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Colombian left ascends to power by uniting progressive forces
The fourth instalment on lessons for the left shows how the Colombian left built a successful electoral project in face of brutal opposition from entrenched elites backed by US…
Divisions threaten Bolivia’s MAS and its legacy of left-wing transformation
This is the first instalment in a series of articles on lessons for the left, and focuses on the case of Bolivia
No more right or left wings in politics
The left stood for a social agenda and the right for the individual’s needs. Now politics is self-serving
Wokeism and cancel culture leave ethics on the rocks
Nomically, the left advocates pluralism and promotes difference, but only within a network of fixed, essentialized identities, and so permissiveness becomes prohibition.
Calling South African conservatives…
We’ve tried leftism for long enough and what we have to show for it is corruption and mismanagement, when what we need is jobs and education. Is it time to try out a…
Future of the left in South Africa. Left? What left?
There is no left-wing representation at any level and to start one needs clear thought