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− | '''Far-right politics''' are [[politics]] further [[right-wing|right]] on the [[political spectrum]] than the usual political right.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rise of Donald Trump Tracks Growing Debate over Global Fascism|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/world/europe/rise-of-donald-trump-tracks-growing-debate-over-global-fascism.html|access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref> The term is often used to mean [[Nazism]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Political Parties|publisher=Historical Exhibition|url=https://www.bundestag.de/blob/189776/01b7ea57531a60126da86e2d5c5dbb78/parties_weimar_republic-data.pdf|access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref> [[neo-Nazism]], [[fascism]] and other organizations that have reactionary views. | + | '''Far-right politics''' are [[politics]] further [[right-wing|right]] on the [[political spectrum]] than the usual political right.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rise of Donald Trump Tracks Growing Debate over Global Fascism|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/world/europe/rise-of-donald-trump-tracks-growing-debate-over-global-fascism.html|access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref> The term is often used to mean [[Nazism]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Political Parties|publisher=Historical Exhibition|url=https://www.bundestag.de/blob/189776/01b7ea57531a60126da86e2d5c5dbb78/parties_weimar_republic-data.pdf|access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref> [[neo-Nazism]], [[fascism]] and other organizations that have reactionary views. |
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| Saying that superior people should have greater rights than inferior people is often associated with the far-right.<ref name="Explaining Politics: Culture, Institutions, and Political Behavior - Oliver Woshinsky - Google Books">{{cite book|title=Explaining Politics|isbn=9781135901349|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubCTAgAAQBAJ|access-date=January 15, 2019|last1=Woshinsky|first1=Oliver|date=4 March 2008}}</ref> The far-right have historically favored a society that believes in superior minority over inferior masses.<ref name="Explaining Politics: Culture, Institutions, and Political Behavior - Oliver Woshinsky - Google Books" /> | | Saying that superior people should have greater rights than inferior people is often associated with the far-right.<ref name="Explaining Politics: Culture, Institutions, and Political Behavior - Oliver Woshinsky - Google Books">{{cite book|title=Explaining Politics|isbn=9781135901349|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubCTAgAAQBAJ|access-date=January 15, 2019|last1=Woshinsky|first1=Oliver|date=4 March 2008}}</ref> The far-right have historically favored a society that believes in superior minority over inferior masses.<ref name="Explaining Politics: Culture, Institutions, and Political Behavior - Oliver Woshinsky - Google Books" /> |
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− | Some aspects of [[fascism|fascist]] ideas have been identified with right-wing political parties. The fascist idea that superior people should have more power in society has led to [[genocide]].
| + | [[Fascism]] is a far-right political ideology.<ref name="OxRef">{{cite web|title=Overview: fascism|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095811414|accessdate=October 8, 2020|publisher=Oxford Reference}}</ref> Fascism has lead to [[genocide]]. |
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− | In the [[United States]], the term ''hard right'' has been used to describe some groups, such as the [[Tea Party movement|Tea Party]] and [[Patriot movement]]s.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Hard Right Being Bolstered by Mainstream|publisher=Political Research Associates|url=http://www.politicalresearch.org/2015/12/23/u-s-hard-right-being-bolstered-by-the-mainstream/#sthash.Yqef9VU4.dpbs|access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref> | + | In the [[United States]], the term ''hard right'' has been used to describe some groups, such as the [[Tea Party movement|Tea Party]] and [[Patriot movement]]s.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Hard Right Being Bolstered by Mainstream|publisher=Political Research Associates|url=http://www.politicalresearch.org/2015/12/23/u-s-hard-right-being-bolstered-by-the-mainstream/#sthash.Yqef9VU4.dpbs|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref> |
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| == Far-right Politics Media == | | == Far-right Politics Media == |
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− | File:Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' Rally (35780274914) crop.jpg|The [[Unite the Right rally]] in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], 2017 | + | File:Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' Rally (35780274914) crop.jpg|Prominent far-rightists during the 2017 [[Unite the Right rally]] in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]]. Pictured are rally participants carrying [[Modern display of the Confederate battle flag|Confederate battle flags]], [[Gadsden flag]]s, and a [[Nazi flag]]. |
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| File:Mussolini biografia.jpg|[[Benito Mussolini]], dictator and founder of [[Italian Fascism]], a far-right ideology | | File:Mussolini biografia.jpg|[[Benito Mussolini]], dictator and founder of [[Italian Fascism]], a far-right ideology |
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| + | File:Leon Trotsky in exile.webp|[[Leon Trotsky]] was an [[The Struggle Against Fascism in Germany|early observer]] on the rise of far-right phenomenon such as [[Nazi Germany]] during his final years in exile and advocated for the tactic of a [[united front]]. |
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| File:Llegada de integrantes de la División Azul a la estación del Norte (33 de 40) - Fondo Marín-Kutxa Fototeka.jpg|Spanish [[Falangist]] volunteer forces of the [[Blue Division]] entrain at [[San Sebastián]], 1942 | | File:Llegada de integrantes de la División Azul a la estación del Norte (33 de 40) - Fondo Marín-Kutxa Fototeka.jpg|Spanish [[Falangist]] volunteer forces of the [[Blue Division]] entrain at [[San Sebastián]], 1942 |
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| File:Conferenza di Montreux.jpg|National origins of Fascist International Congress participants in 1934 | | File:Conferenza di Montreux.jpg|National origins of Fascist International Congress participants in 1934 |
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− | File:Photographs of Genocide Victims - Genocide Memorial Center - Kigali - Rwanda.jpg|Photographs of genocide victims displayed at the [[Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre|Genocide Memorial Center]] in [[Kigali]]
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| File:Crianças Juventude Hitlerista - Pres. Bernardes, c. 1930.jpg|Children make the [[Nazi salute]] in [[Presidente Bernardes, São Paulo]], circa 1935. | | File:Crianças Juventude Hitlerista - Pres. Bernardes, c. 1930.jpg|Children make the [[Nazi salute]] in [[Presidente Bernardes, São Paulo]], circa 1935. |