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Rothschild family

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The '''Rothschild''' family is a [[family]] descending from [[Mayer Amschel Rothschild]] who established his [[bank]]ing business in the 1760s in [[Frankfurt]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Founder: Meyer Amschel Rothschild and His Time |first=Amos |last=Elon |year=1996 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |isbn=0-00-255706-1 |ref=harv }}</ref>

The name Rothschild is synonymous with great [[:category:Billionaires|billionaire]]-level of [[wealth]] and extravagance. The Rothschilds are famous for their 41+ palaces, art collecting and [[philanthropy]]. The scale and level of luxury is unparalleled even by the wealthiest [[royal]] families.<ref>''The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World'', (London 2008), page 78.</ref> In 1909 British [[Prime Minister]] [[Lloyd George]] stated that Lord Nathan Rothschild was Britain's most powerful man.<ref>''The House of Rothschild: Money's prophets, 1798–1848'', Volume 1, Niall Ferguson, 1999, page 481-85</ref><ref>''A History of the Jews'', Paul Johnson (London 2004), page 319–20</ref>

Rothschild means literally ''Red shield'' in [[German language|German]].

==Conspiracy Theories==
For the last two centuries, Rothschilds have often been the subject of [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]].<ref>''The Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories'', James McConnachie, Robin Tudge Edition: 2 – 2008</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice|first=Richard S.|last=Levy|page=624|isbn=1-85109-439-3|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The History of Anti-semitism: From Voltaire to Wagner|first=Leon|last=Poliakov|page=343|isbn=0-8122-1865-5|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|year=2003}}</ref> Some theories suggest that, as a Bankster cartel, the Rothschilds control most of the world's wealth and financial institutions.<ref>{{cite book|title=Roots of hate|first=William|last=Brustein|page=147|isbn=0-521-77478-0|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Antisemitism: Myth and Hate from Antiquity to the Present|first=Marvin|last=Perry|page=117|isbn=0-312-16561-7|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2002}}</ref> Other theories suggest that the Rothschilds were responsible for indirectly starting or stopping [[war]]s. Much of the conspiracy theories were suggested to be a result of [[anti-Semitic]] [[prejudice]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=m5Er9ELOwQkC&pg=PA104&dq=Rothschild+family+conspiracy+theory+antisemitism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CdACU7TxA4OGyAHPtYGICA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Rothschild%20family%20conspiracy%20theory%20antisemitism&f=false |title=Conspiracy Theories: A Critical Introduction |page=104 |author=Jovan Byford |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2011 |accessdate=17 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=qMIDrggs8TsC&pg=PA82&dq=Rothschild+family+conspiracy+theory+antisemitism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CdACU7TxA4OGyAHPtYGICA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Rothschild%20family%20conspiracy%20theory%20antisemitism&f=false |title=Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia |page=82 |author=Peter Knight |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2003 |accessdate=17 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Paranoid Apocalypse: A Hundred-year Retrospective on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion |page=189 |url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=DV1S9dpW2aQC&pg=PA189&dq=Rothschild+family+conspiracy+theory+antisemitism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CdACU7TxA4OGyAHPtYGICA&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Rothschild%20family%20conspiracy%20theory%20antisemitism&f=false |accessdate=17 February 2014 |author=Richard Allen Landes and Steven T. Katz |publisher=NYU Press |year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=yXYKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA110&dq=Rothschild+family+conspiracy+theory+antisemitism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CdACU7TxA4OGyAHPtYGICA&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Rothschild%20family%20conspiracy%20theory%20antisemitism&f=false |page=110 |accessdate=17 February 2014 |title=Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities |author=Carl Skutsch |publisher=Routledge |year=2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |page=147 |url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=PWFlEtmu0-oC&pg=PA147&dq=Rothschild+family+conspiracy+theory+antisemitism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CdACU7TxA4OGyAHPtYGICA&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Rothschild%20family%20conspiracy%20theory%20antisemitism&f=false |accessdate=17 February 2014 |title=Behind Closed Doors: The Power and Influence of Secret Societies |author=Michael Streeter |publisher=New Holland Publishers |year=2008}}</ref>

==Quotes==

* "The Rothschilds are the wonders of modern [[banking]] ... we see the descendants of [[Judah]], after a persecution of two thousand years, peering above [[king]]s, rising higher than [[emperor]]s, and holding a whole continent in the hollow of their hands. The Rothschilds govern a [[Christian]] world. Not a cabinet moves without their advice. They stretch their hand, with equal ease, from [[Saint Petersburg|Petersburgh]] to [[Vienna]], from Vienna to [[Paris]], from Paris to [[London]], from London to [[Washington]]. Baron Rothschild, the head of the house, is the true king of Judah, the prince of the captivity, the [[Messiah]] so long looked for by this extraordinary people. He holds the keys of peace or [[war]], blessing or cursing. ... They are the brokers and counselors of the kings of [[Europe]] and of the [[republican]] chiefs of [[United States of America|America]]. What more can they desire?"<ref>{{cite book|title=Weekly Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wV8UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA41|year=1836|page=41}}</ref>

* "This multinational banking family is a byword for wealth, power – and discretion... The Rothschild name has become synonymous with [[money]] and power to a degree that perhaps no other family has ever matched."<ref>''[[Daily Telegraph]]'',''The Rothschilds: They prefer to let their money do the talking'', William Langley, Published: 9:59 pm BST 25 Oct 2008</ref>

* "As we have seen, however, [[war]]s tended to hit the price of existing [[bonds]] by increasing the risk that a [[National debt|debtor state]] would fail to meet its [[interest|interest payments]] in the event of defeat and losses of territory. By the middle of the 19th century, the Rothschilds had evolved from traders into fund managers, carefully tending to their own vast portfolio of government bonds. Now having made their [[money]], they stood to lose more than they gained from conflict. The Rothschilds had decided the outcome of the [[Napoleonic Wars]] by putting their financial weight behind [[Great Britain|Britain]]. Now they would sit on the sidelines.<ref>''The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World'', (London 2008), page 91.</ref>

==See also==
* [[American economic history]]

==References==
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Anti-Semitism

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[[Image:Aldershot Cemetery.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Anti-Semitic graffiti on Jewish graves, Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England, November, 2004. (c. Community Security Trust/Fox News)]]
'''Anti-Semitism''' (or '''antisemitism''') is [[discrimination]] against, [[Hate|hatred]] against, or criticism of [[Jews]], Jewish culture, or the state of [[Israel]]. As a word it is first recorded in the English language in 1882,<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antisemitism</ref> but as an idea and argument of hatred examples exist from much earlier times. It was Wilhelm Marr (1819–1904), a German agitator who coined the term ''"anti-semitism"'' in 1879.

==Origins of Anti-Semitism==
The first Christians were Jews, including Jesus Christ. The story of Jesus was remembered and retold in the synagogues. Splits appeared very soon after the death of Jesus between the [[Pharisees]] and the Revisionist Jews. The [[Gospel of John]] was written quite soon after he and other revisionist Jews were barred from the [[synagogue]] by the Orthodox party. The references to Jews in the Gospel according to St John does not refer to Jews as a whole, but to the Pharisees. However, this was not well understood by later readers, and once the early generations of Jews had died out John's gospel was often used to justify acts of anti-Semitism.

==Blood Libel==
One of the oldest instances of anti-Semitic claims was made in the first century AD by Apion who claimed Jews sacrificed Greeks in their temple in a type of accusation known as a "blood libel".

The "Blood libel" myth reappeared in England in 1144, after [[William of Norwich]] was found murdered. William was called a martyr and created a second wave of anti-semitism, this time in Europe. It was mostly popularized with the story of Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln, and was even present in the [[Canterbury Tales]]. This continued on for many centuries until modern times. This "blood libel" accusation has survived the centuries and is today seen in [[Islam]]ic anti-Semitic propaganda.

==Middle Ages==
In the [[Middle Ages]], Catholics blamed Jews for the death of Jesus Christ. This fueled Christian antipathy against Jews in most of Europe. This also led to rumors that Jews "desecrated the host" (tortured [[communion]] bread as per the [[Catholic]] doctrine of [[transubstantiation]]), and that they "poisoned the wells", leading to the [[Black Death]]. Another element that resulted in Jewish persecution was some quotations from the Talmud that had the Rabbis making various claims inferring that the Virgin Mary was a prostitute who had pre-marital relations with a Roman Centurion that resulted in Jesus's birth, and also claimed that Jesus (titled "Yeshu" in the Talmud as an insult<ref>https://jewsforjesus.org/newsletter-mar-2008/y-shua-or-yeshu</ref>) was boiling in hot excrement for all eternity,<ref>http://answering-christianity.com/jews1.htm</ref><ref>http://www.answering-christianity.com/jews2.htm</ref><ref>http://www.halakhah.com/gittin/gittin_57.html</ref> especially after the Jewish convert Nicolas Donin exposed these passages in 1239.<ref>http://www.traditioninaction.org/HotTopics/a028htJPII_VisitToSynagogue1986.htm</ref><ref>http://exodusmyth.com/2017/02/18/the-truth-about-the-talmud-michael-hoffman/</ref> It didn't help that Christians expelled practitioners of Judaism from various places. Professing Jews were expelled from England in 1290, from France in 1306, and from Spain in 1492 and Portugal in 1496. (Those who converted to Christianity could remain.) Many went to Holland and Poland. Napoleon removed most of the restrictions that kept Jews in ghettoes in Germany.

==1800–1914==
===New nationalism===
Secular nationalism became a trend in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As a result, anti-Semitism was transformed in the 19th century from a matter of religion to a matter of language and culture. Each "nation" rediscovered its historic language and culture and tried to establish a national homeland. However, this did not remove old biases against Jews in Europe. In most cases, Jews were excluded or distrusted and were not treated as part of the cultural center but as part of the periphery. Anti-Semitic references were common in the popular literature of both the 19th and early 20th centuries. It became more "scientific", and often connected with pseudo-scientific racial theories. The most notable example being the theory of [[evolution]].

===Germany===
In Germany, leading 19th century anti-Semites include composer [[Richard Wagner]] and his son-in-law writer [[Houston Stewart Chamberlain]].

Historians have long debated whether or not the Anti-Semitism of imperial Germany directly prepared the ideological climate for Nazism. One way of testing the thesis of direct continuity is to examine how Judeophobes proposed to solve the "Jewish problem" in the Second Reich, 1870-1914. At that time, most anti-Semites stopped short of calling for the exclusion of Jews from German society, and in fact, many advocated full integration. A handful of exclusionists, believing in the preordained struggle with the Jews and being pessimistic about getting them to leave Germany, did, however, plant the seeds of genocide.<ref>Donald L. Niewyk, "Solving The 'Jewish Problem': Continuity and Change in German Antisemitism, 1871-1945." ''Leo Baeck Institute. Year Book'' 1990 35: 335-370.</ref>

===Socialism===
Leftist scholars examining the connection between socialism and anti-Semitism before 1914 generally have assumed that capitalist exploitation of the workers was responsible for the "Jewish question," and that the labor movement was largely immune to anti-Semitism. At a deeper level, factors such as retarded economic development in Central and Eastern Europe, Christian cultural traditions, the fragility of political liberalism outside Western Europe, the intensity of national conflicts and the quality of leadership and class consciousness among the proletariat led to anti-Semitism in Russia, Germany, France and Britain before 1914.

===Austria===
The national government of the Austro-Hungarian Empire deliberately protected Jews from violent Anti-Semitism. However, popular antipathy toward Jews was more deeply rooted and stubborn in Austria than in most European countries. Reasons included slow development of a secular, pluralist society based on individual rights and open career opportunities; survival of corporatist ideas of economic organization; replacement of the multinational ideal of the Austro-Hungarian Empire by political division and ethnic antagonism; and the conspicuous role of individual Jews in finance capitalism, mass media, arts, and radical politics.

Karl Lueger, the popular mayor of Vienna (1897–1910) and routinely used high powered Anti-Semitic rhetoric. It caught the attention of one young resident, Adolf Hitler, who had come from Linz. But there was no action takes against Jews, who played a major role in Vienna's cultural and business life. Lueger operated within a strong national government that tolerated Jews. The Habsburg dynasty did not allow significant anti-Jewish actions in its domains. The inviolate character of the Rechtsstaat and of a political culture based on law still existed. Mass violence within this political system was rare, and economic life was not yet caught up in the disastrous economic cycles of the post-1918 era. All these structural factors were serious barriers to the translation of anti-Semitic rhetoric in Vienna from words into deeds during the Habsburg era. In the 1930s, however, as Austria became culturally and politically dominated by its northern neighbor, Vienna became increasingly hostile, and many Jews fled even before the Nazis marched in and took over in 1938.

Anti-Semitism was an integral part of the political platform of the Austrian Socialist Left before 1914. Given the depths of anti-Jewish feelings among the Austrian masses, the Socialists endeavored to woo the working class from right-wing political parties through employing the latter's anti-Semitic arguments concerning Jewish control of the Austrian economy. This approach was even utilized by such Socialists of Jewish background as Victor Adler. Once Lueger's anti-Semitic party gained control of the Vienna municipal government in 1897, the Socialist press attacked him and his associates for their alleged lack of fidelity to their anti-Semitic principles through covert dealings with the Jewish upper class.

===Russia===
Alone among the major European nations, Russia in the 19th century did not emancipate its Jewish subjects. Popular anti-Semitism (which had an anti-capitalist bias) proceeded from, and flourished with the support of, anti-Jewish laws and official policies that tried either to forcibly integrate Jews into or to segregate them from the rest of Russian society - especially rural society. Pogroms – systematic slaughters of thousands of Jews in certain areas — happened in clusters, as in 1881-82 and 1905–06, and were related to severe political crises involving the issue of Jewish emancipation.

===Italy===
Anti-Semitism played a far smaller role in Italy than in other European countries. One possible explanation is the high degree of assimilation achieved by the Italian Jewish community. However, assimilation elsewhere in Europe was not a bar to anti-Semitism. A more plausible reason is the lateness of industrialization, which meant that the lower middle classes did not fall victim to the economic and social anxieties experienced by the petite bourgeoisie of Germany and France. Other factors are the extremely small numbers of Italian Jews, the ethnically homogeneous nature of the Italian population, which meant that the Italians did not suffer from the paranoid insecurity of Germans who were confronted by large minorities within their borders, and Italy's long history of not succumbing to xenophobia and its weak race consciousness.

===France===
[[Alfred Dreyfus]] (1859–1935) was a Jewish officer in the French Army falsely accused of spying in the 1890s. The Dreyfuss Affair became a central issue in French politics, with critics like Émile Zola—who creed "[[J'accuse]]"—insisting it was a miscarriage of justice brought by a conspiracy of Catholic army officers. Dreyfuss was proven innocent and released in 1899.

==1914–1945==
Anti-Semitism was the core belief of [[Adolf Hitler]] and the Nazis (National Socialists), helping them gain power in Germany in 1933 and leading to their murder of six million Jews during the [[Holocaust]] of World War II.

In the 1920s [[Henry Ford]]'s newspaper, ''The Dearborn Independent'', reprinted the false ''[[The Protocols of the Elders of Zion|Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]''. Ford publicly apologized to Jews.

American aviator [[Charles Lindbergh]] disparaged Jews at a critical debate over intervention in the war in Europe in 1940. He led the "[[America First]]" movement opposed to war. He suggested the drive to war was orchestrated by Jews and would hurt the U.S.

== Soviet Union and anti-semitism (1922–1991) ==
{{See also|Atheism and anti-semitism|Left-wing Anti-Semitism#20th century: Stalinist anti-Semitism}}

==Post 1945==
Following World War II there was a steady decline of anti-Semitism, and a virtual disappearance of discrimination against Jews, in North America and Western Europe. Despite an apparent resurgence in Russia and Eastern Europe after the collapse of communism and occasional outbreaks elsewhere, anti-Semitism outside the Middle East by the early 1990s was only one - and a relatively minor - type of the xenophobia found in multiethnic, multicultural societies.

Anti-Semitism was in total disrepute after the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945. After 1945 Anti-Semitism was not significantly greater in Germany than in Britain or France. For some years after 1945, the overwhelming majority of Jews in Germany were refugees and displaced persons from the East. Most of them emigrated to Israel, North and South America, or Australia, leaving behind small numbers who would not or could not leave. Some German Jews had "assimilated" and were criticized by Eastern Jews as being too lax in their religious observance, but all Jews faced problems arising from questions of reparations and remembrances of the Holocaust. Democratic [[West Germany]] admitted its guilt and made large-scale financial reparations to Israel. Communist [[East Germany]], however, denied everything, opposed Israel and promoted anti-Semitism as the Nazis before them had.

===United States===
Republican President [[Richard Nixon]] hurt his reputation after recordings of informal conversations laden with racial slurs and invective known as the [[Watergate Tapes]] were made public. These informal comments about Jewish control of the media and calling Robert Vesco "a cheap kike" among other comments suggested to Nixon critics that his views were informed by a mistrust of Jewish culture.<ref>http://hnn.us/articles/657.html</ref> Nixon defenders note his support of [[Israel]] during the [[Yom Kippur War]] and his many Jewish friends and associates such as [[Henry Kissinger]], [[Herb Stein]] and others.<ref>http://www.slate.com/id/1003783/</ref>

In 1958, the [[American Nazi Party]] was founded by [[George Lincoln Rockwell]], who is known for his Holocaust denial and racist positions.

In 1984, [[Democrat Party]] presidential candidate, and noted liberal, [[Jesse Jackson]] uttered anti-Semitic slurs to a reporter for the ''Washington Post'' when discussing the state of African-American and Jewish relations, which had been a key [[New Deal Coalition]] for half a century. Jackson is reported to have referred to Jews as "Hymies", and to New York City as "Hymietown". Jackson apologized, but it was never forgotten.<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=187440 Jesse and the Jews], Michael W. Hirschorn, ''The Harvard Crimson'', March 05, 1984.</ref> Mayor Ed Koch even said that any Jews who vote for Jackson in 1988 were "crazy".

The Left has falsely tried to claim that most anti-Semitism comes from the Right, and that it is increasing, something the Israeli government has rejected.<ref>Glick, Caroline (November 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/02/caroline-glick-israeli-cabinet-minister-challenges-never-trump-propaganda-antisemitism-adl/ Caroline Glick: Israeli Cabinet Minister Challenges Propaganda on Trump and Antisemitism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 2, 2018.</ref>

==Modern anti-Semitism==
During the [[Gulf War]] of 1991 anti-Semites alleged the United States was being used to fight Israel's wars.<ref>[http://newint.org/features/2004/10/01/conspiracism/ ''Zog ate my brains''], [[Chip Berlet]], New Internationalist, October 2004.</ref>

The [[U.S. State Department]] ''Report on Global Anti-Semitism'' in 2005 said this about the current state of anti-Semitism worldwide:

:Beginning in 2000, verbal attacks directed against Jews increased while incidents of vandalism... surged. Physical assaults including beatings, stabbings and other violence against Jews in Europe increased markedly, in a number of cases resulting in serious injury and even death. Also troubling is a bias that spills over into anti-Semitism in some of the [[leftist|left-of-center]] press and among some intellectuals.

:The United States is frequently included as a target of such attacks, which often assert that U.S. foreign policy is made in Israel or that Jews control the media and financial markets in the United States and the rest of the world. ...Similarly, allegations that Jews were behind the [[9/11]] attacks were widely disseminated, especially in the Islamic world.<ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/40258.htm Report on Global Anti-Semitism], U.S. Department of State Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on International Relations, Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 5, 2005.</ref>

In the United States, [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senator [[Ernest Hollings]] was recently ostracized for public criticism of the [[George W. Bush|Bush Administration]] <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040506-20051231re_/http://hollings.senate.gov/~hollings/opinion/2004506A17.html Bush's failed Mideast policy is creating more terrorism], U.S. Senator Ernest F. Hollings, Charleston Post and Courier, 6 May 2004.</ref> considered to be anti-Semitic.<ref>[http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/4496_12.htm Anti-Semitism: USA, ADL Urges Senator Hollings to Disavow Statements on Jews and the Iraq War], ADL Press Release, New York, 14 May 2004.</ref> On March 3, 2003 Rep. [[James Moran]] (D-Va.) said, "If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this".<ref>[http://judaism.about.com/library/2_antisemitism/bl_moran_iraq.htm Are Jews Behind the War on Iraq?] A Case of Classical Anti-Semitism.</ref> Moran has since made further anti-semitic comments.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/16/AR2005061601570.html Democrats Play House To Rally Against the War], Dana Milbank, ''Washington Post'', June 17, 2005.</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091402171.html</ref>
Some supporters of the anti-[[Iraq War]] movement have been accused of anti-Semitism, including a group known as ANSWER-[[Act Now to Stop War and End Racism]], one of the first organizations formed to protest the policies of the Bush administration after 9/11.<ref>[http://www.forward.com/articles/the-%E2%80%98answer%E2%80%99-question-poses-difficult-choices/ "The 'Answer' Question Poses Difficult Choices for Liberals"] by Gal Beckerman, ''The Forward'', September 30, 2005.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041019075845/http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/index.cfm/action/tikkun/issue/tik0305/article/030512a.html Authoritarianism and Anti-Semitism in the Anti-War Movement?]. ''Tikkun'', May/June 2003. Link is to page on the Internet Archive, archived Oct 19, 2004.</ref>

Liberal activist [[Cindy Sheehan]], though she found popular support among [[leftist]]s and the mainstream media, was condemned for her outspoken anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.<ref>[http://www.davidduke.com/index.php?p=350 Why Cindy Sheehan is Right!], David Duke, 8/14/2005.</ref> Sheehan traveled to [[Venezuela]] <ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/40258.htm Report on Global Anti-Semitism] U. S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 5, 2005.</ref> to appear with Venezuelan dictator [[Hugo Chavez]] to denounce U.S. foreign policy which she blames as responsible for the death of her son.

Former [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] [[Jimmy Carter]] has recently come under much criticism for his writings and comments that have been viewed as anti-Semitic. In his book, "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid", Carter endorsed Islamic terrorism against Israel as a tactic to achieve political ends. The sentiment was widely criticized by people across the political spectrum. In early 2007, it was revealed that Carter once complained there were "too many Jews" on the U.S. government's Holocaust Memorial Council. The council's former executive director, Monroe Freedman, also revealed that a noted Holocaust scholar who was a Presbyterian Christian was rejected from the council's board by Carter because the scholar's name "sounded too Jewish." <ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/staticarticles/article53954.html</ref>

While the contemporary American left's hatred for Jews and Jewish traditions has been documented, others who were on the right have been ostracized by conservative commentators. [[William F. Buckley]], Jr., founder and publisher of the ''National Review'' said of [[Reform Party]] presidential candidate and former Nixon speechwriter [[Patrick Buchanan]], "I find it impossible to defend Pat Buchanan against the charge that what he did and said during the period under examination amounted to anti-Semitism..." referring to comments Buchanan made regarding the U.S. involvement in the first [[Gulf War]] which lead to military action against [[Saddam Hussein]] and [[Iraq]].<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n24_v43/ai_11810753 In search of anti-semitism], William F. Buckley, Jr., ''National Review'', Dec 30, 1991.</ref>

The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Britain increased by 34 percent in 2006.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290187,00.html Increase in Anti-Semitic Violence Troubles Jews in Britain] by Donald Snyder, Fox News, July 20, 2007</ref>

[[Swastika]]s have been carved into several cornfields in the United States. A 130-foot-square swastika was carved into a field in July 1998. A bigger 600-by-600 foot version of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party|Nazi]] symbol was found in a nearby cornfield almost a year later. In September 2007, a giant swastika covering several acres was discovered.<ref>
[http://www.nj.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-8/1190695524193000.xml&coll=1 Police helicopter finds swastika cut into a Mercer County cornfield] The Star-Ledger, September 25, 2007</ref>

===Anti-Semitism and the Left===
{{See also|Left-wing Anti-Semitism}}
Anti-semitism has been growing rapidly at a phenomenal rate in Liberal countries, especially European countries.

It has also been growing amongst liberals in the United States of America, The Institute for Jewish & Community Research, did a study of who is anti-Semitic, and found that people who identify as Democrats are consistently more likely to believe any anti-Semitic belief than are Republicans. The data from the survey also revealed a connection between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. This is important since liberals are more likely to be anti-Zionist than conservatives. The study found that the young, who are more likely to be liberal, are also more likely to be anti-Semites than people over age 35. The study found that more than 75% of Democrats hold at least one anti-Semitic belief. According to the study 20% of Democrats believe Jews care only about themselves.<ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30503</ref>

Recently, [[liberal]] [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] [[Richard Dawkins]] (see: [[Richard Dawkins and agnosticism]]) came under criticism for saying that the Religious Jews monopolize control over the American government.

Many left-wing anti-Semites claim to love Jews while condemning Zionism and Israel, though their comments in relation to Judaism shown otherwise.<ref>Brog, David (January 21, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/beware-the-fork-tongued-anti-semites-who-claim-to-love-jews Beware the fork-tongued anti-Semites who claim to love Jews]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 21, 2019.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Wandering Jew]]
*[[Blood libel|Blood Libel]]
*[[Jules Isaac]]
*[[Liberal Christianity#Liberal Christianity's Anti-semitism]]
*[[Theory of Fundamentalist anti-Semitism]]
*[[Suicide bomber: a personal account]]
*[[Left-wing Anti-Semitism]]
*[[Christianity and anti-semitism]]

==External links==
*[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=86 DiscoverTheNetworks.org - Anti-Semitism in Academia]
*[http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/antisemitism.html What’s in a Hyphen?] by Shmuel Almog.
*[http://www.relativitycalculator.com/anti_semitism_special_relativity.shtml anti - Semitism and Special Relativity - Or, Who was the Very First German Nazi?]

==Further reading==
*Arendt, Hannah. ''Antisemitism'', (1968)
* Bellah, Robert N., and Frederick E. Greenspahn eds. ''Uncivil Religion: Interreligious Hostility in America'' (Part I: Jewish-Christian Tensions pp. 1–37), (1987)
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===Holocaust and Nazis===
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* Wistrich, Robert S. ''Hitler and the Holocaust.'' 2001. 295 pp.

==References==
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Caitlyn Jenner

2019-10-03T20:05:38Z

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'''Bruce Jenner''' (also known as '''Caitlyn Jenner''' per his own wishes, b. October 28, 1949) is an American [[athletics|athlete]], reality show star, and [[homosexual]] and [[gender confusion]] "rights" activist.

He is a registered [[Republican Party|Republican]] but has issued criticisms of President [[Donald Trump]] for not kowtowing to the [[homosexual agenda]].<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377741-caitlyn-jenner-trump-admin-set-transgender-community-back-20-years</ref> This was after Jenner supported and endorsed Trump after [[Ted Cruz]] dropped out of the 2016 Presidential race. Jenner also claims to be a [[Christian]], despite living a gender-confused lifestyle.<ref>https://www.eonline.com/news/846140/caitlyn-jenner-on-faith-the-kardashians-and-running-for-office-5-highlights-from-her-book-talk</ref>

==References==
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Matthew Shepard

2019-10-01T15:08:06Z

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'''Matthew Shepard''' (1976-1998) was an American college student from [[Wyoming]]. On October 7, 1998, he was savagely beaten and robbed by two men, and died on October 12. Both the victim and killers were heavily involved in drugs and had extensive histories with each other long beforehand. On the night of the incident they met Shepard in a bar, giving him a ride afterwards.

[[Homosexual]] activists and the liberal media stated that this drug-related killing <ref>Ben Fritzen, a former police detective, said, "Matthew Shepard's sexual preference or sexual orientation certainly wasn't the motive in the homicide... What it came down to, really, is drugs and money." [https://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070810/EDITORIAL/108100014/1013/editorial Washington Times Editorial] 8/10/2007</ref> should have been viewed as a [[hate crime]] even though the prosecution never described the killing as a hate crime.<ref name="courttv">http://www.courttv.com/archive/trials/mckinney/110399_verdict_ctv.html</ref>

* McKinney's girlfriend, Kristen Price, said, "I knew that night it was all about getting money... Money to get drugs." McKinney himself, talking for the first time (he did not testify at his trial), told ABC's Elizabeth Vargas that "it wasn't a hate crime... [A]ll I wanted to do was beat him up and rob him." In fact, McKinney said, "I have gay friends. ... You know, that kind of thing don't bother me so much."<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/aug/10/reject-the-hate-crimes-bill/ Reject the 'hate crimes' bill]</ref>

A book published in 2013 reports:
*A former lover of Shepard’s confirms that Shepard and McKinney committed sodomy while doing drugs in the back of a limo
*Another subject, Elaine Baker, tells Jimenez that Shepard and McKinney were friends who had been in sexual threesome with O’Connor<ref>[http://www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2013/09/13/have-we-got-matthew-shepard-all-wrong?page=full Have We Got Matthew Shepard All Wrong? A new book argues that America’s most notorious hate crime was not a hate crime at all.]</ref>

Activists claimed even before the details of the crime were known that the murder was due to anti-gay bias. Once the crime was discovered, Shepard's friends "were calling the County Attorney's office, they were calling the media and indicating Matthew Shepard is gay and we don't want the fact that he is gay to go unnoticed."<ref name="20/20" />

A misguided defense of one of the killers tried to make an issue of Shepard's [[homosexuality]] in order to employ a "gay panic defense" based upon the defendant's alleged prior homosexual experiences, but this was rejected by the judge.<ref name="courttv"/> In fact, at least one of Shepard's killers claimed in an interview on ABC's "20/20" that money and drugs motivated their actions that night, not hatred of gays.<ref name="20/20">[https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=277685&page=1 20/20 News Story on Matthew Shepard]</ref> One of the girlfriends of the accused testified that they had planned to pretend to be homosexuals so that they could rob Shepard.<ref name="courttv"/>

Homosexual activists essentially made the argument that a physical homosexual advance involving touching of one man upon another was not a crime that could produce a violent, or even possibly a deadly reaction.

Ever since Shepard's death it has been cited by homosexual activists to promote legislation to classify attacks motivated by the sexual orientation of the victim as [[hate crime]] that would be punished more severely than were it performed for other reasons. All legislation, both in Wyoming and on the national level, had previously failed, but Congress passed a hate crime bill which was signed into law in October, 2009. It is the "Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act."

== External links ==
*[http://homes.thedailycamera.com/extra/shepard/ Matthew Shepard Murder] The Daily Camera.

==References==

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Christian In Name Only

2019-10-01T14:41:02Z

Ukimmoral: /* List of individuals who either are, or give the appearance of being, XINOs */

A '''Christian in Name Only'''<ref name="name">[http://www.ucg.org/doctrinal-beliefs/christians-name-only/ Christians in Name Only?]</ref> (abbreviated '''XINO'''), also called a '''cultural Christian''',<ref>[http://www.equip.org/perspectives/are-you-a-cultural-christian/ Are you a Cultural Christian?] from the Christian Research Institute</ref> '''nominal Christian''',<ref>[http://www.comprehensivechristian.com/The-Nominal-Christian-comprehensivechristian.com.asp The Nominal Christian]</ref> or more often, a [[Liberal Christianity|liberal Christian]], is someone who professes to be a [[Christian]] in public but has a considerable lack of knowledge about the basic tenets of one's professed faith, often "knowing" it only from what is half-remembered from Sunday school or from [[pop-cultural osmosis]].

This includes ignorance of the contents of the [[Bible]] in general and may specifically include not being able to name the Four [[The Gospels|Gospels]], the [[Ten Commandments]], or even the fact that [[Jesus Christ]] gave the [[Sermon on the Mount]]. They may hold beliefs contrary to the teachings of Jesus, including considering [[abortion]], [[special rights]] for [[homosexual]]s, [[social justice]], [[gun control]], [[adultery]], and [[cohabitation]] between unmarried people to be morally acceptable<ref name="name"/> and following [[situational ethics]] rather than the absolute morality of the Bible. They also might believe in other ways to attain [[salvation]] rather than accepting Jesus as one's Lord and Savior or otherwise dismiss core Christian doctrines regarding salvation. They may themselves live according to lifestyle choices condemned by Scripture, thereby rendering their [[Christian witness]] worthless or even damaging, or hold up others who do so as good Christian role models. When challenged on their views with quotations from Scripture, Christians in name only, if they believe in [[God]] at all, often respond with [[Logical fallacy#Proof by assertion|unsupported assertions]] as to what God really wants or with Bible passages that are [[eisegesis|"interpreted" beyond recognition]]. Christians in name only, especially those motivated by liberal politics, have proved to be such an embarrassment that committed Christians are now seeking new terminology to replace the terminology that Christians in name only have appropriated and thereby distinguish themselves from Christians in name only.

==Christians in name only and liberal politics==
Christians in name only are common in liberal politics. Sometimes, they may attempt to justify their liberal political views through loose paraphrases of the Bible and leaps of logic (e.g., going from the Christian communities described in Acts to a call for a [[welfare state]]). They may at other times abandon any pretense that the Bible has anything to do with their views and identify as "Christian" solely for advancement in liberal political circles or for identification with a side in the [[Culture War]]. They also often attempt to turn Christianity into a purely or predominantly secular political movement, emphasizing [[social justice]] and other notions that are completely unmoored from Bible-based Christianity.<ref>[https://johnluke.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/the-cafeteria-is-closed/ The Cafeteria Is Closed.]</ref>

== Opposition to the term==
<blockquote>
But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; 26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Romans 3:21-26 NASB</blockquote>

This can be taken to mean that there is no such thing as a deal breaker. If you are a [[Paul]]ian Christian and accept the [[Epistle to the Romans]] as canonical, then the one true standard for receiving eternal salvation can be viewed as solely the result of the personal relationship with Jesus, something that cannot be measured from the outside by other people.

The counterargument is that Christ said that we will know every tree by its fruit and that only those who do the will of the Father in Heaven will be saved:

{{Bible quote|15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.|book=Matthew|chap=7|verses=15-23|version=KJV}}

That is, evil fruit and not doing the will of the Father in Heaven are signs of a Christian in name only.

