STEPHEN ARNELL on how US power politics is seeping into British broadcasting
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What is fascism?
Fascism is a strategy adopted by the ruling class to manage the capitalist state at a time when its continued rule is threatened by the organised working class and its allies, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini (centre) during the March on Rome in 1922
Behind the smoke clouds over Beirut lies a radical vision of a “Greater Israel.” The tactics from Gaza are now being deployed to depopulate south Lebanon, clearing the way for a permanent occupation and the reshaping of the Middle East, says MARC VANDEPITTE
Italians reject controversial judiciary reforms in a referendum that boosts the left, reports NICK WRIGHT
At this year’s TUC Young Workers Conference, delegates shared strategies, launched new initiatives and strengthened networks—laying the groundwork for a revitalised and more inclusive union movement, says FRASER McGUIRE
RAMZY BAROUD and ROMANA RUBEO analyse how the US has consistently negotiated in bad faith to secure the element of surprise in military attack
Coal-fired stoves in traditional homes are the primary source of extreme levels of air pollution in over-crowded Ulaanbaatar. As more people become climate-displaced, the situation is likely to worsen, write SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
SINCE the comprehensive military and political defeat of nazi Germany and fascist Italy in the second world war, few individuals or groups have dared to call themselves fascist.
The word is now generally heard as a pejorative term applied to individuals (or organisations, or governments) on the extreme right.
Sometimes it’s applied as a term of abuse, an insult to someone who’s perhaps not quite as extreme or to emphasise the misuse of power.
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