In this wide-ranging interview, Costa covers developments in Portuguese politics since the Socialist Party (PS) was returned to government in 2015, the Left Bloc's changing relation to it, the rise of the far right in the form of Chega! (Enough!), the Bloc's relations with the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), and the challenges facing the party as it returns to growth with an influx of a generation of younger activists.
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In this wide-ranging interview, Jorge Costa of Portugal's Left Bloc covers developments in Portuguese politics under the Socialist Party government, the rise of the far right Chega!, relations with the Portuguese Communist Party, and challenges facing the party as it returns to growth with an influx of a generation of younger activists.
is there anything that the u.s. and the west and nato should be doing, as this all plays out? yes. on the one hand, saying nothing, just like the president said, just like secretary blinken said, to make it crystal clear the facts, and it is the, fact that we had nothing to do with this stuff. the idea that prigozhin would be a puppet of the united states, that is absurd. but quietly, i think this creates a new opportunity for what i think has been a pretty big failing in terms of our public diplomacy vis-à-vis china, india, africa, the middle east, latin america. you know, up until now, they haven t accepted our argument, my argument as well, that this is a war of neo-imperialism, that this is a new colonial war. that is a historical analogy that they are not accepting. so, now i think they need to quietly say, okay, maybe they