Making Sense of the 2022 French Elections

Voters can't tell the difference between the center left and the center right, and they don't want either. More than a quarter of a century ago, much of the European center left made a course change, edging away from its working-class base, accommodating itself to the globalization of capital and handing over the post-World War II social contract to private industry. Whether it was Tony Blair's New Labour in Britain or...

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Democracy and France’s Theater of the Absurd

Voters can't tell the difference between the center left and the center right, and they don't want either. More than a quarter of a century ago, much of the European center left made a course change, edging away from its working-class base, accommodating itself to the globalization of capital and handing over the post-World War II social contract to private industry. Whether it was Tony Blair's New Labour in Britain or...

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Emmanuel Macron’s Chance to Appear Transformative

Voters can't tell the difference between the center left and the center right, and they don't want either. More than a quarter of a century ago, much of the European center left made a course change, edging away from its working-class base, accommodating itself to the globalization of capital and handing over the post-World War II social contract to private industry. Whether it was Tony Blair's New Labour in Britain or...

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Is the Decline of Democracy Inevitable?

Voters can't tell the difference between the center left and the center right, and they don't want either. More than a quarter of a century ago, much of the European center left made a course change, edging away from its working-class base, accommodating itself to the globalization of capital and handing over the post-World War II social contract to private industry. Whether it was Tony Blair's New Labour in Britain or...

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Eric Zemmour’s Plan to Save France from Extinction

Voters can't tell the difference between the center left and the center right, and they don't want either. More than a quarter of a century ago, much of the European center left made a course change, edging away from its working-class base, accommodating itself to the globalization of capital and handing over the post-World War II social contract to private industry. Whether it was Tony Blair's New Labour in Britain or...

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Algeria to France: No Thanks for the Memories 

Voters can't tell the difference between the center left and the center right, and they don't want either. More than a quarter of a century ago, much of the European center left made a course change, edging away from its working-class base, accommodating itself to the globalization of capital and handing over the post-World War II social contract to private industry. Whether it was Tony Blair's New Labour in Britain or...

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