Webinar: Mainstreaming Nativist Extremism
The Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right is publishing a new analysis focused on the powerful anti-immigration network created by the late American white nationalist John Tanton Date: Tuesday,…
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July 2021
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Attacks on academic freedom escalate in France and Denmark
According to French anthropologist Didier Fassin, there is a “reactionary wind blowing over France”, affecting the country’s political and intellectual life, and distracting the public from major economic and societal…
The Global Anti-Abortion Movement Continues To Mobilize Post-Trump
During the years of the Trump Administration, the United States government took a leadership role in the global anti-abortion coalition building, organizing meetings with representatives of foreign governments on the side of…
What’s Next For Street-Based Manifestations Of The Radical Right In The UK?
We know the threat profile of the Radical Right is increasing and you only have to follow the announcements from senior security actors to see that this form of terrorism…
In Poland, public funding is given to those threatening liberal democracy
Public financing is contributing to the rise of the far Right in Poland. In May 2021 the country’s Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sports announced the results of a competition for funding cultural…
5 Years After The Munich Shooting: Why It Should Be Remembered As Right-Wing Terrorism
July 22, 2021, is the 10th anniversary of the Utøya-Massacre, when Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 people in a political holiday camp organized by the Norwegian Labour Party, as well as…
How January 6 Echoed Past Right-Wing Coup Attempts In The Western World
The storming of the US-Capitol on January 6, 2021, when hundreds of supporters of then-President Donald Trump violently gained access to the Capitol building with the intent of stopping the…
What links organised crime with the radical right?
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Italy was plagued by a spate of violence and deadly terrorist attacks – the so-called “Years of Lead” (anni di piombo). While the violence…
The Radical Right Is Targeting Neurodivergent Groups
For years, researchers of the far right have studied the social and psychological factors that play a role in the radicalization of children and young individuals. Difficulty socializing and a…
We Are Not Worthless: Resentment, Misrecognition and Populist Mobilization
We live in resentful times. Dare we even utter these words? They sound as trite and cliché as that time-honored opening sentence that has introduced so many articles on populism in recent…