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Analysis: When Will the West Stop Underestimating the Far Right?

by Ell Folan

The spiritual leader of the global far right is invading Ukraine. Meanwhile Vox, which won just 0.2% of the Spanish vote in 2016, is now outpolling the conservatives. If you’re wondering how we got here, you haven’t been paying attention, writes Ell Folan.

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Opinion: BuzzFeed News Wanted to Be Radical – Instead It Was Mainstream Media With Listicles

by Justin Schlosberg

BuzzFeed’s experiment with serious journalism appears to be over, with the company shuttering much of its own and the recently acquired Huffington Post's news operations. This has less to do with ‘market forces’ than the company’s failure to be subversive, writes media academic Justin Schlosberg.

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

by 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.

Spanish General Election: Another Turning Point in the Country’s Constitutional Crisis

by Javier Moreno Zacarés

Vox have now entered parliament, but a potential right coalition have failed to come anywhere close to government following disaster for the conservative Popular party. Meanwhile, Podemos suffered significant losses and the winners, PSOE, may be forced into an agreement with Catalan nationalists.

Spanish General Election: Another Step Forward for the Far Right?

by Pablo Castaño

In the 2016 Spanish general election, the big question was whether Unidos Podemos would overcome the Socialist party (PSOE). It didn’t. Just three years later, a snap election on 28 April could see a far-right party enter government for the first time since the end of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.

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

by 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.

Podemos’s Divisions Are Finally Coming to a Head

by Javier Moreno Zacarés

The Spanish left has been rocked by news of a Podemos split as co-founder Íñigo Errejón announced he will be running for the presidency of the Madrid region on a new platform in 2019. With far-right Vox on the ascendancy, the left looks more divided than ever.