Politics / Conservatives

Struggling with an ethical dilemma? New Internationalist’s Agony Uncle can help you find answers in our troubled political times.

Thanks to a hit film and a terror charge, the hip-hop trio Kneecap are better known than ever before. Far from attention-seeking, their antics bring a proud tradition of cultural resistance to a new frontier, writes Decca Muldowney.

The left needs a better, more ambitious message when it comes to taxation, argues Jason Hickel.

Tech oligarchs are co-opting fictional universes to sell us a false story of their inevitability. To defeat them we need to reclaim the power of fiction to imagine a world beyond their grasp, argues Elia Ayoub.

Resisting the far right surge. Words by Paula Lacey & Bethany Rielly.

Around the world, ordinary people are pushing back against the influence of the far right. Bethany Rielly looks at the work of three organizations using culture and conversation to counter hate in their communities.

Interfaith couples in India are asserting their right to get married, despite threats of violence. Arshu John and Poorvi Gupta speak to the courageous lovers, activists and lawyers standing against extremists.

Workers are resisting Trumpism – but some corners remain silent. America’s labour movement must now decide if it will stand against fascism or fall with it, argues Kim Kelly.

Meet Árpád Habony, the mysterious man behind Viktor Orbán’s rise to power. He’s now working in the shadows to take Hungary’s far-right model global. Connor Mulhern and Balázs Turcsán investigate.

Josefina Salomón reports from Buenos Aires’ neglected barrios where social movements are sharpening the playbook against Javier Milei’s ruthless austerity drive.

Political Power; Hate Watch; Law and Order; Conspiracy Machine.

Action, and further reading on the global far right.

In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide?

Idiocy coated in patriotic self-righteousness courtesy of Marjorie Taylor Greene.

It is not only the Left that makes use of internationalism. From fascists in the street to heads of state, the Right is showing a willingness and enthusiasm to co-ordinate across borders. Simon Childs finds out more.

Doctors and patients are fighting back against new rules to restrict migrants’ access to the NHS, writes Simon Childs.