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04.03.202501:36
From the Ferret 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 A far right German politician who handed out weapons and met with neo-Nazis is set to speak at the Homeland Party’s UK conference focused on the mass deportation of migrants.
Alternative For Germany (AfD) politician, Lena Kotré, reportedly distributed Kubotans – self-defence stabbing weapons which are legal in Germany but banned in the UK – at campaign events in Berlin last year.
Kotré, who was reelected to the Brandenburg state parliament in 2024, claimed the weapons would help Germans protect themselves against violence.
She has been confirmed as a speaker at an April conference run by the far-right Homeland Party.
Also speaking at Homeland’s event is the man behind a conspiracy theory cited by white supremacists and mass murderers, as we reported in February.
Alternative For Germany (AfD) politician, Lena Kotré, reportedly distributed Kubotans – self-defence stabbing weapons which are legal in Germany but banned in the UK – at campaign events in Berlin last year.
Kotré, who was reelected to the Brandenburg state parliament in 2024, claimed the weapons would help Germans protect themselves against violence.
She has been confirmed as a speaker at an April conference run by the far-right Homeland Party.
Also speaking at Homeland’s event is the man behind a conspiracy theory cited by white supremacists and mass murderers, as we reported in February.
03.03.202521:51
From the Guardian 🇺🇸 A natalist conference featuring speakers including self-described eugenicists and promoters of race science, apparently including the man behind a previously pseudonymous race-science influencer account, and the founder of a startup offering IQ screening for IVF embryos, will be held at a hotel and conference venue operated by the public University of Texas, Austin.
The conference, scheduled for 28-29 March, is being organized by Kevin Dolan, who the Guardian identified in 2021 as the person behind a Twitter account that was prominent in the far-right “DezNat” movement, and last year as the organizer of the first conference. It is the second time the conference has been held, and once again, the speakers roster runs from provocateurs who emerged from the “fascist fitness scene” to practitioners of “liberal eugenics”.
Patrik Hermannson, a researcher at Hope Not Hate, a UK anti-hate nonprofit, said that the pro-natalism beliefs informing the Natal conference was one of the crucial planks of “the modern race science movement”.
The conference, scheduled for 28-29 March, is being organized by Kevin Dolan, who the Guardian identified in 2021 as the person behind a Twitter account that was prominent in the far-right “DezNat” movement, and last year as the organizer of the first conference. It is the second time the conference has been held, and once again, the speakers roster runs from provocateurs who emerged from the “fascist fitness scene” to practitioners of “liberal eugenics”.
Patrik Hermannson, a researcher at Hope Not Hate, a UK anti-hate nonprofit, said that the pro-natalism beliefs informing the Natal conference was one of the crucial planks of “the modern race science movement”.
28.02.202519:42
From Fast Company 🇺🇸 There’s a new website that tracks how much of Project 2025, the 922-page conservative playbook, has already come to fruition under President Donald Trump’s administration. It shows that, in less than two months, more than a third of the right-wing agenda’s objectives have been fulfilled.
The site, called Project 2025 Tracker, is broken down into bite-sized sections based on the goals laid out in the document. Project 2025 was written by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation and several members of Trump’s first administration, and although the President distanced himself from the document on the campaign trail, he’s since said he agrees with many parts of it. His administration has already proved itself to be at least partially aligned with the project’s policy goals.
While other major media outlets have compiled list-style round-ups of President Trump’s executive orders thus far, the tracker takes a more visual, big-picture approach to understanding how closely Trump’s second term is mapping onto a far-right blueprint—including a Project 2025 progress bar.
The site, called Project 2025 Tracker, is broken down into bite-sized sections based on the goals laid out in the document. Project 2025 was written by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation and several members of Trump’s first administration, and although the President distanced himself from the document on the campaign trail, he’s since said he agrees with many parts of it. His administration has already proved itself to be at least partially aligned with the project’s policy goals.
While other major media outlets have compiled list-style round-ups of President Trump’s executive orders thus far, the tracker takes a more visual, big-picture approach to understanding how closely Trump’s second term is mapping onto a far-right blueprint—including a Project 2025 progress bar.
