Establishment ideological contradictions and the left

http://www.counterfire.org/article/establishment-ideological-contradictions-and-the-left/
Date Written:  2021-11-29
Publisher:  Counterfire
Year Published:  2021
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX25372

The divisions that have arisen in the political establishment globally are a result of the stresses neoliberal capitalism have produced within the system, and the unprecedented political instability that has resulted.

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The first watchword in any left response to this bifurcated establishment ideology is political independence. On both sides of the establishment divide there are huge social institutions at work, and they have considerable influence in the labour movement through the conduits of the Labour Party leadership and the trade-union bureaucracy.

But rather than examine the significance of the divides in establishment ideology, some on both sides of the Brexit debate and the debate about trans identity have this in common: they are at pains to embarrass their opponents by pointing out that they have the support of serious establishment forces.