A New Deal To Save Europe
“I don’t care about what it will cost. We took our country back!” This is the proud message heard throughout England since the Brexit referendum
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After Brexit: Prioritising A Social Europe
If it were only a question of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, one could take a more relaxed view of Brexit. Decision-making within the
Brexit Into Trumpland
British Prime Minister Theresa May is leading the United Kingdom toward a very “hard” Brexit in 2019 – and potentially off a cliff, if the
Hungary In 2017: Could The Left And Far-Right Unite To Keep Orban Out Of Power?
In many ways, 2017 will be just another pre-election year in Hungary. Still riding high in almost every opinion poll, the ruling Fidesz party has
Why Has The White Working Class Abandoned The Left?
Maybe the most surprising political development during this decade is why increased inequality in almost all capitalist market societies has not resulted in more votes
Poland’s Dysfunctional Democracy
During 2016, Poland metamorphosed from the poster boy of post-communist democratic transition to the rebellious teenager of the new populist zeitgeist. Having come to power
Ten Theses For The Fight Against Right-Wing Populism
Who is drawn to right-wing populism and why is it so dangerous? In the United Kingdom, United States, Hungary, and Poland, right-wing populist alliances have
The New Xenophobia
Democratic governments in the West are increasingly losing their bearings. From the shift toward illiberalism in Poland and Hungary to the Brexit vote in the
Europe Needs Franco-German Action To Project Power
After the shock of the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum and Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States in 2016, this will be a
Zygmunt Bauman: A Beacon Of Hope In The Darkness
I don’t know what to do. A world that was getting darker suddenly turned pitch black. Zygmunt Bauman is dead. The towering intellectual colossus of
Has Income Inequality Finally Got To Top Of The IMF Agenda?
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has named the reduction of economic inequality as the “defining challenge of our time”. This is true not only for
The Age Of Hyper-Uncertainty
The year 2017 will mark the 40th anniversary of the publication of John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Age of Uncertainty. Forty years is a long time, but
European Works Councils – Another Brexit Victim
European Works Councils (EWCs) are a living, functioning embodiment of Social Europe and the core EU concept that workers should have rights and, in exchange
Labour And Its Brexit Dilemma
The British Labour Party currently teeters on the brink, trapped between following many of its northern supporters in supporting an end to the freedom of
Europe’s Slow-Burning Issue – Making Work Sustainable
Making work sustainable is not simply a challenge for politicians and policymakers in the European Union: it is a fundamental issue that underpins the future
Reborn Social Democracy As ‘Progressive Communitarianism’
The new authoritarianism sweeping through liberal democracies increasingly justifies parallels with the 1930s. Now, like then, electorates face multiple insecurities: a lack of decent work,
It Can Happen Here! Why Donald Trump Affects Us All
In his 2004 novel The Plot against America, Philip Roth invoked the spectre of a fascist regime in the United States of America. Squarely in the