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...
The Republican Future for the Irish Left? Socialist Strategy and the...
The developments of the Irish General Election (2020) represents an historic juncture for the left in Ireland. The question of left-strategy seems more urgent...
Battling for the Meaning of “New Normal”: A Glimpse on How...
Indonesia, along with many other countries, has been facing the Covid-19 pandemic since March 2020. While the potential of outbreak had been detected since...
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....
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...
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 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...
[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...
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...
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...