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Antisemitism Increased Under Trump. Then It Got Even Worse.
The worldwide growth of a social crisis.
Why Vladimir Putin Invokes Nazis to Justify His Invasion of Ukraine
The language of Russia’s invasion has been dominated by the word “Nazi” — a puzzling assertion about a country whose leader is Jewish.
In Whitmer Kidnapping Trial, Lawyers Debate Over Defendants’ Words
The proceedings that began last week test the government’s ability to root out violent extremism at home.
In Germany, Threats Grow as Far Right and Pandemic Protestors Merge
In the former Communist East, security officials worry that a long-running movement against Covid restrictions is becoming an incubator of political violence.
Group Carrying Nazi Flag Interrupts Reading in Rhode Island
The Red Ink Community Library was hosting a reading of “The Communist Manifesto” until it was interrupted by a group whose members shouted slurs and banged on the windows.
Anders Behring Breivik, Norwegian Terrorist, Is Denied Parole
Mr. Breivik, who killed 77 people in the worst crime in modern Norwegian history, has served 10 years of a 21-year sentence.
Germany’s Vaccine Mandate Forges Unlikely Coalition of Protestors
The prospect of a vaccine mandate has galvanized a nationwide protest movement attracting naturalists, neo-Nazis and ordinary citizens alike.
In a Race to Shape the Future, History Is Under New Pressure
A wave of misleading revisionism has become epidemic in both autocracies and democracies. It has been notably effective — and contagious.
From the ‘Silent Majority’ to the Unvaxxed Minority
What Covid has done to Europe’s far right.
Jury Finds Rally Organizers Responsible for Charlottesville Violence
Jurors found the main organizers of the deadly right-wing rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 liable under state law, awarding more than $25 million in damages, but deadlocked on federal conspiracy charges.
Charlottesville Rally Trial: What We’ve Learned So Far
Closing arguments from both sides in the civil trial were on Thursday. The heart of the case is whether the defendants engaged in a race-based violent conspiracy.
Opening Statements Begin in Charlottesville Rally Trial
The plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages from the far-right organizers of a violent rally in 2017, accusing them of violating the civil rights of minorities by plotting violence.
Trauma of Charlottesville Rally Is Soundtrack to Start of Civil Trial
The plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages from the far-right organizers of a violent rally in 2017, accusing them of violating the civil rights of minorities by plotting violence.
Victims of Charlottesville Rally Argue the Violence Was Planned
The civil trial that starts Monday will examine whether the far-right organizers had plotted to foment violence. They have countered that bloodshed stemmed from self-defense.
A Journey Through Merkel’s Germany: Affluent, Anxious and Almost Normal
As Germany heads into an election that will see Angela Merkel step down after 16 years as chancellor, she leaves behind a country profoundly changed — and anxious about changing more.
Germany’s Far Right Is Nowhere in the Election. But It’s ‘Here to Stay.’
In the next national Parliament, the far-right Alternative for Germany party is likely to remain a pariah force. But it looks assured, too, of a role in shaping the country’s future.
How a Small Town Silenced a Neo-Nazi Hate Campaign
A Montana town reflects on its effort to drive former President Donald J. Trump’s extremist supporters back to the fringes.
The Right-Wingers Who Admire the Taliban
For some reactionaries, a victory over “liberalism” is something to gloat about.
Learning From Daryl Davis, a Black Man Who Converts KKK Members
There’s something to be said for talking, and listening, to even unreasonable antagonists.
On the Path to Day X: The Return of Germany’s Far Right
A timeline of key moments for understanding the far right in modern Germany.
George Floyd Statue in Brooklyn Is Defaced With Hate Group’s Symbol
The vandalism came just days after the statue was unveiled, and only a day before the officer who killed Mr. Floyd was to be sentenced.
Elite German Police Unit Disbanded Over Far-Right Group Chat
The move against the unit in Frankfurt is the latest by German authorities to clamp down on a rise in far-right networks in several state security units and in the military.
The Left Needs the A.C.L.U. to Keep Defending Awful Speech
Yes, the civil liberties group is divided. What else is new?
From Doomsday Preppers to Doomsday Plotters
Far-right movements have long dreamed of a moment that ends society as we’ve known it. Now, experts say, so-called accelerationist thinking is proliferating in ways that could destabilize democracy.
‘Day X’ Audio Series Looks at Germany’s Resurgent Far Right
“Day X,” a new five-part audio documentary from The Times, examines the rise of a new brand of extremism, and one shadowy figure in the middle of it.
Greek Neo-Nazi, a Member of Europe’s Parliament, Sent to Prison
Ioannis Lagos was a leading member of the extreme-right and now-defunct Golden Dawn, which rose to prominence in Greece’s Parliament in 2012 at the peak of the country’s financial crisis.
