The Informer

15 Nov 2019

The rise and rise of the far Right

Government & Organisations, News & Politics, Society & Culture

Recently it’s been made known that far right groups have been targeting online spaces in their efforts to radicalise people to far right causes, many of which directly threaten the public and private safety of people from the LGBTQIA+ community. 

Mario Puekker is research fellow at Victorian University, his work focuses on political activism and the far right. 

Toby Halligan spoke to him and began by asking Mario about the risk far right groups to pose to the LGBTIQA+ community.  

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