28.02.202517:29
🇩🇪 This week we saw the electoral consequences of a failed economic paradigm: The parties comprising the market fundamentalist conservatives and right-wingers achieved a landslide victory in Germany. The CDU/CSU, led by the former head of Blackrock Germany, Friedrich Merz, won 28.5% of the vote and the Alternative for Germany (AfD), the far-right party of former Goldman Sachs banker, Alice Weidel, won 20.8%. What had started as Germany’s “progress coalition” of social democrats, greens, and liberals failed. There were two key turning points: In 2022, the energy crisis in the wake of the Ukraine war hit the country hard, and free-market dogmatism delayed the response to price explosions. In 2023, economists who had long argued that markets were perfectly capable of handling the energy crisis and no major government measures were needed proclaimed that there was “not even a recession.” Without an emergency situation, it appeared as if there was no need to suspend the debt brake, a stringent fiscal rule that tied the government’s hands. Germany did enter a recession, and the economic crisis ultimately brought down the government.
The reasons behind this result? A loss of confidence in the government, a bitter migration debate, the loss of real wages in recent years, and an ongoing economic crisis. In particular, frustration with economic conditions strengthened the far-right AfD. Because when the economic pie starts shrinking, the struggles over how to divide it escalate.
From the Nation: Why it is more important than ever that civil society, trade unions, and progressives within and outside parliament stand up to market fundamentalism to combat the rise of the far-right
The reasons behind this result? A loss of confidence in the government, a bitter migration debate, the loss of real wages in recent years, and an ongoing economic crisis. In particular, frustration with economic conditions strengthened the far-right AfD. Because when the economic pie starts shrinking, the struggles over how to divide it escalate.
From the Nation: Why it is more important than ever that civil society, trade unions, and progressives within and outside parliament stand up to market fundamentalism to combat the rise of the far-right
28.02.202510:04
From the Guardian 🇮🇳 🇺🇸 Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” has been accused of setting off a political firestorm in India after it claimed that the US government had been sending millions of dollars to support the Indian elections.
In a list published on Twitter last week, Doge, a special group that Donald Trump created, claimed that a $21m grant distributed by USAid to help “voter turnout in India” had been cancelled, as part of the president’s sweeping cuts to foreign aid.
However, records accessed by the Indian Express newspaper have found that no such funds were ever distributed in India and USAid staff have also denied the existence of such a programme.
Regardless, the claims have had a seismic impact in India. Modi’s governing rightwing Bharatiya Janata party has long accused international civil society and human rights groups of trying to undermine it.
The controversy has stirred up concern among some in India’s beleaguered civil society, who said they feared that the allegations against USAid would be used to justify a further crackdown on their funding and operations by the BJP government.
In a list published on Twitter last week, Doge, a special group that Donald Trump created, claimed that a $21m grant distributed by USAid to help “voter turnout in India” had been cancelled, as part of the president’s sweeping cuts to foreign aid.
However, records accessed by the Indian Express newspaper have found that no such funds were ever distributed in India and USAid staff have also denied the existence of such a programme.
Regardless, the claims have had a seismic impact in India. Modi’s governing rightwing Bharatiya Janata party has long accused international civil society and human rights groups of trying to undermine it.
The controversy has stirred up concern among some in India’s beleaguered civil society, who said they feared that the allegations against USAid would be used to justify a further crackdown on their funding and operations by the BJP government.
28.02.202501:27
From the Guardian 🇦🇺 🇮🇱 A prominent academic and Palestinian advocate has had her $870,000 grant suspended after the education minister requested the board of the Australian Research Council (ARC) investigate her fellowship.
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, the recipient of an ARC Future Fellowship and an academic at Macquarie University, has faced sustained criticism from the right wing Coalition, some Jewish bodies and media outlets for controversial comments on Israel, including alleging Zionists had “no claim or right to cultural safety”.
Abdel-Fattah’s project, which was awarded funding by the ARC in 2022, was commissioned to research Arab and Muslim-Australian social movements.
On 31 January, the education minister, Jason Clare, wrote to the ARC board requesting they investigate her research grant as a “matter of priority”, expressing concerns over her speech at an anti-racism symposium headed by the Queensland University of Technology’s Carumba Institute.
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, the recipient of an ARC Future Fellowship and an academic at Macquarie University, has faced sustained criticism from the right wing Coalition, some Jewish bodies and media outlets for controversial comments on Israel, including alleging Zionists had “no claim or right to cultural safety”.
