Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has presented a new alliance with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, which hopes to attract other partners and become the biggest right-wing group in the European Parliament. Mr Orban travelled to Vienna to present the Patriots for Europe alliance of his Fidesz party with the […]
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Louisiana law isn’t about Ten Commandments. It’s Christian nationalist bait for Supreme Court.
Spend enough time listening to politicians, and eventually, one of them will tell you the truth. “I can’t wait to be sued,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared four days before signing a law last week mandating that all public school classrooms – from kindergarten to college – display a Protestant Christian version of the Ten […]
Tensions over Israeli nationalist march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem
Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis are expected to take part in an annual march through a dense Palestinian area in Jerusalem’s Old City in an event that often sees racist chants and brawls. Jerusalem, the epicentre of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has been mostly calm throughout the Israel-Hamas war, but the march could ignite widespread tensions, […]
Trump compares campus Israel protests to 2017 white nationalist rally
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Thursday criticized the mostly peaceful protests on U.S. college campuses over Israel’s war in Gaza, describing them as “tremendous hate,” while saying that the violence at a white nationalist rally in Virginia when he was president was by comparison “a little peanut.” Trump, the Republican candidate for […]
Oklahoma official with white nationalist ties is ousted in recall vote
ENID, Okla. — Voters in Enid decided by a nearly 20-point margin Tuesday to remove a City Council member over his ties to white nationalist groups. Judd Blevins lost his seat on Enid’s six-member City Council by 268 votes, according to unofficial results from the Oklahoma State Election Board. Nearly 1,400 people turned out, about […]
Oklahoma official facing recall over white nationalist ties defends marching in Charlottesville
A City Council member in Enid, Oklahoma, defended marching alongside white nationalists in Virginia in 2017 at a public forum Tuesday night where he was questioned about his connections to racist groups. Judd Blevins, who faces a recall election next week, declined to provide details of his prior white nationalist activism. Asked about the groups […]
A small city in Oklahoma elected a white nationalist. Will it be able to vote him out?
ENID, Okla. — The photo of Judd Blevins was unmistakable. In it, Blevins, bearded and heavyset, held a tiki torch on the University of Virginia campus, on the eve of Unite the Right, a 2017 coming-together of the nation’s neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups. Connie Vickers had found the photo online along with others showing […]
‘Proud Christian nationalist’ Steve Bannon headlines TX state House candidate’s rally
Former top political adviser for former President Donald Trump Steve Bannon and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Sunday evening had top billing at a rally for a Texas state representative candidate in Bartonville. Around 500 people packed into barbecue and steak restaurant Marty B’s to see Bannon, Paxton and others express their support for Mitch […]
O’Neill becomes first nationalist First Minister to attend Windsor Park game
Michelle O’Neill has become the first nationalist First Minister to attend a football match at Windsor Park. The Sinn Féin vice president stood for God Save The King at the south Belfast venue before Northern Ireland women’s football team took on Montenegro. Ms O’Neill arrived at the stadium with DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, […]
Dutch nationalist Wilders lashes out against Ukrainian refugees
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch far right leader Geert Wilders, who won the most seats in an election three months ago but has so far failed to form a new coalition government, said on Monday the Netherlands was “Europe’s fool” for accepting too many Ukrainian refugees. Wilders opposes continuing military aid to Ukraine, arguing that the […]
Russia uses nationalist sentiments in Europe against Ukraine – ISW
Russia is fuelling and exploiting neo-imperialist and nationalist sentiments in Europe to bring discord between Ukraine and its western neighbours. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: The ISW analysts pointed out that László Toroczkai, a right-wing Hungarian politician and leader of the Our Homeland Movement party, said on 27 January that Hungary […]
Romanian Senator and nationalist party leader wants to help Russia carve up Ukraine
Employing language more often heard by politicians in neighboring Hungary, Romanian nationalist party leader Claudiu Târziu has called for Romania to annex parts of Ukraine. Mimicking Moscow’s talking points, the Romanian senator and leader of the nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party called for Romania to “reunify sovereignty” by claiming parts of […]