John Foster / 24 Nov 2023
Condemned to Barbarism
The Populist Doomloop
It’s not that there’s a spectre haunting Europe. It’s that there are too many.(...)
Democracy
Maxime Sattonnay / 20 Jul 2023
Making Spain Far-Right Again
The Verónica Fumanal Interview
It's all about the truth. Veteran Spanish political consultant Verónica Fumanal spoke with The Battleground about the impact of the 2023 election campaign on the country's press.(...)
John Foster / 16 Jun 2023
The Coming Capitalism
The New Feudalism, Part II
The United States of Coke, or illiberal Hungary? It's hard to get excited.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 29 Mar 2023
Planned Community From Hell
H2: The Occupation Lab
H2: The Occupation Lab, the documentary film by Idit Avrahami and Noam Sheizaf, is a powerful indictment of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories since capturing Hebron in 1967's Six-Day War.(...)
Mirjana Najchevska / 30 Jan 2023
Awards for Ukraine
Russia in North Macedonia
The Russian government is awarding prizes to Macedonian writers.(...)
John Foster / 24 Sep 2022
Can’t Forget Fascism
Mussolini in Myth and Memory, by Paul Corner
If the spin is correct, Giorgia Meloni won Italy’s election already.(...)
Heather Allansdottir / 15 Aug 2022
Universitet Lessons
Russia After the Arab Spring
In 2015, I moved to Moscow to spend a year teaching human rights. I lasted five months. As my former students from that time are arrested for protesting the Ukrainian war, here are some reflections on what I learned about the evil of Putin and the kindness of Russians.(...)
John Foster / 08 Jul 2022
Stupid and Dangerous
The Starmer Project: A Journey to the Right, by Oliver Eagleton
Boris Johnson has been a dead man walking for months. His resignation has been more of a relief than a shock.(...)
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.(...)