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Trump victory comes with a silver lining for the world’s progressives
The election of Donald Trump symbolises the demise of a remarkable era. It was a time when we saw the curious spectacle of a superpower, the US, growing stronger because of – rather than despite – its...
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With Steve Bannon’s appointment as White House Chief Strategist, Trump has signaled a war on his domestic opponents. In a polarized polity in which a majority of the electorate and a larger majority...
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Following Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, a growing number of commentators have argued that we are seeing a resurgence in voting behaviour based on class interests. After thirty years of...
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On November 9th 2016, despite the stunning news of Donald Trump’s electoral victory, the world’s financial markets did not crash. If anything, they rallied, thereby showing once and for all that...
View ArticleWhy better politics can’t make anti-politics go away
A recent think piece by Spiked!’s theoretical guru, Frank Furedi, is an attack on the idea that anti-politics is any kind of solution to the current breakdown in authority of the political system. It’s...
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Paul Mason, ‘Can Robots Kill Capitalism?’ video
This guy [Trump] probably knows where Stoke-on-Trent is, where UKIP is trying to beat Labour in a highly contested byelection. I would not be surprised if in his office, they are discussing what is...
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10 Talking Points Towards A General Theory of Trump
On Monday 6 February 2017, the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney convened a postgraduate workshop with Paul Mason – British journalist, broadcaster, and author of...
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Towards A General Theory of Trump: For a Strategic Red-Red-Green Fightback
At a postgraduate seminar at the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney (6 February 2017), we discussed the outlines of a “General Theory of Trump”. Students and staff submitted 10...
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Can We Learn Anything from Keynesianism Right Now?
A dread smoldering in the hearts of many who identify with the Left burst into flames when Donald Trump captured the White House in November 2016. Brexit was scary; this was downright terrifying. There...
View ArticleDonald Trump and American Caesarism
The United States of America currently lies stricken in multi-faceted economic, political and social crisis. More than 100,000 Americans have been killed by COVID-19 in a once-in-a-century pandemic....
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