Labour’s move away from its working-class roots and to the right cemented its political demise.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Got Railroaded. Good.
Elite accountability is vital, even if it comes in a less-than-perfect package.
Posted inTAP
How Global Capitalism Destroys Democratic Politics
The universal rule of capital explains why national leaders can’t solve national problems—and end up being hated by voters as pathetic failures.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Trump’s White Christian Foreign Policy
According to our new official National Security Strategy, we have to support Europe’s neo-Nazi right in its fight to keep Europe white.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Coming Crisis in Health Care and the Crisis We Already Have
Why we can’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again
Posted inWorking in America
Solving the Shortage of Low-Wage Workers
Here’s the miracle cure: Pay them better.
Posted inTAP
A Wake-Up Call to British Labour
Today on TAP: As the West’s only majority left-of-center government dithers, the far-right Reform party makes big gains.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Conversation With Daniel Chandler
The author of ‘Free and Equal’ reflects on the failure of the center-left and the rise of right-wing populism and Trump.
Posted inAmerica and the World
A British Preview of Kamala’s Challenges
Britain’s new Labour prime minister Keir Starmer has a huge majority, but defeatist constraints of his own making.
Posted inPodcasts
Ain’t Nuthin but a Centrist Party
Can the Democrats avoid the impulse to turn right?