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....
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...
The Revival of French Left-wing Populism: Interview with Political Strategist Manuel...
Manuel Bompard was the communications manager for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the French left-wing populist candidate who received 20% of the vote in the April 2017...
“The EU facilitates Tax Evasion” —Interview with Miguel Urbán MEP
In April 2016, the scandal around the Panama Papers detonated. Since then, the European Parliament has created a Commission of Inquiry to investigate what...
Catherine Rottenberg: How Neoliberalism Colonised Feminism – and what you can...
In this short article, Catherine Rottenberg argues that feminism as a political identity and project, has increasingly become part of the discourse of neoliberalism....
[Turkey] How the Populist Centre-Left is Challenging Erdoğan
Snap presidential elections will take place in Turkey on 24 June 2018. Although the plan of the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was to crush his...
[Turkey] Can Muharrem İnce overtake Erdoğan?
In this second piece on the Turkish elections, The New Pretender deepens its analysis of Muharrem İnce’s left populist campaign. According to opinion polls, only 7...
“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...
The Euro Disaster
Many nations within the euro-zone are in chronic economic crisis, which has resulted in a permanent political crisis in the EU. Jörg Bibow and...