Basilio Korman / 07 Jul 2023
Twilight of a Populist
The End of Silvio Berlusconi
It’s often written that Silvio Berlusconi’s political fortunes lasted almost thirty years, from 1994 to his death in 2023. But this is not true.(...)
Austerity
John Foster / 16 Dec 2022
Fantasy Island
Free Market: The History of an Idea, by Jacob Soll
It’s as though the 1980s never happened. For many Gen Xers like me, until the 2008 financial crisis, the free market was the only game in town.(...)
Josh White / 18 Jul 2022
Last Days of Neoliberalism
London 2012 Nostalgia
Take the Overground to Hackney Wick. Get off there and walk into the nearby maze of decay and graffiti. Believe it or not, this is not far from the regeneration hub of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.(...)
Josh White / 04 Oct 2021
Punching Down
UK Tabloids and the Poor
The Tories are cutting benefits again. (...)
John Foster / 21 Aug 2020
The Italian Future
David Broder’s First They Took Rome
Italy has spent much of the last century at the forefront of European crises.(...)
John Foster / 11 Oct 2019
Survival of the Leftists
The Portuguese Way
The results from the recent federal elections in Portugal give certain grounds for optimism. There, unlike elsewhere in Europe, the main social democratic party tacked to the left rather than the right. (...)
Josh White / 07 Jun 2019
Dead Country
The Theresa May Legacy
It’s hard to believe that Theresa May was once seen as Thatcher 2.0. The British press would regularly say that May will run the country for the next 10 years.(...)
John Foster / 03 May 2019
Democracy in the Era of Populism
Chantal Mouffe and the Spanish Election
With the results of the snap elections held in Spain on Sunday still in the headlines, new questions have been raised about the so-called “populist moment” about which so much ink has been spilt of late.(...)