Friday, February 18, 2022

 















The militant media of Neo-Nazi enviromentalism 

(in: The Environment in the Age of the Internet, Heike Graf ed., Cambridge 2016)

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The idea of an ecologist neo-Nazi seems, at first, ridiculous. Is one to imagine skinheads biking, in formation, bringing their milk-cartons to recycling centers? Well, no, not exactly: but many neo-Nazi parties have an environmentalist side to their party platforms. Neo-Nazi politicians espouse many standard environmentalist planks; neo-Nazi websites condemn pollution; neo-Nazi youth spend time cleaning parks. Indeed, environmentalism and militant xenophobia seem oddly compatible. In this article, we will look at how neo-Nazi websites and print media wed the slogans, symbols, visuals and narratives of the radical patriot to those of the Heimat-loving environmentalist, resulting in a surprisingly coherent media frame.



Nature, the Volk, and the Heimat - Narratives and Practices of the Far-Right Ecologist, in: Baltic Worlds, 2013, Vol. VI:2.

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