Tag: right-wing
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Thoughts on Campaigning in Scotland: Door Knocking as a Tool in the Fight Against Right-Wing Attitudes
I have just returned home from 6 hours of leafleting. A few days ago I did four hours of canvassing for the Scottish Green Party for the upcoming Scottish elections. Last week I knocked on doors for four or five hours to promote and discuss a tenants organisation I am helping to form, Living Rent,…
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Queerness and the Gay-Friendly Right Wing in Europe
How homophobic is the European far right? While right-wing populist parties do not particularly stand out as the most gay-friendly ones, many of their supporters would probably say that they’re not homophobic at all! Increasingly, parties such as the Front National (FN) in France, the Dutch Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV), or the German Alternative…