29.2 issue contents - Countering extremism and the far-right

In the midst of multiple crises – social, economic, political, environmental – the world over is reckoning with the threat of far-right ideologies that offer seemingly simple solutions to anything but simple problems.

In this issue, our contributors look at how we got here, from the role of the Covid-19 pandemic to intensifying economic insecurity to the ubiquity of anti-immigration rhetoric and the rise of populist politics.

However, taken together, these articles also light the path forward – they urge progressives not to fall into doomism, but instead to organise and fight for a better world of our making.

Contents

• Editorial / Anita Bhadani, Lucy Mort, Rachel Statham, Chris Thomas and Joshua Emden
• Is there a future for social democrats? / Cas Mudde, Rachel Statham and Parth Patel
• The normalisation of welfare chauvinism / Mette Wiggen
• ‘Red wall’ challenges / Mike Makin-Waite
• The false promise of ‘equal opportunities’ counter-extremism / Azfar Shafi
• Anti-migrant hate / Safya Khan-Ruf and Joe Mulhall
• What to do about right-wing populism? / Daphne Halikiopoulou and Tim Vlandas
• The role of the media in the mainstreaming of the far right / Katy Brown and Aurelien Mondon
• A citizen-serving media / Krishnan Guru-Murthy