Category: France

13 Jan

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Why right-wing populism won. And what’s next

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Grant and Joe had me back for a “sequel” appearance on their Rabble Report podcast — moving on from the failures of left-wing populism to the successes of right-wing populism. The episode examines whether today’s populist parties reflect a broader social movement or function instead as scavengers capitalising on the political hollowing-out of the establishment, […]

Filed under: anti-politics, democracy, Donald Trump, Europe, fascism, Featured, France, Germany, immigration, Italy, Left strategy, Marxism, populism, the Right, UK, USA

10 Jan

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Dispatch from Athens #2: The Right cornered, but fighting

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The Right: cornered, but fighting for its life There are a lot of significant elections in Europe this year — including Britain’s general election in May. Tomorrow’s “Republican march” of national unity in Paris has morphed into a display of “European solidarity” — or, spelling it out more accurately, of solidarity between European political leaders facing angry […]

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