Jonathan Pie Is Wrong: This Is Not the Time to Pander to Racism
Jack Kellam
The solution to our predicament isn’t to give such racists and xenophobes greater respect for their ‘legitimate concerns’ – it’s to begin actually challenging them.
Tag: donald trump
Novara FM: It’s President Trump
On this week's show Aaron Bastani, Ash Sarkar and James Butler discuss Donald Trump's surprise triumph in the race for the US Presidency. How did he win and what happens next?
Trump Was Elected by the Disinherited White Middle Classes, It Doesn’t Mean We Have to Put Up With Their Prejudice
Katie Arthur
While Trump certainly benefited from significant swings from low-income voters, it was the downwardly-mobile white middle classes driving the vote. Nonetheless, this is not the time to pander to their selfishness and prejudice.
Trump Didn’t Win, Clinton Lost
Aaron Bastani
How did the Democrats get it so wrong, and what are the lessons for progressives in the UK?
US Election Liveblog
Aaron Bastani and Eleanor Penny
After what has seemed an eternity, Americans are finally heading to the polls to elect the 45th president of the United States. Join Aaron Bastani and Eleanor Penny for our running coverage of the results.
Novara FM: End of Summer: New Season
On this week's show, the first in a new series, Aaron Bastani and James Butler look back at the stories which have defined the Summer.
Long Read: #BernieOrBust? Against the Politics of Lesser Evilism
Alex Richardson-Price
After the collapse of Sanders' presidential campaign, US radicals are left with limited options at the ballot box. Should they vote for the lesser of two evils, or try to forge a third way?
OMFG Sarkar: How Hillary Laid the Foundations for Donald Trump’s Popular Neo-Fascism
As Trump hires a far right Breitbart executive to his campaign Ash Sarkar looks at how his brand of populist racism is built on the Liberal policies of the Clintons.
Donald Trump Hasn’t Killed the GOP: He is the GOP
Cameron De Chi
Ted Cruz’s refusal to endorse Trump played up to the ‘Good Conservative’ narrative, but portraying Trump as an outsider lets the Republicans off the hook for his rise.
Clinton Vs Trump: ‘The Lesser of Two Evils’
Can progressives mourning the Bern stomach switching their allegiances to Clinton? Tom Goulding went to Burlington, Vermont to find out.
Novara FM: Populism and Democracy
On this week’s show James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss the emergence of populist politics on both the left and right.