Why the Republican Establishment Cannot Recover This Time

January 14, 2016, 4:02 pm

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For the republicans, this has been a weird election. For most of the race, the leaders have all been rebel candidates deeply unacceptable to the party establishment–Trump, Cruz, Carson–and with just a couple weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses, there’s no sign of this changing. If you’d asked me in the summer, I would […]

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Why Bernie vs Hillary Matters More Than People Think

February 5, 2016, 12:04 pm

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Lately the internet has become full of arguments about the merits and demerits of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been discussing and pondering all the various views about this, and I’m increasingly of the opinion that most of the people engaging in this debate don’t really understand what is […]

Bernie Sanders Got Nothing for Endorsing Clinton

July 26, 2016, 2:40 pm

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Last night, Bernie Sanders gave a speech at the DNC convention in which he offered his unqualified support for Hillary Clinton. Sanders argues that Clinton has earned his support by agreeing to changes in the Democratic Party Platform that bring it more in line with Sanders’ views. But if we take a closer look at […]

The Left in Britain: Debating the Merits of Corbyn and Smith

August 12, 2016, 1:46 am

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The British Labour Party is having another leadership contest, just one year after current leader Jeremy Corbyn defeated three rivals, 59.5% of the vote. Corbyn’s opponents have rallied behind a single challenger, Owen Smith. Smith’s supporters claim that Labour cannot win an election under Corbyn while Corbyn’s supporters claim that Smith is a Trojan horse for a […]

The Rise of the “Hillary or Bust” Voter

July 19, 2017, 6:56 pm

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Remember “Bernie or Bust”? Some Bernie Sanders supporters were very cross when Sanders did not win the Democratic Party nomination. They believed he should have won, both because he deserved to win and because some of them believed the DNC stole it from him. They were unwilling to support Clinton in the general election, and […]

The Democratic Party Can Still Be Captured, and It’s Worth Doing It

January 13, 2018, 6:40 am

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You know what surprised me? So many people took Bernie Sanders’ defeat as a reason to give up on the Democratic Party. When Sanders announced he was running, one of my good friends messaged me. He was so excited! There was someone challenging Clinton who believed in things! But I gave him a cold shower. […]

Don’t Fear Trump–Fear the Next Republican President

January 23, 2018, 6:27 am

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I’ve long argued that the Democratic Party needs to use its time in the wilderness to remake itself so it can pursue and deliver real benefits for poor and working class voters and be seen to do so in its campaigns. This remaking necessarily requires a period of disunity and chaos within the Democratic Party–central […]

If Deng Xiaoping could Capture China’s Communist Party, You Can Capture the Democratic Party

July 27, 2018, 9:43 am

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There is a part of the left which believes the Democratic Party is beyond hope. They think it’s too corrupt, too beholden to rich people and corporations, and that it’s a waste of time and energy to try to change it. Even in articles which express support for running progressive and democratic socialist candidates on […]

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Australia’s Poor Wage Growth is Destroying its Prime Ministers

August 28, 2018, 2:13 am

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Australia has swapped Prime Ministers again–this time the Liberal Party replaced Malcolm Turnbull with Scott Morrison. Morrison will be Australia’s sixth Prime Minister in the last then years. This level of turnover at the top is remarkable. The UK has only had three Prime Ministers during the same period. Canada has only had two. Why […]

Why Bernie Sanders Matters More Than People Think

February 19, 2019, 11:28 am

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Every time I find a way to say that there is no one like Bernie Sanders, there are people who don’t believe me. Aren’t there other candidates who support the same policies he supports now? Some of them are younger. Some of them aren’t old white guys. Why can’t it be one of them, why […]

How Changing Understandings of Democracy Create New Possibilities for the Left

March 29, 2019, 6:54 am

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Yesterday, I gave a short talk for the Platypus Society at Goldsmiths‘ in London about interactions between democracy and leftism. The following post is a transcript of that talk. There are, I think, three different strategies for advancing left-wing politics: The traditional revolutionary approach, in which the left organises in preparation for an acute legitimacy […]