==List of individuals who either are, or give the appearance of being, XINOs==
*Any practitioner of [[liberal Christianity]].
*[[Ben Affleck]] - liberal actor.
*[[Alec Baldwin]] - liberal actor who also supports [[animal rights]], [[gun control]], and [[environmentalism]].
*[[George W. Bush]] - Once claimed that there are multiple ways to [[Heaven]], not just through Christ; member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]; blundered in the [[Iraq War]].
*Anders Breivik - Mass murderer of seventy-seven victims in [[Norway]].
*[[Reasons the Catholic Church is Unbiblical|The Roman Catholic Church]] especially [[Pope Francis]].
*[[Jimmy Carter]] - 39th President of the United States. A Democrat who used his support from southern evangelicals to unseat [[Gerald Ford]] in the 1976 presidential election. In debate, Ford even claimed that he was unfamiliar with the term "born-again" Christian, which is specifically mentioned in the Bible. Carter left the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] to join the liberal [[Cooperative Baptist Fellowship]]. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Carter claimed that Jesus would approve of homosexual "marriage" and certain abortions.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (July 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/09/jimmy-carter-jesus-would-approve-of-gay-marriage-some-abortions/ Jimmy Carter: Jesus Would ‘Approve’ of Gay Marriage, Some Abortions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 9, 2018.</ref>
*Any practitioner of [[Christian Identity]].
*Any [[corrupt official|corrupt church official]]
*[[Bill Clinton]] - 42nd President. A Democrat, he sang in the Immanuel [[Southern Baptist]] Church choir in [[Little Rock]], when seeking the governorship there. Was seen on television by many [[Arkansas]] residents. Falsely claimed that his former pastor [[W. O. Vaught]] did not consider oral sex to be [[sin]]ful.
*[[Hillary Clinton]] - A corrupt liberal. Took a lesson in [[voodoo]] for her honeymoon in 1975 and involved in the occult. At the October 20, 2016, [[Al Smith]] dinner in [[New York City]], Clinton stated that [[salvation]] (justification) is by faith and good works, which contradicts the clear teaching of the Book of James on salvation and undermines her claim during the presidential campaign of being a real Christian.<ref>Gutierrez-Cachila, Suzette (October 27, 2016). [http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/67543/20161027/ Hillary Clinton: Both Faith and Good Works Needed for Salvation]. ''The Gospel Herald Society''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref><ref>West, Marsha (October 21, 2016). [http://christianresearchnetwork.org/2016/10/21/clinton-at-al-smith-dinner-in-order-to-achieve-salvation-we-need-both-faith-and-good-works/ Clinton at Al Smith Dinner: “In Order to Achieve Salvation, We Need Both Faith and Good Works”]. ''Christian Research Network''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref>
*[[Matt Damon]] - liberal actor and friend of Ben Affleck.
*[[David Duke]] - former Louisiana state representative who claimed to be a traditional Christian in his losing bid for [[governor]] in 1991.
*[[John Edwards]] - former senator from North Carolina, who cancelled out most of the votes of his conservative colleague [[Jesse Helms]]. Democratic vice-presidential choice in 2004.
*Emilio Estevez - liberal actor, brother of Charlie Sheen, and son of Martin Sheen.
*[[John Wayne Gacy]] - serial killer and child molester who was also an avowed liberal.
*[[Al Gore]] - 45th Vice President of the United States and member of the Democratic Party<ref>To be precise, he's the head of the Church of [[Global Warming]], that insists that man-made global warming is real, and you must give [[tithe]]s to it.</ref>
*[[Billy Graham]] - Although millions of people experienced salvation through the long-running Graham Crusades, the evangelist denied some key Christian doctrines, such as faith in Christ alone for salvation. Active in the ecumenical movement, he treated [[Roman Catholic]]s and [[Jews]] as spiritual equals and entrusted them with new believers. He has made numerous unbiblical, watered-down statements such as supporting abortion in the case of [[rape]]. He was a 33° Mason, which "take[s] sworn oaths to a pagan demonic god." Was an early admirer of Bill and Hillary Clinton, defended Clinton in the [[Monica Lewinsky]] scandal, and was also close to nominal [[Quaker]] [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Disciples of Christ]] adherent [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref>Johnson, Christopher J. E. (July 17, 2013). [http://www.creationliberty.com/articles/graham.php Wolves in Costume: Billy Graham]. ''creationliberty.com''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref> His son, [[Franklin Graham]], head of the charity Samaritan's Purse, is considered more conservative in matters of theology and political issues than was his father. Franklin Graham in 2018 released a new book, ''Through My Father's Eyes'', based on how his father's teachings impacted him.
*[[Amy Grant]] - Contemporary Christian artist. While married had an affair with country singer Vince Gill (also married); they then both divorced their spouses and married each other.
*[[Ted Haggard]] - disgraced former pastor of New Life Church.
*[[Adolf Hitler]] - leader of Nazi Germany. Responsible for the extermination of over 6,000,000 Jews.<ref>Despite being raised [[Roman Catholic]] and claiming that [[Jesus]] was his inspiration, Hitler was only using Christianity to gain favor with the German people. His true beliefs were based off of his [[social darwinism|social darwinistic]] views.</ref> In reality, Hitler was a Darwinian secularist who believed in adult fairy tale of evolution,<ref>[https://answersingenesis.org/charles-darwin/racism/hitler-and-evolution/ Hitler and Evolution]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref> hated and despised Christianity,<ref>John Baskette, [http://answers.org/apologetics/hitquote.html Was Hitler a Christian?]. ''Answers in Action''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref><ref>Bergman, Jerry, Dr. (November 1, 1999). [https://answersingenesis.org/charles-darwin/racism/darwinism-and-the-nazi-race-holocaust/ Darwinism and the Nazi Race Holocaust]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref> and attempted to warp Christianity into a XINO organization that adhered to Nazi beliefs.<ref>Hodge, Bodie (July 13, 2009). [https://answersingenesis.org/sanctity-of-life/the-results-of-evolution/ The Results of Evolution]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref>
*[[Jesse Jackson]] - media-seeking [[civil rights]] activist who claimed to have held the dying [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], at the 1968 assassination in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. The [[South Carolina]] native who has since lived for years in [[Chicago]], is a former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Like Bill Clinton, who he mentored, Jackson has himself been involved in [[adultery]].
*[[Jehovah's Witnesses]]
*[[Jim Jones]] - cult leader from [[California]].
*[[Helen Keller]]<ref>A rather radical [[Socialist]] from northern [[Alabama]], founding member of the anti-Christian [[American Civil Liberties Union]], and personal friend of [[Planned Parenthood]] founder [[Margaret Sanger]]. Most people know her, however, only from the inspirational film, ''The Miracle Worker'', with [[Patty Duke]].</ref>
*[[John Kerry]] - Democratic senator from Massachusetts and 2004 presidential nominee. Later as secretary of state failed in most of his missions.
*[[Joseph Kony]]
*The [[Ku Klux Klan]]
*[[Timothy McVeigh]] - perpetrator of the Oklahoma City Bombing.
*[[Michael Moore]] - anti-capitalist liberal film maker.
*[[Mormons]]
*[[Barack Obama]] - 44th President of the United States and member of the Democratic Party <ref>Barack Obama may be a special case. There is [[Barack Obama's Muslim Heritage|much evidence]] that he may be a [[Muslim]] who is practicing ''[[taqiyya]],'' an Islamic custom which allows a Muslim to conceal his true religion if the adherent [[deceit|feels it would be beneficial to do so.]]</ref>
*[[Joel Osteen]] - runs a large "New Age" church in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]; seems more concerned about making people feel good about their state of sin, instead of accurately teaching the Word of God. This is called "the prosperity gospel."
*[[Nancy Pelosi]] - Democratic House Minority Leader from the [[San Francisco]] area; liberal Roman Catholic originally from [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]].
*[[Sean Penn]] - liberal actor who portrayed on film the homosexual figure [[Harvey Milk]].
*[[Fred Phelps]] - Cult leader<ref>The leader of radical hyper-[[Calvinist]] church that protests the funerals of soldiers killed on duty. Because of his indecent and Un-American, and utterly un-Christian nature of this activity, he would appear to be Christian in name only. He was once aligned with Al Gore politically.</ref>
*[[Harry Reid]] - former Democratic Senate Majority Leader from [[Nevada]], who claims he is personally opposed to abortion but would not interfere with a woman seeking the procedure.
*[[Ben Roethlisberger]] - controversial [[NFL]] quarterback for [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] who committed assault.
*Much of the [[British]] Royal Family, who endorse [[homosexual marriage]] and have let the [[Anglican Church]] spiritually decline under their watch, as well as overall British culture. Conversely, [[Queen Victoria]] was a dedicated Christian when the British Empire was at its peak.
*Jerry Sandusky - retired head coach from [[Pennsylvania State University]] who was a convicted child molester and rapist.
*Susan Sarandon - liberal actress.
*[[Al Sharpton]] - hosts a show on [[MSNBC]]. Stirs up racial animosity throughout the nation.
*Martin Sheen - liberal actor.
*[[Charlie Sheen]] - liberal actor, conspiracy theorist, and son of Martin Sheen.
*[[Carrie Underwood]] - supports same-sex marriage and is a practicing vegan. Mocked President Trump on a country music awards show. Several of her songs espouse vengenance.
*[[Rick Warren]] - Operates a "New Age" style church in California. Gave the inaugural prayer at Obama's swearing-in as President. [[CFR]] member. Runs his church to gain members, not to preach the gospel.
*The [[Westboro Baptist Church]] of [[Topeka]], [[Kansas]], formerly pastored by [[Fred Phelps]].
*[[Oprah Winfrey]] - Talk show host, media mogul, and occasional host on ''[[60 Minutes]]''. Endorsed Obama in 2008 and 2012.<ref>a liberal "Christian" and a [[New age movement|New-Age-style]] [[occult]]ist.</ref>
*[[Jeremiah Wright]] - Obama's pastor and preacher of Black Liberation Theology.

==See also==
*[[Cafeteria Christianity]]
*[[Churchian]]
*[[Cooperative Baptist Fellowship]]
*[[Fast Food Christianity]]
*[[Fluffy bunny]]
*[[Indifference]]
*[[Liberal Christianity]]
*[[Sloth (sin)]]

==References==
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European migrant crisis

2019-09-18T00:39:39Z

Ukimmoral: /* Islamic law and education in the UK */

[[File:European migrant crisis in Slovenia.jpg|thumb|300px|Middle Eastern migrants traveling through [[Slovenia]] in 2015, a result of [[open borders]].]]
:''See also: [[War on Sovereignty]] and [[Euroskepticism]]''
The '''European migrant crisis''' is a [[globalist]]-caused<ref>Newman, Alex (August 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/29717-globalists-created-the-refugee-crisis Globalists Created the Refugee Crisis]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.</ref> immigration disaster that has greatly effected [[Europe]] starting in 2015. The [[Libyan uprising|Libyan War]] and [[Syrian War]], the legacies of President [[Barack Hussein Obama]] and Secretary of State [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]'s failed "[[Arab Spring]]" [[foreign policy]]<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/10/middle-east-egypt-us-policy/409537/ Islamism, the Arab Spring, and the Failure of America’s Do-Nothing Policy in the Middle East], SHADI HAMID, ''The Atlantic'', OCT 9, 2015</ref> — which according to their own public pronouncements was supposed to overthrow corrupt [[secular]] dictators and establish [[democracies]] by arming and assisting anti-democratic [[Islamist]]s<ref>[https://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20110523-obama-and-arab-kspring Obama and the Arab Spring], George Friedman, ''Stratfor'', MAY 24, 2011</ref> — resulted in attacks on homosexuals and women, mass beheadings, wholesale slaughter,<ref>[http://www.jihadwatcheurope.org/daesh-slaughters-200-syrian-children-in-a-savage-mass-execution/ Daesh mass execution of 200 Syrian children, 2014]</ref> and a tsunami in excess of 6 million homeless migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and jihadis invading Europe.<ref>[http://www.unrefugees.org/2015/06/a-world-at-war/ Global Trends Forced Displacement in 2015], UNHCR, June 18, 2015</ref>
[[File:EU member states.png|right|thumbnail|200px|[[European Union]] map, as of 2017.]]
[[Marine Le Pen]], an immigration reform advocate, was first runner-up in the April 2017 elections in France. The disastrous "[[open borders]]" policy of German incumbent [[Angela Merkel]] earned her the title, 'Mother Terroresia', among critics and voters in Germany's upcoming September elections. Many of 'Merkel's Muslims' wanted for crimes in Germany have fled to neighboring countries.

Without consulting voters, the [[globalist]]s of the [[European Union]] have encouraged unrestricted mass migration into Europe from war-torn and impoverished Islamic Republics. A "replacement population," according to liberals, will sustain the [[welfare state]] without cutting government spending in the face of declining fertility rates among the native populations. Rape has become prevalent, and Europe's [[social democratic]] government's concern for the safety of women and children has been lacking. The Swedish government has not made crime statistics available to the public since 2014 when it was reported that murders committed by foreign immigrants occurred at a rate 400% greater than native Swedes and rapes committed by foreign migrants 550% greater. Additionally, reductions in carbon emissions and efforts to combat [[global warming]] have been used by leftists to justify [[Third World]] immigration. Globalists have used the migration crisis to help wipe out Europe's Christian roots.<ref>Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (August 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/29716-globalists-using-mass-migration-to-de-christianize-the-west Globalists Using Mass Migration to De-Christianize the West]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30636-bill-jasper-alex-newman-deep-state-flooding-west-with-islamic-refugees Why is the Deep State Flooding the West with Islamic "Refugees"?] ''The New American''. November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018.</ref>

Many Muslim migrants have been unwilling to adapt to European culture and customs and have thus created much social upheaval as they demand that society change to accommodate them. For example, the wearing of the [[hijab]] to prevent rape, or women leaving their homes and going out in public unescorted by a male.<ref>[https://youtu.be/DfnfoZvCr_s Unescorted woman pushed down stairs]</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/_6sbmc_wtzM Unveiled woman hair set on fire]</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/pu9K2TCON58 UN propaganda to induce German women to accept Islamization]</ref><ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/05/vienna_police_tell_young_blonde_woman_attacked_by_muslim_immigrants_to_dye_hair_wear_modest_clothing_and_dont_go_out_alone_on_transit_after_8.html#ixzz4X0BmCjrH Vienna police tell young blonde woman attacked by Muslim immigrants to dye hair, wear modest clothing, and don’t go out alone on transit after 8], Thomas Lifson, ''[[American Thinker]]'', May 8, 2016</ref> Some refugees have committed major acts of terror with now over 400 dead in mass killings. The vast majority of [[terrorist]]s in European countries have immigrated from the same Islamic Republics on [[President Trump]]'s travel ban list.

An organized clampdown in reporting is even worse than what has been experienced in the [[United States]]. European police reports and public statements of politicians often deny what many Europeans experience in everyday life.<ref>[https://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/germany-muslim-migrants-committed-142500-crimes-in-first-six-months-of-2016-780-every-day/ Germany: Muslim migrants committed 142,500 crimes in first six months of 2016 — 780 every day], November 2, 2016. https://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com</ref><ref>[https://en.europenews.dk/Europes-Muslim-rape-epidemic-Cologne-is-every-day-133138.html Europe’s Muslim rape epidemic: ‘Cologne is every day’], July 12, 2016. en.europenews.dk</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/uGfP8CyJAhg A 16 year old German girl's plea for help]. youtube.com</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/ykbJOXxyGho Christmas in a shopping mall in Sweden]. youtube.com</ref> [[Hate speech]] legislation has been used, and [[political correctness]] to [[censor]] and intimidate critics, even when material facts about Islamic lawlessness are apparent. Liberal [[elitist]] rulers have turned a blind eye to the problem and have proposed even more extreme unification policies.<ref>Hallett, Nick (June 29, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/29/european-leaders-release-plan-eu-army-turkish-membership/ Just Days After Brexit, EU Releases Plan For Further Expansion, An EU Army, AND Turkish Membership]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved October 14, 2016.</ref> These issues are of concern to Americans as to what may constitute the future demographic makeup of European [[NATO]] troops in less than a generation, and where their loyalties and priorities lay in regards to NATO's stated mission, as well as the combat skills and training given to NATO troops.

==Post-Obama/Arab Spring Europe==
[[Image:Obamabow.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''Barack Obama bowing to King Abdullah, Custodian of the Islamic Holy Places - April 2009'''.]]
In the hope and optimism at the close of the [[Cold War]], which some naively labeled "the end of history", former [[Carter administration]] adviser [[Samuel P. Huntington]] wrote in his book, ''Clash of Civilizations'', that wars in the coming millennium would not be fought between ideologies like [[capitalism]] and [[communism]], but between civilizations, and that Islamic terrorism would be the biggest threat to [[Western civilization]]. Huntington wrote,
<center>{{Quotebox|"Islam's borders are bloody and so are its innards."}}</center>
When the [[9/11 attacks]] first occurred, Huntington was hailed as a prophet by some. But the [[US State Department]] was quick to tamp down the phrase mindful of the futility of winning a "clash of civilizations" against one-quarter of the planet. The [[Bush administration]] spent the next eight years isolating Islamic extremism, defined as a minority of Muslim males, 12 to 28 years old, susceptible to radicalization and recruitment to perform [[Shaheed|suicide attacks]].
[[Image:Teralzawahiri.jpg‎|thumbnail|right|250px|thumb|'''The leader of al Qaeda, Ayman Zawahiri'''. Zawahiri's uncle was the leading candidate for Caliph at the 1926 Caliphate Conference in [[Cairo]] which failed to pick a successor and re-establish the Caliphate.]]
When Barack Hussein Obama became president he spent the next eight years denying Islamic extremism existed.

Meanwhile, [[Ayman Zawahiri]], the leader of [[al Qaeda]], gave an interview in 2005 to ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' magazine outlining the global jihad:<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/the-future-of-terrorism-what-al-qaida-really-wants-a-369448.html What al-Qaida Really Wants], By Yassin Musharbash, ''Der Spiegel'', 8/12/2005</ref>
{{Quotebox|
*'''2000 – 2003''' “The Awakening Phase” in which the West will be provoked (via 9/11) into war with the Islamic world.<ref>Excerpt from [http://islamic-world.net/papers/jihad.htm ''The Final Jihad''] posted on a scholarly Salafi (''Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jam'ah'') website in 2001. "The leaders of the Western world have already specifically identified Islam as the most powerful remaining threat to their way of life since the fall of communism, and have proclaimed this belief to their people. How often are the citizens of Western nations told that Muslims are fanatical terrorists, who have spread Islam across the world by the sword; and, how seldom do they hear the wondrous Truths of Islam, of the Mercy and Compassion of Allah? Let there be no doubt, the goal of the leaders of the Western world is to destroy the power of Islam. Of course, they are partly right. Islam is the only real threat that exists to their way of life, to the [[Satan|''shaitanic'']] aspects of their culture. Nothing else in this world has any chance of stopping the power of Western secular materialism. Allah gave the people of the world Islam as their religion. (Ed. note: Religion, in this context, means 'government'). Islam is the only way to stop the power of ''shaitan'' to rule this world. Allah gave us as our responsibility the role of [[Caliph|kalifah]] in this world. The primary role of the kalifah is to fight against the influence of ''shaitan''. This obligation has three parts; we are to perfect ourselves according to the Will of Allah, we are to perfect all society according to the Will of Allah, (Note: the rape of non-Muslim women who refuse to wear the [[hijab]] is part of the process of "perfecting all society to the Will of Allah"), and we are to perfect the physical environment according to the Will of Allah." (Note: "perfect the physical environment" means to overthrow the House of Saud and seize control of the assets of Saudi Aramco, the oil reserves of the Arabian Penninsula, and control of the Holy Cities of [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]] under a Caliph. It can also be seen as forging temporary alliances with [[climate change]] advocates who likewise are waging war on "Western secular materialism").</ref>
*'''2004 – 2006''' “The Opening Eyes Phase” in which jihad would become a social movement and experience a huge recruitment drive. The [[Iraq#Insurgency|Iraq insurgency]] became the operational center for a burgeoning army of foreign jihadis.
*'''2007 – 2010''' “The Arising and Standing Up Phase” which will focus on destabilizing Syria, [[Turkey]], [[Jordan]] and [[Israel]]. 'Destabilizing' is also known as 'vexation operations'.
*'''2010 – 2013''' “The Unification Phase” which will be aimed at the collapse of the 'near enemy', the Middle Eastern secular regimes. This phase was referred to by Western media, the US State Department, and the Obama [[White House]] as the [[Arab Spring]].
*'''2013 – 2016''' “The Caliphate Rising Phase” a new [[Caliph]]ate will be declared. This phase was carried out on June 29, 2014, by a group formerly known as al-Qaeda in Iraq, elbowing Zawahiri aside, who was in far away [[Pakistan]], for the top job of Caliph.
*'''2016 – 2018''' “The Total Confrontation Phase” in which the empowered Caliphate will use its Islamic Army to fight the unbelievers. (See [[Rape jihad]] for one aspect of Islamification).
*'''2018 – 2020''' “The Definitive Victory Phase” in which Zawahiri claimed the world of “unbelievers” will be defeated after a two-year war by a unified Muslim army of 1.5 billion men.}}
With the misfortunes facing ISIS in the face of a Putin-Trump agreement to put a stop to the butchery and lawlessness President Obama allowed to flower, al Qaeda once again is on the rise.

In late-August 2017, the EU counter-terrorism co-ordinator, Gilles de Kerchove, stated that over 50,000 radicalized Muslims lived in Europe, with up to half of them living in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Montgomery9/1/2017">Montgomery, Jack (September 1, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/01/counter-terror-chief-estimates-europe-host-50000-islamic-radicals/ Counter-Terror Chief: Europe Home to ‘More than 50,000’ Islamic Radicals — With Up To 25,000 in UK]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 1, 2017.</ref>

===Migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees===
[[File:Gaddafi and Mandela 1.JPG|thumb|right|250px|'''[[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner [[Nelson Mandela]] greets Muammar Gaddafi''', an ally during the [[Bush administration]]'s 'War on Terror.' Hillary Clinton engineered Gaddafi's ghastly murder during the Unification/Arab Spring phase. At Clinton's insistence, President Obama ordered support for the jihadi rebels who then migrated to Syria to form [[ISIS]].<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/americas-secret-plan-to-arm-libyas-rebels-2234227.html America's secret plan to arm Libya's rebels], Robert Fisk, ''The Independent'', 6 March 2011. www.independent.co.uk</ref> [[Gaddafi]] warned he was the only thing standing in the way of a full-fledged Islamic movement into Europe.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/12086505/Tony-Blairs-phone-conversations-with-Colonel-Gaddafi-revealed.html Colonel Gaddafi warned Tony Blair of Islamist attacks on Europe], Robert Mendick, ''Telegraph'', 07 Jan 2016</ref>]]
:*A migrant typically is a person who leaves their home country and crosses borders, legally or illegally, in search of economic opportunity or betterment.

:*An asylum seeker is a special class of person who lived under a government the host country considers a human rights violator. The asylum seeker must claim a credible fear of political oppression and persecution from the government of his home country should he be returned. Ironically, the [[United Kingdom]] has been granting political asylum to Syrian [[jihad]]is and members of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] for decades,<ref>[https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/eastern-mediterranean/syria/tentative-jihad-syria-s-fundamentalist-opposition Tentative Jihad: Syria’s Fundamentalist Opposition], International Crisis Group Report 131, October 12, 2012. crisisgroup.org</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/499aa06f2.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjh1pf9g7HRAhVEyFQKHZ2XDYQFggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNE9sMqYJcjtkdd5KLNTAIibcgJkHg&sig2=Z6bj1EZgVhqLy-lifP5rXA SYRIA OGN v 4.0 Issued February 2009]. Home Office, UK Border Agency, Operation Guidance Note. See Section 3.8.8, for instance.</ref> groups that the governments of [[Russia]], [[Egypt]], and others have designated as [[terrorist]] organizations.<ref>[https://southfront.org/the-geopolitics-of-russia-egypt-relations/ THE GEOPOLITICS OF RUSSIA-EGYPT RELATIONS], J.Hawk, Daniel Deiss, Edwin Watson. October 27, 2916. southfront.org</ref>

:*Refugees generally are people forced from their homes due to the violence of war. Typically, as a humanitarian gesture, a host country may ease limitations and allow refugees to enter on either a temporary or permanent basis. Most illegal migrants currently entering Europe are claiming refugee status from the [[Syrian Civil War|Syrian war]], although many come from North and Central Africa, throughout the Middle East region, and as far away as [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]]. Some 80% of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees lack documentation of their country of origin.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/678083/Germany-migrant-crisis-80-per-cent-no-documents-passport-registration Migrant crisis: 80% of migrants in Germany have no documents], Rebecca Perring and Monika Pallenberg, ''Daily Express'', June 9, 2016</ref>

:*Between 2014 and 2018, over 1,000 Europeans were murdered by Islamist asylum seekers and refugees.<ref>Hale, Virginia (June 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/17/1000-murdered-islamist-migrants-eu/ More Than 1,000 Europeans Murdered, Maimed in Attacks by Islamist Asylum Seekers Since 2014]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 17, 2018.</ref> In 2017, Europe saw over 200 terror attacks.<ref>Hale, Virginia (June 21, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/21/europe-200-terror-attacks-2017/ Europe Faced 200 Terror Attacks in 2017, as Europol Warns More Radical Islamic Attacks ‘Very Likely’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 21, 2018.</ref> According to Felice Dassetto, professor emeritus of the University of Louvain, the percentage of secular Muslims, as opposed to religious and radical Muslims, had declined.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (December 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/20/secularism-muslims-europe-decline-80-percent-identify-religious/ Muslims in Europe Becoming Less Secular, More Radical]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 20, 2018.</ref>

===Points of entry===
[[File:European migrant crisis map, January through June 2015.png|thumb|250px|European migrant crisis statistics in the first six months of 2015]]
The EU's unified border patrol ([[FRONTEX]]) has been overwhelmed by the number of people attempting to enter. Border violence at entry points is increasing. To prevent organized 'push backs', FRONTEX picks up [[Africa]]n boat refugees and brings them to Europe for processing. Even when an illegal migrant is caught and denied entry, the migrant typically will return and continue attempting illegal entry until they are successful. In 2016 the border guards caught 1.8 million attempts at illegal entry, six times more than the previous high in 2014.<ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://frontex.europa.eu/assets/Publications/Risk_Analysis/Annula_Risk_Analysis_2016.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwi6jJXXp7LRAhXEw1QKHRwcD_IQFggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNFF11QKPnBSA2SG8vGNBZvX7Dy-DA&sig2=rDvhuQQvVNmKZhRlhPIRdA Frontex Risk Analysis for 2016]</ref>
[[File:Hillary 18 October 2011 in Tripoli.png|thumb|right|225px|'''Hillary Clinton at the apex of her career, late 2011.''' Clinton was instrumental in engineering the Libyan and Syrian Civil Wars. [[Julian Assange]] says the reason behind her desire to overthrow [[Gaddafi]] was her ambition to be president.<ref>https://youtu.be/1BLTDD30KZ0</ref><ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2011/03/backing-rebels-no-questions-asked-052253#ixzz1IHd5Rb4c Backing rebels, no questions asked], By ROGER SIMON, ''Politico'', 03/31/11</ref>
 
 
After Gaddafi's fall, the jihadis she armed and assisted migrated from Libya to Syria and helped found the [[Islamic State]]. <ref>"The Daily Telegraph on Saturday revealed that the new Libyan authorities had offered money and weapons to the growing insurgency against Bashar al-Assad. 
Mr Belhaj also discussed sending [[LIFG|Libyan fighters]] to train troops, the source said. Having ousted one dictator, triumphant young men, still filled with revolutionary fervour, are keen to topple the next. The commanders of armed gangs still roaming Tripoli's streets said yesterday that "hundreds" of fighters wanted to wage war against the Assad regime. "Everyone wants to go. We have liberated our country, now we should help others," said the commander of the 'Fighting Village' brigade, "This is freedom. This is Arab unity". (See ''The Future of Terrorism: What al-Qaida Really Wants, ''Der Spiegel'', "The Unification Phase," Interview with Ayman Zawahiri cited below'') 
Increasing volumes of video footage have been uploaded to [[YouTube]] of Syrians calling on Libyans to join their fight. In a clip backed by dramatic musical effects, a veiled Syrian woman entreats men from Misurata, the west Libyan city that fought off a month-long siege by forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi, to come to save her country." [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8919057/Leading-Libyan-Islamist-met-Free-Syrian-Army-opposition-group.html Leading Libyan Islamist met Free Syrian Army opposition group], Ruth Sherlock in Tripoli 9:00PM GMT 27 Nov 2011. ''The Telegraph'', telegraph.co.uk/.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/world/middleeast/jihadists-receiving-most-arms-sent-to-syrian-rebels.html?hp&_r=0 Rebel Arms Flow Is Said to Benefit Jihadists in Syria], By DAVID E. SANGER, ''[[New York Times]]'', OCT. 14, 2012</ref> At least 6.7 million refugees and migrants, predominantly male from all over the Islamic world have since invaded Europe,<ref>80% of asylum applicants between the ages of 14 and 34 were male, which Eurostat describes as "gender inequality." [http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_statistics Asylum statistics], Eurostat Statistics Explained, Data extracted 2 March 2016 and 20 April 2016.</ref><ref>[http://1389blog.com/2015/09/27/promises-of-free-willing-young-blonde-girls-attract-migrant-muslim-men-to-sweden/ Promises of free willing young blonde girls attract migrant Muslim men to Sweden], by 1389 on SEPTEMBER 27, 2015. 1389blog.com</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/DTJc9pN29A4</ref> coming through Libya and Syria.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/migrants-are-disguising-themselves-as-syrians-to-gain-entry-to-europe/2015/09/22/827c6026-5bd8-11e5-8475-781cc9851652_story.html Migrants are disguising themselves as Syrians to enter Europe], By Souad Mekhennet and William Booth, ''[[Washington Post]]'', September 23, 2015</ref>

The [[sexual assault]] of women, children, and girls is now commonplace.<ref>https://youtu.be/5FPXXHknv0g</ref> In several countries police have refused descriptions of attackers because of [[hate crime]] legislation.<ref>[http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/its-not-only-germany-that-covers-up-mass-sex-attacks-by-migrant-men-swedens-record-is-shameful/ It’s not only Germany that covers up mass sex attacks by migrant men... Sweden’s record is shameful], Ivar Arpi, ''The Spectator'', 16 January 2016. www.spectator.co.uk</ref> [[Leftist]]s globally seem unconcerned about the lawlessness.<ref>[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/214479 Swedish politician: Migrant rape isn't as bad], Gil Ronen, July 4, 2016. www.israelnationalnews.com</ref>]]
There have been primarily four entry points heavily used by migrants, although other peripheral points exist: (1) [[Morocco]] via [[Spain]]; (2) post-[[Gaddafi]] [[Libya]] to [[Italy]] and neighboring [[Mediterranean]] shores; (3) Western Balkan route through [[Greece]], [[Macedonia]], [[Albania]], [[Kosovo]], [[Serbia]], and [[Hungary]]; (4) Eastern Mediterranean through [[Turkey]]. Handbooks printed in [[Arabic]] and funded by a Soros-affiliated group have been found to help migrants shop for the best social [[welfare state]] offering the most benefits for them and their families.<ref>[https://news.sky.com/story/sky-finds-handbook-for-eu-bound-migrants-10346437 Sky Finds 'Handbook' For EU-Bound Migrants], Jonathan Samuels, ''Sky News'', 13 September 2015</ref><ref>See interview beginning at 11:15. [https://youtu.be/cWSMURYM7bA Special Report: Inside Muslim majority neighborhoods of Malmo, Sweden], ''The Ezra Levant Show'', 1 March 2016. youtube.com</ref>

''The American Interest'' website declares:
{{Cquote|Securing Europe’s vast land and sea borders—a task greater than that faced by the United States along its border with Mexico—is proving exceptionally challenging for the European Union (EU)....

