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Proscribing the Far Right: Is Spain Doing Enough?

Spain is no longer an exception when it comes to the growth of right-wing extremism. Proscription, the listing of some groups or organizations as terrorists, has become a crucial counterterrorism…

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Polarization And Disinformation Spreading In Spain

Citizens have traditionally taken public spaces in the city to express their discontent and channel their demands. One of the most studied manifestations of people’s opinions is the civil demonstrations.…

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“The Jew Is To Blame”: Young Neo-Fascists In Spain Spark Outrage

On February 13, an event that paid tribute to the División Azul soldiers (the Blue Division or the Volunteer Spanish Division) was held in the Almudena cemetery in Madrid. The honourees, a…

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The Selective Iconoclasm Of The Far-Right

On May 25th, a great part of the world was shaken after watching how the 46-year-old US citizen George Floyd was killed at the hands of four local police agents while he…

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“The media censorship”, free speech and the radical right: The case of Spain’s VOX party

Introduction The word “infodemic” was coined by the Word Health Organization (WHO) to describe the excess of information, usually false, on a particular problem, used to hinder the process of…

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Spain’s radical right party might need some recovery from the coronavirus

Neither widespread popular disaffection with the government nor equally widespread disenchantment with thhave helped Vox advance in the polls. Spain is among the western European countries hardest hit by the…

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The Spanish radical right, COVID-19 and the “socio-communism”

Introduction On March 8 2020, thousands of Spaniards were summoned to join two radically different mass gatherings in Madrid: a demonstration to celebrate International Women’s Day, and a VOX meeting…

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The Tale of the Two Spains

In Spain, two sides have emerged: traitors vs. patriots. This division is the last thing the country needs right now. The arrival of Podemos and VOX on the Spanish political…

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“A past still present?”: Lokomotive Leipzig and its fan scene

“Police confirms: Mallorca thugs are Leipzig hooligans“: This headline – caused by two henchmen of the extreme right hooligan scene of the Leipzig-based club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (Lok Leipzig)…

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