European far-right leaders, including Jordan Bardella, president of the far-right French National Rally party, were in Jerusalem on Thursday for a conference organized by the Israeli government aimed at combating antisemitism. Paul Smith of Nottingham University says that while the French far-right's main target today is Islam, there is still within the party a 'deeply antisemitic' hard core.
#Israel #France #FarRight #Bardella #LePen #MarionMarechal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EKPCFj25tM

#palestine
#Betar #FarRight #US
@palestine
"The American branch of the Betar Zionist movement, Betar US, says it has sent "thousands of names" of Palestine defenders to the administration of President Donald Trump for potential arrest and deportation, as part of its new smear campaign targeting participants in pro-Palestine protests across the country"
For this purpose "The extremist group is using facial recognition technology and social media" How is this even legal?
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/03/15/744477/Palestine-Israel-Gaza-war-Columbia-University-protesters-US-Betar-Zionist-movement-send-names-deportation-Trump-administration

Wednesday, March 19

Russia’s war against Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the plenary session of Russia Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, March 18, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. Putin spoke prior to his telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Contributor/Getty Images)

Trump-Putin call: Russia agrees to 30-day pause of energy infrastructure strikes. "Vladimir Putin responded positively to this initiative and immediately gave the appropriate command to the Russian military," the Kremlin said.

Kremlin demands halt to foreign military aid**, intelligence to Ukraine as condition for avoiding war escalation.** The Kremlin has demanded a complete cessation of foreign military aid and intelligence to Ukraine as a "key condition for avoiding an escalation of the war," according to a statement released on March 18.

Kyiv supports energy sector ceasefire**, expects military aid to continue, Zelensky says.** "We will support such a proposal, but we're very interested in the details," Zelensky said after the Trump-Putin call.

US announces another round of negotiations in Middle East on war in Ukraine. "This conflict should never have started and should have been ended long ago with sincere and good faith peace efforts," the White House's statement read.

'I don't want us to be on Putin's menu' — Zelensky says negotiations must include Ukraine. "We are an independent state. Without us, I think it's wrong to negotiate," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 18.

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Putin didn't mention military aid in phone call, Trump says. Trump also said it was "a great call" and that the U.S. hopes to expand trade with Russia, including deals on "very big forms of rare earth."

Ukraine withdraws from one front-line sector in Donetsk Oblast, commander says. "This allowed us not only to save our soldiers, but also to improve our defense. (Russia) is suffering losses, and we can act more effectively," Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev said.

Ukrainian forces attempted to enter Belgorod Oblast**, repelled by Russian forces, Russia claims.** The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on March 18 that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to enter Russia's Belgorod Oblast but were repelled by the Russian military.

Zelensky arrives in Finland for official visit to discuss security and strengthen ties. President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska arrived in Finland for an official visit on March 18. The plane carrying the couple landed at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in the afternoon.

Russian energy giant Gazprom suffers $13.1 billion loss in 2024. Gazprom's losses averaged $251 million per week, $35 million per day, or $1.4 million per hour. While the company's total revenue increased by 11% and its gas revenue by 14%, it still ended the year with a sales loss of 192 billion rubles ($2.3 billion).

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Polish right takes hard line on Ukraine ahead of presidential vote

With the Polish presidential elections just two months away, two of the country's leading right-wing candidates have become increasingly antagonistic toward Ukraine and its leadership. Both men have made headlines by public spats with Ukrainian officials and denounced Kyiv as ungrateful for Polish aid.

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Ukraine war latest: Putin, Trump hold 1.5-hour call, discuss ceasefire in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a 30-day pause of energy infrastructure strikes during a call with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a readout of the call issued by the Kremlin on March 18.

Photo: Maxim Shemetov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

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Human cost of Russia’s war

2 killed, 13 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 63 of the 137 Russian attack and decoy drones overnight over 12 oblasts, the Air Force said. Sixty-four decoy drones reportedly disappeared from radars without causing damage.

General Staff: Russia has lost 897,010 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 1,560 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

International response

UK reportedly hopes US drones, satellites will help monitor Ukraine ceasefire. The U.S. military has 247 military satellites and thousands of commercial satellites, providing an "unrivaled picture" of eastern Ukraine that European forces would struggle to replicate, the Times wrote.

