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As the events of 1917 unfolded, many working-class people would have been able to grasp the parallels with the French Revolution. A century later, our ignorance may be our downfall

Breaking up an imperialist ideology into its constituent parts is going to be very tricky

The removal of Spain’s socialist party leader in a chaotic coup points to the wider problems facing social democratic parties. The price — as elsewhere in Europe — is conservative rule

The only way to face down Farage and his plans to march on the Supreme Court with 100,000 racists is to make a rhetorical break with neoliberalism

The liberal order could fall apart just as suddenly as the USSR. If we want it to survive, we have to learn from what happened in Russia

Corbyn can’t afford to wait for five years and after the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith — the next election could be sooner than expected

Britain feels trapped between two rival but confident narratives

The need to come up with something better on Europe’s new faultline

After the SNP shock the issue of English national identity will loom large — but it is completely lost in England’s class and cultural divide

The Right’s attitude to migration could get even nastier, but a ‘remain’ vote will offer Labour a fresh chance to reconnect with ‘red Ukip’

It may be Austria’s democratic right to elect a cleaned-up fascist as president, but it is EU’s right to suspend the nation from the bloc

New-generation voters have replaced ideology with identity and integrity and have deferred to old institutions — but they need to invent new ones