Josh White / 07 Aug 2023
The Original Right-Wing Tabloid
Hating the Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is easy to hate, especially if you’re left-wing.(...)
European Union
John Foster / 04 Aug 2023
The Economy Will Defeat Her
The Limits of Giorgia Meloni
She couldn’t have been more humiliated. But reality takes no prisoners, and Giorgia Meloni would not be spared.(...)
John Foster / 28 Jul 2023
When the Press Fails
The 2023 Spanish Election
For the last two months, Anglo news media said the same thing: A far-right wave is sweeping Europe, and Spain would be its next conquest.(...)
John Foster / 21 Jul 2023
The Inhuman Condition
Surviving Artificial Intelligence
You’ve seen it before. It’s a title that screams marketing department, with all the requisite keywords required to stand out at an airport bookstore:(...)
Maxime Sattonnay / 20 Jul 2023
Making Spain Far-Right Again
The Verónica Fumanal Interview
It's all about the truth. Veteran Spanish political consultant Verónica Fumanal spoke with The Battleground about the impact of the 2023 election campaign on the country's press.(...)
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.(...)
John Foster / 23 Jun 2023
Dystopian Digital Economics
The New Feudalism, Part III
If it sounds twentieth-century, it is. Yet, in 2023, conservatives still complain about communism and, leftists, feudalism.(...)
Basilio Korman / 17 Jun 2023
Only Loyal to Himself
Silvio Berlusconi and L’Etat Pour Moi
There’s an old Doonesbury comic strip about a group of rich people attending a seminar to overcome their guilt about being rich.(...)
John Foster / 16 Jun 2023
The Coming Capitalism
The New Feudalism, Part II
The United States of Coke, or illiberal Hungary? It's hard to get excited.(...)
John Foster / 26 May 2023
New Prospects for Northern Ireland
Sinn Féin Grows Stronger
Northern Ireland is one of those places where historical facts and nostrums get reaffirmed with depressing regularity.(...)