Europe

‘We Are Not Here to Manage Capitalism’: Labour Takes a Socialist Turn

‘We Are Not Here to Manage Capitalism’: Labour Takes a Socialist Turn ‘We Are Not Here to Manage Capitalism’: Labour Takes a Socialist Turn

At this year’s conference in Liverpool, the Corbyn wing of the party was firmly in control.

Oct 2, 2018 / Rachel Shabi

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Is Fighting for Its Soul. Can a Progressive New Government Save It? Amsterdam Is Fighting for Its Soul. Can a Progressive New Government Save It?

The new city government has big ambitions—but the challenges could prove even bigger.

Oct 2, 2018 / Sebastiaan Faber

Theresa May at the EU Summit

A Small Nation That Thinks It’s a World Power A Small Nation That Thinks It’s a World Power

Brexit emerged from its supporters’ nostalgia for a supposedly glorious past.

Sep 27, 2018 / Column / Gary Younge

London protest against militarism in Syria

Progressives Must Seize Their Momentum to Articulate a Saner Foreign Policy Progressives Must Seize Their Momentum to Articulate a Saner Foreign Policy

A clear message is needed: Enough with endless wars and the global oligarchy.

Sep 25, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

St. Petersburg

Dialogue Is the Best Medicine: Citizens Speak Out Against Reinvigorating the Cold War Dialogue Is the Best Medicine: Citizens Speak Out Against Reinvigorating the Cold War

Russian and American students at the Track Two conference in St. Petersburg were ready to trust each other much more than they trust the politicians.

Sep 25, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Jack O'Keefe Project Veritas

How Conspiracy Theories Unite the International Far Right How Conspiracy Theories Unite the International Far Right

At a recent gathering in St. Louis, paranoia, xenophobia, and racism gave far-right activists from around the world a common cause.  

Sep 21, 2018 / Brendan O’Connor

Putin Helicopter

Who Putin Is Not Who Putin Is Not

Falsely demonizing Russia’s leader has made the new Cold War even more dangerous.

Sep 20, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Jeremy Corbyn and the Crisis of Anti-Semitism

Jeremy Corbyn and the Crisis of Anti-Semitism Jeremy Corbyn and the Crisis of Anti-Semitism

A vicious feud has engulfed the Labour Party—why can’t its leader defuse it?

Sep 20, 2018 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

Refugees welcome in Germany sign

Germany’s Faith-Based Sanctuary Activists Have Created a National Movement Germany’s Faith-Based Sanctuary Activists Have Created a National Movement

But it’s under growing pressure from politicians waging war on the right to asylum.

Sep 19, 2018 / Caitlin L. Chandler

Macron Bastille Day

Is France Finally Reckoning With Its Brutal Past? Is France Finally Reckoning With Its Brutal Past?

Macron's acknowledgement of French torture during the Algerian war was unprecedented—but what comes next?

Sep 18, 2018 / Karina Piser

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