The dangers of the myth of Trump’s white working class support
The myth of the white working class support for Trump is animating post-election debates at alarming speed with misleading interpretations of often partial data. It is being used…
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US presidential elections: nothing to celebrate
I do sincerely hope that we won’t wake up tomorrow morning with the terrible news of a Trump presidency. Having said that, the world is already an awful…
Back to Basics: Why Podemos Lost Support in the last Spanish Election
Credit: Andrea Comas/ Reuters By Marta LobatoThe results of the Spanish general election on 26 June betrayed the expectations of many on the left. Pre-election polls predicted that…
Back to Basics: Why Podemos Lost Support in the last Spanish Election
Credit: Andrea Comas/ Reuters By Marta LobatoThe results of the Spanish general election on 26 June betrayed the expectations of many on the left. Pre-election polls predicted that…
Back to Basics: Why Podemos Lost Support in the last Spanish Election
Credit: Andrea Comas/ Reuters By Marta LobatoThe results of the Spanish general election on 26 June betrayed the expectations of many on the left. Pre-election polls predicted that…
Back to Basics: Why Podemos Lost Support in the last Spanish Election
Credit: Andrea Comas/ Reuters By Marta LobatoThe results of the Spanish general election on 26 June betrayed the expectations of many on the left. Pre-election polls predicted that…
UK should Remain in the EU to stop the global advance of the far right
Tomorrow the British will go to the polls to decide whether UK should stay within the European Union or not. I truly hope that the majority will vote…
A left vision for basic income
Today Swiss people are voting in a referendum that will determine whether to include a universal basic income in the federal constitution. The constitutional amendment proposes the institution of a…
Varoufakis announces pan-European movement to “democratise the EU”
In a recent interview for the Italian magazine L’Espresso, former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis announces the formation of a new Pan-European movement in February 2016, with…
More instability expected in Spain after indecisive election
More political instability looms in another southern European country. No clear majority emerged from the ballot box in Spain yesterday, and the two-party system seems to be a…