Opinion: The Media is Biased Against the Left – And the Right
by Aaron Bastani
While rightwing billionaires control Britain’s print press, the broadcast media is stuffed with Blairites, writes Aaron Bastani.
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The Bastani Factor: How Britain Starved Ireland
Today the island of Ireland has a smaller population than it did 200 years ago. How did that happen, and what has it got to do with free market capitalism? Aaron Bastani explains how London politicians and Irish landlords exploited a crisis in the name of an ideology – in the process wrecking the lives […]
Opinion: Cummings’ Inquiry Hearing Was a Chance for Centrists To Do What They Do Best: Rehabilitate Rightwingers
by Jamie Medwell
The man who just a few months ago was public enemy number one is now a harmless whistleblower. It's a frightening sign of how willing the centrist media is to let the right off the hook, writes Jamie Medwell.
Analysis: Did China Just End Extreme Poverty?
by Aaron Bastani
China claims to have eliminated poverty. On some measures, this isn't true, but it's certainly doing far better than anywhere else. In fact, the myth of global progress has now come to depend on China - a country whose economic model is entirely different to our own.
Opinion: Liberals Are Obsessed With Dominic Cummings Because It Lets Them Pretend Everything Else is OK
by Aaron Bastani
In a world set to be increasingly defined by climate change, inequality, technological innovation and a crisis of elderly care, perceiving political outcomes as the result of bad people making bad decisions is an easy way out, argues Aaron Bastani.
The Bastani Factor: The World According to the Economist with Alexander Zevin
Since 1843, The Economist has been the single most devoted and influential champion of liberalism anywhere in the world. But what exactly is liberalism, and what does the output of the Economist tell us about it?
Opinion: It’s Not Just Brexiteers Who Deal in British Exceptionalism – Centrists Do Too
by Aaron Bastani
Liberal centrists are quick to accuse right-wing Brexiteers of being prone to nostalgia and exceptionalism. But by appealing to a mythical past where Britain was an open, tolerant country, centrists show they're not actually all that different, argues Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: Liberals Are the Ones Hijacking BLM. Racial Justice Is Always Political
by Wail Qasim
In identifying with the Black Lives Matter ‘moment’ in its most woolly and apolitical form, white people like Keir Starmer have claimed ownership of an anti-racist movement that began with Black people demanding justice. The movement is inherently political, and we must not let it be delegitimised or hollowed out, writes Wail Qasim.
The Bastani Factor: Why Are ‘Moderates’ So…Weird?
This week saw both the Tories and the Liberal Democrats elect a new leader. For self-identified ‘moderates’ this provided yet more evidence of why Jeremy Corbyn is bad. But why are ‘moderates’ so…weird? Aaron thinks he has the answer.
IMOBastani: Do Not Vote for the Liberal Democrats
This election offers two distinct offers; Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn, Barbarism or Socialism.