Once a leading light of the European left, a series of crushing splits have seen Die Linke’s support base crash out and turn to the far right. Its demise is a warning for socialist parties everywhere.
‘In its first decade Die Linke was often able to set the political agenda in parliament and win media attention. Yet things began to change with the introduction of the Alternative für Deutschland into the electoral landscape around a decade ago.’
Amazing stuff
After X refused to remove profiles inciting political violence, Lula’s government banned the platform, forcing its billionaire owner into a humiliating retreat — and providing a rare victory against Big Tech’s apparently inescapable power.
I reviewed 'The Party is Always Right', Aidan Beatty's biography/history of Gerry Healy and the Workers Revolutionary Party, for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social: tribunemag.co.uk/2024/12/the-...
Politicians should resign for lying? Over to you, Keir
Lou Haigh being forced to resign over an issue Keir Starmer knew about when he first appointed her stinks. I suspect it has more to do with her angering the Labour right by correctly labelling P&O a "rogue operator" than any nonsense about a mobile phone.
Labour’s War on Protest
"The Tories introduced laws that criminalised protest to deal with the disorder they knew their policies would cause — and Labour’s refusal to repeal these indicates their interest in protecting that status quo." ~ @francescanwtn.bsky.social
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Louise Haigh has accomplished more in her brief than any other government minister, bringing rail and bus services back into public ownership. It's a shame that she is resigning over something so trivial.
An incredibly powerful, moving interview with Ofer Cassif, the only Jewish socialist in Israel's parliament.
He describes how it as if his family who were murdered in the Holocaust speak to him, urging his fight against the genocide in Gaza.
