The Rise of a New Right
David Austin Walsh, a historian of American conservatism, talks to Jacobin about J. D. Vance, Project 2025, and the New Right’s political theory.
19134 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
Issue 55: Letters + The Internet Speaks
We read the criticism. But we’re not going to stop publishing the bullshit.
Issue 55: Dossier
A travel guide for Kekistan.
The Art of Being Wrong
Wyndham Lewis was perhaps the most talented English painter and novelist of the first half of the twentieth century. How did he become best known as a fascist?
Corrupt Pols and Charismatic Idiots
Around 1947, McCarthyism hit Hollywood, just when it was starting to make hit films about the corruption and idiocy of American electoral politics.
Hobbies: Football and Fascism
Football ultras don’t just cheer for right-wingers on the pitch.
War on Wheels
Formula One has its origins in Italian and German fascism. It continues to flirt with authoritarianism today.
The Same Old Song and Dance
Except this time, a bit more off-key than usual.
The Lyric Composers of the Concentration Camps
When German fascism came to power, it interrupted a revolutionary experiment in freedom exemplified by two classical composers: Arnold Schoenberg and Hanns Eisler.
The Right Without Wrong
For decades, liberals have hoped for the de-Christianization of the American Right. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
Michel Houellebecq: The Unhappy Oracle
Michel Houellebecq’s chronicles of modern discontent have made him one of the most renowned writers of the century as well as a far-right prophet. Yet liberalism’s fiercest critic still hasn’t found his alternative future.
For Christ’s Sake
American evangelicals have spent millions exporting Christian conservatism to Africa.
The Hindutva International
The overseas wing of Narendra Modi’s paramilitary organization is raking in members, dollars, and influence around the globe.
Apps Won’t End African Underdevelopment
The promise of digitization in Africa is a ruse.
The Colombian Killing Fields
Colombia recently discovered mass graves in a 150-year-old cemetery in the city of Cúcuta. The bodies, many of which were smuggled in during this century, reveal connections between right-wing militias, business, and the state.
A Tale of Two Lithium Producers
The global market is scrambling to extract Argentine and Chilean lithium. Argentine president Javier Milei has unleashed a frenzy of corporate profit, while Chile’s Gabriel Boric is demanding that his country get its fair share.
Indonesia Turns Right
Indonesia’s new president has a gruesome track record of human rights violations and hostility to democracy. But a slick campaign successfully presented him as a harmless grandpa.