A majority in the lower house of the Dutch parliament wants the Netherlands to follow the United States’ lead and designate the far-left Antifa movement as a terrorist organization. A motion to that effect by Lidewij de Vos (FvD), Caroline van der Plas (BBB), and Geert Wilders (PVV) was passed with the support of the VVD, SGP, and JA21.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/49038271

A majority in the lower house of the Dutch parliament wants the Netherlands to follow the United States’ lead and designate the far-left Antifa movement as a terrorist organization.

  • calliope@retrolemmy.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Because a non-negligible number of your neighbors are voting for populist and far-right candidates. These people have support.

    100,000 people showed up for a far-right rally in London last week. Bolsonaro is just now seeing some kind of punishment for his actions in Brazil.

    It’s never really been a U.S.-only thing, sadly, the U.S. has just captured the zeitgeist for the past several years.