The New Right: How a Frenchman born 150 years ago inspired the extreme nationalism behind Brexit and Donald Trump.
We are living through the latest battle in a 300-year long ideological war over the meaning of humanity itself. [Read now...]
Destroying parliaments leads to war – just look at history.
Parliaments were and remain institutions of frustrating negotiation and very often unpalatable compromise. They also represent an imperfect but significant check on the abuse of power. [Read now...]
You’re posting about it on social media, but do you know why the Amazon is on fire?
Imagine that your lungs burst into flames — that’s what’s happening to our Earth right now, Alyssa Satara writes. [Read now...]
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Opinion, Amazon Forest, Bolsonaro, Brazil, Climate Change, Fascism, The Amazon, Wildfires
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The rhyme and rhythm of politics in the Trump era.
If we don’t want the United States to follow the path of Germany in the 1930s, those of us who believe in the humanist values of basic rights, equality under the law, and progress for all must speak now, Greg Camp writes. [Read now...]
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Greg Camp
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PMP EXCLUSIVE
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Opinion USA, Civil Rights, Donald Trump, Fascism, Ilhan Omar, John McCain, Long-Read, US Politics, United States, Republicans
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The Darroch leak and what it betokens.
Professor Chris Grey’s excellent Brexit analysis on Kim Darroch, Donald Trump, the dark echoes of the Brexiters’ war on civil society, and a little bit of cautious optimism. [Read now...]
The historian who can help us all make sense of the mess the world’s in.
We are, as Timothy Snyder is urgently reminding us, perilously close to the edge of the fascist cliff. [Read now...]
The ‘Orbanisation’ of India? Before that, there was the ‘Modi-fication’ of Hungary.
Rashmee Roshan Lall compares Narendra Modi’s India with Viktor Orban’s Hungary. It is a scary thought. [Read now...]
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Opinion, India, Hungary, Narendra Modi, Viktor Orban, Fascism
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We need to talk about Austria.
How one event in Austria reveals a lot about the way UK political parties and politicians may work with foreign influencers to destroy the European Union. [Read now...]
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Tom Moriarty
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Opinion, Far-Right, Fascism, Brexit, Brexiters, Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Austria
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Is Farage’s new ‘Brexit’ party fascist?
A lot of people, including me, have been pointing out that Nigel Farage’s new “Brexit Party” has some very strange members. [Read now...]
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Opinion, Brexit, Brexiters, Fascism, Nigel Farage
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The return of fascism? Why this is the wrong question to ask.
By obsessing over labels, we avoid having to confront more difficult questions. [Read now...]
Why do we tolerate authoritarian leaders?
If faced with a difficult situation or a crisis, we would like leaders to take into account our viewpoints and interests. So why do people seem to be drawn to the authoritarian type of leadership? [Read now...]
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Opinion, Leadership, Democracy, Donald Trump, Brexit, Theresa May, Fascism
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