Abdel-Fattah’s project, which was awarded funding by the ARC in 2022, was commissioned to research Arab and Muslim-Australian social movements.
On 31 January, the education minister, Jason Clare, wrote to the ARC board requesting they investigate her research grant as a “matter of priority”, expressing concerns over her speech at an anti-racism symposium headed by the Queensland University of Technology’s Carumba Institute.
04.03.202500:36
From Rosalux 🇺🇸 The nine years since Donald Trump first announced that he was running for President have transformed politics in the United States, as he and the actors around him forge a new political coalition and remake the conservative movement that emerged from the Reagan years. Trump managed to unite the increasingly rabid, right-wing Republican base with techno-libertarians and fringe far-right and fascist groups. Both in 2016 and 2024 Democrats assumed that moderate, suburban Republicans wouldn’t go along with him, and both times they were wrong. Clearly, central assumptions about the political centre of the US were outdated and naïve.
Trump’s new coalition marks uncharted territory both for the Republicans and the US as a whole, making it hard to predict how it will wield state power over the medium term. Rifts between the different factions began forming even before Trump took office. Although they continue to manage a tense collaboration so far, there is no telling how long the coalition can hold. Should it blow up, how great the fallout could be is anybody’s guess.
Trump’s new coalition marks uncharted territory both for the Republicans and the US as a whole, making it hard to predict how it will wield state power over the medium term. Rifts between the different factions began forming even before Trump took office. Although they continue to manage a tense collaboration so far, there is no telling how long the coalition can hold. Should it blow up, how great the fallout could be is anybody’s guess.
01.03.202519:33
🇮🇱 🇸🇾 Israeli outlets are reporting that the country is planning on expanding troop presence 15 kilometers further into Syria.
They also plan to maintain a “sphere of influence" 60 kilometers beyond the illegally occupied Golan Heights, which Israeli intelligence would “monitor and prevent potential threats from developing”
This would increase the area occupied by Israel by around 5,000 km2, and would include parts of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
They also plan to maintain a “sphere of influence" 60 kilometers beyond the illegally occupied Golan Heights, which Israeli intelligence would “monitor and prevent potential threats from developing”
This would increase the area occupied by Israel by around 5,000 km2, and would include parts of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
28.02.202518:50
From the Independent 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Talks between Ukraine and the US ended in chaos today after a White House meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump descended into a furious shouting match.
The much-anticipated encounter between the Ukrainian president and US president started promisingly but within minutes had fallen apart in front of the world’s media.
Trump and his deputy JD Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of gambling with World War Three and accused him of being “disrespectful” and “ungrateful”.
Mr Trump claimed Mr Zelensky would have no power without him and said he could either make a deal or “fight it out”.
The critical minerals deal between Ukraine and the US now looks to be in tatters as Mr Zelensky looked set to leave the discussions early. A press conference between him and President Trump was cancelled.
The much-anticipated encounter between the Ukrainian president and US president started promisingly but within minutes had fallen apart in front of the world’s media.
Trump and his deputy JD Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of gambling with World War Three and accused him of being “disrespectful” and “ungrateful”.
Mr Trump claimed Mr Zelensky would have no power without him and said he could either make a deal or “fight it out”.
The critical minerals deal between Ukraine and the US now looks to be in tatters as Mr Zelensky looked set to leave the discussions early. A press conference between him and President Trump was cancelled.
28.02.202516:32
From the New Arab 🇮🇱 🇪🇺 Israel is establishing relations with far-right political parties in Europe, removing a long-standing cordon sanitaire that will see the government openly work with groups with known links to anti-semites and Holocaust deniers.
"We do not agree with the entire platform of these parties or with every statement made by their leaders, but we believe that we can have a dialogue with them," one official said.
These far-right parties include the National Rally 🇫🇷, Vox 🇪🇸, and the Sweden Democrats 🇸🇪, who have been vocally supportive of Israel since the start of the war on Gaza, using it to push their stridently anti-Islam and anti-immigrant messaging.
The ministry is also considering working with the Alternative for Germany 🇩🇪 and the Austrian Freedom Party 🇦🇹 – both parties with links to neo-Nazis – though a final decision is yet to be made.