Traffickers use small boats to reduce the chances of being picked up by patrol boats’ radars; migrants are often dropped off on stretches of inaccessible coastline, or left to drift ashore. In the case of illegal land crossings, small trucks are used to penetrate the most porous parts of eastern or southern Europe’s borders. Penalties for this are low or non-existent all around Europe, and traffickers are rarely caught anyway. Smuggling people across Europe has become easier and more profitable than any other criminal activity, including drug smuggling.<ref>[http://www.the-american-interest.com/2014/09/05/europes-immigration-crisis/ Europe’s Immigration Crisis]</ref>}}

The organization [[Defend Europe]], which is described as a "far-right group with a history of violent direct action" chartered a 422-ton ship in the Mediterranean in order to "confront" illegal immigrants sailing to Europe.<ref>Dettmer, Jamie (July 18, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/far-right-group-plans-patrol-mediterranean-to-turn-back-migrants/3948733.html Far-Right Group Plans to Patrol Mediterranean to Turn Back Migrants]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved July 18, 2017.</ref> Unsurprisingly, Northern Africans, on the behest of [[George Soros]]-funded organizations, blocked them from docking on their shores.<ref>Robinson, Fern (August 7, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/tunisian-fishermen-block-racist-ship/3975134.html Tunisian Fishermen Block 'Racist' Ship]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved August 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/08/soros-funded-tunisian-ngo-fishermen-block-defend-europe-ship-port/ Soros-Funded Tunisian NGO Commands Fishermen to Block ‘Defend Europe’ Ship from Port]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref>

The three main points of entry into Europe by migrants are Spain, Italy, and Greece, and it was reported in 2017 that the number of migrants coming in was increasing.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 4, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/04/hungarian-data-three-pronged-assault-europe-borders-intensifying/ Data Shows Three-Pronged Assault on Europe’s Borders Is Intensifying]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 4, 2017.</ref> In 2017, the EU accepted 538,000 refugees, with Germany accepting 60% of them.<ref>Deacon, Liam (April 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/20/eu-accepts-half-million-asylum-seekers-2017-60-per-cent-germany/ EU Accepts Half a Million Asylum Seekers in 2017, 60 Per Cent in Germany]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> It was reported in early 2018 that the number of migrants coming to Italy from Libya was quickly increasing.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/03/mediterranean-migrant-route-numbers-rapidly-increasing/ Mediterranean Migrant Route Numbers Rapidly Increasing]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 3, 2018.</ref> In the first 122 days of 2018, over 20,000 migrants crossed the Mediterranean Sea to enter Europe,<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/06/over-20000-migrants-cross-sea-europe-2018/ Over 20,000 Migrants Cross Sea to Europe in First 122 Days of 2018]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 6, 2018.</ref> and it passed 70,000 by September.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (September 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/15/mediterranean-migrant-influx-cracks-70000-2018-size-british-army/ Mediterranean Migrant Influx Cracks 70,000 for 2018, Approaching Size of British Army]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 15, 2018.</ref> In one incident in June 2018, several migrants tried to illegally enter the EU from Russia using [[World Cup]] fan IDs.<ref>Deacon, Liam (June 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/24/phenomenon-migrants-use-soccer-world-cup-id-to-illegally-enter-eu/ Migrants Using Soccer World Cup IDs to Illegally Enter EU]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref> In 2018, the number of migrants flying directly to Europe to file asylum claims surged even as the overall number of filed claims that year slightly fell.<ref>Hale, Virginia (February 18, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/18/eu-direct-flights-migrants-europe-asylum/ EU Hails Huge Rise in Third World Migrants Flying Direct to Europe to Seek Asylum]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 18, 2019.</ref> In 2019, migration numbers had fallen compared to 2015 but were still significantly higher than previous years.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/16/eu-sees-10-per-cent-increase-in-asylum-claims-during-first-half2019/ EU Sees 10 Per Cent Surge in Asylum Claims in First Half of 2019]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 16, 2019.</ref>

In May 2018, the European Court of Auditors estimated that 18% of all legal residents in Europe – over 90 million people – were first or second generation migrants.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/22/european-court-ninety-million-eu-residents-migrants/ European Court Estimates Over 90 Million EU Residents Are First- or Second-Generation Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 22, 2018.</ref>

In March 2019, about 100 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya hijacked the ship that rescued them and tried to force themselves into a European country.<ref>Multiple references:
*Chamberlain, Samuel (March 27, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/rescued-migrants-hijack-cargo-ship-european-officials-say Malta armed forces seize tanker hijacked by migrants]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
*Montgomery, Jack (March 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/28/they-are-pirates-migrants-hijack-tanker-bid-reach-europe-denounced-salvini/ ‘They Are Pirates’ — Migrants Hijack Tanker in Bid to Reach Europe, Special Forces Storm Ship]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
*Halaschak, Zachary (March 27, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/100-migrants-hijack-rescue-ship-to-head-for-europe 100 migrants hijack rescue ship to head for Europe]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
*[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maltese-troops-seize-tanker-hijacked-by-migrants-its-crew-had-rescued/ Troops secure tanker hijacked by rescued migrants off Libya]. ''CBS News''. March 28, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2019.</ref>

===The Schengen Area===
The Schengen Area has its roots in the [[Schengen Agreement]], signed in 1985 in the town of Schengen in [[Luxembourg]].<ref name="Explained">[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13194723 Schengen: Controversial EU free movement deal explained]. ''BBC''. April 24, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2017.</ref> The agreement took effect in 1995.<ref name="Explained"/> 22 of the 28 EU members are party to the agreement. The Area is not synonymous with the EU: some EU members are not part of the agreement and some non-EU members are part of the agreement.<ref name="Explained"/> The agreement removes all internal borders in the member states, so someone can travel across its member states with no passport or border security.<ref name="Explained"/> The Schengen Area is basically one country in this sense, even though its member states are nominally independent.<ref>Despite this, the EU and the Schengen Area have massively reduced the sovereignty of its member nations, so they cannot be truly considered independent or sovereign.</ref>

During the refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Norway, and Poland re-established some border controls.<ref>Holehouse, Matthew; Orange, Richard (January 4, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/12080906/Schengen-zone-in-danger-warns-Germany-after-Denmark-and-Sweden-introduce-border-controls.html Schengen zone in danger, warns Germany, after Denmark and Sweden introduce border controls]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 10, 2017.</ref><ref>Cendrowicz, Leo (January 4, 2016). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-end-of-schengen-restrictions-by-denmark-and-sweden-are-threatening-europes-passport-free-zone-a6796696.html The end of Schengen? Restrictions by Denmark and Sweden are 'threatening Europe's passport-free zone']. ''The Independent''. Retrieved January 10, 2017.</ref> In early 2017, [[Belgium]], [[France]], and [[the Netherlands]], agreed to reinstate passenger lists and passport checks on trains travelling between the respective countries.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/27/belgium-france-netherlands-to-introduce-rail-id-checks.html Belgium, France, Netherlands to introduce rail ID checks]. ''Fox News'' (from the Associated Press). January 27, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.</ref> In May 2019, Denmark proposed making its border controls permanent.<ref name="DenmarkBorder"/>

===Social engineering and Europe's growing Islamic population===
[[File:IMG 20170511 212807.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The migrant influx is changing European social norms, especially in relation to women and women's rights. An example of this is shown here as an Islamic "refugee" brazenly spits at a woman in public.]]
In 2013 Eurostat forecasted that without migrants, Europe's population would decline 100 million by 2080. In roughly 65 years, Eurostat claimed that twenty percent of Europe's population would disappear. By 2080, in Germany, 80 million people today would become 50 million. In Spain, 46.4 million people would become 30 million. In Italy, 60 million would decline to 39 million. Without consulting the voters, European liberal elites and leaders figured a new population of [[taxpayer]]s could help save their healthcare and retirement systems, so they flung open the borders. The EU took the risk of transforming more or less homogenous [[nation-state]]s into [[multiculturalism|multicultural]] societies. No thought or expectation, however, was given by the [[liberal]] leaders to integrating newcomers into the host society culture. If the migrants wished to hold onto their Islamic identity, rejecting the [[sovereign]] laws of the [[state]] and swearing by Allah, and raising their children to do the same, that was fine with them. And a Muslim cannot reject his Islamic identity without fear of death at the hands of other Muslims.

A Muslim is barred by his system of governance from taking an [[oath]] of [[citizen]]ship to a state. Albeit, a Muslim can deceive a non-Muslim in an important matter or issue involving life and death (such as renouncing Islam) without [[sin]]ning. Islam claims that Allah alone is sovereign, and he does not share power with [[Jesus]] or any government of man other than Islam. It would be fallacious to describe Islam as a "race" or a "religion", as it is a political system of social governance with exclusively [[male]] judges to execute rulings on [[civil]] and [[criminal]] matters, based on [[law]] and [[precedent]]. There really are no gray areas over how adherents of Islam fit into the sphere of [[identity politics]], easily discernible to all, other than the willful ignorance of liberalism.

In many irreligious European countries, there is a sub-replacement level of births which is expected to cause challenges to their pension systems and labor supplies (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]). As irreligious populations rise in age, the fertility rates of these countries could drop further. The Rand Corporation indicates, "Nearly all European nations are experiencing long-term downtrends in fertility, and consequently, aging of their populations. These demographic trends could have potentially damaging consequences for European economies."<ref>[http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG206.html Low Fertility and Population Ageing], Rand Corporation</ref>

Germany currently has one of the lowest birthrates in the world. The German government has been addressing the problem by taxing ethnic Germans so heavily they cannot afford to have children and importing millions of Muslim males from abroad.

In November 2017, the Pew Research Center found that if current migration trends continue, Europe's Islamic population would grow from 4.9% of the population in 2016 to 14% by 2050, with levels up to 30% in Sweden.<ref name="GrowingMuslimPop"/> Europe received so much Islamic immigration by 2017 that Pew found that if all immigration to Europe was completely stopped, the Islamic population would still rise to 7.4% by 2050.<ref name="GrowingMuslimPop"/> According to a 2018 study by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, almost all of Western Europe's population growth between 1990 and 2017 was because of mass migration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/24/study-mass-migration-the-sole-driver-of-european-population-growth/ Study: Mass Migration Nearly The Sole Driver of European Population Growth]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref> Europe's population grew by over one million people in 2017 because of immigration, despite the fact that deaths outnumbered births that year.<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/12/migration-eu-population-rise-million/ Third World Migration Drives EU Population Rise to 513 Million]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2018.</ref>

The EU has not used immigration solely to promote Islam and "[[multiculturalism]]". In June 2018, the European Court of Justice ruled that every EU member-nation must recognize [[homosexual]] "marriages" of immigrants who were "married" in another country, even if they migrated to a country that does not recognize same-sex "marriage".<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (June 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/12/europe-uses-migration-force-acceptance-gay-marriage/ Europe Uses Immigration to Force Acceptance of Gay Marriage]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 12, 2018.</ref> In August 2018, a Syrian migrant who stabbed a woman claimed in his defense that it is socially acceptable in his culture to do such a thing.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/28/syrian-migrant-admits-stabbing-german-woman-says-acceptable-his-culture/ Syrian Migrant Admits To Stabbing German Woman, Claims It Is Acceptable in His Culture]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 28, 2018.</ref> Globalists have supported mass migration mainly for ostensibly economic reasons or for anti-nationalist reasons.<ref name="CivilWar2018"/>

===European prisons===
Because the Islamic criminal justice system traditionally uses [[slavery]], dismemberment, and [[beheading]]s to enforce its laws or act as a deterrent, and with the further foundational precept that adherents of Islam do not pay [[tax]]es to support [[prison]]s or a [[criminal justice system]], the European system of [[incarceration]] is proving more than inadequate to deal with violent and criminal acts performed by Muslims.

The prisons have become schools of more concentrated advanced learning in the doctrines of Islamic governance, where non-Muslims by intimidation are forced to convert to Islam to survive.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/muslim-prison-chaplains-encouraging-murder-of-non-believers-a6990441.html</ref><ref>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/muslim-convert-bullied-inmate-jail-conversion-islam-515222</ref><ref>[http://islamversuseurope.blogspot.com/2014/01/france-prisoners-converting-to-islam-to.html ]</ref> Even prison officials, staff, and guards have not been immune to the threats, coercive activity, or political correctness.<ref>[http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/57475/Anarchy-at-jail-that-panders-to-Muslim-lags]</ref>

When a Muslim is released from custody, it is interpreted by the ex-prisoner as an admission of guilt by the state for the injustice of holding them under man-made law, and an exoneration of the [[crime]]s they were accused of. If they were truly guilty of the crimes they were accused of, they would have been beheaded or whatever shariah and the [[hadith]] proscribe. In being released from detention, it is claimed that Allah has delivered them from the hands of the "infidels".

==European response==
===Liberal denialism===
{{See also|Liberal denial}}
Mass immigration to Europe from the Middle East has brought an increased threat and the greater occurrence of terrorism. Yet, European leaders deny the threat of Islamic terrorism, and terrorist attacks have shown how poorly prepared and secured their countries and facilities are.<ref name="Denial">Scarborough, Rowan (May 23, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/23/manchester-bombing-reveals-europes-denial-of-islam/ Europe’s denial of Islamic terrorism threat perplexes security specialists]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 24, 2017.</ref> When attacks occur, the leaders often state that they "are a part of daily life", and they refuse to admit that the motive of the terrorists is Islamic radicalism.<ref name="Denial"/> The [[mainstream media]] also has denied the existence of no-go zones in Europe,<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/03/three-times-mainstream-media-denied-existence-no-go-zones-europe/ Three Times The Mainstream Media Has Denied The Existence of No-Go Zones In Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 3, 2018.</ref> and it has failed to call jihadist violence what it is when it occurs.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (August 14, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29786-media-youths-burn-cars-in-sweden Media: “Youths” Burn Cars in Sweden]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 14, 2018.</ref> This is likely due to [[political correctness]] and the blindness that comes with liberalism and support for a [[one-world government]].

Even after letting over a million migrants into Germany alone in 2015, German Chancellor Angela Merkel endorsed a UN plan to let 40,000 more asylum seekers into the EU.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (August 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/13/merkel-un-european-union-take-more-migrants/ Merkel to UN: ‘European Union Can Take 40,000 More Migrants’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref>

Other supranational organizations have engaged in this denialism. The [[United Nations]] Refugee Agency has criticized the EU (despite the fact that it had already let large numbers of refugees in) for somehow not taking in enough.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 1, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/01/un-refugee-agency-says-want-least-380000-migrants-europe-per-year/ UN Refugee Agency Says They Want at Least 380,000 Migrants in Europe Per Year]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 1, 2017.</ref> In addition, the [[Council of Europe]] Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks criticized [[Sweden]] for not admitting enough migrants despite the fact that took in a greater proportion of migrants per capita than any other European country.<ref name="CoEslamsSW">Tomlinson, Chris (February 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/18/council-europe-slams-sweden-not-taking-migrants-family-reunification/ Council Of Europe Slams Crime Wave Sweden For Not Taking MORE Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 18, 2018.</ref> In 2018, the Council of Europe recommended that Sweden ban conservative parties opposed to mass migration due to allegedly being "racist and sexist" and "exclud[ing] minorities."<ref>Hale, Virginia (April 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/19/ban-immigration-critical-parties-stop-genocide-sweden-told/ Ban Immigration-Critical Parties to Stop Genocide, Sweden Told]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 20, 2018.</ref> In September 2018, Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner in charge of refugee matters, downplayed the seriousness of the migrant crisis and labeled migration in general as "a source of progress and prosperity."<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/22/un-refugee-chief-denies-migrant-crisis-in-europe-declares-mass-migration-a-source-of-progress-and-prosperity/ UN Refugee Chief Denies Migrant Crisis in Europe, Declares Mass Migration a ‘Source of Progress and Prosperity’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 22, 2018.</ref>

In November 2017, President of the European Commission [[Jean-Claude Juncker]] stated that Europe has a "clear need" for African migrants and that Europe should do everything in its power to allow them to come.<ref>Hale, Virginia (November 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/28/eu-president-without-millions-african-migrants-europe-lody/ EU President: Without Millions of African Migrants, Europe Will Be Lost]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 28, 2017.</ref> In April 2018, French President [[Emmanuel Macron]] stated that mass migration was "not linked" to the high crime rates for migrants in Europe and that Europeans actually were to blame for them.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/01/macron-migrant-violence-terror-europe-fault-not-linked-mass-immigration/ Macron: Migrant Violence, Terror Is Europe’s Fault, ‘Not Linked’ to Mass Immigration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 1, 2018.</ref> In April 2018, the [[UK Conservative Party]] suspended one of its candidates for criticizing Islam.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/02/conservatives-suspend-candidate-islam-totalitarian/ Conservatives Suspend Candidate Who Said Islam Is ‘Totalitarian’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 2, 2018.</ref> When the media leaked comments the French ambassador to Hungary, Eric Fournier, made defending Hungarian prime minister [[Viktor Orbán]]'s conservative immigration policies, Macron sharply rebuked him<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/01/french-ambassador-to-hungary-rejects-extremist-label-of-prime-minister-orban-in-leaked-note/ French Ambassador Praises Hungarian Prime Minister, Brands Muslims in France and Germany Anti-Semitic]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2018.</ref> and fired him shortly afterward.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (July 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/02/globalist-macron-dismisses-hungary-ambassador-praise-orban-migration-policy/ Globalist Macron Fires Hungary Ambassador for Praising Orban’s Immigration Policy]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018. See also:
*Friedman, Victoria (July 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/06/hungary-trolls-macron-awarding-fired-french-ambassador-high-state-honour/ Hungary Trolls Macron by Awarding Fired French Ambassador State Honour]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.</ref> Irish prime minister [[Leo Varadkar]] claimed in 2018 that the real crisis Europe faced was the rise of [[right-wing populism]] rather than mass migration, stating that "Europe needs migration."<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/02/irish-pm-eu-crisis-patriotic-migration/ Irish PM: Crisis Facing Europe Not Mass Migration But Rise of Patriotic Parties]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref> Other politicians pretended that right-wing populism was Europe's greatest threat, pointing to right-wing rock concerts in certain countries, even though violence caused by right-wing extremists fell 70% in Germany, which saw large populist victories that year.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/07/stats-show-far-right-attacks-migrants-down-70-percent/ Politicians Play Up ‘Far Right’ Threat, But Stats Show Right-Wing Attacks on Migrants Down 70 Percent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 8, 2018.</ref> Even [[Horst Seehofer]] has attacked the conservative [[Alternative for Germany]] party – which has the same views on migration that he claims to have – as "highly dangerous."<ref>Mischke, Judith (September 14, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-far-right-afd-interior-minister-highly-dangerous/ German interior minister: AfD is ‘highly dangerous’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 14, 2018.</ref>

In 2018, the EU created proposals to divert funding from conservative Eastern European countries due to their different values and refusal to accept migrants into their borders.<ref>Multiple references:
*Hale, Virginia (April 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/24/eu-cut-funds-patriotic-nations-values/ EU to Cut Funds to Patriotic Nations, Allocate Cash on ‘Values’ Basis, Including Accepting Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
*Bayer, Lili; Gray, Andrew (May 1, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/mff-commission-eu-budget-proposal-brussels-looks-to-link-eu-payouts-to-justice-standards/ Brussels unveils battle plan to hit ‘illiberal democracies’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (May 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/02/eu-1-25-trillion-euro-budget-stop-payments-values-brussels/ MEP Verhofstadt Singles Out Hungary For Criticism as Bloc Announces €1.25 Trillion Budget, Will Stop Cash to Members Who Do Not ‘Share Values’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 2, 2018.</ref> They made the proposal official in May 2018, and while they raised funding for Southern European countries for taking in so many migrants, they attached the enactment of the funding to the countries' acceptance of the EU's preferred economic policies.<ref>Multiple references:
*Hale, Virginia (May 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/30/eu-cuts-funding-patriotic-nations/ EU Unveils Plans for ‘Drastic’ Funding Cuts to Patriotic Eastern Nations]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
*Bayer, Lili (May 29, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/4-takeaways-from-the-eu-big-regional-cash-shakeup-budget-mff-spending-visegrad/ 4 takeaways from the EU’s big regional cash shakeup]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
See also:
*Hale, Virginia (June 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/25/eu-nations-sanctions-migrants-macron/ EU Says Patriotic Nations Must ‘Pay the Price’ for Refusing Migrants, Backs Macron’s Call for Sanctions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 25, 2018.</ref> In January 2019, the [[European Parliament]] voted in favor of this proposal.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (January 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/19/eu-parliament-backs-punishing-countries-reject-progressive-values-sanctions/ EU Backs Financial Punishment for Nations That Reject Progressive Values]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 19, 2019.</ref> Macron and Merkel called for "full force" European integration that would "yield nothing" to the conservative Eastern European countries.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/12/macron-integration-eu-migrant-quotas/ Macron, Merkel Call for ‘Full Force’ EU Integration, Vow Brussels Won’t Tolerate Resistance to Migrant Quotas]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 12, 2018. See also:
*Friedman, Victoria (September 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/03/hungary-macrons-migrant-blackmail-plans-endanger-unity-european-union/ Hungary: Macron’s Migrant ‘Blackmail’ Plans Endanger Unity of EU]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 3, 2018.</ref> [[Europhile]]s also called for a Eurozone budget to further reduce national sovereignty and destroy populist political parties.<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/27/commission-eu-must-curb-national-sovereignty-kill-populism/ Commission: EU Must Curb National Sovereignty to Kill Populism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 27, 2018.</ref> France and Germany made a similar and inflexible proposal in December 2018.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (December 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/07/germany-and-france-to-europe-accept-migrants-or-pay-up/ Germany and France to Europe: Accept Migrants or Pay Up]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 7, 2018.</ref>

Even when it appeared that the European establishment was attempting to solve the migrant crisis, their efforts were deceptive. For example, in 2018, Angela Merkel called for external EU border controls and a border agency to protect those borders, but in this plan, all the power would be put into the hands of the European Union and taken away from the individual nation-states.<ref>Hale, Virginia (June 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/05/merkel-call-brussels-takeover-border-control/ Merkel Calls For Brussels Takeover of EU Nations’ External Border Controls]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 5, 2018. See also:
*Hale, Virginia (September 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/14/orban-eu-open-border-brussels/ Orbán Warns EU Planning to ‘Open the Gate’ with New Brussels Border Force]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
*[https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/hungary-brussels-does-not-aim-to-protect-the-eus-borders-but-to-set-up-a-reception-service-to-manage-immigration-rather-than-to-stop-it/ Hungary: Brussels does not aim to protect the EU’s borders but to set up a reception service to manage immigration rather than to stop it]. ''Voice of Europe'' (from the ''Hungary Journal''). September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref>

In 2018, [[Facebook]] permanently banned Generation Identity, an identitarian movement that seeks to uphold Europe's traditional culture, from its website due to "extremist content."<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/24/censorship-entire-european-identitarian-movement-permanently-banned-from-facebook/ Censorship: Entire European Identitarian Movement Permanently Banned From Facebook]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref> This came after Facebook censored the conservative news organization [[Voice of Europe]] simply for reporting on conservative opposition to immigration and Islam in Europe, political points of view Facebook deems "offensive."<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (April 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/09/facebook-punishes-conservative-news-site-criticizing-mass-migration/ Facebook Punishes Conservative News Site for Criticizing Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.</ref> Other European conservatives and [[right-wing populist]]s are frequently labeled as "far-right" or "ultra-right" in order to create a false connotation with fascism and Nazism, despite the fact that they espouse views that were mainstream in society only a few years prior.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (June 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/24/williams-establishment-anything-not-them-far-right/ Williams: For the Establishment, Anything Not Them Is ‘Far Right’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Kassam, Raheem (November 18, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/18/murdochs-times-smears-breitbart-extremist-sky-news-calls-us-ultra-right/ KASSAM: Murdoch’s Reporters Smear me as ‘Ultra Right’ While Happily Working With me in Private]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref>

Prominent American globalists such as [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[John Kerry]] have warned their European allies that they are trying to enact the globalist agenda, through mass migration, too quickly to succeed.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (November 25, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/item/30731-clinton-and-kerry-machiavelli-warn-destroy-europe-more-slowly Clinton and Kerry Machiavelli Warn: Destroy Europe More Slowly]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 25, 2018.</ref>

===Tougher policies===
Despite the denialism by many liberals, many European leaders either took strong conservative positions on immigration in response to the crisis, or, realizing that their [[open borders]] policies would hurt their political careers, made somewhat of an effort to limit the inflow of immigration. The [[mainstream media]] noted that views on issues such as immigration, that had once been considered "far-right", had become mainstream, particularly in [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]].<ref>Gera, Vanessa; Stojanovic, Dusan (April 3, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/03/far-right-views-going-mainstream-in-much-central-europe.html Far-right views going mainstream in much of Central Europe]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved April 9, 2018. See also:
*Hale, Virginia (August 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/20/leaders-demand-eu-border-shutdown/ ‘Migration Must be Stopped’: Central EU Leaders Demand Border Shutdown]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
*Ganley, Elaine (May 16, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/f55b5bed3da04586b2136e6aa1c13351 Taboos fall away as far-right EU candidates breach red line]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 16, 2019.</ref> Even the EU, despite continuing to support globalist immigration and sovereignty policies, took conservative concerns on immigration a bit more seriously and adopted some tougher policies,<ref>Baczynska, Gabriela (July 8, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants/eu-migration-policies-seen-building-blocks-for-fortress-europe-idUSKBN1JY07X EU migration policies seen building blocks for 'Fortress Europe']. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 8, 2018.</ref> as seen in an EU-wide migration agreement in June 2018.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bartunek, Robert-Jan; Blenkinsop, Philip (June 27, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-summit/under-pressure-from-populists-eu-doubles-down-on-curbing-migration-idUSKBN1JN3AP Under pressure from populists, EU doubles down on curbing migration]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
*Pop, Valentina; Pancevski, Bojan (June 29, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/eus-migrant-deal-reflects-ascendance-of-nativist-parties-1530299060?mod=hp_lead_pos7 EU’s Migrant Deal Reflects Ascendance of Nativist Parties]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
*Pancevski, Bojan; Pop, Valentina (June 29, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-europes-new-immigration-measures-will-play-out-1530273474 Europe Shifts Toward Tougher Approach on Immigration]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/30/teetering-merkel-concedes-some-migration-controls-to-stave-off-political-demise/ Teetering Merkel Concedes Some Migration Controls to Stave Off Political Demise]. ''Breitbart News''. June 30, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
A critical conservative viewpoint of the agreement:
*Newman, Alex (July 1, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29422-new-eu-deal-continues-migrant-influx-advances-globalism New EU Deal Continues Migrant Influx, Advances Globalism]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 1, 2018.</ref>

Countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary took strong positions against illegal immigration and for [[national sovereignty]] under their conservative leadership.<ref name="ToughenUp">Shaw, Adam (January 17, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/17/european-leaders-facing-growing-public-unease-toughen-up-on-immigration.html European leaders, facing growing public unease, toughen up on immigration]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 17, 2018.</ref> Other countries, such as France, Germany, Austria, and Italy, seeing the rise of anti-establishment right-wing parties, took more conservative immigration positions (though not anywhere near as conservative as countries like Hungary) to counteract those parties.<ref name="ToughenUp"/><ref>Deacon, Liam (April 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/27/mep-afd-success-forces-germany-to-bloc-new-eu-mass-migration-scheme/ Populist’s Electoral Success Forcing Europe to Think Twice About New Mass-Migration Schemes]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 28, 2018.</ref> Some European countries actually saw actual [[Euroskeptic]] and [[right-wing populist]] parties enter their respective government.<ref>Walker, Marcus; Pop, Valentina (July 5, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/eus-nativist-swing-casts-shadow-over-current-structures-future-1530806660 Europe’s Nativist Swing Casts Shadow Over Establishment]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.</ref> By 2018, several countries had banned the wearing of Islamic face veils.<ref>Multiple references:
*Friedman, Victoria (June 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/01/burqa-ban-denmark-france-austria-europe/ Austria, France, Denmark, and More: Europe Rejects the Islamic Burqa]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (August 17, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29809-europe-is-banning-muslim-garb Europe Is Banning Muslim Garb]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
*Basu, Zachary (August 19, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/europe-burqa-ban-islam-immigration-denmark-france-661f3efe-af3d-4aa0-81c9-9b51be0b762d.html Between the lines: Europe's burqa bans]. ''Axios''. Retrieved August 19, 2018.</ref>

According to a survey conducted in February by the Századvég Foundation's Project 28, 78% of Europeans supported better protecting the EU's external borders.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (March 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/29/survey-78-percent-europeans-want-tighter-control-borders/ Survey: 78 Percent of Europeans Want Tighter Control of Borders]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 29, 2018.</ref> An April 2018 YouGov poll found that residents across Europe saw immigration and terrorism as the most important issues facing their respective nations,<ref>Deacon, Liam (May 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/11/immigration-and-terror-top-issue-facing-bloc-say-people-across-eu/ Poll Finds Immigration and Terror Top Issues for People Across Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 12, 2018.</ref> something confirmed by a Eurobarometer survey later that year which found that immigration was the greatest concern of Europeans in every EU member-nation with the exception of seven where terrorism was the greatest.<ref>Deacon, Liam (June 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/15/poll-immigration-terror-top-issues-eu-say-people-every-member-state/ Poll: Immigration, Terror Top Issues for Public in EVERY E.U. Member State]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2018.</ref> According to a May 2018 Pew Research Center survey, Western Europeans were more divided politically based on their views on populism versus the [[establishment]] than they were on traditional "left" versus "right" distinctions.<ref>Multiple references:
*Williams, Thomas D. (May 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/15/pew-left-right-categories-giving-way-populist-establishment-divide/ Pew: Left/Right Categories Giving Way to Populist/Establishment Divide]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
*Mitchell, Amy, et al. (May 14, 2018). [http://www.journalism.org/2018/05/14/in-western-europe-public-attitudes-toward-news-media-more-divided-by-populist-views-than-left-right-ideology/ In Western Europe, Public Attitudes Toward News Media More Divided by Populist Views Than Left-Right Ideology]. ''Pew Research Center''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.</ref> Conservative and right-wing populist leaders were often significantly younger than their establishment opponents.<ref>Hinnant, Lori (May 16, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/7f177b0cf15b4e87a53fe4382d6884ca Europe’s far-right parties hunt down the youth vote]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 16, 2019.</ref>

Some Europeans and Christians chose to emigrate from Western Europe due to the mass Muslim migration.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (March 28, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28612-people-fleeing-western-europe-because-of-muslim-migration People Fleeing Western Europe Because of Muslim Migration]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 29, 2018.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (October 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/20/french-flee-to-hungary-to-escape-effects-of-mass-migration/ French Flee To Hungary To Escape Effects of Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.</ref>

According to a July 2018 study by Eurostat, countries with the most migration restrictions such as the Czech Republic and the other Visegrád nations also had the highest employment rate for non-EU migrants.<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/31/employment-migrants-patriotic-best-eu/ Study: Migrants Most Likely to Have a Job in Low Migration, ‘Racist’ EU Nations Like Czech Republic]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 31, 2018.</ref>

In 2018, European countries began cracking down on migrant transport NGO ships, and in August 2018, none of those ships were operating in the Mediterranean.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/30/mediterranean-free-migrant-transport-ngo-ships-legal-battles-mount/ Mediterranean Free of Migrant Transport NGO Ships as Legal Battles Mount]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref>

Fearful of terrorist attacks and gang violence, an increasing number of Europeans are choosing to possess [[gun]]s.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pop, Valentina (January 7, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-use-surges-in-europe-where-firearms-are-rare-11546857000 Gun Use Surges in Europe, Where Firearms Are Rare]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
*Friedman, Victoria (January 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/08/wsj-gun-ownership-rise-europe-terror-attacks-sexual-assault/ WSJ: Gun Ownership on Rise in Europe After Terror Attacks, Sexual Assaults]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
*Adelmann, Bob (January 8, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31137-gun-ownership-increasing-in-europe-following-terror-attacks Gun Ownership Increasing in Europe Following Terror Attacks]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 8, 2019.</ref>

==Germany==
From Reunification in 1990 until 2010 the [[Germany|German]] population stagnated at 78 million. There remain 11 deaths for every 9 live births. Growth forecasts have been dire.<ref>Jan Lahmeyer, [http://www.populstat.info/Europe/germanyc.htm GERMANY historical demographical data of the whole country], populstat.info</ref> [[Homosexuality]] and [[abortion]] are often cited as the underlying cause of a once strong nation, with a 2000-year history, not replacing itself and now fading into oblivion. But the Germans and German government policy have become thoroughly Americanized, adopting an open border policy in 2005 hoping to reverse the trend of a shrinking population. Germany has become the [[melting pot]] of Europe with 1 in 5 Germans today born elsewhere. Germany is the second target country, behind the [[United States]], of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants. By far, the majority of immigrants to Germany come from other European countries. [[Kurds]] from [[Turkey]] count for 6 in 10 Muslim immigrants, with a few more coming from [[Kosovo]] and [[Albania]]. According to an Emmid poll conducted by ''Bild'' in September 2018, two-thirds of Germans believed the condition of their country had declined since the migrant crisis began in 2015,<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/03/germany-country-downhill-2015-migrants/ Germany: Majority Believe Country Gone Downhill Since 2015, Has Too Many Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 3, 2018.</ref> and a Leipzig University survey that same year found that a majority of Germans felt "like a stranger in their own country."<ref>Hale, Virginia (November 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/10/migration-germans-feel-like-stranger/ Mass Migration: Majority of Germans Feel Like ‘Stranger in Their Own Country’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 10, 2018.</ref> Germans became fed up about the mass migration and the extreme cultural differences between them and the migrants.<ref>[https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/the-germans-are-sick-of-migrant-violence-and-they-are-right/ The Germans are sick of migrant violence and they are right]. ''Voice of Europe''. September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref> The number of Germans with a gun license doubled between 2014 and 2019 because of the fear created by the migrant crisis.<ref>[https://p.dw.com/p/3Oubp More Germans applying for alarm gun licenses]. ''Deutsche Welle''. September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2019.</ref>

The disastrous [[foreign policy]] of Obama and [[Hillary Clinton]],<ref>[http://moderndiplomacy.eu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1416:the-libyan-failure-obama-and-clinton-s-forgotten-war&Itemid=139 The Libyan Failure: Obama and Clinton’s Forgotten War], Luis Durani, ''Modern Diplomacy'', May 13, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/hillary-clinton-and-the-s_b_9231190.html Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath], Jeffrey Sachs, ''Huffington Post'', Feb 15, 2016</ref> fomenting strife and revolution in the Syrian and [[Libyan War]]s,<ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/wr2013_web.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwi4hbqN4rDRAhVIhlQKHZrbAhwQFgiCATAQ&usg=AFQjCNFF5AZwK7MO-fqSMIjdrDPXnZvlAA&sig2=2EFSlYfrCcdtd3wzFxw9yQ Human Rights Watch World Report 2013], pp. 580-587; 609-617. www.hrw.org</ref> has impacted German immigration in numbers more than any other European power since late 2014.<ref>[http://cco.ndu.edu/News/Article/835159/the-disintegration-of-european-security-lessons-from-the-refugee-crisis/ The Disintegration of European Security: Lessons from the Refugee Crisis], By Fabrizio Tassinari, Center for Complex Operations PRISM Volume 6, Number 2, July 18, 2016</ref> Due to Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]'s [[open borders]] policies, more than 2.5 million refugees and migrants – some estimates show up to 3 million<ref name="CivilWar2018">Delingpole, James (September 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/16/delingpole-civil-war-is-coming-to-europe-warns-german-politician/ Delingpole: ‘Civil War Is Coming to Europe’ Warns German Politician]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 16, 2018.</ref> – have flooded into Germany from outside Europe, migrants who do not share a common European heritage with their host country. In 2015 alone, Germany was invaded by nearly one million non-Western immigrants,<ref>[http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/10/europe-immigration-muslim-refugees-portraits/ The New Europeans], Robert Kunzig, ''National Geographic'', October 2016</ref> more than double the size of Germany's standing and reserve military force. Merkel opposed setting an upper limit on the number of refugees Germany would allow in annually.<ref name="RefugeeCapOppose">Delcker, Janosch (October 2, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/angela-merkel-germany-new-refugee-dilemma-bavaria-csu/ Angela Merkel’s new refugee dilemma]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 3, 2017.</ref> About a third of third-world migrants entered Germany by airplane, according to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.<ref>Hale, Virginia (March 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/12/merkel-effect-thousands-migrants-jet-germany-poorer-eu-nations/ Merkel Effect: Thousands of Migrants Jet to Germany from Poorer EU Nations]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 12, 2018.</ref> By 2016, 22.5% of all people living in Germany had a "migrant background,"<ref>Multiple references:
*Tomlinson, Chris (August 2, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/02/nearly-one-quarter-of-germans-now-have-a-foreign-background/ Nearly One Quarter of Germans Now Have a Foreign Background]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-immigration-idUSKBN1AH3EP Immigrant population hits new high in Germany]. ''Reuters''. August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
See also:
*Tomlinson, Chris (October 24, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/24/one-five-german-resident-foreign-background/ Over One in Five German Residents Come from a Foreign Background]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 24, 2017.</ref> and the nation's government reported in 2018 that nearly 13% of the population was foreign-born.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (April 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/12/approaching-13-per-cent-all-german-residents-foreign-born/ Approaching 13 Per Cent of All German Residents Are Foreign Born]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 13, 2018.</ref> It was reported in August 2017 that since 2015, when the migrant crisis was at its height, the German Prosecutor's Office received over 1,000 criminal complaints accusing Merkel of high treason for her actions regarding refugees and immigration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/31/german-prosecutors-1000-criminal-complaints-merkel-high-treason/ Prosecutors Have Rejected 1,000 High Treason Charges Against Merkel For Migrant Crisis Since 2015]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 31, 2017.</ref> Even in 2017, Germany admitted nearly 200,000 asylum-seekers.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/17/germany-200000-asylum-seekers-2017/ Germany Took Nearly 200,000 Asylum Seekers in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 17, 2018.</ref> Germany also tried to send the highest number of migrants to other EU countries.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (December 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/07/germany-most-prolific-attempting-send-migrants-other-eu-countries/ Germany Most Prolific at Attempting to Send Migrants to Other EU Countries]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 7, 2018.</ref>

