Tag: Alt-Right
Anti-war protests 50 years ago helped mold the modern Christian right
In May of 1968, a high-profile trial began in Boston that dramatically illustrated a larger phenomenon fueling the rise of conservative Christianity in the...
Neo-Nazis Target School With Death Threats
A high school in Florida has been receiving harassing emails and phone calls from “alt-right” trolls after a news story falsely claimed the school...
Twitter Bans Trump’s Retweeted Anti-Muslim Videos In Anti-Hate Speech Measure
Twitter suspended the accounts of the far-right leaders of Britain First Monday, thus scrapping several anti-Muslim videos they posted that were retweeted by President...
The Empire Files: The Most Dangerous Year for Muslims in America
Abby Martin interviews Dr. Deepa Kumar, professor of media studies at Rutgers University and author of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, about the...
Warning signs of mass violence – in the US?
By Nadia Rubaii, Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, and Associate Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York...
Over the years, Americans have become increasingly exposed to extremism
By James E. Hawdon, Director, Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, Virginia Tech. A man sporting a Nazi tattoo leaves Emancipation Park in...
Alex Jones: Jewish Actors Dress as KKK To Cause Clashes
Controversial far-right commentator Alex Jones has suggested attendees at a white supremacist rally that descended into violence were Jewish actors dressing up as Nazis....
Linda Sarsour Calls Standing Up To Trump A ‘Jihad’
Linda Sarsour, the Palestinian-American activist and one of the organizers behind the Women's March, has sparked ire in conservative circles after calling opposition to...
British Government Accused of Failing to Tackle Extreme Right Terror Threat
The British government is being urged to do more to tackle violence by right-wing extremists, following the attack outside London’s Finsbury Park mosque in...
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 —...