Israel has long counted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban – whose party has been accused of tolerating antisemitism – among its closest allies but reportedly began outreach to far-right parties in other European countries when current Defence Minister Israel Katz was serving as foreign minister.
"We do not agree with the entire platform of these parties or with every statement made by their leaders, but we believe that we can have a dialogue with them," one official said.
These far-right parties include the National Rally 🇫🇷, Vox 🇪🇸, and the Sweden Democrats 🇸🇪, who have been vocally supportive of Israel since the start of the war on Gaza, using it to push their stridently anti-Islam and anti-immigrant messaging.
The ministry is also considering working with the Alternative for Germany 🇩🇪 and the Austrian Freedom Party 🇦🇹 – both parties with links to neo-Nazis – though a final decision is yet to be made.
Israel has long counted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban – whose party has been accused of tolerating antisemitism – among its closest allies but reportedly began outreach to far-right parties in other European countries when current Defence Minister Israel Katz was serving as foreign minister.
28.02.202508:08
From the NYTimes 🇺🇸 Eighteen years ago, when Democrats controlled the state government in Iowa, Gov. Chet Culver signed civil rights protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people into law.
On Thursday, in an Iowa State Capitol now dominated by Republicans, lawmakers passed a bill that would remove those civil rights guarantees from transgender Iowans. Advocates for LGBTQ rights said Iowa would become the first state to remove broad and explicit protections for transgender people if Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed the measure.
The debate in Des Moines, where protesters and Democrats tried without success this week to persuade Republican lawmakers to reconsider, reflected how much the discourse over transgender issues has shifted in the country, and how much Iowa has changed.
The passage of the Iowa legislation comes as the Trump administration has tried to limit official recognition of transgender identity.
On Thursday, in an Iowa State Capitol now dominated by Republicans, lawmakers passed a bill that would remove those civil rights guarantees from transgender Iowans. Advocates for LGBTQ rights said Iowa would become the first state to remove broad and explicit protections for transgender people if Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed the measure.
The debate in Des Moines, where protesters and Democrats tried without success this week to persuade Republican lawmakers to reconsider, reflected how much the discourse over transgender issues has shifted in the country, and how much Iowa has changed.
The passage of the Iowa legislation comes as the Trump administration has tried to limit official recognition of transgender identity.
28.02.202500:23
🇺🇸 🇮🇱 Over the past several weeks, an ultra right-wing Zionist group called "Betar USA" has been creating a stir across the US with its brazen calls for the murder of Palestinians.
The group - which describes itself as "loud, proud, aggressive and unapologetically Zionist" - has drawn the ire of both pro-Palestine activists as well as the mainstream Jewish-American establishment for its hostile approach.
Betar USA has trolled pro-Palestine activists and advocates, including Jewish Americans, vandalised property, and has openly called for vigilante-type action against student protesters as well as for the destruction of Gaza.
Whereas the brazenness of the US-based group - a year and a half into the genocide in Gaza - has left some stunned, others say Betar is only a reflection of Zionism in its most naked, visceral form that has taken root in Palestine.
Middle East Eye examines the history of the group, its recent so-called reboot in the United States, and why they are fanning the flames of violence against anyone who advocates for Palestine.
The group - which describes itself as "loud, proud, aggressive and unapologetically Zionist" - has drawn the ire of both pro-Palestine activists as well as the mainstream Jewish-American establishment for its hostile approach.
Betar USA has trolled pro-Palestine activists and advocates, including Jewish Americans, vandalised property, and has openly called for vigilante-type action against student protesters as well as for the destruction of Gaza.
Whereas the brazenness of the US-based group - a year and a half into the genocide in Gaza - has left some stunned, others say Betar is only a reflection of Zionism in its most naked, visceral form that has taken root in Palestine.
Middle East Eye examines the history of the group, its recent so-called reboot in the United States, and why they are fanning the flames of violence against anyone who advocates for Palestine.
03.03.202523:37
From the Associated Press 🇺🇸 Elon Musk’s car company is required each year to report to investors all the bad things that could happen to it, and the latest version lists every imaginable threat from costly lawsuits to out-of-control battery fires to war and another epidemic.