In mid-2016, the German government deployed an additional 90 border guards and 40 police officers in order to reduce the level of [[illegal immigration]] passing through [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Germany Toughens Swiss Border Against Illegal Migrants | url=http://dw.com/p/1JmWj | date=August 21, 2016 | publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] | accessdate=February 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Germany Tightens Border Controls with Switzerland to Stop Illegal Immigrants, Says Swiss Minister | url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-tightens-border-controls-with-switzerland-to-stop-illegal-immigrants-says-swiss-finance-a7202621.html | date=August 2016 | publisher=''[[The Independent]]'' | accessdate=February 11, 2017}}</ref> It also instituted border controls in preparation for the [[G-20]] summit, showing [[liberal hypocrisy]] in the fact that the only time when border controls were instituted were when international leader came into the country.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/12/germany-begins-border-controls-lead-g20-summit/ Germany Begins Border Controls in Lead up to G20 Summit]. ''Breitbart News''. June 12, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.</ref>

According to the German Federal Statistical Office, Germany's population growth in 2016 was entirely due to mass migration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/17/german-population-grew-2016-solely-due-mass-migration/ Mass Migration Now Sole Cause of Population Growth in Germany]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 17, 2018.</ref> In June 2017, it was reported that [[Frankfurt]] became the first city in Germany where ethnic Germans were a minority.<ref>Hale, Virginia (June 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/29/frankfurt-german-city-natives-minority/ Frankfurt Becomes First German City Where Natives Are Minority]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 29, 2017.</ref> By 2018, the name "Mohammed" was the 26th most popular name in Germany, rising from 97th place nearly 10 years prior,<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/25/germany-mohammed-name-rapidly-rising-popularity/ ‘Mohammed’ on Course to be Most Popular Baby Name in Germany]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 25, 2018.</ref> and by 2019, "Mohammed" had become the most popular male name in Berlin.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (May 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/03/mohammed-number-one-name-baby-boys-berlin-2018/ Mohammed Number One Name for Baby Boys in Berlin]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (May 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/32194-mohammed-is-taking-over-europe-name-most-popular-in-berlin-elsewhere Mohammed Is Taking Over Europe: Name Most Popular in Berlin, Elsewhere]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 6, 2019.</ref> According to Destatis, the German statistics office, Germany saw a 7% rise in births in 2016 due to mass migration, a massive change for a country which previously had one of the lowest European birthrates.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/29/german-childbirths-rise-due-mass-migration/ German Childbirths Rise Due to Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 29, 2018.</ref> Migration, much of it from Eastern Europe, caused Germany's population to reach a record high in 2018.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-population/migration-from-eastern-europe-raises-german-population-to-record-high-idUSKCN1UB0WD Migration from eastern Europe raises German population to record high]. ''Reuters''. July 16, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2019.</ref>

According to the German Federal Employment Agency in 2018, over half of German residents receiving the Hartz IV welfare benefits had migrant backgrounds.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/13/half-german-welfare-recipients-come-migrant-backgrounds/ More Than Half of German Welfare Recipients Come from Migrant Backgrounds]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 13, 2018.</ref>

According to a July 2018 study by Martina Sauer of the Centre for Turkish Studies and Integration Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen, ethnic Turks in Germany were increasingly viewing themselves only as Turks rather than Germans.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/31/study-turkish-background-germans-closer-bond-turkey-germany/ Study: Turkish Background Germans Increasingly Feel Closer Bond to Turkey Than Germany]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 31, 2018.</ref>

===Denialism===
A study conducted by the Hamburg Media School and the University of Leipzig, the German media was uncritical of the migrant crisis and promoted the government's pro-mass immigration propaganda.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/21/study-german-media-wholly-uncritical-migrant-crisis/ Study: German Media Was Wholly ‘Uncritical’ During Migrant Crisis]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 21, 2017.</ref> The study determined, that the information media did not live up to their task in the 2015/16 coverage of refugees and were more "political" actors than neutral observers.<ref>Pressearchiv der Otto-Brenner-Stiftung (July 21, 2017). https://www.otto-brenner-stiftung.de/presse/pressearchiv/pressedetail//1//fluechtlingskrise-und-willkommenskultur.html ''Otto-Brenner-Stiftung''. Retrieved January 12, 2018.</ref>

Germany's major [[establishment]] political parties did not mention the migrant crisis in the 2017 parliamentary election campaign.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/08/major-german-parties-leave-migrant-issues-campaign/ Major German Parties Ignore Migrant Crisis During Election Campaign]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 11, 2017.</ref>

When discussing her options on how to counter the migrant crisis in 2015, Merkel quickly dismissed the notion of restoring border controls.<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/25/no-fences-merkels-migrant-crisis-vow/ ‘We Won’t Build Any Fences’: Interview Reveals Merkel’s Reaction to 2015 Migrant Crisis]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 25, 2018.</ref> She also opposed setting an upper limit on the number of refugees allowed into Germany,<ref name="RefugeeCapOppose"/> but after the 2017 elections, in order to create a governing coalition, she agreed to set a "soft" cap (as opposed to a "hard" cap).<ref>Karnitschnig, Matthew (October 8, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/angela-merkel-accepts-soft-refugee-cap-resists-obergrenze-csu-cdu-afd-greens-coalition-talks-germany-elections/ Angela Merkel accepts soft refugee cap, resists ‘Obergrenze’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 9, 2017.</ref> After creating a "grand coalition" with the Social Democratic Party, Merkel and her coalition partner declared that the migrant crisis was over and yet promised to admit between 180,000 and 220,000 refugees every year.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/13/german-grand-coalition-declares-migrant-crisis-will-let-220000-migrants-per-year/ German ‘Grand Coalition’ Declares Migrant Crisis ‘Over’, Will Let in 220,000 Migrants Per Year]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref> In March 2018, Merkel proposed giving the EU the sole authority over asylum policy.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/22/merkel-pushes-eu-common-asylum-system-inviting-millions-migrants-europe/ Merkel Pushes for EU Common Asylum System After Inviting Millions of Migrants to Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2018.</ref> In May 2018, the German government announced that it would use its rotating seat on the [[UN Security Council]] to support "open societies" and fight "nationalists and populists."<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/18/germany-un-seat-fight-populism/ Germany Will Use UN Seat ‘to Promote Openness and Fight Populism’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2018.</ref> While Merkel appeared to abandon the EU's migrant quota system by June 2018 in the face of opposition by more conservative governments, she continued supporting a plan endorsed by [[George Soros]] that would give large sums of money to African countries to help reduce migration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/09/merkel-abandons-migrant-quotas-eu-soros-africa-plan/ Merkel Abandons Migrant Quotas, Pushes for EU ‘Flexible Solidarity’ and Soros-Approved Africa Plan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2018.</ref> Merkel continued advancing policies increasing the number of migrants into Germany.<ref>Byas, Steve (October 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30231-germany-s-merkel-favors-even-more-immigrants Germany’s Merkel Favors Even More Immigrants]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 3, 2018.</ref> Merkel continued defending her actions even several years afterward.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/02/merkel-defends-opening-german-border/ Opening the Borders ‘Not a Mistake’: Merkel Defends Migrant Crisis Decisions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 2, 2019.</ref>

In an interview in early 2018, the new interior minister [[Horst Seehofer]] said that Germany had been "shaped by Christianity", and that the country should not give up its own traditions. Furthermore, he stated that [[Islam]] "does not belong in Germany."<ref>Multiple references:
* https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43422770
*Huggler, Justin (March 16, 2018). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/16/german-interior-minister-declares-islam-does-not-belong-country/ German interior minister declares 'Islam does not belong' in the country]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
*Shaw, Adam (March 17, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/03/17/german-interior-minister-undercuts-merkel-says-islam-does-not-belong-to-germany.html German interior minister undercuts Merkel, says 'Islam does not belong to Germany']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 20, 2018.</ref> However, Merkel quickly responded by saying that "Islam belongs to Germany,"<ref>Multiple references:
*Hale, Virginia (March 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/16/islam-belongs-germany-merkel-insists/ ‘Islam Belongs to Germany’, Merkel Insists After Minister Highlights Nation’s Christian Heritage]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
*[https://www.thelocal.de/20180316/islam-doesnt-belong-to-germany-says-interior-minister-horst-seehofer Merkel contradicts interior minister, saying ‘Islam belongs to Germany’]. ''The Local''. March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
*Chazan, Guy (March 16, 2018). [https://www.ft.com/content/68f751dc-291d-11e8-b27e-cc62a39d57a0 Merkel’s coalition divided over role of Islam in Germany]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved March 20, 2018.</ref> and Germany's president, [[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]], gave the same response.<ref>Wróbel, Aleksandra (March 20, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/islam-germany-is-part-of-says-german-president/ Islam is ‘part of Germany,’ says German president]. ''Politico''. Retrieved March 20, 2018.</ref> Merkel's globalist views on immigration and unwillingness to compromise conflicted with the relatively conservative views of Seehofer, something which endangered the coalition she created after the 2017 elections.<ref>Multiple references:
*Irvine, Chris (June 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/06/15/angela-merkels-german-government-facing-collapse-over-her-immigration-stance.html Angela Merkel's German government facing collapse over her immigration stance]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (June 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/16/longstanding-disagreements-on-migrant-policy-threaten-to-end-merkel-era/ New Migrant Crisis Threatens to Bring Down Merkel in 48 Hours]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
*Duke, Selwyn (June 18, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29300-muslim-migration-may-topple-eu-starting-with-angela-merkel-s-government Muslim Migration May Topple EU — Starting With Angela Merkel’s Government]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-germany/defiant-merkel-backs-europe-migrant-policy-as-bavaria-row-simmers-idUSKBN1JC0CQ Defiant Merkel backs Europe migrant policy as Bavaria row simmers]. ''Reuters''. June 16, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/06/13/merkel-allies-heading-for-showdown-over-immigration-policy.html Merkel, allies heading for showdown over immigration policy]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.</ref> Ultimately, they found a compromise which saw Merkel gain the upper hand.<ref>Multiple references:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (July 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/02/merkel-germany-coalition-limps-on-as-immigration-control-compromise-struck/ Merkel Germany Coalition Limps on as Immigration Control Compromise Struck]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Escritt, Thomas; Chambers, Madeline (July 2, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-germany/merkel-to-fight-another-day-after-settling-migration-row-idUSKBN1JS0NJ Merkel to fight another day after settling migration row]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Byas, Steve (July 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29434-immigration-compromise-saves-merkel-government-in-germany-for-now Immigration Compromise Saves Merkel Government in Germany — for Now]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 3, 2018.</ref> German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier went even further, falsely declaring that Germany "is a nation of immigrants and will remain so" and that "there are no half or whole Germans, no biological or 'new' Germans."<ref>Hale, Virginia (August 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/25/germans-immigration-country-president/ German President Declares There are ‘No Native Germans, We are a Nation of Immigrants’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref> In March 2019, Steinmeier stated that borders must remain permanently open.<ref>Hale, Virginia (March 6, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/06/21st-century-borders-german-president/ No Place in 21st Century for Closing Borders – German Bundestag President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 6, 2019.</ref>

However, in February 2018, Merkel finally admitted the existence of "no-go areas ... where no one dares to go."<ref>Hale, Virginia (March 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/01/merkel-admits-no-go-zones/ Merkel Admits ‘No-Go’ Zones Exist in Germany]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 1, 2018.</ref><ref>Duke, Selwyn (March 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28414-germany-s-merkel-finally-admits-no-go-zones-exist Germany’s Merkel Finally Admits: No-go Zones Exist]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 3, 2018.</ref> In April 2018, two men pretending to be Jews by wearing kippas who were specifically trying to disprove the notion of no-go zones were attacked by Muslims.<ref>Chase, Jefferson (April 19, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/04/19/video-anti-semitic-attack-sparks-outrage-germany/531384002/ Video of anti-Semitic attack sparks outrage in Germany]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved May 9, 2018.</ref> After 200 refugees rioted when police attempted to deport a single rejected asylum-seeker, which forced police to retreat temporarily, the German government promised to take a tougher policy.<ref>Shaw, Adam (April 4, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/05/04/germany-vows-to-get-tough-on-asylum-seekers-after-refugee-shelter-uprising.html Germany vows to get tough on asylum seekers after refugee shelter uprising]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.</ref> Germany's interior minister promised reforms after it was found that Germany's migration agency had given over 1,000 ineligible migrants asylum in [[Bremen]] alone.<ref>Shalal, Andrea (May 22, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-migrants/changes-afoot-at-germanys-migration-agency-over-asylum-scandal-minister-idUSKCN1IN1II Changes afoot at Germany's migration agency over asylum scandal: minister]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 22, 2018.</ref>

In August 2018, CDU politician Barbara John wrote in a newspaper editorial that Germans should not be concerned about becoming an ethnic minority in their own country.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/11/merkel-party-member-tells-germans-not-to-be-worried-about-becoming-a-minority/ Merkel Party Member Tells Germans Not to Be Worried About Becoming a Minority]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 11, 2018.</ref>

While most of the protestors at the [[2018 Chemnitz protests]] were conservative and patriotic Germans, Merkel described them as somehow being "neo-Nazis."<ref>[https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/merkel-calls-concerned-german-citizens-in-chemnitz-neo-nazis/ Merkel calls concerned German citizens in Chemnitz ‘neo-Nazis’]. ''Voice of Europe''. September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref> Shortly afterward, Merkel's government fired the head of the country's spy agency for not taking the [[establishment]]arian stance toward the protests and toward the AfD.<ref>Nasr, Joseph (September 18, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-protests-spy/germany-ousts-spymaster-over-far-right-violence-row-idUSKCN1LY2G5 Germany ousts spymaster over far-right violence row]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref>

In December 2018, the German Supreme Court ruled in favor of recognizing a child marriage conducted under Sharia Law in Syria between a couple that migrated to Germany in 2015, despite German law prohibiting child marriages.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (December 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/26/german-supreme-court-rejects-child-marriage-regulations-unconstitutional/ German Supreme Court Rejects Anti-Child Marriage Law as Unconstitutional]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 26, 2018.</ref>

===Growing crime===
{{See also|2018 Chemnitz protests}}
Some migrants from Islamic Republics have embraced Western [[secularism]] and the Western idea of a [[secular]] civil government and legal system; these migrants, however, tend to be few,<ref>A study by the Univerity of Munster found that more than half of Turkish immigrants put Islam above German law. [http://www.dw.com/en/study-large-number-of-turks-in-germany-put-islam-above-the-law/a-19336757 Study: Large number of Turks in Germany put Islam above the law], Daniel Pelz, ''Deutsche Welle'', 16 June 2016</ref> as it is considered unlawful for an adherent of Islam to recognize any legal authority other than [[Allah]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tk8IZ8MM9QsC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=he+at+once+excludes+all+other+authority+except+that+God+sovereign&source=bl&ots=kkx0QPA4dU&sig=-b_ok1msaavsAA-gO826_CTW7uM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCn5vQoa_RAhVKq1QKHc3cCVMQ6AEIIDAD#v=onepage&q=he%20at%20once%20excludes%20all%20other%20authority%20except%20that%20God%20sovereign&f=false Islamic Government], A.H. Qasmi, Gyan Publishing House, Jan 1, 2008, p. 81</ref> To do so, under the laws of Islam, is a serious crime and is punishable by death.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/law/help/apostasy/#summary Laws Criminalizing Apostasy]. Hanibal Goitom, Library of Congress Global Legal Research Center, MY 2024</ref> Due to the large levels of Islamic immigration into Germany, the number of [[female genital mutilation]] cases that had occurred in the country rose to 60,000.<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 19, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/19/mass-migration-drives-enormous-rise-60000-cases-fgm/ Mass Migration Drives ‘Enormous’ Rise in FGM Cases to 60,000]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 19, 2017.</ref> Active cases of [[tuberculosis]] rose 30% between 2014 and 2015, with the increase slowing the following year, in line with migration levels.<ref>Leahy, Michael Patrick (July 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/26/active-tb-increased-30-percent-in-germany-in-2015-year-of-massive-immigration/ Active TB Increased 30 Percent in Germany In 2015, Year of Massive Immigration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 26, 2017.</ref> It was reported in September 2017 that at least 330 war criminals from Syria and Iraq were included among the asylum seekers that arrived since 2015.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 4, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/04/german-authorities-tipped-off-330-war-criminals-among-asylum-seekers/ German Authorities Tipped off to over 330 War Criminals Among Asylum Seekers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 4, 2017.</ref> That same month it was reported that nearly half of all crimes committed in Berlin were caused by migrants.<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/25/almost-half-crimes-berlin-migrants/ Almost Half of Crimes in Berlin Committed by Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.</ref> Homelessness in Germany increased 150% between 2014 and 2016 due to the migrant crisis.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (November 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/18/germany-440000-migrant-drifters-fuel-surge-in-homelessness/ Germany: 440,000 Migrant Drifters Fuel Surge in Homelessness]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 18, 2017.</ref> Crimes explicitly targeted against Christians also saw massive growth, with nearly 100 such cases in 2017 alone.<ref>Hale, Virginia (February 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/05/alarm-scale-anti-christian-hate-attacks/ German Politicians ‘Alarmed’ at Scale of Anti-Christian Hate Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 5, 2018.</ref> [[Anti-Semitic]] crimes grew 10% in the first half of 2018.<ref>Kent, Simon (August 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/08/14/anti-semitic-crime-in-germany-soars-by-10-percent-over-first-half-of-2018/ Anti-Semitic Crime in Germany Soars by 10 Percent over First Half of 2018]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 14, 2018.</ref> In May 2019, Germany's commissioner on anti-Semitism urged Jews to avoid wearing the kippah "everywhere, all the time" because of anti-Semitism.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bowden, John (May 26, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/445553-german-official-warns-countrys-jews-against-wearing-kippah-amid-rising German official warns country's Jews against wearing Kippah amid rising anti-Semitism]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
*Kent, Simon (May 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2019/05/26/shocked-israel-president-warns-jews-in-germany-after-kippah-threats/ ‘Shocked’ Israel President Warns Jews in Germany After Kippah Threats]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 26, 2019.</ref>

According to a January 2018 report published by the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Merkel's refugee policies were responsible for a massive increase in violent crime in Germany.<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (January 3, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/03/refugee-influx-into-germany-fueled-violent-crime-surge-report-finds.html Refugee influx into Germany fueled violent crime surge, report finds]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (January 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/04/german-government-study-links-rise-violent-crime-mass-migration/ German Government: Rise in Violent Crime Is Linked to Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
*Jasper, William F. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/27885-merkel-exposed-germany-france-reeling-under-refugees-crime-waves-welfare-costs Merkel Exposed: Germany, France Reeling Under Refugees' Crime Waves, Welfare Costs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> A June 2018 investigation into the Federal Agency for Migration and Refugees found that migrants with criminal records of crimes including rape, murder, and drug dealing frequently received asylum and were shielded from deportation despite their records.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/24/investigation-migrant-career-criminals-routinely-protected-deportation/ Investigation Finds Migrant Career Criminals Routinely Protected from Deportation]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref>

In January 2018, ''Die Welt'' reported on a survey that found that 27% of Islamic students agreed with the statement: "The Islamic laws of Sharia, according to which, for example, adultery or homosexuality are severely punished, are much better than the German laws."<ref name="GermanSurvey2018">Tomlinson, Chris (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/11/survey-underlying-sympathy-radical-islamic-extremism-german-schools/ Survey: Underlying Sympathy for Radical Islamic Extremism in German Schools]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.</ref> Additionally, 8% supported violently creating an Islamic caliphate or empire, 3.8% agreed that engaging in acts of terrorism was sometimes justifiable in order to advance Islam, and 18.6% agreed that it was their Islamic duty to spread their religion and "fight unbelievers."<ref name="GermanSurvey2018"/> A study conducted by the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony using data from 2013 to 2016 found that foreigners were twice as likely to be criminal suspects.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/09/german-study-foreigners-twice-likely-suspects-crimes/ German Study Finds Foreigners Twice as Likely to Be Suspects in Crimes]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 9, 2018.</ref> The number of Germans killed by foreigners rapidly increased between 2015 and 2017.<ref>Enoch (September 5, 2018). [https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/the-number-of-germans-killed-by-foreigners-highest-in-many-years/ The number of Germans killed by foreigners highest in many years]. ''Voice of Europe''. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref> In 2017, the number of migrants referred to the country's security services quadrupled.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (September 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/26/number-of-immigrants-referred-to-german-security-services-rose-fourfold-in-2017/ Number of Immigrants Referred To German Security Services Rose Fourfold in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 27, 2018.</ref>

Due to growing crime by Muslim migrants, as well as backlash from alleged "right-wing extremists" opposed to the migration, the German city of Cottbus temporarily banned new refugees in January 2018.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/21/german-city-bans-new-refugees-amid-anti-migrant-mood.html German city bans new refugees amid anti-migrant mood]. ''Fox News''. January 21, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2018.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/22/german-town-forces-asylum-seeker-leave-knife-attack/ German City Banishes Asylum Seeker After Knife Attack]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 22, 2018.</ref>

In March 2019, it was revealed that police authorities in a certain district in the country hid data on migrant crimes in order to not "stir up prejudice."<ref>Hale, Virginia (March 13, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/13/german-police-conceal-migrant-crimes/ Germany: Migrant Crimes Concealed to ‘Avoid Stirring Up Prejudice’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 14, 2019.</ref>

===Terrorism===
In July 2016 an ax-wielding Muslim Afghan refugee attacks passengers on a German train injuring 4 people before being shot dead.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36827725 Germany axe attack: Assault on train in Wuerzburg injures HK family]</ref>

A Syrian suicide bomber injured 15 people through a suicide attack in Ansbach on July 24, 2016.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/jul/25/ansbach-explosion-german-town-deliberate-blast-latest]</ref>

On December 20, 2016, a truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in [[Berlin]], killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 48 others.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/police-truck-attack-killed-12-berlin-intentional]</ref> ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref>Hjelmgaard, Kim (December 20, 2016). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/20/berlin-truck-crash/95644498/ ISIL calls Berlin attacker a 'soldier' as manhunt for killer resumes]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved December 20, 2016.</ref>

===The ignorant are proselytized===
In recent decades [[Salafism]] has become the dominant mainstream thought among adherents of [[Sunni]] Islam of the [[Middle East]] and [[North Africa]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.icanpeacework.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Women-Religious-Extremism.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjKucW3grPRAhVN2WMKHazSAVgQFghgMA4&usg=AFQjCNEnVHXBmLSE6TuP32LaKC5X3HdXPw&sig2=jejyvnsVXWGKVLM0h5noFQ Extremism as Mainstream: Implications for Women, Development & Security in the MENA/Asia Region], Brief 11, Spring 2014. International Civil Society Action Network. icanpeacework.org</ref> These regions, along with Central Africa, are the countries of origin of most of the Muslims who have entered Europe and Germany since the [[Obama administration|Obama regime's]] failed "[[Arab Spring]]" uprisings which have left in excess of 300,000 dead and at least 11 million homeless and displaced globally.<ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/01/arab-spring-five-years-on/ THE 'ARAB SPRING': FIVE YEARS ON]. [[Amnesty International]]. amnesty.org</ref><ref>[http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/en_US/studio/multimedia/20160322/index.html/_view/lang=en_US Blood Year: The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism], DAVID KILCULLEN, DAVID SHIPLEY, JOANNE J. MYERS, Carnegie Council Global Ethics Forum, MARCH 22, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.onlinecolumnist.com/2016/11/29/obamas-failed-syrian-policy/ OBAMA’S FAILED SYRIAN POLICY], BY JOHN M. CURTIS, NOVEMBER 29, 2016. onlinecolmnist.com</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/magazine/is-this-the-end-of-christianity-in-the-middle-east.html Is this the End of Christianity in the Middle East?], Eliza Griswold, ''[[New York Times]]'', 22 July 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/middle-east-saudi-arabia-iran-nimr-execution-cleric-obama-king-salman-tehran-413680 THE LOSER OF THE COLD WAR BETWEEN IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA MAY BE OBAMA], BY JONATHAN BRODER, ''[[Newsweek]]'', 1/11/16</ref><ref>[https://socialistworker.org/2016/06/07/the-untold-toll-of-obamas-war-on-isis The untold toll of Obama's war on ISIS], Ashley Smith, June 7, 2016. socialistworker.org</ref><ref>While these horrors unfolded for five years by either design or incompetence, most American mainstream journalists cowered in sycophancy before Barack Obama for fear of being called "[[racist]]", even though Islam is not a "race".</ref> Salafism rejects [[democracy]] as disobedient to Allah and [[idolatry|idolatrous]], and advocates a civil regime under [[shariah]] law.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MLE68zW_7LUC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=al+wala+wal+bara+democracy&source=bl&ots=aZTtjWVHiV&sig=-XSHBkJqJ3BiaTKzRc4UgvMO_nk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd-965irPRAhXqiFQKHVo_CKAQ6AEISzAM#v=onepage&q=al%20wala%20wal%20bara%20democracy&f=false Fault Lines in Global Jihad: Organizational, Strategic, and Ideological Fissures], Assaf Moghadam & Brian Fishman, Taylor & Francis, May 10, 2011, pp. 170-171</ref> A Muslim who migrates for [[economic]] opportunity or to escape [[tyranny]] (in the Western sense of the word) is a [[traitor]] to Islam. He is deemed a radical and worse than an [[infidel]] to Sunni-Salafi society; he has betrayed his nation and his people (''[[takfir]]''). Those bringing ''shariah'' law to non-Muslim lands - the dominant mainstream legal system among Sunnis - are on a "civilizing" mission to the "ignorant" (''jahiliyyah'') disbelieving "infidels".<ref>[http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/special-reports/saudi-publications-hate-ideology-invade-american-mosques Saudi Publications on Hate Ideology] January 2006</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5QE3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT15&lpg=PT15&dq=qaradawi+austrian+text&source=bl&ots=CQddhGpFZ_&sig=XGcgu4Qo5_QlpzQUNIjcsQWYJOY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiondPvxb7RAhXGslQKHc2BA_YQ6AEIQDAO#v=onepage&q=qaradawi%20austrian%20text&f=false Islamism and the West: From "Cultural Attack" to "Missionary Migrant"], Uriya Shavit, Routledge, Nov 26, 2013</ref>

Once a devout Muslim finds a secure area to pray five times daily (the Second Pillar of Islam), that area encompassing a few cubic feet becomes part of the "sacred realm" of Islam (which does not recognize [[Nation state|national borders]]), under the law and teachings of Islam.<ref>The place of prayer is extremely important; prayers performed on usurped property are void, [https://www.al-islam.org/islamic-laws-ayatullah-ali-al-husayni-al-sistani/rules-salat-part-ii-iii] and there is no prohibition on the usurpation of property from "infidels" (Surahs 8:69 & 33:21-27 for examples). The place of prayer must also be clean, i.e., free of the uncleanness of "infidels". In November 2016 Abdul Artan drove his car into pedestrian traffic at the University of Ohio-Columbus and began wildly slashing ten people with a butcher knife. Artan was upset because he could not find an unsullied place to have his prayers accepted by Allah, which was his religious duty five times daily. The mainstream media misreported Artan as being in fear of "[[Islamophobia]]". [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/us/ohio-state-university-abdul-artan-islamic-state.html?_r=0]</ref> According to Islam, it becomes territory held by "legal authority", to be defended against retaking by "infidels".

===Alternative for Germany===
:''Main article: [[Alternative for Germany]]''
The Alternative for Germany (AfD), was founded in 2013 by economics professor Bernd Lucke.<ref name="Germany'sFarage">Zeronian, Sarkis (July 5, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/07/05/germanys-farage-becomes-leader-of-eurosceptic-alternative-for-germany-party/ ‘Germany’s Farage’ Becomes Leader Of Eurosceptic Alternative For Germany Party]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref> Although the party was relatively conservative and Eurosceptic (it mainly opposed the Eurozone<ref name="BBC"/>), it was a neo-liberal party that attracted middle class opponents of the [[Eurozone]].<ref name="Germany'sFarage"/> The party made several gains during this time, with seven AfD members being elected to the [[European Parliament]] in 2014.<ref name="BBC">[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37274201 What does Alternative for Germany (AfD) want?]. ''BBC''. September 5, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref>

A power struggle within the party soon broke out, with Lucke, who wanted the party to focus on an anti-Euro policy, being opposed by Frauke Petry and her conservative, right-wing faction that emphasized law and order, immigration reductions, conservative social views, and opposition to [[Islam]].<ref name="Germany'sFarage"/> In the AfD party elections of July 2015, Petry won 68 percent of the vote, becoming the new leader of the party.<ref name="Germany'sFarage"/> The liberal Lucke subsequently left the party and formed his own.<ref name="BBC"/> Additionally, five of the party's seven MEP's left the party.<ref name="BBC"/> The AfD quickly adopted Petry's conservative, right-wing populist agenda, even though it still supported holding a referendum over the Eurozone.<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="Telegraph">Huggler, Justin (September 4, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/04/germanys-far-right-afd-unseats-angela-merkels-party-in-key-regio/ Germany's far-right AfD hands defeat to Angela Merkel's party in key regional vote]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref>

Under Petry's leadership, the AfD continued to grow dramatically, winning numerous seats in state parliaments.<ref name="Telegraph"/><ref name="DW">[http://www.dw.com/en/what-is-the-alternative-for-germany/a-19527050 What is the Alternative for Germany?]. ''DW''. September 5, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref><ref name="Wa.T.">Moulson, Geir (September 4, 2016). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/4/alternative-germany-party-wins-state-election/ Anger over Merkel’s Syria refugee policy drives win for Alternative for Germany party]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref> The AfD formed an alliance with the [[Freedom Party of Austria]] in 2016 due to their shared Eurosceptic views.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36504307 Nationalist Austria-Germany summit held on Zugspitze summit]. ''BBC''. June 10, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref> Immigration is a very large issue in the party.

While the AfD was unable to gain any seats in the German national parliament in the 2013 election, it entered the Bundestag in the 2017 election after taking a historic third place with nearly 13% of the vote, while Angela Merkel's CDU received its worst result since 1949.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tomlinson, Chris (September 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/25/merkel-scores-pyrrhic-victory-populists-beat-expectations/ Merkel’s Pyrrhic Victory: Worst Party Performance Since 1949 As Populist AfD Beat Expectations]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
*Dettmer, Jamie (September 25, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/germany-elections-afd/4043104.html Germany Shaken by Far-right Political Earthquake]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
*Dettmer, Jamie (September 25, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/merkel-win-seen-as-inevitable/4042028.html Merkel Wins Historic Fourth Term But Far-right Populists Surge]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
*Ridgwell, Henry (September 25, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/germany-far-right-reclaim-country-angela-merkel-coalition-talks/4043603.html German Far-right Pledges to 'Reclaim Country' as Merkel Begins Tough Coalition Talks]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
*Chazan, Guy (September 24, 2017). [https://www.ft.com/content/d18213e0-a105-11e7-b797-b61809486fe2 Nationalist AfD make historic breakthrough in German elections]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.</ref> Despite this, Merkel continued defending her open borders policies.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/25/merkel-defends-open-borders-migrant-policy-election-shock/ Merkel Defends Open Borders Migrant Policy After Election Shock]. ''Breitbart News''. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.</ref> After the CDU and SDP formed another grand coalition government,<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/05/merkel-welcomes-german-govt-deal-handing-4th-term/ Merkel Welcomes German Govt Deal Handing Her 4th Term]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
*Karnitschnig, Matthew (March 4, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/germanys-social-democrats-endorse-grand-coalition/ Germany gets new government]. ''Politico''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.</ref> the AfD became the official opposition party.<ref>Oltermann, Philip (February 7, 2018). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/07/germanys-rightwing-afd-gears-up-to-play-noisy-opposition-role Germany's rightwing AfD gears up to play noisy opposition role]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.</ref>

In 2018, polling found that the AfD had the second-highest level of public support of any German party.<ref>Multiple references:
*Anderson, Emma (February 19, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/afd-surpasses-spd-for-first-time-in-german-poll/ AfD surpasses SPD for first time in German poll]. ''Politico''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Deacon, Liam (February 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/19/poll-germany-afd-populists-second-most-popular-party/ Poll: Germany’s AfD Populists Second Most Popular Party for First Time]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
See also:
*Davis, Austin (February 20, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/20/alternative-germany-afd-rises-angela-merkel-strugg/ Far-right Alternative for Germany rises as Merkel struggles for coalition]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
*Williams, Thomas D. (June 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/25/sunday-poll-german-populist-afd-party-hits-record-high-popularity/ Sunday Poll: German Populist AfD Party Hits Record High Popularity]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 25, 2018.</ref>

==France==
On October 10, 732 AD, [[Charles Martel]] defeated the Muslim armies in the [[Battle of Tours]]. This Frankish victory secured Christian Europe's ability to develop without the influence or fear of Islam. For about 1,200 years after the battle, Europe, although facing numerous wars and conflicts, never had the very fabric of its society threatened by invaders (with the possible exception of the 1683 [[Siege of Vienna]]; see the "Austria" section below). However, beginning with the independence of its colony of [[Algeria]] in 1962, the number of Muslims in France has dramatically increased. Although a united European front opposed Islam in 732, a sizable French minority supported the influx of peoples who did not share French or European values. France now has a serious problem regarding immigration.<ref>Byas, Steve (May 31, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29170-france-struggling-with-overwhelming-immigration France Struggling With Overwhelming Immigration]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.</ref>

[[France]] has a long history of interaction with Islam. From 1837 until 1962 Algeria and much of North West Africa were administered as a French [[Imperialism|colonial province]]. For this reason alone, France was elevated to one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in 1945 due to France's historical experience in dealing with predominantly Islamic populations.

