Readers' Blog: Return of the extreme right creeps up on us

A short story I read a few months ago postulated the trains are still running to Auschwitz. Fantasy, of course, but does anyone believe that genocidal racism died with the Third Reich?

Readers' Blog: Return of the extreme right creeps up on us
Tue, 19 Mar, 2019 - 00:00

A short story I read a few months ago postulated the trains are still running to Auschwitz. Fantasy, of course, but does anyone believe that genocidal racism died with the Third Reich?

The cold-blooded killing of innocent Muslims in New Zealand is a stark reminder that the forces of searing hatred and xenophobia thrive in 2019.

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<p>'Racism is in a noxious little category of its own. We should be giving it the red card before the match even starts.' Picture: iStock </p>

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