Tag: Far Right

UK Government Strategy Has ‘Double Standard’ When Dealing With Extreme Right and Islamism, Says Independent Review

An independent review of the British government’s Prevent strategy has found it is “not doing enough to counter non-violent Islamist extremism” and “has a double standard when dealing with the extreme right-wing and Islamism.” The review was ordered by former Home Secretary Priti Patel in 2019 but on Wednesday her successor, Suella Braverman, said the…


So Where Were All the Terrorist Attacks in Canada in 2022?

Commentary Headline writers have a challenging job before them (note that they are rarely, if ever, the same people who actually write columns or news stories in the media). They have to read an article, understand it, figure out something to write in less than 10 words that captures the essence of the piece, and…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: Boston Lab’s 80 Percent Kill Rate Virus Criticized as ‘Playing With Fire’; Biden Creates New Pandemic Strategy

Boston University is being criticized for creating a new COVID strain that showed an 80 percent kill rate in mice. Experts said the researchers were “playing with fire” by risking the outbreak of a lab-made pandemic. The NIH, meanwhile, has said it was unaware of the research, and took steps to distance itself from the…


LIVE: Boston Lab’s 80 Percent Kill Rate Virus Criticized as ‘Playing With Fire’; Biden Creates New Pandemic Strategy

Boston University is being criticized for creating a new COVID strain that showed an 80 percent kill rate in mice. Experts said the researchers were “playing with fire” by risking the outbreak of a lab-made pandemic. The NIH, meanwhile, has said it was unaware of the research, and took steps to distance itself from the…


Boston Lab’s 80 Percent Kill Rate Virus Criticized as ‘Playing With Fire’; Biden Creates New Pandemic Strategy

Boston University is being criticized for creating a new COVID strain that showed an 80 percent kill rate in mice. Experts said the researchers were “playing with fire” by risking the outbreak of a lab-made pandemic. The NIH, meanwhile, has said it was unaware of the research, and took steps to distance itself from the…


LIVE 11/2, at 10:30 AM ET: Boston Lab’s 80 Percent Kill Rate Virus Criticized as ‘Playing With Fire’; Biden Creates New Pandemic Strategy

Boston University is being criticized for creating a new COVID strain that showed an 80 percent kill rate in mice. Experts said the researchers were “playing with fire” by risking the outbreak of a lab-made pandemic. The NIH, meanwhile, has said it was unaware of the research, and took steps to distance itself from the…


Australian Spy Agency’s Decision to Drop ‘Left-Right,’ ‘Islamic’ Label, Highlights the Divisive Power of Words

Australia’s domestic spy agency’s decision to drop sensitive labels such as “left-right” and “Islamic extremism” has received a mixed reaction, with one religious expert saying the shift to broader terminology could inadvertently mislead public perception of extremist behaviour. Last week, Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), delivered the Annual Threat…