Germany’s Far Right AfD Exploits Passivity and Resentment to Enter the Mainstream

While the AfD party emerges as a leading voice of political opposition, the government downplays its danger and even co-opts its xenophobic messaging.

Denijal Jegić
By Denijal Jegić
Germany Far Right AFD Chemnitz

Grayzone Project -- German police rounded up a right-wing terror network this October 1, arresting its members ahead of an attack allegedly aimed at subverting the country. Called “Revolution Chemnitz,” the group “intended to launch violent and armed attacks against foreigners and people who have different political views,” a federal prosecutor

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German Court Green Lights Neo-Nazi Party

The National Democratic Party has an affinity for Nazism but doesn’t threaten democracy, the court said.

teleSUR
By teleSUR
People take part at a demonstration initiated by right-wing NPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) against the German asylum law and asylum seekers in Riesa, eastern Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. (AP/Jens Meyer)

(REPORT) --- A German court ruled against banning the country's far-right National Democratic Party, NPD, on Tuesday, although the group has frequently been called anti-constitutional. The party has been described as a neo-Nazi organization supporting an ethnic-based nation state and anti-Semitism. “The NPD intends to replace the existing

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