The irony is despite dismissing notions of left and class, the sociology of Mélenchon’s electorate is clearly left-wing and their vote is a class vote against the right and extreme right.
There are moments of truth in which, due to some sort of blip in the functioning of the oligarchic system that governs our present world, we glimpse another humane populism.
In all countries, established political parties have the dangerous propensity to counter this electoral wave of populism by adopting the issues and language used by them.
The philosopher of post-Fascism enters the populism fray with his own candidate for post-truth – Left betrayal. Czech.
What happened to social democratic parties in Europe? And what is coming to take their place?
Is a stance against the political, economic and cultural ‘elites’ a sufficient condition for populism?
The much-needed new relationship with the citizenry must involve an end to the conjuring up of an external enemy and the promotion of a “new cold war”.
Is left-wing populism the best response to right-wing populism? An interview with Paolo Gerbaudo on 'citizenism' - the defining political movement of this generation. Español
Are we seeing the convergence of Syriza and their right-wing coalition partners, ANEL, into a single party?
“What is happening in the politics of the US particularly, but also in other countries, is that identity in a form of nationality or ethnicity or race has become a proxy for class.”
Overlooked by many in Europe, a quickly growing radical left party in Slovenia is providing an example to movement and party builders across the continent.
A few decades after the fall of ‘actually existing socialism’, we are experiencing the fall of ‘actually existing liberalism’, so to speak. How should the left approach this historical moment?
