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Future of social democracy

Socialism for the 21st Century

Jeremy Corbyn's 2017 Labour conference speech in full

By Jeremy Corbyn

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Asia

New Zealand elections: what you need to know

The polls are virtually neck-and-neck. Will Labour’s charismatic leader prevent National from winning a fourth term?

By Brian Roper

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Europe

Lessons for the Left

Europe's left-wing parties are facing an identity crisis

By Susi Dennison

Sruthi Gottipati

Africa

Priestly politics

Can the Church save democracy in Congo?

By Sruthi Gottipati

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North America

Democrats disunited

Once the ‘party of the unions’, US Democrats have lost touch with the working class

By Norman Birnbaum

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Latin America

Long live democracy! (When it suits us.)

Leftists in Latin America must take a stand against Venezuela’s abuses

By Claudia Detsch

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Africa

José kidding?

Angola’s president of four decades may be stepping down, but his cronies will ensure power and wealth stay in the family

By Francesca Spinola, Ellie Mears

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Future of social democracy

Avi Gabbay: the "Israeli Macron"

A relative unknown gives fresh hope to Israel’s moribund Labour Party

By Micky Drill

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Future of social democracy

Germany’s centre left and the case for optimism

With Europe's political climate still volatile, Germany's federal election remains far from a foregone conclusion

By Michael Bröning

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No “blank cheque” for Macron

French trade unionist Andrée Thomas on Emmanuel Macron’s planned labour reforms

By Andrée Thomas