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The Political Kindling of the Grenfell Fire

The Political Kindling of the Grenfell Fire

The Atlantic — During last year's Brexit campaign, both the Leave and Remain camps tried to use Britain's economic health to bolster their respective causes. Remain argued that the country's economy, the world's fifth-largest, was proof it should remain in the European Union, so prosperous had the past few decades been; Leave took it as evidence that membership was unnecessary, and ultimately won the day.
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Macron Shouldn't Misinterpret His Mandate

Macron Shouldn't Misinterpret His Mandate

The Atlantic — In July 2015, 10 months before launching his campaign for the presidency, France's then-economic minister Emmanuel Macron gave an interview in which he reflected on what was missing from French politics. "That absence," he said, "is the figure of the king."
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How Brexit Looms Over the British Elections

How Brexit Looms Over the British Elections

New Republic — Business is "lovely, lovely," confirms Derrick. "That," he says, nodding to the steelworks, "is the lifeblood of Port Talbot." In his telling, the steelworks "hasn't come down as far as manpower is concerned, there's still 30,000 men working in there, who still live in the area." What has changed is the type of employment.
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Theresa May's Incredible Shrinking Poll Numbers

Theresa May's Incredible Shrinking Poll Numbers

The Atlantic — When Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May stepped out onto Downing Street on April 18 to call a snap election for June 8, no one expected it. Since becoming prime minister in July 2016 after David Cameron's sudden resignation, she had made clear, on six separate occasions, that she would not call one.
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Samuel Earle: Mélenchon's Rise

Samuel Earle: Mélenchon's Rise

London Review of Books — On 9 April, the left's late-runner for the French presidency, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, held a rally in Marseille. He called for the formation of a Sixth Republic while his supporters - 70,000 of them, according to his campaign team - roared 'Résistance! Résistance!' Five years earlier, almost to the day, he stood in the same place, [...]
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France's Loveless Marriage With Emmanuel Macron

France's Loveless Marriage With Emmanuel Macron

New Republic — Macron's words have no meaning for her either. "He says whatever he needs to in a situation. It is clearly the wallet he sees, c'est tout." This becomes a running theme of the conversation. Whenever Macron is mentioned, "the wallet" is not far behind.
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Samuel Earle: Hollande's Successor

Samuel Earle: Hollande's Successor

London Review of Books — The French presidential election has seen countless 'firsts': an incumbent president not standing for a second term; his party's candidate getting only 6 per cent of the vote; a final round that includes neither of the two main parties; a likely winner with no party at all; a losing candidate who delivered speeches via hologram.
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The Fall of the French Left

The Fall of the French Left

The Atlantic — With Benoît Hamon's defeat, his Socialist Party may be obsolete.
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Capitalism vs. Privacy

Capitalism vs. Privacy

jacobinmag.com — In informational capitalism, privacy no longer impedes profit: privacy prevents profit.
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Lords of Disorder

Lords of Disorder

Jacobin Magazine — Marine Le Pen's National Front tries to sow the seeds of chaos to make their far-right rhetoric appear more sensible.
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Samuel Earle: Justice for Théo

Samuel Earle: Justice for Théo

London Review of Books — On 2 February, Théo Luhaka, a 22-year-old black youth worker, was stopped by police in the northern Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois, where he lives. Hours later he was in hospital.
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Mourn, and Organise! A review of Left-Wing Melancholia by Enzo Traverso -

Mourn, and Organise! A review of Left-Wing Melancholia by Enzo Traverso -

3ammagazine.com — The reality of the horrors of revolutions cannot force us to forget the reality – the resonance – of the hopes and aspirations that carried them.
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The Politics of Nostalgia

The Politics of Nostalgia

Jacobin Magazine — To defeat the nostalgic nationalism that Donald Trump personifies, we must offer an alternative economic future worth fighting for.
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Unreality politics

Unreality politics

openDemocracy — 'Post-truth' is supposedly the word of the year, but what does it actually mean for the future of politics?
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Do we remember in order to forget the realities of war?

Do we remember in order to forget the realities of war?

openDemocracy — On Remembrance Day, the poppy, with its narcotic, sleep-inducing qualities, stands as a fitting symbol for Britain's long dream-sleep. At present, we flatter the “glorious dead” only to flatter ourselves.
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The politics of nostalgia

The politics of nostalgia

openDemocracy — Faced with a future that presents itself as non-negotiable, the temptation is to turn towards the past.
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