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June 16, 2017
Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s Fortunate Son
He’s the country’s first openly gay prime minister and first of South Asian heritage—but he offers little relief from the harsh austerity budgets that have done so much harm.
Margaret Spillane
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June 2, 2017
Could Labour’s Corbyn Actually Win the British Elections?
Theresa May seems to shrink by the day, with her lead now in the single digits, while Corbyn has found his voice.
Maria Margaronis
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April 28, 2017
The Martian’s Guide to British Politics, or: Is There Intelligent Life on This Island?
It looks like the belligerent, self-serving martinets are going to trounce the quiet, bedraggled lot on the other side.
Maria Margaronis
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March 21, 2017
In Brexit’s Wake
A new book about Brexit captures the deeper crisis undergirding Britain’s bid to leave the EU.
John Harris
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March 6, 2017
Too Frightened to Change a Hated Order
Despite profound discontent, the prospect of an exit from the neoliberal orthodoxies of the past 40 years terrifies even those who know how much they have suffered from it.
Perry Anderson
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February 22, 2017
The Most Important Post-Brexit Election Is Taking Place in This Small City
Tomorrow, voters may elect a second UKIP member to Parliament.
Maria Margaronis
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February 16, 2017
A People’s Globalism: Notes Toward a New Left Internationalism
Three writers consider the major foreign-policy questions facing the left today.
Michael Walzer, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian and Jedediah Purdy
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February 8, 2017
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December 6, 2016
This Fratricidal War of Ours: A Referendum Divides the Italian Left
The left seemed to have been infected by the mad-dog rhetoric of Beppe Grillo of the Five Star Movement.
Frederika Randall
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October 31, 2016
Note to America: Don’t Be So Sure You’ve Put Trump Behind You
Take it from a Brit, right-wing populism will thrive until you deal with it genuinely.
Gary Younge