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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Chantal Mouffe: “Corbyn represents the implementation of a left populist strategy”
In this article, Chantal Mouffe, philosopher, professor at the University of Westminster and theoretician of left-wing populism, proffers an analysis of the strategy of...
Left Populism from the Hungarian Perspective
A great challenge for the left is how to comply with both Marxist (especially Gramscian) and post-structuralist (Laclau-Mouffian) ideas about politics. How can this...
Seizing the moment? Scotland, Coronavirus and the question of Independence |...
A recent poll from Panelbase for the Sunday Times provided some heady tonic for the Westminster establishment and Unionists regarding the current mood in...
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...