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To contribute to studies of contemporary anti-fascism, the goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of the governmental, corporate and activist institutions and tactics that aim to resist the far-right mobilization and recruitment... more
The article asserts that modern antisemitism is intrinsically linked to hatred towards the city. It is shown that antiurbanism isn`t just a phenomenon of the past but still exist in antisemitic propaganda.
From the very beginning, the armed conflict that broke out in the Donbass in the spring of 2014 drew in right-wing radicals, on the Ukrainian as well as on the Russian side. Organised ultra-nationalist groups and individual activists... more
The massacre of almost 50 Maidan protesters on February 20, 2014 was a turning point in Ukrainian politics and a tipping point in the conflict between the West and Russia over Ukraine. This mass killing of the protesters and the mass... more
A Summary of Ruth Wodak's "Politics of Fear" (2015)
In Brasilien spielt der Prozess des Nation-Buildings eine zentrale Rolle. Von der 'Rassendemokratie' über das 'Land der Zukunft' bis zum 'Land für Alle'-die Bemühungen das riesige Land mit seiner sehr heterogenen Bevölkerung zu vereinen,... more
The Great Depression, which began as the Wall Street Crash in 1929, effectively bankrupted the Weimar republic, contributing to the agenda of extremist political parties and causing the collapse of the democratic government. The Great... more
Investigation into the role of the Lyndon Larouche organization and Spain's Anti-ETA death squads in the 1980's.
Môj príspevok v zborníku (od str. 12) z konferencie na tému: Vychovávajú dezinformačné a konšpiračné médiá Kotlebových voličov? Od zvolenia 14 poslancov za stranu Kotleba – Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko do NR SR v marci 2016 sa v odbornej... more
An essay about the impact of the religious right and the "Recovered" movement upon Alcoholics Anonymous and the inherently reactionary nature of the Fellowship.... more
Richard Wolin is Distinguished Professor of History, Political Science and Comparative Literature at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is been Professeur Invité at the University of Paris-X (Nanterre) and the University of Nantes. Among his... more
A short history of rightist living history.
[English follows] Ce chapitre pose la question du degré de rupture ou de continuité entre les mouvements de l'extrême droite contemporaine et le fascisme historique. Pour ce faire, nous commençons par retracer la matrice idéologique d'un... more
This is a chapter in Right-Wing Women: From Conservatives to Extremists Around the World, co-edited by Paola Bacchetta and Margaret, 2002.
In the week I took writing this review, Beirut, Paris and Bamako were attacked by terrorists claiming to act in the name of Islam. In the days following the attacks, a mosque was burnt down in Canada and multiple European countries... more
Unpublished Interview of Michael von der Goltz and Alfons Sassen About international arms trade, his brother Willem Sassen, Ecuador. Bits of the interview were used in 'Nazis to the Core, the Sassen brothers and their anti Bolshevik... more
Over the last decade, the main area of sustained populist growth has been Western Europe, with populist movements reaching new heights in countries such as France, Italy, Austria and Holland. Twenty-First Century Populism analyses this... more
Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, stereotypes that associate Muslims with terrorism go far beyond depictions in newspapers and television. Recent research raises the alarm about rampant Islamophobia in digital spaces, particularly... more
In this article, the term "radicalisation" is discussed as a process that appears to be a defensive and reactionary response of various individuals suffering from social, economic, and political forms of exclusion, subordination,... more
The essay tries to explain the process of radicalization that led Wade Michael Page, linked to right-wing extremist groups, to attack a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in 2012. (Essay written in 2013)
Die vorliegende Studie zu Reichsbürgern und Selbstverwaltern, die durch Straftaten oder Ordnungswidrigkeiten öffentlich aufgefallen sind, basiert auf einer systematischen Presserecherche aller deutschsprachigen Medien in der... more
Compte-rendu de : Léo Löwenthal et Norbert Guterman Les prophètes du mensonge. Etude sur l'agitation fasciste aux Etats-Unis (1949), La découverte, collection Théorie critique, 2019, 250 p.
La critique de l’Union européenne constitue une ligne doctrinale stable du programme du FN depuis la fin des années 1980. La nouvelle équipe de direction menée par Marine Le Pen inscrit ainsi son opposition à Bruxelles dans une continuité... more
Russia, Hungary and Poland have been at the forefront of the illiberal counter-movement to neoliberalism. However, while there is increasing knowledge about how ‘populism’ as a discursive strategy has brought illiberals to power,... more
(English below) Rechte Intellektuelle berufen sich oft auf Nietzsches Konzept der Sklavenmoral, um damit ihre Kritik an ‚political correctness‘ zu untermauern. Diese Verschaltung von Nietzsches Sklavenmoral und ‚PC‘-Kritik ist zutreffend,... more
This study analyses the contestation of the concept of Europe by contemporary anti- liberal groups. The aim of this analysis is to answer the question for the motives of these groups to choose Europe as a point of reference instead of... more
In ihren offiziellen Verlautbarungen distanziert sich die Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ) mittlerweile vom Antisemitismus. Umso heftiger werden hingegen Nationalismus, Fremdenfeindlichkeit und Antifeminismus von FPÖ-Politiker_innen... more
Radicalisation, extremism and terrorism take places as responses to a broader societal context of macro social and political moves, both nationally and internationally. Engaging in an extremist group makes an individual changes, because... more
Identifying the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol as an inf lection point, this article analyzes the historical relationship between White supremacy and the US military from Reconstruction after the Civil War to the present. The... more
Die Erinnerungskultur, wie sie sich seit den 1980er Jahren in (West-)Deutschland zunehmend etabliert hat und mittlerweile zu einem identitätsstiftenden und staatstragenden Moment geworden ist, steht unter dem Motto ›Erinnerung ist... more
O primeiro objetivo deste ensaio é compreender a natureza específica das fake news e da pós-verdade enquanto fenômenos com características epistêmicas e sociais. Essa compreensão faz-se sob a hipótese de que um dos fatores que as tornam... more
In this chapter I provide a reflective account of my doctoral research on the electoral rise and fall of the British National Party (BNP)-a party with its ideological and organizational origins in neo-Nazism and neo-fascism. In doing so,... more