National Conservatism & Populism

2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (509+ words) As the far right surges across Europe – most alarmingly in Germany – how should we understand the economic forces behind fascism’s latest surge, and is there a way to pull Europe back from fascism’s lair? What would an effective anti-fascist economics…...

10+ hour, 40+ min ago   (1138+ words) “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” These opening lines to the classic novel A Tale of Two Cities seemingly also reflects the tale of two German elections, one in Berlin and the other in…...

14+ hour, 1+ min ago   (288+ words) The IMEC (India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor) was introduced at the G20 summit in New Delhi in September 2023. Its framework links three layers of connectivity: trade, energy and data. It represented an auspicious move forward. Then came the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in…...

17+ hour, 5+ min ago   (202+ words) Barney Frank, the irascible but indispensable liberal lawmaker from Massachusetts who died this spring, was never known as a man of few words. Yet the opening of his book, issued posthumously just the other day, is worthy of the conservative…...

9+ hour, 1+ min ago   (531+ words) The 2020s are the decade of democratic disruption or perhaps even democratic dysfunction. The evidence is clear and may become more obvious next year because so many democracies have significant elections coming up. Traditional parties of government are in trouble. Outsiders…...

14+ hour, 34+ min ago   (114+ words) “The 2026 elections are shaping up to be another terrible year for working-class representation in Congress,” Bloomberg reports. “Of the 919 candidates running as major-party nominees for the U.S. House and Senate this November, only seven had a working-class job when…...

16+ hour, 32+ min ago   (566+ words) Last week, the unlikely duo of Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon keynoted a Washington conference to demand a stop to AI, its data centers, and the risks AI poses to jobs and even to the human species. Notably, both lambasted…...

16+ hour, 34+ min ago   (254+ words) To be fair, many of the New Right contributors make the same demarcations and denunciations as Prud’homme. Yenor unflinchingly asserts that National Conservatives oppose “breaking up the country into different ethnostates” and generally stand with Israel. Deneen rejects “coarseness, anti-intellectualism,…...

13+ hour, 43+ min ago   (727+ words) St Georges flag raisers could face prison or fines under new rules being considered by councils. Helen Coffey asks whether the far right’s commandeering of our national symbol means it’s forever tainted Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories…...

19+ hour, 16+ min ago   (551+ words) All eyes are now watching for the next move in the South Australian Liberal Party after the weekend election of Senator Alex Antic to the presidency. It came as no shock to political observers as firebrand conservative Antic was the…...