Britain’s new Labour prime minister Keir Starmer has a huge majority, but defeatist constraints of his own making.
Europe
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Did Macron’s Gamble Pay Off?
Today on TAP: Calling a snap election did humiliate the far right. It remains to be seen whether the result produces a governable France.
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Democrats and the Euroleft
How do the Dems stack up compared to U.K. Labour, the German Social Democrats, and the multiparty French left?
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The French Left Arises From the Dead
Today on TAP: A surprising result of President Macron’s impulsive decision to call a snap election
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France: Back to Dreyfus? Vichy? No Exit From Its Fraught History?
Today on TAP: Following the EU elections, the neofascist right squares off against the neo–Popular Front left.
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Europe’s Decelerating Drift
Today on TAP: How serious is the continuing appeal of the far right?
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Britain’s Turn to Labour
After the upcoming election, will we see a welcome shift to progressive rebuilding—or more austerity and neoliberalism?
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The Wars Grow Longer
Despite Biden’s wishes, Israel says it’s in it at least until year’s end, while Ukraine now faces an unwinnable war of attrition.
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The Message of Mercedes
Today on TAP: The UAW’s defeat in Alabama highlights the challenges that unions still face until our labor laws again give workers their rights.
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Why Elon Loves China and Hates Sweden
Capitalism and communism suppress workers; social democracy empowers them.