UK, EU to discuss confiscating Russian assets ahead of Ukraine peace talks, Bloomberg reports. Negotiations will focus on establishing the legal and financial framework to seize Russian assets, despite opposition from some EU member states, particularly Belgium and Germany.

Italy, Spain hesitant on EU's $43 billion military aid to Ukraine plan. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the proposal needed further discussion and that Italy was awaiting the outcome of the upcoming call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump boasts of saving 'surrounded' Ukrainian soldiers despite Kyiv denying encirclement in Kursk Oblast. U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on March 17 that he took an unspecified action to save "surrounded" Ukrainian soldiers, apparently referring to his earlier and unsubstantiated claims of Kyiv's troops being encircled in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

Trump's aid cuts threaten supply of HIV treatments to Ukraine**, 7 more countries, WHO warns.** The World Health Organization warned that Kenya, Haiti, Lesotho, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Ukraine could run out of critical antiretroviral drugs in the coming months.

Russian negotiator says he expects talks with Musk on space, tech. Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said he expects Russia to hold talks with U.S. billionaire and President Donald Trump's ally, Elon Musk, in the near future, the pro-state news agency RBK reported on March 18.

In other news

Notorious judge dismissed amid accusations of criminal activity, power grab. Judge Pavlo Vovk was held responsible for "committing a significant disciplinary offense, gross or systematic neglect of duties that is incompatible with the status of a judge or revealed his incompatibility with the position he holds."

France to deploy fighter jets with nuclear warheads on German border by 2035, Macron says. France will deploy Rafale fighter jets equipped with supersonic nuclear warheads along its border with Germany in 2035, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on March 18 at the Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase, according to BFMTV.

Telegram CEO Durov returns to Dubai amid French investigation. Pavel Durov, Telegram's Russian-born founder and CEO, said that the investigating judges allowed him to depart even though the probe is ongoing.

Poland, Baltics to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty. The defense ministers of the four nations argued that the security situation in the region has "fundamentally deteriorated" and that military threats to NATO member states bordering Russia and Belarus have "significantly increased."

EU approves over $2 billion in economic support for Moldova. The Reform and Growth Facility, which includes 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in low-interest loans and 385 million euros ($420 million) in grants, will cover the period of 2025-2027 and is part of the EU's long-term Moldova Growth Plan.

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“Furthering the 'Far-Right International': Likud joins the Patriots for Europe”

by Farid Hafez in Middle East Eye

“Calls from far-right figures to 'cleanse' Europe of Muslims and commit a 'Srebrenica 2.0' are now symbolically reinforced by the backdrop of Israel's war on Gaza”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/far-right-international-likud-joins-patriots-europe

#Press #Europe #FarRight #Fascism #Likud #Israel #Islamophobia #Gaza #Genocide #Judaea #Samaria #Orban #Salvini #Wilders #Trump #Musk #Netanyahu #WhiteSupremacy #ChristianFascism

“Southport Community Independents: local interest ‘above distant bureaucracy’ is first step in national resistance”

by Ed Sykes in The Canary @thecanaryuk

“Independent community organisations are setting up to challenge Britain’s broken electoral system, and taking the first steps towards a resurgent mass movement on the left”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/03/16/southport-community-independents/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh

#Press #UK #Left #Independent #Community #Organisations #Resistance #Broken #Electoral #System #Labour #Starmer #FarRight #Autocracy

What’s behind #Germany’s raging #Islamophobia?
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/9/18/whats-behind-germanys-raging-islamophobia
"The historical parallel here is hard to miss: far-right forces are rising, as a racist hysteria targeting one racialised group of people spreads through the German state and society. History may not repeat itself fully. Mass extermination may be replaced by mass expulsion as the far-right concept of “remigration” is quickly gaining ground; it has long left the far-right fringe to become increasingly more mainstream."
#racism #racialprofiling #RacialCapitalism #farright #fascism

#EU #Nazis 💝 "#Israel" now

Furthering the '#FarRight International': Likud joins the Patriots for Europe

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/far-right-international-likud-joins-patriots-europe

US official on Mahmoud Khalil:

"We've invited and allowed the student to come into the country, and he's put himself in the middle of the process of basically pro-Palestinian activity.

