Far right

Young men drifting to the right

Young men are drifting to the right on many issues, while young women move left. At least, that is what recent studies suggest. Polling data reported in The Economist from 20 countries indicates that twenty years ago there was little difference between the share of men and women aged 18-29 who described themselves as liberal rather than conservative, but now the gap has grown to 25 percentage points. In the UK, King’s College London’s Policy Institute and Global Institute for Women’s Leadership in partnership with Ipsos UK have found the gender split in views is starkest among the young when...

Portugal: fading memories of fascism?

Constant secret police surveillance, arbitrary arrests and assassinations. Violent repression of political protest. Absence of free trade unions and meaningful elections. Censorship of the press, books, radio and TV. Systematic torture of opponents. Island camps for political dissidents. All features of a right wing regime that was swept away fifty years ago in Portugal in the “Carnation Revolution” . A half a century on, the collective memory of that dictatorship seems to have faded, as many Portuguese cast votes for the far right Chega party in the 10 March parliamentary election. The figure...

New shifts on far right

In late February the new neo-Nazi “National Rebirth Party” (NRP) successfully registered with the Electoral Commission.

New far-right group sets election plans

The far-right “Homeland Party” succeeded on 31 January in getting registered with the Electoral Commission, having failed at its first attempt in August 2023. Despite a few quiet months, Homeland looks like overshadowing its parent organisation, Patriotic Alternative (PA). Homeland split from PA in May 2023 partly because of frustration at the lack of progress in on getting registered as a political party. PA had had a few farcical attempts at electoral registration, but had failed on every occasion. On one occasion, their logo was deemed potentially misleading to voters. Other grievances...

At the court of King Donald

Members of the MAGA [Make America Great Again] cult hold many bizarre notions. One of the wackiest is that President Biden is actually dead and his role is being played by various actors wearing masks. James Woods and Jim Carrey are the most commonly cited impersonators. One can understand, if that’s the right word, Trumpers imagining Jim Carrey being part of some nefarious “libtard” plot, because he has been quite outspoken in his opposition to Trump. Woods? He is one the few in Hollywood staunchly pro-Trump. Sad to say another is one time Oscar winner Jon Voight. Eight years ago Voight...

It's the rich who make "no-go areas"

In February 2018, Lee Anderson was suspended from a council Labour group after hiring a digger and placing concrete blocks to stop Travellers camping in a car park. The Tories welcomed him in, and made him deputy chair of the Conservative Party in 2023. Now many Tories are agitating against Sunak’s embarrassed withdrawing of the Tory whip from Anderson for ranting: “the Islamists have got control of... [London mayor Sadiq] Khan and they’ve got control of London, and they’ve got control of Starmer as well... “People are just turning up in their thousands, and doing anything they want... Khan...

How to beat antisemitism

Nick Griffin has endorsed George Galloway in the upcoming Rochdale by-election. What unites Griffin, the fascist, and Galloway, the self-proclaimed anti-fascist, is that both see “anti-Zionism” as a starting point from which an entire worldview can be developed. For both, “Zionism” is a world-shaping power. “Free Palestine and Britain from Zionism”, says Griffin’s Twitter profile. The musician and activist Lowkey, who has shared many platforms with Galloway, presents a video hosted by Double Down News purporting to “expose” Israel’s “secret role” in “controlling key functions of our...

Wagenknecht’s link with far-right organiser

On 10 January, the investigative outlet Correctiv revealed details of a “private encounter” last November, at which politicians of Germany’s far-right AfD, neo-Nazi activists, and some supposedly “respectable” Christian Democrats and business people, discussed a “masterplan” for mass deportations of foreign nationals and foreign-born German citizens. According to Correctiv’s report, a leading AfD parliamentarian spoke about the need to change the “streetscape” of towns and cities by putting foreign-owned restaurants “under pressure”. The reaction to this report has been dramatic: over a...

USA: a blueprint for dictatorship

The far right have a plan to remake America. They have written it down and you can Google it! Trump has said he will be dictator on day one. The Heritage Foundation is promoting Project 2025 , described as a plan “to reshape the federal government to support the agenda of Donald Trump.” Effectively, it’s a blueprint for dictatorship. A massive purge of the civil service is envisioned, including trawls through social media accounts to weed out heretics. Grounds for sacking include participation in diversity, equality and inclusion programmes. Experience and expertise are also deemed reason for...

The Dublin riots

On 23 November buses and trams were burned in Dublin and many shops looted. Far-rightists also targeted a number of buildings used to house asylum seekers and other migrants.

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