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Publications by New Politics

  • The choice for Greece: a post-modern coup or a new kind of society?
    March 2012
    Alex Nunns

    "Every few months there is an event that is more than a demonstration but less than a revolt. And every time it gets bigger.”

  • Europeanism from below
    February 2012
    Paolo Gerbaudo

    Paolo Gerbaudo reports on the Routes of Europe conference in Florence, arguing that the Italian left must embrace the participatory democracy of the indignados to achieve political purchase.

  • Another Road for Europe
    February 2012
    Donatella della Porta

    The Euro crisis is more than an economic crisis; it has also unveiled an insidious disregard for democracy at the heart of the European project. How can we democratise the EU "from below"?

  • An Excess of Democracy
    February 2012
    Hilary Wainwright

    The philosophy and experience of radical movements in the 1960s and 70s are in several ways complementary to the ideas of the direct action movements of today. Hilary Wainwright examines the possibility of forging a new kind of political economy by learning from the best of both of them.

  • Indignados movement takes root in Barcelona
    October 2011
    Hilary Wainwright

    Five months since the launch of the indignados movement, Spain is witnessing the emergence of an experimental movement committed to profound democratisation where leadership is shared and learnt.

  • We want our money back
    July 2011
    David Sogge

    Angry citizens want their nations’ money back and rightfully so. Banks should be curbed instead of allowed to enthusiastically facilitate the illicit outflow of money by dictators.

  • Privatization Follies
    June 2011
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    Who will benefit from a second wave of privatisation in Russia?

  • Spain: The 'Indignant’ and the Paris Commune
    June 2011
    Atilio Boron

    One hundred and forty years after the Paris Commune similar demands for democratic change resonate strongly in Spain. Recent mass mobilisations show the Spanish people have had enough of politics that serve only the interests of a few, while public interests are subordinated to the profit imperatives of big business.

  • The World Bank's Africa Strategy
    June 2011
    Patrick Bond

    Whose interest does the ten-year Strategy document for Africa actually serve? The World Bank has shown little insight into the real problems Africa faces, focusing instead on ineffective policies, support for repressive regimes and projects that are known to have failed.

  • Is the Arab Spring a Black Swan?
    May 2011
    Richard Falk

    A recent comparison by top foreign policy thinkers in the US reveals the not so pro-democratic thinking that also goes on in Washington, referring to the emancipatory movements of the Arab Spring as a improbable "worst-case scenarios."