Europe

Starmer-ism’s Endgame

Luke Savage / Truthdig May 18, 2026 Under the leadership of Keir Starmer, Labor bled 100,000 members, was outflanked by the Tories from the left on corporate taxes, and delivered an electoral catastrophe. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Europe

The Elections That Turned Climate Into a Defining Political Fault Line

Rupert Read / DeSmog May 13, 2026 Reform and Green victories set the stage for big climate battles in the years ahead. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Europe

Pretending Corbyn Never Won

Luke Savage / Truthdig Mar 18, 2026 On left-liberal coalitions, the Labour Party, and a load-bearing myth of centrist politics. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Europe

Report: U.K.’s Labour Party Continues ‘Deeply Alarming’ Attack on Protest Rights

Brendan Montague / The Ecologist Jan 12, 2026 Britain is becoming a police state, just as protest becomes vital. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

Welcome to the Age of Post-Liberalism

Luke Savage / Truthdig Sep 5, 2025 In their quest to outflank the far-right, elite liberals on both sides of the Atlantic are increasingly indistinguishable from the very thing they claim to be a bulwark against. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politics

Starmer Won in the U.K., but How Will U.S. Receive Him?

Garret Martin / The Conversation Jul 8, 2024 The prime minister has a chance to strengthen ties with the West, pending U.S. election results. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky: ‘The Neoliberal Order Is Visibly Collapsing’

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Feb 4, 2020 The famed linguist examines the threat Bernie Sanders poses to the Democratic Party, as well as the "morbid symptoms" of late capitalism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Let’s Stop Pretending Joe Biden Is the Most Electable Democrat

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Jan 6, 2020 Though the outcome of the 2016 presidential contest should serve as an object lesson, the chattering class and centrists are at it again. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Politics

Hope Lies in the Streets

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 15, 2019 Civil disobedience is the last tool we have to prevent corporate tyranny and save the planet. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Britain’s Grim Lesson for America

Andrew O'Hehir / Salon Dec 13, 2019 The Tories' win reminds us that we can be on the right side of history and still find ourselves on the wrong side of electoral arithmetic. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Johnson Claims Brexit Mandate in Sweeping Conservative Victory

JILL LAWLESS, DANICA KIRKA and MIKE CORDER / The Associated Press Dec 13, 2019 After three years of stalemate over the issue, voters hand the U.K. prime minister a commanding majority to take the country out of the EU. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Britain’s Choice Is Socialism or Barbarism

Alan Minsky / Truthdig Dec 4, 2019 In the Dec. 12 general election, the U.K. must decide between a humane future or an ethnonationalist lurch toward the right. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )