Europe 06:34 GMT 27.03.2020Get short URL According to the recent report by the Swedish security service, the threat of Islamist extremism has been waning, as opposed to that of right-wing extremism. The latter, however, has been expanded to include, among others, anti-feminism, animal rights activism and climate activism, which raised many eyebrows. In a recent annual report by the Swedish Security Police (Säpo), the internal “right-wing […]
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The coronavirus pandemic has closed universities across the country, leaving professors scrambling to teach online and students grappling with chaotic if not completely lost spring semesters. But for right-wing operatives, the move to online-only classes means something else: an opportunity to smear academia as bastions of liberalism. Over the weekend, young MAGA operative Charlie Kirk and undercover conservative trickster James O’Keefe put out calls in widely […]
A key Israeli high school exam this summer is under fire from teachers for promoting “political and religious right-wing views”, reported Haaretz. On Sunday, Israel’s Education Ministry “announced the subjects that would be appearing on this summer’s exam, which change from one test to the next”, the paper explained. While “topics related to aspects of the Jewish character of Israel – as well as the status […]
While posing as a grassroots human rights organization, the World Uyghur Congress is a US-funded and directed separatist network that has forged alliances with far-right ethno-nationalist groups. The goal spelled out by its founders is clear: the destabilization of China and regime change in Beijing. In recent years, few stories have generated as much outrage in the West as the condition of Uyghur Muslims in China. […]
Thuringia’s newly elected PM has thrown his support behind a tabooed AfD party candidate for the post of his deputy, much to the dismay of his own Left Party. Yet, no scandal followed. So, what has happened in German politics? The German eastern state of Thuringia has been a steady source of unnerving political news for Berlin for quite some time. In early February, it shocked […]
Despite numerous accusations from conservatives of censorship, Hillary Clinton is claiming right-wing outlets have “mastered” Facebook and used it against her. In a Sunday interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Clinton was asked about a Vox article presenting research claiming the story on Facebook to receive the most interactions on Super Tuesday was one about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of […]
Courting right-wing voters on the campaign trail, former Israeli justice minister Ayelet Shaked yesterday claimed that only a strong showing for the Yamina party will prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank. As reported by right-wing news outlet Arutz Sheva, Shaked was speaking to Ben Caspit and Yinon Magal on Radio 103FM, addressing various aspects of the election campaign. The polls […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said there are multiple signs that the suspected gunman who killed nine people at two hookah bars in Hanau acted out of right-wing extremist motives and racism. Nine people were killed and several others seriously injured in the attack, which started at one hookah bar at around 10pm local time on Wednesday, before the gunman drove to a second and continued […]
A strange set of characters from some of the highest and lowest positions in the American right gathered one morning in September 2017 at an affluent neighborhood outside of Dallas. One of their topics was responding to online critics of wealthy Texas businessman Ed Butowsky, who had recently been outed as a driving force behind a retracted Fox News story about murdered Democratic National Committee staffer […]
Hebrew University is set to award academic credits to students “who volunteer for the right-wing group Im Tirtzu”, reported Haaretz, “although the university regulations state that such credits are not to be given for work with political groups”. Since its founding in 2006, Im Tirtzu has become notorious for its right-wing activism and intimidation of academics and organisations it deems to be “left-wing” and “unpatriotic”. The […]
The Islamic Republic may not be MAGA-curious, but for some reason it is suddenly trying to find an in with conservative extremists. Facebook just took down a half dozen troll accounts posting anti-Trump memes in right-leaning Christian groups, and now there’s a Tehran-linked fake news site that wants you to think it’s recruited a handful of semi-famous right-wing pundits. So how and why is Tehran veering […]