Dick PountainTrue enough - Edward Luttwak prophesied this 27 years ago:https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v16/n07/edward-luttwak/why-fascism-is-the-wave-of-the-futureAug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
Dick PountainCan Social Democracy be revived?While preparing to participate in a conference on the Legacy of 1968, it occurred to me that this year sees another equally momentous…Aug 13, 2018Aug 13, 2018
Dick PountainThe Touchy-Feely InfernoThis essay was originally the final, epilogue, chapter of an unpublished book I wrote in 2009. On re-reading it today I was struck that 9…Jan 12, 2018Jan 12, 2018
Dick PountainFear Is The EnemyI just watched Mel Gibson’s 2006 movie Apocalypto on television. It’s pretty remarkable coming from such a proselytising Christian, because…Aug 6, 2017Aug 6, 2017
Dick PountainConnection Lost: the crisis of social democracyA standard trope in most recent Left analyses of neoliberalism is that its most important effect is to promote the economic over the…Aug 6, 2017Aug 6, 2017
Dick PountainA New Gilded Age?“Just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you!”Aug 6, 2017Aug 6, 2017
Dick PountainMajorities v MinoritiesDespite a few recent successes, the democratic Left has been mainly on the retreat in many countries: for example the UK (loss of Brexit…Aug 6, 2017Aug 6, 2017