Doing so causes many on the left to dismiss what is, to my mind, the best explanation of the far right’s rise — one that focuses on a change to the ideological structure of global politics ...

The Right today often sounds like the Left of yore. ... Our Political World, Topsy-Turvy. Jeane Kirkpatrick, 1926–2006 (Luba Myts) Share Comments Listen. By Jay Nordlinger.

The most defining characteristic of today’s (and history’s) political left is a socialist worldview and agenda. The defining ...

Lefty political parties across the world are now more unpopular than any time since the Cold War, a staggering analysis of recent elections shows. The Left suffered a record-low average of just 45 ...

Doing so causes many on the left to dismiss what is, to my mind, the best explanation of the far right’s rise — one that focuses on a change to the ideological structure of global politics.

Both right and left in America partake of the free-for-all of duplicity – often crude, occasionally artful – that plagues American politics. There is, however, an asymmetry.

Left-leaning political traditions emphasize the role of the state in protecting individual rights and promoting equality. In ...

In this political world, there are no longer opponents, only enemies to be reviled as extremist. Mr. Zizek lamented that on both the left and right when he said, “Everyone is calling people they ...

Usually, the left speaks the language of political economy and human rights; the right speaks the language of market and conservatism. But these are categories from the 19th century.

SN: Traditionally, the left was concerned with universal justice, which included the right to speak up about each group’s own problems but was never confined to it.

French President Emmanuel Macron called a snap vote to keep right-wing forces at bay. It ended in deadlock, a resurgent left and a leadership crisis.