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


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