Far Right

Last week I took a look into what Irish far-right had to say about the anti-refugee protest and violence in Sandwith street in the centre of Dublin. I noted a couple of things: first, how it was odd that, among people concerned with this issue in Dublin domestic affairs, it…

(edited with a couple of additions 15/05) On 12 May, in the centre of Dublin, there was a protest against an area where refugees had been sleeping rough. It ended: With the area the people had occupied burned and with protesters and their supporters self-congratulating: Take a moment to admire…

Abstract: The “Proud Boys” were a far-right extremist group that gained notoriety for their violent and hateful rhetoric. In 2021, several members of the Proud Boys were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit sedition for their involvement in the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. The trial lasted…

Editors note: Links to papers on the open JSTOR depository use the Chicago link, with a live link in the reference note. When you spend enough time on Telegram, you can see how Russian society is divided. The war is not popular in all quarters. So today, I bring attention…

Listen. Can you hear it? It’s the sound of an out of tune calliope crackling to life as a haunted carousel judders into motion. Around the carousel creaks, bringing into view a dead horse, the words ‘liberal elite’ scrawled across its rotten flank. Can you see it? Not everyone can…

So much for one essay a day. I severely overestimated myself. Anyway, I am home now, so I can use my illustrated version of the book: Go buy it. It’s amazing. Chapter 3 is titled Beware the One-Party State. It states that the tyrannical parties that have taken over entire…

We have seen stories here and there of Russian troops going home and creating havoc. The Guardian had one specifically of surviving Wagner going home and resuming a life of crime. This came as zero surprise. So I am going to highlight a section from their morning story: At the…

This is a story in my continuing series on disinformation, especially how it relates to the practice of journalism and the development of social movements. You can find a background to the theme here. — What happened? The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s 7.30 Report of April 3 this year profiled My Place, the organisation attempting to turn conspiracy theories into a social movement, implicating it in disruption of council meetings in Adelaide and Victoria, anti-semitism and holocaust denial.

The Nazis burned books, Elon Musk (who has shamelessly aided the far-right) is attempting to burn expertise, talent and truth. He will fail — truth and integrity are not flammable! Ineptly run empires, however, can turn to dust very quickly. The meander of Musk (aka Space Karen, aka overgrown Mike…