Who Brexit Benefits
The British Leave vote cannot be reduced to racism — but that is the primary way the outcome will be experienced.
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May’s Monsters
Theresa May is clinging to power thanks to the support of one of the worst elements in UK politics: the far-right Democratic Unionist Party.
An Opportunity for an Alternative in Canada
An interview with Niki Ashton, whose campaign for leadership of Canada's New Democratic Party has been rooted in a bold left-wing vision.
Victory Over the Sun
Postwar America’s greatest environmentalist was a labor leader.
The New Red-Baiting
Establishment pundits like Bret Stephens are trying to revive the Cold War, using the sloppiest of anti-left arguments.
Where Liberals Go to Die
The centrist nadir in a nutshell: “Am I really so out of touch? No. It’s the voters who are wrong.”
Whatever Happened to Cool Britannia?
1997 was a cultural watershed for a new, “cool” neoliberalism.
The Left Should Welcome Mélenchon
Liberals want to smear Jean-Luc Mélenchon as a xenophobe. In fact, they fear his potential to unite the oppressed.
Governing Without Ideas
Labour's conference showed a party confident in its answers to Britain's economic woes. The Tory equivalent has exposed a government bereft of ideas.
New Labour’s Boom and Bust
Ten years after the financial crisis Blairism is finally dead and buried.
Why the Tories are Losing the Online Arms Race
From their comical outrage over dick pics to their failed social media youth arm, Britain’s Conservatives have made themselves online laughingstocks. But the reason isn’t technological — it’s political.
Not Him, Us
Parts of the business press have painted the Italian Democrats’ new leader as a local Jeremy Corbyn or Bernie Sanders. They’re being too kind.
The Tory Crisis That Dare Not Speak Its Name
The British media have turned the Labour Party’s alleged antisemitism problem into a national crusade. Meanwhile, leading Tories this week openly associated themselves with the Ku Klux Klan and the ideas of Anders Breivik — and the media shrugged.
Theresa May Is Hilariously Bad at Her Job
Theresa May's handling of Brexit has been so inept she doesn't even have enough support to resign.
Crawling out From Under a Rock
With the Tories in shambles in the run-up to next month’s EU elections, racists and misogynists are coming out of the woodwork of British politics.
Rebelling Against Climate Death
For all its flaws, Extinction Rebellion's direct actions against climate change are growing in popularity and pissing off the right people. We should support them.
The Nowhere Man
Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez styles himself as the main barrier to Spain’s rising far right. Yet his record as prime minister shows how little he is doing to stop it.
From Swords to Ploughshares
We’re held hostage by a political and military elite that exploits us to fuel its endless wars.
Selling Tony Blair’s War
Working people knew the war in Iraq was a mistake — but they didn’t have a media to speak for them.
Boris Johnson’s Prime Ministership Lies in Ruins
The UK Supreme Court has torpedoed Boris Johnson’s entire strategy for his prime ministership and likely sparked a civil war inside the Conservative Party. As elections approach, the danger now is a Tory lurch to the far right.