For a Democratic Society, Democratize Finance
The immense power financial institutions wield over most aspects of our lives makes a mockery of democracy. To build a truly democratic society, we need to democratize finance.
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France’s “War Economy” Is a Prelude to Cutting the Welfare State
In recent months, Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need to slash public debt, yet now he calls for huge military spending. The call to remilitarize has become the center of the French president’s agenda — and offers a pretext for even further cuts to welfare.
France Risks Following America’s Bad Example
French right-wingers don’t yet have a leader like Donald Trump. Yet the creation of Fox News–like TV channels, harsh culture wars, and the decline of class politics are pushing France along a path troublingly similar to the United States.
A Society Governed by Whiny Rich People Throwing Tantrums
Every time we want to change society to benefit average people, we have to deal with ultrawealthy crybabies. We’re held hostage by those who already have it all. It doesn’t have to be like this.
Emmanuel Macron Doubles Down on Austerity
France’s new prime minister has resisted calls to suspend Emmanuel Macron’s 2023 pension reform. While left-wing opposition parties want to undo Macron’s agenda, the president is defending his attacks on welfare as a prized legacy.
France Is Experiencing a Full-Blown Regime Crisis
France has just seen the third resignation of a prime minister in less than a year. What is at stake is not merely short-term instability — it is a crisis of the entire Fifth Republic political regime as it enters a new phase in its history.
The Rise of France Insoumise
France, like many other European countries, has seen a historic decline of the old workers’ parties. Yet the rise of France Insoumise has ensured the renewal of a dynamic left rooted in popular mobilization.
How Marine Le Pen Seduced Corporate France
Emmanuel Macron has been a president for the rich, but his faltering support has also left big business unsure if it can rely on his party. For many French capitalists, the answer is to build up ties with Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National.
Spain Shows Europe How to Oppose Trump’s Illegal War in Iran
Donald Trump is angry because Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, hasn’t backed the war on Iran. Sánchez’s stand is hardly radical, but it seems like it now that almost all of Europe has fallen in behind Trump.
Reforming Capitalism Is Not Enough
The era of class compromise is never coming back. Any serious democratic socialist politics must pursue a politics of rupture with capitalism.
Rebuilding the Socialist Horizon
Bhaskar Sunkara reflects on the rise, defeat, and possible renewal of socialism — and on the generations of ordinary people who fought to build a world beyond class domination.
John Rawls Was Wrong to Think We Could Have a Just Capitalism
The ideas of John Rawls, perhaps the greatest political philosopher of the 20th century, have much to teach the Left. But Rawls’s theory of justice failed to grapple adequately with the fundamental obstacles capitalism imposes to realizing a just society.
“A New Deal or ‘Papandreouization’”
An interview with Emmanuel Todd
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013)
Margaret Thatcher was made by her era more than she made it.
The End of European Social Democracy?
Video from our Monday event with the Swedish Left Party.
Scotland, 9/19
Scotland’s Yes campaign has been a bright spot for the Left. But will independence really challenge neoliberalism?
Foucault’s Responsibility
Foucault was not asking the "right questions." And the answers he came up with helped disorient the Left.
A Greek Election Primer
What's underway in Greece is a historic clash between the exploited and their exploiters.
The French Emergency
From Algeria to the Paris attacks, French elites have used state of emergency legislation to consolidate power and repress dissent.
The Other Greek Left
On a Greek left dominated by Syriza and the Communist Party, Antarsya is often overlooked. Where did the organization come from and where is it going?