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Downstream: If Neoliberalism Is Over, What Next?

If neoliberalism really is over then what comes after? And could this new political and economic moment, where a larger state is embraced, see a turn right rather than left? Aaron Bastani speaks to sociologist Paolo Gerbaudo about his new book, ‘The Great Recoil’, examining how ideas of protection, control and state intervention are replacing […]

Prime minister Boris Johnson in a hard hat and red jumpsuit in a factory setting

Analysis: The Big State Is Back, Baby

by Paolo Gerbaudo

In the neoliberal era, bureaucrats were public enemy number one. Now, Boris Johnson is heralding the “activist state”. The left must skewer the right’s faux interventionism or risk irrelevance, writes Paolo Gerbaudo.

A photograph of the members of former political party Change UK at a restaurant, with whippets' faces superimposed onto theirs.

Opinion: Like All Digital Parties, the Northern Independence Party Is a Reflection of Our Broken Politics

by Paolo Gerbaudo

Cartel parties that suppress internal democracy, a non-choice between two virtually identical alternatives - the NIP is the product of familiar trends, writes political theorist Paolo Gerbaudo.

Analysis: GameStop: How the Online Crowd Stormed the FinTech Scene

by Paolo Gerbaudo

This week, an army of Reddit day traders inflated GameStop's stock price and gave the big boys of Wall Street a bloody nose. Paolo Gerbaudo explains how it happened - and how the online crowd can transform individual weakness into collective strength.

Novara FM: Log On! the Rise of the Digital Party

On #NovaraFM James Butler is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo to discuss his new book ‘The Digital Party’: from hyperleaders to superbases, the end of the cadre and the effect of the internet on how people think about politics.

Novara FM: The Mask and the Flag: Populism and Protest

James Butler is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo to discuss 'populism' and the rise of a populist Left.