Given the seemingly endless string of AfD successes across Germany – particularly in the East – there is a very real possibility of the neo-fascist
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From Lux Magazine, issue 14 “END FOSSIL FUEL NOW!” The sharp cry broke through the monotony of the COP28 plenary session in Dubai in late
For unions to survive, they must embrace antifascism. In countries across the capitalist world, trade union movements are being challenged to their very core by
A major topic following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election has been his gains with racial and ethnic minorities, a trend that’s scrambled
Historian Quinn Slobodian (author of Crack-Up Capitalism, Hayek’s Bastards, and the forthcoming Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed) walks Moira and Adrian through the fate
From New Lines Magazine Emboldened by an ultraconservative state agenda and the war in Ukraine, radical nationalists are cautiously welcomed by the government In a
Japan held elections for its upper house, the House of Councillors, on July 20. The vote proved a challenge for the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic
This interview is based on Mohamed Salhi‘s article Reinventing the Right in Morocco: Right-Wing Populist Discourses and Sentiments in Moroccan Online Spaces. It was conducted
Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for women and LGBTQ+ people: we have some of the highest rates of femicide
Shahrukh Alam, a lawyer practicing in India’s Supreme Court, dissects how the country’s law and order machinery has been turned against its Muslim citizens in
On 25 June this year, India marks 50 years since former prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in India. This was the third time that
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
Development economist Amirullah Khan explains the social indicators that show the stark deprivation of the majority of India’s Muslims, especially in education and employment. He talks
Audrey Truschke is Professor of South Asian History at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Ivan Kalmar is Professor of Anthropology at the University
From Himal Southasian The Hindu Right has dispossessed India’s Muslims of meaningful political participation and fair representation while altering electoral politics to cast Muslims as
Racists in the United States and Chinese nationalists share common ground. Roughly a year ago, an American social media influencer traveled from the United States
Though often declared dead, the discourse around ‘Asian values’ has had many lives. Authoritarian regimes have deployed culturalist arguments against liberal democracy since the 1990s,
The academic author and political analyst Spencer Sunshine has uncovered disturbing evidence that links musicians Boyd Rice and Nikolas Schreck, writer Michael Moynihan and publisher
From +972 Magazine Genocidal rhetoric is not new to Israeli politics. But Gaza’s destruction mirrors the apocalyptic language pouring out of the Knesset — where
Presentation at a Left Renewal network webinar on confusionism. 1 – Introduction I would like to introduce the concept of confusionism, which I formulated for
From The New Republic Trump is offering American Jews a kind of devil’s bargain: throw in with us against the antisemitic universities and campus rabble-rousers,
The political shift to the right—towards authoritarianism, nationalism, misogyny, and hatred of queer people—is global and dates back to the 2008 crisis. Its main political
A recent violent and destructive march calling for the expulsion of Haitians in Punta Cana demonstrates the vehement anti-Haitianism and rising fascism prevalent in the
For our first episode of the second Trump Administration, Carla Kaplan (chair of the Signs editorial board) speaks to Libby Adler and K.J. Rawson about
Nationalists, Eurosceptics, anti-NATO, MAGA caps, Trump (but not Putin) supporters, and Călin Georgescu. What is on the minds of the voters supporting Romania’s far-right and
While government crackdown on far-right groups that did not align with the Kremlin following the annexation of Crimea resulted in several waves of fragmentation, the
The manosphere’s antisemitic turn A few years ago I attended a manosphere conference in Orlando, Florida. One of the masculinity gurus was up on stage
Quinn Slobodian on how libertarian thought has evolved into the ideological backbone of nationalists and authoritarians around the world. Quinn Slobodian is no stranger to
From New Lines Magazine. A growing rift within the MAGA coalition between populists and techno-oligarchs may determine the future of the Republican Party Over the
Many people have taken note of recent poll data regarding American attitudes towards Israel, which are (to summarize) cratering. Among Democrats, 69% now view Israel
From Boston Review How neoliberals fell in love with “human nature”—the glue that still unites the divergent factions of the new right. In 2013 Charles
Trump was never a peace candidate. From his early Reform Party days to his “America First” doctrine, he wasn’t seeking an end to U.S. empire.
