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The Politics of the Right reviewed in People’s World

Socialist Register 2016: The Politics of the Right

The Politics of the Right, Socialist Register 2016
Leo Panitch & Greg Albo, editors
382 pp, $29 pbk 9781583675748

Reviewed by C.J. Atkins

“With its 2016 edition, ‘The Politics of the Right,’ the Socialist Register has once again demonstrated why, after 52 years, it remains one of the premier international academic journals of the left. This year’s issue brings together a collection of nineteen essays by scholars from around the world engaging with the pivotal challenges presented by the advance of the political right on every continent. For American readers facing record turnout numbers for Donald Trump during the primaries, the growth of billionaire-funded ‘grassroots’ organizations, and the resurgence of racist extremism, this focus on the right danger and its connection to international trends is especially timely…”

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