Wednesday’s fatal shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was greeted with widespread grief, horror, and shock by many MAGA and right-wing figures, some of whom counted Kirk as a friend or cited him as an inspiration for their own work. But while many simply expressed their grief for Kirk and his family, and politicians on […]| Mother Jones
Sébastien Lecornu kicks off his tenure with an effort to rebuild trust with the general public.| POLITICO
For some, it’s a dose of patriotism amid the national doom, for others a far-right driven powerplay to intimidate immigrants. Here’s what the surge in flag flying means and how to beat the sinister undertones The post What the wave of St George’s flags across England means for national identity appeared first on Big Issue.| Big Issue
A leading far right campaigner has reported two anti-refugee campaigners to the police after publicly declaring that they were planning racist violence. Leader of the Great British National Protest (GBNP) Richard Donaldson accused “Clare Uniting Britain”, whose real name is Clare Walsh, and her partner James Hodges, nicknamed “Viking”, of “domestic terrorism”. Walsh and Hodges...| Socialist Worker
The arguments presented in the New York Times have bolstered Trump's justification for imposing tariffs on Brazilian goods.| FAIR
Trade unionists and climate campaigners issue urgent call to tackle climate misinformation and the far right The post Unions counter far-right climate lies appeared first on Fuel Poverty Action.| Fuel Poverty Action
The institutional far right is strong, while the far left is weak and disorganized. To develop the capacity to meaningfully intervene in the current crisis, far leftists need to engage with oppressed communities and work together with liberals in a united front. Source| Three Way Fight
One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site.| France 24
In our Red Weekly Column, Ben Liao reports back from the recent anti-racist counter-demo against the far-right in Epping, writing on the next steps in taking on the rise of facism and hate in the UK.| Labour Outlook - Amplifying socialist voices, supporting frontline struggles,...
Tribal white politics has once again found a place at the heart of American power.| New Statesman
Erst zehn Jahre ist es her, dass die rechtsextreme Dankse Folkeparti („Dänische Volkspartei“) landesweit in Umfragen bei 25 % lag, doch heute sind die rechtsextremen Parteien in Dänemark größtenteils von der unmittelbaren parlamentarischen Einflussnahme ausgeschlossen. Die rechten politischen Forderungen zu Migration und Integration wurde jedoch weitestgehend von der sozialdemokratisch geführten Regierung übernommen, sodass rechtsextreme Politik Eingang weiterlesen "Die dänische e...| Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Büro Brüssel | Die dänische extreme Rechte tritt i...
To tell this as a tale about two uniquely bad men is a terrible disservice to a story of the systemic criminal victimization of women.| FAIR
Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, has lobbied US officials to sanction the Supreme Court judge investigating an alleged coup plot following Brazilian President Luiz…| France 24
Haitian legal commission drops plan to make anti-LGBT+ discrimination a crime.| Erasing 76 Crimes
On May 1st 1925, with Mussolini already in power, a group of Italian intellectuals publicly denounced Mussolini’s fascist regime in an open letter. The signatories [...] The post A Century Later: A Renewed Open Letter Against the Return of Fascism appeared first on The New Fascism Syllabus.| The New Fascism Syllabus
[:en]Historic elections reveal deep public dissatisfaction with austerity, scandals, and a fading populist agenda.Local and regional elections on April 13 have delivered an historic defeat to Finland’s ruling right-wing populist party…| rosalux.eu
Given the challenging global landscape, with significant democratic backsliding and authoritarianism on the rise in many countries across all regions of the world, it is time to reexamine some basic assumptions of U.S. public diplomacy and our country’s outreach to extremist politicians and political parties. We should similarly rethink who is allowed to travel to […]| Global Equality Today
Victor Klemperer’s diary is a remarkable testimony on life in Nazi Germany told from the perspective of someone whom the state sought to eradicate from the population—and it makes for chilling reading today. The post I Shall Bear Witness – Victor Klemperer in His Time, and Ours appeared first on The New Fascism Syllabus.| The New Fascism Syllabus
Ben-Ghiat, Ruth. Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2021. The United States’ recently-held presidential election in November 2024 has thrown [...] The post Review: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen appeared first on The New Fascism Syllabus.| The New Fascism Syllabus
If we're to believe the chest-thumping, high on Trump's agenda will be the enforced criminalization of immigration.| CounterSpin
As fascists descended on Bristol, hundreds of community members gathered to protect a local hotel housing asylum seekers.| Huck
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Jonas Marvin reflects on the far-right riots in Britain and how anti-fascists should respond.| New Politics
To understand why the riots have taken place and how to respond to them, you have to start by looking at who has been involved, writes John McDonnell.| Labour Outlook - Amplifying socialist voices, supporting frontline struggles,...
A staggering 92% of respondents in the latest Muslim Census survey said they now felt “much less safe” (68%) or “somewhat less safe” (24%) living in the UK following the recent riots across the country.| Muslim Census
As a straight, white, middle-aged, college-educated, settled-community, cisgender man, I know that I benefit from more than my fair share of privilege. So if I have found Pride Month somewhat stressful, I can only imagine how others must have felt. Pride Month just isn’t what it used to be. What […] The post Why are transphobes so transphobic? appeared first on The Science Bit.| The Science Bit
What has happened, who is behind the violence and how the U.K. government has responded.| POLITICO
Far right rioters have targeted mosques and other buildings following the killing of three young girls in Southport last Monday.| POLITICO
North Carolina gubernatorial hopeful Mark Robinson exemplifies the Christian right’s sinister agenda.| Truthout
The country’s ascendant Christian Democratic Union remains utterly baffled as to how it might wield power.| POLITICO
The success of national populist parties across Europe may have less to do with their appeal than the continued lack of renewal among the political mainstream.| POLITICO
Some years ago, my mother got me a Christmas present I had asked for: a subscription to the Economist. And she has been kind enough to renew my subscription each Christmas since. Now, however, I am seriously considering asking her not to renew it anymore. Not because I'm not grateful for her gift (it's a pretty expensive news-weekly); but because the Economist has changed, mostly for the worse.| Moderates of all Nations, Unite!
