By Nida Khan
It’s that
time again; the gathering of world leaders for the G20 summit. This
year’s forum, held in Argentina on November 30th and December 1st, will
focus on many things from the global economy, trade and transatlantic
relations to a U.S./China showdown, various regional tensions and much
more. But what will likely not appear on the agenda, in a bilateral
meeting, nor in a sideline discussion, is one of the greatest challenges
the world faces right now: the rise and consolidation of power of
right-wing nationalists.
All
across Europe, the United States and the west at large, there is a
recurring theme where societies are becoming increasingly diverse and
simultaneously there is a rise in xenophobia and hate crimes. It’s no
coincidence that at the same time, there are significant gains that
right-wing and nationalist parties/individuals have made globally and
there is cause for great alarm. The question is, what are we going to do
about it?
In
Italy, the Five Star Movement and right-wing League recently formed a
coalition government. Part of their program includes ‘mass deportations
for undocumented migrants’, and Italy’s new Interior Minister has made
outrageous statements like ‘we must stop being the refugee camp of
Europe’. In Austria, the right-wing anti-immigrant conservative Freedom
Party (which was formed in 1956 by a former officer in the SS by the
way), won 26 percent of the vote last year — 26 percent.
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Source: Medium.com
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