Syriza lost the last Greek elections after 4 1/2 years in power. What happened to a party that, for a time, represented the European radical left's hopes? Did it achieve anything in power? Many talk about Tspiras' "betrayal" - is that the right way to look at it? And what are the wider consequences of this defeat: is time up for this wave of "left populists"? 

 

Readings:

Greece’s Long Road Ahead, Costas Lapavitsas, Jacobin

Defeat and decomposition, Panagiotis Sotiris, Historical Materialism

Syriza’s rise and fall, Stathis Kouvelakis, NLR

New Democracy Against Democracy, Various (incl. Leo Panitch), Jacobin

The Radical Left: The Time for its Re-founding, Costas Lapavitsas & Stathis Kouvelakis, Verso blog

Book Review: The Populist Radical Left in Europe, Anton Jäger, LSE blog