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...
Our Finest Hour – A very British response to crisis |...
The coronavirus has quite predictably, though understandably, invaded all forms of media which we consume. Every newspaper is dominated by updates on the battle...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Against the War: the People’s peace
Once again in the history of humankind, the world seems on the brisk of disaster. Early in the morning of Saturday 14 April, US,...
Community organising and left-wing populism
Recently put under the spotlight in France by Melenchon supporters, Saul Alinsky's "community organizing" intends to politicize the everyday life of working classes by...
“A Hostile Environment” – Immigration in Contemporary Britain
This weekend The New Pretender brings you a republication of this short article, on the Windrush Scandal, Race and the Criminalisation of Immigration in Contemporary Britain,...