Trump’s authoritarian drive serves a wider purpose
Trump’s assault on liberties and living standards will be the main domestic battle in the US in the next period.
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From Macron to Le Pen, the French right escalates racism and authoritarianism
All France’s parties of the right in France support austerity and are whipping up racism to divide the resistance to this attack. Authoritarianism is increasing to repress the resistance. The left needs to oppose this carnival of reaction.
The left is taking up the fight against the new authoritarianism- the labour movement and civil society should take their lead
The Queen’s Speech marked a turning-point in the drive towards a new authoritarianism in Britain. The task of the labour movement is to defend itself and wider society against this onslaught.