Nicholas Vrousalis - openDemocracy

Social democracy needs democratic socialism

If Swedish-style social democracy is the cure to the ills of American capitalism, as some US liberals maintain, then socialism is its only possible liberal and democratic outcome.

By Nicholas Vrousalis

/ 27 Feb 2020

Social democracy needs democratic socialism

Dutch universities at the crossroads

It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the recent history of the Dutch university resembles the early history of the Russian Communist Party.

By Nicholas Vrousalis

/ 21 Aug 2019

Why we strike: on the education strike in the Netherlands

"We are not striking to fill our pockets. But to demand an end to the bossing around of our universities by politicians and bureaucrats."

By Nicholas Vrousalis and Enzo Rossi

/ 13 Mar 2019

Why we strike: on the education strike in the Netherlands

SYRIZA crash-lands against the euro

Tsipras’ room for manoeuvre is completely circumscribed by the euro.

By Nicholas Vrousalis

/ 4 Jul 2015

SYRIZA crash-lands against the euro

Tsipras’ room for manoeuvre is completely circumscribed by the euro.

By Nicholas Vrousalis

/ 4 Jul 2015

First we take Amsterdam, then we take The Hague

For those in Red Square, the Winter Palace is not in Amsterdam, but in the Dutch seat of government. Meanwhile, the New University has a life of its own.

By Nicholas Vrousalis, Robin Celikates, Johan Hartle and Enzo Rossi

/ 3 Apr 2015

First we take Amsterdam, then we take The Hague

For those in Red Square, the Winter Palace is not in Amsterdam, but in the Dutch seat of government. Meanwhile, the New University has a life of its own.

By Nicholas Vrousalis, Robin Celikates, Johan Hartle and Enzo Rossi

/ 3 Apr 2015

Greece's Brest-Litovsk

SYRIZA’s leadership claims that the putative dilemma between war and peace, or between exiting austerity and staying in the Euro, is not exhaustive. The third possibility is neither war nor peace.

By Nicholas Vrousalis

/ 24 Mar 2015

Greece's Brest-Litovsk

SYRIZA’s leadership claims that the putative dilemma between war and peace, or between exiting austerity and staying in the Euro, is not exhaustive. The third possibility is neither war nor peace.

By Nicholas Vrousalis

/ 24 Mar 2015

Why we occupy: Dutch universities at the crossroads

The Netherlands, a mere 10 years behind the UK, seems eager to catch up. Twin pressures of authoritarianism from above and neoliberalism from below make it necessary to develop the democratic alternative put forward by the movement for a new university.

By Nicholas Vrousalis, Robin Celikates, Johan Hartle and Enzo Rossi

/ 2 Mar 2015

Why we occupy: Dutch universities at the crossroads

The Netherlands, a mere 10 years behind the UK, seems eager to catch up. Twin pressures of authoritarianism from above and neoliberalism from below make it necessary to develop the democratic alternative put forward by the movement for a new university.

By Nicholas Vrousalis, Robin Celikates, Johan Hartle and Enzo Rossi

/ 2 Mar 2015