From Czech neo-Nazi organizer Filip Vávra to fragile identitarian activists and elected politicians, Europe’s far right is building a transnational movement around tired white supremacist
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Ethnic divisions undermine the prospects of achieving better housing policies for all of us In recent years, rent and property prices have been a constant
By the morning of 27 September, the Puerta del Sol was covered in tents. Thousands of people had marched through Madrid under the slogan “Ni
On 13 September, Sweden held national, regional and local elections. A centre-left red-green alliance led by the Social Democrats and their leader, Magdalena Andersson, won
Popular culture taught generations to admire resistance to colonialism; nationalism turned ‘firstness’ into claims of exclusive ownership For many Europeans, the word “Indigenous” evokes two
When thousands of young Moroccans stormed Ceuta last week, it was not an invasion, but the latest in a five-year pattern of coercive migration diplomacy
Behind Tunisia’s panicked headlines about falling birth rates is the darker demand that reproduction itself be policed in the name of racial purity. Over the
Afrophobia in South Africa is often presented as a problem of ‘foreigners versus locals’, as though it emerges naturally from cultural hostility or competition between
In July 2025, Johannesburg was the scene of a tense stand-off between two diametrically opposed political forces. A small group of Operation Dudula members, several
The far-right label is not easily applied in China, but nevertheless there is a rising tide of xenophobia, militaristic nationalism, racism, anti-feminism, and social conservatism
On 21 February 2023, Tunisian president Kais Saied made a declaration against the “hordes” of sub-Saharan migrants, casting them all as illegal, as criminals, and
Turkish nationalism has become more like its Russian counterpart Amongst the illiberal “bad guys” who have been on the up-and-up over the past decade, Putin
How does strict immigration control square with Russia’s need for labor? How will new restrictions affect the lives of the country’s most vulnerable residents? Insan
In Romania, Poland, Hungary and Czechia, far-right and populist parties are cynically using Ukrainian refugees as a political football. It mirrors what is happening in
On 15 August 2025, the Taliban marked four years since retaking control of Afghanistan – a period defined by deepening authoritarianism, economic collapse, and international
Funding both sides of a civil war and demonising refugees? Truly, China is a great power. “Our side is like heaven. Over there… I won’t
From Himal Southasian Nearly a million Afghan refugees have been deported from Iran in 2025 – many after brutal detention and abuse – to face
Il Manifesto: What do you think of the migrant detention centres built by Italy’s Giorgia Meloni government in Albania? Lea Ypi: I think it is
Ideas of a specific form of ‘Muslim antisemitism’ carry the risk of unjustified blanket suspicion. Both antisemitism and anti-Muslim racism must be taken seriously, regardless
From Nawaat In a shocking display of President Kais Saied’s populist politics and anti-migrant crackdown, Tunisian police forcibly dismantled a protest camp of asylum seekers
Racial capitalism requires that the subaltern periphery, providing cheap labour and new markets, be placed behind an imagined racial barrier, so that the full protection
The ethno-nationalism that marked apartheid’s dying days has now morphed into a malignant “nativism” that threatens post-apartheid democracy. Africa is a Country editorial board member