
Gary Younge reflects on Donald Trump’s US election victory from Muncie, Indiana, concluding that democracy is in peril – and the left must take itself seriously

It’s no use apportioning blame, we need meaningful critical reflection. The old formulae are no longer sufficient, writes Paul O’Connell

Tom Walker imagines waking up screaming imagining how a hard-right ascendancy might follow a vote to leave the European Union

There are deep reasons for racism in American politics, but the white liberal left has done little to prevent it, writes Mariama Eversley

Nick Jackson explores how last weekend’s Beyond UKIP Cabaret unmanned and unmasked Nigel Farage – leading to death threats directed at the carnival’s organiser

Mark Perryman puts the case for flying the St George cross at the World Cup, while Mike Marqusee explains why he’ll be rooting for any other country to win it

Richard Seymour considers where UKIP’s vote is coming from and how the left needs to respond, whilst James O’Nions provide perspectives on UKIP’s rise at the European and local levels
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