Anti-Islam

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Transatlantic Islamophobia: PEGIDA before and during the pandemic

The acronym PEGIDA has been associated with grassroots anti-Islam protest for some years. In fact, the group – full name ‘Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the (Christian) West’ –…

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8 min

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How Covid-19 Has Boosted The Radical Populist Right In Belgium

There are two things that hold Belgium together, or so the joke goes — the royal family and the national debt. For decades, supporters of the Belgian state have tried…

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4 min

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Countering the Radical Right in the UK: Personal and Professional Experiences of Radical Right Extremism

Following the arrest of one of its UK based followers last year, an organisation described by the Home Secretary as a “vile white supremacist group” that targeted young and vulnerable…

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5 min

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Alternative epistemologies of the radical right: how grand narratives and the quest for truth offer recognition and a sense of belonging

In early 2019, during ethnographic fieldwork on radical right movements in Australia, I attended a far-right rally against allegedly “African gang crimes” in Melbourne. I spoke to a young man…

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6 min

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Taboo Breakers: How The Right Is Eroding Norms Of Decency

The radical right has broken taboos in order to introduce harsh repressive norms that give them a license to pursue their regressive agenda. Taboos are complex social and cultural constructions.…

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6 min

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Cancel Morrissey? – controversy over music and free speech

These controversies persist because Morrissey has been able to continue to make statements in interviews, and to publicise even more on his website. On the iconic Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury…

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5 min

News

Extreme Right Aware Training Course, 20 September 2019

The extreme right in Britain has changed and developed in recent times, while its impact can be felt across a wide variety of professions. From policing to teaching, and from…

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5 min

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Why the next terror manifesto could be even harder to track

Just before his shooting spree at two Christchurch, New Zealand mosques, the alleged mass murderer posted a hate-filled manifesto on several file-sharing sites, and emailed the document to at least…

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18 min

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Australia’s Own Brand of Radical Populism

Unlike radical right-wing populism in Western Europe, Australia’s “Hansonism” is largely a one-woman show, almost completely dependent on Pauline Hanson’s personality and appeal. She has been called a “mischievous troublemaker,…

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10 min

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The Radical Right in Britain

The radical right has been small, fractious yet persistent in nearly a century of activism at the furthest reaches of the right-wing spectrum. As this collection of primary source documents…

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Transatlantic Islamophobia: PEGIDA before and during the pandemic

How Covid-19 Has Boosted The Radical Populist Right In Belgium

Countering the Radical Right in the UK: Personal and Professional Experiences of Radical Right Extremism

Alternative epistemologies of the radical right: how grand narratives and the quest for truth offer recognition and a sense of belonging

Taboo Breakers: How The Right Is Eroding Norms Of Decency

Cancel Morrissey? – controversy over music and free speech

Extreme Right Aware Training Course, 20 September 2019

Why the next terror manifesto could be even harder to track

Australia’s Own Brand of Radical Populism

The Radical Right in Britain

America Classified As A Declining Democracy By Experts, Again

Why Does the Radical Right Oppose European Integration?

“The Golden One,” a Metapolitical Influencer

Appropriating the King of Pop: The Far Right Co-Opts Michael Jackson