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ril 26 2026 the rhetoric of reaction against the global progressive mobilization gpm last week in barcelona progressives gathered at the gpm under the leadership of european social democracy and in particular of spanish prime minister pedro sánchez leaders and representatives from parties think tanks and labor unions across all continents reaffirmed their commitment to democracy peace and a multilateral order despite having lost ground in recent years while still remaining one of the pillars sustaining the european union social democrats uniquely retain the ability to convene such a broad and diverse gathering not everyone who defends democracy is on the left and some on the left have not always defended democracy yet all those present in barcelona did so and those there in power have attained office through democratic means and upheld democratic institutions at a time when democracy is under attack the democratic left mobilized to defend it european social democrats the u s democratic party including its progressive wing and democratic forces from latin america including leaders not rooted in social democracy such as chilean former president gabriel boric some actors would have liked to participate and most criticism has focused on omissions of people forces or topics however there was a clear urgency to mobilize the left around a coherent set of ideas should engagement also extend to the moderate center right in practice it already does in brussels and in countries such as hungary and poland presidents representing around 60 of latin america s population including those of mexico brazil uruguay and colombia as well as chile s former president were present in barcelona seen in this light and with south africa represented by its president the left appears less weak than is often assumed particularly significant is the growing alliance with the progressive wing of the u s democratic party whose role is increasingly recognized for example by barack obama who recently appeared alongside new york city mayor zoran mamdani criticism of the barcelona meeting has come for instance from karl rove in the wall street journal his reaction along with that of parts of the spanish right echoes giorgia meloni s response last year to the pro european demonstration in rome where she dismissed the ventotene manifesto a document advocating a democratic and federal europe even before the end of world war ii in the rhetoric of reaction albert o hirschman argues that conservative critiques of progressive reforms tend to follow three recurring patterns the perversity thesis reforms will backfire the futility thesis reforms will fail to produce meaningful change and the jeopardy thesis reforms will endanger past achievements these arguments reappear across history from reactions to the french revolution to debates on modern welfare states suggesting that political discourse is often shaped less by new evidence than by enduring rhetorical strategies the authors of the ventotene manifesto ultimately proved more prescient than their critics both in the 1940s and today notably hirschman himself had a family connection to one of its authors some suggestions for improving the gpm are valid see for example proposals by jeremy cliffe these include making the forum a regular and permanent fixture a left wing davos strengthening ties with academia and developing a more compelling economic narrative the self criticism expressed by brazil s president luiz inácio lula da silva is also warranted though without discarding the achievements of the past at the same time it is entirely justified for the democratic left to mobilize globally in response to the international coordination of the far right today s democratic backlash is driven in part by oligarchic capture with racism often deployed as both instrument and justification electoral integrity itself is under strain in the united states political scientist larry bartels has shown that in a january 2020 survey a majority of republicans agreed that the traditional american way of life is disappearing so fast that we may have to use force to save it while more than 40 believed that a time will come when patriotic americans have to take the law into their own hands democracy should not be the monopoly of the left and the left has not always upheld it consistently however the most significant threat today comes from a right increasingly aligned with oligarchic interests among republican voters the strongest predictor of anti democratic attitudes is ethnic antagonism particularly concerns about the political influence and access to public resources of immigrants african americans and latinos this highlights the central role of ethnic conflict in contemporary u s politics with parallels emerging in parts of the european right those with economic and political power in conservative circles in both the united states and europe bear a particular responsibility to halt the democratic backsliding meanwhile the left whether in the streets of minneapolis or in political gatherings such as barcelona is already playing its part posted by francesc trillas at 8 54 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday april 11 2026 after nations global peace in after nations rana dasgupta offers an original history and critique of the nation state as an institution contrasting it with empires and other political forms the book is rich in insight and erudition and it has been reviewed in outlets such as financial times and foreign policy as well as in branko milanovic s substack each highlighting different dimensions of the work the essay is structured in four main parts each linking a historical empire to a concept central to the organization of political institutions the first part connects the history of france with the concepts of god and theology which have historically served to justify the power of both nations and empires the second associates england with money emphasizing the central role of finance and the unequal distribution of economic resources in the development of governing institutions the third links the united states to law illustrating how the dominance of money has been reinforced by legal frameworks that prioritize property rights finally the fourth part examines the long continuity of the continental chinese empire sustained in part by communism and its enduring influence beyond its borders relating it to environmental constraints and the ways in which human nature relationships shape systems of power the book is particularly compelling in its exposition of the darker side of the anglo american empire as milanovic observes in his review reading dasgupta s and similar books that abound today one cannot but be totally struck by how the contrary narratives of the british rise and the industrial revolution some crowned by the nobel prizes succeed in almost completely erasing the aspects of domestic and foreign terrorism enslavement beatings outright piracy compression into navy services enclosures fabulous enrichment of political elites military suppression of revolts famines and executions under the beautifully sounding title of glorious revolution the glorious revolution dasgupta writes inaugurated the modern state in its raw form an undemocratic commercial machine that unleashed terror at home and abroad p 113 eliding this truth is like describing soviet industrialization