Pre-election rally of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party in Athens in 2015.
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From welfare chauvinism to value-based nationalism – a breakdown of what constitutes a ‘far right’ group.
A pop-up newsroom debunking facts and proposing real time fact-checking can change how media publish stories during specific events such as elections.
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Monitoring the spread of mis-information and dis-information during the Swedish national elections by a group of scholars and journalist could set a precedent elsewhere.
A white supremacist holding a US flag over his face during a Unite the Right rally in Washington in August.
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Speaking with: journalist David Neiwert on the rise of the alt-right in Trump’s America
With the election of Trump, these once marginalised groups now have a figurehead who promotes their conspiracy theories to the world.
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As we try to understand how extreme groups win mass appeal, this organisation offers valuable lessons.
A man carries an anti-EU, pro-Brexit placard during in London on September 3, 2016.
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Since the Brexit vote in 2016, rebellious movements have repeatedly shown their ability to shape political outcomes across the globe, often in unexpected ways: So what lies next?
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The world’s loudest hater of ‘fake news’ is also a brazen peddler of insidious misinformation.
Britain First leader Paul Golding and deputy leader Jayda Fransen.
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The US president has lent legitimacy to a small group of right-wing extremists by sharing its content.
Police intervene to protect members of National Action as it cancelled a rally in Liverpool in 2015 following counter-protests.
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Five serving members of the army have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to the group.
A surveillance photograph of Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge, 1992.
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The radical right has a keen sense of its own history, and the violence of the 1990s is still fresh in its memory.
Britain First and EDL (English Defence League) protesters walk along Northumberland Avenue during a demonstration in London.
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There’s talk of a new ‘Christian crusade’ – and it’s highly dangerous.
The statue of Robert Lee in Charlottesville.
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Robert E. Lee is one of the most memorialised figures of the American civil war. Here’s why that causes so much anger.
Be careful! In Uttar Pradesh, the cow trade is now almost wholly criminalised.
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A crackdown on the beef and leather trades has put hundreds of thousands of Indian Muslims and Dalits out of work, vexing already-tense religious relations and hurting India’s economy.
May meets faith leaders in Finsbury Park.
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Fed by the far-right, Islamophobia continues to make it into the mainstream – where it’s eagerly received by some.
‘Pulse of Europe’ supporters hold banners before a meeting between Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron on May 15 2017 in Berlin.
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Even if populist movements have been turned back in a few European elections, populism is not going to disappear. The EU needs a strategy to contain it.
A Muslim bride waits to take vows that could be instantly broken via SMS.
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India’s Supreme Court could soon rule to abolish “triple talaq”, a practice that allows Muslim men to divorce their wives instantaneously and discriminates against women.
The Arc de Triomphe Is illuminated in green to celebrate the Paris Agreement’s entry into force.
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Like president George W. Bush before him, Donald Trump made the announcement from the White House Rose Garden, showing that Republican governments have failed to learn past lessons.
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Both attack the status-quo, but for entirely different reasons.
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Despite being widely tipped as the next leader of the Front National, the young deputy is dropping out.
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Victory for Emmanuel Macron is a blow for the far right, but there are lessons to be learnt for 2022.
An electoral poster of Emmanuel Macron, France’s centre-left presidential candidate, calling for unity.
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France’s two presidential candidates diverge markedly on many issues, but nothing is as divisive as France’s relationship with the EU.