But there’s barely any mention in the latest annual update of Musk’s full-bore entry into right-wing politics, which some experts say is turning off potential customers who don’t share his views.
“It’s marketing 101: Don’t involve yourself in politics,” said New York brand consultant Robert Passikoff. “People will stop buying your products.”
It may be too late.
Tesla sales plunged 45% in Europe in January, according to research firm Jato Dynamics, even as overall electric vehicle sales rose. That comes after a report of falling sales in California, its biggest U.S. market, and the first annual drop globally for the company last year.
But there’s barely any mention in the latest annual update of Musk’s full-bore entry into right-wing politics, which some experts say is turning off potential customers who don’t share his views.
“It’s marketing 101: Don’t involve yourself in politics,” said New York brand consultant Robert Passikoff. “People will stop buying your products.”
It may be too late.
Tesla sales plunged 45% in Europe in January, according to research firm Jato Dynamics, even as overall electric vehicle sales rose. That comes after a report of falling sales in California, its biggest U.S. market, and the first annual drop globally for the company last year.
28.02.202521:55
From The Middle East Monitor 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Hundreds gathered at an ultranationalist rally last night, where several right-wing Israeli lawmakers called for the mass removal of Palestinians from Gaza, echoing US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “clean out” the territory and transform it into a luxury coastal development.
According to the Times of Israel, Environment Protection Minister Idit Silman of the ruling Likud party stated that the only viable solution was to “empty Gaza of Gazans” and insisted that Israel must also take control of Jenin and Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Silman framed her stance as “encouraging emigration”, aligning with some speakers at the rally while others pushed for even harsher measures. Likud MK Nissim Vaturi called for the removal of “all Arabs from Gaza” and extended the demand to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
“We need to wake up. We need to expel the Arabs from here. We need to expel everyone now. Send them to countries who want them so badly. We should not be afraid because God is with us,” concluded Vaturi.
Former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, also addressed the crowd, supporting the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians from Gaza and urging the government to halt all humanitarian aid flowing through Israel into the besieged territory.
According to the Times of Israel, Environment Protection Minister Idit Silman of the ruling Likud party stated that the only viable solution was to “empty Gaza of Gazans” and insisted that Israel must also take control of Jenin and Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Silman framed her stance as “encouraging emigration”, aligning with some speakers at the rally while others pushed for even harsher measures. Likud MK Nissim Vaturi called for the removal of “all Arabs from Gaza” and extended the demand to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
“We need to wake up. We need to expel the Arabs from here. We need to expel everyone now. Send them to countries who want them so badly. We should not be afraid because God is with us,” concluded Vaturi.
Former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, also addressed the crowd, supporting the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians from Gaza and urging the government to halt all humanitarian aid flowing through Israel into the besieged territory.
28.02.202518:44
🇬🇧 A Conservative peer hosted far-right activists in parliament, HOPE not hate can reveal.
Lord Moylan, a former advisor to Boris Johnson, sponsored a discussion event in a House of Lords committee room this week. Sat on the panel with him were two far-right activists.
One was Charlie Downes, a political commentator who has praised Enoch Powell and spoken at anti-migrant demonstrations. Downes has written: “Remigration is a political and demographic necessity.” Remigration is a euphemism for mass deportations of migrants both illegal and legal.
Also at the House of Lords event was Jake Scott, a former campaigner in Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party. Scott co-founded The Mallard, a far-right commentary website, and has similarly endorsed Enoch Powell. In group chats leaked to HOPE not hate, Scott joked with Mallard colleagues about adding swastikas into articles and said that a gay commentator should be “castrated”.
Lord Moylan, a former advisor to Boris Johnson, sponsored a discussion event in a House of Lords committee room this week. Sat on the panel with him were two far-right activists.
One was Charlie Downes, a political commentator who has praised Enoch Powell and spoken at anti-migrant demonstrations. Downes has written: “Remigration is a political and demographic necessity.” Remigration is a euphemism for mass deportations of migrants both illegal and legal.
Also at the House of Lords event was Jake Scott, a former campaigner in Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party. Scott co-founded The Mallard, a far-right commentary website, and has similarly endorsed Enoch Powell. In group chats leaked to HOPE not hate, Scott joked with Mallard colleagues about adding swastikas into articles and said that a gay commentator should be “castrated”.
