Book review: Catarina Príncipe and Bhaskar Sunkara (eds), Europe In Revolt (2016) (original) (raw)

UK Election Analysis 2017: Media, Voters and the Campaign

Featuring 92 contributions from over 100 leading UK and international academics, this publication captures the immediate thoughts, reflections and early research insights on the 2017 UK General Election from the cutting edge of media and politics research. Published 10 days after the election, these contributions are short and accessible. Authors provide authoritative analysis of the campaign, including research findings or new theoretical insights; to bring readers original ways of understanding the campaign. Contributions also bring a rich range of disciplinary influences, from political science to cultural studies, journalism studies to psychology. We hope this makes for a vibrant, informative and engaging read.

Creating Boris: Nigel Farage and the 2019 election

UK Election Analysis 2019: Media, Voters and the Campaign, 2019

Short analysis of Nigel Farage and the 2019 General Election in UK Election Analysis 2019: Media, Voters and the Campaign, Eds. Daniel Jackson, Einar Thorsen, Darren Lilleker and Nathalie Weidhase

BRITISH POLITICS-UNIVERSITY OF VERSAILLES-SAINT QUENTIN-2019-2020- MELISSA BARRY

1 Unit 1: Introducing the UK Distinguishing between England, [Great] Britain, and the United Kingdom (UK) Etymology and Historical overview Roman Britain (Britannia) During the Iron Age, Britain was inhabited by a number of native Celtic tribes collectively referred to as "Britons" by Roman historians The territories which now correspond to England, Lowland Scotland and Wales were then invaded, conquered, and occupied by the Romans between the 1 st Century BC and the 5 th Century AD The Latin name Britannia, which originally designated the historical Roman province, later evolved into "Britain" Today, the word "Britons" has more emotional undertones than "the British", and is often used in a political context to exude national pride The British Isles in the Early-Middle Ages When the Roman Empire collapsed in the 5 th Century AD, England was invaded and conquered by Germanic tribes-including the Saxons, the Angles, and the Jutes England thus derives its name from the Angles, and the phrase "Anglo-Saxon"-originally coined by historians to designate the English people of the Early-Middle Ages and the era itself (Anglo-Saxon England)-was used in a broader sense from the 19 th century to refer to the white, English-speaking peoples of the British Empire; it is often used now to point at the similitudes between the British and the Americans, and to their so-called "special relationship" (see brochure, p. 65 et seq.) Power in Scotland was taken over by the native Picts and by the Scots (of Irish origin), after whom Scotland is named

The Social Democratic Road to Socialism: An Interview with Bhaskar Sunkara

EuropeNow, 2019

“A map of the world that does not include Utopia,” Oscar Wilde once wrote, “is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.” Wilde’s utopia was socialism, a social order that he believed would overcome the misery and exploitation wrought by industrial capitalism. More than a century later, as issues like inequality and climate change swell the ranks of the left in Europe and abroad, one hears renewed calls to set sail for a society that lies beyond the capitalist horizon. One of the most important English-language fora for this resurgent socialism is Jacobin, a print-and-digital magazine founded, edited, and published by Bhaskar Sunkara. Where many other radical publications have languished in relative obscurity with small, hard-bitten, and sectarian readerships, Jacobin has flourished and become a mainstream talkshop for a broad segment of the left. With his new book, The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality, Sunkara excavates the diverse socialist tradition—of German Marxists, Bolsheviks, Swedish social democrats, and others—to chart a navigable course to a socialist future. His account is fervent, irreverent, and irrepressibly optimistic: whatever the ghost of socialism past, he seems to say, the ghosts of socialism present and future portend a lasting triumph over capitalism. Sunkara and I met in Brooklyn in April 2019 to discuss his new book. What follows is an abridged and edited transcript of our conversation. —Kelly McKowen for EuropeNow

Marxism and the United Front (2) Contents Contents

After providing an overview of the most important social and political developments of the working class and oppressed, as well as their organizations, we shall now move on to a discussion of several issues related to this revolutionary tactic. We have shown that petty-bourgeois populist parties have become important forces in recent years, and it is therefore crucial for revolutionaries to apply the united front tactic towards such forces. Clearly this includes the call for joint actions against neoliberal governments, imperialist aggression, etc. What should be the attitude of revolutionaries towards petty-bourgeois populist parties? And how should they apply the united front tactic to such parties during elections as well as when formulating slogans calling for the desired type of governmental control?