In which we survey Turkey's election results in light of five years of tumult - Gezi, economic downturn, terrorist attacks, Syrian war, coup, repression. Are cracks beginning to show for Erdogan? He teamed up with ultranationalists, while opposition secularists and Islamists joined forces, but Erdogan held on. How demoralised are the Turkish people, and what are the prospects for the Left? We conclude by debating whether Erdogan represents a generalisable type of political leader today: initally moderate and neoliberal, but tacking increasingly authoritarian and socially conservative.
/374/ You’re Gonna Need Representation ft. Vincent Bevins
Excerpt: /373/ Take a Stand: Be Neutral! ft. Lily Lynch
Excerpt: /372/ Reading Club: Globalisation (I)
/371/ The Milei Massacre Didn’t Happen ft. Ernesto Seman
/370/ Dead Ends in Israel & Palestine ft. Alex Gourevitch
/369/ Information-War and War-Politics ft. Jacob Siegel
/367/ Don’t Pay Them Back ft. Jerome Roos
/366/ Reading Club: Legitimacy (IV)
/365/ It’s So Over (Again) ft. Ryan Zickgraf
UNLOCKED: /361/ A Nightmare on the Brains of the Living ft. Benjamin Studebaker
Excerpt: /364/ The Eternal Sunshine of the Bourgeoisie
UNLOCKED: /351/ Eating the Left’s Lunch? ft. Cecilia Lero & Tamás Gerőcs
Excerpt: /363/ Outsourcing the State
/362/ Life Doesn’t Have to Zuck ft. Cory Doctorow
Excerpt: /361/ A Nightmare on the Brains of the Living ft. Benjamin Studebaker
Excerpt: /360/ Reading Club: Legitimacy (III)
/359/ Apollo Gets High ft. Benjamin Fong
/357/ Lucky, Meaty Nations ft. Shahar Hameiri & Tom Chodor
/356/ Land of the Unfree ft. Sohrab Ahmari
Excerpt: /355/ F***ing and shooting are not the same
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