From August 20th, 2024;
“Canada’s Conservative party has deleted a social media campaign video with a heavily nationalist message after much of the video featured scenes from other countries, including Ukrainian farmers, Slovenian homes, London’s Richmond Park and a pair of Russian fighter jets.”
This is basically the state of regressive politics, at this point. They don't have the truth, so disinformation it is.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/20/canada-conservatives-video-other-countries
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Canada’s Conservatives criticised over ‘our home’ video featuring scenes from US, UK and Serbia
Party deletes video after viewers list gaffes, including scenes of Ukraine, Slovenia – and Russian jetsLeyland Cecco (The Guardian)
Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“Nearly three-quarters of Britons are worried about rightwing extremism after anti-migrant riots, polling has found, with increasing numbers concerned about societal divisions.”
Interesting how people suddenly care when it comes home to roost, isn't it?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/22/almost-three-in-four-britons-worried-about-far-right-after-riots
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Related coverage of the fash trash UK riots;
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/20/factory-worker-jailed-for-role-in-riot-at-rotherham-asylum-seeker-hotel
... Show more...“Nearly three-quarters of Britons are worried about rightwing extremism after anti-migrant riots, polling has found, with increasing numbers concerned about societal divisions.”
Interesting how people suddenly care when it comes home to roost, isn't it?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/22/almost-three-in-four-britons-worried-about-far-right-after-riots
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Related coverage of the fash trash UK riots;
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/20/factory-worker-jailed-for-role-in-riot-at-rotherham-asylum-seeker-hotel
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/21/ex-soldier-among-several-jailed-riots-rotherham-southport
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/22/peter-lynch-61-jailed-for-nearly-three-years-for-role-in-rotherham-riot
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/23/brothers-jailed-riot-rotherham-hotel
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/28/boy-11-among-14-held-over-riots-in-middlesbrough-and-hartlepool
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/29/grandmother-and-daughter-plead-guilty-to-far-right-disorder-in-middlesbrough
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Woman, 52, and daughter admit part in far-right disorder in Middlesbrough
Mark Brown (The Guardian)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson has become the latest manufacturer to drop diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives amid sustained pressure from anti-DEI activist Robby Starbuck.”
“Harley-Davidson has been in the cross-hairs of anti-DEI activists who earlier this summer won similar concessions from retailer Tractor Supply and farming equipment maker John Deere & Co. The tractor maker said in a statement in July it would no longer participate in ‘cultural awareness parades’.”
A totally expected lack of backbone under pressure from 'activists’ 🙄
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/20/harley-davidson-drops-diversity-initiatives
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Harley-Davidson drops DEI initiatives amid pressure from ‘anti-woke’ activists
Edward Helmore (The Guardian)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), which opinion polls make favourite to win the country’s general election on 29 September, presented its campaign manifesto on Wednesday (21 August), setting out measures to boost the economy and curb immigration.”
Support for 'remigration’, a ban on ‘political islam’, putting 'there are only two sexes' in the constitution, and increasing 'direct democracy’, which is basically just another term for mob rule.
All the usual populist, fash trash nonsense, clad in other, reasonable promises that they're unlikely to follow through on.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/austrias-far-right-freedom-party-sets-out-election-programme/
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Austria's far-right Freedom Party sets out election programme
Georgi Gotev (EURACTIV)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“German far-right politician Bjoern Hoecke has caused outrage with his inflammatory Nazi rhetoric, but the controversy has not deterred his supporters in the eastern town of Sonneberg.”
This isn't a matter of 'discontent’ leaving them with no alternatives, these people WANT fascism.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240822-far-right-firebrand-hoecke-draws-crowds-in-eastern-germany
State elections in Thuringia are tomorrow, September 1st, with AfD favoured to win;
https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/right-wing-extremist-set-to-win-the-state-election-in-germanys-thuringia/
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... Show more...“German far-right politician Bjoern Hoecke has caused outrage with his inflammatory Nazi rhetoric, but the controversy has not deterred his supporters in the eastern town of Sonneberg.”
This isn't a matter of 'discontent’ leaving them with no alternatives, these people WANT fascism.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240822-far-right-firebrand-hoecke-draws-crowds-in-eastern-germany
State elections in Thuringia are tomorrow, September 1st, with AfD favoured to win;
https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/right-wing-extremist-set-to-win-the-state-election-in-germanys-thuringia/
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Related coverage;
https://www.dw.com/en/populists-rhetoric-linked-to-growing-unhappiness-study-finds/a-70072409
https://www.dw.com/en/immigrants-in-eastern-germany-fear-afds-rise-in-state-elections/a-70072063
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240828-in-germany-s-industrial-east-old-traumas-boost-far-right
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/29/germany-state-elections-populists-afd-bsw
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/08/30/hitlergroet-tegen-de-regenboogvlag-afd-verstevigt-grip-op-jongeren-in-oostelijke-duitse-deelstaten-a4864214
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‘A test case for German democracy’: populists ride high before state elections
Deborah Cole (The Guardian)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“The far-right Alternative for Germany and the left-wing populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance are set to do well in state elections in Germany. Both parties have close ties with Russia and oppose support for Ukraine.”
