Left Populism, Why Not? (part two)
Why does the Left pretend to be populist? The Populist Moment cites three reasons. Each reason flags something big that the Left can and should change.
Left Populism, Why Not? (part one)
Borriello and Jager’s The Populist Moment explains brilliantly how and why the Left in rich states has decided to pretend to be populist.
Liberal Democracy Is Limited. Fight For Democracy Instead.
Why settle for liberal democracy? Why not left-led campaigns for More and Better Democracy? LD#1: This is the first of a series.
What Is Democracy Without Equality of Results?
Liberal democracy is under threat. What kind of democracy should the left fight for? Astra Taylor has both answers and questions.
Neoliberalism Really is Globalization After All
Hayekian neoliberalism is not really a new economics. Quinn Slobodian shows that it is a political movement to recolonize the world and undermine democracy.
A Ten Point Program To Unite the Global Left
The Left regularly succeeds in making clear what it is against. Here is a Ten Point Program that sums up what we are for.
Progressive International: Globalize the Left
Big business globalized and made the left play endless local defence. Progressive International aims to globalize a left that can go on offence.
Why Do People Believe Conspiracy Theories?
Did someone close to you ever believe a conspiracy theory, like the ‘stolen election’ one that incited January 6? Psychologists explain why, in Thomas B Edsall’s column.
Why is Liberal Democracy on Life Support Everywhere?
Liberal democracy was supposed to give some real power to every voter. Surrender of democratic power to an Executive State and Multinationals is discrediting it.
Liberal Democracy, Populism and the January 6 Capitol Putsch
What is liberal democracy? The January 6 Capitol invaders claimed that a liberal establishment had stolen it from them.
(A)musings About Marx and the British Left
Is socialism still credible as the alternative to capitalism? If so, what kind of socialism are we talking about? How do we unite today’s Left around that model of socialism? Gavin Kitching draws on Marx to criticize Marx himself, and both Marxists and non-Marxists in the 1970s British Left. He advances some ideas about how to rethink the socialist project.
