Every Economic Question Is a Question of Power
The links between business, finance, and the state do not represent a perversion of liberal democracy — they are an unavoidable feature of capitalist political economy.
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Britain’s Conservative Party Is Facing a Historic Defeat
Rishi Sunak’s Tory Party is on a path toward electoral calamity. The Tory meltdown is the culmination of a deep-rooted, long-term crisis that was temporarily staved off by the Brexit referendum but has now returned with a vengeance.
Ultranationalists Are Seeing an Organizing Boom in Australia
At a recent anti-vaccine rally in Melbourne, observers identified supporters of the Ustaše, a Croatian fascist movement with Nazi-collaborationist roots. It’s no fluke: the radical right is attaching itself to the anti-vaccine movement everywhere.
International Solidarity Can Help Free Boris Kagarlitsky
Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, a prominent Russian Marxist imprisoned by Vladimir Putin’s government on false charges, has had his appeal denied. He deserves our solidarity.
Britain’s Populist Pivot Is Failing to Fix Its Problems
Trapped within the insular tone of post-Brexit politics, British politics has never been so saturated with populist rhetoric. It has also never been so detached from the interests of its people.
The Beaver and the Eagle: A 200-Year-Old Argument
The left case for an independent Canada.
British Miners Built Their Own Power and Culture. Deindustrialization Wiped It Away.
Miners’ labor militancy transformed British politics and culture in the twentieth century. Then neoliberalism destroyed coal miners’ institutions and communities, upending British politics at the entire working class’s expense.
France Insoumise Faces an Enigmatic Path Forward
In July’s French elections, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s France Insoumise yet again beat expectations. Its focus on leader and program have proven to be an electoral asset, but its top-heavy structure risks undermining its longer-term sustainability.
Keir Starmer Is Labour’s Weakest Leader in Generations
Keir Starmer is a modern-day Neil Kinnock: a myopic and embattled leader who is far more focused on destroying his enemies than uniting the Labour Party behind a pro-worker agenda.