HUNGARY: Orban crushes opposition as nazi OHM wins first seats in parliament
Viktor Orbán’s authoritarian far right Fidesz-led coalition stormed back to power in Hungary’s elections, with 53.10% of the vote, while the hardcore fascist Our Homeland Movement entered parliament for the first time. This result was worse than anyone predicted.
ANALYSIS: far right’s new turn via pop culture figures and politically diverse antivaxx movement
Fascists and Holocaust deniers are gaining a new, diverse audience from the antivaxx movement, reaching out with popular cultural figures and left-tinged rhetoric. It presents a more complex problems for antifascists than traditional fascist parties…
UPDATE: Tbilisi united against homophobia of state, church and far right thugs
TV cameraman Aleksandre (Lekso) Lashkarava, who was violently assaulted by far right thugs outside the headquarters of Tbilisi Pride, was found dead in his home last night by his mother. Now new pro-LGBT+ protests are planned
ANALYSIS: why are LGBT+ people a key target of the far right in eastern Europe?
A look at why and how fascist and far right organisations – in and out of government – in central and eastern Europe are using homophobia to mobilise support, and the resistance against them.
How the Trump years have transformed the US far right
As thousands Donald Trump supporters storm the US Capitol building in Washington DC we look at how Trump’s term has transformed the far right, fascist and white supremacist movements in the US.
ITALY ELECTIONS: fascist Brothers of Italy (FdI) take control of region as far right vote increases
The fascist Brothers of Italy party has taken control of the Marche regional presidency, ousting the centre left, in Italy’s regional elections, partial results show. But the centre left retained two key regions – Tuscany and Puglia – against the far right.