Chantal Mouffe: “Corbyn represents the implementation of a left populist strategy”
In this article, Chantal Mouffe, philosopher, professor at the University of Westminster and theoretician of left-wing populism, proffers an analysis of the strategy of...
Book Review: The Populist Radical Left in Europe edited by Giorgios...
In The Populist Radical Left in Europe, editors Giorgios Katsambekis and Alexandros Kioupkiolis bring together contributors to explore populist radical left movements across Europe, discussing examples...
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...
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...
Towards the 12th May | Catherine Morris & Jesse Jones
Towards the 12th May
A play spoken by a chorus of voices
for James Connolly (5 June 1868 - 12 May 1916) by Catherine Morris
This piece is...
Left Populism from the Hungarian Perspective
A great challenge for the left is how to comply with both Marxist (especially Gramscian) and post-structuralist (Laclau-Mouffian) ideas about politics. How can this...
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...
Jacqueline Best – Why we need to stop letting economic crises...
This weekend The New Pretender brings you a republication of this short article, on the contemporary economic crises and the political challenges and opportunities they create,...
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...
Forgotten populists: the Knights of Labor and the American Left
In this fascinating article, Steven Parfitt draws lessons from the rise and fall of the Knights of Labor —the first left populist movement and...