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Greg Albo, Leo Panitch: The Socialist Register 2016 (Paperback, 2015, The Merlin Press, Monthly Review Press, Fernwood Publishing) 4 stars

Today the left faces new challenges from political forces amassing on the radical right. The …

Mixed bag, but mostly really good

4 stars

Apart from the problematic takes covered in my earlier comment, and a couple of chapters that went way, way over my head (maybe if I was a polisci graduate, they might have made sense?), mostly good stuff. Particular highlights for me were the chapters covering countries outside Europe and North America, such as an explanation of the relationship between the BJP and RSS, or the history of the right in Japan. Also enjoyed the chapter that drew parallels between Rob/Doug Ford, Stephen Harper, and the Front Nationale :)