European parliament term ends with warnings about dangers of disinformation and authoritarian forcesThe starting gun has been fired on the next European parliamentary elections with more than 600 MEPs departing Strasbourg urged to use their “strength and patience” to fight the far right and disinformation and return a vote across the bloc for democracy.There were flowers, tears and cheers on Thursday as Roberta Metsola, president of the European parliament, made her last address and MEPs raced...
The far right are on the march in Germany and the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany has become the most popular party in several states. Immigration and a sense of being economically left behind have been driving factors in the rise in popularity but the Green party and the federal government’s climate policies have also borne the brunt of public anger. The Guardian travelled to Görlitz, on the German border with Poland, to find out to what extent Germany’s green policies are fuelling the...
If You Want People To Have Babies You're Now "Far Right" Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A report published by Politico claims that wanting the human race to reproduce is now a “far right” position to take. Yes, really. Leftists are so obsessed with identity politics, they’re arguing that human reproduction, and being in favour of people having babies is now right wing. The article focuses on a recent natal convention , and states that “The far right is so...
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In her willingness to unleash state violence against student protesters, Minouche Shafik proved herself to be a willing ally to extremistsThe students sat on the ground and sang as police in riot gear approached them. Eventually, more than 100 of them would be arrested; their tents, protest signs and Palestinian flags were gathered into trash bags by the police and thrown away. One video showed officers and university maintenance workers destroying food that had been donated to the encampment,...
Politicians fear perceived costs of green transition are driving poor and rural voters to parties such as AfDRaising his voice above the pounding drums and honking tractors, Lutz Jankus, a city councillor from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), distanced himself from the furious protest unfurling before him.“They’re rightwing extremists,” he said about Free Saxony, a loose political movement that includes neo-Nazis and skinheads, as his colleagues began to pack up their tent on the...
With pro-Palestine students arrested and campus protests broken up, educators are increasingly rallying in supportAs student-led protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from Israel and its occupation of Palestinian land continue to spread across US universities, some faculty members are increasingly joining the charge – speaking up and even standing alongside their students.At Georgia’s Emory University, faculty members have been arrested at pro-Palestine demonstrations –...
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has been
Fox News host Sean Hannity breaks down the latest in New York v. Trump and the Supreme Court hearing the case on presidential immunity Thursday on "Hannity." LIVE UPDATES: TRUMP NY TRIAL TESTIMONY RESUMES AS SUPREME COURT HEARS IMMUNITY ARGUMENTS SEAN HANNITY: Well, important – very important – oral arguments today at the U.S.Supreme Court on presidential immunity. A decision here will not only have an immediate impact on the weaponized DOJ quest to prosecute Trump from now until Election Day in...
Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is not “necessary” to prevent small boat crossings, Lord David Cameron has said.
He is a former history teacher who is gunning to become the first far-right state premier in post-war Germany.The former high school teacher claims not to have been aware that the slogan "Everything for Germany" had been used by the Nazis, but prosecutors believe Hoecke uttered the phrase in full knowledge of its "origin and meaning".
By all appearances, lawyers representing the One America News Network — generally known as OAN — have been rather busy lately. A couple of weeks ago, for example, the far-right media outlet, facing a defamation lawsuit from Smartmatic, settled the case with the voting machine company. Last summer, OAN and one of its on-air personalities also reportedly settled a defamation lawsuit brought by a former executive at Dominion Voting Systems. OAN also settled a defamation lawsuit filed by Ruby...