Sweden’s tight election could result in a far right-backed government
The Sweden Democrats are no longer treated as pariahs by mainstream conservatives despite their neo-Nazi roots.
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Magdalena Andersson and Sanna Marin’s fight against far-right misogyny
The ease with which sexist attacks have undermined Sanna Marin and Magdalena Andersson should concern us all.
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The awkward reality of the far-right becoming diverse
It’s not so easy to paint conservatives as bigoted any more.
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Édouard Louis: “I dream of a world without politics”
The French literary celebrity on shame, autobiography and why his family abandoned the far right.
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America’s crisis-industrial complex
Are alarmist narratives about a “new civil war” obscuring the real battle in US politics: the fight for democracy?
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Emmanuel Macron falls to earth
For the first time in 20 years, a French president will not have a parliamentary majority.
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Austria’s far right has found a new enemy
Deprived of the unity created by opposition to Covid measures, the far right now has LGBTQ+ people in its sights.
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Is there a career in being a young right-wing sensationalist?
Eventually, the outrage factor might run out.
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From God to monsters – the “new nationalism” of the US right
Is the Republican Party of Trump and QAnon also now the party of non-religious class warriors?
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The Buffalo shooting and the rise of the lone wolf terrorist
The latest far-right atrocity is part of a growing contagion where extremism is spread through memes, gaming-inspired fantasies and apocalyptic…
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Why Britain lacks an Emmanuel Macron
The problem for UK centrists is that the median voter in the median British constituency would have voted for Le…
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What does Europe’s right want?
This year’s National Conservatism conference was notably short of new ideas, meaningful debate and pro-Putin speakers, as attendees stuck to…
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By focusing on the Azov Battalion we are falling into Putin’s trap
Ukrainians of all stripes are fighting to defend their young and fragile democracy from the real fascist threat: Russia.
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Silence won’t make the Ukrainian far right go away
Acting like any mention of the problem feeds Kremlin propaganda is only making it worse.
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The Canadian protests are a test of whether democracy can arm itself against the far right
There is no mystery as to what kind of movement we are witnessing in Canada: it is 21st-century fascism.
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Rewatching American History X shows how far-right ideas have entered the mainstream
Back in 1998, the film’s ending was criticised as implausible. In 2019, it would appear all too convenient.
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