The Revival of Numbers and Lists in Radical Right Politics
On 28 June 2018, the prime ministers of the EU 27 member-states met in Brussels to discuss the most important current global and transnational challenges. The agenda, it seems however,…
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June 2018
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New Research Report: Anti-Muslim Extremism, Radical Islamism and the Spiral of Polarization
‘Hostility towards Muslims and Islamist fundamentalism are closely interlinked. Mobilisation and recruitment strategies mirror each other and there are ideological overlaps as well. This becomes particularly evident in their internet…
The UK’s anti-Islam English Defence League – Still Yesterday’s news on the UK’s radical right scene?
I’m currently (slowly) converting my PhD thesis into a book which will explore how the addition of “right wing extremism” to the scope of the Prevent Strategy impacted on local…
The British Radical Right’s Connection to the Past
History and legacy provide an explanation as to why the radical right has a stronger presence in some parts of the UK. Anyone listening to the news coverage of the…
‘Pinkwashing’ and Homonationalism in the Radical Right
Queer politics and queer interests occupy different, dynamic, and tense spaces in the radical right. Talk about LGBTQ+ issues have been consistently part of the conversation, sometimes through blatant homophobia,…
Chelmno: Hitler’s First Death Camp
In my last article for the CARR Blog, I wrote a summary of my book on Auschwitz which was published in April by ibidem-verlag. I thought for this month I would tell…
Eugenics: White Nationalists Continue To Turn To The False Theory Of Genetic Supremacy
As white supremacist ideologies proliferate globally, an analysis of the racist pseudoscience that fuels their beliefs Last May, British journalist and conservative commentator Toby Young attended what he called a…
After The UK 2018 Elections, The Radical Right Looks To The Future With Anger
In spite of the recent electoral defeats of far right parties in the United Kingdom, nationalism still runs deep. The United Kingdom has often been seen as an exceptional case…
What’s the Matter with Saxony?
The results of last year’s federal election were a disappointment for Angela Merkel’s CDU. In the Free State of Saxony, however, it ended in a disaster of historic proportions. This…
The Hindu Right in India, Lynchings and ‘Alternative Truth’
In the late evening of 28 September 2015, in Bisara village near the town of Dadri, just 50 kilometres from Delhi, an angry mob of over 100 people, approached the…