David Coates, author at Social Europe

Flawed Capitalism On Both Sides Of The Atlantic

Given the scale of poverty and inequality in contemporary Britain (and indeed in the United States), no right-thinking person can presumably be fully happy with ... Read more

Standard Dilemmas Of Centre-Left Politics

David Coates

On a day-to-day basis, it is hard to break free of a mindset dominated in the UK by the details of the Brexit negotiations or

Democratic Primaries In The Shadow Of Neoliberalism

David Coates

The Democratic Party primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is being fought in the shadow of “neoliberalism” – in the shadow, that is,

America’s War On Poverty, America’s War On The Poor

David Coates

January 2014 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the State of the Union Address in which Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty. This anniversary is

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The Summer issue of The Progressive Post is out!

It is time to take action and to forge a path towards a Socialist renewal. European Socialists struggle to balance their responsibilities with the need to take bold positions and actions in the face of many major crises, while far-right political parties are increasingly gaining ground. Against this background, we offer European progressive forces food for thought on projecting themselves into the future.

Among this issue’s highlights, we discuss the transformative power of European Social Democracy, examine the far right’s efforts to redesign education systems to serve its own political agenda and highlight the growing threat of anti-gender movements to LGBTIQ+ rights – among other pressing topics.