SubscriptionsCategory: Extremism
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‘A Sikh Man Standing Up for Muslim Women Mattered in Exposing Boris Johnson’s Divide and Rule Dog Whistle Politics’
Hardeep Matharu sat down with MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi to discuss his passionate taking down of the Prime Minister and his derogatory comparisons labelling Muslim women as letter boxes and bank robbers.
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Rape and Grooming Gangs: How Islamophobic ‘Sex Crimes’ Propaganda Fuels the Far-Right
CJ Werleman on how women are weaponised in racist myths as victims of Muslims, with the result more women are subject to racist attacks.
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Germany Calling: at the Crossroads of Europe
Mike Stuchbery reflects on leaving the UK behind after a tumultuous three years.
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MONSTER POWER: Steve Bannon’s Crucial Role in the Radicalisation of the Far Right
We presently have, for lack of a better term, a serious Nazi problem. White supremacists are openly marching in the streets and committing mass murder so frequently it’s nearly impossible to keep on top of every incident. It may seem like this all just happened overnight, but this explosion of proto-fascism can all be traced…
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The Populist Right Weaponising Animal Rights
With the 2019 Conservative Party Conference focusing on animal welfare, Nick McAlpin warns that unscrupulous elements are currently preying on animal welfare.
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Incendiary Politics: How to Stop Fanning the Flames
Do not follow Bannon and Trump into the furnace of extremism. However outraged and provoked we feel, we must not rise to the bait of Johnson and Cummings.
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From Secularism to White Nationalism: Islamophobia and the Highroad to Extremism
Undercover reporter Ben van der Merwe witnessed the final transformation of a once liberal politician Anne Marie Water into full-blown white supremacism.
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Putting Indian and Chinese Soldiers in Charge of Protecting the Rohingya Muslims is No Solution
Anti-Muslim animus within the ranks of India and China’s security forces remains extreme, so how can they be called upon to protect the Muslim minority exiled from Myanmar?
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Inside Generation Identity: What Next for the Far-Right Group in the UK?
Ben van der Merwe, who spent five months infiltrating Generation Identity, the international far-right group linked to the Christchurch terror attacks, looks at the future of the UK group after its split from Europe.
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‘Tommy Robinson’ and the Boys in Blue
Those close to the EDL founder claim that police officers often expressed sympathy for his right-wing politics and that the support could include the passing on of confidential information.
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‘Tommy Robinson’: The Making of a Martyr
Byline Times’ exclusive interview with the man who made Stephen Yaxley-Lennon rich and an international phenomenon.
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Making Crime Pay for ‘Tommy Robinson’: How YouTube Rewards Violent Radicalisation
The confessions of Tommy Robinson’s filmmaker show how Google’s video site drove them to produce ever more extreme content, and rewarded the EDL founder with a quarter of a million pounds in the four days after he was sent to jail.
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White Nationalism Is a Global Crisis – It’s Time for Gun Laws Across the West to be Re-Examined
CJ Werleman argues that mass shootings in the US to further a white nationalist agenda could spread to other parts of the Western democratic world – for which it must be prepared.
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‘Doctors Forced to Carry out Practices they Believe to be Unethical’ for Counter-Terrorism
How is the duty on healthcare professionals to refer individuals vulnerable to terrorism under the Prevent strategy injecting racialised interactions between doctor and patient into the NHS?
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Is White Nationalism how America Ends?
To defeat and eradicate the threat of white nationalist terrorism, the US will be required to wage a war on itself. Is it up to the job?
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Bannon’s Mexican Wall may be Impossible but the Hate it Creates is Real
As Bannon’s PR stunt near El Paso is swiftly followed by a horrific mass shooting, Hardeep Matharu looks back the Cambridge Analytica origins of ‘Build the Wall’.
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The El Paso Shooting and the Gamification of Terror
Robert Evans, who first analysed the role of 8chan in online radicalisation after the Christchurch attacks, looks at how far-right terrorism ‘body counts’ have been turned into an online game.
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White Supremacist Extremism Can Never Be Curbed in America without Changing its Gun Laws
CJ Werleman on why America must discuss the right to bear arms as the main reason why mass shootings keep happening.
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Hate Crime Rise During the Trump Era is No Hoax
US Conservatives and anti-social justice warriors are pushing a false narrative about hate crime hoaxes to distract from the alarming reality.
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Katie Hopkins on White Minorities and the Great Replacement Theory
Footage reveals the British commentator, promoted by Donald Trump, promulgating the conspiracy theory of Muslim immigration that inspired the Christchurch terror attack.
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The Double Attack on Liberal Democracy
The far right’s collusion with Vladimir Putin is now well-documented, but support from the left puts democracy in even greater danger.
