Do you know who Owen Jones is? You probably find this question bemusing. Jones is the UK’s bestselling political writer, he … Continue reading “The difference between fashionable and unfashionable socialists is not a difference of ideology – it is a difference in style, and PR savvy”

On 28 November, the IEA organised a panel discussion on the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the rise of … Continue reading “The fall of the Berlin Wall, and Millennial Socialism”

Today (October 8th) would have been the birthday of Basil Fisher, the younger brother of the IEA’s founder, Sir Antony … Continue reading “Remembering Basil Fisher”

On 21-24 June, the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty organised the conference ‘Socialism Makes Sense: Ideas for Freedom 2018’ in London. … Continue reading “Socialism: will next time be different? (Part 1)”

On 04 December 2017, the University College London (UCL) Debating Society organised a debate with the above title. The IEA’s … Continue reading “Motion: “This House believes that the Hammer and Sickle should be considered a hate symbol””

The movie Good Bye Lenin! tells the story of a woman from East Berlin, Christiane Kerner, who falls into a … Continue reading “The Goodbye Lenin Delusion”

The metaphor of ‘tearing down the Berlin Wall’ has come to be used in a quite inflationary way, and this … Continue reading “Mr Gorbachev, take out this Wall”