Sound familiar?... It seems clear that … nationalism is not only not a spent force, argued the late Stuart Hall in an essay, Our Mongrel Selves. It isnt necessarily either a reactionary or a progressive force, politically. It suits the far right to shroud its racial animus within these blurred distinctions in order to appear more moderate. Our people demand one type of politics: they want politics by the French, for the French, with the French, said Front National leader Marine Le Pen in her victory speech. They dont want to be led any more from outside. What is happening in France heralds what will happen in all European countries, the return of the nation... In the absence of any serious strategy to protect democracy the right resorts, instead, to a defence of culture – reinvented as tradition, elevated to heritage and imagined as immutable. Having evoked the myth of purity it then targets the human pollutants – low-skilled immigrants, Gypsies, Muslims, take your pick. People who wouldnt know a credit default swap if it ran up and kicked them out of their house, but who are as accessible and identifiable as neoliberal globalisation – that force without a face – is elusive. theguardian/commentisfree/2014/jun/02/control-nation-states-corporations-autonomy-neoliberalism
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