Is pandemic isolation pushing people towards extremism?
While the UK and, indeed, most of Europe has been under some form of lockdown over the last 12 months, there has been growing discussion about the detrimental effects of…
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The Murky Overlaps Between Swedish COVID Protests and the Radical Right
Despite Sweden’s comparably soft public-health approach in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, the Anti-Corona movement finally hit the streets in early 2021. Under the fuzzy slogan “Freedom and Truth”, a motley crew…
The Interconnected Web Of Anti-Vaccine Disinformation
Vaccine disinformation does not come from a single source; it is like a hydra with many heads. Sometimes, its origin is geopolitical, authoritarian states, and even vaccine nationalism playing a…
Hungary’s Extreme-Right Party And Its Fight Against COVID-19 Measures
In Hungary, March 15th is a day of remembrance. A national holiday commemorating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, which marked the start of the War of Independence against the Habsburgs.…
Has COVID brought about a far-Right dystopia?
If at the turn of the 21st century, the world already seemed decidedly ‘flatter’ and more compressed, after a year of closed borders, silent airports, ‘stay at home’ injunctions, and all sorts…
Pandemic Poses Radicalization Risks For Children
Despite the fact that there has been a steady increase in radicalization among minors in the last few years, COVID-19 has exacerbated the situation. This is in part due to lockdown restrictions,…
Today’s Anti-Asian Bigotry Has Deep Roots In American History
Over the past several months, America’s East Asian community has received a rude awakening – or at least anyone who happens to look “Chinese.” For a long time, Asian-Americans were…
COVID-19 Highlighted The Failures Of Conservatism
Decades ago America’s two major political parties were divided largely over the role of government or, more specifically, the federal government’s role in the economy. Democrats, at least outside the…
Beware! Populism in Conjunction with Conspiracy Theories Might be Bad for Your Health (Part 3)
The situation described in my previous two pieces appears to be similar in Italy. Recent polls suggest that among the general Italian public, there is a high propensity to get…
Beware! Populism in Conjunction with Conspiracy Theories Might be Bad for Your Health (Part 2)
Yet Germany, explored in the first part of this piece, is hardly an exceptional case. Take the United States. A recent study has shown that “rampant partisanship” has severely hampered…