Remembering 1917: Russia’s Modern Counter-Revolution
On November 7, 2017, Marxists around the world celebrated the centenary of the world’s first successful socialist…
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Re-packaged Nazism, Germany’s ‘Alternative für Deutschland’
On 25 September 2017 over 13% of the German electorate voted for the AfD “Alternative für Deutschland,” or in…
“Cosmopolitan”: A Dog Whistle of the Trump-Right
The Trump Administration recently endorsed a plan to cut legal immigration by half and prioritize well-educated…
Brexit Through the Gift Shop
In just mere weeks the world will be a year removed from being helpless bystanders as the British people…
The Colonial Roots of Zuma’s Presidency
The reputation of South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, has gone steadily downhill since the country began…
Macron’s Victory Won’t Thwart Populist Demagoguery
At a quiet dinner hosted by former presidential aide Jacques Attali in 2008, then Socialist Party First Secretary…
French Populism in The Age of Democratic Dysfunction
In 2013, a survey revealed that 87% of the respondents agreed that France needed a true chief to put things back in…
Justice: The New Antagonist of Anti-Establishment Politics
The leader of France’s National Front, Marine Le Pen, has found both a new antagonist in the judicial system and a…
Divide and Rule
At the Munich Security Conference, Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, called for a “post-West…
François Fillon: Another Le Pen? Another Trump? Hardly.
Last November the entire political scene was left absolutely stunned as the electorate made itself heard and…