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Long Read: The West is Dying – of Narcissism

Arun Kundnani

Conservatives often frame demographic change as western cultures 'committing suicide'. The left must challenge this, writes Arun Kundnani, because as individuals and as peoples, we can only grow through our encounters with others; in pursuing a purification of the west, conservatives foster the very cultural death they claim to fear.

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Opinion: Poland’s Pro-Choice Protests Are Radicalising a Generation

Ana Oppenheim

Attempts to outlaw abortion in Poland appear to have strengthened the country's growing pro-choice movement, writes Ana Oppenheim. Women across the country, many of whom never before saw themselves as activists, are learning what it means to defy authority and stand up for their rights.

Opinion: The Police Will Always Be Susceptible to Far Right Agitation – They Share a History of Violence

Becka Hudson

Rooted in racism and violence, the police will always be empowered by fascist agitation, writes Becka Hudson. The left needs to recognise that if policing can only shift rightwards, it must be abolished.

Report: Asylum Seekers Isolated in Hotels Are Facing Far-Right Violence

Matthew Ponsford

The Home Office has moved thousands of asylum seekers from detention centres to hotels to ‘enable social distancing’ during the pandemic. Now, these new arrivals are facing not only deportation, but the threat of far-right violence. Matthew Ponsford reports.

International: Spain’s New ‘Patriotic’ Trade Union is Part of the Far Right’s Anti-Leftist Strategy

Tommy Greene and Eoghan Gilmartin

Last week Spain’s extreme-right Vox party officially launched its own ‘patriotic’ trade union. But rather than signalling a strategic social turn, the new unit is better seen as an ‘anti-union’ and part of Vox’s wider anti-leftist strategy, write Tommy Greene and Eoghan Gilmartin.

The Bastani Factor: ‘Cultural Marxism’ Is a Far Right Conspiracy Theory

Cultural Marxism, increasingly mentioned by right-wing politicians, pundits and terrorists, is a conspiracy theory. But where does it come from, what does it mean and what is its political function for those who deploy it? Aaron Bastani traces the roots of the term from 1930s Germany through the fantasist ravings of Lyndon Larouche to its […]

Report: Italy’s Migrants Are Being Attacked From Left and Right. They Aren’t Going to Take It Lying Down

Alice Figes

As regional elections approach later this month, and with a second wave of coronavirus expected, the Italian far right and centre are engaged in a race to the bottom on immigration. Alice Figes looks at the latest chapter in Italy's long history of xenophobia.

International: After 600 Days of Political Deadlock, Why Isn’t Belgium Facing Civil Unrest?

Hannah Robinson

Earlier this month, Belgium broke its own record for the longest period a country has gone without an elected government in peacetime. Whilst such deadlock might plunge another country into civil unrest, life in Belgium continues pretty much as normal. Hannah Robinson explains why.

The Burner: The Burner Episode #215: UK Government, Brazil and Nature’s Return

James Butler asks: can Covid-19 tell us anything about climate change? Vincent Bevins brings us the lowdown on the crisis in Brazil. Michael Walker delivers a verdict on the UK government’s handling of the pandemic.

Novara FM: No Going Back: Defeat, the Far Right, and the Press

James Butler is joined by Owen Jones to take stock as the Left faces 2020.

International: Now Unidas Podemos Must Show It Can Deliver

Eoghan Gilmartin and Tommy Greene

With Spain’s new left-wing coalition having taken office earlier this month, it is crucial that Unidas Podemos proves itself as a party of the people and ensures that the government sticks to its programme.

Netanyahu’s Electoral Alliance With the Far Right is Frightening, But It’s Nothing Radically New

Douglas Gerrard

Back in February, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was forming an electoral alliance with the nation's foremost fascist party Otzma Yehudit. Douglas Gerrard argues that while this alliance is certainly bleak, there’s much Western journalists discussing these elections are missing.

Ash Wednesday: Reflections on Christchurch

A week after the tragic events in Christchurch New Zealand, Ash shares some reflections.

Farage’s Ukip Must Not Be Rehabilitated

George Newth

Recent media coverage of the UK Independence Party has drawn stark comparisons between the party under Nigel Farage and so-called 'Ukip 2.0' under successor Gerard Batten. George Newth argues this discontinuity is being greatly exaggerated, and is only aiding Farage's self-reinvention as a moderate politician.

As the Far Right Comes for Feminism, Women in Spain Have Gone on Strike

Tommy Greene and Eoghan Gilmartin

In Spain, millions of protesters have taken to the streets for International Women's Day. Amid a conservative backlash against feminism's social and political demands, they are marching and striking against domestic violence, inequality at work, unrecognised forms of labour and transphobia.

Paweł Adamowicz: A Very Political Death in a Country Torn by Culture Wars

Ana Oppenheim

The recent murder of Gdansk mayor Pawel Adamowicz is a consequence of the normalisation of the radical right in Poland, writes Ana Oppenheim.

OMFG Sarkar: When Will Tommy Robinson Fuck Off

Tommy Robinson is a racist, a fraud, and an absolute wasteman. Join us on the 9th of December to oppose his toxic politics and inability to dress himself properly. https://www.facebook.com/events/196829064559780

The Far Right Don’t Care About Sexual Violence – They’re Just Trying to Gain Political Power

Dalia Gebrial

Tommy Robinson’s appointment as Ukip’s ‘grooming gangs advisor’ is just the latest in the far right’s attempts to use our outrage at sexual violence in order to gain credibility and power. We mustn't let them get away with it, argues Dalia Gebrial.

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