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Posted inAmerica and the World
Countries Are Using COVID to Ignore the Climate Crisis
The need for economic recovery is being used to bail out the fossil fuel industry in countries around the world.
Posted inCoronavirus
France’s ‘Deconfinement’ Plan
France has announced a carefully phased plan for easing the severe restrictions imposed in mid-March. The strategy is far more coherent, cautious, and realistic than the miraculous ‘reopening’ envisioned by U.S. authorities.
Posted inCoronavirus
Viktor Orban’s Viral Authoritarianism
The public-health crisis is real—and is being used to further legitimize authoritarianism in Hungary.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Corbyn’s Defeat Is a Warning Sign to the Left Everywhere
The U.K. Labour candidate’s stand against economic inequality was not enough to overcome Boris Johnson’s populist appeal.
Posted inAmerica and the World
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.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Unlocking the Irish Puzzle
How did Boris Johnson almost solve Brexit? Irish Ambassador to the U.S. Daniel Mulhall says it was diplomacy.
Posted inBooks
The Crash of Austerity Economics
Reality keeps contradicting the sponsors of economic pain, but they keep dispensing their perverse advice.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Why Support for Europe’s Far Right Has Peaked
Europe’s nationalist identity politicians may be running out of steam.