Greens must be at the forefront of resistance to the far right
The far-right is on the rise across the world. From Germany - where the AfD host neo-Nazi views and holocaust apologia, to Italy - where the Northern League have been…
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Extinction Rebellion, COVID-19 and the far-right
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Julia Hawkins I’m afraid to report that an Extinction Rebellion (XR) group are allegedly at it again. Yesterday evening XR East Midlands tweeted a series of…
Green MEP candidate: Vote Green to stop the far right
To my absolute horror, a racist came to Burnley yesterday. I don’t want to name him – but think of thuggish violence and far-right extremism, and you’ll have a pretty…
Further Austrian presidential election delay gives green Van der Bellen hope
Alexander Van der Bellen, Austrian presidential candidate and former Green. Image credit: flickr user: Meln Baden , The rerun of the Austrian presidential election has been pushed back…
The National Front Falls Short in Regional Elections. A Time for Self-reflection, not Self-congratulation
Photo: Wikimedia Commons. In France, after leading the first round of voting in regional elections last week, the far right National Front failed to take control of any regions after…
Tartan Trechery: Radio Caledonia and Scotland’s Lord Haw Haw
by Gavin Bowd. This article first appeared in issue 26 of Democratic Left Scotland's magazine, Perspectives. The radical right has been a noisy and sometimes menacing part of the British…
Sweden Update: Greens hold position of unprecedented strength
by Dominic Hinde The day after the Swedish general election, the results were the most read story on the BBC News website. The entrance of the hitherto unknown right-wing Sweden…