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This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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The Long War for the E.U. is Gaining Momentum In Hungary
Hungary's Momentum Party was established by a political upstart, 28-year-old Fekete-Gyor, as a pushback to the widespread, corrupt, anti-E.U. policies established by Viktor Orban and his rightwing administration.
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Can This Anti-Corruption Crusader Become Slovakia's First Female President?
"We stand at a crossroads between the loss and renewal of public trust," said Zuzana Caputova, whose bid this Saturday for the Slovak presidency is being closely watched across Europe.
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Populism Rising: Projections Show a Right-wing Future for Europe
Right-wing authoritarian parties have grown at least 33% compared to 2018, with at least 26% of voters supporting them across the European Union, according to the latest findings.
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Rise of Spain's Far-Right Vox Party Signals European Shift
As Vox's xenophobic, right-wing messaging cause open alarm among political analysts, the party is hard at work rebranding itself as anything other than another European right-wing populist movement.
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Far-Right Austria and the Rise of the "Fascist Hipster" Identitarian Movement
Europe's far-right hipsters have urged their supporters to perform highly publicized acts – from chartering ships to prevent migrants landing in Europe, to patrolling the Alps for illegal foreigners.
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In Europe's Rightward Turn, Hungary's Fidesz Party Defiantly Leads the Way
Viktor Orban's party has once more assumed leadership in Hungary, bringing with it a brand of European rightwing populism that no longer bothers to hide its true intentions.
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Italian Elections Show A Floundering Left As Far Right Parties Seize Power
The Lega Nord's Matteo Salvini gained notoriety by calling for the razing of Roma camps in Italy and defending Benito Mussolini's rule. The Lega saw another surge in popularity following the shooting of six African immigrants by a far right extremist in February.
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Beyond Denial: Poland's New Holocaust Bill Provokes International Outrage
On Thursday, the Polish Senate agreed to pass new legislation that would impose heavy fines and up to 3 years in prison for anyone who openly associates the complicity of Polish citizens or the Polish state with Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.
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What Eastern Europe's Anti-Immigration Movement Says About E.U. Frailty
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban's sweeping accusations both against the E.U. and the waves of refugees seeking safety in his country may sound like ludicrous soundbites, but they betray an identity crisis that is affecting the entirety of Eastern Europe.
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Rebranding Hate: What Poland's Independence Day Protests Tell Us About Europe's Rightward Shift
The event last month in Warsaw reflects a much larger picture manifesting in Europe, where new isolationist groups motivated by a common E.U. enemy seek to defend the continent's ethnic identities against what they view as an Islamic incursion.
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President-elect Donald Trump isn’t just appointing incompetent buffoons to his Cabinet, but deeply immoral individuals who are completely lacking in family values.
Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
The recent decisions by two of the most influential national newspapers of record to not publish their endorsements of Vice President Kamala Harris says a lot about how seriously they take Trump’s threats to democracy and his promises of vengeance against his enemies.
This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
If the Democrats’ theme of 2017 was Resistance, the theme for Democrats in 2025 needs to instead be Opposition — and these two GOP senators may be the models to emulate.
President-elect Donald Trump isn’t just appointing incompetent buffoons to his Cabinet, but deeply immoral individuals who are completely lacking in family values.
Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
The country has never moved as close to the course it took under Benito Mussolini as it is doing now — and even if Meloni is not a neo-fascist politician, she has put herself in a position to appeal to and broaden fascism's political base.
On the eve of the historic November vote, it seems important to ask: What's wrong with men, how did we get here, and can we change this?
Posted 1 month 4 weeks ago
The recent decisions by two of the most influential national newspapers of record to not publish their endorsements of Vice President Kamala Harris says a lot about how seriously they take Trump’s threats to democracy and his promises of vengeance against his enemies.
Posted 1 month 3 weeks ago
The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
Posted 1 month 1 week ago
Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
Posted 3 weeks 4 days ago
This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
Posted 6 days 20 hours ago
Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
