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Exiled Russian political scientist and activist Ilya Budraitskis explains the causes of the rise of the extreme right, the goals of the new fascists, and what lessons the radical left should draw from the 20th century for the fight against fascism. He makes a few suggestions for where (…)
One of Finland’s most popular politicians, Li Andersson led her party from 2016 to 2024, ran as its presidential candidate, and served as Minister of Education from 2019 to 2023. She now chairs the European Parliament committee focused on labor and social rights. Jonas Sjöstedt began as a (…)
Despite its radical positioning, the upcoming Antifascist Congress in Berlin may inadvertently reinforce rather than challenge authoritarian tendencies in Germany. Emanuel Kapfinger argues that by focusing primarily on antisemitism while neglecting the state’s instrumentalisation of this concept (…)
In Europe’s most secular society, Christian fundamentalists are using homophobia to gain support. Using public funds. The Czech Ministry of Justice has again signed a contract with the Vice-Chairman of Alliance for the Family, supposedly for legal consultancy.
Jan Gregor. Posters read from (…)
On the anniversary of Chris Hani’s tragic death, Poland’s ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association publishes a report on the glorification of the racist killer Janusz Walus. On 10 April 1993, Walus assassinated Hani, a leading South African anti-apartheid activist and a close associate of Nelson Mandela. In (…)
Croatian anti-fascism withstood the period of relativization of war and post-war history during the nineties after the breakup of Yugoslavia, as well as attempts to rehabilitate the extreme right. Anti-fascism is still a strong part of Croatian society.
“In the communist bloc, anti-fascism is (…)
The right-wing extremist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) under Herbert Kickl received 29% of the vote and was elected by 1.4 million, almost twice as many voters as five years ago. This is the best result for the FPÖ since its founding in 1955; in 2019, it was 770,000. Compared to the last (…)
There were few surprises in the German state of Thuringia’s regional elections last Sunday. Polling had long suggested that the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), which already scored 23.4% five years ago, was well-positioned to take first place, and that Die Linke, the party of (…)
Every February, the past reemerges out of the everyday worries of Bulgarian society. Emotions run high amidst the Day of Remembrance and Respect to the Victims of the Bulgarian Communist regime, the annual commemoration of Vasil Levski, the national hero hanged by the Ottomans on 18 February (…)
For the past several weeks, one of Germany’s most hotly discussed issues is whether Sahra Wagenknecht’s new political party – the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance – Reason and Justice (BSW) – is a left-authoritarian party or right-wing populist party. Some people have suggested that Sahra (…)
Paul Lynch’s Booker Prize-winning novel is set in a near-future Ireland, where the “National Party” has been elected into power and steadily turns up the heat to a boiling point of murderous, full-bore fascism.
By the time Eilish — an intelligent, accomplished mother and professional — (…)
To the right of Matteo Salvini’s League and Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni’s party), the political landscape is populated by small, openly fascist organizations that are highly aggressive towards migrants, LGBTI minorities, social centre activists and left-wing activists. (…)
At a secret meeting between members of the far-right “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) party and fascists from the “identitarian movement”, their plans for “remigration” were discussed. The fascists want to force millions of migrants (including German nationals) to emigrate, if necessary by force. (…)
The German charity “Bridge of Peace - Assistance to War Victims,” which claims to be against fascism, is providing supplies to the Russian military disguised as humanitarian aid. This effort involves collaboration with SERB, a group associated with the Russian Interior Ministry, known for (…)
The popular Visegrád 24 Twitter account pretends to be a news agency, but just repackages material with a conservative spin
The Visegrád 24 Twitter account has rapidly grown in popularity, but their motivation and funding are far from transparent. While capitalising on Western support for (…)
A group touting revisionist visions of German history wanted to install minor aristocrat Heinrich XIII as German leader.
Police have arrested 25 people accused of planning to overthrow the German government in a series of raids across the country.
The group is accused of trying to instate (…)
In recent months the rise of the far Right has made the front page of the political pages of European newspapers, following the victory of Right/far Right coalitions in the last legislative elections in Sweden and Italy.
Sweden is an exemplary country for social democracy, which has dominated (…)
Two years after the conviction of the Nazis of Chryssi Avgi (Golden Dawn), their appeal trial is an opportunity to extend the anti-fascist mobilisation.
The trial, which began in July and could lead to an extension of the sentences from 2020, has become more serious, with provocations by (…)
The uneasiness and disorientation that can seize the observer in the face of the various crises (economic, political, cultural, social and moral) that Italian society has been going through for the last thirty years are multiplied tenfold by the feeling that the horizon is moving away, while (…)
In the recent Hungarian general election in April 2022, the ruling coalition, composed of Prime Minister Victor Orban’s Fidesz and the Christian Democratic People’s Party, won 50% of the vote. Another far-right, neo-Nazi party, the Our Homeland Movement, won 5%. What characterizes these parties (…)
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