The US Democratic Party’s shift to the right
The continued hawkishness of Biden’s party is putting it increasingly at odds with its own natural constituency, argues JULIAN VIGO
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
Nick Wright talks to photographer and author JANINA STRUK
SINCE over a decade ago, the left and right began a manoeuvre, what I call a “political Strangers on a Train” — each party taking on many of the political positions of the party across the aisle.
During lockdown especially, I noted more and more conservatives in the United States taking up talking points that traditionally Democrats had while the Democrats shifted even further to the right.
In the infamous “Yogurtgate” of late 2020 Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi commiserated on camera with the masses in the throes of the pandemic as she opened her $20,000 refrigerator-freezer, grabbing a $12-a pint ice-cream. In this incident we catch a glimpse of today’s Democrats, once the party of the white and black working class.
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