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The making of the Maybot: a year of mindless slogans, U-turns and denials
How did Theresa May go from Supreme Leader to malfunctioning automaton? To mark her first anniversary as PM on Thursday, the Guardian’s sketch writer John Crace, who coined the term Maybot, charts her robotic rise and fall.
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The Democratic Party’s Deadly Dead-End
By playing for centrist and neoconservative votes, national Democrats have left the party floundering with no coherent political message and creating a daunting challenge for democracy, says Nicolas J S Davies.
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How power operates in modern Britain: with absolute contempt
This isn’t just about Grenfell. The way a Labour borough on the other side of London treats social housing tenants shows a similar disregard for human dignity. By Aditya Chakrabortty.
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It’s My Party
The Democrats struggle to rise from the ashes. By Andrew Cockburn.
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Now to Stride into the Sunlight: The Brexiters
How do we feel about Brexit now that a year has passed? As the old advert for tonic wine used to ask, above a drawing of a housewife with her head in her hands: Tired? Depressed? Anxious? By Ian Jack.
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After Laying off Thousands, Boeing CEO Says Offshoring Work to China Won’t “Directly Harm” US Jobs
“We know as we’re investing there, we’re also creating a competitor.” By Wolf Richter.
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The Tax Divide, an Unfair Burden
A Tribune investigation finds [Illinois] Cook County's property tax system has given financial breaks to affluent homeowners while punishing those who have the least. By David Dayen.
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Beating the Populist Right with the Neoliberal Center Isn’t Sustainable At All
Only the left offers a workable alternative to the crises created by neoliberal economics. By Jamie Peck. (June 2, 2017)
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Chelsea Clinton and the Problems of American Aristocracy
She says she’s not running for anything but… come on. By Roqayah Chamseddine.
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Barack Obama’s $400,000 speaking fees reveal what few want to admit
His mission was never racial or economic justice. It’s time we stop pretending it was. By Steven W Thrasher.
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The Soviet Union Is Gone, But It’s Still Collapsing
And five other unlearned lessons from leading experts about modern Russia and the death of an empire. (Dec. 22, 2016)
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The Neoliberal or the Fascist? What Should French Progressives Do?
The presidential runoff between Emmanuel Macron and Marine le Pen poses a dilemma for many French progressive voters… By Philippe Marlière.
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The Trouble with Macron
In this year’s unpredictable campaign, Emmanuel Macron’s business-friendly liberalism could be enough to spare France from the National Front. But in the long run, it’s no safe bet against the populist far right. By Cole Stangler.
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Crisis in the NHS
“Mrs Cruikshank was lucky: she had a daughter who could take the decision with me not to prolong her life by all means possible, and a social care package that could be tweaked to keep her at home.” By Gavin Francis.
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Neoliberalism, Cranked up to 11
Jonathan Coe’s “Number 11" offers a bleak portrait of what Britain has become. By Chris Lehmann.
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Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems
Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all. Why has the left failed to come up with an alternative?
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