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Nationalism and the Left: Arab Socialism, Ba’athism and Beyond

April 22, 2020 | by Katie Barker and Dan Fisher | 0 Comments

What can the history of Arab Socialism - Ba'athism - tell us about the circumstances in which nationalism and socialism are united in one ideology? Read more

Conflicts in Post-Colonial Fascism: From Peron to Lebanon

January 25, 2019 | by Katie Barker | 0 Comments

Dan Fisher and Katie Barker examine the internal contradictions within two non-European fascist movements after the Second World War, from Peron to Lebanon. In a previous article, we explored the question of whether and how much fascism could be said to have left wing influences. We continue this theme today by looking at two examples […] Read more

‘Left Wing’ Fascism – An Infantile Accusation?

December 7, 2018 | by Katie Barker | 0 Comments

With groups spanning the political spectrum using cherry-picked definitions of fascism as props, we explore where the real roots of fascism and Nazism lie. Read more

Trump, Corbyn, and the Trouble with Condemning ‘Both Sides’

August 16, 2017 | by Emile Yusupoff | 0 Comments

Donald Trump’s equal condemnation of violence on ‘both sides’ following the protests in Charlottesville highlight the inadequacy of such denunciation. Similar considerations apply to Jeremy Corbyn, who generically condemned ‘violence’ by ‘both sides’ in Venezuela, failing to distinguish between the government and opposition. If there is an asymmetry in wrongdoing, power, or the wrongness of […] Read more

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Nationalism and the Left: Arab Socialism, Ba’athism and Beyond

Conflicts in Post-Colonial Fascism: From Peron to Lebanon

‘Left Wing’ Fascism – An Infantile Accusation?

Trump, Corbyn, and the Trouble with Condemning ‘Both Sides’

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