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Steve Bannon

Steve Bannon speaks before introducing Republican Senatorial candidate Roy Moore during a campaign event at Oak Hollow Farm on December 5, 2017 in Fairhope, Alabama.

Steve Bannon Arrested for Fraud Related to Role in Privatized Border Wall Scheme

The "We Build the Wall" campaign, led by Iraq War veteran Brian Kolfage, raised over $25 million.

Andrea Germanos ·

'Wednesday Night Massacre': Trump's New Right-Wing Propaganda Chief Initiates Purge of US-Funded Media Outlets

"The Breitbart crowd may be getting a taxpayer-funded global platform."

Julia Conley ·

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, seen here in Pisa at a meeting of the Tuscan University Movement in March, owes much of his success to the largesse of American donors, the authors argue.

The American dark money behind Europe's far right

From Britain to Hungary to Italy, the far right is on the rise. openDemocracy investigations over the past year have revealed the vital role of US Christian conservatives

Mary Fitzgerald ·

If we, the people, are serious about stopping Trump, we’ll take to the streets en masse to engage in substantial and unrelenting civil disobedience. (Photo: Fabrizio Spano / Flickr)

The Only Solution to America's Political Crisis

If we’re serious about popular sovereignty, we’ll stick around to "dismantle the corporate state" that birthed both Trump and the inauthentic opposition party

Paul Street ·

Steve Bannon's Archipelago and the Rise of the Global Populist Right

The burning flames of political climate change

John Feffer ·

The hollowing out of our democratic institutions, which cannot be blamed on Trump, makes tyranny inevitable.(Photo: Mr. Fish / Truthdig)

Creeping Toward Tyranny

Capitalists, throughout history, have backed fascism to thwart even the most tepid forms of socialism

Chris Hedges ·

Unequal Justice: As the Next Census Approaches, Will the Supreme Court Side with Trump in his War on Immigrants?

The idea for reinstating the citizenship question came from discussions including White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, both of whom have long histories as proponents of anti-immigrant policies.

Bill Blum ·

A Trump-Linked Super PAC Is Trying to Push Europe’s Voters to the Far Right

An undercover investigation by openDemocracy reveals “explosive” evidence of “extraordinary coordination” between a controversial Madrid campaign group and far-right parties across Europe.

Adam Ramsay ·

Trump with border patrol officers

The Politics Behind Donald Trump’s Empty Threats on Mexico Border

It’s increasingly clear Trump wants a crisis that he can use politically, not a solution that can ease human suffering.

Jesse Jackson ·

Trump Condemned for Sharing Video Calling Ilhan Omar 'Dangerous Anti-Semite,' As Jewish Allies Come to Her Defense

"It's rather uncontroversial to suggest that Stephen Miller has white nationalist politics. But when Ilhan Omar says it, it's somehow anti-Semitic?"

Julia Conley ·

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