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Will Donald Trump destroy US democracy? Unlikely

The most authoritarian and racist campaign of my lifetime just won Donald Trump a return to the White House. It even was the most popular Republican...

06.11.2024 10

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Do we have any idea who will win the US election? No. Uncertainty is sky-high

It is generally believed that Americans only start to care about presidential elections one month before election day. Hence, it is only in the last...

28.10.2024 10

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What I learned when Turning Points USA came to my campus

This Tuesday, Charlie Kirk brought his You’re Being Brainwashed Tour to the campus of my public university in a Republican-controlled state. It was...

24.10.2024 7

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Patriots for Europe? Viktor Orbán’s new EU group is another hollow victory for the far right

“Victory in defeat, there is none higher,” wrote Robert A Heinlein in Stranger in a Strange Land, about unsung heroes who never give up. Although...

12.07.2024 10

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The far right may not win real power in Europe – but it will influence those who do

On Thursday, the Dutch will be the first to go to the polls in the European elections, which are technically a collection of 27 national ballots held...

05.06.2024 10

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Why are US campuses facing an orgy of state repression in the ‘land of the free’?

Across the world people have been shocked by social media footage of heavily armed law enforcement officers arresting peacefully protesting students...

30.04.2024 10

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Moral panic over a rise in violence ahead of Euro 2024 is bad for fans like me – and bad for football

Football fans heading to the stadiums of Germany for Euro 24 this summer face “a resurgence in far-right neo-Nazi hooligans who have been...

04.04.2024 40

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The not-so-Super Tuesday is over. America has two clear choices ahead

Not-so-Super Tuesday has made an end to two faux primaries, confirming what everyone has known for month: the presidential elections will be a...

06.03.2024 3

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If Europe wants to defend itself, it must build armies that people want to join

As Donald Trump gets closer to (officially) wrapping up the race for the Republican nomination, and intensifies his attacks on Nato, European...

01.02.2024 30

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Can Europe’s new ‘conservative left’ persuade voters to abandon the far right?

Germany’s favourite “firebrand politician”, Sahra Wagenknecht, has finally launched her long-awaited new party, the awkwardly named Sahra...

16.01.2024 20

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