"CHANGE" - Austria embraces anti-immigrant right-wing in presidential vote

Candidate of the right-wing populist FPÖ (in blue) wins almost everywhere in Austria.

"CHANGE" - Austria embraces anti-immigrant right-wing in presidential vote. (BL).

VIENNA- Initial results show that the candidate of Austria's right-wing, anti-immigrant party has swept the first round of Austria's presidential elections, gathering over 35 percent of the vote and leaving the other five candidates far behind.

The apparent triumph by Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party reflects wide-spread voter dissatisfaction with the center-left Social Democrats and the centrist Freedom party. The preliminary results from official ballot counts show their candidates with not much more than 10 percent backing each.

Alexander Van der Bellen and Irmgard Griss, who ran as independents, were close to 20 percent. One of them will likely challenge Hofer in the May 22 runoff. That race will likely be closer, with most of those opposed to the Freedom Party giving one of the independents their support.

The Freedom Party's previous best showing was more than 27 percent in elections that decided Austria's membership in the European Union.

Much of Europe has begun lurching politically to the far right as a massive migrant crisis changes the very fabric of society there. Hmmm......The beginning of a tidal wave of right wing politicians rising in the EU. As i warned many months ago. Natural reaction when politicians don't listen to the people.This doesn't mean all voters are right wingers, many protest votes in these results.

Fear, Anger and Hatred: The Rise of Germany's New Right.

Fear, Anger and Hatred: The Rise of Germany's New Right. (Spiegel).

For years, a sense of disillusionment has been growing on the right. Now, the refugee crisis has magnified that frustration. Increasingly, people from the very center of society are identifying with the movement -- even as political debate coarsens and violence increases.

In the past, the right wing was characterized primarily by thugs with shaved heads, bomber jackets and jackboots -- people who had difficulty getting the words "Blood & Honour" tattooed on their arms without a spelling mistake. After the 1990s, the jackboot crowd was replaced by the "Autonomous Nationalists," right-wing extremists who disguised themselves by wearing left-wing clothing, but who were just as violent as their forebears.

These street-extremists are still around, but they have received reinforcements. The New Right comes out of the bourgeois center of society and includes intellectuals with conservative values, devout Christians and those angry at the political class.

The new movement also attracts people that might otherwise be described as leftist: Putin admirers, for example, anti-globalization activists and radical pacifists. Movements are growing together that have never before been part of the same camp. Together, they have formed a vocal protest movement that has radicalized the climate in the country by way of public demonstrations and a digital offensive on the Internet.

It's not just the government's refugee policies that are bringing the New Right together. The origins are much deeper, reaching back to the protests against the welfare reforms passed in the early 2000s, the anger at the euro bailouts and demonstrations against massive construction projects such as Stuttgart 21. They were all demonstrations of angry citizens who felt their politicians were failing them. Many of them have since become even angrier and have, at least internally, transformed into radicals.

The 1 million refugees who have arrived in Germany in 2015 are now acting as a catalyst for this new right-wing movement. The fear of foreigners, of being "swamped" by them, is bonding the New Right together and drawing more "concerned citizens" into their ranks every day. Hmmm.....I warned months ago that we will see the far right rise all over Europe.....and the U.S. Read the full story here.

Belgium - Right wing 'Vlaams Belang' MP Dewinter calls Quran in parliament 'source of all evil & Licence to kill'

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Belgium - Right wing 'Vlaams Belang' MP Dewinter calls Quran in parliament 'source of all evil' (HLN).[GoogleTranslate]

Vlaams Belang MP Filip Dewinter got today almost the entire room over him after he showed a Koran in the hemisphere and called the book "the source of all evil, a 'license to kill' '

Dewinter posed a question to Interior Minister Jambon (N-VA) on tackling radicalization in the mosques. On the podium, he took over a Koran and called the book "The reason a lot of mischief, the source of all evil, a license to kill." "This book, based on Islamic teachings, is in a fundamental way professed in many mosques in the country."

Dewinter has its own admission aware "that many temperate are Muslims, but that does not mean that there is a moderate Islam and the Koran, therefore, would be moderate." Jambon Minister was unhappy about the action of Dewinter.

"You're here to swing with a book is a book where they have a lot of respect for and even sacred to many people. You are chasing here a community against you in the harness. We all know that the radical elements in there Muslim community, and we all want to fight. But for the line that you create between Islam and justice in our community, you will find no allies. "

Jambon after got his answer applause from almost all parties in the Chamber. More substantive Jambon made ​​a distinction between authorized and unauthorized mosques. 

The recognition is done by the provinces, so under a different policy, and if there is trouble around the unrecognized mosques, it is the job of the mayor to act. Dewinter responded that "the man in the street "another judgment has about Islam than" those who sit in their ivory tower in the Rue de la Loi ".

Video - If Palestinians keep up the terrorism they'll help elect a right wing Israeli government opposed to concessions.

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In this talk, Dr. Abrahms takes terrorism one step further and sheds light on digital privacy, security, and counter terrorism.

Max Abrahms is a professor of public policy in the department of political science at Northeastern University. He is also a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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If Palestinians keep up the terrorism they'll help elect a rightwing Israeli government opposed to concessions https://t.co/frzEUdOKXY.

— Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) December 3, 2014