A Practical Radical Politics
How can we navigate the tension between practicality and radicalism in political activism? Professor Robert Jensen discusses.
Read more
Optimism Bias in the Pandemic Response: Implications for Climate Change Policy
What can the optimism bias evident in governmental responses to the COVID-19 epidemic teach us about future climate change policies?
Read more
The New Political Spectrum: Lobster Capitalism vs Clownfish Communism
If forced to choose, would you consider yourself more of a lobster or a clownfish? It sounds bizarre, but this is the political battlefield of the future.
Read more
How Did Populism Capture the Heart of the People?
Austerity? Globalisation? It is no secret that populism struck a chord. Progressives must now assess how they may recapture the heart of the people.
Read more
For a New Left – Racism and Imperialism
Only a global, united movement can work to deconstruct the institutions of state and corporate power which fuel racism and serve to keep us divided.
Read more
For a New Left – The Unfree Market of Capitalism
The free market of capitalism is unfree for labour, since fair exchange depends on equality, and will require an international movement to fully dismantle. It has been suggested that the call for a basic income and land value tax, something which I consider to be a ‘starter kit’ for securing our rights and freedoms, constitutes […]
Read more
For a New Left – Understanding Structural Inequality and Supremacy
In the latest part of his 'Plan D' series, Dan Fisher examines the role of structural inequality in society and the social hierarchy.
Read more
For a New Left: Basic Income and Physical Freedom
Calls for Basic Income reflect an unspoken understanding of a new fundamental human right – the 'Domain'. Can we merge the effective and the moral?
Read more
A More Just And Equitable Capitalism Is Possible. Here’s How.
Kim Kelly wrote a history of capitalism in Teen Vogue. Here’s what it got right, what it got wrong, and the progressive role of capitalism in historical development. Kim Kelly has presented a pretty good explainer of capitalism for the uninitiated at Teen Vogue. I wouldn’t be writing this if I didn’t have issues with the piece, but I […]
Read more