Ivars Ījabs Vējš burās Ar nekārtībām sestdien, 11. jūnijā, Marseļā noslēdzās Eiropas futbola čempionāta finālturnīra B grupas spēle starp Krievijas un Anglijas izlasi. Abu komandu mačs noslēdzās neizšķirti 1 : 1, ko Krievija panāca spēles pēdējās sekundēs. Neilgi pēc spēles grupa agresīvi noskaņotu…

Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi is a journalist and writer-in-residence at Lacuna. Through interviews with Thamer, a Syrian refugee, and Mahalia, a survivor of domestic violence and migrant, Omonira-Oyekanmi demystifies two common narratives in the Brexit campaigns that play on anxieties around immigration…

Our new issue, “ Between the Risings ,” is out now. To celebrate its release, international subscriptions are $25 off , and limited prints of our Easter 1916 cover are available . P atrick Iber and Mike Konczal have an essay at Dissent in which they use the Bernie Sanders phenomenon as an…

Brexit campaigners won by dividing, not uniting, the British working class. Peter Hallward teaches philosophy at Kingston University, and is the author of a forthcoming book entitled The Will of the People and the Struggle for Popular Sovereignty.This essay first appeared in Jacobin . There’s been a…

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Our new issue, “ Between the Risings ,” is out now. To celebrate its release, international subscriptions are $25 off , and limited prints of our Easter 1916 cover are available . T here’s been a lot of talk, the last few days, about the need to respect “the sovereign will of the British people.” A…

Our new issue, “ Between the Risings ,” is out now. To celebrate its release, international subscriptions are $25 off , and limited prints of our Easter 1916 cover are available . T he racists have successfully articulated a broad antiestablishment sentiment — originating in class injuries, regional…

Sākums Kas mēs esam Kontakti Jūsu ieteikumi un jautājumi Ja vēlaties mūs atbalstīt Reklāma Mobilā Reģistrēties Jānis Kučinskis 25.06.2016. Komentāri (78) Iesaki rakstu: Nē, šis raksts nepaudīs prieku vai nožēlu par tikko notikušo Brexit, jo mani nekad nav pārliecinājis šis realitātes šovs, ko mēdz…

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Akwugo Emejulu , Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, examines how white supremacy has operated before and after the UK’s EU referendum and argues that the visibility of racism following the Brexit vote must not obscure the conditions for its possibility. Her co-authored book, The…

This piece was first published in French in Contretemps . So the time of disruption has come. Against the backdrop of economic disaster, bureaucratic arrogance and a contemptuous lack of concern for social questions, the appeal of the European project has constantly weakened over recent years. And…

Thoughts On the Sociology of Brexit By Will Davies / 27 June 2016 Will Davies, author of The Happiness Industry , provides an analysis of the demographics of Brexit. This article originally appeared at the Political Economy Research Centre blog and is reproduced here with the permission of the…

Franco Bifo Berardi , author of Heroes , scrutinizes neoliberal politicians’ media strategy and far right aggressive nationalism. After the Summer of the Greek humiliation, came the Autumn of rejected migration, then the Winter of European disintegration, before at last the Spring of Donald Trump. I…

L ike many Americans, I’ve been watching the 2016 NBA Finals with interest. The Golden State Warriors have pretty much obliterated every single rule we thought we knew about offense. The Cleveland Cavaliers have almost singlehandedly carried the dreams of a hard-hit post-industrial city. With both…

Our new issue, “ Between the Risings ,” is out now. To celebrate its release, international subscriptions are $25 off , and limited prints of our Easter 1916 cover are available . V ladimir Putin’s March 2012 presidential victory redefined what support for his presidency means. In his first two…

Screenshot of image search for Facebook’s “Like” button. Text of a paper delivered at Theorizing the Web 2012 conference at the University of Maryland on April 14, 2012. Title stolen from @thinkingcatalog To extend the life span of neoliberalism, it needs ideological justification. Facebook…

Michael Stuermer's survey begins and ends with what was expected to be a defining moment in Russia's chequered post-Soviet history: the departure of Vladimir Putin from the presidency after two four-year terms, and the ascent to power this spring of his protégé, Dmitry Medvedev. In the event, the…