Anti-communism is All Around Us

Abstract

The essay discusses four theses on contemporary anti-communism: 1) anti-communism is general and international; 2) anti-communism is an operator within capitalist ideology; 3) anti-communism is a politics of fear; 4) anti-communism is a lure that communists should reject. It proposes new theoretical framework to understand and contest many-faced manifestations of anti-communism.

Keywords

• anti-communism
• critique of ideology
• politics of fear
• far-right politics