A sea of Make Ireland Great Again hats could be seen at a far-right rally in Dublin yesterday, where threats were made against their opponents and a former loyalist terrorist was welcomed. Coming on the heels of a similar rally in Cork two weeks ago, it attracted roughly 2,500 protestors. Unhappy with Ireland’s immigration and […]
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Big names of Irish far right come together in Cork anti-migrant demo
Around 1,600 anti-immigration and far-right agitators came together to hold a rally in Cork a week ago. Billed as “Ireland Says No”, the event was a follow-up to a similar rally in Dublin in April with many of the attendees of the Cork rally also coming from Dublin. Rapist and former UFC fighter Conor McGregor […]
Victory for far right in Poland’s Presidential elections
Right-wing historian Karol Nawrocki defied the pollsters by winning the Polish presidential election on Sunday. Nawrocki polled 50.89% of the vote, narrowly beating Warsaw’s liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski who scored 49.11%. No gloss can be put on this result. In the first round of the elections, far-right parties came second, third and fourth. Support of […]
Portuguese elections: chronicle of a vote foretold
Across Europe, election coverage increasingly follows a familiar script: journalists must already have the template and it’s simply a matter of filling in the blanks with the names of the local parties. Portugal’s vote on 18th May was no exception. As the final results came in on Monday morning, the conservative Democratic Alliance (AD) increased […]
Sinister links of groups targeted by German authorities
Large scale police raids and prosecutions in Germany targeting the extremist ‘Reichsbürger’ movement are linked to international networks of nazis and Holocaust deniers that have been monitored for years by Searchlight. Searchlight reported yesterday on this week’s raids by 800 police officers on members of the Kingdom of Germany, whose members are a prominent part […]
Germany bans far-right ‘Kingdom of Germany’ group
The German government has officially banned the far-right group ‘Kingdom of Germany’ (Königreich Deutschland, KRD), some of whose members were arrested for involvement in a suspected coup plot in 2022. The ban marks a significant step in Germany’s ongoing efforts to combat extremist threats to the democratic order. It was accompanied by a series of […]