Letterhole Diary – October 2018
Letterhole Diary. October. This month we consider Jair Bolsonaro’s election, starting a new job, and Fiddler on the Roof, our film of the month.
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Tag: fascism
The legitimisation of Tommy Robinson
Tommy Robinson is an unremarkable racist, a bloke-in-the-pub with an outsized platform – we can blame the BBC for mythologising him into a working-class hero.
Jeremy Corbyn must never become prime minister
Though far from the Marxist bogeyman he is so often portrayed as, Jeremy Corbyn’s response to the Russia crisis highlights why he must never become prime minister.
The populist wave strikes Latin America
Latin America has always been a haven for populist politics. In 2018, corruption and economic stagnation might see two elected as president in the region’s largest economies, Mexico and Brazil.
