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According to the Anti-Defamation League, it is " probably the most widely read book among far-right extremists ; many have cited it as the inspiration behind their terrorist organizing and activity.
Proponents of horseshoe theory interpretation of the left-right spectrum identify the far-left and far-right as having more in common with each other as extremists than each have towards moderate centrists.
Although they became more aggressive during François Mitterrand's presidency, major French newspapers are traditionally reluctant to challenge government corruption or pursue embarrassing scandals ( the rationale being that revealing political or business scandals only profits extremists of the far-left or far-right ); hence, the Canard fills that gap.
WJC officials have been critical of a rise of marches in a number of European countries including Hungary and Serbia by WWII Nazi veterans, far-right extremists and neo-Nazis who publicly glorify the Hitler regime and espouse anti-Semitic ideology.
Kamiński said that the Law and Justice party had been taken over by far-right extremists.
On May 31, 1993, Gamble won the Reform Party's nomination in Don Valley West for the 1993 federal election, but was expelled by the party prior to the election because of his links to far-right extremists such as Paul Fromm, Ron Gostick, Wolfgang Droege and the Heritage Front.
He was the unyielding prosecutor in the sensational case of the assassination of the left-wing member of parliament Grigoris Lambrakis, committed on 22 May 1963 in Thessaloniki by far-right extremists.
Fromm has been described as a mentor to younger " far-right extremists " such as Melissa Guille and Jason Ouwendyk and as a "' senior player ' in the neo-Nazi movement in Canada.
On, shortly after he had delivered the keynote speech at an anti-war meeting in Thessaloniki, two far-right extremists, Emannouel Emannouilides and Spyro Gotzamanis, driving a three-wheeled vehicle, struck Lambrakis with a club over the head in plain view of a large number of people and ( allegedly ) some police officers.
The assassination of Lambrakis initiated an enormous popular reaction, and soon after, investigator Christos Sartzetakis and Attorney General P. Delaportas uncovered connections of the police and army to far-right extremists.
Strauss writes that, as a result of far-right involvement, a " bizarre ideological turf war has broken out ," whereby anti-globalization activists are fighting a " two-front battle ," one against the World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), and World Bank, the other against the extremists who turn up at their rallies.
* Greek anti-Fascist politician Grigoris Lambrakis, shortly after delivering the keynote speech at an anti-war meeting in Thessaloniki, is attacked by two far-right extremists, Emannouel Emannouilides and Spyro Gotzamanis, in view of a large number of people.
An independent judicial inquiry held under public prosecutor Christos Sartzetakis concluded that responsible for the assassination were far-right extremists who linked with rogue elements in the Greek security forces.

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This practice, due to its illegality, has generally become favored by groups excluded from the political mainstream ( e. g. far-left or far-right groups ) who justify their activity by pointing out that they do not have the money – or sometimes the desire – to buy advertising to get their message across, and that a " ruling class " or " establishment " control the mainstream press, systematically excluding the radical / alternative point of view.
After training he went to work for the far-right Turkish Grey Wolves, who were at the time destabilizing Turkey, which led to a military coup in 1980.
Le Pen directed the 1965 presidential campaign of far-right candidate Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour, who obtained 5. 19 % of the votes.
Controversial Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, who has often been accused of being far-right, has also criticized Le Pen.
A radical non-parliamentary, anti-democratic far-right organization active in Austria was the VAPO ( Volkstreue Außerparlamentarische Opposition ) founded by the Austrian neo-Nazi Gottfried Küssel in 1986, who publicly declared to be a member of the US-American neo-Nazi organization NSDAP / AO since 1977.
Some neo-fascists who considered Le Pen to be too moderate broke away in 1974 to form the Parti des forces nouvelles, which maintained close links to the far-right students ' union Groupe Union Défense.
There was much media focus on " far-right " candidate Moshe Feiglin achieving 12. 4 % of votes, who is the only candidate who aims to see Likud actually pursue the policies presented in its own official charter.
Guillaume sees La Vieille Taupe as a genuine ultra left venture which concentrates on exposing the lies of the capitalist victors of the Second World War, even if most of the people who listen to him are from the far-right.
He announced his retirement from politics, and the PS called on its supporters to vote for Chirac in order to defeat the far-right National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, who had surprisingly advanced to the run-off.
And Sassa, a son of ultranationalistic politician Sassa Tomofusa, joined hands with far-right generals ( they were called Kōdōha or Imperial Way Faction ) and terrorists who had assassinated Junnosuke Inoue ( ex – Minister of Finance ), Baron Dan Takuma ( chairman of the board of directors of the Mitsui zaibatsu ) and Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi to support Konoe.
Sarkozy obviously received a lot of votes from voters who had supported the far-right in April 2002.
Towards the end of 1990, as the movement against the Gulf War began to build, a number of far-right and antisemitic groups sought out alliances with left-wing anti-war coalitions, who began to speak openly about a " Jewish lobby " that was encouraging the United States to invade the Middle East.
After the 2002 French presidential election, in which far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen arrived second behind conservative candidate Jacques Chirac, many analysts put the blame of the surprising result on working class, accused of engaging themselves in " protest vote ", that is in support of fringe candidates belonging to the far-left or the far-right, or even to people who present themselves as alien to the political world ( in France, environmentalist René Dumont in 1974, comedian Coluche in 1981 — but he withdrew his candidacy before the elections — environmentalist Pierre Rabhi who unsuccessfully tried to present himself in 2002, as well as TV showman Nicolas Hulot who almost stood for the election for 2007, before putting aside his idea, thus leaving electoral space for José Bové, a figure of the alterglobalization movement who recently decided to present himself as an independent candidate ).
The Globe and Mail later pointed out that while Kenney was quick to refuse Galloway entry into Canada, his department gave entry to far-right politician Geert Wilders, who has compared Islam to Nazism and campaigned to ban the Quran from the Netherlands.
* Organization of the Secret Army, French far-right nationalist group in Algeria who fought against its independence

