Tag: david wearing
Opinion: The Conservative Government is a Threat to National Security
by David Wearing
Novara Live: Trump Is Over
Progressives are celebrating the end of Trump. What changes now? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar, and Nelini Stamp, Anand Menon and David Wearing.
Opinion: Win or Lose, One Thing is Clear: Donald Trump’s Fascism is No Aberration
by David Wearing
The US election is still too close to call. But this very fact makes one thing clear: Trump’s 2016 win was no fluke, but the expression of a formidable socio-political force that could take a generation to defeat, argues David Wearing.
Opinion: Donald Trump Has Exposed the US-UK ‘Special Relationship’ for What It Really Is
by David Wearing
While some suggest London is powerless in the face of Washington’s demands, the UK can - and does - stand up to the US when it wants to. When Britain accommodates and even actively collaborates with Trump, it can’t be let off the hook, argues David Wearing.
Opinion: To Tackle the Right’s ‘Culture War’, the Left Needs to Build New Forms of Solidarity
by David Wearing
The reasons for widespread despair on the left are no mystery: the success of the right's 'culture war', and the loss of the Labour leadership. David Wearing argues workplace and community organising, and political education, can help us build the forms of solidarity we need to fight back.
Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Strategy is Revealing His Politics – and They Aren’t Progressive
by David Wearing
The first question we need to ask of any leading Labour figure is this: are their politics managerial, or are they transformative? Although many say Starmer’s politics are yet to be defined - or are simply ‘non-ideological’ - his strategy has already told us otherwise, argues David Wearing.
Opinion: What Would a Biden Presidency Mean for the Rest of the World?
by David Wearing
In the context of US imperialism, the differences between presidents can feel small. But even though violence and exploitation will continue irrespective of this year's election result, the choice between Biden and Trump is a real and urgent one, argues David Wearing.
Opinion: Paranoid Hysteria is a Near-Constant Feature of Modern Conservatism
by David Wearing
The right’s shrill panic about an ‘invasion’ of migrants reached new heights this week over a handful of refugees in barely seaworthy dinghies. In order to understand the forces we’re dealing with, we need to examine this hysteria itself, argues David Wearing.
Opinion: Russia Report: Explaining Moscow’s Actions Would Expose the West’s Hypocrisy
by David Wearing
Opinion: Britain’s Covid-19 Death Toll Goes Far Beyond Its Borders
by David Wearing
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, criticism of the British government has focused on negligence within the UK’s own borders. But from Yemen to Iraq, Britain’s responsibility for the global death toll goes far further than is being reported, argues David Wearing.
Opinion: This Isn’t a ‘Culture War’ – It’s a Battle Over the Terms of Solidarity
by David Wearing
There are some on the left who say we shouldn’t get distracted by the ‘culture war’, and should keep our focus on the ‘real issues’. But this distinction is often a false one, and the left needs to figure out how to fight the culture war on its own terms, argues David Wearing.