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Electoral contagion: the UK coughs and Ireland sneezes

By David Kitching / 20 December, 2019

For Ireland, there is no such thing as a good Brexit. However, if they must now accept Brexit as inevitable, there are a few fundamental protections that cannot be undone.

Towards a restart of Romanian social democracy

By Victor Negrescu / 10 December, 2019

Isolated, unable to convince its traditional voters, PSD Romania must start rebuilding by learning from its mistakes and listening to its members.

The 2019 Romanian presidential elections: a defeat for social democrats and for social justice

By Ramona Coman / 7 December, 2019

Beyond the worst electoral outcome for the party since 1989, Romanian social democrats are defeated in a country which is in a great need of social justice.

The deceptive opposition between nationalists and progressives

By Didier Fassin / 12 November, 2019

But is his authoritarian neoliberalism so far removed from the positions of those he claims to fight?

“A decade before the Berlin Wall came down, the corrosion of the social welfare state started with the neoliberal turn”

By Wolfgang Engler / 8 November, 2019

The experience of being East German”), recounts a particular sense of homelessness in the new, western world.

Defending Progressivism

By Patrick Diamond / 28 October, 2019

The profound difficulty for his concept though is that he lacks both a rigorous analysis of capitalism, and a clear understanding of the enduring importance of nation-states.