We must all be left conservatives now
Christopher Lasch, Steve Bannon and Donald Trump all understand the unique current of our historical moment.
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All the president’s profits
Donald Trump’s businesses made millions during his first term. His second will only offer him more opportunities for self-enrichment.
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Trump, Lenin and the world-revolutionary moment
With the second coming of Donald Trump, it may now be prudent to try to understand him. Neither episodic nor…
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The tragedy of Greater Syria
With the Middle East in turmoil, could Israel now step into the breach?
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America’s Wild West pathologies
With assassins stalking Manhattan and the law now a personal tool of presidents, the rules of justice have been inverted.
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Why the assassination of Brian Thompson ignited American politics
The UnitedHealthcare CEO is seen as part of a supposedly tyrannical oligarchy.
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America’s impotent elite
Gone are the days when Hollywood could decide elections.
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The political annexation of America’s swing state media
Plus: Jason Cowley’s New Statesman legacy, and how crypto bought the US election.
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This Christmas, spare a thought for the world’s richest man
For disruptors like Elon Musk, the statement of intent is all. What happens next – such as running a new…
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The counter-elite gambled on Trump and won
The energy in politics is with the populist right – and the left doesn’t know how to respond.
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The dawn of the anti-woke era
Having rejected the Democrats’ progressivist dogma, the American electorate is undergoing a social and demographic revolution.
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As a new America First era begins, Europe must unite
Donald Trump’s return to office ought to be a deafening wake-up call for EU leaders. But will it?
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Donald Trump’s industrial revolution
Can this cabinet of oligarchs bring an end to the neoliberal era?
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Could Trump secure a peace deal with Iran?
In the wake of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, is there reason to hope for lasting peace?
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The contradictions of Team Trump
How Donald Trump will keep his coalition of support together amid his cabinet’s competing ideologies.
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Musa al-Gharbi’s dire diagnosis for the woke elite
The sociologist on Ivy League hypocrisy, the four “great awokenings”, and what Kamala Harris got wrong.
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The downfall of Matt Gaetz
The controversial Maga loyalist has withdrawn from consideration for serving as Donald Trump’s attorney general.
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The Onion has bought InfoWars – but the left can’t win by trolling the right
The giddy excitement surrounding this buyout misunderstands how the right operates.
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Why the Rust Belt spurned Bidenomics
Can the American left win a cynical working class back from Donald Trump?
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The new special relationship
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may together upend what remains of the current global order.
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