28.02.202515:15
🇺🇸 🇧🇷 Utah Senator Mike Lee is proposing placing “Brazilian Voldemort” aka Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, under Magnitsky Act sanctions.
The US law is intended to “impose economic sanctions and deny entry into the United States to foreign persons identified as engaging in human rights violations or corruption.”
Moraes has been a central figure in recent efforts to combat the rise of far-right extremism in Brazil. This has brought him under the ire of the supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been banned from running in the 2026 Brazilian presidential elections for his attempted coup after losing re-election in 2022.
Bolsonaro has been hoping to leverage his relationship with Republicans in the United States to pressure the Brazilian government to lift his ban from office, and Senator Lee has been one of the former president’s most vocal supporters in the US Congress.
The US law is intended to “impose economic sanctions and deny entry into the United States to foreign persons identified as engaging in human rights violations or corruption.”
Moraes has been a central figure in recent efforts to combat the rise of far-right extremism in Brazil. This has brought him under the ire of the supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been banned from running in the 2026 Brazilian presidential elections for his attempted coup after losing re-election in 2022.
Bolsonaro has been hoping to leverage his relationship with Republicans in the United States to pressure the Brazilian government to lift his ban from office, and Senator Lee has been one of the former president’s most vocal supporters in the US Congress.
28.02.202505:04
From the Associated Press 🇦🇷 Argentina’s President Javier Milei temporarily appointed two Supreme Court judges by decree Tuesday, bypassing Congress during its summer recess to push through a particularly controversial candidate in a move criticized as an overreach of executive power.
The president’s office said it was within Milei’s constitutional right to fill the two vacancies on the five-member panel as a matter of convenience and expediency. Argentina’s top court “cannot carry out its normal role with only three justices,” the statement added.
Milei nominated federal judge Ariel Lijo and lawyer Manuel García-Mansilla last year but struggled to get approval in the Senate, where his libertarian coalition controls just seven of the 72 seats. The Senate did not reject the candidates outright, either.
“The Senate chose to remain silent” even though “the suitability of the candidates for the position was demonstrated,” Milei’s office said Tuesday.
But lawmakers and officials have questioned the suitability of federal judge Lijo, who has been accused of conspiracy, money laundering and illicit enrichment, and has come under scrutiny for more ethics violations than almost any other judge in his court’s history.
Human Rights Watch criticized Milei’s move as “one of the most serious attacks against the independence of the Supreme Court in Argentina since the return of democracy.”
The president’s office said it was within Milei’s constitutional right to fill the two vacancies on the five-member panel as a matter of convenience and expediency. Argentina’s top court “cannot carry out its normal role with only three justices,” the statement added.
Milei nominated federal judge Ariel Lijo and lawyer Manuel García-Mansilla last year but struggled to get approval in the Senate, where his libertarian coalition controls just seven of the 72 seats. The Senate did not reject the candidates outright, either.
“The Senate chose to remain silent” even though “the suitability of the candidates for the position was demonstrated,” Milei’s office said Tuesday.
But lawmakers and officials have questioned the suitability of federal judge Lijo, who has been accused of conspiracy, money laundering and illicit enrichment, and has come under scrutiny for more ethics violations than almost any other judge in his court’s history.
Human Rights Watch criticized Milei’s move as “one of the most serious attacks against the independence of the Supreme Court in Argentina since the return of democracy.”
26.02.202515:50
🇺🇸 Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has sent out an email to the newspaper's staff saying that he is going to narrow the focus of its opinion pages to be “in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”
The Washington Post is the third most circulated newspaper in the United States.
He claims in the email that “I am of America and for America. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical [sic] — it drives creativity, invention and prosperity”
He says that “viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others” and asserts that supporters of “free markets and personal liberties… are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion”
The Washington Post’s opinion editor, David Shipley, will be exiting the paper as part of the move.
The Washington Post is the third most circulated newspaper in the United States.
He claims in the email that “I am of America and for America. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical [sic] — it drives creativity, invention and prosperity”
He says that “viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others” and asserts that supporters of “free markets and personal liberties… are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion”
The Washington Post’s opinion editor, David Shipley, will be exiting the paper as part of the move.