"The BSW is a populist party that blends left-leaning economic policies with conservative migration and pro-Russian foreign policy initiatives.”
'National socialists’, in other words 🤪
https://www.dw.com/en/russias-best-friends-in-germany-afd-and-bsw/a-70072663
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https://www.dw.com/en/a-one-woman-show-the-sahra-wagenknecht-phenomenon/a-70101042
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“The far-right Alternative for Germany and the left-wing populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance are set to do well in state elections in Germany. Both parties have close ties with Russia and oppose support for Ukraine.”
"The BSW is a populist party that blends left-leaning economic policies with conservative migration and pro-Russian foreign policy initiatives.”
'National socialists’, in other words 🤪
https://www.dw.com/en/russias-best-friends-in-germany-afd-and-bsw/a-70072663
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Related coverage;
https://www.dw.com/en/a-one-woman-show-the-sahra-wagenknecht-phenomenon/a-70101042
https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/far-left-rebel-seeking-peace-with-putin-rocks-german-politics/
https://www.dw.com/en/why-the-populist-bsw-is-gaining-ground-in-eastern-germany/a-69958619
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/german-opposition-urges-to-reverse-migrant-policy-following-deadly-stabbing/
https://www.dw.com/en/paint-attack-disrupts-sahra-wagenknechts-thuringia-campaign/a-70086975
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/30/sahra-wagenknecht-paint-campaign-event-erfurt-thuringia-saxony-elections
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Man sprays paint at German party leader during campaign event
Kate Connolly (The Guardian)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •Jackass Despicable Vance roundup;
“In a December 2023 speech, JD Vance defended a notorious white nationalist convicted over 2016 election disinformation, canvassed the possibility of breaking up tech companies, attacked diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts and talked about a social media ‘censorship regime’ that ‘came from the deep state on some level’.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/22/jd-vance-speech-extremist-far-right-book
His top aide is a fascist, of course;
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/28/jd-vance-far-right-aide
Attacked childless teachers;
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/28/jd-vance-attack-childless-teachers
And a 2007 Miss Teen USA contestant;
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/31/jd-vance-miss-teen-usa
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Ex-beauty contestant condemns JD Vance for use of embarrassing video
Ramon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •From August 21st, 2024;
“Several Ukrainian refugees arriving at the reception centre in the Jaarbeurs exhibition complex in Utrecht have been told that they should look for shelter in another country, broadcaster NOS said on Tuesday evening.”
"It had 140 beds for Ukrainians who had just arrived in the Netherlands but officials were unable to find them all proper accommodation because of the shortage of places nationwide.”
This is a result of deliberate policy by our current right-wing government, which has blocked the implementation of the so-called ‘Spreidingswet’.
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/08/ukrainian-refugees-in-utrecht-told-to-try-another-country/
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Ukrainian refugees in Utrecht told to "try another country" - DutchNews.nl
Robin Pascoe (DutchNews.nl)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •We are no different from Hungary, in that regard;
“A decree signed by Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has halted state support for the shelters used by many Ukrainian refugees, most of them Roma. Critics have called it a ‘disgrace’ and a ‘new low’ in Hungary's refugee policy.”
"The people in the photos are Ukrainian refugees. On Wednesday morning, just under 100 of them — almost all women and children — were forced to leave their accommodation and ended up on the street. From one day to the next they were homeless.”
https://www.dw.com/en/hungarys-government-makes-ukrainian-refugees-homeless/a-70026664
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Hungary's government makes Ukrainian refugees homeless
Keno Verseck (Deutsche Welle)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“Syria is safe enough to stop allowing refugees from there into the Netherlands and to send some back, Geert Wilders, leader of the far right PVV, said on social media.
As a start, the Netherlands should close its borders to all new arrivals from Syria, Wilders said. The PVV parliamentary party, which is the biggest in parliament, has called on migration minister Marjolein Faber to take action.”
Faber is a Wilders minion, and responsible for blocking implementation of the ‘Spreidingswet’.
Our new PM called her ‘a sweet lady' the other day 🙄
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/08/close-dutch-borders-to-syrian-refugees-says-wilders/
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Close Dutch borders to Syrian refugees, says Wilders - DutchNews.nl
Robin Pascoe (DutchNews.nl)