Europe in Revolt: Mapping the New European Left - Paperback

by Catarina Príncipe (Editor), Bhaskar Sunkara (Editor)

In Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain the debt crisis that began with the 2008 global recession helped trigger severe austerity measures--which only worsened economic conditions.

In response, something happened that few outsiders expected: A massive wave of resistance erupted across Europe. With mainstream parties largely discredited by their support of austerity measures, room opened for radicals to offer a left-wing alternative.

Europe in Revolt examines the key parties and figures behind this insurgency, with insider coverage of the roots of the social crisis--and the radicals seeking to reverse it--in Cyprus, England, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.

Author Biography

Catarina Príncipe: Catarina Príncipe 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.