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Authoritarianism, and the Far Right

  • A painting depicting Britannia riding in a chariot at sea, waiving the union jack alongside Neptune and surrounded by nymphs and other mythological creatures

    The Truth About Empire – review

    More than a mere rebuttal of colonial apologetics, The Truth About Empire is a vital tool against the rising tide of reactionary retellings of history, writes Peter Mitchell

  • A montage image features an illustration of a ballot box with ballots coming out the side, with a butterfly above in the colours of the French flag. To the right there are photos of Emmanuel Macron speaking from a podium; Marine Le Pen at a rally and a protester holding a sign that reads: Democracie = Ni Le Pen Ni Macron

    French politics: right questions, wrong answers

    The French left is as responsible as President Macron and the right for the rise of the National Rally, argues Yasser Louati

  • A montage image features an illustration of a ballot box with ballots coming out the side, with butterflies in the colours of the Indian flag. These are flnaked by images of protest, including seated men with turbans and raised fists and many women holding placards in yellow saris.

    Grassroots India rising

    Zoya Hasan explains how civil and political society collaboration shaped India’s 2024 election – and the hope it provides for democracy

  • A police van on fire in a English town high street. In the foreground, in front of traffic lights are heads and hands from a crowd of people filming the scene, or themselves speaking to cameras

    Rewriting the riots, from 2011 to today

    Following the 2011 riots, the Conservative government used misleading narratives to embed its own agenda. We can’t let Labour do the same now, argue Suzanne Hyde and Chloe Peacock

  • A montage image shows a backdrop of a mountain range, a stone dragon, the gold star ring of the EU flag, a chainlink fence and the face of Slovenian MEP Branko Grims with a black moustache scribble on his face

    Violence and complicity hand power to fascists across Europe

    Far-right parties made huge gains in the 2024 EU Parliamentary elections, including in Slovenia. Neo-Nazi campaigning and a passive left are fuelling a fascist surge, argues Veronika Mikec

  • From left to right: A plaque commemorating the Battle of Stockton, A poster promoting the British Union of Fascists, Oswald and Diana Mosley in blackshirt uniform

    They shall not pass: Remembering the Battle of Stockton

    Shabana Marshall and Sharon Bailey examine what the 1933 ‘Battle of Stockton’ can teach us about fighting the far right today

  • A photo taken from a hill showing the Bibby Stockholm, a large, rectangular barge repurposed to house migrants and asylum seekers in the UK

    Against climate fascism

    Alex Roberts examines the multiple ways that the far right has responded to the climate crisis

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