Tag Archives: Fascism

When did it become taboo to protest against fascists?

By John Millington | Published: April 2, 2013

The Di Canio incident has underlined the need to step up campaigning against fascism, whether in uncovering extremists in the world of sport or entertainment as well as far-right political movements.

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Paolo Di Canio: “a fascist but not a racist”. That’s ok then

By James Bloodworth | Published: April 2, 2013

I have no idea whether or not Paulo Di Canio is a racist, just as I have no clue whether everyone who waddles through Trafalgar Square on May Day with a giant portrait of Stalin believes in the necessity of the Gulag or a bullet to the back of the head. I would, however, hesitate to put such people in positions where they have authority over people who their political heroes regarded as expendable.

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How the Left learnt to stop worrying and love Slavoj Žižek

By Guest | Published: March 7, 2013

Slavoj Zizek is accepted as left-wing, even a kind of Marxism, because most Marxists long ago abandoned the rational and material values of the social democratic Second International.

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Far-right targeting Irish in Liverpool

By Kevin Meagher | Published: February 7, 2013

The far-right are targeting the Irish community in Liverpool.

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“BNP mark II”: Brons leads split from Griffin to form new far-right party

By Shamik Das | Published: November 4, 2012

Andrew Brons MEP – who quit the BNP last month – has formed a new far-right party with fellow ex-BNPers, Holocaust deniers, racists and anti-Semites.

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Vidal Sassoon, anti-Fascist hero, “harder than the painted nails of his clients”

By Left Foot Forward | Published: May 10, 2012

Left Foot Forward pays tribute to Vidal Sassoon, stylist to the stars, who died aged 84 in Los Angeles yesterday.

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Anders Breivik is a man, not a monster – making him all the more terrifying

By Guest | Published: May 7, 2012

The crimes of Anders Behring Brivik prompt difficult questions that we cannot skirt around by claiming he is evil incarnate or mentally ill.

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Le Pen’s fascists claim French youngsters are ‘joining in their droves’

By Sanchia Alasia | Published: February 28, 2012

Marine Le Pen’s Front National have claimed that young people are joining the fascists ‘in their droves’.

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Why we should worry about the poison of Le Pen

By Sanchia Alasia | Published: February 17, 2012

There is a real possibility that in this year’s French presidential elections the far right Front National could increase their support, writes Sanchia Alasia.

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The “New Right”: Gaddafi lovers, Holocaust deniers and ‘up market’ fascists

By Shamik Das | Published: December 14, 2011

Shamik Das looks at the “New Right”, aka BNP lite.

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