Editorial — Summer & Fall 2025
In our first double issue of Catalyst, we examine both the dilemmas of contemporary capitalism and some possible routes out of it. Two essays take on some of the defining horrors of our time.
From Momentum to Your Party
The rightward slide of the Labour Party under the leadership of Keir Starmer is one of the most remarkable developments of the past few years.
The Plans That Failed
When Nikita Khrushchev was born in 1894, shoes were a luxury for peasants. 1 In his memoirs, the Soviet leader says he went barefoot from spring until late autumn. “Every villager dreamed of owning a pair of boots.
The New Popular Front
Contemporary politics is reenacting the past. Resurrecting the Popular Front of yesteryear is fast becoming the Left’s chosen form of restoration. What to make of that? What was the Popular Front as social movement and in mythic memory?