And at this point, like I said, the Secretary of State can review his visa process at any point and revoke it."

And the same goes, theoretically, for any criticism of US or Israeli government!

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5326015/mahmoud-khalil-deportation-arrests-trump

#USPol #MahmoudKhalil #Palestine #Gaza #USA #FarRight

Un rapprochement engagé par la diplomatie israélienne avec des partis européens d’extrême droite, dont le RN, a été officialisé le mois dernier par le ministre des affaires étrangères, Gideon Saar #worldwide #guests #farright #israel #dinner #israel #occupation #appartheid #chairs https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2025/03/13/bernard-henri-levy-annule-une-conference-en-israel-apres-l-annonce-de-la-participation-de-jordan-bardella_6580230_823448.html

Apparently slander by AI slop can get you fired now:

“Yale has suspended an international law scholar and outspoken defender of Palestinian rights, after an AI-powered, far-right website called Jewish Onliner accused her of ties to a group on a U.S. sanctions list”

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/13/headlines/yale_suspends_legal_scholar_and_palestinian_rights_supporter_helyeh_doutaghi

#AI #Gaza #Palestine #USA #USPol #Academia #Yale #FarRight

#france #israel #palestine : #nationalrally / #nationalfeont / #farright / #ideology / #antisemitism / #islamiphobia

»As Jordan Bardella, its young president, tries to distance the party from its history of antisemitism, it is making common cause with Israel against “Islamist ideology.”«

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/world/europe/jordan-bardella-israel-far-right.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3k4.brxv.cfHzYyRQYsQR&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

This is a must read for all USians who wonder why why US media isn't doing it's job and what is happening with media. It's in Finnish but your browser can translate it.
US media won't tell you this because of obvious reasons.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20147969

#usa #uspol #USPolitics #maga #trump #donaldtrump #gop #media #fascism #farright #freespeech

#NeoLiberalism #Capitalism #FarRight

#Krasnov #Trump #Republicans #FarRight

“The far right are getting together and buying up land in Wales to TRAIN neo-Nazis on”

by Einir Bach in The Canary @thecanaryuk @UKLabour

“According to HOPE not Hate, The Woodland Initiative (TWI) is:

‘a land-buying scheme aimed at far-right activists and conspiracy theorists with links to Patriotic Alternative (PA), the UK’s largest fascist group’.”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/03/09/woodlander-initiative/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg

#Press #UK #Wales #TWI #Woodland #Initiative #FarRight #Patriotic #Alternative #Training #Camp #NeoNazi

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Race Could Decide the Future of Democracy—And Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy It

Judge Susan Crawford exposes how MAGA and Musk are using millions to try to install a far-right extremist.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/wisconsins-supreme-court-race-could #Wisconsin #SupremeCourt #JudgeSusanCrawford #payed #canvassing# #FarRight #BradSchimel #MAGA #Trump #Musk #Tesla #EveryoneHatesElon #politics

#MAGA #Republicans #FarRight #Funny

#US #media #journalism in crisis #FarRight

https://lithub.com/the-u-s-has-a-journalism-crisis-heres-why-writers-are-leaving-the-profession-in-droves/

“How is Starmer's Labour so far to the economic right of Germany's incoming right-wing Chancellor?”

by Another Angry Voice on Substack

@UKLabour

“It’s quite extraordinary that the Labour Party in the UK is operating far to the economic right of Germany’s incoming right-wing government, led by probably the most right-wing figure ever to lead the CDU”

https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/how-is-starmers-labour-so-far-to?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

#Press #UK #Labour #Starmer #Reeves #FarRight #Economy #Germant #Merz #Infrastructure #investment #Defence #Poor

There seems to be a consensus among reasonable people* that we shouldn't give a stage to fascists. What surprises me is that few people have realized that you shouldn't be on a fascist's stage, no matter how many cool people follow or listen to you.

It's a political act to draw attention away from the disinformation tools used to push a far-right agenda. Afraid of losing your precious connections? Tell them where you're going, and those who matter will follow.

* No, those who make decisions in the mainstream media are obviously not among the reasonable.

#LeaveX #eXodus #eXit #EscapeX #X #fascism #farright #disinformation #journalism #media

Well worth a read!

