Radical Left Populism from the Margins to the Mainstream: A Comparison of Syriza and Podemos

This article explores the presence of noise in processes of communication and organisation in social movements. While the concept of noise has always had a role in discussions of communication, it is in light of the influence and use of social media that it comes to the fore as crucial in terms of how we understand communication. Rather than being a factor that interferes with effective communication, we will argue that noise is in fact inseparable from the experience of receiving information and organising through social media. Furthermore, the emergence of different ‘nuances’ of noise tells us something about different dynamics of self-organisation via social media. This article analyses the online forms of organisation of the 15M movement and the experiences of Dutch radical left activists to inform a better appreciation of the radical potential of a certain variant of noise: pink noise.

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Laparoscopic radical left nephrectomy with inferior vena cava thrombectomy: Step-by-step

European Urology Supplements ◽

10.1016/s1569-9056(17)31228-9 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. e2051

Author(s):

O. Bogomolov ◽

M. Shkolnik ◽

A. Belov ◽

I. Rutkin ◽

T. Andabekov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Inferior Vena Cava ◽

Inferior Vena ◽

Vena Cava ◽

Radical Left

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From global to local and back: the ‘Third World’ concept and the new radical left in France

Journal of Global History ◽

10.1017/s174002281600036x ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 115-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Christoph Kalter

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

Migrant Workers ◽

Third World ◽

Global Dynamics ◽

The Third ◽

The World ◽

The Third World ◽

The Cold War ◽

World Concept ◽

Radical Left

AbstractIn the second half of the twentieth century, the transnational ‘Third World’ concept defined how people all over the globe perceived the world. This article explains the concept’s extraordinary traction by looking at the interplay of local uses and global contexts through which it emerged. Focusing on the particularly relevant setting of France, it examines the term’s invention in the context of the Cold War, development thinking, and decolonization. It then analyses the reviewPartisans(founded in 1961), which galvanized a new radical left in France and provided a platform for a communication about, but also with, the Third World. Finally, it shows how the association Cedetim (founded in 1967) addressed migrant workers in France as ‘the Third World at home’. In tracing the Third World’s local–global dynamics, this article suggests a praxis-oriented approach that goes beyond famous thinkers and texts and incorporates ‘lesser’ intellectuals and non-textual aspects into a global conceptual history in action.

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Understanding the positions taken by moderate union confederations and centre-left parties during labour market reforms in Portugal and Spain: Why the configuration of left parties and trade union confederations matters

European Journal of Industrial Relations ◽

10.1177/09596801211005765 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 095968012110057

Author(s):

Paulo Marques ◽

Dora Fonseca

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Trade Union ◽

Stable Equilibrium ◽

Market Reforms ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Labour Market Reforms ◽

Electoral Support ◽

Over Time ◽

Radical Left

The insider-outsider politics approach conjectures that moderate unions and centre-left parties safeguard the interests of insiders and neglect outsiders in labour market reforms. This article challenges this hypothesis. By comparing the positions taken by centre-left parties and moderate union confederations during labour market reforms in Portugal and Spain (1975–2019), it shows that while they may indeed protect insiders, they sometimes do the opposite. To explain this, the article argues that more attention must be paid to the configuration of left parties and confederations. In Portugal, where communist and radical left parties were strong, the centre-left was afraid of losing outsiders’ electoral support, and thus it did not follow a pro-insider strategy. This was reinforced by the fact that the centre-left had to face the opposition of a strong class-oriented confederation that was not willing to commit to two-tier reforms. This was not what happened in Spain. The centre-left, supported by a union confederation, undertook a two-tier reform in 1984 because there was a different configuration of left parties and confederations. Notwithstanding, this was not a stable equilibrium because this confederation changed its position over time when it realized the negative consequences of these reforms. Henceforth, their strategy became more pro-outsider.

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