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April has been a busy month for the radical right.
CPAC just wrapped up a two-day conference in Hungary, and shortly prior to that, there was a big meeting of the National Conservatism organization in Brussels. You may have never heard of National Conservatism prior to last week, but it made international headlines when a local mayor in Brussels tried unsuccessfully to shut the conference down due to “public security” concerns.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Rita Abrahamsen and Michael Williams of the University of Ottawa explain why that’s exactly the wrong tactic to take with the radical right.
They write: “Cancelling a meeting of radical right-wing activists who rail against ‘cancel culture’ qualifies as a devastating self-inflicted wound for those seeking to counter the spread and influence of radical right ideas.” Not only is censoring these types of meetings likely to backfire, they add, it galvanizes the radical right.
Instead, they argue, those opposed to far-right positions should counter them through rational arguments and political convictions.
Also today:
All the best,
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Nigel Farage, former leader of the UK Independence Party, speaks during the National Conservatism conference in Brussels on April 16, 2024.
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Rita Abrahamsen, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Michael Williams, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Trying to silence the radical right isn’t the way forward. Not only is it likely to backfire, it will probably galvanize the movement’s leaders.
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