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When and why has the left become so culturalist, stressing essentialist notions of identity and the value of frozen group cultures? How come that the left, which was always in the egalitarian-equality business, have become so obsessed with difference, diversity and cultural inequalities? How is it possible that progressive liberals, who are ethical individualists, turn [...]
“People joked that watching Finnish politics was about as interesting as watching paint dry. Until now.” (The New York Times 22.4.2011) In December 2010, I wrote about the rise of the True Finns movement in SEJ. I argued that if Timo Soini`s True Finns are able to mobilize their polls support in the general election [...]
Pat Bertroche, running for American Congress on behalf of Republicans in the state of Iowa, proposed on his blog that illegal immigrants ought to have microprocessors grafted into their bodies: after all, he explained, I may graft a microprocessor in my dog’s body, if I wish to be able to find it. Why not do [...]
There’s no doubt about it. Race and migration are the most volatile and dangerous issues in European politics today. And across Europe, it is hurting the left above all. When combined with the economic insecurity arising from globalisation and the financial crisis, it is causing a significant haemorrhaging of political support from working class and [...]
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