Are you ready for a new kind of left-wing politics?

The recent electoral performances of Podemos in Spain and Syriza in Greece suggest that left-wing politics is changing. Groups are emerging all over Europe that seek to move away from the left of the past and offer an alternative to incumbent governments.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: No Podemos parar: Spain's six-month-old protest party comes second in new opinion poll http://www.europeansources.info/record/blog-no-podemos-parar-spains-six-month-old-protest-party-comes-second-in-new-opinion-poll/

ESO: Background information: Greeks tempted to ‘experiment’ with Syriza, local election shows http://www.europeansources.info/record/greeks-tempted-to-experiment-with-syriza-local-election-shows/

Wikipedia: Coalition of the Radical Left http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_of_the_Radical_Left

Wikipedia: Podemos (Spanish political party) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podemos_%28Spanish_political_party%29

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