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Saturday, March 16th, 2019

New Zealand reminds us that far-right attacks are on the rise far and wide — including in the U.S.

Author:     Eugene Scott
Source:     The Washington Post
Publication Date:     March 15, 2019 at 2:44 PM
 Link: New Zealand reminds us that far-right attacks are on the rise far and wide — including in the U.S.
Stephan:   Those of us who place a priority on wellbeing must take our stand. Nonviolent social transformation is the only form of change that works, and lasts. It is up to each of us to make that happen by the hundreds of small choices we make each day, always choosing the option that is the most compassionate, life-affirming, and fostering of wellbeing. The alternative is violence, misery, and death.

Credit: The Sun Nigeria

The New Zealand mass shooting that left 49 dead is part of a disturbing trend: violent acts perpetrated by racists and far-right extremists.

Though the primary gunman has not been named, he allegedly took pains to link the violent assault on two mosques to his politics. Police said that shortly before the shooting, he released a manifesto describing his hatred for Muslims and immigrants.

“The 74-page document states that he was following the example of notorious right-wing extremists, including Dylann Roof, who murdered nine black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., in 2015,” my colleagues reported. It was “littered with conspiracy theories about white birthrates and ‘white genocide” and “is the latest sign that a lethal vision of white nationalism has spread internationally. Its title, ‘The Great Replacement,’ echoes the rallying cry of, among others, the torch-bearing protesters who marched in Charlottesville in 2017.”

Elsewhere, there are references to President Trump and Candace Owens, a black conservative activist, mentions that seem designed to troll.

The New Zealand violence echoes […]

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