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| Subject: Far right retards rally with online front Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:48 pm | |
| The far right has long provided us with a window through which we can view the changing nature of racism, and racist politics. While this traditionally played itself out in the humdrum of election campaigns, it has now adapted to the digital age – and at phenomenal speed. When I began studying the far right almost 10 years ago, the main sources of information were interviews with activists, party newspapers and magazines, and the occasional meeting. Today, almost everything you need to know about the far right is online. In fact, far right activists have embraced the internet to such an extent that it is now virtually impossible to track all the bloggers, Twitter accounts and Facebook pages that have, for them, become indispensable tools of communication.
For optimists, the arrival of internet technology and social networking signalled an opportunity to counter the right's extremist politics: an arena through which the bonds that bridge communities opposed to right-wing doctrine could be strengthened. But, for pessimists, this change was only ever going to strengthen extremist groups and their supporters, by forging links between members of a closed and stigmatised community, strengthening their collective identity.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/far-right-rallies-with-online-front-20120807-23rsa.html#ixzz22uYjqiHf
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