03.03.202522:26
From bne IntelliNews 🇭🇺 Hungary's government is seeking to ban the annual Budapest Pride March by amending the country’s Fundamental Law (Constitution), a move that legal experts describe as an "unconstitutional absurdity." The government argues that the ban is necessary to protect children, but critics warn that it lacks legal justification and risks violating fundamental rights.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban in his annual state of the nation speech on February 22 said that organisers should not bother with this year’s march, which marks its 30th anniversary. Cabinet member Janos Lazar on social media called for banning the event as soon as possible, to which the prime minister replied: "Indeed, clearly spoken."
Further details were left to the prime minister's chief of staff. In a regular weekly press briefing, Gergely Gulyas justified the decision by citing "common sense."
He said the government would introduce its 15th amendment to the Fundamental Law. The proposed changes would enshrine the principle that a child’s right to physical and mental development supersedes all other legal considerations.
He was asked if the government would use police force if participants still chose to take to the streets, Gulyas replied: "The government is not working under the assumption that people won't abide by the regulations."
Prime Minister Viktor Orban in his annual state of the nation speech on February 22 said that organisers should not bother with this year’s march, which marks its 30th anniversary. Cabinet member Janos Lazar on social media called for banning the event as soon as possible, to which the prime minister replied: "Indeed, clearly spoken."
Further details were left to the prime minister's chief of staff. In a regular weekly press briefing, Gergely Gulyas justified the decision by citing "common sense."
He said the government would introduce its 15th amendment to the Fundamental Law. The proposed changes would enshrine the principle that a child’s right to physical and mental development supersedes all other legal considerations.
He was asked if the government would use police force if participants still chose to take to the streets, Gulyas replied: "The government is not working under the assumption that people won't abide by the regulations."
28.02.202520:51
From Inkstick: When mobs of Donald Trump’s supporters raided the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was their attempt to roll back the results of a democratic election part of a pattern that spanned across global borders?
Well, yes, according to a new paper Ka Ming Chan has written for the British Journal of Political Science. But Chan also asked whether a far-right insurrection in one country might have a detrimental impact on a far-right party’s support base in another.
The paper drew a comparison between the US Capitol riot and the 2023 Brazilian Congress attack, when backers of Jair Bolsonaro attacked federal buildings in Brasília. In both cases, supporters of a recently defeated, far-right president tried to “deny the legitimacy of the electoral game,” Chan wrote, and attempted “to perpetuate the power of their losing president.”
Then, the author examined the cases of Germany and the Netherlands, asking whether the US insurrection could “reduce” support for far-right parties in both European nations.
When a far-right insurrection takes place elsewhere in the world, Chan argued, “it becomes difficult for domestic citizens to ignore the threats to democracy posed by the far-right parties.” In some cases, coup attempts abroad can even lead to a “transnational learning process.”
Well, yes, according to a new paper Ka Ming Chan has written for the British Journal of Political Science. But Chan also asked whether a far-right insurrection in one country might have a detrimental impact on a far-right party’s support base in another.
The paper drew a comparison between the US Capitol riot and the 2023 Brazilian Congress attack, when backers of Jair Bolsonaro attacked federal buildings in Brasília. In both cases, supporters of a recently defeated, far-right president tried to “deny the legitimacy of the electoral game,” Chan wrote, and attempted “to perpetuate the power of their losing president.”
Then, the author examined the cases of Germany and the Netherlands, asking whether the US insurrection could “reduce” support for far-right parties in both European nations.
When a far-right insurrection takes place elsewhere in the world, Chan argued, “it becomes difficult for domestic citizens to ignore the threats to democracy posed by the far-right parties.” In some cases, coup attempts abroad can even lead to a “transnational learning process.”
28.02.202517:52
From the Economist 🇪🇺 On February 23rd more than one in five German voters supported the hard-right Alternative for Germany. The party—which is under surveillance by domestic spooks for suspected extremism—doubled its vote share from the previous election and received more votes than any hard-right group in the country since 1933. Not so long ago this would have been unthinkable in a stable, wealthy and moderate democracy in the heart of Europe. But over the past 15 years hard-right parties have made substantial gains across the region. Drawing on the work of political scientists, our analysis shows that they now make up Europe’s most popular family of political parties by vote share, beating out the conservative and social-democratic blocs for the first time in modern European history.
