Full Article On the Eurasian landmass, this is a reversal of historic proportions. In 1914, the GDP per capita of the Tsarist Empire was approximately three times China’s; by the 1970s, it was six. […] Forty years later, in terms of purchasing power …
It’s the patriarchy
In this interview in Jacobin, Calvin University’s historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez address the conundrum of evangelical support for Donald Trump. She points outs that much of modern liberalism (feminism, acceptance of alternatives to heterosexuality, etc…
Czech PM set to lose power after weak showing in general election
Andrej Babiš unlikely to be able to form another coalition, signalling the end of post-communist eraAndrej Babiš, the Czech Republic’s billionaire prime minister, is close to losing power after his party and its coalition partners lost significant grou…
Spies, lies and doublethink: Lea Ypi on growing up in Europe’s last communist state
She believed her parents loved Enver Hoxha’s Stalinist regime. But once Albania’s communist system collapsed, Lea Ypi began to realise nothing was as it seemed …• Read an extract from Lea Ypi’s memoir, FreeOne day, when Lea Ypi was a child, an empty Co…
Why Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto is having a moment
The Canadian musician Grimes tweeted an image of herself with the 1848 document last week – just after her reported split from the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. She isn’t the only one reading it right nowName: The Communist Manifesto.Age: 173 years. …
Mikis Theodorakis obituary
Classical composer famed for his film scores to Zorba the Greek and Serpico, and for his firebrand politicsFor those with only a nodding acquaintance with Greece and Greek music, the name of Mikis Theodorakis, who has died aged 96, still conjures up Zo…
Chinese president vows to ‘adjust excessive incomes’ of super rich
Chinese Communist party to crack down on almost weekly creation of billionaire company bossesChina’s president has vowed to “adjust excessive incomes” in a warning to the country’s super-rich that the state plans to redistribute wealth to tackle wideni…
someone could do an entire doctoral dissertation on this
The Soviet Union is out of business and GORBY’S LOSS IS YOUR GAIN!!! Here’s what you actually got.
The balance of power among Labour’s factions is shifting under Keir Starmer | Sienna Rodgers
With various left and soft left groups on the sidelines, the party’s right is in the ascendantRecent developments in the Labour party have once again highlighted how, despite the leader’s promise to end factionalism, internal divisions are alive and we…