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The German AfD Makes Appeals To Russian-Germans

“We open the borders for migrants, but the doors to Germany are closed for ethnic Germans in crisis regions.” This critical statement on Germany’s recent immigration policy came from Waldemar Herdt, an…

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6 min

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Why did Heidegger emerge as the central philosopher of the far right?

Heidegger’s philosophy has legitimised the far right’s regional environmentalism, populism and cultural racism. On 28 May 2020, Björn Höcke, the leader of Germany’s far-right party Alternative für Deutschland in 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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12 min

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Will be the world more tolerant after the Covid-19 Pandemic?

Introduction In April 2020, the German radical right party ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) lost more than 4% in the opinion polls compared to January. Its popularity this month was at…

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4 min

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In Bed with the Far Right in Thuringia: A Watershed Moment for Muslim CDU supporters?

On 5 February, the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) candidate, Thomas Kemmerich, was officially appointed to the position of Thuringia’s Minister-President, relying on the votes of both the Christian Democratic…

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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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5 min

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‘Protect the Environment!’ – Environmental Campaigning by the Radical Right Alternative for Germany

By now, the climate-change scepticism of the radical-right, populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) is well-known and has been discussed in both academic and non-academic publications. Opposition to the thesis of…

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4 min

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Why We Should Take Dresden, Germany’s “Nazi State Of Emergency” Seriously

The recent surge of the radical right in Europe raises questions about whether the idea of a ‘Nazi state of emergency’ requires wider consideration. In October, the radical right Alternative…

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5 min

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Rethinking the ‘Green wave’? Climate change, the European Parliament elections 2019 and the German-speaking radical right

In 2018, following electoral gains made by Democrats during the US midterms, it took commentators a while to figure out whether or not to speak of a ‘blue wave’. In…

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Understanding Gauland – how to think about radical right leadership

What’s the importance of radical right leadership? A discussion of Olaf Sundermeyer’s, Gauland. Die Rache des alten Mannes [Gauland – The Revenge of the Old Man], Beck: Munich (2018). Among political analysts, it…

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The German AfD Makes Appeals To Russian-Germans

Why did Heidegger emerge as the central philosopher of the far right?

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

Will be the world more tolerant after the Covid-19 Pandemic?

In Bed with the Far Right in Thuringia: A Watershed Moment for Muslim CDU supporters?

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

‘Protect the Environment!’ – Environmental Campaigning by the Radical Right Alternative for Germany

Why We Should Take Dresden, Germany’s “Nazi State Of Emergency” Seriously

Rethinking the ‘Green wave’? Climate change, the European Parliament elections 2019 and the German-speaking radical right

Understanding Gauland – how to think about radical right leadership

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