Europe in Revolt

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1. Syriza : the dream that became a nightmare / Panagiotis Sotiris -- 2. Greece : turning "No" into a political front / Stathis Kouvelakis -- 3. Cyprus at the crossroads / Leandros Fischer & Daphnos Economou -- 4. The Left and the "Swedish Model" / Petter Nilsson & David Zachariah -- 5. The Iceland myth / Vidar Thorsteinsson -- 6. Resurrecting the Italian Left / David Broder -- 7. What happened to the French Left? / Clément Petitjean -- 8. The Dutch Socialist Party : from sect to mass party / Alex de Jong -- 9. Germany : in the eye of the storm / Mark Bergfeld -- 10. The adaptable Sinn Féin / Daniel Finn -- 11. The making of Jeremy Corbyn / Hilary Wainwright -- 12. The deferred Portuguese revolution / Catarina Príncipe -- 13. From the Indignados to Podemos? / Luke Stobart.;"The global recession has had political consequences across the world, but nowhere greater than in the periphery of Europe. In response, a massive wave of resistance erupted across the continent. The book examines the key parties and figures behind this insurgency, with insider coverage of both the roots of the social crisis and the radicals seeking to reverse it. Catarina Príncipe is a social movement activist from Portugal and a contributing editor at Jacobin magazine. Bhaskar Sunkara is the founding editor and publisher of Jacobin magazine"--Provided by publisher.