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Radical right-wing politics

🌊 Colonial backlash: the far right and elections in Latin America

October 30, 2026

Why defeating Bolsonaro did not defeat Bolsonarismo

October 16, 2026

Migration, belonging and the politics of cultural visibility

September 15, 2026

🌈 Pride under pressure from the far right

June 22, 2026

🔮 The populist radical right as a governing logic

June 1, 2026
April 24, 2026

Who reposts which media sources? And why this matters for understanding populist politics

Katharina Tittel In social media, while documenting what gets said is important, understanding who posts which sources to raise their visibility is also key. Katharina Tittel, William Allen, and Pedro Ramaciotti use immigration in France to show how far-right users of X cite sources strategically to achieve their goals Read more
April 17, 2026

Rewriting political memory in Chile

Anitta Kynsilehto Chile has elected extreme-right candidate José Antonio Kast as its new president. His victory, argues Anitta Kynsilehto, may reflect a broader process of rewriting political memory in the post-dictatorship era, suggesting that Chileans' memories of 'never again' moments are beginning to fade Read more
March 12, 2026

AfD and the politics of extremism classification in Germany

Henning Schäckelhoff Germany’s domestic intelligence agency is supposed to defend democracy from extremist threats. But new statistical evidence suggests that branches of the far-right party Alternative für Deutschland are most likely to be labelled extremist in regions where the party is electorally strongest. This pattern, says Henning Schäckelhoff, raises a difficult question: is militant democracy protecting the constitution – or shaping political competition? Read more
March 10, 2026

🔮 Why the 'nihilist penguin' has become a new symbol for the alt-right 

Federico Taddei At the start of 2026, a meme dubbed the 'nihilist penguin' went viral. But populist media pages and extreme-right accounts soon began using edits of the meme to spread nationalist and exclusionary content. Federico Taddei argues that when the alt-right exploits them, even seemingly apolitical social media trends can carry serious political implications  Read more
January 22, 2026

Has Chega changed the Portuguese parliament? What parliamentary votes reveal

Nelson Santos Nelson Santos, Sofia Serra-Silva, and Tiago Silva analysed voting patterns in Portugal’s parliament. They found that the legislative behaviour of populist radical-right Chega contradicts the party’s anti-system rhetoric. Meanwhile, conflict has reached unprecedented levels in what was historically a consensual parliament Read more

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