fascism

“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

This week’s front page editor

Francesc Badia i Dalmases is Editor and Director of democraciaAbierta.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

The stories fascist Europe tells itself, and how to correct them

Adam Ramsay 4 December 2018

What can the UK learn from those fighting the far right across Europe? Take history seriously

Kálmán Sütö and his struggle against Hungarian dictatorship

Adam Ramsay and Kálmán Sütö 30 November 2018

A street magazine vendor led protests against prime minister Victor Orbán’s rewriting of history. He tells openDemocracy how his life led him to that point.

Colonial history in the French elections: Algeria, Le Pen, and fascism at the heart of Europe

Jessica Northey 25 April 2017

Marine Le Pen's declaration that colonialism was a positive thing is not only a denial of France's painful history, but an example of the fascism that we now face in Europe.

Meet Britain First: the UK's fastest growing far right group

Matthew Collins 23 June 2014

A child of the BNP and the EDL, Britain First has shifted the glare of bigots from race war to faith war. Meet the man behind the fastest growing far right movement in Britain, and find out what makes him tick.