Search results for "äärioikeistolaisuus"
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The role of social media in the rise of right-wing populism in Finland
2021
Right-wing populism is typically entangled with xenophobic nationalism and neo-conservatism, which often usher in racism and misogyny. In this chapter, the authors take Finland as a case study to examine the role of media technology in the rise of right-wing populism. They demonstrate the strengthening of the far-right ideology on and through social media from the beginning of 2010s. It focuses on the mediated construction of two entangled ideologies in the right-wing populist movement racism and misogyny. In early spring 2020, the debate about Turkey opening its EU border to refugees made Jussi Halla-aho eagerly participate in this discussion in the parliament and on Twitter now as the cha…
Discursive Constructions of White Nordic Masculinities in Right-wing Populist Media
2018
Using superordinate intersectionality as a theoretical framework, this article explores notions of men and masculinities within right wing populism. It is attentive to how the right-wing populist media in Finland and Sweden construct white Nordic masculinities through discursive interactions across several axes of difference: gender (masculinities); sexuality (heterosexuality); social class (elites); and race (whitenesses). Employing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as methodological approach, we show how the discursive constructions of white Nordic masculinities are context contingent, rendering them subject to constant reinterpretation and repositioning, at times privileging some axes of…
Terminological Games: The Finnish Security Police Monitoring the Far-Right Movements in Finland During the Cold War
2020
This article focuses on the use of terms and concepts related to the nationalist movements by the Finnish security police during the Cold War. The key objective of the security police was to protect the legal order of the state and monitor the groups and phenomena potentially harmful to that cause. The previous experience regarding the rise of the radical nationalism and fascism in Finland in the 1930s and the 1947 Paris peace treaties were the historical and legal contexts within which the interpretations were made. As the article shows, interpretation made by the security police, however, relied occasionally on a limited understanding about the evolving far-right scene, thus producing ter…
Proscribing the Nordic Resistance Movement in Finland: Analyzing the Process and its Outcome
2021
The Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) was banned in Finland in 2020 after a court process lasting more than two and half years. This article details how effective the ban has been and how the organization has adapted to the ban, both during the process and after the verdict. The NRM has followed strategies similar to previous proscription cases, especially National Action in the UK in 2016, with whom NRM members discussed and shared experiences before the banning process began. Adaptation has meant new organizational forms and the founding of new associations. Before the ban, some commentators argued that it would only radicalize NRM members and that they might move to clandestine actions. B…
Pohjoismaisen Vastarintaliikkeen kieltäminen ja sen seuraukset
2020
Kansallissosialistisen Pohjoismaisen Vastarintaliikkeen toiminta on kielletty Suomessa. Järjestö vaikuttaa reagoineen kieltoon perustamalla uusia ryhmiä sekä hajauttamalla toimintaansa. Tulevan kehityksen kannalta merkityksellistä on, millaisia johtopäätöksiä viranomaiset tekevät järjestön kieltämisestä, sekä miten he reagoivat mahdollisiin yrityksiin jatkaa järjestön toimintaa. nonPeerReviewed
The Soldiers of Odin Finland : From a local movement to an international franchise
2019
This chapter analyzes the growth of the Soldier of Odin Finland from a local phenomenon to an international movement, exploring the reasons behind both the success of the SOO, and its later decline in Finland as well as internationally. Additionally, the chapter describes the connections of the SOO with the Finnish extreme right and competition they had with other street patrol organizations. It scrutinizes the rhetoric they use and the ideology they share, and analyzes profiles of SOO leaders in Finland. The chapter is based on data drawn from interviews with Soldiers of Odin and other street patrol groups, police and court files, and online observation. peerReviewed
Äärimmäinen normaali : radikaalioikeistolainen ajattelu maahanmuuttovastaisessa blogiaineistossa
2017
Tämä pro gradu -tutkielma etsii vastausta kysymykseen suomalaisen maahanmuuttovastaisen ajattelun äärioikeistolaisuudesta. 2000-luvulla maahanmuuttovastaisuus on noussut tärkeäksi teemaksi suomalaisessa politiikassa, ja tämänkaltaisilla mielipiteillä on saavutettu poliittista menestystä. Joskus maahanmuuttovastaisuudesta puhutaan äärioikeistolaisuutena. Samalla keskustelun ilmapiiri maahanmuuttovastaisten ja maahanmuuttoon suopeammin suhtautuvien välillä on kärjistynyt. Tutkielmassani kysyn, kuinka mielekästä eduskuntaan asti päätyneen maahanmuuttovastaisen ajattelun näkeminen äärioikeistolaisena on. Tutkimuksen pääasiallinen aineisto koostuu kolmen suomalaisen maahanmuuttovastaisen poliiti…
Adorno oikeistoradikalismin viehätyksestä
2020
Halla-aho ja Huhtasaari : populismin kahdet kasvot?
2021
Vuonna 2020 ilmestyi politiikan toimittajien kirjoittamana kaksi kirjaa perussuomalaisten näkyvimmistä toimijoista, puheenjohtaja Jussi Halla-ahosta ja europarlamentaarikko Laura Huhtasaaresta. Kummastakaan ei aiemmin ole laajempaa esitystä kirjoitettu, joten ne ovat sikäli tervetulleita. Kummastakin teoksesta jää silti lukijalle hieman hajanainen kuva. nonPeerReviewed
Nostalgia, community and resistance : Counter-cultural politics in a Finnish skinzine
2019
Culture and community building are an essential part of the appeal of the far-right and fascist movements. Studying their cultural products is therefore important for a deeper understanding of the movement and their modus operandi. One elemental part of their culture are the so-called zines, small-scale do-it-yourself magazines intended for scene members. In certain respects, the far-right zines, skinzines, follow the forms and trends of other underground publications, especially punk-zines, with which they also share the resistance identity as stigmatized and marginalized actors. However, the political visions in skinzines are more or less opposite to ‘democratic zines’, creating certain t…