Roland Clark - openDemocracy

What happens when governments deny racism exists?

A recent government report concluded that the UK does not have a problem with racism. But history shows us the perils of making such claims

By Roland Clark

/ 22 Apr 2021

What happens when governments deny racism exists?

Is fascism returning to Romania?

A new Romanian radical right party is resurrecting Romania’s interwar fascism.

By Roland Clark

/ 22 Dec 2020

What are we talking about when we talk about white men?

We need to be undoing the ideologies that make whiteness and masculinity toxic for us all.

By Roland Clark

/ 15 Oct 2020

What are we talking about when we talk about white men?

Romania’s history wars: on the sufferings of fascist saints

How do memories about fascism and communism shape Romanian identity and party politics?

By Roland Clark

/ 4 Dec 2019

Romania’s history wars: on the sufferings of fascist saints

Why the radical right love their intellectuals

There is much we can learn from the 1920’s and 1930’s. For example, it was not only his ideas that made Nae Ionescu important for his followers.

By Roland Clark

/ 22 Jul 2019

Why the radical right love their intellectuals

How Scousers see off the fascists

Recent successful efforts to repel fascist groups draw on a long history of antifascist mobilisation in Liverpool.

By Roland Clark

/ 20 Dec 2018

When liberals have had enough: a new wave of protests in Romania

Whereas the stereotypical pro-government voter consumes partisan local media; by contrast, the stereotypical protester in Bucharest owns an iPhone and reads international newspapers online.

By Roland Clark

/ 17 Aug 2018

When liberals have had enough: a new wave of protests in Romania

Whereas the stereotypical pro-government voter consumes partisan local media; by contrast, the stereotypical protester in Bucharest owns an iPhone and reads international newspapers online.

By Roland Clark

/ 17 Aug 2018