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Beyond the Riots: Britain’s Far Right, Online Radicalisation and the Future of Counter-Extremism
FRAN Long Read An interview with William Allchorn Following another wave of anti-migrant unrest in Belfast, we spoke with extremism scholar Dr William Allchorn about whether Britain has entered a new era of far-right mobilisation, the role of online myths and memes, the future of counter-extremism policy, and what his forthcoming case study article argues…
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The Austrian Freedom Party – from historical revisionism and populist regionalism to nativist welfare chauvinism and Orbánization
FRAN Long Read This necessarily brief analysis of the successes and failures of the Austrian far-right party FPÖ (‘Freedom Party of Austria’; Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs), as established in political organizations in the Second Austrian Republic, focuses, firstly, on the five stages in the history of the far right. Secondly, the ‘Haider-phenomenon‘ illustrates how anti-elitism, EU-skepticism,…
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Russlandsversteher from the German Far-Right: Russian Propaganda and Its Reverberations by the Alternative for Germany during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Despite Russia waging its war of aggression in Ukraine, some actors in Western democracies continue to excuse the actions of the Russian government and military. In Germany, the far-right contributes to disseminating the Russian discourses regarding the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and, therefore, can be considered part of the Russian continuous soft power to…