John Foster / 02 Dec 2022
From Punk to Rojava
The Adrestia Interview
Adrestia are one of the most important hardcore bands in Sweden today.(...)
Populism
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 06 Oct 2022
Exhibiting Apartheid
The Human Zoo Show
It was an act of contrition. In June, the King of Belgium returned a tooth to the Congo.(...)
Joel Schalit / 26 Sep 2022
The Week Before the Election
Photographing Italian Politics
Few Italian elections since the turn of the millennium have felt more like the twentieth century than this one.(...)
John Foster / 27 May 2022
The Bad Influencers
A World After Liberalism, by Matthew Rose
In the aptly titled A World After Liberalism, Matthew Rose presents a series of close readings of reactionary thinkers who helped shape today’s far-right.(...)
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John Foster / 13 May 2022
Know It When We See It
George Mosse on Fascism
One of the great ironies of today's politics is that when it comes to fascism, it’s often difficult to know what one is talking about.(...)
Joel Schalit / 04 Apr 2022
Making Use of Syrians
Russia’s Populist Exception
Twenty years ago today, it would have been the stuff of conspiracy theory.(...)
Keith Kahn-Harris / 08 Nov 2021
Oh, the Guilt
Tough Times for Fun Books
What did I do the week that the COP26 summit highlighted the drift towards climate catastrophe?(...)
John Foster / 05 Nov 2021
Better Handle on the Zeitgeist
The Persistence of Populism
It’s still an open question as to whether populism is the new normal.(...)
Joel Schalit / 11 Oct 2021
Civil Rights, Not Ethnicity
Germany’s Racism Crisis
It was a transparent failure. Irmgard Furchner, a 96-year-old ex-secretary at the Stutthof concentration camp, had disappeared the day her trial was to begin, having been accused of complicity in the deaths of over 10,000 Jews.(...)