The Politics of the Right: Socialist Register 2016

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?