Fascism State of Power 2026

3 February 2026

120 minutes read

Fascism and the far right are on the rise. TNI’s 14th State of Power report looks behind the news headlines at the underlying reasons for their rise, the economic interests that support them, the ways they weaponise today’ s social and ecological crises for their benefit and proposals on how we can fight back.

Fascism: State of Power 2026 (PDF, 4.32 MB)

Average time to read: 120 minutes

Publication type: Online report
Part of series: State of Power , 2026

Authors

Nick Buxton
Esme Abbott
Théo Bourgeron
Irene Crestanello
Roberto J. González
Shifa Herko
Aminah Jasho
Rohith Jyothish
Natalia Marsicovetere
Laura Roth
Irene Franco Rubio
Clément Segal
Shayan Shaukat
Alyna Smith
Julisa Tambunan
Miguel Urbán Crespo
Matt Varco
Yikye
Chenchen Zhang

Essays

Lifeboats, steampunk and colonialism – fascism today A conversation with Alberto Toscano and Harsha Walia

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The rise of global reactionary authoritarianism

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Miguel Urbán Crespo

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Follow the money: The business interests behind the far right Interview with Théo Bourgeron

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Théo Bourgeron

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Authoritarian Extractivism in India Land, Energy, and the Making of a Far-Right Development Regime

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Rohith Jyothish

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Fascist by design Italy’s Lessons for Neoliberal Democracies

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Irene Crestanello

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Mirror and Mismatch China and the global politics of the far-right 
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China
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Chenchen Zhang

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Techwashing and fascist politics A case study of Israel’s ‘Start-Up Nation’

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Clément Segal

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The Rise of the Techno-Tyrants Silicon Valley’s right-wing past, present and future

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Roberto J. González

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Weaponising Gender How gender became the perfect scapegoat for far-right and authoritarian actors

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Julisa Tambunan

Aminah Jasho

Esme Abbott
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‘For some of us, it was always like this’ Anti-migrant politics as a fascist touchstone

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Alyna Smith

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The New Blood and Soil Nature, culture, and eco-fascism on the identitarian right

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Matt Varco

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Is Our Homeland the Other? Care as a response to hate

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Laura Roth

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Against the Stage Towards a Politics Beyond Performance

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Yikye

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Authors

Nick Buxton
Esme Abbott
Théo Bourgeron
Irene Crestanello
Roberto J. González
Shifa Herko
Aminah Jasho
Rohith Jyothish
Natalia Marsicovetere
Laura Roth
Irene Franco Rubio
Clément Segal
Shayan Shaukat
Alyna Smith
Julisa Tambunan
Miguel Urbán Crespo
Matt Varco
Yikye
Chenchen Zhang

Editors

Nick Buxton

Funders

NOOR

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thank you to NOOR for financial support and to the following for reviews and comments on drafts: Anuj Vaidya, Francesco Martone, Ilias Alami, Josephine Solanki, Max Haiven and the Editorial Advisory Board

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Abigail Taylor, Anuradha Chenoy, Deborah Eade, Helen Lackner, Naureen Shameem, Nuria del Viso

ILLUSTRATOR: Sana Nasir

DESIGN: Evan Clayburg

SUPPORTED BY: NOOR – www.wearenoor.org

Fascism: State of Power 2026 (PDF, 4.32 MB)

Average time to read: 120 minutes

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