The Socialist Register 2016

The Politics of the Right

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Paperback, 300 pages

English language

Published Nov. 1, 2015 by The Merlin Press, Monthly Review Press, Fernwood Publishing.

ISBN:
978-1-55266-793-4
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4 stars (1 review)

Today the left faces new challenges from political forces amassing on the radical right. The 52nd volume of the Socialist Register presents a serious calibration and a careful political mapping of these forces. It addresses pivotal questions on the reordering of the new right. These essays - very broad in terms of themes and places - speak to the global challenges the new right poses for the left at this historical moment. What is the nature of the right's populism, nationalism and militarism? What is the social base and organizational strength and range of far-right political forces? To what extent are they influencing mainstream parties and opinion? How have they penetrated state institutions? What role do state security services and police forces play? Does our political situation today require comparison with 1930s fascism? How should the left respond to defend democratic and human rights?

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reviewed The Socialist Register 2016 by Greg Albo

Mixed bag, but mostly really good

4 stars

Apart from the problematic takes covered in my earlier comment, and a couple of chapters that went way, way over my head (maybe if I was a polisci graduate, they might have made sense?), mostly good stuff. Particular highlights for me were the chapters covering countries outside Europe and North America, such as an explanation of the relationship between the BJP and RSS, or the history of the right in Japan. Also enjoyed the chapter that drew parallels between Rob/Doug Ford, Stephen Harper, and the Front Nationale :)