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.
News: 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.
September 6. Robert Tait: Hungary documentary reveals sobering similarities between Orbán and Trump: Democracy Noir, portraying Orbán’s creeping authoritarian takeover, has urgent relevance for US audiences.
September 11. Júlia Dias Carneiro: Brazil’s ex-President Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for coup plot.
September 14. The Guardian: Far-right London rally sees record crowds and violent clashes with police: More than 110,000 people join Tommy Robinson-organised protest featuring racist conspiracy theories and hate speech.
October 7. Anna Merlan: Is America Contagious? Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.
October 12. Jason Wilson: Maga figures back Bukele’s call for Trump to crack down on US judges.
October 18. Ashifa Kassam: German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds: Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe.
News: 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.