On Strike Against Reality: Conspiracy Thinking as the Popularisation of Critical...
Conspiracy theories and post-truth politics have figured prominently in the popular consciousness throughout 2020; growing steadily alongside public health responses to the Covid-19 pandemic....
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 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...
To tackle Trump, we must do better than call him fascist
Tomorrow, Friday 12 July, the UK will welcome Trump with perhaps the largest protests since the Iraq war. All over Scotland —a country which loathed...
France’s Security Laws Should be a Wake-Up Call to Leftwing Nationalists...
If you are reading this, chances are you have heard about the French security laws that were proposed last Fall and are scheduled for...
Is Left-Wing Populism Still Relevant?
Left-wing populism has been on the rise in recent years especially in Europe and the United States. However, after the experiences of SYRIZA, Podemos...
Expectedly unprecedented: Media discourses on COVID-19 and gender violence in Mexico
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented changes to our lifestyles. Or is it, maybe, that the pandemic has simply underscored our already lived normality,...
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...
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...
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...