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Official: two-thirds of US want major political change
A new poll shows record numbers think that their leaders are corrupt, have little faith in the political system or want more direct influence. Time for the left to unpeg its nose and ride this wave of popular disgust, argues ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Like earlier polls that showed a decline in Cold-War imposed hostility to socialism, the new poll shows that the image disseminated by smug elites and media hacks of the masses as ignorant and conservative is a myth
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
IF you sometimes think that US politicians are aliens descended from another galaxy, you are not alone.
A recent Pew poll conducted in December 2020 shows that 67 per cent of those surveyed agreed that “most politicians are corrupt.”
While the media and the two-party system have done their best to divide citizens into two warring tribes standing before an unbridgeable chasm, scorn for corrupt politicians transcends that divide.
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