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The radical left case for leaving the EU

Our support of Leave wishes to urgently engage with an unconditional polemic against an increasingly centralized EU, an inherently authoritarian political and economic structure which is beyond rectification from within.

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George Osborne campaigning for Remain in Belfast. Niall Carson/PAimages. All rights reserved.As the 23rd of June is fast approaching, the dilemma of the EU referendum in Britain revolves around the concept of European integration versus national sovereignty, with both camps being inadequately convincing.

When the change of political paradigm one envisages is a version of civic republicanism which aspires to direct democracy, both nationalism and Europeanism/globalization prove to be feeble answers to the impasses of contemporary political and economic neoliberalism.

Our points of criticism in regards to the available options are discussed below.