Long Read: US Politics Has Reached a Dead End
Luke Savage
After a brief flirtation with change, writes Luke Savage, America’s presidential race has reverted to type: sclerotic, exhausted and grossly unpopular.
Tag: Elections
Report: If the Tories Lose Here, They’ll Lose Everywhere
Aaron Bastani went to Godalming in beautiful Surrey, to find out if the chancellor Jeremy Hunt is about to lose his seat. Tune in for hot takes, voxpops homemade jam and more.
Novara FM: All Of Which Are American Dreams…
Know Your Enemy hosts Sam Adler-Bell and Matthew Sitman analyse the state of conservatism across the Atlantic.
Downstream: George Galloway’s Plan to Destroy the Labour Party
George Galloway has been elected as a member of parliament for four separate constituencies – with only Winston Churchill beating him. Perhaps more remarkably still, he won on three of those occasions while not being a member of a major political party. Most recently he became the MP for Rochdale, in the north of England. […]
Report: Panama’s Workers Forced the Government to Negotiate Live on TV. What Was the Point?
Octavio García Soto
Last year, workers in the world’s sixth most unequal country dragged the state to the negotiating table - and won caps on fuel and food prices. Now, many are accusing the state of brazenly abandoning its promises. Octavio García Soto reports.
Analysis: Try As He Might, Erdoğan Can’t Crush the Left
Eda Seyhan
The Turkish president’s recent re-election for a third term dashed hopes for a new dawn in Turkey, writes Eda Seyhan. But the cracks are showing.
Downstream: Can Lula Take Brazil Back From Bolsonaro? Aaron Meets Sabrina Fernandes
On 2nd October, Brazil will be faced with a stark choice. The incumbent president, Jair Bolsonaro, has overseen economic calamity and nearly 700,000 Covid deaths in his first term. His challenger, Lula Da Silva, is hoping to regain the presidency – just three years since being freed from prison. To discuss the state of Brazilian […]
Opinion: Sweden Was Never the Progressive Haven You Thought It Was
Christian Christensen
The victory of the far-right Sweden Democrats has shocked the world. That’ll teach us for believing the hype about Scandi liberalism, writes Christian Christensen.
Analysis: Italy’s Far Right Is About to Win Big As Unelected Government Falls
Matteo Tiratelli
We should celebrate the fall of Mario Draghi’s unelected government, writes Matteo Tiratelli. Yet what looks likely to replace it could be even worse.
Analysis: Angolans Are Done With a One-Party State
Joana Ramiro
Next week's election could spell the end of the MPLA's half-century rule, writes Joana Ramiro.
Analysis: Ahead of June’s Elections, a Revived French Left is Uniting
Ell Folan
France’s election was contested by two rightwingers. But a new coalition suggests a radical left is rising once more.
Analysis: What Next for Chile, Now Gabriel Boric Has Won?
Michael Chessum
Chile’s incoming president is committed to dismantling an economic model that has weighed on the country’s poor for decades. But with the road ahead riddled with obstacles, Michael Chessum asks: is the Chilean left strong enough to overcome the legacy of Pinochet?
Analysis: Finally, a Green Party Leadership Race Worth Following
Ell Folan
After the sudden resignation of both co-leaders, the Greens have been plunged into their most fractious leadership contest yet. It's going to be a battle - and not just over trans rights.
Analysis: With Labour Barely Holding Batley and Spen, Is It Time for Starmer to Quit?
Ell Folan
While Labour's Batley and Spen win is no doubt a reprieve for Keir Starmer, every result and every approval rating is telling us one thing: he is unelectable, writes Ell Folan.
Novara FM: NO ONE WAY WORKS: Political Organisation for the 21st Century
Rodrigo Nunes joins James Butler to throw light on left melancholia and the future of political organisation.
Novara Live: Keir Starmer’s First Big Test
Keir Starmer faces his first big test as Labour leader with elections across Britain on 6 May 2021. With Michael Walker, Owen Jones and Dalia Gebrial.
Analysis: The Dutch Left Was Savaged at the Polls – but Its Policies Remain Unscathed
Merijn Oudenampsen
Wednesday's historic defeat is especially confounding given the popularity of leftwing policies among the electorate, writes Dutch political scientist Merijn Oudenampsen.
Opinion: So Long As Our Voting System is Rigged, the Tories Will Always Win Elections
James McAsh
First-past-the-post is an unfair electoral system that favours the Tories. If the Labour left is serious about achieving transformative change, it needs to get behind proportional representation, argues James McAsh.