Why the left is still losing
The right is at once more interested in ideas and ruthlessly pragmatic than its opposing wing.
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The rise of the Unabomber right
How American conservatives fell in love with Ted Kaczynski.
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A rising backlash against green policies is energising Europe’s far right
The spectacular blooming, then rapid wilting, of Germany’s Greens is a warning for progressives everywhere.
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Jon Ronson’s The Debutante and the myth of the “lone wolf” terrorist
This Audible podcast series delves into the white-supremacist world of Timothy McVeigh and asks: could the Oklahoma City bombing have…
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Europe’s centrist parties let industry rot and society fragment. Now they’re being punished for it
In Italy, France, Germany and Britain, the flight of voters to the political extremes can be mapped on to neglected…
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Who is afraid of Martin Heidegger?
Why the most radioactive philosopher of the 20th century still speaks to us.
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Macron’s interior minister signals his authoritarian shift
As the French president endures weekly protests, Gérald Darmanin has emerged as his most prominent law and order hard-liner.
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How Jordan Peterson became the internet’s village idiot
The clinical psychologist is now a punching bag for both the left and the right.
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Italy is too large to save but cannot be left to fail. Eventually, something has to give
While Giorgia Meloni claims she wants her country to stay in the eurozone, its deep economic problems might pull her…
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Britain’s far-right contagion
The proliferation of racist ideology and street action portend a dangerous moment in British politics.
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Knowsley anti-asylum riot: “If it can happen here, it can happen anywhere”
In the aftermath of violent protests at a hotel housing refugees, the outskirts of historically left-wing Liverpool are polarised.
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Austria’s flailing mainstream parties are boosting the far right
Surging inflation and immigration anxieties are benefiting the country’s Freedom Party once again.
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The new class war
Michael Lind on how the rise of the liberal “overclass” triggered Trumpism, Brexit and the return of the nation-state.
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Germany’s far-right plot shows how old and new forms of extremism are fusing
Hard-line nationalism has merged with conspiracy theories such as QAnon.
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Nigel Farage and the hysterical right know they’ve lost
Reactionaries are facing irrelevance – on Brexit and multiculturalism – so they are left with only frothy-mouthed rage.
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Europe’s far-right parties are learning from one another
With the hard right in power in Italy and Sweden, sister parties across the EU are hoping they will be…
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Jordan Bardella is the rising star of the French far right
The 28-year-old politician replacing Marine Le Pen as head of the National Rally has largely stuck to his predecessor’s positions.
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The reality of Sweden’s far-right future
The influence of the Sweden Democrats has finally destroyed the country’s long-outdated progressive reputation.
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The biggest winner in Israel’s election? The far right
Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to once again lead the country, backed by an alliance of extremist parties.
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Could Benjamin Netanyahu return to power in Israel?
Ahead of the 1 November elections, the former PM has brokered an alliance with the far-right to carve a return…
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