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Uncontrolled predatory capitalism: the core of Bolsonaro’s government

Posted on 14th October 2019 by International Socialism

On 8 August 2019 the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, hailed a former torturer—Brilhante Ustra—as a “national hero”.1 This gesture may be very enlightening, explaining who Bolsonaro is: a genealogy of his own roots in the Brazilian Army would connect him… Continue Reading →

Article Brazil, Latin America, the far right

Women and the far right

Posted on 1st July 2019 by Camilla

The far right is on the rise across the globe and the gains made by women since the 1960s are in their sights. The leader of the world’s most powerful nation is a proud misogynist, boasts about the sexual harassment… Continue Reading →

Article Fascism, the far right, women's liberation

The French quagmire

Posted on 18th April 2019 by Camilla

Lazy clichés run through the liberal media’s depiction of the so-called ­“ungovernability of France, popular resistance to the advance of neoliberalism that seems so inexorable elsewhere” and the country’s “rigid labour market and work rules that supposedly stand in the… Continue Reading →

Article France, Gilets Jaunes, the far right

Brexit blues

Posted on 13th December 2018 by Camilla

The British political elite, grappling with the process of leaving the European Union, face two fundamental contradictions. The first arises from the balance of power between the remaining EU-27 and Britain. Since British capitalism is so heavily dependent on access… Continue Reading →

Analysis Brexit, European Union, the far right

Legends of the fall

Posted on 11th October 2018 by Camilla

The tenth anniversary of the collapse of the Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers on 15 September 2018 has attracted enormous coverage.1 The focus has less been on the actual event itself—indeed Albert Edwards of Société Générale argues that its… Continue Reading →

Analysis Jeremy Corbyn, The Economic Crisis, the far right

Antisemitism and the far-right today

Posted on 5th April 2017 by Camilla

Within weeks of Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader, news and media channels were dominated by charges of antisemitism levelled against his supporters, the National Union of Students and others for their opposition to the State of Israel. The furore… Continue Reading →

Article antisemitism, Fascism, Islamophobia, Racism, the far right

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