This report outlines the role for workers and their unions in taking on the far-right in Australia. It is a diagnostic framework and a manual for action developed for citizens, community leaders and policymakers who recognise the threat of far-right politics and are determined to prevent Australia from succumbing to it.

Disillusionment with politicians, declining trust in democratic institutions and growing support for right-wing populists creates an existential threat for traditional parties. This United Kingdom report states that this threat can’t be stemmed with bureaucratic, business-as-usual politics. It proposes that established parties must radically change how they govern and proposes four recommendations.

This paper sets out the challenge of the new global democratic emergency and how this is threatening the political landscape in Britain. It makes the case to upgrade democracy by rebuilding the relationship between state and citizen, in order to win back trust and secure a better democratic future.

This report shows how support for populist politics ‘collapsed’ during the COVID-19 pandemic, but satisfaction with democracy also continued to falter.

The rise of both left-wing and right-wing populism presents a serious challenge for liberal democracies. This paper explores the psychological needs that populism exploits, and the reasons it so easily attracts followers.