Far right
15 May 2019 · · Culture, Far right
Radical web under threat as cash pours in to far right media
A decade ago the Left believed that it could use social media to outflank the established mass media. But it is the far right that now dominates social media, writes Phil Hearse. Two recent …
29 April 2019 · · Far right, Reviews
Postfascism: the rise of the radical right
Phil Hearse reviews New Faces of Fascism by Enzo Traverso, Verso, 2018 The forward surge of fascist and far right movements, symbolised by figures like Trump, Bolsonaro in Brazil and Salvini…
30 March 2019 · · Britain, EU, Far right, Tories, Uncategorized · 1 comment
Second referendum moves closer
It was yet another momentous week in British politics, writes Alan Davies . As well as an ongoing constitutional crisis, it saw significant progress towards a second referendum and a fresh a…
5 December 2018 · · Britain, Far right · 1 comment
Labour must fight for a second referendum
Theresa May suffered three shattering blows yesterday as her bid to get her exit proposals accepted by Parliament got off to a disastrous start, writes Alan Davies . Her government was found…
4 December 2018 · Britain, Far right
The Brexit betrayal and us
The far right has grown in both numbers and political confidence since the Brexit referendum. Ukip, the party founded with the aim of making Brexit happen, is now in alliance with the new fa…
30 October 2018 · Britain, Far right
The far right in Britain today: mobilise to stop its rise
Dave Landau looks at the history of the far right in Britain and discusses what should we do today to resist its rise. Back in 2005 the left had a bit of a shock when the British National Pa…
12 October 2018 · · Britain, Far right · 1 comment
Far Right – Threat or Phantom?
Phil Hearse analyses the far-right in Britain today with its anti-establishment and nationalist narratives. It faces serious obstacles with the workers movement and Corbyn’s Labour Party. Bu…
22 September 2018 · Britain, EU, Far right, Labour Party, Racism · 1 comment
Resisting the right
As the Labour Party conference starts, Socialist Resistance looks at the challenges for the left in the coming months. Resisting the right has been a theme over recent months on three interr…
9 August 2018 · Britain, Far right · 1 comment
An Injury to One is an Injury to All
Fascist attacks on bookshops are not new. A personal reminiscence from Roland Rance . In the early 1980s, I worked at Fourth Idea Bookshop in Bradford. This was a radical bookshop, tucked aw…