From Himal Southasian Violent pro-monarchy protests reveal Nepal’s incomplete transition from Hindu kingdom to secular republic, with nationalist myths and India’s Hindu Right feeding into
Radicalisation as Sales Funnel Along with seemingly everybody else I’ve recently been watching the Netflix series Adolescence. It is a striking film that is masterfully
Verónica Gago is a feminist academic. What this means is that she does not separate her activism as a feminist from her work as an
From In These Times. Trump’s plans around tariffs and annexation resemble a new Monroe Doctrine, but it’s a recipe that only leads to economic collapse—and
Though packaged as a kind of foreign policy realism, the doctrine guiding the Trump administration is riddled with contradictions. It seemed at the time like
By arresting İmamoğlu, Erdoğan banks on public apathy. He’s getting the opposite. Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is by far the most viable viable opposition politician
From Vox. The MAGA movement loves Israel — but is increasingly hostile to Jews. Over and over again, the Trump administration has claimed to be
In this period of escalating outrage, and proving right the old adage ‘birds of a feather flock together’, we have learned that Amichai Shikli, Israeli
In her last book, Melinda Cooper envisions the several decades of neoliberal hegemony as a successful counterrevolution. The Australian sociologist recounts that, by the mid-1970s,
The streets surrounding Argentina’s National Congress took on tones of purple and green as people dressed in the colors of of the struggle for abortion
From New Lines Magazine On Dec. 4, 2024, the new and not-so-new leaders of the global far right gathered at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos
What is the role of the rehabilitation of Stalinism in Putin’s official ideology? How should the democratic left approach it? Publicist Daniel Traubenberg describes the
A growing illiberal international project is posing the biggest threat to democracy, people and peace in the world Why has U.S. President Donald Trump thrown
What more do parties like the CPI(M) and others who think like them want to wait for the Modi regime, powered by the RSS and
In 2016 and then again four years later, something unprecedented almost happened in American politics. Bernie Sanders, an outsider hailing from the left, came close
For the past few weeks, and even more so in recent days, a state of paralysis seems to have gripped the European political landscape. Yet,
From New Politics Daniel Martinez HoSang and Joseph E. Lowndes are the authors of Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity (University of Minnesota Press, 2019).
In this interview, Ukrainian historian and activist Hanna Perekhoda looks back at some of the preconceptions and simplifications that, in Western Europe, shape discussion of
This weekend, some of Europe’s most powerful politicians, many of whom lead the single largest parties in their respective countries, will gather in Madrid as
While Yoon was barricaded inside his home, his supporters waved U.S. flags and adopted Trump’s “Stop the Steal” slogan to protest Yoon’s impeachment. For the
When Donald Trump won the presidential election for the first time, the initial shock, among liberals and progressives, soon gave way to two kinds of
Catarina Martins was the national coordinator of the Left Block, a democratic socialist political party in Portugal, from 2012 until 2023. She was elected a
In our view, Sina Arnold and Juliane Karakayali make a compelling argument that research on antisemitism and racism need to be interconnected. We agree with
From Himal Southasian Biren Singh’s BJP-led Manipur state government has used arrests, intimidation and narrative manipulation as tools to dominate the public and exacerbate decades-old
Donald Trump’s election victory has elicited a range of responses from progressive, Left-leaning people. Among the most widespread in India is a certain schadenfreude: Trump,
There are a lot of similarities between the 2016 and 2024 elections, but the media ecosystem we have today is fundamentally different from the ecosystem
Aleksandr Dugin, a prominent Putinist ideologue from Russia, was in Delhi last week. There has been no critical scrutiny of his visit among political
From the Unxeptable YouTube channel. A new documentary by Avi Amit published on Kan, Israel’s public broadcaster, outlines the Israeli far right’s plan to resettle
Trump’s victory is huge: at 3pm today (French time), he wins in terms of absolute votes – more than 71.3 million compared with nearly 66.5
Over the last decade, supporters of the Republican Party and conservative political movements have become more diverse, with the movement attracting increasing numbers of Latinos, African
In July 2024, hundreds of influential far-right leaders gathered to network at the “National Conservatism” conference, or “NatCon,” in Washington, D.C. While the event was
From Hope not Hate A Hope not Hate investigator goes undercover inside the race science movement and finds that the notorious Pioneer Fund has relaunched
From The Dial The country’s far right found a model in the former U.S. president. José Derman decided to repurpose his family’s home in La
Abstract: Today, the ‘pluriverse’ is considered to be a radical new concept capable of decolonising political thought. However, it is not only decolonial scholarship that
This post introduces a symposium on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Read the rest of the symposium here. How did the American state come to
Author: Subha WijesiriwardenaLead Editors: Islam Al Khatib, Maie Panaga BabkerEditor: Naureen ShameemPeer Review: Suri Kempe, Tooba Syed, Sabika Abbas, Amna NasirAdditional Research: Anonymous contributorProofreading: Rochelle
The ‘In Bed with the Right’ podcast, hosted by Adrian Daub and Moira Donegan, examines right-wing ideas about sex and gender. In this episode of In
The 2024 Lok Sabha Elections produced the façade of sameness as 2019 was almost re-enacted in Kerala. Yet, the present elections should ring the alarm
Britain has recently gained notoriety as a global hotspot for anti-trans politics and ‘gender critical’ feminism. But what is the relationship between British ‘gender critical’
This article seeks to deepen understanding of the global politics of reactionary discursive formations, which at the current conjuncture increasingly coalesce around self-victimising articulations of
This article was first published in The Sociological Review.
