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Welcome to the “Right Now!” blog where you will find commentary, analysis and reflection by C-REX’s researchers and affiliates on topics related to contemporary far right politics, including party politics, subcultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism.
“Right Now!” also provides a platform for republishing op-eds by our core team of experts (with due acknowledgement of course) which have been published by newspapers and on other blogs in order to further highlight the breadth of our work here at C-REX.
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Traitors to the Fatherland? Historical Perspectives on the Patriotic Predicament of Fascism and the Far Right June 24, 2024 12:00 PM
The current allegations of Kremlin and pro-Chinese propaganda and espionage against the German AfD point to a shared feature of historical fascism and the contemporary far right: the patriotic predicament between nationalism and foreign allegiance.
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INTERSECT: Intersecting flows of Islamophobia May 31, 2024 11:56 AM
INTERSECT is a research project consisting of a diverse team of scholars with a multidisciplinary approach that criticizes and questions grand theories on Islamophobia. They elucidate the global, transnational and multidimensional nature of Islamophobia as well as its intersection with other forms of discrimination and marginalization.
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The Far Right Goes Local: What the Precinct Strategy and Drag Queen Story Hour Attacks Tell Us about the Far Right’s Local Ambitions May 28, 2024 11:03 AM
Contrary to the more commonplace practice of hate being geographically rooted, recent far-right strategies to infiltrate local politics and communities, like the Precinct Strategy and the Drag Queen Story Hour attacks, blur and blend different geographic, ideological, and organizational variants of far-right activism.
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Extreme Right Violence in France is on the Rise May 10, 2024 9:29 AM
France is one of few countries in Western Europe where right-wing terrorism and violence is on the rise.
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Salvini's Strange Survival: Lega's Challenges before the European Parliamentary Elections Apr. 29, 2024 10:51 AM
Will the upcoming European elections serve as the ultimate trial for Salvini's leadership within the League? Ghita Bordieri presents some elements to keep in mind to understand his strange survival as a political leader.
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‘Fratricidal war’ or ‘Asian invasion’? How the Germanophone Far Right Frames Russia’s War Against Ukraine Apr. 8, 2024 10:32 AM
The reactions to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine among German-speaking far-right actors were more diverse than expected. Different understandings of both Russia and Ukraine explain these different positions.
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Understanding the Far Right as a Constellation Mar. 4, 2024 2:00 PM
In their recently published book, Out of Hiding: Extremist White Supremacism and How It Can Be Stopped, Blee, Futrell, and Simi show how a constellation-based model of US white supremacism provides a better understanding of its persistence and transformations.
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Far Right Victory in Argentina: What Comes Next? Feb. 19, 2024 2:15 PM
Argentina is experiencing a fourth wave of the Latin American far right. High inflation pits society against the state; Javier Milei's success depended on the desire for punishment against the political class and the state.
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Granola Nazis: Fascism in the World of Health, Fitness, and Nature Jan. 29, 2024 10:58 AM
Granola Nazis are a part of the contemporary 'dissident right', with a particular interest in health, wellness, and nature. Though a fringe ideology, it is critically placed to exploit the ongoing climate change threat, offering Traditionalist solutions that naturalise fascism.
Celestine Salomé Kunkeler is the editor of Right Now! and Postdoctoral Fellow at C-REX.
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RightNow!
Welcome to the “RightNow!” blog where you will find commentary, analysis and reflection by C-REX’s researchers and affiliates on topics related to contemporary far right politics, including party politics, subcultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism.
“RightNow!” also provides a platform for republishing op-eds by our core team of experts (with due acknowledgement of course) which have been published by newspapers and on other blogs in order to further highlight the breadth of our work here at C-REX. The articles give the views of the authors, not the position of the Centre for Research on Extremism.
To submit proposals and comments, contact the RightNow! editor Celestine Salomé Kunkeler.