Tag: Authoritarianism
Comparing the Directions in Which Ideas Travel in Ages of Reaction
DK Renton compares the ideological balance of power between reactionary hegemons and their allies in the interwar period and today.
The Hungarian Spring
Looking back at Orbánism, Anita Zsurzsán analyzes both the dangers and political opportunities for the Hungarian left in the wake of Orbán’s defeat.
Water on the Brain
Todd Gordon and Jeffery Webber argue that Trump’s second regime exemplifies the antidemocratic authoritarianism characteristic of the liberal tradition, rather than interwar fascism.
Trump, Fascism, and the Authoritarian Turn
DK Renton looks to historic fascism to analyze the direction of Trump’s authoritarianism and for examples of a counterpolitics to fight it.
Normalizing Bashar al-Assad’s Regime
Joseph Daher writes about the normalization process that brought Syria’s Assad regime back into the Arab League.
An Unfinished Epoch of Revolution
Joseph Daher takes stock of the Arab Spring ten years later.