The British people, failed by their natural representative, the Labour Party, opted for the nationalist radicalism of Farage’s UKIP. Thus, the demagogues won. But not those who voted for them.
This is a revised version of the acceptance speech of the leading Austrian discourse analysis scholar, for a ‘lifetime award’ from the Austrian Ministry for Women, Families & Youth. Speech.
Populism lives by the thought that the presence of the people in government is sufficient to wrest control from an unrepresentative elite.
So the government claims. But the evidence fails to convince. There are better options, including targeted sanctions.
Just occasionally, the UK public gets reminded that AIDS isn’t over and done with. Not at home, and certainly not round the rest of the world.
As the European Union calls out state capture in Moldova, the authorities in Chișinău are rewriting the rules of the game for civil society and opposition politics. RU
From economic and climate policy, to Brexit and constitutional reform, Corbyn’s Labour doesn’t yet have the depth of ideas to capitalise on the government’s disarray.
A street magazine vendor led protests against prime minister Victor Orbán’s rewriting of history. He tells openDemocracy how his life led him to that point.
Unguarded comments about "intelligence", "transcriptions of conversations" and knowing "what the Europeans are thinking" prompt fury in Brussels
The latest round of climate change talks open in Poland next week amidst stark warnings from UN scientists, a clampdown on protest by the Polish government – and laggardly action by our government.
As the First World War drew to a close, John Maclean – the ‘accuser of capitalism’ - was seen as the most dangerous man in the country – but he was released from jail to a hero’s welcome.
Time is running out for UK corporations to show that the voluntary model works.
