Nature Is Returning 🌱… Was Humanity the REAL Virus? 🦢🌿🌾🍃 🌬
With most people staying indoors and wildlife the world over having a WTF moment; some environmentalists are teetering at the edge of the slippery, Malthusian slope of eco-fascism.
Tag: fascism
No Going Back: Defeat, the Far Right, and the Press
James Butler is joined by Owen Jones to take stock as the Left faces 2020.
Ash Meets Shami Chakrabarti | The (Former) Most Dangerous Woman in Britain
Ash Sarkar met up with Labour’s Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti to discuss the far-right, Prince Andrew, and whether she’d ever advise John McDonnell to break the law.
Amazon in Flames
As the Amazon burns, its time to join the dots between right-wing populism and the climate crisis. With Oscar Guardiola Rivera, Professor in law at Birkbeck and author of “What if Latin America Ruled the World?” and Daniel Willis, from Global Justice Now.
Speaking in the Language of YouTube | Ash Sarkar Meets ContraPoints
Natalie Wynn aka ContraPoints has spent several years crafting one of the smartest, most entertaining and beautiful channels YouTube has to offer. Her work is a political counterbalance to the forces of reaction so dominant online and a gasp of oxygen on a website awash with mediocrity. Ash caught up with Natalie over a humble […]
The Morals of Milkshaking
A milkwave has hit the UK as Tommy, Sargon & Farage have all been doused in dairy. Ash weighs in on the moral dilemma gripping the commentariat: Is it ok to throw a milkshake at a racist?
Netanyahu’s Electoral Alliance With the Far Right is Frightening, But It’s Nothing Radically New
Back in February, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was forming an electoral alliance with the nation's foremost fascist party Otzma Yehudit. Douglas Gerrard argues that while this alliance is certainly bleak, there’s much Western journalists discussing these elections are missing.
Reflections on Christchurch
A week after the tragic events in Christchurch New Zealand, Ash shares some reflections.
Farage’s Ukip Must Not Be Rehabilitated
Recent media coverage of the UK Independence Party has drawn stark comparisons between the party under Nigel Farage and so-called 'Ukip 2.0' under successor Gerard Batten. George Newth argues this discontinuity is being greatly exaggerated, and is only aiding Farage's self-reinvention as a moderate politician.
When Will Tommy Robinson Fuck Off
Tommy Robinson is a racist, a fraud, and an absolute wasteman. Join us on the 9th of December to oppose his toxic politics and inability to dress himself properly. https://www.facebook.com/events/196829064559780
The Far Right Don’t Care About Sexual Violence – They’re Just Trying to Gain Political Power
Tommy Robinson’s appointment as Ukip’s ‘grooming gangs advisor’ is just the latest in the far right’s attempts to use our outrage at sexual violence in order to gain credibility and power. We mustn't let them get away with it, argues Dalia Gebrial.
Brexit Isn’t Racist – but Tommy Is
On Sunday 9 December, Tommy Robinson will be leading a march in central London against what he’s calling ‘The Great Brexit Betrayal’. The march claims to be a show of opposition to the establishment, who have failed to represent the true spirit of the EU referendum result. Callum Cant argues that we can’t cede the […]
Leave or Remain, We All Hate Tommy
On Sunday 9 December, Tommy Robinson will be leading a march in central London against what he’s calling ‘The Great Brexit Betrayal’. Regardless of whether we voted Leave or Remain, anti-fascists must unite in order to stop him, argue Callum Cant and Benjamin Walters.
“Our queerness never dies”: The Battle Against Far-Right Violence in Greece
The murder of prominent LGBTQI+ activist Zak Kostopoulos in September has reignited fears that the battle against far-right violence is being lost. Alex King takes a look at what the response to recent murders in Greece can teach those confronting fascism across Europe.
Is the Army Fascist?
Afghanistan veteran and author Joe Glenton examines the recent pictures of Tommy Robinson seen posing with young squaddies and asks “Is the British Military a far right organisation?”
The Establishment, on Steroids. With Owen Jones
Owen Jones has spent his career unmasking the British Establishment. In an age of Phillip Green and trips paid by the House of Saud – Are they pushing their luck?
The Media & Big Business: Friends of Fascism?
As Tommy Robinson gets boosted by the UK press, and Brazil’s stock market backs Jair Bolsonaro. We ask: Why are the mainstream media, big business and fascists all besties? With Ash Sarkar and Oscar Guardiola-Rivera.
Resisting the Far Right
On the 13th of October the Democratic Football Lads Alliance tried to march through central London. They were prevented from marching their intended route by an anti-fascist demonstration led by women and non-binary people.