The Politics of the Right: Socialist Register 2016 - Softcover

Panitch, Leo; Albo, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1583675744 ISBN 13: 9781583675748

Publisher: Monthly Review Press, 2015

Synopsis

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?

About this title

About the Authors

Leo Panitch is professor of political science at York University in Toronto and author of Renewing Socialism: Democracy, Strategy, and Imagination.

Greg Albo teaches comparative and Canadian political economy at York University. He is the co-editor of the Socialist Register and author and editor of numerous books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1583675744
• ISBN 13: 9781583675748
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320