Behind Today’s Fascist Chic
Don’t believe the hype. The European far-right is by no means a unified bloc. It’s as ideologically inconsistent as it agrees on immigration and minorities.(...)
Italy After Gaza
I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s in a middle-class, northern Italian household.(...)
Biden and the Sukkot War, Part I
As Israel finished a whole month of continuously shelling Gaza, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken returned to the region.(...)
The Problem With Revenge Fantasies
Quentin Tarantino’s film Inglourious Basterds is more compelling now than when it was first released in 2009.(...)
The German Contradiction
Over the last four years, I have collected countless pieces of evidence of how the idea of Germany - whatever Germans tell themselves about what Germany was, what it is, and what it should become - is interwoven with narratives claiming 'Jews' and 'Arabs' are different from each other, and deeply rooted in a state of enmity.(...)
The Battleground’s Fall Books List
The Limits of Giorgia Meloni
She couldn’t have been more humiliated. But reality takes no prisoners, and Giorgia Meloni would not be spared.(...)
The Bizarre World of Aztec NSBM
The ChatGPT Sessions
The apple never falls far from the tree. Particularly when it comes to post-fascist parties.(...)
Three London Shows
Last week was the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Stephen Lawrence. People of my generation wince with pain when his name is mentioned.(...)