right-wing populists

Canada far right Freedom Convoy 2022

A mass mobilisation of far-right forces across Canada took place at the end of January and early February, reports Jeff Shantz, as thousands descended on Ottawa to culminate the β€œFreedom Convoy 2022”.

β€œBrexit” and the recent US presidential election are symptoms of the crisis capitalism has wrought. People are hurting and it has become obvious that instead of β€œtrickle down” we have, in Arundhati Roy’s words, β€œgush up”. Even mainstream media carry articles suggesting neoliberalism has had its day.