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CARR Blog series on Golden Dawn – Part I – The Years of Purity

On October 7 2020, the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was declared a criminal organisation. For years, Golden Dawn had made international headlines for blatant references to historic fascism through…

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6 min

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A New Wave of Right-Wing Terrorism

Right-wing terrorism is a growing threat for democratic societies globally. With rising numbers in death tolls and far-right narratives creeping into the mainstream, the extreme right assumed a new face…

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5 min

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The Visual Culture of Far-Right Terrorism

Since 2019, with the attacks in Christchurch, Poway, El Paso, Bærum and Halle, a new form of right-wing terrorism has taken off. Its modus operandi consists of three inseparably linked…

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Far-right vigilantism at Europe’s borders: the Greek experience

The activities of vigilante groups should be contained before far-right groups add fuel to the fire. A wave of violent activities has been unleashed on the Greek islands and the…

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7 min

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30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, the far right has come of age

The Nazis of my generation grew up. They have kids now. But they still carry the hate of their teenage years. On the day the Berlin Wall fell, as it…

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6 min

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Lessons not learned: From Christchurch to Halle

In early October, the east German city of Halle became the scene of yet another terrorist attack on European soil. Armed with multiple homemade weapons, explosives, and Molotov cocktails, a…

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From Dawn to Dusk: The End of Parliamentary Neo-Nazism in Greece

It seems like a political nightmare found its end in Sunday’s snap elections in Greece: the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn did not make it to the national parliament again.…

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Conference Report: Inaugural Conference on Right-Wing Studies

On 25th – 27th April 2019, the inaugural conference of the Center for Right-Wing Studies took place at the University of California, Berkeley. This was a refreshing exchange between early…

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The far right in the post-digital condition

The year 2019 began quite turbulently for German politics with a politically-charged data leak. One Twitter user published the personal data of politicians, artists and online activists in the fashion…

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The truth lies in Chemnitz?

Germany to the Germans! Foreigners out” was the central slogan of the racist riots in the city of Rostock in 1992. For around three days, neo-Nazis controlled the streets in…

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CARR Blog series on Golden Dawn – Part I – The Years of Purity

A New Wave of Right-Wing Terrorism

The Visual Culture of Far-Right Terrorism

Far-right vigilantism at Europe’s borders: the Greek experience

30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, the far right has come of age

Lessons not learned: From Christchurch to Halle

From Dawn to Dusk: The End of Parliamentary Neo-Nazism in Greece

The far right in the post-digital condition

The truth lies in Chemnitz?

How Exactly Should We Hold The Insurrectionists Accountable?

The CARR Interview Series: Michael Cole, CARR’s Head of Doctoral Fellows

On the comparative study of denialism and conspiracy theories (Part II). Detecting Attacks on History: A Case Study in Bosnia Denialism

Guillaume Faye, the “Golden One” and the Metapolitical Legion

Populism Research Unit-Ideology Research Unit- Mini Conference