Fatima Syed: Hate is a virus that grows rapidly if left unaddressed. And it’s been left unaddressed or dismissed by our political leaders for far too long.
Tag Archives: far-right
Canada needs to brace itself for the next chapter of far-right extremism
Jenn Jefferys: To shrug it off as a threat that died along with Trump’s presidency, or as a purely American ailment, is as dangerous as it is apathetic
We are all witnessing the Great American Implosion
Adnan R. Khan: Trump’s paranoid gang of conspiracy theorists are armed and angry, preparing for war. It’s starting to feel downright apocalyptic here—and I’ve barely mentioned the pandemic
Could Canada soon face a vigilante problem?
Shannon Gormley: Researchers in Europe have identified the conditions in which far-right vigilantes emerge. Canada ticks a lot of the boxes.
The Legion tells neo-Nazis to get lost
An extremist group now seeking to register as a political party held a meeting at a Legion hall in Saskatchewan. It won’t happen again, says the local executive director.
It’s time to take on far-right extremism
Opinion: Far-right nationalists can no longer be thought of as a fringe group. They’re leading one of the major terrorist movements of our time.
The lessons Canada should learn from Britain’s anti-immigrant politics
Opinion: Canada is seen as a global beacon on immigration. But Justin Trudeau would be wise to look for the warning signs that Britain ignored before Brexit
Donald Trump and our crisis of loneliness
Scott Gilmore: Surveys reveal that people are living increasingly isolated existences, and it may help explain the rise of far-right politics
The cautionary tale of Germany’s growing far-right
Adnan R. Khan on why it’s not fascism or even racism that’s driving the surprising success of the German far right. Canada should take notice.
A hard right turn
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party is surging in the polls