Trumpism

Cover Art by Robert Beatty

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“Stalin is left standing and wins; I fall and lose. History only concerns itself with victors and the volume of their conquests; triumph justifies everything. The French Revolution is studied for its outcomes, while those who died with the guillotine are relegated to the obituaries.”

— Benito Mussolini, “Last Testament” (1945)

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“The chief economist of Moody’s Analytics estimated in 2019 that, a year in, Trump’s tariffs had cost the United States $88 billion and 340,000 jobs.”

Doug Henwood

Trumponomics

What kind of economic policy could we expect from a second Trump term?

Dustin Guastella

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.

Anton Jäger

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.

“Even rich Trumpians and Tories will hype up their supposed working-class backgrounds.”

The Soapbox

Letters + The Internet Speaks

Party Lines

David Broder

Identity Crisis

Dossier

Struggle Session

Branko Marcetic

The GOP Prepares to Make America Great Again — Again

Interview with
David Austin Walsh

The Rise of a New Right

“The far right sees something deeply appealing in the mobster: he’s a violent but paternalistic form of uncontrolled power that operates outside the state.”