But tensions between France and the Islamic world run deep. Arab Muslims to this day refer to the [[Crusade]]rs of nearly a millennia ago as "Franks," regardless of whatever part of Europe they originated. The first ''[[fatwa]]'' issued by the [[Islamic State]] singled out particularly the "filthy French":<ref>[https://pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/shaykh/ Shaykh Abū Muhammad al-‘Adnānī ~ Whatever of Good Reaches You is from Allah « pietervanostaeyen]</ref>
{{quotebox|Strike their police, security, and intelligence members. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European – especially the spiteful and filthy French – or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be.}}
[[File:IMG 20170327 115458.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Polling data 6 weeks prior to the April 2017 French elections. ''Source:Vox'']]
The French immigration model was largely developed to assimilate people at the close of the colonial era in the 1960s and paralleled somewhat the [[United States]] model. Immigrants were expected to abandon the culture of their place of origin, adopt French secularism and language, and fully assimilate. In the 21st century, with the mass arrival of Muslims who self-segregate, refuse French customs, and insist upon religious practices in public schools (daily prayers and coverings for females), social tensions have mounted. Many French feel immigrant demands are a threat to their republican form of government. By the time of the migrant crisis, migrant groups did not assimilate and different groups developed their own separate communities, with the concept of being French fading.<ref>Meotti, Giulio (June 23, 2019). [https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14406/suicide-of-france The Suicide of France]. ''Gatestone Institute''. Retrieved June 30, 2019.</ref>

France has seen very large immigration levels from the Islamic world – the country saw a record 100,000 asylum applications in 2017, with most of them being from Africa.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/09/france-breaks-record-100000-asylum-applications-2017/ France: Record 100,000 Asylum Applications in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 9, 2018.</ref> In 2017, there were over 115,000 attempts by migrants to leave the Port of Calais, where many of them were encamped, to illegally travel to Britain.<ref name="Hale115,000Calais">Hale, Virginia (January 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/16/115k-crossing-attempts-calais-brawl/ 115,000 Crossing Attempts from Calais in 2017 as Illegals Brawl with Knives, Iron Bars]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 16, 2018.</ref> According to a French parliament report in 2018, as many as 400,000 illegal migrants lived in the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis alone.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/06/illegal-migrants-20-percent-population-paris-no-go-zone/ Illegal Migrant Population in Paris No-Go Zone Suburbs Hits 400,000]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 7, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/29/paris-suburb-home-to-300000-illegal-immigrants-report-says.html Paris suburb home to 300,000 illegal immigrants, report says]. ''Fox News'' (from ''The Sun''). July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.</ref>

In 2018, the French government increased its border security on the Italian border after a patriotic organization brought attention to the illegal immigration in the area through a demonstration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/24/french-interior-minister-increase-border-security-identitarian-defend-europe-action/ France to Increase Border Security After Identitarians Use Helicopters, Trucks in Alps ‘Defend Europe’ Action]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 25, 2018.</ref>

===Political correctness===
In 2017, a [[French National Front]] official was fined for "inciting hatred" by noting the massive increase of Muslim children in certain French schools and stating those levels were too high.<ref>Marchal, Nahema (April 27, 2017). [https://heatst.com/world/marine-le-pen-advisor-fined-for-saying-there-are-too-many-muslim-children-in-schools/ Marine Le Pen Advisor Fined for Saying There Are ‘Too Many Muslim Children’ in Schools]. ''Heat Street''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 27, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/27/front-national-mayor-fined-mentioning-demographic-changes-local-schools/ French Mayor Fined for Mentioning Demographic Changes in Local Schools]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 28, 2017.</ref>

In August 2017, a court ordered the local government in Calais to provide the migrants staying there with facilities, which the local government feared would lead to another migrant slum in the area.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (August 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/17/french-authorities-forced-provide-facilities-calais-migrants-court-battle/ French Authorities Forced To Provide Facilities For Calais Migrants After Court Battle]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 17, 2017.</ref>

The French media has taken a pro-mass migration viewpoint. For example, in January 2018, the newspaper ''Libération'' published an opinion article that stated that "something extremely beautiful has happened: we have been invaded by immigrants."<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/12/french-paper-pushes-pro-migrant-story-beautiful-invaded-migrants/ French Media Pushing Pro-Migrant Narrative: Claims It is ‘Beautiful’ To Be ‘Invaded By Migrants’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 12, 2018.</ref>

===Crime, terrorism, and disruption===
[[List of Islamist terrorist attacks|Numerous terrorist attacks]] have occurred in France, including the [[Charlie Hebdo]] shooting leaving 12 people killed,<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/world-expresses-shock-attack-charlie-hebdo-newspaper World expresses shock at attack on Charlie Hebdo newspaper]. ''CNS News''. January 7, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2017.</ref> the November Paris attacks with 130 innocents killed,<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34818994 Paris attacks: What happened on the night]. ''BBC News''. December 9, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2017.</ref> and an attack in Nice in July 2016 leaving about 80 killed.<ref>Ellis, Ralph; Almasy, Steve (July 15, 2017). [https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/14/europe/nice-france-truck/index.html Terror attack kills scores in Nice, France, Hollande says]. ''CNN''. Retrieved April 25, 2017.</ref> [[Anti-Semitic]] incidents have also risen sharply,<ref>Kent, Simon (November 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2018/11/09/relentless-siege-anti-semitic-acts-in-france-up-69-percent-during-2018/ ‘Relentless’ Siege: Anti-Semitic Acts in France up 69 Percent During 2018]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 9, 2018.</ref> and in 2018, they increased 74%.<ref>Bowden, John (February 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/430596-acts-of-anti-semitism-rose-74-percent-in-france-in-2018-report Acts of anti-Semitism rose 74 percent in France in 2018: report]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 19, 2019.</ref>

Many of France's suburbs, which have high proportions of migrants living there, have high crime rates. As seen in a notable 2016 example, police crackdowns in the suburbs against those people have led to much violence.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (November 3, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/03/paris-streets-turned-warzone-violent-migrants/ Paris Streets Turned into WARZONE by Violent Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> In June 2017, an app was created to warn people when they go into a "no-go zone" and tell them the risk of sexual assault.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (June 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/29/paris-app-warning-no-go-zone/ Paris Gets ‘No-Go-Zone’ Warning App]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 29, 2017.</ref> In November 2017, Islamist men were arrested for barging into a monastery in Verdun and demanding that the nuns there convert to Islam or go to Hell.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (November 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/18/islamists-barge-french-monastery-prayers-tell-nuns-convert-islam/ Islamists Barge Into French Monastery During Prayers, Demand Nuns Convert To Islam]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 18, 2017.</ref> The migrant camp in Calais also saw much violence.<ref name="Hale115,000Calais"/>

In September 2017, the University of Reims Champagne-Ardennes suspended all its classes because around 40 migrants were squatting on the campus after they were kicked out of a nearby park.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 19, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/19/french-university-suspends-courses-migrant-squatters/ French University Suspends All Courses Due to Migrant Squatters]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 19, 2017.</ref>

In June 2018, it was reported that about 450 detained Muslim extremists – including 50 considered terror threats – were scheduled to be released from French prisons by the following year.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/08/450-radical-islamic-extremists-released-french-prisons-end-2019/ 450 Radical Islamic Extremists Will Be Released from French Prisons by End of 2019]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.</ref>

In June 2018, the [[Eiffel Tower]] was retrofitted with bulletproof glass in order to protect it from terrorist attacks.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (June 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/18/eiffel-tower-retro-fitted-with-bulletproof-glass-in-gun-controlled-paris/ Eiffel Tower Retro-Fitted with Bulletproof Glass in Gun-Controlled Paris]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.</ref>

In May 2019, a large number of illegal migrants stormed the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, occupying a terminal and chanting "France does not belong to the French!"<ref>Multiple references:
*Murphy, James (May 20, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/32394-france-does-not-belong-to-the-french-illegal-immigrants-storm-french-airport “France Does Not Belong to the French” Illegal Immigrants Storm French Airport]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
*Montgomery, Jack (May 21, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/20/watch-france-does-not-belong-french-hundreds-illegal-migrants-occupy-french-airport/ WATCH: ‘France Does Not Belong to the French!’ – Hundreds of Illegal Migrants Occupy French Airport]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.</ref> In July 2019, this same group of migrants stormed Paris' Pantheon monument.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-paris-protest/undocumented-migrants-storm-pantheon-monument-in-paris-idUSKCN1U71Z9 Undocumented migrants storm Pantheon monument in Paris]. ''Reuters''. July 12, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/14/paris-21-african-migrants-detained-after-700-stormed-pantheon-demanding-papers/ Paris: 21 Illegal Migrants Detained After 700 Storm Pantheon Demanding Papers]. ''Breitbart News'' (from ''AFP''). July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.</ref>

France experienced a very large number of church burnings and vandalism.<ref>McGuire, Ashley (May 23, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/445159-tweeting-wont-solve-frances-deeper-church-fire-problem-prime-minister Tweeting won't solve France's deeper church-fire problem, Prime Minister Philippe]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 23, 2019.</ref><ref>Bernstein, Richard (July 10, 2019). [https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/07/10/attacks_on_christian_sites_in_france_have_quadrupled_why.html Anti-Christian Attacks in France Quietly Quadrupled. Why?] ''RealClearInvestigations''. Retrieved July 14, 2019.</ref>

[[Female genital mutilation]] cases in France rose significantly in the two decades before 2019.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 30, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/30/fgm-cases-on-the-rise-across-france/ FGM Cases on the Rise Across France]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 30, 2019.</ref>

===National Rally===
:''Main articles: [[National Rally (France)]] and [[Marine Le Pen]]''
The French National Rally, formerly known as National Front, which although sharing characteristics with conservative parties is not a real conservative party, nonetheless strongly opposes membership in the socialist and globalist EU.

In recent years, the party has seen much success. One of its more notable victories was its exceptional performance in the 2014 [[European Parliament]] elections, where it became the largest party in the parliament that represented France.<ref>John, Mark; Abboud, Leila (May 25, 2014). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-france-idUSBREA4O0CP20140525 Far-right National Front stuns French elite with EU 'earthquake']. ''Reuters''. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref><ref>Meichtry, Stacy (May 26, 2014). [https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304587704579585501067038362 France Shaken by National Front 'Earthquake']. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref>

[[File:French presidential election, first round, 2017.png|thumb|200px|First round results of the French presidential election. Departments won by Le Pen are shaded dark blue.]]
National Front leader [[Marine Le Pen]] is a candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, in which the EU was a "hot-button issue."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/22/eu-hot-button-issue-french-vote/ In or Out? EU Is Hot-Button Issue In French Vote]. ''Breitbart News''. April 22, 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref> [[United States]] President [[Donald Trump]] called her the strongest of the presidential candidates, particularly on borders and security.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/21/trump-touts-marine-le-pen-strongest-candidate-french-race/ Trump Touts Le Pen As ‘Strongest’ Candidate in French Presidential Race]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref> British politician and radio talk show host [[Nigel Farage]] endorsed Le Pen.<ref>Kassam, Raheem (May 3, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/03/farage-breaks-cover-french-election-want-see-le-pen-win/ Farage Breaks Cover on French Election: ‘I Want to See Le Pen Win’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 4, 2017.</ref> By contrast, former U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] spoke with pro-EU candidate [[Emmanuel Macron]],<ref>Starr, Penny (April 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/22/obama-gently-waded-back-politics-speaks-phone-left-leaning-presidential-candidate-macron/ Obama ‘Gently Waded’ Back into Politics: Spoke on Phone with Left-Leaning Presidential Candidate Macron]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref> who stated that terrorism would be "part of our daily lives for the years to come."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/21/macron-terrorism-part-daily-lives-years-paris-shooting/ French Presidential Favourite Macron: Terrorism ‘Part of Our Daily Lives for Years to Come’ After Paris Shooting]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref> After the first round, Obama explicitly endorsed Macron's candidacy.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/04/obama-endorses-macron-in-french-presidential-race.html Obama endorses Macron in French presidential race]. ''Fox News''. May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.</ref>

Left-wing opponents of Le Pen stated that even before the election, Le Pen made a large impact, shifting the political debate in France to the right.<ref>Hazareesingh, Sudhir (April 22, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-national-front-has-already-won-france-election/ Marine Le Pen has already won]. ''Politico''. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref>

Le Pen received second place in the first round of the election on April 23 with over 21% of the vote, meaning she advanced to the second round to face Macron.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/23/french-presidential-election-le-pen-macron-projected-as-winners-in-first-round.html French presidential election: Le Pen, Macron win first round to advance to runoff]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 23, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/apr/23/french-presidential-election-results-2017-latest French election first round results 2017 – Macron and Le Pen go through]. ''The Guardian''. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.</ref><ref>Berton, Elena (April 23, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/23/emmanuel-macron-marine-le-pen-in-runoff-for-french/ French voters reject establishment, send Macron and Le Pen to presidential runoff]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref>

Le Pen chose conservative nationalist Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the president of the political party France Arise, to be her prime minister if elected.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/30/endorsement-le-pen-picks-gaullist-conservative-potential-prime-minister/ After His Endorsement, Le Pen Picks ‘Gaullist’ Conservative As Potential Prime Minister]. ''Breitbart News''. April 30, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2017.</ref><ref>Blamont, Matthias; Carraud, Simon (29 April 2017). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/04/29/french-presidential-hopeful-le-pen-names-nationalist-as-prime-minister.html French Presidential Hopeful Le Pen Names Nationalist as Prime Minister]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved April 30, 2017.</ref>

Although Le Pen lost the election with just under 34% of the vote, the election was a victory for her in a sense as it showed that she, her party, and their ideas had entered and were influencing the French mainstream.<ref>Mohdin, Aamna (May 8, 2017). [https://qz.com/975521/marine-le-pen-lost-the-vote-but-she-won-something-better/ Marine Le Pen lost the vote but she won something better]. ''Quartz''. Retrieved May 8, 2017.</ref> Soon after the election, it was revealed that even if Le Pen had won, the [[liberal elite]] in France would have taken steps to keep her from actually welding power.<ref>Dettmer, Jamie (May 19, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/french-officials-secret-plan-marine-le-pen-win-media-says/3861923.html Media: French Officials Had Secret Plan in Event of Le Pen Win]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref>

==United Kingdom==
[[File:United Kingdom EU referendum 2016 area results.svg.png|thumb|200px|[[Brexit]] referendum results, June 23, 2016. Immigration issues played a large role in the referendum result.]]
:''For more information on how the EU is affecting Britain, see [[Examples of EU regulations on Britain]]''
Immigration to the [[United Kingdom]] rose twelvefold between 1983 and 2013.<ref>Bingham, John (January 15, 2015). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11349287/Immigration-adds-a-city-a-year-to-Britains-population.html Immigration adds a city a year to Britain’s population]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved July 21, 2017.</ref> Immigration to the UK rose to 333,000 in 2015, which was the second highest recorded number in history.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36382199 Net migration to UK rises to 333,000 - second highest on record]. ''BBC''. May 26, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref> According to 2014 data, over half of all immigrants came from outside the EU.<ref>Doughty, Steve (February 26, 2015). [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2970032/Humiliation-Cameron-net-migration-hits-298-000-despite-promise-cut-tens-thousands.html 300,000! That was the overall number of migrants last year - and 190,000 were from OUTSIDE the EU. So much for the PM's target of tens of thousands]. ''Daily Mail''. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref> Much of the U.K.'s population rise was due to immigration.<ref>Khomami, Nadia (June 25, 2015). [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/25/uk-population-at-record-high-with-net-migration-the-biggest-driver UK population at record high, with net migration the biggest driver]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved July 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Bingham, John; Swinford, Steven (May 26, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/25/population-surge-to-change-the-face-of-england-forever/ Population to surge by four million due to mass immigration that will ‘change the face of England forever']. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved July 21, 2017.</ref> According to the Office for National Statistics in 2017, some English cities, such as Coventry, experienced population growth almost entirely due to immigration.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/21/stats-reveal-population-growth-in-english-cities-fuelled-almost-entirely-by-mass-immigration/ Population Growth in English Cities Fuelled Almost Entirely By Mass Immigration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 21, 2017.</ref> The ONS also found that between 2010 and 2017, 200,000 people claiming to be migrating to the UK for their education chose to permanently settle in the nation.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/22/revealed-200000-non-eu-students-settled-permanently-in-seven-years/ Revealed: 200,000 Non-EU ‘Students’ Settled Permanently in Seven Years]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 22, 2017.</ref> It was reported in August 2017 that the number of workers in Britain born outside Europe surged to 3.3 million.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/21/mass-migration-number-of-non-european-workers-in-britain-surges-to-3-3-million/ Mass Migration: Number of Non-European Workers in Britain Surges to 3.3 Million]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 21, 2017.</ref> It was reported in 2017 that due to migrants and their high birth rates, the UK population was growing at a rate of 10,000 every week,<ref>Friedman, Victoria (September 10, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/10/report-uk-population-gains-equivalent-new-town-every-week/ Report: UK Population ‘Gains the Equivalent of a New Town’ Every Week]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 11, 2017.</ref> and that half the projected population growth in the coming ten years would be due to migration.<ref>Deacon, Liam (October 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/26/uk-population-70-million-half-growth-migration/ UK Population to Exceed 70 Million, Half of Growth Due to Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 26, 2017.</ref> According to the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government in 2018, housing prices rose by 20% in the previous 25 years due to immigration.<ref>Hale, Virginia (April 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/08/housing-minister-admits-migration-pushed-house-prices-20-per-cent/ At Last: Tory Housing Minister Admits Mass Migration Has Pushed House Prices Up 20 Per Cent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2018.</ref> In July 2018, the Office for National Statistics reported that non-EU immigration levels rose to the highest level in thirteen years and that the government likely underestimated EU immigration by 500,000 since 2004,<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/16/non-eu-migration-highest-13-years-eu-migration-possibly-undercounted-500000/ UK: Non-EU Migration ‘Highest in 13 Years’, EU Migration ‘Possibly Undercounted by 500,000’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.</ref> the data coming as the UK's home secretary relaxed immigration rules even more.<ref>Deacon, Liam (June 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/14/sajid-javid-relaxes-immigration-rules-first-time-2010-thousands-more/ Home Secretary Sajid Javid Relaxes Immigration Rules for First Time Since 2010, Visa Cap to Rise by Thousands]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.</ref> In 2018, the non-UK born population grew to 9.4 million because of immigration.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (November 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/29/despite-eu-arrivals-lowest-since-2012-migration-drives-non-uk-born-population-9-4-million/ Despite EU Arrivals Lowest Since 2012, Migration Drives Non-UK Born Population to 9.4 Million]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 30, 2018.</ref> According to the think tank Migration Watch UK in 2019, the UK government significantly underestimated the impact of mass migration on future population growth.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/12/think-tank-govt-undercounting-migration-impact-population-growth/ Think Tank: UK Govt Massively Undercounting Migration Impact on Future Population Growth]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 13, 2019.</ref> In 2018, 600,000 migrants entered the country,<ref>Marham, Joe (May 25, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/25/600000-migrants-arrive-in-uk-in-one-year/ 600,000 Migrants Enter Britain in One Year]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 25, 2019.</ref> and in 2019, the number of illegals crossing the English Channel on boats increased significantly.<ref>Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (June 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/01/record-number-migrant-boats-english-channel/ ‘Record Number’ of Migrant Boats in English Channel, ‘Home Office Needs to Get a Grip’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/1/uk-coastguard-responds-as-migrants-cross-the-chann/ UK Coastguard responds as migrants cross the Channel]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). June 1, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.</ref> Despite these massive levels of illegal immigration, UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid promised to admit even more refugees.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (June 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/20/uk-govt-resettle-thousands-more-refugees-starting-next-year-for-years/ UK Govt to ‘Resettle Thousands More Refugees Starting Next Year, for Years to Come’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 20, 2019.</ref> In 2019, the Office for National Statistics admitted it had underestimated long-term migration between 2009 to 2016.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/22/whoops-uk-govt-statistics-office-undercounted-eu-migration-by-240000/ Whoops! UK Govt Statistics Office Undercounted EU Migration by 240,000]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 22, 2019.</ref>

UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]], who, despite being a member of the [[Conservative Party]], held several leftist positions, pledged to reduce immigration to under 100,000 annually. Despite this pledge, immigration soared during his tenure to even higher levels than when he first took office.<ref name="Whitehead2015">Whitehead, Tom (February 26, 2015). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11436403/David-Cameron-immigration-pledge-in-tatters-as-net-immigration-stands-at-298000.html David Cameron immigration pledge in tatters as net immigration stands at 298,000]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref>

Immigration played a very influential role in the successful [[Brexit]] referendum on June 23, 2016,<ref>Bennett, Asa (June 29, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/29/did-britain-really-vote-brexit-to-cut-immigration/ Did Britain really vote Brexit to cut immigration?]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Siegel, Josh (June 23, 2016). [http://dailysignal.com/2016/06/23/how-immigration-fueled-the-brexit-result/ How Immigration Fueled the Brexit Result]. ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref> along with other very important and related factors such as sovereignty and backlash against the leftist [[establishment]] elites who support large levels of immigration.<ref>Friedman, George; Mauldin, John (July 5, 2016). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnmauldin/2016/07/05/3-reasons-brits-voted-for-brexit/#6f7d841d78c1 3 Reasons Brits Voted For Brexit]. ''Forbes''. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref>

The French city of Calais is a major entry point into Britain. In the first eight months of 2017, illegal immigrants made 17,000 attempts to enter the UK from Calais.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/08/calais-migrants-already-made-17000-attempts-britains-borders-2017/ Calais: Migrants Have Already Made 17,000 Attempts on Britain’s Borders in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> Of the over 50,000 radicalized Muslims estimated by the EU to live in Europe, up to half of them reside in the UK.<ref name="Montgomery9/1/2017"/> A University of Oxford study found that the UK's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration had been ineffective, while the UK's border agency had low morale because of excessive bureaucracy and lack of resources, among other factors.<ref>Deacon, Liam (October 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/19/report-immigration-controls-failing-deter-illegals-more-going-underground/ Report: Immigration Controls Failing to Deter Illegals, Many Go Underground, Border Staff Morale Low]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.</ref> In January 2019, France built a wall to help stop illegal immigration into the UK.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (January 21, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/21/france-builds-trump-style-wall-stop-illegals-getting-uk/ France Builds Trump-Style Wall to Stop Illegals Getting to Britain]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 21, 2019.</ref>

As an example of the Islamification of the UK, [[Sadiq Khan]] was elected Mayor of London in 2016, becoming the first Muslim to hold the position.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/05/06/live-wire-uk-elections/ LIVE WIRE — Sadiq Khan Elected London’s First Muslim Mayor]. ''Breitbart News''. May 6, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2018.</ref> During Khan's tenure, nearly every category of crime, including knife crime, gun crime, theft, burglary, rape, and homicide, saw massive increases,<ref>Kassam, Raheem (January 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/02/sadiqs-london-knife-crime-gun-crime-theft-burglary-rape-homicide-massively/ Sadiq’s London: Knife Crime, Gun Crime, Theft, Burglary, Rape, Homicide all MASSIVELY Up]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 14, 2018.</ref> and he devoted the city government's resources to prosecuting "[[hate crime]]s" (merely offensive speech, often on social media) against Muslims.<ref>Deacon, Liam (August 16, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/08/16/london-mayor-to-set-up-police-online-hate-crime-hub-in-partnership-with-social-media-firms/ London Mayor To Set Up Police ‘Online Hate Crime Hub’ In ‘Partnership’ With Social Media Firms]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 14, 2018.</ref> Khan was even forced to do a u-turn on his promise to end the effective law enforcement practice of "stop and search" after the massive crime increases were reported.<ref>Deacon, Liam (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/11/london-mayor-flips-on-stop-and-search-after-breitbart-expose-of-capital-crime-epidemic/ London Mayor Flips on ‘Stop and Search’ After Breitbart Exposé of Capital Crime Epidemic]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 14, 2018.</ref> The number of mosques – much better-attended than many of the churches in the area – rose quickly to well over 400 by 2018, and about 100 Sharia courts existed in London.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (October 10, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30292-londonistan-423-mosques-100-sharia-courts Londonistan: 423 Mosques, 100 Sharia Courts]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 10, 2018.</ref> Muslim [[grooming gang|rape gangs]] became a problem in the UK.<ref>Delingpole, James (October 21, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/21/more-muslim-rape-gangs-convicted-more-weasel-excuses-from-the-left/ Delingpole: Britain’s Liberal Elite Still in Denial About Muslim Rape Gangs]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

Polish immigrants to the UK returning home cited terrorism and anti-white racism as major concerns about their former lives in the UK.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (May 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/12/polish-immigrants-returning-home-cite-fear-of-terrorism-anti-white-racism-by-black-brits/ Polish Immigrants Returning Home Cite Fear of Terrorism, Anti-White Racism by Black Brits]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 12, 2018.</ref> Despite the serious and widespread persecution of Christians in Syria under the [[Islamic State]], the UK's Home Office admitted that it had not resettled any Syrian Christians out of the hundreds of Syrian refugees it admitted.<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/29/syrian-muslim-uk-rejects-christians/ ‘National Disgrace’ – UK Home Office Rejects Syrian Christians, Refugee Intake 100 Percent Muslim]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 29, 2018.</ref>

===Islamic law and education in the UK===
Since 1982 the United Kingdom has allowed the operation of the Islamic Sharia Council. Its stated mission is to offer advice on marital, divorce, custody disputes, domestic abuse, inheritance and Islamic family life. Supposedly its operation would relieve British courts of case overloads and costs. The Council has been criticized for issuing advice and non-binding rulings unfair to women.

Underground Sharia courts also are operating in the UK. Civil marriages still must be dissolved in British courts, but many marriages between Muslims are "off the books" and sanctioned by Sharia courts. Author Martin Sixsmith has uncovered at least one case where a Sharia court in Lancashire handed down a death sentence for a broken marriage contract and allegations of adultery which resulted in an honor killing.
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Sharia vigilantes, in the guise of "[[Religious police|Sharia patrols]]" in Islamic neighborhoods have harassed and beaten Muslims and non-Muslims alike.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/06/muslim-vigilantes-jailed-sharia-law-attacks-london ]</ref> Typical victims are couples kissing in public, [[homosexual]]s, women without the ''[[hijab]]'', and people consuming [[Alcoholic drink|alcohol]].

In late 2015 the British government began to take steps to investigate "unregistered" ''[[madrassa]]s''. There are about 2000 such schools in the UK. Reports of squalid conditions, beatings, abuse, [[radical]]ization, the teaching of in[[tolerance]], anti-Semitism, and [[extremism]] have circulated for years. In 2013 an 18-year-old Islamic man received a suspended sentence and no jail time in the UK for the rape of a 13-year-old girl, his claimed defense being his "religious education", which taught him women were "worthless".<ref>[http://www.religiousfreedomcoalition.org/2013/01/31/uk-muslim-rapes-13-year-old-but-no-jail-time-because-he-didnt-know-it-was-wrong/ ]</ref>

In 2005 a Somali Islamic immigrant won a deportation appeal after conviction for two rapes. His attorney claimed the offender "did not understand what is acceptable in UK". After being allowed to remain in the country, in 2014 he was convicted of two more rapes.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/03/convicted-somalian-rapist-had-deportation-order-overturned-befor/ ]</ref>

A Freedom of Information request to the London Metropolitan police in 2017 discovered there were 1500 acid attacks in London since 2011, with 431 — more than one a day — occurring in 2016.<ref>https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/acid-attack-capital-britain-revealed-10008792</ref> In October 2017, the Office for National Statistics reported significant increases in crime levels, including a 22% increase in rape and a 26% increase in knife crimes.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (October 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/21/london-falling-uk-capital-now-dangerous-nyc-rape-robbery-violence/ LONDON IS FALLING: UK Capital Now More Dangerous than NYC… More Rape, More Robbery, More Violence]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> In the Islamic world, of which London is now part, traditional European-style policing to uphold a community's laws is thought to be an invention of man-made laws and corrupt rulers, rather than Allah. Any Muslim can deem it their duty to uphold Allah's will, hence acid attacks by strangers, acquaintances, women's sharia groups, or co-workers are not uncommon against unveiled women, causing permanent disfiguration.

In 2018, a British High Court judge recognized Sharia law for the first time in a divorce case.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (August 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/02/court-recognises-shariah-law-marriage-uk-legal-first/ High Court Recognises Shariah Law in Divorce Case in UK Legal First]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 2, 2018.</ref> While the UK government devoted £5o million to stop [[female genital mutilation]] overseas, it failed to achieve any domestic convictions despite a large number of annual reports of such.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (November 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/23/govt-pledges-50m-stop-fgm-globally-still-zero-uk-convictions/ UK Govt Pledges £50m to Stop FGM Abroad, Yet Still Zero Convictions For Cutters and Enablers at Home]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 23, 2018.</ref>

In 2019, the UK's top counterterrorism officers stated that Muslims should not have to assimilate into British society if they do not want to.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (August 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/07/uk-top-counter-terrorism-officer-muslims-should-not-feel-have-assimilate/ UK’s Top Counter Terrorism Officer: Muslims Should Not Feel They Have to ‘Assimilate’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 7, 2019. See also:
*Delingpole, James (August 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/08/delingpole-muslims-shouldnt-assimilate-top-cop-is-stupid-wrong/ Delingpole: Top UK Cop Who Said ‘Muslims Shouldn’t Assimilate’ Is Stupid and Wrong]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.</ref>

===UK Independence Party===
:''Main articles: [[United Kingdom Independence Party]], [[Nigel Farage]], and [[Brexit]]''
The United Kingdom Independence Party, founded in 1993, supports [[Brexit|leaving the EU]] as its main goal. The party and its former leader Nigel Farage, also are strong opponents of mass migration.<ref>Edmunds, Donna Rachel (January 21, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/01/21/the-ukip-trump-gerard-batten-mep-calls-for-end-to-muslim-mass-immigration-to-britain/ Britain’s Trump? UKIP MEP Calls for End to Muslim Mass Immigration To Britain]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref>

The party has performed very well in recent elections for a third party. In the 2014 [[European Parliament]] elections, UKIP, like Eurosceptic parties across Europe, won a massive victory, becoming the largest UK party in the European Parliament and receiving more seats than the two establishment parties.<ref>Hallett, Nick (May 25, 2014). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/05/25/earthquake-in-uk-politics/ Earthquake: UK Independence Party Makes History with EU Election Victory]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-27567744 Farage: UKIP has 'momentum' and is targeting more victories]. ''BBC''. May 26, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/events/vote2014/eu-uk-results UK European election results - Vote 2014]. ''BBC''. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref>

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage is arguably the most successful British politician of the modern age for successfully advocating and then winning a referendum for leaving the EU.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/06/24/buzzfeed-nigel-farage-britains-successful-politician-generation/ BuzzFeed: Nigel Farage ‘Britain’s Most Successful Politician in a Generation’]. ''Breitbart''. June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref> He noted in 2017 that Conservative Party Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] had adopted exactly the same political positions as he had a few years earlier.<ref name="MerrickMay2017">Merrick, Rob (May 7, 2017). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/election-latest-nigel-farage-theresa-may-stolen-ukip-policies-brussels-bashing-immigration-a7722346.html Nigel Farage says Theresa May is winning because she has stolen all his policies]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref>

===UK Conservative Party===
:''Main article: [[Conservative Party]]''
Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] failed to reduce immigration into Britain and actually saw an immigration increase,<ref name="Whitehead2015"/> and he describes himself as "pro globalisation, pro immigration, pro market economics."<ref name="Alexander2016"/> He made the decision to hold the Brexit referendum<ref name="Alexander2016">Alexander, Harriet (December 9, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/09/david-cameron-brexit-donald-trump-does-not-regret-calling-referendum/ David Cameron on Brexit, Donald Trump and why he does not regret calling a referendum]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref> and opposed the UK leaving the EU.<ref name="BBCJune2016">[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36615028 Brexit: David Cameron to quit after UK votes to leave EU]. ''BBC''. June 24, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref> He resigned immediately after the referendum did not go his way.<ref name="BBCJune2016"/>

As noted above, the Conservative Party shifted its public stances after the Brexit vote, adopting stances on Europe and immigration more similar to UKIP.<ref name="MerrickMay2017"/><ref>Kentish, Ben (May 15, 2017). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-voters-more-right-wing-ukip-poll-latest-theresa-may-nigel-farage-a7737491.html Tory voters think their party is now more right-wing than Ukip, poll finds]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref> This could be seen in the 2017 Conservative Party campaign manifesto, under Prime Minister [[Theresa May]], which adopted some of UKIP's EU and immigration policies.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/18/may-reveals-polarising-policies-immigration-social-care/ Theresa May Launches Conservative Manifesto: Pledge to Leave EU Single Market, Elderly Care Cost Raid]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref><ref name="RaynerMay2017">Rayner, Gordon (May 18, 2017). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/18/conservative-manifesto-general-election-2017-key-points-policies/ Conservative manifesto for General Election 2017: Key points, policies and summary]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref> Because of this shift, the Conservative Party absorbed many UKIP voters.<ref>Dickson, Annabelle (May 17, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/theresa-may-marches-into-ukip-land/ Theresa May marches into UKIP country]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref> However, at the same time, the manifesto contained several worrisome pledges for conservatives and proponents of Brexit.<ref>Edmunds, Donna Rachel (May 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/18/top-7-conservative-manifesto-pledges-to-worry-brexiteers/ Top 7 Conservative Manifesto Pledges to Worry Brexiteers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2017.</ref> Noting the Conservative Party's past failures to reduce immigration in the recent past, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne wrote an editorial at the time of the manifesto's release in May 2017 that the Conservative Party leadership opposed and never intended to keep its immigration reduction promises.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/17/osborne-boasts-tories-never-intended-keep-immigration-promises/ Osborne Boasts Tories Never Intended to Keep Immigration Promises in Shock Editorial]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>

==Netherlands==
Dutch [[Morocco|Moroccans]] have been migrating to [[the Netherlands]] since the 1960s and have effectively taken over the [[illegal drug]] and human trafficking business.<ref>[http://www.ad.nl/binnenland/marokkanen-vormen-nieuwe-generatie-topcriminelen~a69ee61f/ Moroccans form new generation of top criminals], AD, 18 February 2016. (Original in Dutch). www.ad.nl</ref> While it is important to note most Dutch Moroccans have integrated seamlessly into society and are respected economic contributors, the recent influx of non-European migrants have increased pressures among the public and politicians to do something about the [[criminal]] enterprises operating in their midst.

