America’s dime-store Nietzscheans
What the unmasking of an anonymous publisher and Twitter personality reveals about the far right in the US.
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How to stop the far right in Europe
The rise of anti-migrant populism is a metric for the EU’s policy failures. Address these, and it can be reversed.
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The best New Statesman Ideas essays of 2023
Our pick of the finest writing from the past year.
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Across Europe, far-right parties are rising
As the continent undergoes a rightwards shift, the liberal dream of open borders is dying.
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Anti-migrant protests are tearing Ireland apart
As hostility towards foreigners rises, the feted land of a thousand welcomes has slowly become an unhappy isle.
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Geert Wilders’ victory is a dire threat to the EU
The uncooperative presence of a populist-led Netherlands could wreck Brussels’ flagship legislative projects.
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Will Geert Wilders lead the most right-wing government in Europe?
After winning the most seats in this week’s election in the Netherlands, the hard-right Party for Freedom will decide the…
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The return of the two Germanys
The country is in economic and political crisis and parties of the extreme left and right are rising again.
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Bronze Age Pervert will not save the American right
The author of Bronze Age Mindset has galvanised US conservatives – but his adolescent philosophy will soon be forgotten.
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The progressive dilemma
The anxieties and insecurities of the present moment are a formidable challenge for the centre left – in Britain and…
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The rise of the new tech right
How the cult of IQ became a toxic ideology in Silicon Valley and beyond.
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Germany’s centrist parties are fuelling extremism
Treating populist supporters as deplorables is a gift to the far left and far right.
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The AfD’s nuclear option
How the German far right could end up in government.
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Why is the far right surging in Germany?
Economic and social marginalisation is pushing voters towards the AfD.
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A continent drifts
Europe’s politics have stalled. In an age of crisis, the EU needs a new generation of far-sighted leaders.
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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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