The British left was epically owned last month in one of the crappiest election results in several generations. While the reaction to this defeat has been largely one of despair and feelings of rudderlessness, we make the case that this is just one in a long line of defeats we will inevitably suffer. Unless we gird ourselves for defeat with a dialectical pessimism, there's no way we will last long enough to make a real difference.
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This Is Why We Hate You: December Editorial
No False Consolations
The Last Gasp of Labourism
Class War Corbynism https://newsocialist.org.uk/class-war-corbynism/?fbclid=IwAR2h7UpFSSEXdywDypP2GSkI6y7aGnM8rCXWl3O-1lQwSx__6uz8aBGKxpw
Corbyn’s Defeat and the Democratic Socialists of America
What the U.S. Left Can Learn From the Labour Party’s Epic Loss
What the U.K. Election Does (and Doesn’t) Teach Democrats
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Oi Polloi- (Expletive Deleted) Everybody Who Voted Tory