The Moroccan street thugs are known for their anti-black and anti-Semitic racism.<ref>[http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/224/BINNENLAND/article/detail/3251206/2012/05/05/Baby-na-straatruzie-overleden.dhtml Baby Dies After Street Brawl], ''Het Parool'', 5 May 2012. (Original in Dutch). www.parool.nl</ref><ref>[http://www.eo.nl/magazines/visie/artikel-detail/antisemitisme-is-nog-nooit-zo-hard-geweest/ Anti-Semitism has never been so hard], Dutch Public Broadcasting. www.eo.nl</ref> Moroccan street gangbangers have also been known to stalk, harass, or assault non-Muslim girls caught alone in public areas.<ref>https://youtu.be/oH8-Wjx4bXk</ref> According to the Netherlands Institute for Social Research, a government agency which conducts research into social aspects of government policy, 65% of all Moroccan male youths between 12–23 years of age have been detained by [[police]] at least once, one third of this group has been detained five or more times, and Moroccan criminals are convicted four times more than Dutch suspects.<ref>The Netherlands Institute for Social Research has since relocated and hidden its findings on its webserver since the high profile trial of Geert Wilders citing these facts.</ref> Because a disproportionate share of Moroccan youth feel alienated from Dutch society and turn to crime, local [[imam]]s suggest young people must be caught early and turned to the Islamic faith.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150221205747/http://www.gelderlander.nl/algemeen/binnenland/vandaag-imam-tijd-voor-debat-over-opvoeding-1.4296144 Today: Imam 'time for debate on education'], ''Die Gelderlander'', 2 April 2014. (Original in Dutch). www.gelderlander.nl</ref> The government's Central Bureau for Statistics reported in April 2018 that 85% of refugees legally allowed to work since 2014 are not employed.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/02/netherlands-85-refugees-unemployed/ Netherlands: 85 Per Cent of Refugees Still Unemployed]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 2, 2018.</ref> Such is the nature of the debate raging today about immigration and integration of migrants in the Netherlands. The Netherlands has a migrant party, DENK, founded by migrants and which explicitly calls for taking away Dutch cultural and ethnic identity.<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/13/native-dutch-told-get-out-minority-own-homeland/ Native Dutch Told to ‘Get Out’ if They Don’t Want to Be a Minority in Own Homeland]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 13, 2018.</ref> Even traditional children's characters such as Santa Claus's helper "Black Pete" have become "divisive" in modern Dutch society.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/18/black-pete-dutch-santa-claus-sparks-protests-acros/ 'Black Pete' sparks clashes across the Netherlands]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2018.</ref>

As in Sweden, the ruling faction has taken to violating basic human rights and guarantees of free speech for [[Members of Parliament]] and their constituents and the misapplication of hate speech laws for persons who advocate immigration reform.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/article/395269/new-european-assault-free-speech-ian-tuttle A New European Assault on Free Speech], by IAN TUTTLE, ''[[National Review]]'', December 23, 2014</ref>

On April 6, 2016, Dutch voters overwhelmingly rejected a referendum that would have approved an EU association agreement with [[Ukraine]], with over 60% of the population voting against.<ref name="DutchRef2016">Kassam, Raheem (April 6, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/04/06/margin-error-turnout-29-dutch-voters-overwhelmingly-reject-eu-64-per-cent/ Over 60 Per Cent Of Dutch Referendum Voters Reject EU, 32 Per Cent Turnout]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 15, 2017.</ref> In June 2018, the Dutch parliament passed a limited ban on Islamic veils, something that Geert Wilders and the PVV had advocated for a decade.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/06/26/netherlands-approves-limited-ban-on-islamic-veils-robes.html Netherlands approves limited ban on Islamic veils, robes]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.</ref><ref>Bowden, John (June 26, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/394316-netherlands-approves-ban-on-face-veils-in-public-spaces Netherlands approves ban on face veils in public spaces]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.</ref>

Immigration was the main issue that derailed government coalition negotiations between the establishment and left-wing parties after the March 2017 general election.<ref>Darroch, Gordon (May 16, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/16/geert-wilders-turned-back-but-immigration-still-di/ Immigration still divides the Dutch after turning back far-right Wilders]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 17, 2017.</ref>

In August 2018, a Dutch city councilwoman, Willie Dille, committed [[suicide]] after having been [[kidnap]]ed and gang-raped by Muslim men and threatened to keep quiet about Muslim immigration. The kidnapping and rape occurred in October 2017, and she and her disabled child had been threatened several times after. Dille left a video explaining her situation.<ref>Norman, Greg (August 10, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/10/dutch-official-willie-dille-reportedly-commits-suicide-after-posting-video-claiming-muslim-gang-rape-attack.html Dutch official Willie Dille reportedly commits suicide after posting video claiming Muslim gang-rape attack]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 13, 2018.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/13/dutch-populist-city-councillor-commits-suicide-claime-victim-moroccan-gang-rape/ Dutch Populist Politician Committed Suicide After Alleged Migrant Gang Rape]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 13, 2018.</ref>

In May 2019, the Dutch immigration minister was forced to resign for hiding serious migrant crimes, including rape and murder, from government data.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/22/dutch-minister-migrant-crime-hidden-data/ Dutch Minister Resigns After Serious Migrant Crimes Hidden from Data]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 23, 2019.</ref>

In 2019, the Netherlands enacted a ban on Islamic face veils, fourteen years after it was proposed,<ref>Friedman, Victoria (August 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/01/netherlands-partial-burqa-ban-14-years-debate/ Netherlands Partial Burqa Ban Comes into Force After 14 Years of Debate]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 1, 2019.</ref> though law enforcement refused to enforce it immediately after its coming into force.<ref>Daugherty, Owen (August 1, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/europe/455846-netherlands-burqa-ban-not-being-enforced-as-law-goes-into-effect Netherland's 'burqa ban' not being enforced as law goes into effect]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 1, 2019.</ref>

===Party for Freedom===
:''Main articles: [[Party for Freedom]] and [[Geert Wilders]]''
The Party for Freedom (''Partij voor de Vrijheid'' or PVV) is a conservative political party. It currently occupies 15 seats in the Lower House (''Tweede Kamer'') of the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] Parliament. The party aims to stop immigration, lower taxes, create stricter laws against criminals and terrorists and create basic laws for animal rights.<ref>http://www.pvv.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=788&Itemid=139 PVV Visie</ref>

The leader of the PVV is [[Geert Wilders]]. The other members are Fleur Agema, Raymond de Roon, Hero Brinkman, Martin Bosma, Barry Madlener, Teun van Dijck, Sietse Fritsma, Dion Graus<ref>http://www.pvv.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=15&Itemid=5 PVV Fractie</ref> Because of his outspoken views on Islam, PVV leader Wilders is under 24-7 police protection: In November 2004, "a Muslim fanatic murdered Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh for making a movie about the abuse of women under Islam".<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/4/resisting-threat-of-fanatical-islam/ Resisting threat of fanatical Islam: West must not surrender permanent liberty for temporary tolerance] - [[Geert Wilders]], ''The Washington Times''</ref>

In the 2017 elections, although the PVV did not achieve a massive victory as hoped, it saw a rise in votes at the same time when [[establishment]] parties either declined or collapsed.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (March 15, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/15/dutch-elections-pyrrhic-victory-as-mainstream-party-clings-to-power/ Dutch Elections: Pyrrhic Victory As Mainstream Party Clings to Power]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 15, 2017.</ref> Establishment "conservative" [in-name-only] Prime Minister [[Mark Rutte]]<ref>[http://dw.com/p/2WGTt Dutch PM Rutte issues open letter wooing right-wing voters]. ''Deutsche Welle''. January 23, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.</ref> and several political parties did shift their stances to the political Right in order to attract voters who would otherwise have supported Wilders.<ref name="Euronews3/16/17">Harris, Chris (March 16, 2017). [http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/16/five-takeaways-from-the-netherlands-election Five takeaways from the Netherlands' election]. ''Euronews''. Retrieved March 16, 2017.</ref> Rutte's diplomatic battle with Turkey just before the election served as an example of this.<ref name="Euronews3/16/17"/><ref>Pieters, Janene (March 15, 2017). [http://nltimes.nl/2017/03/15/row-turkey-will-boost-support-pm-rutte-dutch-election-analysts Row With Turkey will Boost Support for PM Rutte in Dutch Election: Analysis]. ''nltimes.nl''. Retrieved March 15, 2017.</ref>

===Forum for Democracy===
:''Main article: [[Forum for Democracy]]''
The Forum for Democracy is a conservative political party which, along with the PVV, opposes mass migration and is Euroskeptic.

==Belgium==
Like the rest of Europe, Belgium has been a massive rise in Islamic immigration. A poll released in January 2018 which was conducted by several left-leaning and globalist media organizations and organizations found that two-thirds of Belgians believed that there are "too many immigrants in Belgium", and 77% agreed that "today we no longer feel at home as we did before [the mass migration]."<ref>Hale, Virginia (January 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/18/majority-belgians-no-longer-feel-home/ Migrant Crisis: 77 Per Cent of Belgians ‘No Longer Feel at Home’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 18, 2018.</ref> Belgium launched a social media campaign in July 2018 to ask illegal migrants not to settle in the country.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/17/belgium-launching-social-media-campaign-asking-illegal-migrants-not-come/ Belgium Launching Social Media Campaign Asking Illegal Migrants Not to Come]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.</ref> The Belgian authorities did not approve of views against mass migration – in December 2018, the Brussels police arrested a van owned by the Hungarian government because it had anti-mass migration messages on it.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (December 12, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30897-belgian-thought-cops-arrest-driver-of-hungarian-gov-t-anti-migration-van Belgian (Thought) Cops Arrest Driver of Hungarian Anti-migration Van]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 12, 2018.</ref> In 2019, it was reported that only a quarter of children in [[Antwerp]] were natives of the country.<ref>Hale, Virginia (February 27, 2019, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/27/antwerp-belgium-turns-majority-minority/ Historic European City Antwerp Now Majority-Minority]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 6, 2019.</ref>

[[Brussels]], capital of [[Belgium]], is also the ''de facto'' capital of the [[European Union]] and Headquarters of the [[NATO]] alliance. It is also the center of European Islamic [[jihad]]ism.

There are approximately 900,000 persons in Belgium who identify with the Islamic system of governance. Under Belgian law, a "recognized" religion may qualify for a state stipend for [[clergy]]. Belgium has an Islamic party called the Partij Islam, which is active in the country's politics and seeks "a one hundred percent Islamic state."<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/07/belgian-islamic-party-announces-islamic-state-end-goal/ Belgian Islamic Party Announces ‘100 Per Cent Islamic State’ as End Goal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 7, 2018.</ref>

===Vlaams Belang===
:''Main article: [[Vlaams Belang]]''
Vlaams Belang (English: ''Flemish Interest'') is a [[conservative]] Flemish nationalist political party in [[Flanders]] and [[Brussels]] ([[Belgium]]). The party also aims to stop immigration and create stricter laws against criminals and terrorists. Tom Van Grieken is since 2014 the leader (president) of Vlaams Belang.

==Italy==
[[Italy]] has experienced large amounts of illegal immigration by boat from [[North Africa]]. Between the beginning of 2017 until about mid-March of that year, over 16,000 illegal immigrants entered Italy through that route.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (March 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/22/boat-migrants-italy-exceeding-previous-landings/ Boat Migrants Landing in Italy ‘at a Pace Exceeding Anything We’ve Seen Before’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2017.</ref> Compared to 2016 levels, illegal immigration to Italy grew by 30%.<ref>Williams, Thomas D., PhD (April 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/13/italy-immigration-leaps-30-per-cent-first-months-2017/ Italy Immigration Leaps by 30 Per Cent in First Months of 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 13, 2017.</ref> The high levels of illegal immigration have brought additional violenct incidents to the country.<ref>Kirby, Will (August 8, 2017). [https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/838510/italy-migrant-crisis-naples-soldier-clash-arrest-europe-africa-mediterranean-facebook 'We're in urban warfare' Italy soldiers clash with migrants as locals 'fear for families']. ''The Daily Express''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> Illegal immigration levels to Italy crossing the Mediterranean doubled in January 2018,<ref>Montgomery, Jack (February 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/14/number-illegal-migrants-crossing-sea-italy-doubles/ Number of Illegal Migrants Crossing Sea to Italy DOUBLES in One Month]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.</ref> though overall between January and July 2018, they fell despite remaining at high levels.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (July 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/09/italy-migrant-arrivals-fall-80-percent-2018-under-populist-government/ Italy Migrant Arrivals Fall by 80 Percent in 2018 Under Populist Government]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 9, 2018.</ref> Illegal sea landings fell 80% throughout the entire year, after Italy's populist government took power.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (December 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/06/italy-cuts-illegal-migration-sea-landings-80-per-cent/ Italy Cuts Illegal Migration Sea Landings by 80 Per Cent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 6, 2018. See also:
*Williams, Thomas D. (January 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/01/07/report-migrant-sea-deaths-dropped-in-2018-salvini-method-works/ Report: Migrant Sea Deaths Dropped in 2018, ‘The Salvini Method Works’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
*Williams, Thomas D. (January 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/01/22/matteo-salvini-i-am-proud-to-have-halted-illegal-immigration/ Matteo Salvini: ‘I Am Proud’ to Have Halted Illegal Immigration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.</ref> Meanwhile, levels doubled for Spain.<ref name="SpainItaly">[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-stats/spain-replaces-italy-as-europes-main-destination-for-migrant-crossings-idUSKCN1OY14U Spain replaces Italy as Europe's main destination for migrant crossings]. ''Reuters''. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.</ref> Migration levels continued to dramatically fall under Italy's nationalist government,<ref>Shaw, Adam (January 30, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/italy-sees-migrant-numbers-plummet-after-nationalist-policies-take-hold Italy sees migrant numbers plummet after nationalist policies take hold]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.</ref> something confirmed by [[Frontex]] data.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 21, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/21/eu-border-agency-confirms-salvinis-populist-migrant-policies-working/ EU Border Agency Confirms Salvini’s Populist Migrant Policies Working]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 21, 2019.</ref>

Due to the low and declining Italian birth rate and high immigration levels, the share of immigrants living as residents in Italy quickly increased 270% from 2002 to 2017 – from 2.38% to 8.33% of the population.<ref name="CentroMachiavelli">Williams, Thomas D. (July 20, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/20/report-immigration-crisis-causing-unprecedented-shift-in-italys-demographics/ Report: Immigration Crisis Causing ‘Unprecedented’ Shift in Italy’s Demographics]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 20, 2017.</ref> According to the Centro Machiavelli, if those trends continue, first- and second-generation immigrants will consist of over 40% of the Italian population.<ref name="CentroMachiavelli"/> In 2017, according to Ipsos Mori research, 49% of Italians agreed with the statement that "these days I feel like a stranger in my country."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (November 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/22/migrant-crisis-italians-half-strangers-own-country/ Migrant Crisis-Hit Italy Sees Half of Citizens ‘Feel Like Strangers in Their Own Country’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 22, 2017.</ref> In one Italian town, Castel, that once was a resort location, two-thirds of the people living in it by 2018 were migrants, and town saw high increases in crime along with the immigration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/22/italian-town-taken-over-by-nigerian-migrant-gangs/ Italian Town ‘Taken Over’ By Nigerian Migrant Gangs]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 22, 2018.</ref> The Italian Interior Ministry reported in August 2018 that despite comprising 8% of the country's population, foreigners were criminal suspects 31.9% of the time.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/25/nearly-one-three-crimes-italy-committed-foreigners/ Nearly One in Three Crimes In Italy Committed By Foreigners]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref> In 2018, it was reported that 60% of "retired" non-EU migrants in Italy had never worked.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (December 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/01/60-percent-of-retired-migrants-in-italy-have-never-worked/ Chain Migration: 60 Percent of ‘Retired’ Migrants In Italy Have Never Worked]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 1, 2018.</ref>

Despite the support of the Italian and European elite for abolishing borders, and despite their inability to control illegal immigration, they enacted strong border controls during the [[G7]] summit in [[Sicily]] when several world leaders traveled to the island.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/news/sicilian-tourist-town-in-lockdown-for-g7/ Sicilian tourist town in lockdown for G7]. ''Breitbart News''. May 23, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.</ref>

On August 2, 2017, Italy began a limited naval operation to reduce illegal immigration levels into the country.<ref>Balmer, Crispian (August 2, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-italy-libya-idUSKBN1AI1JC Italy begins naval mission to help Libya curb migrant flows]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.thelocal.it/20170803/italy-moves-to-end-migrant-crisis-with-naval-mission-and-ngo-crackdown Italy moves to end migrant crisis with naval mission and NGO crackdown]. ''The Local''. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> The country disputed with Libya, the EU, and NGOs on what migrant policies to pursue.<ref>Millar, Joey (August 8, 2017). [https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/838456/italy-migrants-migrant-crisis-un-eu-european-union ‘Time for UN to act’ Italy orders action on migrant crisis after losing patience with EU]. ''The Daily Express''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref><ref>Kellogg, Any (August 7, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08/07/italy-clashes-with-libya-ngos-over-what-to-do-with-migrants-overwhelming-country.html Italy clashes with Libya, NGOs over what to do with migrants overwhelming country]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> In 2018, Italy became the country with the most jihadi deportations per month.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (October 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/20/salvinis-italy-now-leads-europe-in-number-of-jihadi-deportations/ Salvini’s Italy Now Leads Europe in Number of Jihadi Deportations]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.</ref>

Due to the migrant crisis in Italy, Italians as a whole not only became significantly more Euroskeptic and anti-immigration, but the number of people identifying themselves as politically left-wing or "progressive" dramatically fell by nearly 50% by January 2018.<ref>O'Leary, Naomi (December 19, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-euroskeptic-surge-migration-crisis-eu/ How Italy turned Euroskeptic]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Williams, Thomas D. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/05/italy-announces-rebound-of-the-political-right-collapse-of-the-left/ Italy Announces ‘Rebound’ of the Political Right, ‘Collapse’ of the Left]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> In 2017, the word "migrant" was the most commonly used word in Italian newspapers, and six of the ten most common words were related to immigration.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (March 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/01/migrant-most-commonly-used-word-italian-newspaper-headlines-2017/ ‘Migrant’ Most Commonly Used Word in Italian Newspaper Headlines in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 2, 2018.</ref> Because of funding cuts on pro-migrant organizations that Matteo Salvini enacted, those organizations laid off thousands of workers.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/11/italian-pro-migrant-groups-facing-15000-job-losses-after-salvini-cuts/ Italian Pro-Migrant Groups Facing 15,000 Job Losses After Salvini Cuts]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 11, 2019.</ref>

===Lega Nord===
{{See also|Lega Nord}}
Lega Nord, which is led by [[Matteo Salvini]], is a [[conservative]] regionalist party that supports the increased autonomy of Italy's provinces, particularly the northern ones where the party has its base of support. The party also takes [[Euroskeptic]], populist, and pro-[[national sovereignty]] positions,<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/11/italys-center-right-launches-full-throttle-campaign-no-longer-slaves-to-europe/ Italy’s Center-Right Launches Full-Throttle Campaign: No Longer ‘Slaves to Europe’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.</ref><ref>Deacon, Liam (January 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/20/right-wing-italian-election-favourite-blasts-the-eu-can-fck-itself/ Italian Election Favourite Blasts Brussels: ‘The EU Can Go F*ck Itself’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 20, 2018.</ref> and it strongly opposes mass migration.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (January 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/31/italys-salvini-promises-sealed-borders-todays-islam-is-a-danger/ Italy’s Salvini Promises Sealed Borders, ‘Today’s Islam Is a Danger’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 31, 2018.</ref><ref>Balmer, Crispian (February 9, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-election-league/italys-league-leaves-northern-bastions-bangs-anti-migrant-drum-idUSKBN1FT1Q9 Italy's League leaves northern bastions, bangs anti-migrant drum]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 9, 2018.</ref>

[[Silvio Berlusconi]], Lega's coalition partner leading up to the 2018 elections, also called for tough immigration measures.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/06/silvio-berlusconi-deport-600000-illegal-migrants-time-bombs/ Italy Elections: Berlusconi Declares He Will Deport 600,000 ‘Time Bomb’ Illegal Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 6, 2018.</ref>

The League became the largest party in the right-of-center coalition in the 2018 parliamentary elections, and it formed a government with the M5S in June 2018.<ref name="ITpopulistgovt"/> Ultimately, its leader Salvini became Italy's interior minister – giving him control over the country's immigration policy – as well as its deputy prime minister under a coalition government with the anti-establishment [[Five Star Movement]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Squires, Nick (June 1, 2018). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/01/italys-new-populist-coalition-sworn-deputy-pm-says-expelling/ Italy's new populist coalition sworn in as deputy PM says expelling migrants is a priority]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*[https://www.thelocal.it/20180601/italy-new-cabinet-in-full Here is Italy's new cabinet in full]. ''The Local''. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
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*Montgomery, Jack (June 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/01/brussels-defeated-populist-coalition-takes-office-in-italy-eurosceptic-savona-returns-as-eu-affairs-minister/ BRUSSELS BEATEN: Populist Coalition Takes Office in Italy, Eurosceptic Savona Returns as EU Affairs Minister]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*D'Emilio, Frances (June 1, 2018). [https://apnews.com/15605caac2ac4963bc4d36d388067b14/Italian-populists-sworn-into-power-as-euroskeptics-cheer Populists take power in Italy, with euro-skeptic agenda]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*[https://www.thelocal.it/20180601/italy-prepares-to-swear-in-first-fully-populist-government Italy swears in first fully populist government]. ''The Local''. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.</ref> Salvini immediately went to work advancing his conservative immigration agenda as Italy's interior minister, visiting an immigration camp in Sicily soon after being sworn in.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.thelocal.it/20180603/salvini-in-sicily-to-push-new-tough-migration-line Salvini in Sicily to push new tough migration line]. ''The Local''. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
*Magnay, Jacquelin (June 4, 2018). [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/italy-immigration-new-interior-minister-matteo-salvini-promises-to-stop-the-death-boats/news-story/dacd049ce061720a00560319f54045bc Italy immigration: New interior minister Matteo Salvini promises to ‘stop the death boats’]. ''The Australian''. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
*Vogt, Andrea; Huggler, Justin (June 3, 2018). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/03/italy-can-no-longer-serve-europes-refugee-camp-says-matteo-salvini/ Italy can no longer serve as 'Europe's refugee camp' says Matteo Salvini, as he pledges to push EU for stricter controls]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
*Mass, Warren (June 4, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29206-italys-new-populist-government-pledges-to-deport-500-000-migrants Italy’s New Populist Government Pledges to Deport 500,000 Migrants]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
*Harlan, Chico (June 4, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-torchbearer-of-italys-far-right-is-now-in-power-and-wants-to-make-good-on-anti-migrant-promises/2018/06/04/3c4bf12e-65d6-11e8-81ca-bb14593acaa6_story.html The torchbearer of Italy's far right is now in power and wants to make good on anti-migrant promises]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
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*Deacon, Liam (June 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/08/migrant-attack-police-italian-deputy-leader-promises-deportations/ Italian Populist Interior Minister Vows Deportations After Viral Police Migrant Attack Video]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.</ref> Shortly afterward, he released his three-point immigration plan, which involved building more repatriation centers, reducing illegal immigration, and increasing deportations.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (June 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/07/italy-minister-salvini-announces-3-point-immigration-program/ Italy Minister Salvini Announces 3-Point Immigration Program]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.</ref> Salvini showed he was serious about securing Italy's borders by refusing to let a boat carrying over 600 migrants land in the country due to it sharing an undue immigration burden,<ref>Multiple references:
*Harlan, Chico (June 11, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/italys-new-government-sends-immigration-message-by-rejecting-rescue-ship/2018/06/11/f213dafe-699a-11e8-a335-c4503d041eaf_story.html Italy’s new government sends immigration message by rejecting rescue ship]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
*Henley, Jon (June 11, 2018). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/11/italy-coalition-collision-course-eu-migration-standoff-matteo-salvini Italy's coalition on collision course with EU after migration standoff]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
*D'Emilo, Frances (June 11, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/a87a748b204f45b898e4022372c008b1/Italy's-new-leaders-get-tough-on-migrants;-Spain-steps-up Italy’s new leaders get tough on migrants; Spain steps up]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
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*Tomlinson, Chris (June 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/15/80-percent-italians-agree-populist-salvini-block-migrant-transport-ship/ 80 Percent of Italians Support Populist Govt. Blocking Migrant Transport Vessel from Ports]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2018.</ref> and he said he would continue such actions.<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (June 16, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/06/16/italys-populist-government-wont-permit-boats-carrying-migrants-to-dock-despite-eu-pressure.html Italy's populist government won't permit boats carrying migrants to dock, despite EU pressure]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
*Hale, Virginia (June 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/17/italy-migrant-boats-leave-mocks/ Italy Demands Migrant NGO Boats Leave Mediterranean, Mocks Leftist Crew Members]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
*Pullella, Philip (June 16, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-italy/italy-demands-netherlands-recall-ngo-migrant-rescue-ships-idUSKBN1JC0GW Italy demands Netherlands recall NGO migrant rescue ships]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
*Borrelli, Silvia Sciorilli (June 16, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/matteo-salvini-migration-italy-ports-closed-to-migrant-vessels/ Matteo Salvini: Italy’s ports are closed to migrant vessels]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
*Hale, Virginia (January 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/23/salvini-refuse-reopen-ports-ngo-boats/ Salvini Refuses to Reopen Italy’s Ports: Stopping Migrant Boats Saving Lives]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
See also:
*Deacon, Liam (June 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/17/nearly-70-per-cent-of-italians-back-salvinis-stand-again-eu-on-migrant-ship/ Nearly 70 Per Cent of Italians Back Salvini’s Stand Against EU on Migrant Ferries]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (June 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/23/italy-impound-ngo-migrant-ferries/ Italy to Impound NGO Migrant Ferries]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 23, 2018.</ref> In July 2018, Salvini blocked a private Italian ship carrying migrants from docking.<ref>https://www.thelocal.it/20180710/italy-turns-away-private-italian-ship-vos-thalassa-rescued-migrants-libya For the first time, Italy prevents a private Italian ship from docking with rescued migrants. ''The Local''. July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.</ref> By the end of 2018, migrant ships stopped their activities because of Italian pressure.<ref>Legorano, Giovanni (December 7, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/cowed-by-italys-crackdown-aid-agencies-cease-migrant-rescues-in-the-mediterranean-1544194964 Cowed Aid Agencies Cease Migrant Rescues in the Mediterranean]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 7, 2018.</ref> Salvini ordered that benefits for asylum seekers be massively reduced,<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/27/salvini-orders-asylum-seeker-benefits-greatly-reduced/ Italy Slashes Asylum Seeker Benefit Payments]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 27, 2018.</ref> and the League pushed to make is more difficult for non-EU migrants to join a proposed [[basic income]] program supported by the M5S.<ref>[https://www.thelocal.it/20190220/italy-citizens-income-immigrants Italy makes it harder for non-EU immigrants to claim 'citizens' income']. ''The Local''. February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.</ref> In September 2018, Salvini signed a decree which, among other actions, would ban residency permits for humanitarian reasons, increase funding for deportation centers, and removed citizenship from terrorists.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tomlinson, Chris (September 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/25/salvini-migration-decree-bans-humanitarian-residency-strips-terrorists-citizenship/ Salvini Migration Decree Bans Humanitarian Residency Permits, Strips Terrorists of Citizenship]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
*[https://www.voanews.com/a/italy-to-narrow-asylum-rights-in-clampdown-on-immigration/4585204.html Italy to Narrow Asylum Rights in Clampdown on Immigration]. ''Voice f America'' (from ''Reuters''). September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018.</ref> Overall, Salvini was able to advance his conservative agenda.<ref>Legorano, Giovanni (June 29, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/italys-salvini-puts-roadblocks-in-migrants-way-while-reaching-out-to-fellow-european-populists-1530091800 Italy’s Salvini Puts Roadblocks in Migrants’ Way While Reaching Out to Fellow European Populists]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved June 29, 2018.</ref>

An Italian poll in June 2018 found that Lega Nord had become the most popular party in Italy for the first time,<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/20/new-poll-shows-populist-la-lega-most-popular-party-italy/ New Poll Shows Populist La Lega Most Popular Party In Italy For the First Time]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 20, 2018. See also:
*Williams, Thomas D. (June 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/27/italys-populist-league-party-secures-first-place-national-poll/ Italy’s Populist ‘League’ Party Secures First Place in National Poll]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 27, 2018.</ref> and a July 2018 poll found that Salvini was Italy's most trusted politician in the country.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (July 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/04/poll-populist-salvini-the-most-trusted-politician-in-italy/ Poll: Populist Salvini the Most Trusted Politician in Italy]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 4, 2018.</ref>

In November 2018, the coalition government announced it would not sign the [[UN Global Compact on Migration]].<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (November 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/29/populist-italian-government-latest-to-back-out-of-un-migration-pact/ Populist Italian Government Latest to Back Out of UN Migration Pact]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 29, 2018.</ref> Migrant deportations increased 28% in the government's first six months in power.<ref>Hale, Virginia (December 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/18/italy-migrant-expulsions-camps-cleared/ Italy’s Migrant Crackdown: Expulsions up, Squatter Camps Cleared]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.</ref>

In April 2019, Salvini announced he would increase police oversight of Islamic cultural centers.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/26/salvini-demands-security-services-increase-observation-islamic-cultural-centres/ Salvini Demands Security Services Increase Observation of Islamic Cultural Centres]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 27, 2019.</ref>

===Brothers of Italy – National Alliance===
Brothers of Italy is a conservative political party that is Euroskeptic and opposes mass migration. It is allied with Lega Nord.