“If You Want To Fight The Machine, Don't Move To The Right”

by Caitlin Johnson in Caitlin’s Newsletter on Substack

“Right wing ‘populism’ has been allowed to flourish by the very power structures its proponents purport to oppose, while the authentic left has been systematically dismantled by generations of aggressive imperial operations”

https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/if-you-want-to-fight-the-machine?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

#Press #US #Empire #FarRight #Trump #Populism #Left #MSM #Murdoch #Sanders #AOC #Centrism

It is critical that we remember. We must. stand up and resist if we are to prevent this from repeating. Trump, the MAGA movement, and the far Right are hurting people for political gain.

#Intolerance #HateSpeech #HateCrimes #Facism #FarRight #MAGA #Trump #Extremism #NeverForget #Resistance

#LeaveX #nazi #farright #EscapeX #Musk #eXit

"This dispute lays bare the cracks in the U.S. imperialist project. The #Biden administration and centrist #liberals remain committed to the post-#ColdWar vision of US global dominance, where American military and economic power upholds a rules-based international order. However, the emerging #farright faction—embodied by Trump and Vance—sees empire differently."

Neither POV is #antiimperialist

The #Zelensky-#Trump-#Vance Dustup: A Case Study in #Imperialists Decline
https://www.anarchistfederation.net/the-zelensky-trump-vance-controversy-a-case-study-in-imperialist-decline/

“Cornwall Resists slams man-baby Nigel Farage as a ‘fascist’ after he throws a tantrum about ‘free speech’: Someone make a blimp”

by The Canary @thecanaryuk

“On Monday afternoon Cornwall Resists were able to block one of the entrances to the conference that Farage was attending. We didn’t try to storm it, we simply stood in the way”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/02/26/nigel-farage-cornwall-resists/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg

#Press #UK #Cornwall #Reform #Farage #CornwallResists #Police #DevonAndCornwallPolice #Fascist #Racist #Misogynist #FarRight

Americans Recoil at Trump/Musk Overreach

Turns Out, Americans Don’t Want Billionaires Running Our Nation
https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/opportunity-americans-recoil-at-trumpmusk

"To show you how much those paying attention aren’t happy, let me walk through some early #polls...

Bottom line: as you find yourself appalled, day after day, by what is happening, never let the #FarRight convince you that you are somehow in the minority.

Most #Americans agree with you.

...keep boldly speaking out"

#Resist #Resistance #Musk #Trump #Politics #US

16 feb 2025 #France #farRight #knifeAttack 20 against #peaceful meeting of #antifascists in #Paris #street in broad daylight. #mainstream #media make minimal mention of it , #government stays silent and #retailleau #minister of security only speaks about it at #assemblée #nationale warning so-called "radical left" that he will not tolerate violence.

French gov giving carte blanche to far right group is an invitation to violence against opponents and discriminated targeted population.

https://www.europesays.com/1869143/ Alice Weidel took the German far right to new heights. Here’s how she did it. – POLITICO #AdolfHitler #AliceWeidel #BjörnHöcke #elections #ElonMusk #FarRight #Finance #GermanElection2025 #germany #GoldmanSachs #HerbertKickl #Holocaust #JdVance #MunichSecurityConference #populism #Refugees #rights #SriLanka #switzerland #Syria #UnitedStates #ViktorOrbán

Anti-EU protesters storm EU mission in Bulgaria – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/768549/ #BoykoBorissov #Buildings #Bulgaria #Europe #extremism #FarRight #Media #Missions #RuleOfLaw #SocialMedia #UrsulaVonDerLeyen

Sign Petition to Ban Platform X (formerly Twitter) in the European Union
https://chng.it/LgSLGZ7G7G

#X #SocialMedia #BanX #ElonMusk #oligarchy #USpol #USpolitics #FarRight #AltTech #Twitter #EU #EuropeanUnion

Snap German election leaves many expats excluded from vote https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-snap-election-expats-absentee-ballots-excluded-vote/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Germanelection2025 #Germanpolitics #Elections #Migration #Farright #Politics #Farleft #Rights #Media

The German right-wing co-owner of the Axel Springer media empire (Bild, Politico) gives an interview to the FT.

He defends Vance’s speech in Munich and rather pathetically grovels that Trump cancelling Politico must have been a misunderstanding.

