Is America Edging Toward a “Racial Holy War”?
Since the Vietnam War era in the United States, radical-right groups have articulated an apocalyptic vision under which white people would be restored to their “rightful place” of dominance on…
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What Germany’s “Green Wave” Means
Why these European elections were different: three key insights from Germany. After years of disinterest and declining turnouts, last week’s European elections were full of suspense and surprises. In Germany,…
Conference Report – The Global Rise of Nativism and Illiberalism – A Conversation on the Contemporary Political Pathology
On November 27 2018, a panel discussion was organized at the Centre for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI), Amherst College, USA with the participation of Maria Alexandrovna Sidorkina, Chip Berlet, Tamir Bar-On…
The Role of Ideology in Radical Right Violence: Lessons from America
In the world of political extremism, we often make assumptions about the relationship between extreme ideology and political violence. We assume that extremist views lead to violence, and that those…
Reflections on the ‘open letter’ debate: a middle way to approaching the radical right?
How should we study, present, and represent the radical right? Some from among the hitherto quiet observers speak up, in the interests of a broader conversation. A few weeks ago,…
The truth lies in Chemnitz?
Germany to the Germans! Foreigners out” was the central slogan of the racist riots in the city of Rostock in 1992. For around three days, neo-Nazis controlled the streets in…
Holocaust survivors in Sweden– the ‘straw men’ for the radical right (Part 1)
‘Our adversaries have forced us into an existential fight about the survival of our culture and our nation. There are only two choices: victory or death.’ –Mattias Karlsson of the…