In 2015, the ‘refugee crisis’ was a pressing issue facing European societies. Now, it has become the main vehicle for mobilizing the far right. Three years ago, Europe faced its largest influx of migrants since the wars in former Yugoslavia. A seemingly endless flotilla of unseaworthy boats attempted to cross the Mediterranean, as desperate people… Continue reading “How The Refugee Crisis Fuels Radical Right-Wing Extremism”
This interview by SSRCorg with Cynthia Miller-Idris is on her latest book, The Extreme Gone Mainstream: Commercialization and Far Right Youth Culture in Germany (2018). Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss is Head of Outreach at CARR, and Professor of Education and Sociology at American University.
Like many others researching the use of the internet by the radical right in recent years, I have advocated for closer attention to be paid to the use of social media by these groups. And, I stand by this. However, pre-2010 work into the use of websites, blogs, forums and chatrooms are still incredibly relevant… Continue reading “The Traditionalist Workers Party: It’s Not all Tweets and Likes”
How We Neglect Islamists by Refusing to Pin Them With the Radical Right Label[1] It has been over 70 years since the Axis powers were defeated. The horrors of the German Nazi and Italian Fascist regimes severely discredited fascism as an ideology. An anti-fascist consensus made it extremely difficult for fascism to emerge after World… Continue reading “How We Neglect Islamists by Refusing to Pin Them With the Radical Right Label”
If you’re new to Norway; every year on the 17 May you will see a celebration and a spectacle worthy of investigating. Everything stops. For the whole day people are milling in the streets greeting each other, waving flags and shouting ‘hurra for syttende mai’. On this day in 1814 Norway gained independence from Denmark… Continue reading “Right-Wing Nationalism in Norway: The Flag and the ‘Bunad’ on 17 May”
This Podcast interview with Sean Arbuthnot and William Baldet by DryCleanerCast on “Prevent”- the UK governments Countering Violent Extremism programme – May 28, 2018. Speakers: Mr. Sean Arbuthnot is a Senior Fellow at CARR, and a Prevent Duty specialist. Mr. William Baldet is a Senior Fellow at CARR, and a practitioner in Countering Violent Extremism… Continue reading “Prevent – The UK Governments Countering Violent Extremism Programme”
The 1993 Solingen arson attack marked the climax of radical-right violence in Germany following reunification. This year, the fatal arson attack in Solingen, a North Rhine-Westphalian city of around 160,000 inhabitants, marked its 25th anniversary. Chancellor Angela Merkel, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, his Turkish ministerial colleague Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, as well as members of the victims’… Continue reading “Germany Remembers Solingen Arson Attack”
The death of the categories of Left and Right is a frequent trope in political analysis. The familiar distinction borne out of the French Revolution has seen its relevance challenged on several occasions throughout the Western world, including in the 2017 French presidential election. In an election fought between the ‘both Left and Right candidate’… Continue reading “Right? Left? Neither? Why Radical Right Parties Reject the Politics of Left and Right.”
What animates the politics of the radical right today? My colleague Sarah Valdez and I identify neo-nationalism as the common denominator of contemporary radical right parties. Nationalism is a political ideology concerned with congruence between the nation (people) and the state (government). Real or perceived threats to this principle may mobilize nationalist sentiments to advance… Continue reading “The Return Of Nationalism And The Rise Of The Radical Right”
In late May 2018, I was invited to a conference to run workshops with a group of safeguarding professionals in London. The topic of my talk was “Right wing extremism and the Prevent Duty”. While preparing for these workshops, I reflected upon my work over the last eight years; first within counter terrorism policing, then… Continue reading “The Cuckoo in the Nest – Countering Violent Extremism”