Words you’ll never hear from Trump: Radical right-wing terrorism
Why is Donald Trump so afraid to say these words: radical right-wing terrorism? A week ago, we saw a repeat of the kinds of attacks that North Americans have been suffering for decades at the hands of radical racists. Alexandre Bissonnette sprayed…
Geert Wilders tweets fake picture of rival
Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders, know for his comments targeting Islam and Muslims, has triggered a row over fake news, after posting a Twitter message showing a digitally altered picture of another party leader at a rally. Some five weeks ahead of key elections in The Netherlands, Wilders on Monday posted the fake picture of […]
Bannon is the No. 2 man in government. Everyone OK with that? | Editorial
Given the blizzard of activity during the first two weeks at the White House, it’s been easy to overlook who is actually running the White House. That would be Steve Bannon – unelected, unvetted, and unhinged – the guy who wants to “destroy the state, bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment,” […]
White Nationalists Celebrate Trump Radical Islam Reclassification
Efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to focus counter-extremism efforts solely on combating radical Islamist movements have drawn praise from far-right groups and criticism from many within the civil rights and law enforcement community. Trump reportedly planned to restructure the existing “Countering Violent Extremism” federal program and rename it to either “Countering Islamic Extremism” or […]
Europe’s Nationalist Leaders Present Vision for ‘a Free Europe’
European nationalist leaders met in Germany Saturday in a show of strength at the start of a year of big election tests, celebrating Donald Trump’s inauguration as the U.S. president and declaring themselves a realistic alternative to the continent’s governments. The Koblenz Congress brought together French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen of the National Front […]
Pizzagate: Man opens fire in Washington restaurant
A man who said he was investigating a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring out of a pizza place has fired an assault rifle inside a Washington, DC, restaurant injuring no one, police and news reports said. Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Aquita Brown said police received a call on Sunday afternoon […]
How Europe’s far-right feasts on Trump’s victory
As the consequences of Donald Trump’s victory are assessed around the world, there are reasons to be very afraid in Europe. Among the first to celebrate the race-baiting, misogynist authoritarian’s election as the next United States president was Europe’s populist far-right. Marine Le Pen of the National Front (FN) in France tweeted her congratulations and […]
Steve Bannon and His History of Attacks Against Women
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Stephen Bannon to be his chief strategist and right-hand man in the White House, prompting outrage from women’s rights groups. Bannon is the executive chairman of Breitbart News, a politically conservative news, opinion and commentary website noted for its connection to the alt-right. He joined Trump’s election team as […]
Trump Victory: What now for the far-right movement?
Amarillo, Texas – In the rural Texas Panhandle, the night of the United States presidential elections was joyous. This is Trump country and one of the most conservative regions in the US. All the polls were wrong, and unlike the images of those at Clinton headquarters on Tuesday night, faces here were bright and cheerful.
White Privilege wages jihad: Kansas “militia members” aren’t considered “terrorists” because they’re not Muslim
The three white men planned to unleash a killing spree and to bomb a house of worship — what should we call them? Chauncey DeVega On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that they had arrested three white men, Curtis Allen, Gavin Wright and Patrick Stein, who as part of a militia group called […]