William Callison News Today

In much of the Western world, the right has been so much better than the left at harnessing hatred of the status quo

I think theres a deeper problem, which stems from a crisis of faith in the possibility of progress. Liberals and leftists have lots of excellent policy ideas but rarely articulate

A crisis of faith in the possibility of a better world.

What do we make of former friends who fell down the rabbit hole of the Right?

As transphobic rhetoric increased, a rise in street violence against LGBTQ+ people was widely documented. The violence is already happening

Ståle Holgersen — Eco-Marxism and eco-socialism are currently haunted by a polarization between a socialist eco-modernism and degrowth.

We on the left are getting doppelganged, and we need to pay close attention

Torching your own reputation is usually a onetime engagement. Credibility is finite, and once it’s gone, there is not much left to burn. A reporter who got their sources mixed up once will surprise no one next time they bungle a story; a writer who spreads conspiracy theories is soon known as a crank.Those rules have somehow not held true for the writer Naomi Wolf. A notable feature of her career has been her ability to repeat the act of self-immolation over and over, singeing others alon...

If you’re Naomi Klein, you write a book about it.

For years the writer laughed off being mistaken for fellow author Naomi Wolf. Then her ‘double’ drifted into a world of conspiracy theories and became a favoured guest of Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson. With the US standing on a political precipice, suddenly the stakes were a lot higher