Socialdem. 21st Century

A group of migrant men bring “vibrancy” to a German subway:[embedded content]Remember if and when Marine Le Pen wins the French election and Geert Wilders becomes prime minister of Holland next year, it won’t have anything to do with the hundreds – and probably thousands – of incidents like this, and ones even worse, occurring on the streets of Europe every day (e.g., this, this and this). And no doubt if you suspect it might have something to do with it, you’re a hateful racist and...

Robert Lindsay appears to have been an early advocate for an Alternative Left, and some months ago wrote a very interesting post about what an Alt Left should and should not be: Robert Lindsay, “Dealbreakers: What the Alternative Left is Not,” Beyond Highbrow, 19 February, 2016. It has some quite controversial points, even for people deeply disillusioned with the modern mainstream left, but deserves a fair hearing: “1. Gay rights, yes! Gay politics, no! Support and tolerance for biological...

Agent Commie (N.B. his pen name is a troll) has a list of theses for a progressive reformation here:“Progressive Reformation,” Samizdat, 1 December 2016.“Progressive Reformation: Theses 21 to 40,” 5 December 2016.It is a very good list, and I reproduce it below: 1. Exceptionalism based on white male guilt has been a profoundly negative influence on the 1st world political left. It minimizes the flaws of foreign peoples and governments, and minimizes the strengths of western peoples and...

It’s quite straightforward: gender quality is an article of faith of modern Third Wave Feminism, and so is the cult-like demand for all professions to be 50% male and 50% female.Of course, we all know that the feminist fanatics strangely do not seem to be demanding gender equality in trades like construction workers, garbage collectors, deep sea fishermen, mechanics, etc., because these trades are dirty, difficult and sometimes dangerous, and most women – generally speaking – have neither...

After Trump’s victory:(1) the rerun of Austria’s presidential election vote on 4 December, 2016;(2) Italy’s 4 December, 2016 referendum on the power of the Italian parliament’s upper house; (3) the Netherlands’ March 2017 general elections;(4) the April-May presidential elections in France 2017;(5) the September 2017 parliamentary elections in Germany.In Austria, the re-run presidential election – set to be held on the 4 December – has seen Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party appear to...

Bill Mitchell continues his series of posts on free trade with part 4:Bill Mitchell, “The Case against Free Trade – Part 1,” Billy Blog, 27 October, 2016. Bill Mitchell, “The Case against Free Trade – Part 2,” Billy Blog, 8 November, 2016.Bill Mitchell, “The Case against Free Trade – Part 3,” Billy Blog, 22 November, 2016.Bill Mitchell, “The Case against Free Trade – Part 4,” Billy Blog, 24 November, 2016.Realist LeftRealist Left on Twitter @realistleftRealist Left on...

Mr Quentin James weighs in and gives his expert opinion here.Also at length here:Quentin James, “The Left has a White Supremacy Problem, Too,” November 22, 2016.First, there is the vicious drive-by smear of Steve Bannon as a “white supremacist,” a slander for which the evidence is essentially zero.But what, exactly, was poor old Bernie’s crime? He had the temerity to question the cult of cultural leftist identity politics:[embedded content]Bernie’s comments were actually very mild, and the...

Bill Mitchell gives the keynote presentation at a Post Keynesian conference held at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) in September, and the title is “What’s New in Modern Monetary Theory”:[embedded content]Realist LeftRealist Left on Twitter @realistleftRealist Left on RedditRealist Left BlogRealist Left on YouTubeLord Keynes on FacebookSocial Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern LeftAlt Left on the Internet:Alternative Left...

As crazy as that sounds, there seems to be some evidence for it. In essence, some American libertarians are morphing into Alt Right “National Socialists.”We can see the direct evidence for this in one of the most popular Alt Right podcasts (with a rather distasteful name) where the speakers are former libertarians:[embedded content]Did you hear the astonishing confession here?:[embedded content]It is startlingly indeed to see libertarians suddenly see the merits of protectionism and some...

From Agent Commie’s YouTube channel:[embedded content]Realist LeftRealist Left on Twitter @realistleftRealist Left on RedditRealist Left BlogRealist Left on YouTubeLord Keynes on FacebookSocial Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern LeftAlt Left on the Internet:Alternative Left on FacebookAlt-Left on Google+Samizdat Broadcasts YouTube ChannelSamizdat: For the Freedom Loving LeftistI’m on Twitter: Lord Keynes...