and the great terror by studying moscow parades but nobody has received a nobel prize for that well perhaps the stalin prize dasgupta uses this historical analysis to argue that the currently dominant nation state is a relatively recent contingency one that may already have passed its peak in terms of its capacity to address contemporary global challenges today only a minority of nation states can be considered successful and even those that provide reasonable standards of living are increasingly threatened by more dysfunctional or aggressive ones the brief period during which some nation states have prospered is overshadowed by the many instances of ethnic cleansing genocide invasion and war that continue to shape global politics the selective application of the principle of self determination advanced by woodrow wilson at the end of the world war i was arguably inevitable since peoples overlap and cannot be neatly divided into territorially bounded units it is impossible to partition the earth into discrete fragments to which such a right can be cleanly applied today national sovereignty is increasingly challenged by technological multinationals transnational terrorism and more benign and promising arrangements such as international treaties for example those governing antarctica in some cases societies have developed more flexible and constructive arrangements jerusalem as a shared international city northern ireland as a space jointly governed by catholics and protestants or south africa as a society shared among black white and other communities only the most rigid positions insist on strict partition in such contexts from this perspective the idea that the palestinian question can be resolved through the further proliferation of nation states especially in an already fragile middle eastern or west asian in dasgupta s terms context appears misguided the european union stands out as a project on which alternative political forms might be built although it remains imperfect and nation states continue to exercise significant power within its governance structures a world dominated by nation states is failing to deliver global peace advanced democracy or a sustainable and egalitarian economy today only a small fraction of the world s population lives in genuine democracies while others survive through niches such as money laundering or narcotrafficking after the four main sections the book concludes with two shorter chapters one exploring possible alternatives to the nation state and another attempting to define it the discussion of alternatives is understandably somewhat unsatisfying reflecting the difficulty of reconciling what is desirable with what is feasible ultimately it is likely that the evolution of unpredictable historical processes will determine the forms that replace the nation state the final chapter devoted to defining the institution itself is particularly incisive in highlighting its internal contradictions for example the impossibility of defining pure nations or of identifying states that truly monopolize violence as things stand nation states concentrate too much power often enabling harmful outcomes we should move toward something better although doing so entails the risk of something worse posted by francesc trillas at 12 41 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday march 29 2026 trumpism and capitalism according to luigi zingales trump is attacking capitalism and capitalists should unite and resist zingales s piece is a notable attempt to save the face of capitalism in his view trumpism is not a consequence of capitalism but rather capitalism is its victim however it is not very convincing to claim that trumpism has emerged in the country that most strongly symbolizes capitalism and that this economic system bears no responsibility for the rise of such a serious political pathology zingales argues that the biggest threat to capitalism has always been the arbitrary abuse of government power he also claims that trump s behavior is not capitalist but socialist and authoritarian yet capitalists american and otherwise have themselves abused government power in arbitrary ways for example in chile or have attempted to manipulate it in the united states through campaign finance lobbying and corruption zingales further states that without respect for the rule of law we cannot have capitalism really what about chile under pinochet spain under franco and similar cases he concedes that without the rule of law we may instead have crony capitalism fair enough but in that case capitalism is crony in many many places a few years ago in his book capitalism alone branko milanovic argued that capitalism had been left without competing economic systems after the fall of communism and china s adoption of a market economy at the same time democracy has been eroding in recent decades with the fastest decline now taking place in the united states according to data reported by martin wolf in the financial times only 7 of the world s population lives in genuine democracies down from 17 just a few years ago it appears that capitalism has advanced while democracy has receded admittedly that 7 also lives under capitalism but likely a more constrained and better regulated version than the one found in autocracies or backsliding countries there is little doubt that the kind of mafia style state trump is promoting is at odds with a certain version of capitalism but this is an idealized version trump represents a frontal attack on both free markets and well regulated markets yet capitalism an economic system in which economic power is concentrated in the hands of capital owners can coexist with markets that are neither free nor properly regulated neoliberalism understood as an extreme version of capitalism coexisted with brutal dictatorships in the twentieth century and has now morphed into a kind of dark enlightenment as described in quinn slobodian s hayek s bastards some of the world s wealthiest capitalists are endorsing trump s global coup it might be comforting to believe that anti capitalists can build a successful democratic alternative but for now we may need the support of forward looking and altruistic capitalists if they exist as in the anthropic model praised by zingales who understand that human progress requires more and better democracy not less so far however it has not been capitalists or other elites who have united against trumpism but rather ordinary people in the streets along with some scientists intellectuals and journalists writing on alternative media platforms like substack posted by francesc trillas at 7 02 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday march 1 2026 the future of us lant pritchett london school of economics has an article in the journal of economic perspectives on the need for global mobility between shrinking and growing labor forces in the coming decades given fertility rates across different regions territories with low or very low fertility will need to receive migrants from territories where fertility rates are higher the region of the world with the highest fertility rates at the moment is africa the figures are striking spain will have a labor force gap of 23 6 million people by 2050 this gap is calculated by keeping the ratio between the labor force and the population aged 65 or older at its 2020 level if we were to fill this gap with permanent migrants th...