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Looking for the Left
Social democrats are in trouble all over Europe. The enemy is still the far-right, but the reasons why voters have turned to populists remain disputed.(...)
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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
From Donald Trump to European populists, conservatives have managed to work together even when they don’t like each other. (...)
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Universal Basic Everything
We live in an era of excess. The main obstacle to eliminating poverty is distribution.(...)
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Bullshit Jobs or Robots
Welcome to 2023. It’s not 1984, but we’re a lot closer to dystopia. Automation is reconfiguring the world of work, and all too often, the left finds itself in the position of defending things nobody wants.(...)
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Israel-Palestine in Europe
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict overproduces journalism. With good reason. It's been one of the most politically significant crises since WWII.(...)
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2022 in Review
On the new Left To Burn podcast, Josh White and John Foster discuss the threat posed by Germany's Reichsbürger coup plotters.(...)
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Republic Enlargement Program
With British politics in crisis, turmoil in Northern Ireland is perhaps the last thing that anyone in public life would have wanted. Yet that’s exactly what they’ve got.(...)
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Solidarity After Neoliberalism
The more things change, the more they stay the same. At least as far as UK politics are concerned.(...)
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From Truss to Meloni
Prime Minister Truss will soon be a footnote in British history. (...)
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When Democracy Fails, Part II
The centre-left’s defeat in the Italian election isn’t its only story.(...)