A lasting, well-rooted leftism requires an understanding of forces such as these – of why capitalism does not work as we would wish it to. Moralizing is nowhere near enough. The problem is that there are pitifully few institutions that enhance understanding and several powerful ones that actively militate against it.
Fake News
James Ball: It’s time to ditch the term ‘fake news’
It is amazing how quickly terms such as populism and fake news are suddenly omnipresent, yet undefinable because they are use in contradictory connotations: Trump and Sanders are labelled populists, but that is probably the […]
EU politics
Fintan O’Toole: Trial runs for fascism are in full flow
What we are seeing cannot be ignored. At the same time, we have to ask the question: How did we get here? Read here
Economics
Michael Roberts Blog – Turkey: total meltdown
It will be interesting to see how Erdogan manoeuvres Turkey out of this crisis…or not. Read here
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