Far from a metaphysical battle between fanaticism and tolerance, the Rushdie affair exemplifies the marketization of hurt sentiments.

Center-left parties should learn that small-bore solutions are a waste of time.

The neofascist assault on democracy is a last-ditch effort on the part of neoliberal capitalism to rescue itself from crisis. The only solution is a decisive retreat from globalized finance.

Leaders of the left abandoned the language of transformation in the 1980s—at a cost. Can it be regained?

Many reject privatization for its distributional consequences. The deeper problem is that it threatens the very foundation of political legitimacy.