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Britain’s fishing crisis after Brexit

Posted on 20th April 2022 by International Socialism

The need to “seize back control of fishing rights in British waters” was pitched as a symbol of all that was wrong with the European Union by the Leave campaign in the 2016 referendum.1 The right-wing Brexit campaign, including Nigel… Continue Reading →

Uncategorised Brexit, Ecology, Environment, European Union, Fish, fisheries, Fishing

Socialists vs neoliberals and populists (a brief reply to Asher’s brief reply)

Posted on 17th October 2019 by International Socialism

I wish to thank Wayne Asher for replying to my response to his original article in this journal1 and to take this opportunity to respond once more and clarify further what I had meant to say. Wayne mentions the polarisation… Continue Reading →

Feedback Brexit, European Union

Brexit blues

Posted on 13th December 2018 by Camilla

The British political elite, grappling with the process of leaving the European Union, face two fundamental contradictions. The first arises from the balance of power between the remaining EU-27 and Britain. Since British capitalism is so heavily dependent on access… Continue Reading →

Analysis Brexit, European Union, the far right

Europe: the cracking centre

Posted on 19th December 2017 by Camilla

Back in the early summer of 2017 the dominant classes of the European Union breathed a collective sigh of relief. The far-right challenger parties seemed to have peaked after their failure to break through in the elections in the Netherlands… Continue Reading →

Analysis Catalonia, Europe, European Union

The ideology of Europeanism and Europe’s migrant other

Posted on 6th October 2016 by Camilla

Europe is more present than ever in the media and in political discourse.1 The recent decision by Britain to leave the European Union (EU) is perhaps the most serious blow to the European project yet. However, it is in continuity… Continue Reading →

Article Anti-racism, Europe, European Union, Hungary, migration

Brexit: a world-historic turn

Posted on 27th June 2016 by Camilla

Britain’s vote on 23 June to leave the EU is an event of major geopolitical significance.1 It will have a disorganising effect on the nexus of alliances through which the Western imperialist powers, led by the United States, manage global… Continue Reading →

Analysis Brexit, European Union

David Cameron’s cunning plan goes awry

Posted on 16th June 2016 by Camilla

They say timing is all in politics. Well, sometimes timing in publications is hell. International Socialism’s schedule means that we had go to press before the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union took place on 23 June. Moreover,… Continue Reading →

Analysis David Cameron, European Union, Tories

Intimations of mortality

Posted on 22nd March 2016 by Camilla

The year 2016 started pretty badly for global capitalism. In the first couple of weeks of January global share prices fell sharply—at one point they were 20 percent below the high they reached last year. Subsequently markets regained a degree… Continue Reading →

Analysis Economics, European Union

The internationalist case against the European Union

Posted on 5th October 2015 by Camilla

For the first time in a generation Britain will vote on its membership of the European Union, probably in the autumn of 2016. How to vote in that referendum is a difficult choice for anyone on the left. Since the… Continue Reading →

Article European Union

The EU referendum: The case for a socialist Yes vote

Posted on 5th October 2015 by Camilla

I would like to preface this discussion with Alex Callinicos, on what attitude socialists should take to the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union (EU),1 on a personal note. This debate has echoes of earlier controversies on the… Continue Reading →

Article European Union

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