===5 Star Movement===
{{See also|5 Star Movement}}
The 5 Star Movement (M5S) was founded in 2009 by comedian Beppe Grillo and is considered Euroskeptic, though it has retreated from its Euroskepticism somewhat. The party has been supportive of the foreign policy of [[Vladimir Putin]] and Russian intervention in the Syrian Civil War. The party performed well in the polls prior to their historic election win in 2018.<ref>Deacon, Liam (March 23, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/23/italian-populists-eurosceptics-hit-record-high-polls-win-next-election/ Italian Populists and Eurosceptics Hit Record High in Polls, Set to Win Next Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.</ref><ref>Barigazzi, Jacopo (March 21, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/beppe-grillos-5star-movement-hits-record-high-poll/ Beppe Grillo’s 5Star Movement hits record high: poll]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 6, 2017.</ref>

Despite their successes, the M5S performed poorly in Italy's 2017 mayoral elections.<ref>D'Emilio, Frances (June 12, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/12/populists-surge-in-italy-stops-in-voting-for-italys-mayors.html Populists' surge in Italy stops in voting for Italy's mayors]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 12, 2017.</ref><ref>Zampano, Giada (June 12, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/italys-5star-movement-suffer-setback-in-local-elections-beppe-grillo/ 5Stars suffer setback in Italy’s local elections]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 12, 2017.</ref> However, the year earlier, they captured the mayorship of [[Rome]].<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (June 20, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/20/populist-woman-mayor-wins-rome-landslide-new-era-begins/ Populist Woman Mayor Wins Rome by Landslide: ‘New Era’ Begins]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
 See also:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/12/far-star-populists-lose-italian-mayoral-vote/ Five Star Populists Lose Out in Italian Mayoral Vote]. ''Breitbart News''. June 12, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.</ref> Virginia Raggi, the M5S mayor of Rome called for a suspension of immigration into the city.<ref>Shaw, Adam (June 15, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/15/mayor-rome-calls-suspension-flow-immigrants-city/ Mayor of Rome Calls for Suspension of Flow of Migrants into the City]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2017.</ref> The M5S performed well in the 2017 Sicilian regional elections, a region heavily impacted by the migrant crisis.<ref name="Sicily2017">Williams, Thomas D. (November 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/07/populists-crush-center-left-social-democrats-in-sicily-elections/ Populists Crush Center-Left Social Democrats in Sicily Elections]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.</ref>

===2018 elections===
[[File:Conte Cabinet 2018.jpg|thumb|250px|The populist cabinet under Prime Minister Conte]]
The 2018 Italian parliamentary elections saw massive gains for populist, anti-[[establishment]] parties – primarily Lega Nord, which took a very strong stance on immigration and borders, and the 5 Star Movement,<ref name="ItalyPopulist2018">Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (March 5, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28429-anti-establishment-parties-surge-in-italian-election Anti-Establishment Parties Surge in Italian Election]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Williams, Thomas D. (March 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/05/populists-sweep-italian-national-elections-5-star-movement-big-winner/ Populists Sweep Italian National Elections, 5-Star Movement Big Winner]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Birnbaum, Michael (March 4, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/italians-vote-amid-anger-toward-migrants-and-populist-energy/2018/03/04/bdf8b5b6-1cb3-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_story.html Fragmented Italian election result reveals power of populists]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> along with massive losses for the Italian left-wing.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (March 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/06/italy-election-aftermath-renzi-quits-center-left-disappears/ Italy Election Aftermath: Renzi Quits, Center-Left ‘Disappears’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> Due to the massive gains of Lega and M5S at the expanse of establishment parties, the election results were interpreted as a major setback for the European Union<ref>Multiple references:
*Casert, Raf (March 5, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/03/05/italian-election-results-cast-pall-over-european-union.html Italian election results cast a pall over the European Union]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Byas, Steve (March 7, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28445-italy-s-elections-threaten-future-of-the-european-union Italy’s Elections Threaten Future of the European Union]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Said-Moorhouse, Lauren; Clarke, Hilary; McKirdy, Euan (March 5, 2018). [https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/europe/italy-elections-intl/index.html Italy's voters choose populists, deliver stinging rebuke to Europe]. ''CNN''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Adler, Katya (March 5, 2018). [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43294041 Italy election: Populist gains send shockwaves to Brussels]. ''BBC News''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Kirchgaessner, Stephanie; Boffey, Daniel (March 5, 2018). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/05/italy-turns-back-on-europe-as-election-points-to-hung-parliament Eurosceptic Italy in race to form majority government]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> and the European political establishment in general.<ref>Multiple references:
*Squires, Nick; Foster, Peter (March 5, 2018). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/04/italian-election-country-goes-polls-latest-news-results-forecast/ Victory for Eurosceptic, populist parties shocks the establishment in Italy election]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Tharoor, Ishaan (March 5, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/05/italys-election-is-another-blow-to-the-european-establishment/ Italy's election is another blow to the European establishment] ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Politi, James; Ghiglione, Davide (March 5, 2018). [https://www.ft.com/content/e6a89252-1ffa-11e8-a895-1ba1f72c2c11 Italy anti-establishment parties make big gains in election]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> Lega quadrupled its vote share and performed so well that it became the dominant party in its coalition, overtaking [[Silvio Berlusconi]]'s establishment Forza Italia<ref name="Success">Multiple references:
*Schumacher, Elizabeth (March 5, 2018). [http://p.dw.com/p/2ti8M Matteo Salvini: Italy's far-right success story]. ''Deutsche Welle''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (March 5, 2018). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/05/matteo-salvini-the-italian-far-right-leader-stepping-out-of-berlusconis-shadow Matteo Salvini: far-right leader steps out of Berlusconi's shadow]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Lyman, Eric J. (March 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/8/matteo-salvini-pulls-italys-right-wing-fringe-part/ Unlikely leader pulls right-wing fringe party to Italy’s political power center]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> and giving its leader Salvini a very real chance of becoming Italy's prime minister.<ref>Birnbaum, Michael; Pitrelli, Stefano (March 6, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/matteo-salvini-could-be-western-europes-first-far-right-leader-since-1945/2018/03/06/2d3dea36-2097-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html Matteo Salvini could be Western Europe's first far-right leader since 1945]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> Meanwhile, M5S became the single largest party in Italy.<ref name="ItalyPopulist2018"/> Overall, populist and Euroskeptic parties received over 50% of the popular vote.<ref>Multiple references:
*D'Emilio, Frances (March 5, 2018). [https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-03-05/italys-early-results-show-center-right-coalition-leads-vote Italy's Populist Parties Rule the Day, but Will They Rule?] ''U.S. News & World Report'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Birnbaum, Michael (March 5, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/italian-populists-declare-new-epoch-after-election-victory/2018/03/05/12885254-2096-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html Italian populists declare new epoch after election victory]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*[https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21737972-forming-new-government-could-take-weeks-new-elections-may-be-needed-anti-eu-parties-make-big Anti-EU parties make big gains in the Italian general election]. ''The Economist''. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.</ref> In May 2018, Lega Nord and the M5S agreed to a common platform, one that promoted strongly nationalist and anti-establishment policies.<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (May 19, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/05/19/italy-on-cusp-populist-coalition-after-parties-publish-radical-joint-program.html Italy on cusp of populist coalition after parties publish radical joint program]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (May 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/18/italian-populists-publish-governing-contract-slams-failure-of-unsustainable-immigration/ Italian Populists Publish Governing Contract, Slams Failure of ‘Unsustainable’ Immigration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
*Politi, James; Romei, Valentina (May 18, 2018). [https://www.ft.com/content/e0cd0f22-5a7c-11e8-bdb7-f6677d2e1ce8 Five Star and League strike Italy government deal]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved May 20, 2018.</ref>

Both parties allowed their voters to choose whether they approved of the coalition agenda.<ref>Segreti, Giulia (May 20, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics-ballot/italians-back-league-5-star-plan-as-groups-ready-government-team-idUSKCN1IL07X Italians back League, 5-Star plan as groups ready government team]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 20, 2018. See also:
*Barigazzi, Jacopo (May 20, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-populist-government-5stars-league-approval-poll/ 6 out of 10 Italians approve of populist government: survey]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 20, 2018.</ref> Despite this, Italy's [[establishment]] president rejected the coalition government as it supported nominating a Euroskeptic finance minister,<ref>Multiple references:
*Williams, Thomas D. (May 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/27/sabotage-italian-president-blocks-eurosceptic-coalition-govt-populist-leader-impeachment/ Sabotage: Italian President Blocks Eurosceptic Coalition Govt, Populist Leader Calls for Impeachment]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
*Zampano, Giada (May 27, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/italys-premier-designate-steps-down-after-failed-cabinet-talks/ Italy’s president scotches populist governing alliance]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
See also:
*Williams, Thomas D. (May 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/28/impeachment-trends-italian-twitter-anti-populist-coup/ #Impeachment Trends on Italian Twitter over Anti-Populist ‘Coup’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 28, 2018.</ref> and he went against the will of the Italian people by nominating a [[globalist]] and pro-EU technocrat who once led the [[International Monetary Fund]] to be prime minister.<ref>Multiple references:
*Lawler, Dave (May 28, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/italian-president-vetoes-five-star-league-government-4105f038-fecf-4aad-bd04-50acea75b601.html Italy on course for another unelected government]. ''Axios''. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
*Zampano, Giada (May 28, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/italian-president-asks-mr-scissors-technocrat-to-form-government/ Italian president asks ‘Mr. Scissors’ technocrat to form government]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/news/what-next-for-italy-after-proposed-populist-govt-collapses/ Italy Constitutional Crisis: Unelected President Nixes Populist Victory, Appoints Pro-E.U. Prime Minister]. ''Breitbart News''. May 28, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/news/carlo-cottarelli-the-mr-scissors-technocrat-who-could-become-italys-pm/ Carlo Cottarelli, the ‘Mr Scissors’ technocrat who could become Italy’s PM]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
*Barry, Colleen (May 28, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/05/28/man-tapped-to-head-italy-firmly-backs-euro-ex-imf-official.html Man tapped to head Italy firmly backs euro, ex-IMF official]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved May 28, 2018.</ref> However, a few days later, the two parties were able to reach a compromise with Italy's president and finalized their governing coalition.<ref>Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (May 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/31/breakthrough-populist-italian-govt-back-cards-five-star-lega-deal/ Breakthrough: Populist Italian Govt Back on the Cards as Five-Star and Lega Ink Fresh Deal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
*Scherer, Steve; Jones, Gavin (May 31, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics/italys-anti-establishment-leaders-revive-governing-coalition-idUSKCN1IW0Z5 Italy's anti-establishment leaders revive governing coalition]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
*Barry, Colleen (May 31, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/0a1896978c1c436c9a94cf345b7c9381/Italy-gets-western-Europe's-1st-populist-govt-on-second-try Italy gets western Europe’s 1st populist govt on second try]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
*Horowitz, Jason (May 31, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/world/europe/italy-government-populists.html Italy's Populist Parties Win Approval to Form Government]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
See also:
*Deacon, Liam (May 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/31/polls-populists-support-surges-italy-right-wing-lega-closes-gap-m5s/ POLLS: Populist Support Surges in Italy, Nationalist Lega Closes Gap on Five-Star]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
*[https://sputniknews.com/europe/201806011065021347-italy-lega-post-cabinet/ Italy’s Lega Secures Enough Cabinet Posts to Roll Out Flagship Policies - Member]. ''Sputnik News''. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2018.</ref> The new government, Western Europe's first one completely run by populist and anti-establishment parties, was sworn in on June 1, 2018.<ref name="ITpopulistgovt">Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (June 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/01/brussels-defeated-populist-coalition-takes-office-in-italy-eurosceptic-savona-returns-as-eu-affairs-minister/ BRUSSELS BEATEN: Populist Coalition Takes Office in Italy, Eurosceptic Savona Returns as EU Affairs Minister]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*D'Emilio, Frances (June 1, 2018). [https://apnews.com/15605caac2ac4963bc4d36d388067b14/Italian-populists-sworn-into-power-as-euroskeptics-cheer Populists take power in Italy, with euro-skeptic agenda]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*Jones, Gavin; Di Giorgio, Massimiliano (June 1, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics/italys-conte-sworn-in-as-pm-of-anti-establishment-government-idUSKCN1IX49T Italy's Conte sworn in as PM of anti-establishment government]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*[https://www.thelocal.it/20180601/italy-prepares-to-swear-in-first-fully-populist-government Italy swears in first fully populist government]. ''The Local''. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
For a profile of the government's cabinet:
*[https://www.thelocal.it/20180601/italy-new-cabinet-in-full Here is Italy's new cabinet in full]. ''The Local''. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
See also:
*Mass, Warren (June 4, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29206-italys-new-populist-government-pledges-to-deport-500-000-migrants Italy’s New Populist Government Pledges to Deport 500,000 Migrants]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 4, 2018.</ref>

==Spain==
[[Spain]] was one of the countries that saw a major level of immigration from non-Western countries during the migrant crisis.<ref>Arostegui, Martin (December 24, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/spain-tries-to-turn-back-growing-migrant-tide/4177406.html Spain Tries to Turn Back Growing Migrant Tide]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved December 24, 2017. See also:
*Montgomery, Jack (July 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/29/watch-boatload-illegal-migrants-land-spanish-tourist-beach/ WATCH: Boatloads of Illegal Migrants Storm Spanish Tourist Beaches and Scatter]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 29, 2018.</ref> It saw 700,000 migrants in 2005; 840,000 in 2006; almost a million in 2007 and then a slow decrease to 300,000 a year up to 2014. Large numbers of migrants have come to Spain from Africa, and the nation has seen its share of violence stemming from Islamic terrorism.<ref>Arostegui, Martin (July 31, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/31/africa-migrants-test-spains-barriers-tolerance/ Spanish border enclaves under violent siege as increasing hordes of African migrants storm barriers]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 31, 2017.</ref> By 2018, illegal immigration from Africa to Spain was increasing, with the rate of illegal immigration doubling from 2016 to 2017, according to EU Frontex.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/20/eu-watchdog-massive-increase-number-migrants-heading-spain-sea/ EU Watchdog: Massive Increase in Number of Migrants Heading to Spain by Sea]. ''Breitbart News''. January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.</ref> The number of illegal migrants arriving in Spain even surpassed that of Italy,<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (July 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/07/17/spain-tops-italy-2018-migrant-arrivals/ Spain Tops Italy for 2018 Migrant Arrivals]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.</ref> and the number arriving there increased 350% even as it fell 80% for Italy.<ref>Deacon, Liam (August 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/01/migrants-boat-arrivals-down-80-percent-italy-up-350-percent-spain/ Boat Migrants Down 80 Percent in Populist Italy, up 350 Percent in Socialist Spain]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 1, 2018. See also:
*Basu, Zachary (August 20, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/spanish-exclave-ceuta-morocco-european-migration-crisis-52fe726e-764f-4410-94c7-e8846c4bfeef.html Spanish border crossings have quadrupled in 2018]. ''Axios''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.</ref><ref name="SpainItaly"/> This migration continued even as [[Morocco]] attempted to crack down on illegal immigration.<ref>Eljechtimi, Ahmed; Laessing, Ulf (July 9, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-morocco/determined-to-reach-europe-migrants-defy-moroccos-crackdown-idUSKCN1U41KZ Determined to reach Europe, migrants defy Morocco's crackdown]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 10, 2019.</ref>

In one instance in August 2017, 186 African migrants broke through a normally heavily fortified border post in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08/07/nearly-200-migrants-storm-spanish-border-post-red-cross-says.html Nearly 200 migrants storm Spanish border post, Red Cross says]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 7, 2017.</ref> Just a few days afterward, about 700 migrants unsuccessfully tried to storm across a Spanish border crossing in North Africa.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/10/watch-700-migrants-storm-spanish-border-post-with-morocco/ WATCH: 700 Migrants Storm Spanish Border Post with Morocco]. ''Breitbart News''. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.</ref> In August 2017, the United Nations Migration Agency warned Spain that it could overtake Grece as the second-most-prominent entry point into Europe.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 11, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/11/un-warns-spain-overtake-greece-number-migrants-pouring-triples/ UN Warns Spain Could Overtake Greece as Number of Migrants Pouring in Triples]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 11, 2017.</ref> In June 2018, about 400 migrants tried to storm through the border fortifications in Ceuta.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (June 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/08/europe-siege-hundreds-african-migrants-storm-border-fence/ Europe Under Siege: Hundreds of African Migrants Storm Border Fence]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.</ref> Despite this, Spain's socialist government – led by Pedro Sánchez, who reportedly secretly met with [[George Soros]]<ref>Friedman, Victoria (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/01/report-soros-secret-meeting-socialist-spanish-leader/ REPORT: Soros Held ‘Secret Meeting’ with Spain’s Socialist, Pro-Mass Migration Leader]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2018.</ref> – announced in 2018 that it would try to do away with the barriers.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (June 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/15/spains-socialist-government-dismantle-border-fences-obstructing-african-migrants/ Spain’s Socialist Government Vows to Dismantle Border Fences Obstructing African Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2018.</ref> In July 2018, another 800 migrants stormed through the fence at Ceuta,<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/26/800-migrants-storm-fences-to-enter-spanish-enclave-in-africa/ 800 Migrants Storm Fences to Enter Spanish Enclave in Africa]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.</ref> and about 50 illegals landed at a luxury resort in August 2018.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/27/huge-boatload-of-illegal-migrants-storms-luxury-resort-beach-in-spain/ Huge Boatload of Illegal Migrants Storms Luxury Resort Beach in Spain]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 27, 2018.</ref> In October 2018, another 300 stormed a border fence in Ceuta.<ref>Wilson, Joseph (October 21, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/21/300-migrants-storm-spain-border-fence-one-dies-200/ 300 migrants storm Spain border fence; one dies, 200 enter]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref> On August 30, 2019, 150 illegal migrants stormed a fence at Ceuta.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-spain-ceuta/over-150-migrants-storm-through-spains-enclave-fence-idUSKCN1VK0X2 Over 150 migrants storm through Spain's enclave fence]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 30, 2019.</ref> Criminal people-smugglers trained African migrant gangs to commit these attacks on Spanish borders.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/25/migrant-smugglers-president-prime-minister-organising-violent-attacks-spanish-border/ Migrant Smugglers with ‘President’ and ‘Prime Minister’ Organising Violent Attacks on Spanish Border Guards]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref>

The level of migration to Spain rose so high that some EU officials feared the rise of conservative right-wing populism in the country.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/06/cant-lose-spain-eurocrats-fear-migrant-surge-populist-wave-madrid/ ‘We Can’t Afford to Lose Spain’ – Eurocrats Fear Migrant Surge Will Bring Populist Wave to Madrid]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 6, 2018.</ref><ref>Williams, Thomas D. (August 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/08/08/brussels-alarmed-over-populist-threat-in-spain-due-to-immigration-tensions/ Brussels Alarmed Over Populist ‘Threat’ in Spain Due to Immigration Tensions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>

In September 2019, the Spanish government announced it would increase its cooperation with Morocco to reduce illegal immigration levels.<ref>Eljechtimi, Ahmed (September 4, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-morocco-spain/morocco-spain-to-bolster-cooperation-to-curb-illegal-migration-idUSKCN1VP28N Morocco, Spain to bolster cooperation to curb illegal migration]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved September 4, 2019.</ref>

===VOX===
:''See also: [[Vox (Spain)]]''
VOX is a small, but growing, party in Spain that opposes the EU and supports restrictions on immigration.<ref>Arostegui, Martin (November 9, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/8/santiago-abascal-vox-leader-becomes-trump-spain/ Santiago Abascal uses VOX movement, connection to Steve Bannon to pull Spain to right]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 9, 2018.</ref> It entered the parliament of [[Andalusia]] in December 2018, the first time a [[Euroskeptic]] and [[right-wing populist]] party won seats in the country.<ref>Multiple references:
*Friedman, Victoria (December 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/02/right-wing-populist-party-enters-spanish-regional-party-first-time/ Breakthrough for Anti-Mass Migration VOX Party in Spanish Regional Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-andalusia/far-right-party-wins-seats-in-spains-andalusia-region-idUSKCN1O100S Far-right party wins seats in Spain's Andalusia region]. ''Reuters''. December 1, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
*Burke, Michael (December 2, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/419372-far-right-party-picks-up-seats-in-election-in-spains-andalusia-region Far-right party picks up seats in election in Spain's Andalusia region]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 2, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/leiwpUXiWXI Make Spain Great Again]</ref>

==Greece==
Because of Greece's amorphous island borders, it has always been virtually impossible to prevent illegal entry and smuggling from Africa or Asia into Europe. In the contemporary setting, Greeks have not been particularly welcoming of immigrants who seem hostile or threatening to traditional Greek and European customs and culture. Because of the difficulty in preventing entry, the Greeks have become somewhat more tolerant so long as migrants pass through to other destinations such as Germany or Sweden, where the leftist open border policies welcome the invasion by foreigners.

Over 800,000 migrants arrived at Greece by sea in 2015.<ref>Makris, A. (December 22, 2015). [http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/12/22/report-over-800000-refugees-arrive-in-greece-by-sea-in-2015/ Report: Over 800,000 Refugees Arrive in Greece by Sea in 2015]. ''GreekReporter''. Retrieved April 30, 2018.</ref> In 2018, the country still was "overwhelmed" by illegal immigration.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/30/return-migrant-crisis-greece-overwhelmed-illegals-surge-turkish-border/ Return of the Migrant Crisis: Greece ‘Overwhelmed’ as Illegals Surge Across Turkish Land Border]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 30, 2018.</ref> A large migrant camp on the island of [[Lesbos]] was at over 300% capacity as of May 2018.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/11/lesbos-europes-migrant-barrier-nears-breaking-point/ Lesbos: Europe’s Migrant Barrier Nears Breaking Point]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.</ref> In 2019, illegal migrant ship landings in Greece surged,<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/23/return-migrant-crisis-greece-cracking-illegal-sea-crossings-triple/ Return of the Migrant Crisis: Greece Cracking as Illegal Sea Crossings Triple]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 23, 2019.</ref> and on a single day –August 29, 2019 – over 500 illegal migrants landed on the island of Lesbos.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/31/500-illegal-migrants-land-on-greek-island-in-one-day/ 500 Illegal Migrants Land on Greek Island in One Day]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 31, 2019.</ref>

In August 2019, Greece's new right-of-center government announced efforts to crack down on illegal immigration from Turkey.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tagaris, Karolina (August 31, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-greece/greece-to-increase-border-patrols-and-deportations-to-curb-migrant-influx-idUSKCN1VL0R3 Greece to increase border patrols and deportations to curb migrant influx]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/31/greece-to-tighten-borders-speed-asylum-seeker-depo/ Greece to tighten borders, speed asylum-seeker deportations]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). August 31, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
*Speed, Madeleine (August 29, 2019). [https://www.politico.eu/article/new-greek-government-cracks-down-on-migrant-squats-migration/ New Greek government cracks down on migrant squats]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 1, 2019.</ref>

===Golden Dawn===
[[File:Meandros flag.svg|right|300px|thumb|The flag of Golden Dawn.]]
Golden Dawn sits as a minority opposition party in the Greek parliament. It has been described as ultra-nationalist and Eurosceptic. Critics have labeled it, with some justification in this specific case, as "neo-[[fascist]]."

People alleged to be associated with Golden Dawn have been accused of perpetrating acts of violence against migrants who linger behind and refuse to migrate north to Austria, Germany, or elsewhere where migrants are more welcome, and cash benefits, housing, and free healthcare are available. Greece's [[sovereign debt]] crisis has made it more difficult to be as generous with social security and welfare state benefits to its own citizens, let alone literally, millions, of non-citizen Muslim migrants, to say nothing of employment available for people without job and language skills in a society already struggling with 25% unemployment.

The Greek government is attempting to ban Golden Dawn.<ref>Stamouli, Nektaria (May 1, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/greeces-slow-justice-lets-fascist-party-prosper-11556726740 Greece’s Slow Justice Lets Fascist Party Prosper]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved May 2, 2019.</ref>

==Sweden==
[[File:Humanitys Accumulating Ecological Debt.jpg|left|thumb|550px|A sample of the [[pseudoscience]] Swedish policymakers use to fashion immigration law. Imitating public debates over the [[national debt]] and Tax Freedom Day, "scientists" have invented the "ecological debt" and "Ecological Debt Day" to influence social, political, and economic public policy. To head off the imminent doomsday "[[global warming]]" scenario, and a declining fertility rate, immigration from the lawless Third World is promoted. ''Source: World Wildlife Fund'']]
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Changing population [[demographic]]s in [[Sweden]], as elsewhere, have important immediate considerations not only for the [[education]]al system and government budgets domestically, but for the future composition of the [[NATO]] alliance, strategic planning and defense needs, and NATO's purpose internationally. A May 2017 study on Swedish people found that ethnic diversity leads to strife among the different groups.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/29/study-ethnic-diversity-bad-sweden/ Study Finds Ethnic Diversity Bad for Social Cohesion]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 29, 2017.</ref> Additionally, the Sweden-based Institute of Media Studies found that 54% of Swedes believed the [[mainstream media]] did not tell the truth regarding the problems of immigration, with 27% disagreeing.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/30/majority-swedes-media-lies-mass-migration/ Majority of Swedes Think Media Lies About the Impact of Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2017.</ref> According to an Ipsos poll in July 2018, 73% of Swedes believed their country was going in the "wrong direction", with many of these respondents expressing concern over immigration and crime.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/09/what-happened-in-sweden-73-percent-of-people-feel-country-going-in-wrong-direction/ ‘What Happened in Sweden’ – 73 Percent of People Feel Country Going in ‘Wrong Direction’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 9, 2018.</ref>

Crime levels rose sharply in Sweden due to mass migration.<ref>Kassam, Raheem (March 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/04/new-york-times-admits-trump-breitbart-right-gang-crime-grenade-attacks-sweden/ New York Times Reveals Trump, Breitbart Right On Gang Crime, Grenade Attacks in Sweden]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 4, 2018.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/19/bbc-politico-report-sweden-hand-grenade-three-years-breitbart-london/ BBC and Politico Reveal Sweden’s Hand Grenade Problem… Three Years After Breitbart London]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 20, 2018.</ref> It was reported in July 2017 that 94.5% of all people involved in organized crime in Stockholm had at least one parent born overseas, 82.2% had at least both parents born overseas, and 40.6% were themselves born in another country.<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 4, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/04/95-per-cent-gang-crime-stockholm-foreign/ 95 Per Cent of Gang Criminals in Stockholm Have a Foreign Background]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 6, 2017.</ref> It was reported in August 2017 that the number of hand grenade attacks in Sweden rose by 550%,<ref>Hale, Virginia (August 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/06/hand-grenade-attacks-sevenfold-sweden/ Sweden: Police Say Situation ‘Completely Unacceptable’ after 550 Per Cent Rise in Grenade Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 6, 2017.</ref><ref name="BBCgrenades">[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43667367 Sweden's deadly problem with hand grenades]. ''BBC News''. April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.</ref> and in the city of Helsingborg, the number of shootings rose by 300% in 2017.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/11/swedish-city-400-per-cent-increase-shootings-2017/ Swedish City Sees 300 Per Cent Increase in Shootings in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.</ref> In 2017, the number of emergency phone calls in foreign languages increased 34%.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/24/sweden-emergency-calls-foreign-languages-34-per-cent-2017/ Sweden: Emergency Calls in Foreign Languages up 34 Per Cent in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 24, 2018.</ref> By 2018, crime had risen so much that shootings had become normalized in Swedish society.<ref>Neuding, Paulina (April 16, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-bombings-grenade-attacks-violent-reality-undoing-peaceful-self-image-law-and-order/ Sweden’s violent reality is undoing a peaceful self-image]. ''Politico''. Retrieved April 16, 2018.</ref> In August 2018, a Swedish public radio broadcaster announced it would air election debates and seminars exclusively in Arabic to "reach out to new arrivals."<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/25/swedish-radio-broadcaster-launches-election-debates-and-seminars-in-arabic/ Swedish Radio Broadcaster Launches Election Debates and Seminars… in Arabic]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref> By August 2019, the number of bombings and explosions in Sweden had increased 45% that year.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/22/sweden-bombings-and-explosions-up-45-percent-in-2019/ Sweden: Bombings and Explosions Up 45 Percent in 2019]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2019.</ref>

According to Pew Research Center in 2017, if migration trends continue as they have, the Muslim population of Sweden would reach 30% of the country's population by 2050.<ref name="GrowingMuslimPop">Multiple references:
*[http://www.pewforum.org/2017/11/29/europes-growing-muslim-population/ Europe’s Growing Muslim Population]. ''Pew Research Center''. November 29, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (November 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/30/pew-sweden/ Pew: Even if Migration Ended, Europe’s Muslim Population Will Continue to Surge — Sweden 1/3 Muslim by 2050]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 30, 2017.</ref> By 2018, 44% of children in urban primary schools had a migrant background.<ref>[https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/07/sweden-44-of-children-in-primary-schools-in-large-cities-have-a-migrant-background/ Sweden: 44% of children in primary schools in large cities have a migrant background]. ''Voice of Europe''. Retrieved July 10, 2018.</ref> Despite admitting more migrants per capita than any other European country, the [[Council of Europe]] Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks criticized [[Sweden]] for somehow not admitting enough migrants.<ref name="CoEslamsSW"/> The Swedish government began seriously considering raising the retirement age in order to pay for its mass migration policies.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (December 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/12/17/sweden-raise-retirement-age-pay-mass-migration-population-growth/ Sweden Forced to Raise Retirement Age To Pay For Mass Immigration Policy]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 17, 2017.</ref> Its migration policies were so extreme that Hungary's government publicly criticized it by name.<ref name="HungarySweden"/>
[[File:Ebba-Grave-e1541452565656.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Ebba Åkerlund was the youngest victim of a terror attack by an asylum seeker. Her grave was vandalized more than 30 times by another illegal migrant who was released despite a deportation order. Half a world away, the New Zealand mosque shooter, who killed 50 Muslim worshippers, had Ebba's name written on his gun.]]
In April 2017 five people were killed in central Stockholm when an asylum seeker and Islamic State sympathizer, who was supposed to be deported, deliberately drove a truck into crowds.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/chris-bevington-spotify-killed-stockholm-truck-attack-1202027101/amp/ |title=Spotify Executive Chris Bevington Dies in Stockholm Attack |last= |first= |date=9 April 2017 |work=Variety |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421074956/http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/chris-bevington-spotify-killed-stockholm-truck-attack-1202027101/amp/ |archive-date=21 April 2017 |dead-url=no |language=en-US |df= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/10/stockholm-terror-suspect-boasted-had-run-10-people-whatsapp/ |title=Belgian psychologist who worked with failed asylum seekers among Stockholm terror victims |date=10 April 2017 |website=[[Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=|deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411170932/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/10/stockholm-terror-suspect-boasted-had-run-10-people-whatsapp/ |archivedate=11 April 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bohuslaningen.se/nyheter/uddevalla/lena-69-d%C3%B6dades-i-terrorattacken-1.4232647|title=Lena, 69, dödades i terrorattacken|last=Hvittfeldt|first=Elisabet|date=11 April 2017|website=Bohusläningen|language=Swedish|access-date=}}</ref> 15 more people were injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sll.se/nyheter-stockholms-lans-landsting/2017/04/Pressmeddelande-Bekraftade-uppgifter-om-drabbade-av-handelsen-i-centrala-Stockholm/ |title=Pressmeddelande: Bekräftade uppgifter om drabbade av händelsen i centrala Stockholm - Sll |last= |first= |date=2017-04-07 |website=www.sll.se |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501064918/http://www.sll.se/nyheter-stockholms-lans-landsting/2017/04/Pressmeddelande-Bekraftade-uppgifter-om-drabbade-av-handelsen-i-centrala-Stockholm/ |archive-date=1 May 2017 |dead-url=no |access-date=|df= }}</ref> The youngest of the dead victims was 11 year old Ebba Åkerlund.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tv4.se/nyheterna/klipp/f%C3%B6r%C3%A4ldrarna-till-d%C3%B6da-ebba-av-hela-v%C3%A5rt-hj%C3%A4rta-tackar-vi-det-svenska-folket-3896532|title=Föräldrarna till döda Ebba: "Av hela vårt hjärta tackar vi det svenska folket"|work=TV4|access-date=|language=sv}}</ref> Her body was cut in two.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PEegQxcJRA</ref> By November 2018 another illegal immigrant had been arrested several times after vandalizing Ebba's grave more than 30 times. The man was supposed to be deported but was released instead.<ref>https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/11/illegal-migrant-vandalises-grave-of-stockholm-terror-victim-30-times-swedish-police-do-nothing/</ref> In the Manifesto written by the [[New Zealand mosque shooting|New Zealand mosque shooter]] listing his reasons, among several, for killing 50 Muslim worshippers in March 2019 is "To take revenge for Ebba Akerlund."<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190316060910/https://katana17.wordpress.com/2019/03/15/the-great-replacement-manifesto-of-new-zealand-mosque-shooter-mar-2019/ The Great Replacement]'', The Manifesto of the New Zealand Mosque Shooter Brenton Tarrant, Mar 15, 2019.</ref> The shooter had Ebba Åkerlund's name written on his gun.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/15/new-zealand-shooter-swedish-girl/</ref>

In March 2018, Sweden's Social Democrat prime minister, Stefan Löfven, admitted that there was a link between immigration and the rising crime rates in the country, though he continued to deny no-go zones.<ref>Multiple references:
*Boyer, Dave (March 6, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/6/trump-right-immigration-gang-violence-sweden-finds/ Sweden finds Trump was right on immigration, gang violence]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
*Kassam, Raheem (March 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/06/swedish-pm-admits-migration-organised-crime-challenges-denies-no-go-zones/ Swedish PM Admits Migration, Organised Crime ‘Challenges’ — Denies ‘No Go Zones’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
See also:
*Kassam, Raheem (March 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/06/exclusive-sweden-democrats-refute-pms-no-go-zone-denial-fake-news/ EXCLUSIVE — Sweden Democrats Refute PM’s ‘No Go Zone’ Denial as ‘Fake News’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.</ref>

Going into the 2018 election, immigration was the most important election issue for Swedes.<ref>Hale, Virginia (April 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/20/sweden-immigration-top-voter-concern/ Sweden: Immigration Tops Voters Concerns Ahead of Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> Since the government frequently prioritized housing for migrants over Swedish citizens, Swedish youth faced a housing shortage.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 29, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/29/swedish-youth-face-housing-shortage-migrants-given-priority/ Swedish Youth Face Housing Shortage as Migrants Given Priority]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 29, 2019.</ref>

As in much of Western Europe, those opposed to mass migration often faced punishment from corrupt leftist officials for their actions and statements. For example, a Swedish dental hygienist was fined the equivalent of $50,000 for exposing adult migrants posing as "minors" in order to receive "refugee" status.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (July 7, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29473-swedish-dental-expert-fined-50-000-for-exposing-adult-migrants-masquerading-as-children Swedish Dental Expert Fined $50,000 for Exposing Adult Migrants Masquerading as Children]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 7, 2018.</ref>

According to Sameh Egyptson, an academic at Lund University, has argued that Islamists have "infiltrated" the Swedish political system since the 1980s.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (November 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/30/muslim-brotherhood-islamists-infiltrated-swedish-political-parties-academic/ Muslim Brotherhood, Islamists Have ‘Infiltrated’ Swedish Political Parties Since 1980s, Claims Academic]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 30, 2018.</ref> It was reported in 2019 that the Swedish government had given illegal migrants from Uzbekistan jobs in the secure areas of the country's Arlanda airport.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 18, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/18/outrage-illegal-migrants-given-jobs-secure-swedish-airport-area/ Sweden: Illegal Migrants Given Jobs with Access to Airport Secure Areas]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 19, 2019.</ref> Left-wing Swedish officials have denied the threat posed by returning ISIS fighters.<ref>Hale, Virginia (April 29, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/29/stockholm-isis-fighters-caring-citizens/ Stockholm Anti-Extremism Tsar: ISIS Returnees Now ‘Caring Citizens’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 2, 2019.</ref>

In February 2019, Sweden's National Border Police admitted the country could not control its own borders.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (February 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/07/sweden-admits-it-cannot-control-its-own-borders/ Sweden Admits It Cannot Control Its Own Borders]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 7, 2019.</ref>

===Social innovation of the ecosystem===
As comical, conspiratorial, and insane as it seems, Sweden's elite rulers have made the decision, and taken concrete steps as the model social democratic state, to reduce the nation's [[carbon footprint]] by turning their country into a [[Third World]] hellhole.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170218093846/http://www.whyileftsweden.com</ref> The technical term for this project is "social ecological transformation,"<ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://dspace.mah.se/handle/2043/18345&ved=0ahUKEwik69K9MrRAhUBV2MKHWFbA34QFggkMAI&usg=AFQjCNF9pGU56iFzioB6PAB06nApP00vcg&sig2=OtNteBonRyrsOQhQTV_M1g An Ecosystem for Social Innovation in Sweden], F. Bjork, ''et al'', Eds., Lund University, November 2014</ref> which is part of the anti-consumption "degrowth" movement to promote "sustainability" and limit "resource depletion".<ref>[http://www.thelocal.se/20161027/swedens-consumption-footprint-among-the-worst Sweden's consumption footprint 'among the worst'], TT/The Local Sweden's news in English, 27 October 2016. www.thelocal.se</ref> Swedish leaders and experts have been in a panic since the World Wildlife Fund issued a report which claims that since 1987, at the current rate of consumption, 1.3 planets would be necessary for sustainability, and recommended Sweden adopt an immediate 3% annual reduction over 10 years to reduce carbon emissions 30%. In 2008 the World Wildlife Fund experts claimed we would need 2.0 planets to sustain lifestyles "if everyone lived as Swedes do." A "one planet economy" is the goal.<ref>See section on
DEMIFER - Demographic and Migratory Flows Affecting European Regions and Cities. [http://projects.mcrit.com/foresightlibrary/index.php/megatrens2/economy-sp-988843696?start=148 ]</ref><ref>[http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2013Projects/Menu_AppliedResearch/demifer.html ]</ref> The projections are based on a [[zero sum]] paradigm with no allowance for future unknown variables, inventions, technological improvement, or innovation in economic and energy efficiency.

===Population replacement===
The [[United Nations]] has advocated a scheme known as "replacement migration" or "population replacement" theoretically to avoid declining government revenues for member states with aging and shrinking populations, and consequent budget cuts and the layoff of government workers. Statistical variations in employment and unemployment rates can also be manipulated.<ref>[https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/migration/migration.htm Replacement Migration: Is It a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations?], Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division</ref> The idea is to maintain a government's revenue at a zero baseline for budgeting and not reduce government employees. The United Nations, which produces this statistical nonsense, is totally dependent on member states for contributions.

