Tag: Populism

Bullshit Politics

By John Foster
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Posted in Words Have Consequences

For Americans, who are wont to see everything in Biblical terms, the Arctic temperatures which froze much of their country this week were a punishment from God. (More…)

Putting an End to Populism

By John Foster
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Posted in Critical Times

House Republicans met on Thursday to consider two fraught issues, which will define what kind of conservative party it is once and for all. (More…)

No Future Forever

By John Foster
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Posted in Words Have Consequences

One of the most oft-repeated criticisms of the left is that it has no plausible utopia to offer. (More…)

Populism Will Survive

By John Foster
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Posted in Behind The Lines

National populism seems to have been dealt a blow by the defeat of Donald Trump. Yet, like some down-market vampire in a B-grade horror flick, the scourge refuses to die. (More…)

New Tory Role Model

By Josh White
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Posted in Behind The Lines

The British right hoped it could ‘remake’ Britain through Brexit. Though its hopes have been exposed as dangerous fantasies, the Tories remain hooked on disaster nationalism. (More…)

The Losing Side

By Josh White
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The British premier can’t be happy with the results of the US election. Boris Johnson’s fantasy of an Anglo-American pivot away from Europe has been dashed. (More…)

The White Nationalist Experience

By Joe Keady
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Posted in Behind The Lines

Despite the contemporary far-right’s propensity for hard-line nationalism, it‘s a global phenomenon. (More…)

Always Fighting Fascism

By John Foster
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Posted in Reviews

No experience marked the life and work of Theodor Adorno so deeply as the confrontation with National Socialism. (More…)

The Coronavirus Dictatorship Plan

By Maxim Edwards
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Posted in Behind The Lines

As Hungary gets to grips with fighting the coronavirus pandemic, strongman Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is in the spotlight of another international scandal. (More…)