Bernhard Forchtner is a Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester. He is a specialist on radical right activism, especially in Austria and Germany, with a particular focus on environmentalist rhetoric by the radical right, past and present.
-
Published in: Countering the Radical Right: AnalysisThe far Right has moved from climate denial to obstructing climate actionBy seemingly accepting the climate crisis’s existence, the far Right can use it to ‘Other’ migrants and leftists,...
-
Published in: Countering the Radical RightIs Germany’s AfD using COVID-19 measures to its benefit?The German party though internally divided about the measures, is united on anti-EU ideology to gain electoral support.
-
Published in: Countering the Radical RightEco-fascism: justifications of terrorist violence in the Christchurch mosque shooting and the El Paso shootingEcofascism can be understood as a radical blend of ethnonationalism and authoritarianism, rooted in a belief that...