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Category Archive: Analysis

QAnon documentary offers insight but leaves viewers with even more questions

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What the future holds for the QAnon conspiracy theory and Q supporters is unknown. But the last few […]

Bryan Wall 09/04/2021 Analysis

Extremists are trying to fill the gap caused by COVID uncertainty and conspiracies

A photo of the Cork anti-lockdown rally on 6 March which attracted various conspiracy theories about COVID-19 as well as extremists.
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Last August over 1,000 people gathered at the Custom House in Dublin to protest against the COVID laws […]

Bryan Wall 08/03/2021 Analysis

Government’s failures are directly linked to the anti-lockdown violence we saw in Dublin

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Events in Dublin yesterday were shocking but not entirely surprising. The government has mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic from […]

Bryan Wall 28/02/2021 Analysis

QAnon lives on as true believers keep the faith

A photo of the so-called Q Shaman, a devout QAnon adherent who was part of the mob that stormed the Capitol in Washington on 6 January.
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With the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, you’d hope that the […]

Bryan Wall 30/01/2021 Analysis

‘Be as callous as possible’: How the Irish far right mobilised after gardaí killed George Nkencho

A photo of a man at a keyboard, an example of how the Irish far right mobilised online after gardaí killed George Nkencho.
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It didn’t take long for the Irish far right to push its favoured narrative after gardaí shot George […]

Bryan Wall 09/01/2021 Analysis

The language and rhetoric of polarisation

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In the book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Timothy Snyder advises his readers to reflect […]

Mayte Martin 28/11/2020 Analysis

Inconsistent policing by gardaí has given extremists space to thrive

Gardaí involved in policing a left-wing protest outside the Dáil.
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In the last 12 months the presence of the far right in Irish society has become increasingly obvious. […]

Bryan Wall 12/11/2020 Analysis

Trump might lose the battle but the war could already be his

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Whatever the outcome of the US presidential election, Donald Trump will have left his mark. It means that […]

Bryan Wall 02/11/2020 Analysis

The ugliness that has existed in US society since its founding has given us Donald Trump

A photo of a placard with Donald Trump's face on it with the words "Racist" and "Tyrant" on either side of his head, something which Alexis de Tocquville could have predicted 200 years ago.
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When Alexis de Tocqueville travelled around the US in the 19th century he noted his admiration for the […]

Bryan Wall 15/10/2020 Analysis

Liberalism, racism, and reactionaries: An interview with Dr. Aurelien Mondon and Dr. Aaron Winter

A photo of British prime minister Boris Johnson and US president Donald Trump, both of whom have overseen a rise in racism, reactionary politics as well as highlighting the problems inherent in liberalism.
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One would have hoped that lessons of the past have been learned and that a return to far-right […]

Bryan Wall 02/10/2020 Analysis

Holocaust denial is thriving on social media with Facebook algorithm ‘actively’ suggesting similar content to users

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Holocaust denial groups are thriving on Facebook and Twitter according to a new report. It’s argued that both […]

Bryan Wall 19/08/2020 Analysis

Aoife Gallagher of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue: QAnon is a ‘delivery mechanism for many different disinformation campaigns’

A photo of a Donald Trump supporter wearing a QAnon t-shirt.
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One of the more interesting and terrifying aspects of Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory has been the emergence […]

Bryan Wall 11/08/2020 Analysis

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