Center-Left in No Man’s Land
The difficulties facing Benoît Hamon’s campaign reveal a French Socialist Party being outflanked on its right and left.
19274 Articles by: Adrien Beauduin
Adrien Beauduin is currently researching a PhD on Polish and Czech politics at the Central European University’s department of gender studies.
Duke Nukem’s Dystopian Fantasies
It’s hard to think of a piece of media that understands itself less than Duke Nukem 3D.
Iran’s Past and Present
Why has the history of Iran’s left been erased?
The Dangers of Detoxification
The FN’s new image doesn’t mean the far-right party had a change of heart — it means the mainstream has accepted its program.
Between Vichy and the Republic
The National Front hasn’t changed. It just learned how to articulate its longstanding racism and xenophobia with mainstream French republican discourse.
The Jobless Economy
The US economy is creating a historically low level of jobs. But robots aren’t the culprit.
Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
On this day in 1943, a band of Jewish resistance fighters launched an armed insurrection against the Nazis. They were proud socialists and internationalists.
The Left Must Save Labour
The British left’s task isn’t to win the next general election — it’s to fight for the survival of the Labour Party itself.
Living for the City
Marshall Berman’s Modernism in the Streets is a final testament to his delicately intimate, thoroughly urban Marxism.
For a Free Guiana
French Guiana has taken to the streets to protest decades of underinvestment and neglect.
Is Socialism Eurocentric?
Both capitalist exploitation and workers’ resistance look fundamentally similar all over the world. Within the West and outside of it, socialism speaks to those experiences.
Winning Power, Not Just Government
For twenty-five years, European left parties have joined broad coalition governments and come out with nothing to show for it.
The Mélenchon Factor
The establishment’s panicked reaction to Mélenchon should convince us that he stands a real chance of winning.
Ten Thoughts on the Turkish Referendum
Even after his victory yesterday in Turkey’s referendum, President Erdoğan is much weaker than he appears.
Fights We Can Win
Want Medicare For All? Look to the Dutch Socialist Party for inspiration.
Asian Poverty and the “Model Minority”
Treating Asians in the US as a wealthy monolith papers over their wildly divergent economic situations.
Overhauling French Politics
At stake in Sunday’s French election is the specter of the far right, the neoliberalism of the extreme center, and Mélenchon’s challenge to the system itself.
From the Finland Station
Lenin arrived at Finland Station 100 years ago today, reshaping Bolshevik strategy and the course of the Russian Revolution.
The Serbian Left’s Next Move
After Aleksandar Vučić’s questionable election victory, Serbian radicals have a rare opening.
Time for an Alternative
The spontaneous protests in Serbia show how little mainstream politics has to offer voters.