News | Politics & Elections Experts Warn No Action on High Rents Could Drive Voters to Germany’s Far Right Leftist organizing on housing could be an important bulwark against the rise of Germany's far right AfD party. By Marianne Dhenin , Truthout February 19, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Openly Suggests on Social Media He’s Above the Law, Raising Alarm It’s the latest brazen signal that he doesn't recognize limits on his authority to impose his far right agenda. By Common Dreams Staff , CommonDreams February 16, 2025 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Trump Embraces Authoritarian Playbook of Hungarian Dictator Viktor Orbán Princeton professor Kim Lane Scheppele points out that Orbán was actually involved in the design of Project 2025. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! February 12, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Musk Addresses German Far Right Party Days After Being Accused of “Nazi Salute” Musk has enthusiastically backed AfD, an anti-immigrant party accused of minimizing Nazi crimes and using Nazi slogans. By Eloise Goldsmith , CommonDreams January 26, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump’s Vision for a “Golden Age of America”: Oligarchy Plus Ultranationalism Parallels between European fascism in the 1930s and Trump’s MAGA vision were on full display this week. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout January 22, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump’s Inauguration Speech Threatened New Depths of State Cruelty In his 2017 speech, Trump pretended to stand with “struggling families.” This time, the emphasis was solely on cruelty. By David Renton , Truthout January 21, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Over 700 Protests Are Reportedly Planned Nationwide for Trump’s Inauguration Day Some organizers say the protests are both a reaction to Trump and a call to action for systemic change. By Alexandra Martinez , Prism January 19, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump Has Pledged an Era of Spectacular Violence. We Can’t Be Passive Onlookers. Trump is poised to employ his mastery of spectacle to expand the oppressive forms of state violence at work in the US. By Khury Petersen-Smith , Truthout January 19, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Elon Musk’s Foray Into UK Politics Holds a Warning for the US Musk weaponized fears of gender-based violence to foster racism in the UK. Will he use the same playbook in the US? By Kimi Chaddah , Truthout January 18, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections One Man Spent Years Infiltrating a Far Right Militia — This Is What He Found John Williams went undercover to expose the operations of notorious fascist militias like the Oath Keepers and AP3. By Joshua Kaplan , ProPublica January 5, 2025 Truthout