[Marxism] A People's History of the European Union?

[Louis Proyect]

Shok Teenik wrote:
> As the June elections for the Parliament of the European Union are 
> approaching, and it seems more and more likely I will be mounting a 
> campaign under the Communist ticket, I was wondering if comrades on this 
> list could recommend to me any comprehensive, Marxist or similar 
> critical looks at the history of the European Union thus far.
> 
> (Of particular interest to me are the Nordic countries and their place 
> in the EU, the power relations between the "big" and "small" players, as 
> well as the use of the common EU labor market as a tool to circumvent 
> national collective agreements, etc ...)

I just put this article on the Marxmail website:

"A Very Eden of the Innate Rights of Man"? A Marxist Look at the 
European Union Treaties and Case Law
Author(s): Gustav Peebles
Source: Law & Social Inquiry, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Summer, 1997), pp. 581-618

http://www.marxmail.org/european_union.pdf