Are the Greens an alternative?

The success of the Greens in the Euro elections poses some important questions for the left on how to deal with them. Here is a contribution to this discussion from Alastair Stevens.
The failure of the left in England and Wales to create a viable electoral force, and the relative success of the Greens has [...]

Bob Crow speaks out about Europe (and says a number of other things)

From a two page interview with Bob Crow in Saturday’s The Guardian:
“Crow’s politics are fascinating. He is an internationalist who recently stood in the European elections on an anti-EU ticket as part of a trade union coalition. As far as he’s concerned, the EU is a capitalist conspiracy to bring wage rates down. Does that [...]