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...
Gilets jaunes: why the French working poor are demanding Emmanuel Macron’s...
This weekend we have the great pleasure to republish the excellent Oliver Davis on the recent “yellow vest” protests in France. Is this only...
Catalonia: a year on, political prisoners go unnoticed by the rest...
This week, we take great pleasure in republishing Georgina Blakeley, on the situation in Catalonia a year on, from our partners Brave New Europe....
“The Centre Cannot Hold”: Reflections on the Irish Presidential Election |...
In this article Gary Hussey turns his eye to the recent Irish Presidential Elections which not only saw the return to the Aras the...
Germany gets over-excited – again | Mathew D. Rose
On Sunday 28th October there is a state election in the German state of Hessen. The Greens are expected to do well, as was...
Doom Watch Cancelled: a comment on the Swedish 2018 Election and...
In this weekends long-read Per Rolandsson offers an analysis of the recent Swedish Elections. To such an end, Rolandsson's analysis grapples with the figure of the...
People’s Infrastructures: the case of recuperated factory of VIOME
In this week’s article Kostis Roussos, Vaggelis Vragoteris and Haris Malamidis write about a new paradigm of working in common: the case of VIOME, a factory in...
Demonising populism won’t work – Europe needs a progressive populist alternative...
How should Europe react to the rise of populist parties? Chantal Mouffe argues that the consensus established between centre-right and centre-left parties on the...
Turkey: the organic crisis of a post-populist moment | Omer Tekdemir
This week The New Pretender republishes the following article by Omer Tekdemir, and call to discussion and debate from our comrades writing in openDemocracy. Initiated...
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...