Catherine Rottenberg: How Neoliberalism Colonised Feminism – and what you can...
In this short article, Catherine Rottenberg argues that feminism as a political identity and project, has increasingly become part of the discourse of neoliberalism....
Spain: What are human rights worth? | Chris Bambery
This weekend, the New Pretender republishes Chris Bambery’s most recent intervention, on the Catalan situation, from our comrades and partners Brave New Europe. Bambery argues that...
Book Review: The Populist Radical Left in Europe edited by Giorgios...
In The Populist Radical Left in Europe, editors Giorgios Katsambekis and Alexandros Kioupkiolis bring together contributors to explore populist radical left movements across Europe, discussing examples...
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...
[Turkey] How the Populist Centre-Left is Challenging Erdoğan
Snap presidential elections will take place in Turkey on 24 June 2018. Although the plan of the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was to crush his...
Trump’s Global Gag Rule: Rolling Back Reproductive Rights in Central America...
Time has come to reveal the impact of US imperialism on the regression of women's rights in Central America. In this groundbreaking article, Daniel...
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...
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...
Peter Bloom | We live in a populist age – but...
This weekend the New Pretender takes great pleasure in republishing the following intervention by Peter Bloom from our partners Brave New Europe. Bloom notes the loose...