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,...
[Ireland] Savita’s Law: The Racial Politics of Repeal
In this article, The New Pretender interrogates the racial dynamics of the Repeal the 8th campaign in Ireland through an analysis of the centrality of...
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...
The Underbelly of a Littlebury Lawyer
Who are the elite capital-owning class, and how do they think about precarious work? Cailean Gallagher offers a case-study of the tycoon behind the...
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...
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....
Essex Transform: Rediscovering the Demos Inside the space of Academia
In this week's article/report we present and support the student-driven project 'Essex Transform: Rediscovering the Demos Inside the Academia', led by the Centre...
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...
Reflections on Violence against Women and Mainstream Media in Ireland
We Rise, We Chant and We March, and still We are not Heard
Ana Kriegel, Jastine Valdez, Joanne Ball, Natalia Karaczyn. These are the names...
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...