He positions himself as a centrist between Trumpism and mainstream German Anti-Fascism, seeing both sides (but especially the former)

https://www.ft.com/content/cb1cc264-84b9-40da-a484-ff897cd386e4

#Media #Europe #FarRight #Trump #Germany #Deutschland #EU #Medien #Journalism #Vance

A Guide to Guides: Over 30 #Activist Guides You Might Find Helpful When Opposing the #FarRight

Date: January 27, 2025
Author: spencersunshine

"In my varied career, one thing I’ve done is write some organizing guides. The most (in)famous is my 40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists, but I’ve done others about getting involved in activism for the first time, first responses to online harassment, and how to shut down fascist events at music and other venues.

"Of course I’ve looked at other guides, and so I’ve come up with a list of over 30 that are helpful when organizing against fascists—or being threatened by them. They will walk you through how to: organize communities to oppose the Far Right; document Far Right activity; confront their beliefs in schools and libraries; utilize digital security; and provide emergency medical care. I’ve also included some very brief thoughts on each."

Read more:
https://spencersunshine.com/2025/01/27/guides/
#ActivistGuides #Resistance #ResistFascism #FarRight

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D5YUJNf9iWI

LISTEN TO AN AUSTRIAN: MEP #ThomasWaltz calls out #AdolphMusk , speaking out against the normalisation of #farright #nazi shit

#FCKNZS #ElonMuskIsANazi #NoPasaran #extrêmedroite

'pro-democratic parties should stick together' --- Thomas Waltz

A #MustWatchVideo 🚨 #EU 🇪🇺

VP #JDVance told #Europe leaders on Fri that their biggest #security threat was not military aggression from #Russia or #China, but their own suppression of free speech—including efforts to block #FarRight parties from joining govts.

#MSC #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #evangelism #heterosexism #WhiteChristianNationalism #USpol #geopolitics #munich
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/world/europe/vance-europe-immigration-ukraine.html?smid=url-share

"Trump’s pardons immediately upended the biggest single prosecution in U.S. history and signaled a broader reversal that threatens to create a more permissive climate in which extremists could regroup, weaken the FBI’s independence and revive old debates about who counts as a terrorist, according to current and former federal law enforcement officials and national security experts.

In the whirlwind of the last three weeks, the Trump administration has purged federal law enforcement agencies of prosecutors and investigators who’d been pursuing homegrown far-right groups that the FBI lists as among the most dangerous threats to national security. The Biden administration’s 2021 domestic terrorism strategy — the nation’s first — was removed from the White House website. And some government-funded extremism-prevention programs were ordered to stop work.

“There’s no indication that he engaged in any kind of assessment or has even stopped to think, ‘What did I just unleash on America?’” Mary McCord, a former federal prosecutor who oversaw domestic terrorism cases as a senior Justice Department official, said of Trump’s actions.

Colin Clarke, an analyst at the nonpartisan security-focused Soufan Center, said “far right” and “domestic terrorism” are now “kind of dirty words with the current administration.”

Far-right movements that openly promote violence have suddenly been invigorated, he said. “Does this become a four-year period where these groups can really use the time to strengthen their organization, their command and control, stockpile weapons?” he said."

https://www.propublica.org/article/jan-6-pardons-trump-purges-domestic-terrorism-focus

#USA #Terrorism #Trump #DomesticTerrorism #FarRight #WhiteSupremacism

Important research investigating politics and misinformation used 32M tweets from politicians in 26 countries, spanning 6 years and several election periods. Radical-right populism was the STRONGEST determinant of those who spread misinformation.

#FarRight #Populism #Misinformation #Politics

When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries - Petter Törnberg, Juliana Chueri, 2025
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19401612241311886#supplementary-materials

“THE FAR-RIGHT GROUP BUILDING A LIST OF PRO-PALESTINE ACTIVISTS TO DEPORT”

by Jonah Valdez in The Intercept @theintercept

“#Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the ‘names of hundreds of terror supporters’”

https://theintercept.com/2025/02/06/betar-palestine-school-activists-target-deport-trump/

#Press #US #Betar #FarRight #Zionist #Palestine #ProPalestine #Deportation #Trump #Israel #Genocide #ExecutiveOrders