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Far-Right Groups Raise Millions Via Christian Funding Site

The far-right can easily be associated with Christian fundamentalism. This can be seen in many contexts, from the Ku Klux Klan to the Proud Boys and this latest example of fundraising. I say "latest" because, last year, Christians raised inordinate amounts of money for right-w9ing shooter Kyle Rittenhouse.

Twexit to Parler: The Right-Wing Are Fleeing Twitter

Recently, hateful right-wing political uberfuhrer Katie Hopkins was banned from Twitter. She had previously said all manner of things, from comparing immigrants to cockroaches to claiming dementia sufferers should not block hospital beds. Sussex Police even reported her tweets after 5 (BAME) Londoners drowned at Camber Sands and she mocked

Andy Ngo, Twitter

On Left and Right Politics: Andy Ngo and Marie Colvin

I know that this was the subject of my last piece and I apologise if I’m going to bore you. However, this is something I’ve been brooding upon to the last couple of days. I have seen a number of friends and colleagues posting and writing about this

The World Seems to Be Lurching to the Right: Why?

The other day, I posted about how the world seems to be lurching to the right. Today, I am going to look into why this might be happening. If this is indeed the case, then why so? I have a few ideas, though these are predominantly from my own thinking

The World Seems to Be Lurching to the Right: Identity Politics and Setting the Scene

The rise of populism, mostly right-leaning, is the most important European political development of the 21st century. It has eaten into support for traditional center-right parties while dealing a knock-out blow to the center-left. The result is the end of the center-left/center-right duopoly that has dominated European politics since

"Alt-Right"? No, the Far Right.

It's all going off in the US, that's for sure. But something that has been bugging me, and many others, is the use of the term "alt-right". This seems to be a term to describe the rise of the right amongst social media and

Milo Yiannopoulos and Enemy Attestation

For those of you who don't know who Milo Yiannopoulos is, he's the darling of the alt-right for being an outspoken right-winger who also happens to be gay. He is a senior editor and writes for steve Bannon's Breitbart and has never been far