March 4, 2024
Hundreds of thousands of people in Germany are taking to the streets to push back against the far-right, nationalist policies of the AfD, which currently holds 11% of the seats in parliament.
October 25, 2023
Queensland is the latest state bring in laws banning neo-Nazi and far-right symbols, but no one knows yet precisely what will be banned. Here’s how the laws differ across the country.
October 25, 2023
Antisemitism in the US is growing – and that growth appears to be related to the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. It also reflects a different political ideology than in the past.
October 13, 2023
Denys Brylov, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
A scholar in religious studies delves into the peculiar world of Rodnovery, a Russian neo-pagan movement that believes in Slavs’ civilising mission. Many in Wagner side with it.
October 11, 2023
Democracy at its best struggles to enable the better angels of our nature. Demagoguery does the opposite - and we are increasingly at risk of it.
July 11, 2023
‘Reverse racism’ focuses on prejudiced attitudes towards a certain (racialised) group, or unequal personal treatment. But it ignores one of racism’s central markers: power.
May 17, 2023
The neo-Nazi protests are a wake-up call. In an age in which fear turns all too quickly to loathing, we can’t afford to take the values of liberal democracy for granted.
March 16, 2023
Max Kaiser, The University of Melbourne
The memorialisation of the Holocaust was key to the ideas and practice of the popular Australian Jewish antifascist left in the 1940s and 1950s.
February 14, 2023
Chris Wilson, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A new book examining New Zealand’s extreme and alt-right movements tackles an important issue. But it could have defined its terms better and provided more evidence for its claims.
January 20, 2023
Australian states and territories are moving to ban Nazi symbols. But can such laws cover a Nazi salute? Here are the difficulties in drafting and enforcing such legislation.
November 2, 2022
The so-called New Right is aiming for an ideological renewal of right-wing politics by focusing on cultural identity and the politics of belonging. Here’s why that’s so ominous.
July 6, 2022
Mackenzie Hart, Simon Fraser University and Garth Davies, Simon Fraser University
It’s been over a year since the Proud Boys were labelled a terrorist entity, but that hasn’t affected extremist activities in Canada.
May 27, 2022
The far-right today shares more than just ideas with white supremacists of yesterday – they also share some pagan-inspired symbols.
April 5, 2022
Putin’s rationale for invading Ukraine wasn’t built over just a few months in 2021. Putin and high-level Russia government staff have been trash-talking Ukraine for more than a decade.
March 21, 2022
While Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the absurd claim to be waging war to “de-nazify” Ukraine, his regime has a long record of collaboration with far-right extremists.
November 19, 2021
In the late 19th century, a satiric weekly stoked fears about how Jewish immigrants would change New York City’s character.
October 7, 2021
Carli Kulmar, University of Canberra and Michael Jensen, University of Canberra
Nearly one in five defendants in the prosecutions undertaken in response to the January 6 US Capitol attack had served in the military.
September 21, 2021
The increased prominence of antisemitic incidents may have you wondering: has antisemitism always been part of the Australian social fabric, or are we facing a newer, more sinister trend?
July 28, 2021
Sean Lang, Anglia Ruskin University
Spain has made it a punishable offence to praise the regime of General Franco.
April 16, 2021
Hayden Crosby, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Calls to ban far-right groups should be treated with caution. Anything that drives extremism further underground risks making the situation worse.
