Sep 15, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Chris Wilson Past white nationalist terrorism demonstrates that the greatest risk often comes from individuals on the periphery of organised extremist groups. It is more than 18 months since a now convicted terrorist Brenton Tarrant drove to Christchurch, began...
Jun 5, 2020 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Justin Wong Marine Le Pen has already announced her bid for the presidency in 2022. Before the National Front’s (FN) Marine Le Pen advanced to the second round of the 2017 presidential election, philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy wrote in 2010 that she was “far-right...
Mar 19, 2019 | Politics & Society
By Chris Wilson The mosque gunman’s manifesto shows a combination of nationalism and xenophobia, demanding regions be controlled by groups that identify as the true first owners of the land, writes Chris Wilson. On Friday March 15, a man entered Al Noor Mosque...
Dec 5, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Peter Henne Is patriotism the solution to nationalism? Peter S. Henne explores. Before the US mid-term elections in early November, US President Donald Trump gave a speech that cheered his supporters and alarmed his critics. Trump identified himself as a...
Oct 30, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
From his first appearance in 1941 to the current storyline, Nazism has been of central importance to Captain America. Due to the nature of the patronym, Captain America comics have also offered a sustained engagement with the concepts of patriotism and nationalism,...