Discourse

While the Far Right successfully utilises fear to gather electoral support, the Greens must stick to their core values and embrace hope.

The 2023 forest fires and floods have confronted Greece with the reality of the climate crisis. Yet it continues to be dismissed by its government.

The Right enjoys electoral success by exploiting resentment. Why shouldn’t progressives do the same?

Disruptive climate protests are held responsible for alienating the public from a just cause. But the demonisation of climate activism is nothing new.

The “Greta effect” reveals a great deal about exclusion-inclusion mechanisms in media and discourse. An intersectional approach has more to offer.

In the face of rising national populism, rather than seeking to combat these forces on their own terms, Green and progressive politicians can instead turn to a far more effective rhetorical tool.

How do we define populism? How did it influnce the Dutch elections, and what can Green parties learn from it?

Erica Meijers unpacks the concept of ‘the people’ at the heart of populist movement’s message, and argues that a look at its theological roots can help to understand and subvert it.