Growth of extreme right in Europe
Courtroom murderer sentenced to lifelong imprisonment in Germany
By Justus Leicht, November 17, 2009
Alex W, a German-Russian citizen was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a 31 year-old Egyptian woman in a courtroom.
The racist outburst of German Federal Bank executive member Thilo Sarrazin
By Justus Leicht, October 13, 2009
Using language usually associated with far-right parties, Federal Bank executive committee member Thilo Sarrazin (of the Social Democratic Party) denounced the most vulnerable layers of society.
Arab woman stabbed to death in German courtroom
By Justus Leicht, July 24, 2009
German political and media circles have reacted reservedly to the murder of an Arab woman by a neo-fascist in a German courtroom.
Hungary: Socialist Party establishes right-wing militias
By Markus Salzmann, July 14, 2009
The Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) is introducing so-called “village guards” throughout the countryside. These will be armed and will carry out the functions of the police.
UK Conservatives form new rightist bloc in European parliament
By Ann Talbot, June 25, 2009
The UK Conservative Party has broken from the European Peoples Party grouping in the European Parliament to form a new bloc with a number of right-wing anti-federalist parties.
Germany: Neo-Nazis attack May Day demonstration in Dortmund
By our correspondent, May 9, 2009
Neo-Nazis attacked a demonstration organised by the German trade union federation in Dortmund on May Day.
Austria: Socialist Party in free-fall in regional elections
By Markus Salzmann, March 7, 2009
Extreme-right parties are exploiting the growing political vacuum in Austria. Last weekend’s regional elections ended in a debacle for the social-democratic Austrian Socialist Party (SPÖ).
ISSE meeting in Frankfurt, Germany
A fierce response by Georgian nationalists
By our reporter, November 1, 2008
The presentation at an ISSE meeting in Frankfurt, Germany provoked a hostile response on the part of a group of Georgian nationalists.
Austrian right-wing politician Jörg Haider dies in car crash
By Markus Salzmann, October 16, 2008
Jörg Haider, the governor of the Austrian province of Carinthia and chairman of the extreme right Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) died in a car accident in Klagenfurt in the early hours of ...
Finland: Second school shooting in less than a year
Striking similarity
By Jordan Shilton, September 29, 2008
On Tuesday, September 23, at approximately 11a.m., Finland was hit by the second mass shooting episode in less than 12 months, this time at a college in the town of Kauhajoki.
France: Union thugs threaten immigrants at a Communist Party fair
By Antoine Lerougetel, September 23, 2008
Members of the Coordination des sans Papiers 75 (CSP75), which organises some 2,000 undocumented workers and their families in Paris, are reported to have been told by CGT officials that they would do...
Statement of the International Students for Social Equality (Britain)
The defence of democratic rights based on a socialist perspective
September 23, 2008
The following statement is being distributed by the ISSE during Freshers’ Week at university campuses across the UK.