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The Trials of ‘Tommy Robinson’: How Yaxley-Lennon was Always Going to be Convicted
Byline Times‘ court reporter James Doleman looks at Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s weak defence and shaky demeanour throughout his long-awaited contempt of court Old Bailey trial. It was an odd couple of days at the Old Bailey. When I arrived on Thursday morning, the first thing I saw was that the normally busy street was closed off…
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PORTLAND VIOLENCE: When Fascists Become the Anti-Fascists?
CJ Werleman on what the reaction to the violence in Oregon reveals about the rising threat of fascism in America.
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India’s Secular Democracy is in Crisis – What will it do when the Inevitable Happens?
CJ Werleman asks the darkest of all questions: what will happen in India the day after a handful of would-be violent “jihadist” terrorists carry out an attack motivated by Modi’s Hindu nationalism?
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German Foreign Minister Recognises Far Right “Terrorism Problem” while British Politicians Normalise it
CJ Werleman on how the UK is “sleepwalking” into a domestic right-wing terrorism crisis despite warnings from the police.
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FAR RIGHT FUNDING: The Rebel Reporters Threatening the UK’s Rule of Law
Mike Stuchbery examines the funding and support for Far Right figures delivered under the guise of journalism.
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Why so Sore, Donny? Fascism has Deep American Roots
London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s comment on Donald Trump’s nativism, isolationism and bigotry has hit a sore spot.
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Growing ‘Irexit’ Campaign has Links to Notorious British Ethno-Nationalist
A fast growing ‘Irexit’ campaign gaining online traction over recent months, calling for Ireland’s withdrawal from the EU, has close links with British white nationalists. An investigation by anti-racism activists in Ireland has revealed that the ‘Muintir na héireann’ (‘People of Ireland’) website and Facebook community, with over 10,000 followers, is the work of Jack…
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Your Vote this Thursday will be a Message to the Far Right. No Further
Mike Stuchbery draws strength from history and argues that anyone who cares about stopping the Far Right, now fighting in a Europe-wide alliance, needs to vote in the Euro Elections this Thursday
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INSIDE PREVENT: A Racist Policy of Social Control?
Hardeep Matharu explores why those in the Muslim community believe that the Government’s controversial counter-terrorism strategy is doing more harm than good.
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INSIDE PREVENT: Far Right and ISIS Extremism Fuel Each Other
A ‘symbiotic’ relationship has developed between Far Right and Daesh-inspired forms of extremism referred to the controversial Prevent Strategy, a leading police officer has warned.
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Christchurch Summit: Mainstream News Sites also ‘Perpetuating Hate’ and Violent Extremism
G7 leaders will gather to discuss calls for a ‘Christchurch Call’ to combat terrorism and violent extremism on social media – but what about the news sites of the traditional press?
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Has ISIS been defeated?
Faisal Khan asks: what next for the Islamic State following the loss of its Caliphate?
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Missed Opportunities: Muslims are Counter Terrorism Assets
In the wake of the Sri Lankan terror attacks CJ Werleman reports on how Muslim communities have been at the forefront of combating extremist groups.
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The Global Terror Network – From the Christchurch Mosque to the San Diego Synagogue
CJ Werleman on the spreading ‘white genocide’ ideology and online radicalisation behind the rising tide of Far-right terror attacks.
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At his BBQ Bonfire of the Vanities, Tommy Robinson Reinvents Himself – Yet Again
After predicting his run for the European Parliament, Louise Raw assesses Tommy Robinson’s rhetoric of betrayal at his ‘exclusive’ launch event.
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The New ‘Al-Qaeda’ – a Right-Wing Insurgency
C J Werleman documents the global threat of Far-right terrorism and argues that Trump might seek to benefit from it.
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Tommy Robinson is set to Run for European Parliament – What Next?
Louise Raw counters some of the myths around the former EDL founder and argues there is only one antidote if Robinson announces his candidacy
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Fox Breaks Cover – from Revolutionary Communist to Farage’s Right Hand Woman
Otto English on the weird moral maze of would-be Brexit Party MEP Claire Fox and her Spiked Network.
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The Colombo Conundrum: Britain, Sri Lanka and the lingering ISIS Threat
As ISIS claims responsibility for the Sri Lanka bombings, Byline Times looks at the broader threat posed by radicalised supporters returning from conflict zones – and how Britain’s response relies on local public bodies.
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Alt-Right Bantz: Satire-Bros and Ho, Ho, Hos…
Katy Brand takes a withering look at Dankula, Benjamin, Batten and Galloway and how comedy seems to have been co-opted by authoritarians.
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How Farage’s Campaign Colluded with Putin to Weaponise Hate and Islamophobia
Following Channel 4’s revelations that Nigel Farage’s Leave EU campaign faked inflammatory photos of sexual attacks and staged videos about migrants, Byline Times has evidence of more racist propaganda sourced from the Kremlin.
