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...
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...
[Brexit] “You can check out any time you like, But you...
In this article, Chris Bambery takes a sober step back and analyses what Brexit is really about and what opportunities it offers for radical change...
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...
Is Macronism Thatcherism?
Last year, during the campaign for the French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron claimed a centrist position, distancing himself from both "Thatcher and...
The first step is admitting that you’re a worker –...
Modelling might seem like atypical work, a vocation that doesn’t have a lot in common with more regular jobs. That is the prevalent image...
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...
Is Irish Unity possible? My journey to Belfast
This winter, I voyaged to Belfast for the first time. As an outlander, this trip profoundly changed my views on the Northern Irish conflict...