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Published in: Countering the Radical RightWhat is tolerance and how much of it do democracies require?Answering some of the pressing, if not existential questions facing diverse, democratic societies require a clearer...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightWill online takedowns defeat the offline radical right?This might be effective to counter frontmen like Tommy Robinson, but is it enough to tackle the wider ideology of...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightThe great replacement theory: a historical perspectiveDemographic conspiracies should not be seen as fringe enterprises restricted to gullible extremists – they have an...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightManifesto memes: the radical right’s new dangerous visual rhetoricsThese memes frame violent mass murder as sanctified white male dominance and a pathway for disaffected young white...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightBehind Norway’s terrorist attack that was luckily thwartedHas the Norwegian police learned anything from its failure in the 2011 Breivik attacks?
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightGermany: the role of women in radical right terrorismWomen must not be underestimated in their function as active participants in radical right terrorist groups.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightTotalitarianism in the twentieth century and beyondA key under-studied area for analysis is how contemporary extreme right movements can also be seen as totalitarian....
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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...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightBeers for Spain and Instagram: VOX and the youth voteVOX knows how important young people are for their political goals so they cherish and pamper their junior supporters.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightGoing back somewhere: nostalgia and the radical rightThe electorate are engaged at some level in a fictive transaction, where we know that what we intend to buy is...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightMerkel’s dilemma: Germany’s polarising ‘Turkish issue’ returnsTo prevent such developments, mainstream parties need to shape political discourse, instead of being shaped by it.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightPolitical religions and fascismThe creation of new symbols and rituals to evoke belief in a higher cause are central to the concept, ‘political...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightThe ups and downs and clashes of Western civilizationEthnocentric, sexist and racist ideologies demonstrate why it is important to de-colonise the study and teaching of...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightWhy the radical right love their intellectualsThere is much we can learn from the 1920’s and 1930’s. For example, it was not only his ideas that made Nae Ionescu...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightWhy the radical right relishes Boris Johnson as prime ministerJohnson’s success in the Conservative leadership election is based upon undeliverable or potentially disastrous...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightCancel Morrissey? – controversy over music and free speechThese controversies persist because Morrissey has been able to continue to make statements in interviews, and to...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightShades of Islamophobic hateMosques and Islamic centres across the UK have recently seen an increase in hate crimes, leading to increased...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightThe 1980 Oktoberfest bombing – a case with many question marksThe irregularities in the case point to the fact that the reappraisal of the radical right’s history in post WW-II...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Austria's smoking gun: Strache, “Ibiza-Gate”, and “Saint” SebastianEven such huge scandals which lead to the dissolution of a government, resignation of a Vice-Chancellor and the...
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Published in: HomePreventing radical right extremism requires honesty, empathy and a whole society approach. Are we doomed to fail?We need to empathise with those we fundamentally disagree with. Is society ready for that?