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Fast Forward Without Mentioning Trump, Obama Cites Hitler In Talk On Nationalism
At a recent talk, former President Barack Obama warned U.S. citizens not to “grow complacent,” citing the rise of Adolph Hitler in Germany’s culturally progressive Weimar Republic, Crain’s reported. The remarks came during a Q&A session at a meeting of the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday. “We have to tend to this garden of…
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Community Should Neo-Nazis Be Fired From Their Jobs? Not If You Ask Them.
A funny thing happened on the way through our recent Nazi poll. On November 30, the Forward’s opinion editor inquired of the Twitterverse, asking, “Should neo-Nazis be fired from their jobs?” Should neo-Nazis be fired from their jobs? — Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) November 30, 2017 In the first few hours of the poll, the dozens…
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Community WATCH: Does Anti-Semitism Still Exist In Poland?
On November 11th, 60,000 protesters commemorated Polish Independence Day in a scene reminiscent of Charlottesville. As I later wrote in the Forward, a smaller contingency marched down my street, a part of the former Warsaw Jewish Ghetto. The march was organized in part by two self-proclaimed “radical nationalist” groups who take their name from anti-Semitic…
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Community How to Prevent Fascism From The Left And The Right
In our culture it has become popular thinking to equate right wing, and especially extreme right wing, with the source of all evil. Nazism was a regime which brought to light the worst of human behavior. However, research has shown that the barbarity and cruelty of the Nazis is not necessarily a trait specific to…
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Community Should Neo-Nazis Be Fired From Their Jobs?
After being profiled as Neo-Nazis Next Door in the New York Times, Tony and Maria Hovater soon found themselves without jobs. As Nazis, their views are clearly repugnant. But should they have lost their jobs as a result of their political beliefs, no matter how unsavory? Let us know what you think: Should neo-Nazis be…
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Fast Forward ‘Nazi Grandma’ Will Serve Jail Time In Germany For Holocaust Denial
(JTA) — The octogenarian known as the “Nazi Grandma” will serve 14 months in a German prison for Holocaust denial after losing an appeal on one of several convictions. Ursula Haverbeck, 89, was sentenced Tuesday by a district appeals court in Detmold for repeatedly denying the Holocaust, which is a crime in Germany. In September…
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Fast Forward White Supremacist Couple Profiled In NYT Crowdfunding After Losing Their Jobs
A white nationalist “Nazi sympathizing” husband and wife in Ohio reportedly lost their jobs after a New York Times profile broadcast their story worldwide. Now the two are soliciting money on an “alt-right” website called “Goy Fund Me” and have raised more than $5,000. The couple in the NYT Nazi article apparently have gotten fired…
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Opinion If We Can’t Write About Nazis, They Win
On November 25, the New York Times published an incredible piece of journalism, a profile of a Nazi sympathizer in mainstream rural America. The piece, A Voice of Hate in America’s Heartland, describes how a Midwestern guy-next-door came to develop pro-Nazi and white nationalist sympathies. What was shocking was not that Tony Hovater held the…
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