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The Government’s Ties to Racist ‘Hate’ Groups: Part One
Nafeez Ahmed reports on how an official counter-extremism advisor is on the pay-roll of funders behind far-right hate groups
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QAnon and the Failure of Prophecy
CJ Werleman looks at the ways the conspiracy theory persists despite the facts, and how it is rapidly merging with white evangelical Christian nationalism
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IWD 2021: The Global Anti-Rights Networks Behind Madrid’s Anti-Feminist Rally
A virtual protest organised by Spain’s Women Of The World Platform is part of a global assault on women’s and LGBTIQ rights, reports Sian Norris
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Ideology and Psychology: Where Does Extremism Come From?
CJ Werleman reports on a Cambridge University study which could shed new light on why some people support violence in the name of political or religious beliefs
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Who is Free Speech For? Network of Alt-Right Activists Target Anti-Racist Campaigner Over Tweet
As a new free speech digital platform launches today, Sian Norris and Nafeez Ahmed investigate how its editor is part of a network attacking anti-racist activists
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Why Won’t the World Call the Uyghur Persecution Genocide?
The West is reluctant to fully condemn the actions of the Chinese Communist Party because of the sanctions that will be invoked as a retaliatory response from Beijing, says CJ Werleman
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Reaganite Rockers to Brexit Punks: ‘The Kids are Alt-Right’
Nathan O’Hagan catalogues the surprising conservatism of many radical musicians
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‘Free speech’ Czar Role linked to Toby Young’s Free Speech Union and US Right-Wing Funding Network
Nafeez Ahmed’s investigation reveals that the Government’s new proposal is inspired by attempts to suppress free speech about racism
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Only 29% of People in UK have a ‘Positive Attitude’ Towards Muslims
Sian Norris reports on a new study by anti-racist groups assessing the anti-minority views of people across Europe
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Impeachment Trial: White Evangelical Christian Extremism is Why Senate Republicans Won’t Convict Trump
CJ Werleman explores how the Republican Party knows that a core part of the former President’s support base is here to stay – no matter how dangerous they may be for American democracy
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GB News ‘Founder’ in Business with Two Top Priti Patel Appointees
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how Sir Robbie Gibb, who helped found the new ‘anti-woke’ media channel, is tied to the Government’s bid to attack Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion
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Undercover in the Anti-LGBTIQ Movement: Conspiracy, Conversion Therapy and Links to a Westminster MP
A speaker at a conference promoting conversion therapy has links to Westminster MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.
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Fox News Propaganda is Turning the Republican Party into a Domestic Terrorist Organisation
CJ Werleman argues that the Republicans will take an even darker turn during Joe Biden’s presidency
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From ISIS to MAGA: Trump Leads a Terror Grouping with Tens of Millions of Supporters
Right-wing extremism is a significantly greater terror threat than violent jihadism, reports CJ Werleman – yet gets mainstream media and political support
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The Storming of the Capitol – Part Two: The Finale of the Sixties
A crucial historical explanation for the imaginative rage of Donald Trump’s militant army lies in the Vietnam War generation, argues Anthony Barnett
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‘Tip of the Iceberg’ Federal Prosecutors Investigating ‘Hundreds’ of Pro-Trump Rioters
A week after the deadly assault on the US Capitol, Caroline Orr reports on the prospect of the first sedition prosecutions for 25 years
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LBC Radio Host Maajid Nawaz Bankrolled by US Republican Dark Money
Nafeez Ahmed reports on the background of the controversial broadcaster whose think tank has been funded by Pro-Donald Trump donors
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The Storming of the Capitol – Part One: Trump’s Red Guards
In the first part of a series of analyses, Anthony Barnett looks at how the Chinese Communist Party is weaponising the Washington insurrection to defend its suppression of Hong Kong
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The ‘MAGA’ Civil War has Begun
CJ Werleman argues that, with Donald Trump’s influence unlikely to wane soon and millions of people believing that the 2020 US Election result is illegitimate, his ‘Make America Great Again’ coalition will be going nowhere
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Trump’s Presidency has been Defined by the Male Violence Seen at the Capitol
Sian Norris examines the links between Donald Trump, gender-based violence, terrorism, white supremacy, conspiracy theories and the attempted insurrection in Washington D.C.
