When Alexis de Tocqueville travelled around the US in the 19th century he noted his admiration for the hands-off form of government he saw there.
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Liberalism, racism, and reactionaries: An interview with Dr. Aurelien Mondon and Dr. Aaron Winter
One would have hoped that lessons of the past have been learned and that a return to far-right extremism is impossible. Unfortunately, the last few
Aoife Gallagher of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue: QAnon is a ‘delivery mechanism for many different disinformation campaigns’
One of the more interesting and terrifying aspects of Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory has been the emergence of a conspiracy theory related to his
‘Major spikes’ in QAnon activity online as the conspiracy theory takes hold in Ireland
A new report has pointed to “major spikes” in QAnon activity online since March. The conspiracy theory, which is popular amongst the far right, has
Zuckerberg might be facing up to his Trump problem but it’s for the wrong reasons
Is Facebook finally starting to feel the consequences of platforming hate speech? The question remains to be answered, but an advertising boycott of the company
In a post-truth society responsible reporting matters more than ever
We have become used to the fact that in the aftermath of political debates, especially in the US, that no matter the outcome, the performance
Leo Varadkar: ‘The far right and the far left aren’t very different to me’
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has compared the far right to the far left in the Dáil after being asked to admit to his government’s failings in
An interview from Minneapolis: ‘There was a lot of sadness, and many people’s sadness turned into rage’
The murder of George Floyd by a police officer, as his colleagues looked on, was as shocking as it was unsurprising. Black lives, and the