Democracy
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Why did Americans vote for Trump?
The question commentators won’t ask is simple: what kind of society votes Donald Trump President? Siobhán McGuirk surveys the fragmented USA
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The changing face of Labour
Josh Holmes speaks to some of the new intake of Labour MPs about a fresh left focus for the party
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Cybersyn and Allende’s socialist internet
Leigh Phillips tells the story of Cybersyn, Chile’s experiment in non-centralised economic planning which was cut short by the 1973 coup
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Taking on the ‘fruitcakes’: how can we stop UKIP?
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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Bolivia at the crossroads
Socialist Evo Morales and white neoliberal Jorge ‘Tuto’ Quiroga face off in Bolivia’s 2005 general election, exposing deep divides within the country