Social Democracy
- Constructing “Social Europe”www.phenomenalworld.org Constructing “Social Europe” | Neil Warner
The long 1970s and alternative visions for EU integration
- The answer to an anti-green backlash is to be redderwww.socialeurope.eu The answer to an anti-green backlash is to be redder
Labour must not follow the Tories downwards, Paul Mason writes, as they grasp at electoral straws.
- Europe facing three threats to its futurewww.socialeurope.eu Europe facing three threats to its future
The EU has to navigate disturbing internal dynamics, external challenges and a weak economic outlook.
- Social democracy resists and the far-right flops in Spainblogs.lse.ac.uk Social democracy resists and the far-right flops in Spain
Spain’s right-wing bloc fell short of winning enough support to form a government at the country’s general election on 23 July. Stuart J. Turnbull Dugarte writes the result represents vindication f…
- The Housing Boom Replaced Social Democracy. Now We Have Neither | Novara Medianovaramedia.com The Housing Boom Replaced Social Democracy. Now We Have Neither | Novara Media
Property owners need a reality check, writes Aaron Bastani. But it's easier to understand their anger over soaring mortgage rates when you consider what the housing boom replaced.
- The cost of freedom: When imperialist dictators are going to war, a security policy devoted to deterrence and defence capability is not conservative but social democraticwww.ips-journal.eu The cost of freedom
When imperialist dictators are going to war, a security policy devoted to deterrence and defence capability is not conservative but social democratic
- Keir Starmer is threatening to leave our crises unchanged. So what social forces will he unleash?www.theguardian.com Keir Starmer is threatening to leave our crises unchanged. So what social forces will he unleash? | John Harris
From local councillors to climate activists, there is a growing group of people who won’t stand for Labour inaction, says Guardian columnist John Harris
- The new heart of Europe: As Pedro Sánchez fights for re-election, Spain’s fractured politics has become a harbinger of the continent’s future.www.newstatesman.com Pedro Sánchez's election battle will pre-empt Europe’s future
As Spain heads to the polls, the country’s fractured politics offer a glimpse of what's to come.
- Watch: Fran Drescher delivers fiery speech on SAG-AFTRA strike
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A great statement of trade union and by extension social democratic values. In summary: the CEOs can't exist without labour. So, pay up!
- Europe's moral compass, lost at seawww.socialeurope.eu Europe's moral compass, lost at sea
The Greek migrant shipwreck was another preventable tragedy at the borders of Europe.
- Amid nothing going right, Austrians lean far-leftwww.ips-journal.eu Amid nothing going right, Austrians lean far-left
By focusing on former non-voters, the Communist Party has gained considerably in recent elections. The Social Democrats should draw their lessons
- The centre left is on the up around the world. Here’s what Keir Starmer can learn from itwww.theguardian.com The centre left is on the up around the world. Here’s what Keir Starmer can learn from it | Claire Ainsley
Turning Labour’s revival into a durable majority is possible – but only if it delivers the changes people are crying out for, says Claire Ainsley, former executive director of policy for Labour
- Pay attention to Rachel Reeves: her economic thinking is a return to sanitywww.theguardian.com Pay attention to Rachel Reeves: her economic thinking is a return to sanity | Martin Kettle
The shadow chancellor has a vision for social democracy in an age of economic shocks and uncertainty, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
- Making democracy safe from capitalismwww.newstatesman.com Making democracy safe from capitalism
Market radicals have established economic spaces free of democratic constraint. What would a politics of the zone look like if pursued from the left?