In the parliamentary elections in March 2021 does the new party “We are the Netherlands” in a small number of constituencies. The game comes from the extreme right-wing movement in the Netherlands and presents itself as a representative of the protest movement against the corona measures. Various candidates and supporters have an extreme right-wing background. Op 21 juni 2020 irons one… Read more
The best minds in the Netherlands will talk about developments in their field this summer. This week Cas Mudde (54). He has been studying the radical right all his working life. “We started talking as if the radical right were the people.”
The Prosecution (ABOUT) is researching the radical right-wing action platform Vizier op Links. That is what outgoing minister Wouter Koolmees has (Integration) announced on Tuesday during a debate in the House of Representatives.
The controversial platform Visor on the Left, that has been discredited several times in recent weeks, was taken offline tonight by Twitter.
The radical right-wing platform Vizier op Links intimidated historian Nadia Bouras and GroenLinks politician Huub Bellemakers, among others, by putting stickers on their front door. Various reports have now been filed and parliamentary questions have been asked, but the big question remains (and we don't have an answer to that yet): who is behind Vizier op Links? This is what we now know.
Almost everyone has left a long trail of personal data. More and more often that data is used to intimidate people. This form of intimidation, of doxing, is downright traumatic - and hardly prosecuted for the time being.
The owner of the online platform BackMe has removed the account from Vizier op Links, a radical right action platform. In recent days there has been a lot of fuss about stickers and pamphlets that have been delivered to various home addresses. The BackMe owner explicitly distances himself from the intimidation and fear that the platform is spreading.
Aafke Romeijn is the fourth victim to file a complaint against the radical right-wing action platform Vizier op Links. The writer and musician says that the platform has distributed her address details via the chat service Telegram.
The SP will ask parliamentary questions about anonymous intimidation of opinion makers with a left-wing signature at their home address. Several people have found a sticker on their front door in recent weeks, which says they are being watched by followers of the platform "Vizier Op Links".
ENSCHEDE – Saxion teacher Harrie Kiekebosch received a storm of criticism on Twitter last weekend, after tweets about Geert Wilders.
Campaigners of the anti-Islam organization Pegida demonstrated on Sunday afternoon dressed as traditional Zwarte Piet in the center of Eindhoven. It concerned eight followers of Pegida, who handed out gingerbread cookies to the public. Three protesters were arrested. The demonstration ended around a quarter past two.
The extremist landscape in the Netherlands has developed strongly in recent years. Where in the public image the emphasis has long been on jihadism, other forms of extremism have come to the fore in recent years. Since the outbreak of the corona pandemic in 2019 the increasing hardening and division of the social and political debate are visible. Anti-government sentiments are more explicitly expressed publicly, for example in relation to the corona- and nitrogen policy. Moreover, more people seem to radicalize online under the influence of conspiracy theorists and/or radicals- and far-right groups.
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.
The year 2020 will forever be marred by the global pandemic which spread around the world, locking us in our homes, hiding our faces behind masks and tragically taking hundreds of thousands of lives. As we enter 2021 the death toll continues to rise though the arrival of numerous vaccines has provided a much needed glimmer of hope. However, while a thin shard of light has begun to lift the seemingly unending darkness of last year, the ramifications of the pandemic will continue to be felt for years to come; not least the impending economic crisis set to grip the world economy. Yet, it has by no means been all bad news. In the face of such tragedy we have seen communities come together, neighbours and strangers helping one another and examples of heart-breaking sacrifice, love and hope.
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Activist far rights group are small, badly organised and infighting. Main typology of action is to try and attract (media) attention by organising provocative actions (tearing pages out the Quran, grilling pig meat in front of a mosque, occupying roof tops of mosques or refugee centers) with small numbers of activists.
Next to activist groups we see online appearance, internationalisation and radicalisation of larger groups of (mainly young, sometimes very young) extreme right activist.
Last, there is the Political party Forum for Democracy (FVD, Democratic Forum) with two members in Parliament. FVD, and more specific party leader Thierry Baudet and his trustees, associate themselves on frequent occasions with right extremist ideology and right extremist people.