What’s Left of the Left in Central and Eastern Europe?

... Post-Crisis Left It goes without saying that the left (in the form of governing Marxist-Leninist parties) was the dominant force in Central and Eastern Europe in the latter half of the twentieth century. It also goes without saying that this legacy has been ... ... Nor was this taint confined to Eastern Europe: globally, many left-wing parties suffered from the misperception that ‘socialism’ had died with Soviet communism. After all, this was the period of the ‘End of History’ which ushered ...