The U.K. Labour candidate’s stand against economic inequality was not enough to overcome Boris Johnson’s populist appeal.
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Et Tu, U.K.?
Labour’s wipeout in yesterday’s British election highlights the transnational defection of the white working class and deepens the global crisis of the social democratic left.
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Left for Scrap at Camp Leatherneck
The U.S. war in Afghanistan has been remarkably expensive, wasteful, and destructive. As a first lieutenant, I experienced its absurdity firsthand.
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Across Britain, Labour Activists Hit the Doorsteps for Votes
In the U.K. election’s final days, the feeling on the ground is very different from the story told in the news.
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Russia, America, and Creeping Authoritarianism
Anastasia Edel, author of ‘Russia: Putin’s Playground: Empire, Revolution, and the New Tsar,’ has critiqued the Trump administration’s inhumane immigration policies and warns that Americans should be on guard against what could come next.
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Labour Activists Canvass in the Cold in Britain
The December 12 parliamentary election has brought out Labour’s secret weapon: organizers who have been working for years to end austerity and bring a new politics to the U.K.
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Morocco and Gambia: The Unlikely Global Climate Leaders
The nations of the world gather in Madrid today for the opening of the U.N.’s 2019 Climate Conference. Smaller countries, particularly those already affected by the climate crisis, have been the ones most insistent on the need for urgent action. A couple of them have also unexpectedly led by example. Of all the countries that […]
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A Peaceful Way Forward for Bolivia
Amid a climate of fear and violence, Jeanine Áñez’s interim government must negotiate with a legislature still dominated by Evo Morales’s party.
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Egypt’s President Stomps on the Press
Mada Masr, the last muckraking news site in Cairo, broke a story about El-Sisi’s son. On Sunday, Egyptian authorities broke into its office.
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France’s Yellow Vest Movement, One Year Later
The French protest movement sparked by a gas tax hike remains committed to fighting for economic justice.
