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Global elections: Hard right reaches for power
Phil Hearse — Left-wing mirth at the Tories’ farcical election launch should be tempered by the likely vote for far-right Reform UK and the determination of the Labour leadership to crush the last remnants of Corbynism.
EU elections in France: A test run for 2027?
William Bouchardon — How French voters turn out in the European elections next month could have major domestic implications.
The resistible rise of the far right in Europe
NPA Anti-Fascist Commission — A relatively large number of far right parties are now on the winning side in national elections, and are even taking part in national governments.
War, fascism and revolution: Boris Kagarlitsky on why Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine
The following is a chapter from Russian anti-war Marxist Boris Kagarlitsky’s forthcoming book, “The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left”.
The inexorable rise of the Belgian Workers’ Party
Nico Biver — Can Europe’s last insurgent left-wing force maintain its momentum after this super election year?
Extreme rights 2.0: A big global family
Steven Forti — From Spain’s Vox to Argentina’s Javier Milei, the forces of the new far right don’t resurrect historical fascism. But they are the greatest threat to democracy today.
Hanna Gedin (Left Party, Sweden): ‘We need to give people hope’
An interview with Hanna Gedin from the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) on the priorities and challenges of the Swedish Left ahead of the European elections.