#far-right-rhetoric tag

Turnout low across the country as Ireland votes for its 10th president today

Non-voters are deliberately spoiling ballots to protest candidate diversity, follow Declan Ganley’s campaign over Maria Steen, reference a Citywest assault and rioting, or spread abusive far-right messages.

fromThe Nation

1 month ago

The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping.

Saying that the right wants to exterminate trans people is not hyperbole. Republican bigotry has fueled an array of initiatives designed to drive trans people out of public life. But conservatives aren't content with turning trans people into fourth-class citizens. They want the public to see them as enemies of the state-as mentally ill savages pulling the country into the moral abyss. America's never-ending gun violence has become a useful tool in this effort.

Right-wing politics

LGBT

fromTruthout

1 month ago

Far Right Exploits Children's Deaths in Minneapolis to Target Trans People

Far-right figures exploited an unconfirmed report of the Minneapolis shooter's transgender identity to escalate attacks on transgender people following a mass shooting.

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 months ago

How far-right rhetoric on migration went mainstream podcast

Politicians have begun making statements about refugees and migrants that were once considered unacceptable, shifting the language surrounding asylum into more aggressive, polarizing terms.

UK politics

fromeuronews

5 months ago

UK PM Starmer accused of echoing far-right amid immigration overhaul

Starmer's immigration speech has drawn significant criticism for echoing far-right rhetoric and inciting anti-immigrant sentiments.

fromThe Conversation

6 months ago

Patriots' Day: How far-right groups hijack history and patriotic symbols to advance their cause, according to an expert on extremism

The appropriation of patriotic symbols like the American flag and Patriots' Day has raised concerns regarding their use in far-right extremism, distorting the original meaning.

philosophy