The mainstream is not ascendant anywhere—those who are ascendant are politicians contesting the mainstream, usually populists.

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The mainstream is not ascendant anywhere—those who are ascendant are politicians contesting the mainstream, usually populists.
Interview with Lakshmi Narayanan, co-founder of an Indian waste pickers’ union and cooperative.
Commentators, analysts, and intellectuals across Europe and beyond comment on the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.
Commentators, analysts, and intellectuals across Europe comment on the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.
Claire Fox, Head of the Institute of Ideas, makes the case for Lexit in an interview with Slawek Blich.
Philosopher and cultural critic Boris Buden speaks about post-communist countries ‘path to Europe’ and its colonial consequences.
It’s high time to stop seeing the rise of the Right and xenophobia as a matter of national character.