Op 14 December presented Geert Wilders, the leader for the municipal elections in Rotterdam, Geza Hegedus. A man with no political experience, the PVV leader. Hegedüs indeed has no parliamentary experience. But he is not a blank page. The targeted party leader was actively Erkenbrand and extreme ideas. "I had written a long letter nationalist" explains… Read more
In spring 2016 some young men set up a partnership to study the extreme right. They baptize the Erkenbrand. After nearly two years of growth and development, the organization has significantly grown in importance. There is a fairly large and wide following and there are various links to the Forum for Democracy. And it is striking,… Read more
An ethno-nationalist, so the shooter Christchurch called himself in his manifesto. The 73 page document is directly connected to the online Internet culture of alt-right, which also has supporters in Netherlands, Nikki knows Sterkenburg, die sinds 2015 research into the motives of radical- and right-wing activists in Netherlands.
On YouTube, users often suggested movies that are just a little more extreme than they themselves viewed. The Volkskrant and Correspondent channels investigated, videos and comments and discovered how it can lead users to always be right-wing and radical.
A far-right group whose many members are better educated, we have not seen long in Netherlands. Striking, also find the AIVD. What Erkenbrand, what it stands for and who are the people behind it?
Erkenbrand organizes an event in Utrecht because of the elections with a live stream of Red Ice. It is Millennial Woes (Colin Robertson) a guest.
More and more openly
Over the past few decades, it has become radical online- and extreme right-wing landscape has taken off. In addition, racist and dehumanizing statements are no longer only made under a pseudonym in a corner of the internet on a web forum like Stormfront., but increasingly openly shared on social media. This fact sheet has been prepared to gain more insight into this online world and its significance for the offline world. The online world fulfills various functions in this regard: recruiting, generate attention, mobiliseren, spread ideology, finding like-minded people, ideological justification, trolling and doxing, undermining social cohesion and government and entertainment. Although the online range of known physical (offline) radically- and extreme right-wing groups is relatively small and the threat of violence has been low for years, is there a continuation of a previously observed "threatening culture". Racist and dehumanizing messages are not distributed from major channels, but rather shared bottom-up by a network of individual users. These increased racist comments and hate speech contribute to further polarization and undermining of social cohesion, especially when it comes to dehumanization and increasing hostility towards groups with a migrant background. The online landscape is constantly changing. The information in the fact sheet is a snapshot of September 2020. We update this fact sheet periodically.