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Chris Mills Rodrigo – EU Elections Show Why the Left Can’t Win by Running Rightward

June 23, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The left should focus on an agenda which appeals to the working class. Chris Mills Rodrigo is the managing editor of Inequality.org Cross-posted from Common Dreams The recent European Parliamentary elections went poorly for the […]

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Victor Goury-Laffont – Forget the far right. It’s the left that may squeeze Macron out of power.

June 17, 2024 Ben Wray 0

France’s National Assembly election is undoubtedly one of the most important elections in Europe for many years. In ‘Politico’. Read the article HERE.

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Chris Dite – In Finland, the Left Alliance Just Trounced the Far Right

June 12, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Europe’s elections saw gains for anti-immigration parties — but the breakthrough act in Finland was the Left Alliance, with 17% support. Its leader, Li Andersson, told Jacobin about why it did so well and how it defeated […]

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Evgenii Dainov – Splintered Reality: On Identity Politics as De-Emancipation

June 4, 2024 Ben Wray 0

A call to reboot the whole agenda of emancipation rooted in that struggle against privilege and for fairness that produced the possibility to be civil to all and enemy to none. Evgenii Dainov is Professor of […]

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Julian-Nicolas Calfuqir – In France, the Far Right Is Beating a Divided Left

June 3, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Two years ago, a left-wing alliance denied Emmanuel Macron his majority in parliament. But today the forces of the Left are deeply divided — making Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National almost the sole contender for […]

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João Carmago, Leonor Canadas – The Global Left Must Dare to Win on a Tight Deadline

May 8, 2024 Ben Wray 0

A siren call for a revolutionary eco-socialist politics. Joao Camargo is a climate activist in grassroots movement Climaximo in Portugal and in the Climate Jobs campaign. Leonor Canadas is an activist in Climaximo, a grassroots […]

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Gonzalo Donair – Look each other in the eyes whilst building a path as you walk

February 20, 2024 Ben Wray 0

A report from a meeting in Barcelona of anti-capitalist organisations from across Europe, in ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article HERE.

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David Jamieson – Like it or not, the politics of war is upon us

December 13, 2023 Ben Wray 0

“Critics of the pro-Palestine left think they are injecting nuance into an over-heated debate. In fact they are retreating from the harshness and complexity of the world.” In ‘Conter’. Read the article HERE.

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Robin McAlpine – To change the world, change the story

December 11, 2023 Ben Wray 1

The left is failing everywhere because it fails to tell stories that resonate with the public. Robin McAlpine is Head of Strategic Development at the Common Weal think-tank in Scotland. Cross-posted from Robin McAlpine’s blog […]

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Francesca De Benedetti – Europe’s Left Needs a Wake-up Call

November 29, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Left-wing parties in Europe, with few exceptions, remain completely marginal, while the far-right’s rise continues. In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

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Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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