What Is Alt-Right?
With the rise of President Donald Trump in the U.S., the country’s attention has shifted to the rise of an alternative or alt-right — a group of people supporting far-right ideologies. People supporting this ideology are blamed for promoting racism, anti-Semitism, and misogyny. Rejecting mainstream conservatism, supporters of the alt-right ideology say they are mainly […]
Breitbart News, Donald Trump’s Pravda, Is in Crisis
Close Earlier this year, reporter Lee Stranahan was in the White House press room when another journalist asked him which outlet he worked for. “Breitbart News,” Stranahan answered, recalling the exchange in a recent phone conversation. The other journalist laughed, thinking this had to be a joke. Breitbart, after all, was largely known, whether justly […]
US anti-fascists take on alt-right fight squads
A group of black-clad anarchists surround a far-right activist, pushing him from their protest area and dousing him in silly string. The anti-fascist demonstrators had gathered in Portland in the United States to counter an alt-right rally. “Nazis go home,” they yell in videos of the incident on Sunday. Other anti-fascists – or Antifa – […]
Why Far-Right Extremism in America is Rising
The murder in College Park, Maryland of Richard Collins III, an African-American student who had recently been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was days away from his graduation from Bowie State University, underscores the violence of America’s far-right wing.…
How Geert Wilders Lost Power But Gained Influence
As results flooded in after the Dutch general election, incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte was beaming. The country, he said, had hit back against far-right, anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders and the hate he espoused. Wilders’s Party for Freedom came a distant second, with 20 seats, to Rutte’s People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, which won […]
Ahead of French poll, pro-Europeans take heart from Wilders defeat
After Brexit and Trump, many pro-EU politicians were beginning to dread a wave of right-wing populism that might reach the Netherlands and, most dangerously for the bloc, France. The Dutch election results have them breathing a sigh of relief, though not all observers are convinced. Paris (dpa) – It’s the nightmare haunting European Union leaders […]
Bernie Sanders draws parallels between Trump, Netanyahu, calls to end ’50-year occupation’
In J Street address, ex-presidential hopeful says progressives can oppose US president ‘without being anti-American’ and Israeli PM ‘without being anti-Israel’ By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers a speech during J Streets 2017 National Conference at the Washington Convention Center, on February 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP) WASHINGTON — Former […]
Wilders Suspends Campaign Over Security Leaks
Controversial anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders, whose party had long led the polls ahead of next month’s Dutch general election, has suspended his campaign after a security agent allegedly leaked information on his whereabouts to a Dutch-Moroccan criminal gang. Wilders, who had been receiving 24-hour state protection, announced the move after reports emerged that an employee […]
It’s not terrorism unless it’s done by Muslims?
Home-grown terrorism is a serious problem in America, but major media outlets often fail to give the issue the time and attention it deserves; typically, they do not even label these incidents as acts of terrorism. I am not referring here to the attacks President Donald Trump (falsely) accuses the media of ignoring– I’m talking, […]
The rise of populism: Should we be worried?
Across the globe, right-wing populists are riding high – from Brexit, to the election of US President Donald Trump, to the possible rise of Marine Le Pen. Is this the dawn of a new nationalist era and how worried should we be? New York University history professor and expert on fascism Ruth Ben-Ghiat says we’ve […]