Of the many utopian positions widespread in the left today, some of the most persistent – and misguided – are various manifestations of pacifism.

New year, old music, from a well-known score sheet played out by... the Left.

The Sardines movement(1) appeared on the scene in mid-November during the regional electoral campaign in Emilia-Romagna with the explicit intention of preventing the League candidate from winning.

"I thought this strike was going to be revolutionary, a history-maker, because that’s the feeling I had when we walked out.

Let's cut through the media fog and get to the point.

For decades Latin America was the United States’ "backyard", although more recently it has also been seen as a den of "socialists".

"As the Brexit pantomime plays on, a General Election is now thrust upon us. Like all capitalist elections it will be a sham.