Mélenchon could be the French Bernie Sanders, and that’s not a good thing
Already 16% of Mélenchon’s voters have apparently decided that if they can’t have his version of socialism they’ll happily vote for the national variety instead.
Dialogue
Is voting for the far-right a form of gambling?
For those staring oblivion in the face, betting on the chances of political change must feel like one more desperate jerk of the lever on the slot machine.
What to say to French people to try to stop them voting fascist
Richard Willmsen canvassed French people for the best arguments to make against voting for Le Pen.
The ideological psychopaths behind Trump, Putin and Brexit
What drives Steve Bannon, Vladislav Surkov and Dominic Cummings?
Stop romanticizing flexible employment
Dealing with of the living nightmare that is the “job market”, I’ve been recently exposed to “flexible” employment contracts. It ain’t all rosy.
A country of confused millennials
The massive support for Slovak fascists (ĽSNS) is a response to the country’s socio-economic division.
Article 50 and the dictatorship of the “democratic” majority
British voters wishing to remain in the Union or to leave only on consensual terms are deprived of any effective Parliamentary representation whatsoever.
Precarious youth and the unpaid internship industry
Faced with an increasingly precarious job market, young people are willing to give more for less. This is being exploited with a rise in unpaid internships.
Use it or lose it: At 60, the EU needs to work on its flexibility
Greater elasticity at the cost of cohesion. Can such an architectural change of the Union help to save the European project?
I’m proud to be an immigrant
I’ve been an immigrant for most of my adult life, and I cannot but express my full solidarity with my fellow immigrants, who have been less charmed.