From Sidecar The far right wants to decolonize. In France, far-right intellectuals routinely cast Europe as indigenous victim of an ‘immigrant colonization’ orchestrated by globalist
Udi Greenberg is an assistant professor of history at Dartmouth College (New Hampshire, USA). His scholarship and teaching focuses especially on the history of ideas,
A new book – The US Christian Right and Pro-Family Politics in 21st Century Africa – reveals the role played by some right wing US
The author’s pieces on Hindutva in the 1980s had forecast many of the trends that are visible today. K. Balagopal was a civil rights activist
On November 30, the Russian Supreme Court outlawed an organization that doesn’t exist: the so-called “international LGBT movement.” The ruling came in response to a
Can you tell us a bit more about Karmína? What is your origin story? What do you do? How do you define yourself as a
From New Lines Magazine. A day after Narendra Modi first came to power in 2014, the Indian election received a certificate of decolonization from an
In May 2023, when Mauricio Garcia killed eight people in an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, it seemed like just another senseless mass murder similar
Mainstream far-right actors are escalating a nationwide campaign to eliminate the trans community from American society – a dangerous threat to trans people and one
From New Lines Magazine. Western groups find in Muslim communities what they believe is a prototype for a social contract free of wokeism and women’s
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s pugnacious president, is now the country’s longest-serving leader. On his way to the top, he has fought many wars. This book
Andrew Tate and the Moral Bankruptcy of Muslim Proselytization, by Rasha Al Aqeedi – 26 January 2023
From New Lines Magazine. Even though his lifestyle is directly contradictory to Islam, the convert’s fan base turns a blind eye and embraces his far-right
Unlikely bedfellows Traditionalist thought’s most influential contemporary revival, Eurasianism, is a normative geopolitical theory which rejects the ideal of a single international rules-based order administered
Multipolarity is the compass orienting the Left’s understanding of international relations. All streams of the Left in India and globally have for long advocated for
From +972 Magazine The Israeli right’s embrace of Viktor Orbán typifies its convergence with a global far right espousing what scholar Jelena Subotić calls ‘pro-Israel
Russian imperialism brings fascism and genocide, disguised in the language of anti-fascism, to Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Central European anti-fascists were among the first
Those who don’t stand in solidarity with the oppressed cannot call themselves leftists. With Russia’s massive invasion of Ukraine from three directions, Russian President Vladimir
The far right believe that the world can be structured into strict hierarchies and categories. This worldview seeps through every segment of their belief system
When Marjorie Taylor Greene found herself approvingly quoting Nation of Islam conspiracy theories and noting the “common ground” between the GOP and the NoI, many laughed.
Catherine Liu, Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2021. Catherine Liu on the political spectrumThis essay
Since coming to power, former US President Donald Trump has attracted and maintained a remarkable following among the Chinese diaspora in and outside the United
African evangelicals align themselves with the American right and there are many parallels between American and African evangelicals that may explain why the latter support
When Meir Kahane, an extremist rabbi who advocated for Jewish supremacy through the use of violence, ran in Israel’s 1988 elections, the state’s Central Elections
What the Halle Shooting Tells Us About the European Far Right Today, by Ben Gidley – 24 October 2019
We recorded the sixth episode of the Talking Europe vlog series in October 2019. A week before, during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, a gunman, heavily armed
A look at recent attempts by religious fundamentalist reactionaries and conspiracy theorists to build coalitions with “gender critical” feminists. From Libcom Over the last few
2018 has seen a vast rise in anti-Semitic violence globally, culminating in the massacre of 11 Jews in a Pittsburgh Synagogue in November. Similarly, violence