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Refugees welcome

Facing the fascist danger

Kevin B. Anderson — The largest democratic republics in Europe and North America remain in extreme danger, amid ongoing and deepening fascist threats, especially in the United States.
South African workers

South Africa: The populist threat and the response of the left

Amandla! — The ANC-DA Alliance is more deeply committed to neoliberalism than even its predecessors. The need for a consolidated voice of the working class and the poor is greater than ever.
Gilbert Achcar

Gilbert Achcar: ‘We are witnessing the first genocide in history to be televised and openly supported by the West’

Gilbert Achcar provides an overview of the complex political situation in the Middle East, situating it within the context of the political project of the global far right.
AfD protest

Unpacking working-class reaction

Anton Jäger — Across Europe, far-right parties are winning elections thanks to growing working-class support. But how deep does that support go?
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The far right: A reactionary backlash

Marga Ferré — The far right is a form of backlash against the energies with which we subalterns are starting to change the world. It reacts against not only the change that has taken place already, but also potential future change.
Southern Lebanon bombing

Lebanon and the Israeli strategy of intimidation

Gilbert Achcar — In recent days, Israeli threats regarding an imminent attack on Lebanon have multiplied.

(Video) The genocidal returns of lesser evilism: The US presidential elections and left strategy

brian bean, Kristen Godfrey, and Natalia Tylim take up the question of the 2024 elections as a strategic issue for the organized socialist left and not simply as a question about how an individual may choose to vote in an increasingly undemocratic election
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrives at a European Council meeting in Brussels, 27 June 2024.

From “Returning to Europe” to “Occupying Brussels”

Áron Rossman-Kiss — The EU was crucial to Viktor Orbán’s rise — now, he wants to remake it in his own image.
AfD leaders

Germany: Darker turn

Loren Balhorn — For the first time since the defeat of the Third Reich, a far-right party has won a state-wide election, indicating a profound level of alienation vis-à-vis the political establishment among a wide swathe of the electorate.
Farooq Tariq

Farooq Tariq (People’s Rights Party): ‘It’s crucial to fight the far right in Pakistan and the region’

An interview with Farooq Tariq on the political situation in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

India's RSS and the global far-right: Expanding links, growing ambition

Dipankar Bhattacharya — As the RSS readies for its centenary in 2025, we will see more attempts to sell itself as a global role model and India as the ideological destination for 'National Conservatives' from around the world.
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Tolkien’s deplorable cultus: Right-wing hobbit enthusiasts and the urgency of Marxist criticism in fantasy

Robert T Tally Jr — While some Marxists may look upon this scene with bemusement, fantasy as a mode and a genre is far too important to allow the right-wingers to take for themselves, and that includes the works of Tolkien.