Josh White / 15 May 2023
National Right Makeover
NatCon in London
Arriving at the Emmanuel Centre, I was confronted by loud classical music of the bombastic, patriotic variety.(...)
Republican Party
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.(...)
John Foster / 07 Jan 2022
The Democrats Fail on Race
The Cruelty is the Point, by Adam Serwer
As a Black man, a Jew, and a journalist, Adam Serwer is a three-time loser to Donald Trump.(...)
John Foster / 10 Sep 2021
Born to Lose
America in Afghanistan
When William Westmorland led American forces in Vietnam, he kept a copy of Bernard Fall’s devastating critique of the French war in Indochina, The Street Without Joy, on his night table.(...)
John Foster / 30 Jul 2021
The World Neoliberalism Made
Empire of Democracy, by Simon Reid-Henry
We are living in an era of challenges to liberal democracy that would have been comprehensible to previous generations. (...)
John Foster / 05 Feb 2021
Putting an End to Populism
The Fake War Against Elites
House Republicans met on Thursday to consider two fraught issues, which will define what kind of conservative party it is once and for all.(...)
John Foster / 08 Jan 2021
Killed by Nationalism
Ashli Babbitt and the Capitol Riot
Ashli Babbitt was shot to death by police during the mob breach of the Capitol building on Wednesday. She was 35 years old and had spent 14 years in the US Air Force.(...)
Josh White / 27 Apr 2020
The Wrestler-in-Chief
Vince McMahon and the Presidency
President Donald Trump could turn to any political expert in the world for economic advice. Instead, he chose to turn to Vince McMahon, the PT Barnum of professional wrestling.(...)
John Foster / 10 Apr 2020
Born to Lose
Joe Biden and the Democrats
When Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign for the Democratic nomination earlier this week, the leftist finally gave Joe Biden what he's been after for four decades: a run at the presidency. (...)
Joel Schalit / 13 Jan 2020
Two Scalps Are Better Than One
America and Islam
Nobody remembers al-Baghdadi. The head of ISIS, who was killed by American commandos in a nighttime raid in Syria, in October, was nowhere to be found.(...)