Sophie Schmalenberger

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Inside The German Far-Right Party’s Effort To Normalize Nationalism Again

For this year’s federal election, the radical right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has come up with a campaign that kills three birds with one slogan: it aims to establish…

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7 min

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A Buzzfeed-like Site For The Radical Right In Germany Poses New Challenges

Saturated colors, an abundance of stock images, big fonts, and sensationalist language: What sounds like a mix of a tabloid newspaper and a contemporary influencer’s Instagram profile is indeed the…

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5 min

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An “ambivalent day”: How the AfD attempts to re-frame the 8th May as day to commemorate German Victimhood

Suggestions to make the 8th May a national German holiday on occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of Second World War have given the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)…

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5 min

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“Long live freedom!”: How the AfD presents itself as Defender of the German Basic Law

In the campaign “Gemeinsam für das Grundgesetz” (Together for the Basic Law), the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) presents its far-right political positions as liberal-conservative to defy accusations of anti-constitutionality. During…

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Inside The German Far-Right Party’s Effort To Normalize Nationalism Again

A Buzzfeed-like Site For The Radical Right In Germany Poses New Challenges

An “ambivalent day”: How the AfD attempts to re-frame the 8th May as day to commemorate German Victimhood

“Long live freedom!”: How the AfD presents itself as Defender of the German Basic Law

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