28.02.202511:57
On the RI Newswire 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Israel’s war minister Israel Katz has announced the expansion of the “Iron Wall” offensive into Qabatiya in the Northern West Bank. He also admitted that Israeli forces had expelled 40,000 Palestinians from three refugee camps in Jenin and Tulkarem, a figure reported by UNRWA weeks ago.
Katz said the refugee camps were now “empty of residents” and that “UNRWA activity in the camps has also been stopped,” asserting that he had instructed the Israeli army not to allow the residents of the camps to return to their homes for an entire year. “We will not return to the reality that was in the past,” he said. “We will continue to clear refugee camps and other terror centers to dismantle the battalions and terror infrastructure.”
Meanwhile, in Jenin city, the Israeli army deployed tanks for the first time in 23 years in the West Bank. Several Israeli Merkava tanks were spotted in the surroundings of Jenin as the Israeli army announced deploying an armored division from its 188th brigade.
Katz said the refugee camps were now “empty of residents” and that “UNRWA activity in the camps has also been stopped,” asserting that he had instructed the Israeli army not to allow the residents of the camps to return to their homes for an entire year. “We will not return to the reality that was in the past,” he said. “We will continue to clear refugee camps and other terror centers to dismantle the battalions and terror infrastructure.”
Meanwhile, in Jenin city, the Israeli army deployed tanks for the first time in 23 years in the West Bank. Several Israeli Merkava tanks were spotted in the surroundings of Jenin as the Israeli army announced deploying an armored division from its 188th brigade.
28.02.202501:59
🇺🇸 Few voters likely expected President Donald Trump in the first weeks of his administration to slash billions of dollars from the nation’s premier federal cancer research agency.
But funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were presaged in Project 2025’s “Mandate for Leadership”, a conservative plan for governance that Trump said he knew nothing about during his campaign. Now, his administration has embraced it.
The 922-page playbook compiled by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative research group in Washington, says “the NIH monopoly on directing research should be broken” and calls for capping payments to universities and their hospitals to “help reduce federal taxpayer subsidisation of leftist agendas”.
From Al-Jazeera: How Project 2025, which Trump disavowed, is shaping his health policies
But funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were presaged in Project 2025’s “Mandate for Leadership”, a conservative plan for governance that Trump said he knew nothing about during his campaign. Now, his administration has embraced it.
The 922-page playbook compiled by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative research group in Washington, says “the NIH monopoly on directing research should be broken” and calls for capping payments to universities and their hospitals to “help reduce federal taxpayer subsidisation of leftist agendas”.
From Al-Jazeera: How Project 2025, which Trump disavowed, is shaping his health policies
26.02.202515:34
From Salon 🇺🇸 For decades, the anti-abortion movement in the United States has aggressively promoted women into visible leadership roles. It's for cynical reasons, namely, to bat off entirely accurate accusations that the movement is misogynist. For ambitious women who wanted to climb the ranks of Republican politics, anti-feminism has long been the steadiest of ladders. The propaganda value of their gender outweighed their party's larger hostility to women in leadership.
But now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned and Donald Trump is back in the White House, many on the right feel they no longer need to hide the naked sexism fueling their movement or put up with the annoyance of women in even token leadership positions. The anti-abortion movement is embroiled in an escalating civil war right now over these issues. Male leaders of the Christian right have been swarming Kristan Hawkins, the 39-year-old head of a "student" anti-abortion group, demanding her ejection from the movement. It started after she objected to Republican legislators introducing bills to charge women who get abortions with murder, an extreme move she fears will backfire on the movement. But mostly it was about growing male anger on the Christian right that women are allowed leadership positions at all.
But now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned and Donald Trump is back in the White House, many on the right feel they no longer need to hide the naked sexism fueling their movement or put up with the annoyance of women in even token leadership positions. The anti-abortion movement is embroiled in an escalating civil war right now over these issues. Male leaders of the Christian right have been swarming Kristan Hawkins, the 39-year-old head of a "student" anti-abortion group, demanding her ejection from the movement. It started after she objected to Republican legislators introducing bills to charge women who get abortions with murder, an extreme move she fears will backfire on the movement. But mostly it was about growing male anger on the Christian right that women are allowed leadership positions at all.
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