Jamie Mackay (@JacMackay) is a writer, translator and critic based in Florence. His essays on art and politics have appeared in magazines and cultural journals across Europe including Frieze, the London Review of Books and Internazionale. He is the Italy correspondent for Krytyka Polityczna and the author of The Invention of Sicily, which is forthcoming from Verso books.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Is Die Linke a Syriza of the north?The German left are now rallying behind Tsipras. It is an alliance that might shape the future of the European left.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Syriza is a nightmare for the Italian governmentMatteo Renzi has his back to the wall. If he doesn’t make a deal with Tsipras in Europe there will be open revolt...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Italian social strike is a landmark event for the precariatLast week the Italian precariat took a step beyond primitive rebellion and began to constitute itself as a politics....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The children of AugustaTwo abandoned schools in a Sicilian port town raise uncomfortable truths around how Europe is treating its ‘native’...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Matteo Renzi’s jobs act is an affront to Italy’s youthRenzi’s Jobs Act, a package of policies designed to instill greater flexibility in the Italian labour market, is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Palermo is a laboratory for the precariatWe meet the young people drawn to the Sicilian capital by its anarchic appeal and opportunities for a new politics.