Is Marxism coming back? The resurgence of the Left in Europe...
In this weekend’s long-read article, Grigoris Markou surveys the re-emergence of Marxist and Communist ideas in contemporary political discourse. Tracing the relationship between Marxism and...
Judith Butler and the Ethics & Politics of Non-Violence | Hasret...
In this article Hasret Çetinkaya reports on Judith Butler’s recent Agnes Cuming lectures at University College Dublin in January 2019. Çetinkaya’s article exceeds simply...
The Decline of Political Judgment: Moralistic Responses to the Populist Moment
In this article Liam Farrell offers a set of critical reflections on the decline of political judgment in contemporary political debates around the emergence of populist politics...
Challenging “Gender Ideology”: (Anti-)Gender Politics in Europe’s Populist Moment | Jenny...
In this long-read article for The New Pretender Jenny Gunnarsson Payne offers an in-depth analysis of the emergence and power of so-called “Anti-Gender” movements and campaigns both here in...
Why are we Pretending? A Final Inventory Check upon Leaving Europe
Why should radicals look to 'pretenders' for inspiration? Amy Westwell and Cailean Gallagher trace the history of wild and illegitimate claims to power and...
An Introduction to Populism: Interview with Yannis Stavrakakis
For the launching of The New Pretender we would like to introduce our readers to one of the most eminent international scholars on populism. In our...
Reading Fanon today
In this article by Karthick RM offers us a Universalist reading of Frantz Fanon’s works including: The Wretched of the Earth. Arguing against identitarian...
Ireland: ‘We have people without homes and homes without people. Mission...
In this short piece Liam Farrell argues that recent acts of naming the Irish Republic, either as a 'Vulture Republic', or as a 'Republic...
Extinction Rebellion and the Future of Direct Action | Liz Lee...
This week in the The New Pretender we bring you an original piece from Liz Lee Reynolds on the direct action movement ‘Extinction Rebellion’....
POPULISM AND THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY | An Interview with Giorgos...
In this week's article, we reprint an interview from the Political Observer on Populism with Giorgos Katsambekis addressing many thorny issues of contemporary democracy. Left-wing populist...