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Was embracing the market a necessary evil for Labour and Labor?
While both parties may have set out to modernise and renew their ideologies, the ALP's and Labour’s attempts to marry the old and new instead precipitated two separate identity crises.
The G20 summit shows a world divided in its attitudes toward globalisation
Differences in attitudes toward globalisation makes cooperation between the world's leading economies extremely difficult.
Why African fans love European football - a Senegalese perspective
European football matches allow African fans to partake in the aspirational dreams exported worldwide by the Premier League or the Champions League.
The road to the great regression
We may think of current reactionary politics as radical and new, but unchecked mercantilism has always elicited a fierce backlash from both left and right. Here's what history tells us about today.
South African protesters echo a global cry: democracy isn’t making people’s lives better
Protests in South Africa are about more than just service delivery of basic services such as water and electricity. They reflect a wider crisis about the failure to build a more equitable society.
Ivanka Trump’s deeply political tome
'Women Who Work' attempts to present itself as an apolitical work. But no narratives ever are – and it's especially the case for those that anxiously seek to appear that way.
The Labour Party must embrace a hard, socialist Brexit to stand a chance of winning the general election
Labour must develop its pro-social and pro-working class agenda for an electorate that has been failed by globalisation and EU integration.
France shuns mainstream political parties: world experts react
France must now choose between two candidates with strongly opposing visions. The outcome of the May 7 run-off could radically alter France, as well as its position in Europe and in the world.
Hungary’s assault on academic freedom is a threat to European principles
A move that could shut an independent university in Budapest poses fundamental questions about European values.
Ecuador’s populist electoral victory for Moreno shows erosion of democracy
Recent elections in Latin America have suggested a retreat from left-wing politics and populist leaders. But results from Ecuador's 2017 presidential election suggest otherwise.
From London to Harare: an activist yearning for an ounce of practice
Leo Zeilig's novel features a superbly crafted cast of characters. It's a page turner for readers interested in the profound questions of radical politics and humanity.
‘Empowerment’ feminism is not working – we need a far more radical approach to gender equality
The famous slogan of the 1970s that 'women who want equality with men lack ambition' still rings true today.
To save humanity and the planet, we must redesign money
Increasing inequality, environmental degradation, financial instability – it's clear the current system is broken.
Trump and Brexit won’t kill globalisation – we’re too far in
People are unhappy with the current state of affairs – but this is happening despite globalisation, not because of it.
How to resist the political rise of the global nativist
Can the world's progressives build their own international movement?
After a tense election, Ecuador is divided over its political future
First-round voting confirmed that populist president Rafael Correa's AP movement is still Ecuador's most powerful political force. But the right is gaining strength.
If we are reaching neoliberal capitalism’s end days, what comes next?
The crisis confronting neoliberal capitalism suggests that its internal contradictions are now undermining its very foundations. What can we expect from a post-neoliberal world?
What does ‘America first’ mean for American economic interests?
Trump's 'America first' rhetoric implies that the internationalism and ‘enlightened self-interest’ that built the postwar order was a big mistake. The evidence and basic economics disagree.
Timid industrial strategy means Britain could still end up with a soft Brexit
The UK government's inability to devise a fundamentally new economic policy is why it will likely fudge a soft Brexit.
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