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With new messaging emphasizing a return to normal, Germany’s AfD party is seeking to bring nationalism back into the center of German politics.
For this year’s federal election, the radical right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has come up with a campaign that kills three birds with one (...)
They’ve ditched the shaven heads but, despite recent setbacks, they remain a threat, says film-maker Christian Schwochow
Inside a university auditorium in Prague, a young man in a crisp black shirt and white trainers is railing against the pro-immigration politicians he holds responsible for a (...)
Romania’s recent parliamentary elections had two spectacular, seemingly surprising results. On the one hand, the advance of the Romanian far-right (9% of the votes for AUR, the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians); on the other hand, the very low voter turnout (31% of registered voters). Here (...)
A new Romanian radical right party is resurrecting Romania’s interwar fascism.
One of the big surprises of the Romanian elections in December 2020, was the stunning success of the Alliance for the Unification of Romanians (AUR), a new party on the radical right whose acronym means ‘gold’ in (...)
Did Poland’s notorious far-right football fans find solidarity with a popular protest stemming from the liberal left? Not quite.
The picturesque squares of Poland, practically empty just a few months ago due to the growing threat of COVID-19, were set ablaze in impassioned protest. The colours (...)
After decades of murderous attacks on migrants and leftists, on Wednesday, a Greek court ruled that Golden Dawn is a criminal organization. The verdict is a triumph for victims, and for the minorities targeted by the neo-Nazi party — and it will embolden the resistance against still-active (...)
The CADTM congratulates demonstrators for the success of the united antifascist mobilisation in Athens this Wednesday 7 October, as well the Athens penal court for its decision to label the neo-nazi Golden Dawn party as a ‘criminal organization’.
It is largely on the streets that the (...)
These days in Greece an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory has successfully infiltrated the public discourse. Officials of the right-wing New Democracy government, as well as by journalists of major media outlets, express suspicion regarding the role of NGOs in the movement of refugees.
An (...)
Within the “popular classes”, the gender attributes that characterise the workers who vote for the far-right were analysed. By “popular classes” we mean the respondents who defined themselves as “Clerks and skilled service employees” or “Industrial skilled employees” or “Less skilled employees” when (...)
Seven decades after Nazism, Germany’s far-right AFD are making landmark electoral breakthroughs – often with the support of workers who once voted for the Left.
On 1 September right-wing populist party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) achieved stunning second place finishes in two former East (...)
Hungarian PM invokes far-right ‘great replacement’ theory at Budapest demography summit
Procreate or face extinction: that is the message from central European leaders to their shrinking populations, as across the region rightwing governments implement so-called “family first” policies to (...)
Conservative candidate Isabel Díaz Ayuso was confirmed as the new leader following a tense debate at the regional assembly
Isabel Díaz Ayuso became the new regional premier of Madrid on Wednesday after facing down a barrage of criticism from leftist political leaders at the two-day debate that (...)
Far-right Vox leader shows support while hundreds of animal rights activists protested outside the bullring in Palma de Mallorca at the weekend as bullfighting returned to the island for the first time since it was outlawed in 2017.
Around 400 protestors chanted: “It’s not art, it’s torture” and “No to bullfighting”, while inside the ring 12,000 people waited to watch some of Spain’s top toreros (bullfighters) enter the ring.
Bullfight supporters chanted: (...)
Hungary’s far-right leader using Christian message to justify his immigration policy
“Europe can ignore or deny or struggle against its own identity and its Christian roots. But by doing so the society commits suicide,” said László Kiss-Rigó, the bishop of Szeged, as he drove into Budapest on a (...)
Five years ago, Matteo Salvini stripped and posed half-naked for a series of “sexy” photos that were auctioned on eBay. At the time, he was a senior official of Italy’s separatist Lega Nord party. His bizarre photoshoot took place on the sidelines of a National Front conference in France. (...)
I’d like to begin, if I may, with a personal anecdote. For one thing, since I’m not a career academic it seems appropriate to begin somewhat less academically. For another, the anecdote sheds some light on my national and local context. This may help explain why the emphasis of my paper is a bit (...)
Sibylle Kaczorek, a member of Germany’s main left party, Die Linke, and an activist with Stand Up Against Racism! Aufstehen gegen Rassismus!) speaks with Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal’s Dick Nichols.
Explaining the rise of Alternative for Germany
DN: The polls are showing (...)
Rightwing populists to launch attack on climate science in vote drive before EU elections.
Germany’s rightwing populists are embracing climate change denial as the latest topic with which to boost their electoral support, teaming up with scientists who claim hysteria is driving the global (...)
VIENNA — As well as anyone, Sybille Geissler knows the threats from Austria’s far-right extremists, who in recent weeks have likened migrants to rats and blithely defended campaign material that evokes Nazi propaganda.
For over 12 years, she has led the anti-extremism unit of the domestic (...)
Experts warn that Vox could shift the debate on key issues like immigration after the group won 24 seats in Congress.
The emergence of far-right parties in European parliaments has become a democratic routine, and Spain joined the trend on Sunday, when Vox earned 24 seats in Congress on the (...)
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