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The coronavirus is the latest propaganda tool for extremists targeting minorities
Analysis

The coronavirus is the latest propaganda tool for extremists targeting minorities

08/03/202007/03/20206 min read

The emergence of the coronavirus has been latched on to by racists and extremists across the world. Ignoring the very real threats that the virus

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The Hanau shooter took far-right talking points to their fatal conclusion
Analysis

The Hanau shooter took far-right talking points to their fatal conclusion

26/02/202015/03/20204 min read

In the manifesto and YouTube videos left behind by the Hanau terrorist, the patterns we are all familiar with emerge once again. The 43-year-old man

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Planning document argues Irish far right has an image problem and lays out a ‘nationwide strategy’ for success
Analysis

Planning document argues Irish far right has an image problem and lays out a ‘nationwide strategy’ for success

19/02/202023/02/20206 min read

In a planning document acquired by The Beacon it’s revealed that Ireland’s far right is already looking ahead to the next elections. Highlighted in the

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In the mind of Justin Barrett Ireland will be saved by installing a Catholic dictatorship
Analysis

In the mind of Justin Barrett Ireland will be saved by installing a Catholic dictatorship

31/01/202016/10/202012 min read

With the National Party running a number of candidates in the coming election, it’s worth considering what its preferred Ireland would look like. Its website

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Conspiracy theories are nothing new but the far right has weaponised them
Analysis

Conspiracy theories are nothing new but the far right has weaponised them

18/01/202006/10/20219 min read

One of the tactics of the far right is to assign a larger agenda to incidents which involve or affect them. Anti-racist and anti-fascist activism

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New report says there is ‘cause for deep concern’ around the rise of online hate speech in Ireland
Analysis

New report says there is ‘cause for deep concern’ around the rise of online hate speech in Ireland

10/11/201919/11/20205 min read

According to a new report Ireland needs to do more to tackle racism, hate crime, and hate speech. The Alternative Report on Racial Discrimination in

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The German synagogue shooter was influenced by far-right conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic tropes
Analysis

The German synagogue shooter was influenced by far-right conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic tropes

10/10/201905/10/20203 min read

A man dressed in camouflage gear tried to enter a synagogue in the German town Halle during Yom Kippur prayer on Wednesday, 9 October. About

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Understanding the ‘Great Replacement’, a conspiracy theory which forms the ‘ideological glue’ of the far right
Analysis

Understanding the ‘Great Replacement’, a conspiracy theory which forms the ‘ideological glue’ of the far right

02/10/201926/03/20206 min read

In any political movement a lingua franca emerges which unites its members. There is nothing unique about this. And the far right is no different.

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Notes on far-right Sweden in politics and on the streets
Analysis

Notes on far-right Sweden in politics and on the streets

25/09/201925/09/20196 min read

While the SÄPO (Swedish National Security) warns that the Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR) represents one of the greatest threats to Sweden’s safety and democracy, the

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Members of Alternative für Deutschland mistake quotes from their leader as coming from Hitler
Analysis

Members of Alternative für Deutschland mistake quotes from their leader as coming from Hitler

17/09/201917/09/20192 min read

Björn Höcke, leader of Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), has shown his love for Third Reich terminology as well his overblown ego once more. In

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Recent election results in Germany illustrate the alarming trend of the far right’s rise
Analysis

Recent election results in Germany illustrate the alarming trend of the far right’s rise

04/09/201904/09/20193 min read

Recent regional elections in Germany’s most eastern states, Brandenburg and Saxony, have seen far-right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) receive the second highest vote count.

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The same language used by the Christchurch and El Paso terrorists motivates Ireland’s far right
Analysis

The same language used by the Christchurch and El Paso terrorists motivates Ireland’s far right

21/08/201904/09/20194 min read

Minutes before the El Paso shooter started massacring people he uploaded his manifesto to the internet. It offers nothing new in terms of an insight

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