Category: Nationalism

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White Nationalists, Hindu Supremacists: the Pathologies of the World’s Two Largest Democracies

Albanese welcomes Hindu Nationalist to Australia

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Are you worried about the rising political power of violent white nationalists in America? Well, you’ve got plenty of company, including U.S. national security and counterterrorism officials. And we’re worried, too — worried enough, in fact, to feel that it’s time to take a look at the experience of India, where Hindu supremacist dogma has increasingly been enforced through violent means. While there are striking parallels between both countries, India appears to have ventured further down the road of far-right violence. Its experience could potentially offer Americans some valuable, if grim, lessons.

Source: White Nationalists, Hindu Supremacists: the Pathologies of the World’s Two Largest Democracies

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A Nationalist International? Thanks to German taxpayers, the far right gets a global think tank | Salon.com

Viktor Orban, Marine Le Pen and Steve Bannon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Didn’t the Germans have the equivalent of Australia’s IPA backed by Murdoch Media? The Anglo- Universe was way ahead of them and seems to have been for years

What alt-right guru Steve Bannon failed to create, German taxpayers have just stepped in to revive: a Nationalist International. Thanks to the German government, the far right is about to get its own well-heeled global think tank, complete with the sort of political academy that was so dear to Bannon’s plan for world domination. Germany’s gift to the far right is the Desiderius Erasmus Foundation, the public policy arm of the country’s most prominent extremist party, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). Erasmus, a Dutch humanist of the Renaissance best known for his ironic essay “In Praise of Folly,” would have been appalled at such a grotesque misappropriation of his name. The AfD, after all, has built its political base on a series of follies diametrically opposed to humanism, from its initial anti-immigration screeds to its current overtures to the anti-vaccination crowd.

Source: A Nationalist International? Thanks to German taxpayers, the far right gets a global think tank | Salon.com

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Nationalism Is Ascendant Around the Globe. Biden Just Defeated Its Biggest Leader | Washington Monthly

He underperformed polls. But compared to what’s happened in other countries, the Democrat’s victory is a remarkable achievement.

Nationalism Is Ascendant Around the Globe. Biden Just Defeated Its Biggest Leader | Washington Monthly
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As World warns of WW I-Style Nationalisms, Top 5 Nations Trump Demonizes

In the world according to Trump, patriotism is no longer enough and must be replaced by nationalism (Mussolini’s party was the Nationalist Fascist Party). Charles DeGaulle observed that patriotism is loving your country an nationalism is hating other peoples’ countries.

And here are the top five ‘nations’ Trump hates:

1. Muslim-majority countries. “Islam hates us,” he pronounced. (Except for Muslim countries willing to suck up to the United States, which is most of them). Thus, Trump imposed his Muslim visa ban.

2. Iran: Trump violated the treaty with Iran; and now he is waging economic war on Iran— which is sure to result in new trouble.

3. Trump castigated Mexicans as rapists and criminals, and wants to wall them out.

4. Trump has now extended these insults to Guatemalans and other Central Americans, using them to insult our intelligence by presenting a small group of women, children and noncombatants seeking asylum at a port of entry), as a major threat.  So it is only the non-fascist Latinos that Trump hates.

5. China, Trump yells, is taking advantage of us. He is pursuing a wideranging trade war with that country that will almost certainly at some point seize up the world economy and plunge it into a deep recession.

via As World warns of WW I-Style Nationalisms, Top 5 Nations Trump Demonizes

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Nigel Farage warns Australian politicians to start listening or face ‘big shock’ – Politics – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage speaks during an event in Perth.

British politician Nigel Farage has denied he is spruiking a racist message during his Australian tour, but says immigration should be discussed.

via Nigel Farage warns Australian politicians to start listening or face ‘big shock’ – Politics – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Britain First leaders jailed for anti-Muslim hate crime | The Independent

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The leaders of far-right extremist group Britain First have been jailed for anti-Muslim hate crimes after targeting people they incorrectly believed were involved in an ongoing rape trial.

via Britain First leaders jailed for anti-Muslim hate crime | The Independent

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Peter Greste: Australia ‘succumbed to the rhetoric around terrorism’

“The far greater threats are from things like nationalism and xenophobia, where we turn inwards and away from the rest of the world. I think that’s doing far more damage.” We are in danger of moving our society towards that end of the spectrum and doing the job extremists want us to do Peter Greste

Source: Peter Greste: Australia ‘succumbed to the rhetoric around terrorism’