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In a post-Trump world, the right is still very much in power. Significantly more than half the worlds population currently lives under some form of right-wing populist or authoritarian rule. Todays autocrats are, at first glance, a diverse band of brothers. But religious, economic, social and environmental differences aside, there is one thing that unites them - their hatred of the liberal, globalised world. This unity is their strength, and through control of government, civil society and the digital world they are working together across borders to stamp out the left.In comparison, the liberal left commands only a few disconnected islands - Iceland, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain and Uruguay. So far they have been on the defensive, campaigning on local issues in their own countries. This narrow focus underestimates the resilience and global connectivity of the right. In this book, John Feffer speaks to the worlds leading activists to show how international leftist campaigns must come together if they are to combat the rising tide of the right.A global Green New Deal, progressive trans-European movements, grassroots campaigning on international issues with new and improved language and storytelling are all needed if we are to pull the planet back from the edge of catastrophe. This book is both a warning and an inspiration to activists terrified by the strengthening wall of far-right power.
List of contents
Introduction: The Rise and Fall of Steve Bannon1. Origins of the New Right2. Transnational Organizing of the New Right3. The New Right's Pandemic Pivot4. Responding to the New Right5. Transnational Progressive OrganizingConclusion
About the author
John Feffer is the director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the author of Aftershock: A Journey through Eastern Europe's Broken Dreams (Zed, 2017) and the novel Splinterlands (Haymarket, 2017).
Summary
The far-right is creating a Nationalist International, and the left must rise to the challenge
