Perspective: Christchurch and the rise of the far right
A message left among flowers and tributes by the wall of the Botanic Gardens on March 17 in Christchurch, New Zealand. By Peter R. Neumann March 19 at 7:00 AM Friday’s terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, which killed at least 50 Muslims, was not an isolated event. Across Western countries, anti-Muslim hate crimes and violent attacks have been on the rise.
The second factor is an ideology that can turn such fears and grievances into a coherent political project. On the far right, recent years have seen a profound shift away from the traditional focus on race toward supposedly more inclusive ideas such as identity and culture. The “identitarian" movement emerged in France but has strongly influenced the U.S. alt-right.
Finally, terrorism usually requires structures through which people are mobilized into action. In the case of the Christchurch attacker, this seems to have been the far right’s vast virtual subculture on platforms such as 8Chan, 4Chan, Reddit, Twitter and others.
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