Image: from How a Finnish neo-Nazi shared arson manual before riots.
This page is part of a resource collection on far right extremism. See also: Far Right Extremism in the U.S.: International Connections.
2025
January 23. David Gilbert: The Global Far Right Is Celebrating Trump’s New World Order: Far-right lawmakers and extremist influencers the world over are celebrating Trump’s early days in office and advocating for similar efforts in their own countries.
February 14. Andrew Roth: JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany’s far-right party: US vice-president meets with AfD leader Alice Weidel as Trump administration courts European populist parties.
February 16. Lee Hockstader: What’s behind Vance’s stunning decision to embrace Germany’s AfD?
February 19. Terrence McCoy & Marina Dias: Brazil charges Bolsonaro with leading plot to seize power, kill rivals: Former president Jair Bolsonaro is accused of plotting the assassination of political rivals and a military takeover of Latin America’s largest country.
February 21. Justine McDaniel & Patrick Marley: Bannon denies making Nazi salute as French far-right leader cancels speech. The gesture comes as Trump and his allies have prompted growing alarm among critics about their embrace of authoritarian messaging and symbols.
2024
January 18. Barbara Serra: The Normalization of Italy’s Giorgia Meloni.
February 18. Elaine Ganley: French mayors face violence and intimidation from xenophobic far-right groups.
February 19. NPR: Poland’s new government deprograms its once far-right public media.
March 8. Anthony Faiola & Catarina Fernandes Martins: Cool to be far right? Young Europeans are stirring a political youthquake.
March 11. Sheikh Saaliq: India announces steps to implement a citizenship law that excludes Muslims.
March 14. Tess Megginson: Canada’s Right Is Moving Further Right—And Closer to the U.S.
March 29. Kate Brady & Karla Adam: Once wary of extremist violence, Europe now fears extremism in politics.
April 27. NPR: Germany’s far-right AfD is using TikTok to vie for the immigrant vote.
May 22. Vittoria Elliott & David Gilbert: A Far-Right Indian News Site Posts Racist Conspiracies. US Tech Companies Keep Platforming It.
May 30. NPR: Europeans choose new Parliament, with far-right and Russian disinformation both on the rise.
June 4. David Rothkopf: In the Former Eastern Bloc, They’re Terrified of a Trump Presidency. For Americans, authoritarian rule is theoretical. But in Eastern Europe, reminders of it are everywhere, as is dread of a partial return to those days.
June 6. NPR: Politicians are facing increasing attacks in the run-up to a new European parliament.
June 9. AP News: Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz.
June 14. U.S. Department of State: Terrorist Designations of Nordic Resistance Movement and Three Leaders.
June 23. Ayesha Rascoe: Hungary’s far-right leader is set to take over rotating presidency of the EU.
June 23. Andrew Vitek: Blind Spots and Backdoors: The Growth of the Global Far-right and the Paralysis of Liberal Democracies.
July 16. AP News: Germany’s top security official bans a far-right magazine, accusing it of spreading hatred.
August 6. Ben Makuch: US neo-Nazi terror group aims to revive activities ahead of election: The Russia-based leader of the Base, which adheres to principles of accelerationism, seeks ‘A-team leader’ in US.
August 11. Emma Yeomans: Exposed: how a Finnish neo-Nazi shared arson manual before riots.
September 1. Kate Brady & Anthony Faiola: Far right set to win in a German state for the first time since WWII.
September 1. Kate Brady & Anthony Faiola: Far right set to win in a German state for the first time since WWII:Deemed an extremist organization by domestic intelligence in three German states, the AfD has overcome deep-seated taboos over nationalist politics in Germany.
September 6. Ishaan Tharoor: Germany’s firewall against the far right isn’t working: Recent elections in Germany show the limits of the nation’s statist efforts to stamp out far-right extremism and ultranationalism.
September 8. Mukul Kesavan: India is witnessing the slow-motion rise of fascism.
October 10. David Gilbert: The Influence of the US Far Right on Ireland Is Growing:Former KKK members, the founder of the antisemitic Goyim Defense League, and a QAnon promoter are all advising Irish far-right communities, which are increasingly looking to the US for inspiration.
November 11. Richard Seymour: Far-right leaders are winning across the globe. Blaming ‘the economy’ or ‘the left-behinds’ won’t cut it.
November 13. Elena Giordano: Giorgia Meloni’s vendetta against Italy’s judges: The right-wing prime minister has a “strategy” to discredit, frighten and silence critics, from the media to the judiciary, says a famous Italian journalist.
November 26. Ben Quinn & Dan Milmo: How the far right is weaponising AI-generated content in Europe.
December 3. David Gilbert: Ireland Rejected the Far Right. The Election Conspiracy Theories Have Already Begun.
December 7. Deborah Cole: Far-right activists from Germany spent US election day at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.
December 13. The Guardian: Switzerland seeks to ban Nazi symbols amid surge in antisemitism.
The 2024 UK Riots
July 31. William Booth & Leo Sands: Far-right rioters attack U.K. police, mosque amid false claims on stabbings: The riot in Southport, England, followed false claims that an immigrant was responsible for the attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class that killed three girls.
August 1. Neha Gohil & Josh Halliday: Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies.
August 3. Carole Cadwalladr: ‘A polarisation engine’: how social media has created a ‘perfect storm’ for UK’s far-right riots.
August 5. NPR: Misinformation online fueled all-out race riots in the United Kingdom.
August 5. Gergana Krasteva: Rioters set up ‘race checkpoint’ to ask drivers if they’re white and English.
August 9. Alberto Toscano: UK Riots Have Their Roots in a History of Hate: The racism in the streets was seeded by the racism of the state.
August 11. Emma Yeomans: Exposed: how a Finnish neo-Nazi shared arson manual before riots.
August 15. Will Carless & Jessica Guynn: Riots in the UK spurred by racist posts on X. Experts warn of a repeat in the US.
August 7. David Gilbert & Isabel Fraser: X Is Boosting the Far Right’s UK Riots as Telegram Scrambles for Control: Far-right protesters are trying to share violent rhetoric on social media. For the first time, Telegram is blocking them—while X is giving them a platform.
August 16. Red Flare: Mr.AG: The Mixed Race Finnish Neo-Nazi Behind the UK’s Race Riots.
August 18. Carole Cadwalladr: Inciting rioters in Britain was a test run for Elon Musk. Just see what he plans for America.
2023
July 21. Ishaan Tharoor: A far-right European Union could be around the corner.
August 31. Michael Colborne: Saunas and Swastikas: Finland’s Summertime neo-Nazi Meet-Up.
September 13. James Callery: Finland far-Right terror group plotted to kill Prime Minister Sanna Marin and start a race war after they created firearms using 3D printers.
October 6. Rueben Dass: 3D-Printed Weapons and the Far-Right: The Finnish Accelerationist Cell.
November 19. The Washington Post: Argentina set for sharp right turn as Trump-like radical wins presidency.
November 24. Karla Adam: Far-right protesters burn and loot in Dublin in worst violence ‘in decades’.
November 25. The Washington Post: Dutch election shows far right rising and reshaping Europe.
December 18. Kate Brady: Germany’s far-right party wins mayoral election, showing group’s rising appeal.