About thirty years ago started the extreme right career Sassenheimse activist Tim Mudde (1965). Of skinhead in Netherlands Youth Front, he developed into a driving force and ideologue of the new right in Netherlands. Mudde is no mere theoretical ideologue. He is a man of action with his feet in the mud. He sat… Read more
With the appearance of the first edition of the magazine Alert! in 1997 also appeared the first "Under the Loupe ', the article that provides research Kafka. Na 15 year and almost 60 episodes is the time to look back. A critical review: we've done it all the time as we wanted? Had Articles… Read more
The handling of the extreme right with the Internet is not of today or yesterday. Mid nineties, when the Internet was slowly accessible to a wide audience, were in different countries right-wing extremists active on the Internet. What they had exactly it was not yet clear, but it was new, hip and seemed a handy medium… Read more
Op 18 march in Amsterdam will be a demonstration against the rise of far-right parties in the Dutch local elections. In late January sent the Forum for Democracy tweet, they left parties accused to the debate out of the way and to conclude a far-left alliance sample including anti-fascists (Antifa).1 After a public debate of a few days decided to pull various parties withdrew from the initiative.
However, it was the Animal party who took the first decision. The Amsterdam party leader Johnas Lambs tweeted that the PvdD against racism, but will not protest against legitimate democratic parties.2
The subjects racism, wing extremist violence, anti-Semitism and discrimination are widely discussed topics in Netherlands. Not for nothing concerning equal treatment and equal Article 1 of our Constitution. This shows how important this issue for our society. A recurring question in the social and political discussions: how often is violating the prohibition of discrimination? This monitor this question quantitatively worked for years 2010 en 2011. The content is based on a new method of data collection by the police, Those comparisons with other data sources makes it possible.
This report was commissioned by the Anne Frank Foundation. Reading is how often the subjects in police records, with the number of reports, suspects and the nature of the incident. Also shown are regional differences in the Netherlands and you can read how matters are handled by the Public Prosecutor.
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Op 22 juli 2011 Norwegian Islamophobic rechtsextremist1 founded massacred young social democrats on the island of Utoya in Oslo. There were dozens of dead and wounded. He also placed bombs at Norwegian government buildings which were also dead. The perpetrator acted out of ideological motives: he wanted to put an end to the Islamization of Norway and those he held responsible for this strike. His attack was political in character. He turned not only against a young multicultural generation and the future party framework among them, but also against the institutions of the Norwegian democracy, against the basic values of diversity and openheid.2 As far as the shooter did his deeds as loner. However, he is a member in his motives and opinions of a wider, especially virtual network dedicated to Islam / Muslims. This is evident from the sheet prepared by him and widespread manifesto with its numerous references. This is an Islamophobic ideology globally shared by many people and movements and spread, especially on new media. An important part of this (Virtual) movement not only points to the Islam / Muslims in the construction of an enemy image, but also keeps the social democracy responsible for the alleged Islamization of Europe. This ideology comes in different variants. There are extremist versions, extreme versions and moderate variants.
Politicians present themselves to their statements about ethnic or religious
to account for minority groups to court? Or is this
accountability to take place solely in the public debate?
This question can also be raised for cartoonists,
columnists, or comedians. This is an important social
question: where does the boundary of free speech
and start of the ban on discrimination?
That limit is not static, but depending on time, place and circumstances.
In the Netherlands plays this clash of rights expressly
in the legal prosecution of PVV leader Geert Wilders. Begin
2010 is the persecution ordered by the Amsterdam Court. De
lawsuit is of great importance for the determination of the boundary between
two fundamental rights in the Netherlands, but does not determine everything. Likewise
factor is that Netherlands to international human rights treaties
has committed and must abide by the Charter of Fundamental Rights
of the European Union.
Related to this discussion is to find and identify the
border between victim and perpetrator in incidents in which racism or discrimination
plays a role. In everyday practice shows role reversal
easily to be able to take place. Muslims have been victims
of Islamophobic violence, but radical Muslims may also be offenders
terrorist offenses. Sometimes commit extreme right youth violence,
because they have been victims of earlier immigrant violence.
In the aforementioned example of Geert Wilders this goes double
role, in particular,. When accused of inciting hatred against Muslims include
he is also a victim of threats against his person a
take many years for 24-hour security necessary.
Read more in the monitor
Radicalisation and Polarisation
In addition to these illegal actions are the most common incidents in this DTN period a legal character, where occasionally a skirmish occurred between animal rights activists protesting links- and right-wing extremist signature.