Global Left Midweek – Focus on Eastern Europe
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Democracy is messy
Democracy is messy
Democracy is messy
Tidbits- July 24-Readers Comments: Working-Class Social, Economic Attitudes; Academic Scholarship on Israel, Palestine; Mpls Selects Democratic Socialist; Dem Youth Wing Passes Amendment Opposing Ongoing Genocide in Gaza; Deportations Destroys Jobs
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Readers Comments: Working-Class Social, Economic Attitudes; Genocide; Academic Scholarship on Israel, Palestine; Minneapolis Selects Democratic Socialist; Dem Youth Wing Passes Amendment Opposing Ongoing Genocide in Gaza; Deportations Destroys Jobs
New Report: Working-Class Social and Economic Attitudes
Convergence
A new study from the Center for Working‑Class Politics and Jacobin reveals where working-class voters stand on key issues and how they differ from wealthier Americans. The message: economic populism must be the core of progressive appeals to workers.
Global Left Midweek – April 16, 2025
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A week for general strikes
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Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought
LSE Review of Books
In this book, writes reviewer Christiaens, author Bruno Leipold expertly surveys the writings of Karl Marx and tracks his intellectual journey which vacillated between and combined republicanism and socialism.
Boris Kagarlitsky’s ‘The Long Retreat’
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Capitalism, crisis and the left’s challenge
Global Left Midweek – Parties In and Out of Power
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Political concentration points in a chaotic world
Global Left Midweek – October 2, 2024
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News and analyses from parties and movements worldwide
The Energy Has Changed. The Underlying Politics Have Not.
Convergence
The mood among opponents of MAGA has shifted dramatically. But the electoral map hasn’t changed, and the Gaza genocide continues. What does this mean for progressives and the socialist Left?
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Radioactive Radicals!
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Radioactive Radicals is a vivid, galvanizing portrait of two young radicals thrust into the whirlwind of revolutionary working-class politics from the 1960s to the present. Here is a whopper of a novel by any estimation.
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