The French Yellow Vest movement exposes a problem at the heart of today’s politics. Too much adherence to popular “opinion” and not enough innovation and fresh ideas.
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In the first half of 2015, Europe was preoccupied by radical emancipatory movements (Syriza and Podemos), while in […]
Since Noam Chomsky’s “Fantasies” (July 21, 2013) present themselves as a reaction to my reply to his interview […]
Noam Chomsky once noted that “it is only when the threat of popular participation is overcome that democratic […]
I. Introduction Today, in the time of continuous swift changes, from the “digital revolution” to the retreat of […]
Recent days have seen Dick Cheney and Tony Blair point belligerent fingers at Tehran, but both spoke in […]
[Extract. Appeared in New Left Review 34, July-August 2005] Abstract: Alibi for militarist interventions, sacralization for the tyranny of […]
Pope John Paul II’s reaction to Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ is well known. Immediately after […]
Democracy is not merely the “power of, by, and for the people.” It is not enough just to […]
“Democracy” is not merely the “power of, by, and for the people,” it is not enough just to […]
