Mainstream political parties must tackle far-right groups through doorstep "hearts and minds" campaigns that tackle anti-Muslim sentiments at local level, according to two reports on challenging extremists.The rise of career politicians, and the fall of grassroots activists, has left a vacuum across Europe for populist anti-establishment groups, warns the paper Right Response, published by the international affairs thinktank Chatham House. These groups now tapped into voters' feeling of being "disenfranchised" by out-of-touch politicians.
Muslims are increasingly the focus of anti-immigration and anti-minority group activity, says the report, and it means growing public hostility to settled Muslim communities.
The second report, EDL: Britain's New Far-Right Social Movement, published by Northampton University's radicalism and new media research group, charts the rise of the English Defence League.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
English Defence League filling vacuum left by mainstream politics
Via Global Guerrillas
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