As figures from Tucker Carlson to Nigel Farage flirt with neofascist rhetoric and mainstream leaders edge toward authoritarianism through war and repression, the conditions that once nurtured Hitlerism re-emerge — yet anti-war and anti-imperialist sentiments are also burgeoning anew, writes ANDREW MURRAY
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The US Democratic Party’s shift to the right
The continued hawkishness of Biden’s party is putting it increasingly at odds with its own natural constituency, argues JULIAN VIGO
President Joe Biden is joined on stage by first lady Jill Biden at an event on the campus of George Mason University in Manassas, Virginia, January 23, 2024, to campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in the upcoming presidential election
As President Javier Milei is set to unveil a radical rollback of Argentina’s labour laws, unions warn of an unprecedented assault on workers’ rights, says BERT SCHOUWENBURG
On a recent NEU delegation, STEVE HANDFORD’s eyes were opened to the educational achievements of the socialist island and the need for Britain to take a leaf out of its book
NICK TROY lauds the young staff at a hotel chain and cinema giant who are ready to take on the bosses for their rights
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, MARYAM ALDOSSARI argues it is time to stop applauding the illusion – and start listening to the women the state works hardest to silence
SINCE over a decade ago, the left and right began a manoeuvre, what I call a “political Strangers on a Train” — each party taking on many of the political positions of the party across the aisle.
During lockdown especially, I noted more and more conservatives in the United States taking up talking points that traditionally Democrats had while the Democrats shifted even further to the right.
In the infamous “Yogurtgate” of late 2020 Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi commiserated on camera with the masses in the throes of the pandemic as she opened her $20,000 refrigerator-freezer, grabbing a $12-a pint ice-cream. In this incident we catch a glimpse of today’s Democrats, once the party of the white and black working class.
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