Fascism often attacks society with a sledgehammer and a scalpel.  And while the brute with the sledgehammer is raging on at the top of his voice about ‘rapist immigrants’ and ‘the blacks’, the composed man with the pressed shirt and the scalpel calmly suggests that it’s not about race, it’s about ‘revitalising our culture’ and ‘preserving … Continue reading

CHARLOTTESVILLE POLICE REFUSED TO PROTECT SYNAGOGUE FROM NAZIS

“For half an hour, three men dressed in fatigues and armed with semi-automatic rifles stood across the street from the temple,” he wrote. “Had they tried to enter, I don’t know what I could have done to stop them, but I couldn’t take my eyes off them, either.” "Several times, parades of Nazis passed our … Continue reading CHARLOTTESVILLE POLICE REFUSED TO PROTECT SYNAGOGUE FROM NAZIS

I was the target of a neo-Nazi ‘troll storm’ | US news | The Guardian

Tanya Gersh was targeted by the ‘alt-right’ for being Jewish after getting caught up in the notoriety surrounding Richard Spencer. She tells Lois Beckett about the trauma of her experience and the antisemitism leveled at her. I was the target of a neo-Nazi ‘troll storm’ | US news | The Guardian

Dutch voters did NOT reject Geert Wilders | Doorbraak.eu

This is ridiculous. Avaaz is circulating a petition to thank the “Dutch people” (whoever that may be) for “choosing hope, unity, and dialogue over hate, fear and old fascist rhetoric”. They even claim that, “by rejecting Geert Wilders you’ve helped stop the rise of the far right everywhere”. More generally, the coverage of these elections in the … Continue reading Dutch voters did NOT reject Geert Wilders | Doorbraak.eu

The “Dutch Trump” Is Even More Toxic Than the Real Thing

PITY THE DUTCH, if you can. The party led by a far-right, anti-immigrant, anti-Islam populist named Geert Wilders is on course to gain the most votes in next week’s parliamentary elections in the Netherlands. But the journalists who have dubbed Wilders “Holland’s Trump” and “the Donald Trump of the Netherlands” may owe the U.S. president … Continue reading The “Dutch Trump” Is Even More Toxic Than the Real Thing

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