Socialist hegemony: construction time again
Two books focused on Britain address shifting class configurations and go back to the drawing board on a hegemonic project.
Politics
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Gaza: status of UN Security Council ceasefire demand
Is the security council ‘demand’ for a ceasefire legally binding? Here is what international law says.
The missing migrants: myriad preventable deaths
People fleeing conflict are dying—especially in the Mediterranean en route to Europe—due to lack of safe pathways.
Gaza: a population being starved into submission
With access to food aid denied by Israel, two-thirds of a million Gazans already face 'catastrophe'.
Hungary’s unedifying political wordplays
The opposition, Eszter Kováts writes, should not succumb to Orbán’s friend versus foe politics in the European elections.
Gaza: UN humanitarian intervention needed
Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war and the international community must exercise its ‘responsibility to protect’.
How to treat German democracy’s malaise
The answer is not to ban the AfD but to enhance democracy so that citizens think it is worth defending.
Protecting EP employees from harassment
The European Parliament should be setting the gold standard in ensuring the wellbeing of its staff.
Ukraine war: Russia’s hold on Crimea loosens
Ten years after Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, annexed Crimea, its grip on the peninsula looks shaky.
Abortion rights at issue in European elections
Abortion rights are featuring in this year’s European election campaign in a way we have not seen before.
Why Trump can’t win in November
Since Donald Trump incited an insurrection, he has moderated neither his rhetoric nor behaviour—both have become more extreme.
Taxing the super-rich: a tool to close the gender gap
If gender equality is to be more than an International Women’s Day gesture, revenue must be raised for massive investment.
Democracy at work and in society: populist antidote
Trade unions and other civil-society organisations are key to fending off the threat from the far right.
Amid anomie and rentier rule, a European left in crisis
The left has gone along with a shift of power to boardrooms and bureaucracies, undermining policy ambition and public confidence.
Gaza: Europe’s failure of moral leadership
Israel’s demolition of Gaza will haunt Europe’s conscience for generations to come and imperil the claims of the democratic world.
Europe’s next term: time for boldness
Progressive leaders must confront the far-right nationalists with the reality that Europe needs more integration, not less.
The assault on the skies by the far right
The far right is preying on the fears of the vulnerable ahead of June’s elections. Progressives must tackle the causes of its rise.