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Stephen Moore, who is advising the president-elect, said the UK ‘has to choose’ between the European Union and US economic models.

When Praful Nargund stood against Jeremy Corbyn in Islington North at the July general election, I heard several confident predictions about why the moderate and business-savvy candidate favoured by Keir Starmer’s ruthlessly disciplined machine would promptly see off Jeremy Corbyn – the Old Testament prophet of doomful state socialism in…

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Keir Starmer must learn from Tony Blair and combine practical solutions with ideas

Antonio Gramsci, the Marxist theorist, ideologue, philosopher and journalist, has long been associated exclusively with communism and socialism. The late Italian thinker’s ideas have travelled the world, influencing elites and mass publics alike.

Xi Jinping calls for the study and application of Deng Xiaoping’s theories in pursuit of advancing socialism with Chinese characteristics

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz faces criticism for equating socialism to 'neighborliness,' sparking debate and drawing conservative backlash. His remarks resu...

Fact check: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is the leader of the Socialist Party.

Venezuela’s socialism started out democratically with Hugo Chavez’s election in 1998—then the Venezuelan economy—and democracy—collapsed.

The Venezuelan experience shows that democracy cannot cure the evils of socialism, and that a democratic socialist system is unlikely to remain democratic for long.

“I would describe myself as a socialist. I describe myself as a progressive”. These were Labour leader Keir Starmer’s words in May 2024 shortly after his first speech of the election campaign. Labour’s constitution defines it as a democratic socialist party. So, in theory, Starmer is a socialist.