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Germany’s Populists Take a New Turn: ‘Left Conservatism’

Germany’s Populists Take a New Turn: ‘Left Conservatism’

Populist Sahra Wagenknecht’s rise in recent months has made her a kingmaker in east Germany, castigated her former party, Die Linke, to terminal decline, and challenged some of the current coalition government’s core policies
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Keeping the many out of the few: Intolerance on the UK Left

Keeping the many out of the few: Intolerance on the UK Left

Do we need a more centre-left approach to politics in order to address the intolerance of opinion espoused by the Labour party?
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Review: Despised by Paul Embery

Review: Despised by Paul Embery

Can the Labour party ever make it back into government? Paul Embery debates this question in his latest book Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class
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The Balancing Act of the Labour Leadership Race

The Balancing Act of the Labour Leadership Race

Archie Earle discusses the contenders in the Labour leadership race, asking whether the party can salvage its reputation
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The Green Party are the future of progressive politics

The Green Party still plays a vital role for experimental, innovative left wing politics
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Identity politics is making a mockery out of the left wing

The fear of offending is consuming the left wing at universities in defeatist identity politics
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Safe and senseless: Why university safe space policies trigger me

Ryan Khurana, the organiser of Milo Yiannapoulos’ upcoming talk, gives his view on why safe space policies have no place in universities
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Left-wing ideology and stifled debate in schools

Romy Biscoe asks whether schools and academics suffer from an unconscious left wing bias that harms debate amongst students
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Why I think the Green Party should change its name

Clifford Fleming explains why the Green Party’s low support level could largely be a result of its name
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