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The Times of Islamophobia: How the Demonisation Works
Moazzam Begg explains why Rupert Murdoch’s flagship newspaper had to make an apology to him and the advocacy organisation CAGE and argues that deeper questions about Islamophobia still stand
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Alt-Right Pseudoscience – Part 2: The Free Speech Union and Scientific Racism
Nafeez Ahmed reveals British commentator Toby Young’s defence of the Nazi-inspired Pioneer Fund and explores how discredited race science has been normalised under the guise of ’free speech’
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The Powerful Lure of the Soft Fascism Within
Hardeep Matharu with a personal account from the psychological frontline of the culture wars exploring the inner appeal of hate, division and xenophobia
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‘Love Jihad’ – Another Step Towards India’s Nazification
A new law based around a conspiracy theory that Muslim men are tricking Hindu women into marrying them to turn India into an Islamic caliphate is yet another example of the country’s descent, says CJ Werleman
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Fighting Fascism: Art As Activism
Jan Fuscoe, of the ‘Brick Lane: The Turning Point’ project, hears from Dan Jones, an artist, activist and campaigner for over 50 years
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Trump’s Ability to Ignite a Vengeful Civil War Should Not Be Underestimated
CJ Werleman documents the violence which Trump supporters have already perpetrated around the 2020 Presidential Election and warns that the very real threat from right-wing terrorism is likely to be exploited by the President
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Michael Gove’s Lobbyists at the Heart of White Nationalist Trumpworld
In the next part of this special Byline Times investigation, Nafeez Ahmed delves into a controversial ‘Alt-Right’ event attended by key figures in a conservative lobbying group with Home Office funding to research Islamist militancy
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Mike Pence’s Dangerous Vision for an Extremist Christian America Should Not Be Overlooked
The Vice-Presidential Debate should remind the US electorate that Pence only appears somewhat acceptable in comparison with Donald Trump, argues CJ Werleman
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Modern Day Islamophobia Starts with the US and Israeli Right-Wing but Ends With Saudi Arabia and the UAE
CJ Werleman traces the evolution of a plan to equate Islam with ‘terrorism’ to an ideology deployed by Arab Gulf leaders and autocrats everywhere
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Half a Million Tibetans Forced into Labour Camps In Disturbing Parallel to Chinese Abuse of Uyghurs
Steve Shaw reports on Chinese Government documents revealing oppressive measures designed to change Tibetans’ lifestyles and remove the influence of their religious beliefs in military-style ‘training’ camps
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Tackling Islamophobia in ‘Terrorism’ Won’t happen by Sticking the Label On More White Perpetrators
Government policy around counter-terrorism and programmes such as Prevent, not just media coverage, must be examined to shift damaging narratives around Islam in Britain
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How Can Liberal Democracy Respond to the Rise of QAnon?
CJ Werleman explores the overlap between those with hard right beliefs and people with a desire to lead alternative lifestyles via the conspiracy theory group which believes Donald Trump is saving the world from cannibals and paedophiles
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Voices of the Dispossessed: Uyghur Families Reveal the Persecution of Loved Ones
Tasnim Nazeer investigates the plight of family members of missing Uyghur Muslims persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang
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The Global Religious Right and Its War on Relationship and Sex Education
How is a libertarian and ‘family values’ narrative being used to normalise and mainstream far-right attacks on women and minority communities?
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Boris Johnson Defended Nazi-Supporting Austrian Politician Against the EU
The Prime Minister is said to have been in two minds about remaining in the EU, but Iggy Ostantin reveals he supported far-right figures who opposed it
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The Rise of QAnon and the Danger of a Conspiracy Theory-Based Terrorism Wave
Following COVID-19 denial demonstrations in the UK, US and Europe, CJ Werleman explores the driving force behind such movements and what they mean for democracy
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MUTATING RACISM: The Far-Right, Anti-Vaxxers and Conspiracy Theorists Unite
With tens of thousands of ‘Coronavirus’ protestors flocking to the streets of Berlin this weekend, Musa Okwonga considers what it will take for the extremist threat facing Germany to be taken seriously
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Undercover in the Anti-Abortion Movement: How Abortion Became a Tool of White Supremacists
The myth of live abortions is a key talking point in the anti-abortion movement – more than anything we need to understand the white supremacist motives of these attacks on women’s reproductive rights, reports Sian Norris
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The Indirect Victims of the Christchurch Mosque Massacre
The Christchurch massacre taught Muslims across the world that their lives are believed to matter less, explains Amina Shareef
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Selective Terrorism: By Refusing to Call White Supremacist Killers ‘Terrorists’, the Media Furthers its Aim of Demonising Muslims
A new report shows there can be no excuses for journalists, says Brian Cathcart: if Al Qaeda was ‘terror’, then so were the Christchurch killings and the murder of Jo Cox
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‘Death is Everywhere’: Millions More Uyghurs Missing
CJ Werleman reports on evidence that up to nine million Uyghurs are unaccounted for and allegations Chinese authorities plan to kill, incarcerate or convert the whole population
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Facebook Withholding Evidence of Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide
Steve Shaw reports on how the social media platform was used to fuel violence against the country’s Muslim minority in 2017
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The Hard Right is a Far Greater Threat to Freedom of Speech than ‘Cancel Culture’
Their reaction to the assault on left-wing commentator Owen Jones proves that many far-right-wing commentators secretly approve of silencing those who oppose them
