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A Letter to George Orwell: A Contemporary Response to “Why I Write”
Erich Maria Remarque’s beautifully tragic novel, Flotsam (1939) , elaborates the immense hardship many Jews and immigrants faced in the collapse of an already convulsing Europe on the eve of war. His articulate storytelling conveys the brutality many refugees withstood, from the harshness of border officials to the absence of trust between refugees themselves. Like Remarque, Orwell described in Why I Write the many problems glaring at European leaders during the chaos of the
Zach Rogers
1 day ago4 min read
Capitalism, Freedom, and Democracy
In his seminal 1962 work ‘Capitalism and Freedom’ , Milton Friedman proclaimed that free-market competitive capitalism was the only way...
Andres De Miguel
Aug 67 min read
Mamdani's Materialism or Oblivion: The Democratic Party in the Last Chance Saloon
The buzz surrounding Zohran Mamdani’s recent victory in the Democratic primaries for NYC Mayor has been understandably inescapable on...
Andres De Miguel
Jul 28 min read
Zohran Mamdani, the New Left, and a Return to Materialism
In the past few days, many progressive followers of US and world politics have felt an emotion they thought lost long ago, hope. In a...
Andres De Miguel
Jun 295 min read
Star Wars Doesn’t Need Lightsabers, It Needs Politics
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion In Andor, the latest live-action Star Wars series to be churned out by Disney, there are no...
Will Allen
May 305 min read
American Autocracy Is Here
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Donald Trump is an autocrat, there is no debating it. Already, he has stretched the bounds of his...
Will Allen
May 277 min read
Mussol-oni - Italy Is Normalising Its Fascist Past, And Preparing For A Fascist Future
“Citizens, workers! ..[F]or the salvation of our lands, our homes, our workshops…confront the Germans with the dilemma: surrender or...
Maya Sgaravato-Grant
May 225 min read
Operation Brain Drain: Intellectual Flight from the United States
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion In a recent intervention , I mentioned a historian whom I treasure, Dr. Timothy Snyder of Yale, who...
Zach Rogers
Apr 174 min read
Will the Democrats let Democracy Die?
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Donald Trump is not a normal president. His first few weeks in office have made that abundantly...
Will Allen
Mar 306 min read
Is JD Vance the Greatest Danger in Trumpland 2.0?
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Barely two months into Donald Trump’s second stint in the White House it is becoming increasingly...
Jasper Goddard
Mar 274 min read
New German Parliament, New Challenges To Face
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Germany has entered a new political era following the elections of February 23, marked by a high...
Victor Elizondo
Mar 93 min read
Trump And Musk’s Bromance Is Doomed. It’s A Pity We All Have To Be Along For The Ride
Illustration by Will Allen If Donald Trump’s inauguration was anything to go by, then Joe Biden’s final remarks from the Oval Office may...
Jacob Patch
Feb 234 min read
Jean-Marie Le Pen - Obituary
Jean-Marie Le Pen died at midday on the 7th of January, at the age of 96. This infamous Nazi sympathiser — who unsuccessfully ran for...
Maya Sgaravato-Grant
Feb 85 min read
The Death of the Political Spectrum and the Rise of the Political Compass
The last decade has been a transformative one globally; whether it is the rise of a new multipolar order transforming our geopolitical...
Naif Al Bidh
Jan 298 min read
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