The ultra right-wing movement appears to be ascendant globally. Here to talk about this global trend with Allen Ruff is David Ost.

David Ost is a Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and is a frequent visiting professor in eastern Europe, particularly Poland. He is an internationally known scholar in the fields of East European labor, political economy, and democratization. His books include Solidarity and the Politics of Anti-Politics (1990), Workers After Workers’ State (2001), and The Defeat of Solidarity: Anger and Politics in Post communist Society (2005).