispatches on the European situation. Bhaskar Sunkara: Bhaskar Sunkara is the founding editor and publisher of Jacobin magazine. He is a regular contributor to The Nation and In These Times magazine.

"There could hardly be a better guide to Europe, its crises, and its radicals. After so many promising starts that went awry, from Rifondazione Comunista to Syriza, there is an urgent need to take stock of the situation. This volume of brilliant, incisive texts-curated and edited by two of the best minds on the radical left-contains the answers we need." -Richard Seymour, author of Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics "Is permanent austerity going to be the new normal for Europe? For more than two decades, it certainly seemed so. But now, in the streets and factories, at the ballot box and in mass rallies, the European working class is start- ing to come together around a strategy of resistance. Sunkara and Principe have marshaled a superb collection charting the contours of the fightback, in both the center and the periphery of European neoliberalism. Nobody interested in the struggle for a more humane Europe can ignore it." -Vivek Chibber, author of Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital "Bhaskar Sunkara and Catarina Principe bring us this vital, necessary survey of the politics of the new radical left electoral formations in Europe-analyzing everything that went right and everything that went wrong. Ammo for the struggles ahead, not to be ignored." -Susan Weissman, author of Victor Serge: The Course Is Set on Hope "Europe in Revolt, edited by Catarina Principe and Bhaskar Sunkara, reveals the resources of hope an insurgent European left provides." -Mark Perryman, author of The Corbyn Effect "As today's Europe teeters on the brink of a plunge into the hands of the far-right, Europe in Revolt serves as a timely and much-needed publication." -Hong Kong Review of Books "This is a highly informative volume and many of the critiques contained herein are poignant." -Just Books "There could hardly be a better guide to Europe, its crises, and its radicals. After so many promising starts that went awry, from Rifondazione Comunista to Syriza, there is an urgent need to take stock of the situation. This volume of brilliant, incisive texts curated and edited by two of the best minds on the radical left contains the answers we need." Richard Seymour, author of Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics "Is permanent austerity going to be the new normal for Europe? For more than two decades, it certainly seemed so. But now, in the streets and factories, at the ballot box and in mass rallies, the European working class is start- ing to come together around a strategy of resistance. Sunkara and Principe have marshaled a superb collection charting the contours of the fightback, in both the center and the periphery of European neoliberalism. Nobody interested in the struggle for a more humane Europe can ignore it." Vivek Chibber, author of Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital "Bhaskar Sunkara and Catarina Principe bring us this vital, necessary survey of the politics of the new radical left electoral formations in Europe analyzing everything that went right and everything that went wrong. Ammo for the struggles ahead, not to be ignored." Susan Weissman, author of Victor Serge: The Course Is Set on Hope