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Record Nr.

UNINA9910504299903321

Autore

Feffer John

Titolo

Right across the world : the global networking of the Far Right and the Left response / / John Feffer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, UK : , : Pluto Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-78680-855-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

320.01

Soggetti

Right and left (Political science)

Political participation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Origins of the new right -- 2. Transnational organizing of the new right -- 3. The new right's pandemic pivot -- 4. Responding to the new right -- 5. Transnational progressive organizing -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In a post-Trump world, the right is still very much in power. Significantly more than half the world's population currently lives under some form of right-wing populist or authoritarian rule. Today's 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 world's 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.