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The New Politics Programme researches and actively engages in attempts to create radical forms of democracy and democratic governance in response to the exhaustion of  conventional political institutions.

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  • An excess of democracy

    The philosophy and experience of radical movements in the 1960s and 70s are in several ways complementary to the ideas of the direct action movements of today. Hilary Wainwright examines the possibility of forging a new kind of political economy by learning from the best of both of them.

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  • Indignados movement takes root in Barcelona

    Five months since the launch of the indignados movement, Spain is witnessing the emergence of an experimental movement committed to profound democratisation where leadership is shared and learnt.

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  • Crack capitalism or reclaim the state

    In a fascinating debate, two leading Left intellectuals John Holloway and Hilary Wainwright debate the potential for democratising the state, how labour can be empowered to enact change, and how capitalism is best confronted.

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  • Tunisia: a revolution for dignity and freedom that can not be colour-coded

    The term "Jasmine revolution" does not capture the meaning of the Tunisian revolt. This was a rejection of politics as usual, of big and dirty business, of EU and US-supported dictatorships.

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  • The path for Venezuela can not be neoliberalism or Stalinism

    The Venezuelan process is caught between a fundamental contradiction: popular demands for democratic participation against tendencies towards hierarchical decison-making and concentration of power.

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We want our money back
David Sogge
 July 2011

Angry citizens want their nations’ money back and rightfully so. Banks should be curbed instead of allowed to enthusiastically facilitate the illicit outflow of money by dictators.

Privatization Follies
Boris Kagarlitsky
 June 2011

Who will benefit from a second wave of privatisation in Russia?

Spain: The 'Indignant’ and the Paris Commune
Atilio Boron
 June 2011

One hundred and forty years after the Paris Commune similar demands for democratic change resonate strongly in Spain. Recent mass mobilisations show the Spanish people have had enough of politics that serve only the interests of a few, while public interests are subordinated to the profit imperatives of big business.

The World Bank's Africa Strategy
Patrick Bond
 June 2011

Whose interest does the ten-year Strategy document for Africa actually serve? The World Bank has shown little insight into the real problems Africa faces, focusing instead on ineffective policies, support for repressive regimes and projects that are known to have failed.

Is the Arab Spring a Black Swan?
Richard Falk
 May 2011

A recent comparison by top foreign policy thinkers in the US reveals the not so pro-democratic thinking that also goes on in Washington, referring to the emancipatory movements of the Arab Spring as a improbable "worst-case scenarios."

Europe's Nationalists waiting in the dark
Boris Kagarlitsky
 May 2011

As Brussels bureaucrats and established political parties struggle to answer the current crisis caused by a faulty economic structure, right-wing nationalist parties have increasingly come to the fore in Europe, with Finland's recent election the last contribution to a worrying trend.

AV is not perfect, but we need it for plurality
Hilary Wainwright
 April 2011

The first-past-the-post voting system in the UK has led to the slow death of a critical political culture. Saying yes in the referendum on a proposed Alternative Voting (AV) system would at least give oxygen to debate.

The growing crisis of credibility of the Indian media
Praful Bidwai
 April 2011

Despite massive growth in the Indian media industry, the lack of quality and diversity shows an increasing disconnect with the real lives of people in the country and the most important issues they face.

European Parliament resolution on international investment not strong enough
Seattle to Brussels Network April 2011

Statement by the Seattle to Brussels network about the resolution of the European Parliament on international investment.

The Road to Hell is paved with 'humanitarian interventions'
Tom Reifer
 March 2011

Will the outcome of the Western intervention in Libya be positive for its people? A look at history shows what came of 'good intentions' and promises in the past.

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