Heterodox
TheIllusionist challenges me in a cutting comment here, which deserves a response. First, what do I mean by the “Old Left”? I mean the pre-1960s Left dominated by trade unions, socialist organisations, and the labour-based political parties like the British Labour party, Continental Social Democrats or other Christian labour-based parties of the Left.I happen to think the historical role of Christian socialism has been grossly underestimated by the modern secular Left. For example, on the...
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