The tension between these contradictory impulses is captured by the British writer James Meek who notes the dilemma of his fellow left cosmopolitans who value local particularity among the working-class cockneys of the East End of London, but not the locals’ anti-immigration and Brexit..…
This was accomplished through a series of policies that if they were proposed today, might strike many Americans as socialist–Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, strong union rights, high minimum wages, high marginal tax rates on the wealthy (with a 90% top rate under Eisenhower), and strong..…
Seven British Labour MPs have quit their party and set up as group of independents, saying politics Britain is broken and criticising Labour on Brexit and its failure to tackle anti-Semitism among its membership.. ... Chris Leslie said Labour had been hijacked by the machine politics of the..…
Like numerous public figures who make such comments – on the left and on the right – she insists she is not anti-Semitic. ..…
More recently French anti-Semitism, traditionally associated with the far right, has also spread among far-left pro-Palestinian extremists and radicals from amongst the growing Muslim community. . ..…
Others point to the criticism of Israel coming from the far-left and the rise of anti-Zionism - opposition to the existence of Israel as homeland for Jewish people -. ... The leader of France's far-left, Jean-Luc Melenchon, defended the movement against accusations of..…
Another board member is Bette 'Rainbow' Hoover, a Quaker and anti-war activist who founded CASA de Maryland, a left-wing group that supports illegal immigrants. ..…
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army seized a huge cache of weapons and ammunition, including US and Israeli-made rockets, that were left behind by the ISIL terrorists in the East Ghouta region of Damascus. ... Anti-Government Protests in Haiti . TEHRAN (FNA)- Protesters clash with police during..…
Instead of a savage ‘white terror’, US-trained security forces would work with the anti-Communist ‘democratic left’ – yesterday’s third way – to fight a more ‘rational’, ‘modern’ and ‘professional’ Cold War.) ..…