With the imminent visit of Canadian YouTuber Gavin McInnes, Australia could witness an acceleration of organised alt-right activity.
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Gavin McInnes will be the latest in a string of provocative, right-wing speakers to visit Australia. Each tour pushes the public debate further to the right, with more scope for conflict.
In the 1930s, the Nazis used exhibitions to create a sense of belonging and support for their ideas. Today’s far right groups go online to create a similar sense of community.
A man carries an anti-EU, pro-Brexit placard during in London on September 3, 2016.
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Since the Brexit vote in 2016, rebellious movements have repeatedly shown their ability to shape political outcomes across the globe, often in unexpected ways: So what lies next?
Pauline Hanson addresses a Reclaim Australia rally in Brisbane in 2015.
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The ‘paranoid style’ of the Australian far-right limits its possibilities for growth, but online organisation has allowed it to infiltrate mainstream politics.
The Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán speaks on March 15 in Budapest. He’s running for reelection.
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This Sunday Hungarians vote whether to return prime minister Viktor Orbán to office. The choice they make will affect the future of their country, and Europe.
Britain First leader Paul Golding and deputy leader Jayda Fransen.
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While minor right-wing parties are advancing specific policy agendas, Australia’s major right-of-centre force appears to be grappling with internal divisions about its policy direction.
Radical right populists are on the brink of power in Austria and making gains across the region. And the European leaders who once were willing to publicly condemn them are silent now.
Austria’s polarised electorate went for the Greens in the end.
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