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According to reports, the Conservative party's links to far-right parties within Europe has caused a " host of condemnation " from Jewish groups in the US ; Ira Forman, chief executive of the National Jewish Democratic Council, stated that " There is obviously concern in the US when there is legitimacy conferred on individuals and political parties that have had some association with anti-Semitism.
However, after a sensational uncovering of massive bribes scandals in the early 1990s, the city had become a stronghold of the conservative coalition led by Milanese media-magnate Silvio Berlusconi combined with the secessionist far-right movement Northern League, a trend that seems to have been reversed only by the 2011 municipal elections, in which a progressive candidate successfully contested the mayoral seat, thus ending almost 20 years of conservative administrations.
For the first-ever election for the European Parliament in 1979, the PFN had become part of an attempt to build a " Euro-Right " alliance of European far-right parties, and was in the end the only one of the two that contested the election.
Many fans took exception to the song as they believed that it had a pro-racism message, and Morrissey himself was seen on stage flailing a Union Jack, which is often used by far-right groups.
For many years, the Cross of St George had come to be associated by some with far-right groups such as the British National Party, the National Front and, more recently, the English Defence League.
Despite entering the union through sport, he had been influenced in joining it by wider events ; in 1980, the far-right General Luis García Meza seized power in a military coup, banned other political parties and subsequently declared himself president in what observers widely declared a dictatorship.
They have had links with French mercenaries and the Department of Protection-Security, which is the security organization of the far-right Front national.
One of the main thinkers of the French far-right, he had participated in Marcel Déat's fascist party Rassemblement National Populaire ( RNP ) under the Vichy regime.
After that, he took up a career in journalism, working in Robert Hersant's L ' Auto-Journal ( Hersant had also been condemned for Collaborationism ), Les Ecrits de Paris, Est et Ouest and then as a reporter ( grand reporter ) for the far-right newspaper Minute from 1965 to 1984.
It was intended to reach out to social groups that had been attracted by the Nazi Party before 1945 ( such as military men and some of the middle classes ) and provide them with a political outlet, so that they would not be tempted to support the far-right again.
The coup itself led to more rivalries within the military than it had calmed, and following a power struggle between Poggi and the hard-line Commander of the Cavalry Corps, General Enrique Rauch, the relatively moderate (" blue " faction ) prevailed with the appointment of General Juan Carlos Onganía as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ; Onganía only narrowly avoided a takeover by the far-right, " red " faction of the military in the difficult subsequent months.
An impasse followed in which the PJ had a place both for leftist armed organizations such as Montoneros, and far-right factions such as José López Rega's Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance.
The Islamists returned with a new party the Refah ( which was also later banned ) while MHP the far-right nationalist party had begun to take advantage of the disillusionment felt by former supporters of the Refah Party and the ever bickering ANAP and DYP.
Frequently on the margins of even the British far-right the BM nonetheless has had a long and chequered history and became well known for its association with violence and extremism.
For his part, Jordan had a long-held ambition to unite the divided far-right and he personally oversaw the production of a BM leaflet, Nationalist Solidarity in ' 70, in which he called for personal disagreements to be set aside in favour of presenting a united front.
This was as a result of the Centre Democrats's failure to benefit from increased attention on immigration issues, its years of internal infighting, and new legislation directed mainly against the far-right, which had raised the number of signatures per district required in order to contest elections.
The party was formed by Eddy Morrison, and Kevin Watmough " a key figure in Combat 18 " and webmaster of Redwatch ; the new party was effectively the Yorkshire branch of the British National Front, and the party conducted most of its activities in Yorkshire-an area where the far-right had always been very weak until fairly recently.
The idea of a " Popular Front " came from two directions: first, the left-wing view, following the 6 February 1934 riots, that the far-right had tried to organize a coup d ' état against the Republic.
There are various reasons for the formation of the Popular Front and its subsequent electoral victory ; they include the economic crisis caused by the Great Depression, which affected France starting in 1931, financial scandals and the instability of the Chamber elected in 1932 which had weakened the ruling parties, the rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany, the growth of violent far-right leagues in France and in general of fascist-related parties and organisations ( Marcel Bucard's Mouvement Franciste, which was subsidised by Italian leader Benito Mussolini, Neo-Socialism, etc.
Barnes, in his early years at Liverpool, had to deal with racist abuse from opposing supporters and far-right groups — a photograph was once taken of Barnes, in full Liverpool kit and mid-match, casually backheeling away a banana which had been hurled at him during a derby match with Everton at Goodison Park.

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