Former Neo-Nazi Leader Sentenced to 3 Years in ‘Swatting’ Scheme
John Cameron Denton, 27, and his co-conspirators, who targeted journalists, a cabinet secretary and a Black church, were fueled by racial animosity, federal prosecutors said.
From the Past, a Chilling Warning About the Extremists of the Present
Almost four decades after officials dismantled the Order, a violent far-right group, experts see echoes in the far right of today.
Ioannis Lagos, Greek Neo-Nazi Lawmaker, Stripped of Immunity by European Parliament
Ioannis Lagos, sentenced to 13 years in prison by a Greek court for his part in running the fascist Golden Dawn party, had been immune from extradition as an elected member of the European Union’s legislature.
London Police Officer Convicted of Membership in Neo-Nazi Group
Benjamin Hannam, 22, is the first British police officer to be convicted of a terrorism offense, according to the local news media. He joined the neo-Nazi group National Action in 2016 and became a police officer in 2018.
Domestic Terrorism Threat Is ‘Metastasizing’ in U.S., F.B.I. Director Says
Christopher A. Wray condemned the Capitol riot and told the Senate Judiciary Committee that agents had opened 2,000 domestic terrorism inquiries in recent years.
Germany Is Treating a Major Party as a Threat to Its Democracy
Alternative for Germany may be deemed a “suspected case” of extremist activity. The United States should take note.
Canada Formally Declares Proud Boys a Terrorist Group
The designation could see bank accounts linked to the group frozen and assets seized, while also expanding police investigative powers.
German Neo-Nazi Sentenced to Life for Murder of Merkel Ally
The 2019 killing appeared to be the country’s first political assassination by a far-right extremist since the end of World War II.
Capitol Riot Puts Spotlight on ‘Apocalyptically Minded’ Global Far Right
Leaderless but united by racist ideology that has been supercharged by social media, extremists have built a web of real and online connections that worry officials.
Capitol Attack Could Fuel Extremist Recruitment For Years, Experts Warn
An ideological jumble of far-right extremists and hate groups flourished under President Trump and claimed new energy after the attack on the Capitol. Now they are debating their next moves.
How ‘The Turner Diaries’ Incites White Supremacists
The 1978 novel, which Amazon recently removed from its site, depicts a right-wing assault on the Capitol. Scholars say the parallels with last week’s insurrection are clear and chilling.
Far-Right Protesters Stormed Germany’s Parliament. What Can America Learn?
It might be time to crack down, rather than reach out.
She Called Police Over a Neo-Nazi Threat. But the Neo-Nazis Were Inside the Police.
Death threats linked to police computers and the discovery of far-right chat groups in police departments across Germany have fed concerns about far-right infiltration.
Arizona Man Who Conspired to Threaten Journalists Gets 16 Months in Prison
Johnny Roman Garza, 21, working with a neo-Nazi group, researched home addresses for potential targets and put up a threatening poster at the home of a journalist, prosecutors said.
Tom Metzger, Notorious White Supremacist, Dies at 82
Mr. Metzger, a former Klansman and the founder of the White Aryan Resistance, was one of the most influential leaders of the white power movement.
F.B.I. Arrests Michigan Men Tied to White Supremacist Group
Two members of the Base, a white supremacist and neo-Nazi group, were accused of trying to threaten a host of a podcast that describes itself as “confronting white nationalism.”
An Expedition Deep Into an Underworld of Online Hate
In “Culture Warlords,” Talia Lavin immerses herself among white supremacists and neo-Nazis, then tells us what she found.
An Undercover Trip Into the Rageful Worlds of Incels and White Supremacists
To research and write “Culture Warlords,” Talia Lavin created fake identities and interacted with far-right communities online.
Court Sentences Leaders of Greece’s Golden Dawn to Prison
The neo-fascist party’s leaders were convicted of running a criminal organization, and some of its members were found guilty of acts of violence.
Leading Slovak Extremist Sentenced to 4 Years in Jail Over Use of Neo-Nazi Symbol
Marian Kotleba, the head of a neo-fascist political party, was convicted of spreading an ideology aimed at suppressing democratic rights and freedoms.
QAnon Is Thriving in Germany. The Extreme Right Is Delighted.
As the U.S. conspiracy theory goes global, it has found fertile ground in the putsch fantasies and anti-Semitic tropes long popular on Germany’s far-right fringe. Counterterrorism officials worry.
Far-Right Extremism Taints German Security Services in Hundreds of Cases
A report by the domestic intelligence agency listed more than 1,400 instances in which soldiers, police officers and intelligence officials were suspected of extremist actions, posing “a significant danger.”
Germany’s Far Right Reunified, Too, Making It Much Stronger
Thirty years after Germany came back together, the former East has become the stronghold of a once-marginalized movement that now sits in Parliament.