Backlash

Don Kalb is a leading anthropologist of global capitalism, class, labor and neo-nationalism, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, and director of the GRIP programme on global inequality (UiB and the International Science Council). His most recent book is Value and Worthlessness: The Rise of the Populist Right and Other Disruptions in the Anthropology of Capitalism.Walden Bello is an author, academic and political analyst. He has devoted most of his life to fighting imperialism and corporate globalisation, and has served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. Designated 'my favourite no-nonsense revolutionary' by Naomi Klein, he is also the recipient of 'Most Distinguished Defender of Human Rights' by Amnesty International Philippines in 2023, and author or co-author of many books.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Counter-Revolution Within and Against the Counter-Revolution - Don Kalb1. What is Fascism, and Why We Should be Really, Really Worried about Fascists - Walden Bello2. Autocracy and Resistance in India - Svati Shah3. South Africa’s Postcolonial Right-Wing: Authoritarian Populism as Anti-Liberal ‘Revolutionary Politics’ - Christi van der Westhuizen4. Unraveling Liberalisms: Hungarian Insights for America and Elsewhere - Gábor Scheiring and Ábel Csath5. "Us First": Counter-Revolutionary Consciousness in the French Working Class - Benoit Coquard6. Russia’s Vanguard Authoritarian Neoliberal System - Jeremy Morris7. Eastern European Reactionary Nationalism: A Ukrainian Exception? - Volodymyr Ishchenko and Don Kalb8. Which Fascism, Whose Counter-Revolution? Unpacking the Current Political Conjuncture from the Netherlands - Ewald Engelen9. Turning Points and Undertows: German Authoritarianism and History’s Long Reach - Petra Rethmann10. "Learning the Value of Things": Why Working People Consent to the Far Right Government in Argentina - Julia Soul11. Fascism USA: Class and Identity Politics in the Age of Trump - Marc Edelman12. The Trumpist Movement: A Class-Based Counter-Revolution Against Those Who Would Strand the Assets of Capital? - Don NoniniNotes on ContributorsIndex

'An urgent book. Its historical materialist approach has produced a depth and grounding too often lacking in contemporary debates about the rise of illiberal politics, and the clear focus on what is to be done is substantive rather than shrill. The collected essays show how the rise of autocracy links to global upward transfers of wealth, in ways that are crucial to our understanding of the world today and what we might do – politically – in response.'