US regulators have discovered German carmaker Volkswagen has been systematically cheating its emissions tests on diesel vehicles, in order to increase its profits. The scale of the scandal is huge, but this is likely to only be the tip of the iceberg. Such “cheating” is an inevitable outcome of a system based only on profit.

Yesterday, Sunday 20th September, SYRIZA won the Greek elections. Tsipras claims this victory gives him a mandate to continue on the road of austerity dictated by the Troika. But the governing coalition has lost a total of 416,000 compared to the vote in January. The period ahead is one of continued economic, social, and political instability.

Tomorrow, on Sunday 20th September, Greece goes to the elections once again, following the resignation of Tsipras and the split of SYRIZA. The outcome will be determined by several factors, an important one being the sense of betrayal and disappointment among many of the SYRIZA voters. But there is also a process of radicalisation taking place on the left.