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Currently in the USA we are seeing a wave of racist nationalist isolationism, so we tend to see these concepts as going together. It's always tempting to draw

• DanBC 10y ago
  > Currently in the USA we are seeing a wave of racist nationalist isolationism We have that in the UK with UKIP - the UK Independence Party. They've tried to move away from the blatantly racist core who find them attractive. You can't join UKIP as a member if you used to be a member of the National Front[1] or BNP[2]. They think this shows how they're not racists. I think it's telling that they need a rule to stop racists joining their party. I guess the rise of UKIP is good if it's meant a decline in the BNP. There are also other groups such as "EDL" (England Defence League) or "Britain First", who are anti-Muslim groups. These are just the well known groups. Organisations like Combat18 are also on the rise. [1] violent far-right thugs. Much worse than UKIP. [2] less violent, but still far-right thugs. Much worse than UKIP.