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The perils of fighting the culture wars
The right has always preferred ‘culture’ to ‘economics because it is easier to hang onto economic power by hiding it behind a mess of ‘tradition.’ SOLOMON HUGHES explores the issues
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
ARE people on the liberal left overestimating the damage from a “culture war” because of the Brexit victory?
The damage culture wars can do to politics are real, but — with some important exceptions — the right has lost most of its cultural battles.
Culture wars are fought when politicians don’t work on competing policies based on different interests in society.
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