Ethnic Swedes are projected to be a minority within their own country by 2045.<ref>[http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.1097/the-numbers-are-out-swedes-will-be-a-minority-in-few-years.html The Numbers Are Out - Swedes Will Be A Minority In A Few Years], ''SPEISA''. http://speisa.com</ref> One-third of Swedish residents of childbearing years now are foreign-born, the vast majority from non-European Islamic cultures with a birthrate 3.5 to 6 times higher. Ethnic Swedes are expected to be replaced as the dominant culture in less than one generation. Due to the mass migration of non-Swedes into Sweden, Sweden's population became the second-fastest growing in the European Union.<ref>Tomlinson, Chis (July 12, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/12/swedens-population-growth-second-highest-eu-due-mass-migration/ Sweden’s Population Growth Second Highest in EU Due to Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 13, 2017.</ref> The migrant birthrate was higher than for native Swedes.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (October 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/13/swedes-having-far-fewer-children-but-migrant-birthrate-higher-than-natives/ As Sweden Birthrate Declines Migrants Have More Children Than Natives]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 13, 2018.</ref>

When the dominant culture educated under [[shariah]] law takes the reigns, Muslims do not pay taxes under the Islamic system (which the Swedish government and the UN neglect to consider in their population theory statistics). This has been a major selling point for Islamic proselytization for fourteen centuries. Traditional, non-Westernized Islam (or ''[[Salafism]]'', the dominant strain from the migrants' country of origin)<ref>"The [Salafi] movement gained mass popularity during the last century and Salafis now constitute a majority or significant portion of the Muslim population in the Middle East and North Africa. This is despite the fact that it was often strongly opposed by secular nationalist regimes and non-Salafi clerics. Western governments have neither the local credibility nor the cultural expertise necessary to diminish the popularity of Salafism." ''[https://www.ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Atlas-ExecutiveReport.pdf Militant Ideology Atlas]'', Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, November 2006, Conclusions, p. 10.</ref> doesn't need tax revenue to support police, prisons and a criminal justice system. Slavery, beheadings, and dismemberment administered by criminal law judges, known as imams render [[justice]] to the accused under a system of [[due process]] fairly quickly. It is not that shoplifters or alcoholics, for example, live in fear of dismemberment; they simply don't exist in Islamic society because they have been dispatched. Similarly, for persons with mental and emotional disabilities, the law is applied equally.

Although some non-Muslims are allowed to survive and exist under Koranic law, they are subject to the [[dhimmi]] tax. Only non-Muslims pay taxes. It would not be possible for a non-Muslim minority to sustain Sweden's welfare state with [[universal healthcare]] coverage for all, the [[social contract]] and old age retirement benefits, educational, housing, and a myriad of other government social programs. It is doubtful, assuming Shariah Law permitted, if the minority population could maintain these programs for themselves, given the rate of the ''dhimmi'' tax. Swedish liberal elites have essentially chosen suicide for Swedish liberalism and Swedish culture as a "rational solution" to Sweden's declining fertility rate and carbon footprint.

After removing border checks in May 2017, the level of asylum seekers entering Sweden rose greatly.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (May 9, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/09/sweden-sees-significant-increase-asylum-seekers-scrapping-id-checks-border/ Sweden Sees Significant Increase in Asylum Seekers After Scrapping ID Checks at Border]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 9, 2017.</ref> Population growth in the county of Kronoberg reached historic levels because of mass migration.<ref>Comlinson, Chris (July 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/28/mass-migration-drives-historic-population-growth-swedish-county/ ‘Extreme’ Mass Migration Drives Historic Population Growth in Swedish Region]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 28, 2018.</ref>

===The rape jihad===
{{See also|Rape jihad}}
Prior to 2015, Sweden referred to itself as the world's 'humanitarian [[superpower]]'. With the migrant wave [[public school]]s have been burnt down by Islamic immigrants.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/10276738 Immigrant youths riot in Sweden, burning down school], [[BBC]], 9 June 2010</ref> Refugee volunteer workers have been [[rape]]d and [[murder]]ed.<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/migrant-crisis-young-female-refugee-centre-worker-stabbed-death-by-migrant-sweden-1540020 Migrant crisis: Young female refugee centre worker stabbed to death by migrant in Sweden], Mark Piggott By Mark Piggott, International Business Times, January 25, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2016/05/woman-welcomes-muslim-refugee-into-home-gets-raped/ WOMAN WELCOMES MUSLIM 'REFUGEE' INTO HOME, GETS RAPED], Leo Hohmann, ''[[World Net Daily]]'', 05/31/2016</ref> Police have been unable to enter refugee centers to assist children who have been raped by refugees.<ref>[https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/01/sweden-muslim-migrants-force-police-to-flee-refugee-center Sweden: Muslim migrants force police to flee refugee center], [[Robert Spencer]], Jihad Watch, JANUARY 26, 2016</ref> Five Afghan teenagers were convicted of gang-raping a boy at knife-point but none were deported because the court ruled their homeland is "too dangerous".<ref>http://www.neveragaincanada.ca/five-afghan-teenagers-convicted-gang-raping-boy-knife-point-sweden-none-will-deported-homeland-dangerous/</ref> Citizens have torched refugee centers, angered at the lawlessness of both migrants and the government, and the government's deliberate lack of concern for the safety of Swedes. Shoppers have been beheaded in broad daylight in mall parking lots as a response by angry Islamic migrants facing deportation. Members of Parliament who cite statistics on the immigrant crime wave have been prosecuted and convicted of "[[hate speech]]" – even when their statistics are strictly factual.<ref>[http://conservative-headlines.com/2014/05/swedish-politician-convicted-of-a-crime-for-posting-statistics-about-rape-on-facebook/ Swedish politician convicted of a crime for posting statistics about rape on Facebook]. conservative-headlines.com</ref> In late 2014, the Swedish Parliament passed a law [[censoring]] any criticism of the government's immigration policy, including internet speech, or the politicians who voted for it, as "hate speech".<ref>[http://investmentwatchblog.com/sweden-passes-law-to-criminalize-any-criticism-of-immigration/ Sweden Passes A New Law to Criminalize Any Criticism of Immigration Or Politician’s Unwillingness To Tackle The Issue], ''Ivestment Watch'', DECEMBER 8, 2014. investmentwatchblog.com</ref> Under the law, mainstream media cannot cite a description or identity of perpetrators of crime committed by Islamic migrants. The [[police]] have refused to write down a description of offenders in police reports. The police have willingly participated in horrendous cover-ups. At an "anti-racist" rock concert, Swedish girls were raped by Islamic migrants in public and the police and media colluded for months to keep the facts from the public.<ref>[http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/its-not-only-germany-that-covers-up-mass-sex-attacks-by-migrant-men-swedens-record-is-shameful/ Sweden’s record is shameful Stockholm police were warned not to give descriptions of the perpetrators lest they were accused of being racist], Ivar Arpi, ''The Spectator'', 16 January 2016. www.spectator.co.uk</ref> Reporters and cameramen for the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s ''60 Minutes'' were beaten up, stoned, and run over (never reported by the American ''60 Minutes'') while attempting to do a report from an Islamic enclave.<ref>[https://youtu.be/XcjcpKY0hpo Sweden Is Turning Into a Muslim No-Go Ghetto]. youtube.com</ref> Even [[Pope Francis]], who has been very liberal on the subject of Islamic immigration, moderated his stance after visiting an Islamic neighborhood in Malmo.<ref>[https://cruxnow.com/commentary/2016/11/04/sweden-pope-francis-becomes-immigration-realist/ After Sweden, Pope Francis becomes an immigration ‘realist’],
Thomas D. Williams, ''The Crux'', November 4, 2016. cruxnow.com</ref> American liberal media outlets have turned a willing blind eye to the disintegration of what was once considered the most generous nation on earth.<ref>[https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/10/the-death-of-the-most-generous-nation-on-earth-sweden-syria-refugee-europe/ The Death of the Most Generous Nation on Earth], BY JAMES TRAUB, ''Foreign Policy'', FEBRUARY 10, 2016</ref>

Tiny Sweden, roughly smaller in population than [[North Carolina]], has taken on more migrants ''per capita'' than any EU member. Swedes today speak of what was once their country as a lesson for the world about unchecked, unregulated immigration,<ref>[https://youtu.be/vZ-nw0ijTpQ Sweden has died. Do not allow your country to be next...], 16 June 2016. youtube.com</ref> open borders, and [[political correctness]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/y1_viPSD-bY Trump and the Truth about Sweden]. A Swedish citizen who was a [[Bosnia]]n refugee as a child tells the truth about Sweden. "Sweden is what happens when political correctness becomes the state religion." youtube.com</ref> Rape has skyrocketed 1500%,<ref>[http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/video-swedens-migrant-rape-epidemic/ Sweden’s Migrant Rape Epidemic Revealed]. www.israelvideonetwork.com</ref> with 77% of the rapes committed by 2% of its "foreign" minority,<ref>[https://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/sweden-77-6-percent-of-all-rapes-in-the-country-committed-by-muslim-males-making-up-2-percent-of-population/comment-page-2/ Sweden: est 77% of rapes committed by 2% Muslim male population – Crime statistics], March 19, 2015. Google translate from Affes.wordpress.com. muslimstatistics.wordpress.com</ref> a fact which cannot be reported or openly discussed because of "[[hate crime]]" legislation.<ref>[http://conservative-headlines.com/2011/02/immigration-turns-sweden-into-rape-capitol-of-europe/ Immigration turns Sweden into rape capitol of Europe.]. conservative-headlines.com</ref> Nowhere is the dysfunctionalism of the [[Left]] more apparent than among so-called "women's rights" groups and activists. Sweden reported 480,000 sex crimes in 2015 (statistically 1 in 4 females of childbearing age are victimized, although crimes against prepubescents and elderly occur, too). Women's rights activists have been conveniently silent on the rape crisis, pretending "[[gay rights]]" and the glass ceiling are still the vital issues of concern to most women and girls, and continue misguidedly advocating for the importation of more people who want to destroy women's rights. In small villages of 400, where people never locked their doors, the government places another 400 non-European migrants side by side with natives. As in Germany and larger cities elsewhere, women and girls are fearful of going out at night or being unescorted in daylight.

The imported rape culture has permanently transformed Sweden's leftist [[utopia]]. Migrants, for the most part, have no interest in integrating into Swedish society. They are there for one reason only: to exploit the welfare state benefits now, and replace the aging population, who have an unsustainable birthrate, later. The homogeneous liberal utopia of Sweden is now dead,<ref>By 2030, Sweden is projected to have an HDI, or Human Development Index below [[Mexico]], Libya, and [[Bulgaria]]. The HDI takes in the “capabilities” of a country intended to reflect the health, [[education]], and income of a country’s population. [http://ww.rrojasdatabank.info/HDRP_2010_40.pdf A Hypothetical Cohort Model of Human Development], Jana Asher and Beth Osborne Daponte, United Nations Development Programme Human Development Reports, September 2010, Table 10. What goes unnoticed by many is, this is a policy by design. It is a course governing coalitions over many years have set Sweden on, theoretically, to reduce Sweden's [[carbon footprint]].</ref> and population scientists claim the decline of the Swedish population and high birthrates among migrants are irreversible. All these facts are known to Swedes and migrants, of all ages, alike. The government of Sweden has offered returning [[ISIS]] fighters housing and driver licenses, liberal Swedish courts have ruled flying the Islamic State flag is "legal", and the [[Caliph]] has already issued a criminal decree ordering [[Christian]]s in Sweden to convert to Islam or face beheading.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/626885/Islamic-State-ISIS-letters-Sweden-convert-Islam-decapitated-murder-jihadi-Syria ISIS BEHEADING PLOT - Jihadis send LETTERS to EU civilians ordering them to convert or die], By NICK GUTTERIDGE, ''Daily Express'', Dec 18, 2015. www.express.co.uk</ref> Needless to say, most all of these events and changes conveniently went unreported in the United States by the liberal media in the Obama era.

Postal delivery has been suspended in some neighborhoods in Stockholm and neighboring Norway has closed its border with Sweden. Sweden's prime minister stated in 2017 that the country would continue with border checks "as long as order and security can’t be guaranteed."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/26/sweden-maintain-border-checks-failing-eu-system-improves/ Swedish PM: Sweden to Maintain Border Checks Until EU System Improves]. ''Breitbart News''. October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.</ref>

The number of reported rape cases in Sweden rose 10% in 2017.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/19/sweden-rape-reports-10-per-cent-2017/ Sweden: Rape Reports up 10 Per Cent in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 19, 2018.</ref> In 2016 and 2017, Sweden saw a massive increase in [[gonorrhea]] cases.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (April 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/06/despite-having-nearly-eradicated-the-disease-sweden-saw-biggest-ever-increase-in-gonorrhoea-cases-in-2017/ Sweden Saw Biggest Ever Increase in Gonorrhoea Cases in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 6, 2018.</ref> According to Swedish public broadcaster SVT in August 2018, 58% of men convicted in rape in the previous five years were foreign-born.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (August 27, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29885-most-rapes-in-sweden-are-by-foreign-born-men Most Rapes in Sweden Are by Foreign-born Men]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 27, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45269764 Sweden rape: Most convicted attackers foreign-born, says TV]. ''BBC News''. August 22, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.</ref> The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention reported in 2019 that in the previous decade, rape reports increased by 33%.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 18, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/18/rape-reports-sweden-up-33-per-cent-last-decade/ Rape Reports in Sweden up 33 Percent in Last Decade]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 19, 2019.</ref>

In March 2018, the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare withdrew a booklet it published for immigrants who were married for children after it was noticed and drew large public outrage.<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (March 31, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/03/31/swedish-agency-nixes-booklet-for-immigrants-on-child-marriage.html Swedish agency nixes booklet for immigrants on child marriage]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (March 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/30/sweden-withdraws-child-marriage-booklet-public-backlash/ Sweden Withdraws Child Marriage Booklet After Public Backlash]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 31, 2018.</ref> Because of rising sexual violence in the country, the government worked to hire more police officers.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/16/sweden-employ-hundreds-new-police-officers-tackle-sex-offences/ Sweden to Hire Hundreds of New Police Officers Amidst Rising Sexual Violence]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 16, 2019.</ref>

===Social Democrats===
The '''Social Democrats''' head up Sweden's current governing coalition and have shown themselves out of touch with the growing concern over immigration reform, are hostile to basic [[human rights]] such as [[free speech]], and [[tolerance|intolerant]] of criticism. Under Social Democratic censorship, the beheadings of a mother and child in an IKEA parking lot by two migrants were reported by police and media as a "stabbing spree." The two killers left an immigration office only moments earlier angry after being informed one would be deported. Swedish citizens were deliberately not informed of the facts. The brutal crime was reported by [[CBS]] News in America as a "knife attack", with no reference to the perpetrators' Islamic allegiance or motivations.<ref>[https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/madness-muslim-beheads-woman-in-ikea-swedish-police-send-reinforcement-to-boost-security-for-muslims/ Surreal: Muslim beheads woman in IKEA. Swedish police reinforce security – for Muslims…], August 12, 2015. https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com</ref>

The Social Democrats [[Liberal denial|have denied]] that mass migration was the cause of the massive rise in crime in Sweden, implying that these crimes were caused by "native" Swedish people and that immigrants are more "law-abiding" than Swedes.<ref name="BBCgrenades"/> The party's youth wing became Islamicized and even adopted some Islamic views on issues such as homosexuality.<ref>Hale, Virginia (November 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/01/sweden-social-democrats-islamised-youth/ Swedish Left-Wing Party Takes Action over ‘Islamised’ Youth Wing]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.</ref>

The Social Democrats performed poorly in the 2018 parliamentary election, receiving its worst result since 1908, mirroring the decline of social democratic parties in Europe.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/13/sweden-election-continues-rapid-decline-social-democracy-europe/ Sweden Election Continues the Rapid Decline of Social Democrat Politics in Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 13, 2018.</ref><ref name="Sweden2018Populists"/> Its prime minister, [[Stefan Löfven]], lost a vote of no confidence after the election.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (September 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/25/migrant-crisis-architect-swedish-pm-loses-vote-no-confidence-step-down/ Migrant Crisis Architect Swedish PM Loses Vote of No Confidence, Will Step Down]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 25, 2018.</ref><ref>Chopping, Dominic (September 25, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/swedish-prime-minister-stefan-lofven-is-ousted-in-parliamentary-vote-1537864186 Swedish Parliament Votes to Oust Prime Minister Stefan Löfven]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved September 27, 2018.</ref> However, he managed to stay in power since some small globalist parties defected from the center-right faction.

In April 2019, Löfven called for sanctions on countries refusing to accept large numbers of migrants.<ref>Hale, Virginia (April 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/17/sweden-eu-sanctions-hungary-migration/ Sweden Demands Sanctions on Hungary, Nations Refusing Third World Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 18, 2019.</ref>

===Moderaterna and Christian Democrats===
'''Moderaterna''' (Moderates) is the center-right party that headed the coalition government along with the '''Christian Democrats''' that are blamed by many Swedes for exacerbating Sweden's immigration crisis. Moderaterna was tossed out of the leadership role in the 2014 elections. The SD has reserved some of its strongest criticism for the Moderates and its prime minister, [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]], for its extreme-[[open borders]] immigration policy. The party has even called for the expulsion of Hungary's conservative [[Fidesz]] from the [[European People's Party]] group in the EU parliament.<ref>De la Baum, Maïa (February 22, 2019). [https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-moderate-party-viktor-orban-fidesz-party-to-be-kicked-out-of-epp/ Swedes push for Orbán’s Fidesz party to be kicked out of EPP]. ''Politico''. Retrieved February 22, 2019.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/23/swedes-want-to-kick-hungarys-orban-out-of-eu-parliament-group/ Swedes Want to Kick Hungary’s Orban Out of EU Parliament Group]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 23, 2019.</ref>

Sweden alone among European and Western powers never had a native [[fascist]] movement or party. The fear of being labeled "racist" runs very deep among whatever political persuasion one is affiliated with, and because of its neutral stance during [[World War II]], Swedes still feel a collective sense of guilt that they as a nation didn't do enough to oppose [[Hitler]], and have been compensating for it through humanitarianism ever since.

The "mainstream" conservatives in Sweden consist of a [[business]] class and evangelical charismatic Christians. These are the two groups which have traditionally been the strongest proponents of open borders, the business class using cheap foreign laborers as union busters, and the Christians as a show of compassion. From 2006 until 2014 the center-right Moderaterna party led a governing coalition with the '''Christian Democrats''' which welcomed throngs of migrants. It is the relative conservatives (conservative by leftist European standards) who are blamed for allowing large numbers in.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/427465/sweden-and-belgium-silencing-and-denial Sweden and Belgium: Silencing and Denial], ANDREW STUTTAFORD, ''[[National Review]]'', November 21, 2015</ref>

In 2019, however, the leader of the Swedish Christian Democrats criticized some of the government pro-mass migration policies.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 10, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/10/swedish-conservative-leader-mass-migration-has-led-insecurity-women/ Swedish Conservative Leader: Mass Migration Has Led to Insecurity for Women]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 10, 2019.</ref>

===Sweden Democrats===
:''Main article: [[Sweden Democrats]]''
The Sweden Democrats (SD) are considered a [[right-wing populist]] party founded in 1988. The party has gained populist sentiment in recent years in a country that has traditionally been suspicious of nationalist sentiment. In 2015, the party cut ties with its youth organization, Young Sweden Democrats, who were impatient of the slow pace of reform and for alleged [[skinhead]] associations. In March 2017, the SD grew to become the most popular party in Sweden, according to polls.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (March 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/26/eurosceptic-anti-mass-immigration-sweden-democrats-surge-first-place-polls/ Eurosceptic, Anti-Mass Immigration Sweden Democrats Surge To First Place in Polls]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 26, 2017. See also:
*Brown, Stephen (May 23, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/jimmie-akesson-stefan-lofven-swedish-democrats-far-right-at-record-high-in-pre-election-poll/ Swedish far right at record high in pre-election poll]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 23, 2018.</ref> The SD takes a strong position against immigration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/18/populist-sweden-democrats-promise-reduce-asylum-numbers-zero-election-platform/ Sweden Democrats Promise to Reduce Asylum Numbers to Zero and End Chain Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 18, 2018.</ref>

Leading up to the 2018 elections, the Sweden Democrats surged in the polls due to the increasingly apparent negative effects of mass migration in the country.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (June 27, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29400-right-rising-in-sweden-as-muslim-migration-and-nanny-state-sink-culture Right Rising in Sweden as Muslim Migration and Nanny State Sink Culture]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 27, 2018.</ref><ref>Duke, Selwyn (August 27, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29892-sweden-anti-migration-anti-eu-party-poised-to-make-big-gains-in-coming-election Swedish Anti-migration, Anti-EU Party Poised to Make Big Gains in Coming Election]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 27, 2018.</ref> The Sweden Democrats received 17.6% of the vote in the 2018 election, which, while lower than some observers had expected, was still a large increase which coincided with a hung parliament and the Social Democrats' worst result since 1908.<ref name="Sweden2018Populists">Montgomery, Jack (September 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/10/sweden-election-populists-biggest-ever-vote-share-ruling-leftists-worst-result-100-years/ Sweden Election: Populists Win Biggest Ever Vote Share, Ruling Leftists Have Worst Result in 100 Years]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.</ref><ref>Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (September 10, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30019-swedish-nationalist-party-surges-socialists-still-dying Swedish Nationalist Party Surges; Socialists Still Dying]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
*Chamberlain, Samuel (September 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/09/09/sweden-election-sees-gains-for-far-right-anti-immigrant-party.html Sweden election sees gains for far-right, anti-immigrant party]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
*Pancevski, Bojan (September 10, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/sweden-vote-leaves-no-clear-majority-polls-show-1536521388 Sweden Moves to the Right in an Election Shaped by Immigration]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
*Pollard, Niklas; Johnson, Simon (September 9, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-election/sweden-faces-political-deadlock-after-far-right-gains-idUSKCN1LO0V6 Sweden faces political deadlock after gains by far-right party]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
*Henley, Jon (September 10, 2018). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/09/swedish-election-far-right-on-course-for-sizeable-gains-in-vote Sweden election: far right makes gains as main blocs deadlocked]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/09/10/sweden-joins-europes-move-to-right-over-migration-backlash.html Sweden joins Europe's move to right over migration backlash]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
See also:
*Hale, Virginia (September 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/10/sweden-election-osce-shock-undemocratic/ Sweden Vote: International Election Observer ‘Shocked’, ‘Never Seen Such an Undemocratic System’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.</ref> Regardless, the SD achieved an ideological victory as the mainstream parties adopted similar migration policies as it.<ref>Multiple references:
*Schultheis, Emily (10 September 2018). [https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/10/swedens-nazi-offspring-won-the-war-of-ideas/ Sweden’s Far Right Has Won the War of Ideas]. ''Foreign Policy''. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
*[https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/02/03/europes-populists-are-waltzing-into-the-mainstream Europe’s populists are waltzing into the mainstream]. ''The Economist''. February 3, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
See also:
*Tomlinson, Chris (September 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/08/sweden-election-populists-set-for-major-gains-social-democrats-grip-on-power-fading/ Sweden Election: Populists Set for Major Gains, Social Democrats’ Grip on Power Fading]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref>

==Norway==
In 2011 it was reported by police that 100% of all rapes in the capital city of [[Oslo]] were committed by non-Western, Muslim males.<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/all-reported-rapes-in-oslo-by-foreigners-police/news-story/15145ecd2d4b6183342dc90032ccebf6 ]</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/XriBELWGwxE ]</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/a56EqUPwyFQ ]</ref><ref>[http://www.unhcr.org/neu/no/Pdf/Baltic_nordic_HL_2011/May_2011.pdf ]</ref> By 2017, migrants made up half of all welfare recipients in the country.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (November 19, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/19/migrants-half-norwegian-welfare-recipients/ Report: Migrants Make up Half of Norwegian Welfare Recipients]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 19, 2017.</ref>

===Progress Party===
:''Main article: [[Progress Party (Norway)]]''
The Progress Party was founded in 1973 as a conservative and [[Euroskeptic]] party. The party fundamentally is made up of [[economic conservative]]s. By 1997 it was the second largest party in Norway, but other parties refused to form coalition governments with it because of anti-immigration elements. In 2001 the anti-immigration elements were expelled, with the expulsion ultimately being only temporary.

In 2013 the Progress party for the first time entered into a governing coalition, now with some anti-immigration elements rebranded as "populist," although its coalition partners, the [[Prime Minister]], academics, and the party itself reject the term. Anti-elitist may be a more fitting description. The party has a long history of opposition to the traditional establishment ruling elites of Norway on the grounds of high taxation. The governing coalition was re-elected in the 2017 parliamentary election, in which issues related to immigration, nationalism, and Euroskepticism played a large role;<ref name="Norway2017national">[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/09/09/norway-wrestles-with-national-values-immigration-eu-ties-in-election.html Norway wrestles with national values, immigration, EU ties in election]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). September 9, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref><ref name="EUtiesNorway">Eriksson, Aleksandra (September 5, 2017). [https://euobserver.com/nordic/138868 EU ties under pressure in run-up to Norway election]. ''EU Observer''. Retrieved September 30, 2017.</ref> this was the first time a right-of-center government was re-elected since 1985.<ref>Multiple references:
*Hale, Virginia (September 12, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/12/norway-populist-government-wins/ Norway’s ‘Populist’ Government Wins Historic Second Term]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
*[https://www.ft.com/content/abbd83f6-97a5-11e7-b83c-9588e51488a0 Norway successfully co-opts its populists]. ''Financial Times''. September 12, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
*Stolen, Henrik; Dagenborg, Joachim (September 10, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-election/norways-right-wing-government-wins-re-election-fought-on-oil-tax-idUSKCN1BL0J3 Norway's right-wing government wins re-election fought on oil, tax]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref>

The Progress Party used its position as a member of the government to enact stricter immigration laws, shifting Norway's immigration policy in a more conservative and [[Nationalism|nationalist]] direction.<ref>Andersen, Audrey (September 26, 2017). [https://www.thelocal.no/20170926/what-eight-years-of-right-wing-rule-will-mean-for-foreigners-in-norway What eight years of right-wing rule will mean for foreigners in Norway]. ''The Local''. Retrieved September 30, 2017.</ref> [[Sylvi Listhaug]] of the Progress Party, a strong opponent of immigration, was appointed Norway's first Immigration Minister in December 2015.<ref>Hallett, Nick (December 18, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/12/18/anti-mass-migration-politician-appointed-norways-first-ever-immigration-minister/ Anti-Mass Migration Politician Appointed Norway’s First Ever Immigration Minister]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 14, 2017.</ref> As the immigration minister, she criticized Sweden for its mass immigration policies,<ref>Milne, Richard (August 30, 2017). [https://www.ft.com/content/23ea67a2-8d80-11e7-a352-e46f43c5825d Norway minister sparks war of words with Sweden over immigration]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved September 14, 2017.</ref> supported increased immigration and asylum restrictions,<ref>[https://www.thelocal.no/20160726/norwegian-minister-immigration-reforms-inadequate Norwegian minister: Immigration reforms inadequate]. ''The Local''. July 26, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2017.</ref> and told Muslims living in Norway to adopt their country's culture.<ref>Walker, Peter (October 21, 2016). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-integration-minister-muslim-eat-pork-drink-alcohol-show-face-sylvi-listhaug-a7372991.html Norway integration minister faces resignation calls after telling Muslims 'we eat pork and drink alcohol']. ''The Independent''. Retrieved September 14, 2017.</ref> Listhaug has been attacked by the liberal media for wearing a small cross on a necklace.<ref>Hale, Virginia (March 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/06/immigration-minister-slammed-crucifix/ Immigration Minister Slammed for Wearing Crucifix in ‘Vile Attack’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 14, 2017.</ref> Liberals call the Christian cross xenophobic.

===Centre Party===
In the 2017 parliamentary election, in which issues related to national values, immigration, and Euroskepticism played a large role,<ref name="Norway2017national"/><ref name="EUtiesNorway"/> the Centre Party, which strongly opposes the EU, free trade, and supports decentralization, made the largest election gains.<ref>[https://www.thelocal.no/20170912/five-things-to-know-about-norways-election-outcome Five things to know about Norway’s election outcome]. ''The Local''. September 12, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017. 
See also:
*Sleire, Sveinung (February 19, 2017). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-19/elite-bashing-resonates-as-richest-scandinavians-prepare-to-vote Even Norway Is Riding the Populist Wave of Politics]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
*Stone, Jon (September 11, 2017). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-election-eu-centre-party-eurosceptic-eea-option-brexit-a7940676.html Norway election: EEA membership under strain as eurosceptic parties expected to make gains]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref>

==Finland==
32,000 migrants arrived in [[Finland]] in 2015, a tenfold increase over 2014. But after a series of rapes—one involving a gang rape by five Islamic Somalis born in Finland whose parents immigrated in the 1990s—Finns demanded action on the immigration issue.

To remain in the country and receive government assistance, an immigrant now is required to take classes on Finnish culture and customs which include sections on women's equality and rights. The courses teach, for example, a woman's refusal to divert eye contact is neither a show of disrespect nor an invitation to rape. In 2018, Finland's prime minister admitted that most migrants who traveled to Europe since 2015 were economic migrants rather than refugees.<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/04/finland-migrant-crisis-refugees-economic/ Finland: Most ‘Migrant Crisis’ Arrivals Not Refugees, Are Economic Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 4, 2018.</ref> In September 2018, the country's interior minister proposed sending more police in neighborhoods with a high proportion of migrants to avoid the crime problems plaguing Sweden.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/15/finland-interior-minister-more-police-in-suburbs-to-stop-sweden-style-culture-of-violence-taking-root/ Finland Interior Minister: More Police in Suburbs to Stop Sweden-style ‘Culture of Violence’ Taking Root]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 15, 2018.</ref>

However, [[denialism]] still persists in Finland. In 2018, Finland's supreme court threw out a case where prosecutors sought a conviction for a 23-year-old migrant who raped a 10-year-old girl, with the court ruling that it was consensual.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/06/finland-court-migrant-sex-10-year-old-not-rape/ Finland’s Supreme Court Rules 20-year-old Migrant Having Sex with 10-year-old ‘Not Rape’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 6, 2018.</ref>

===Centre Party===
The Centre party currently heads up Finland's governing coalition along with the Finns Party and the National Coalition Party. All three are considered center-right, with the National Coalition being the most pro-EU.

While the Centre party has taken pains to uphold existing immigration law, it increasingly is feeling pressure to challenge the EU's agreements on refugee allocation.

===Finns Party===
:''Main article: [[Finns Party]]''
The Finns Party rose from receiving 4% of the vote in the 2007 parliamentary election to receiving almost 18% in 2015. After the 2019 elections, they held 39 of the 200 parliamentary seats in Finland. From 2015 to 2017, it was part of the country's governing three-party coalition since 2015. It is described as nationalist, populist, and Eurosceptic. The Finns Party is a member of the [[Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe]].<ref>http://www.acreurope.eu/our_family#parties</ref>

In June 2017, the Finns Party elected Jussi Halla-aho, a strong Eurosceptic and opponent of immigration, as its leader, jeopardizing the governing coalition with the two moderate parties.<ref>Tanner, Jari (June 12, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/12/finnish-government-coalition-to-kick-out-populist-party.html Finnish government coalition on verge of collapse]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 12, 2017.</ref> The crisis ended when the liberal faction of the party, which held the party's positions in Finland's government, split and formed a new party.<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finns_party_splinters_new_group_makes_bid_for_sipila_government/9666946 Finns Party splinters, new group makes bid for Sipilä government]. ''YLE''. June 13, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2019.</ref><ref>Rosendahl, Jussie; Forsell, Tuomas (June 13, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-government-populists/finland-dodges-government-collapse-after-nationalists-split-idUSKBN1941IZ Finland dodges government collapse after nationalists split]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 15, 2019.</ref> Despite this, the party performed very well in the 2019 parliamentary elections, regaining all its lost seats.<ref>Kauranen, Anne; Virki, Tarmo (April 13, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-election/finnish-social-democrats-and-nationalist-finns-party-nearly-tied-in-election-idUSKCN1RP0RI Finnish Social Democrats and nationalist Finns Party nearly tied in election]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 15, 2019.</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1117543090959671298</ref>

==Denmark==
The country of Denmark has been of particular interest to Muslims activists since the newspaper ''Jyllands-Posten'' published cartoons of Muhammad, founder of Islam, in September 2005. After protests by Muslims in many countries, the paper apologized in January 2006.<ref>"[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/31/religion.saudiarabia Danish paper sorry for Muhammad cartoons]," ''The Guardian'', January 31, 2006.</ref>

[[Denmark]], which processed 7,000 asylum seekers in 2013, 14,000 in 2014, and 21,000 in 2015, has taken steps to dissuade migrants from showing up. Situated between two of the migrants' most popular destinations, Germany and Sweden, Denmark started efforts to stem the flow in 2016. When dozens of migrants began arriving with child-brides as low as 14 years old to enjoy Denmark's social welfare benefits, Danes began saying enough was enough. One man had three wives and 20 children.

The first step to get the message out was seizing any property over $1,400 in value to offset government costs. Then the monthly stipend was cut 45% because of the overwhelming number of people arriving. Citizens who drove migrants across the country between Germany and Sweden were fined. The government took out ads in Arabic language newspapers apprising visitors of the new [[regulation]]s. Finally, [[pork]] became a mainstay on the menu in public schools.

In 2016 it was revealed at least 29 Danish citizens who traveled to Syria to fight for ISIS received $95,000 in government welfare state benefits while doing so. Danish [[entitlement]] law made it impossible to cut off the benefits, even when regulations for [[unemployment]] benefits, for example, required their presence and availability for work in Denmark necessary to receive benefits.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/world/europe/danes-fighting-for-isis-were-paid-welfare-benefits-government-says.html Danes Fighting for ISIS Were Paid Welfare Benefits, Government Says]," ''New York Times'', Feb. 21, 2017.</ref> According to the Danish Ministry of Employment in 2016, 84% of welfare recipients were migrants of "non-Western origin."<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (March 17, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/03/17/in-denmark-84-per-cent-of-welfare-recipients-are-non-western-immigrants/ In Denmark, 84 Per Cent Of Welfare Recipients Are ‘Non-Western Immigrants’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 13, 2018.</ref>

Slamming the door on migrants seems out of character for a nation noted for empathy toward people unwelcome elsewhere.<ref>For example, when the Nazis imposed a regulation requiring Jews to identify themselves in public by wearing the [[Star of David]], the following day the King appeared in public wearing the Star of David, inspiring multitudes to don the Star and assist hiding Jews by confusing the [[Gestapo]].</ref> Danes like the society they've built and inherited, and hard-headed pragmatism causes them to step back from the self-destruction their neighbors are intent on. Denmark may be next to follow Brexit in voting to leave the European Union. In May 2018, the Danish parliament voted to ban the burqa and niqab,<ref>Multiple references:
*Kent, Simon (May 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/05/31/denmark-passes-law-banning-islamic-niqab-and-burqa/ Denmark Passes Law Banning Islamic Niqab and Burqa Face Veils]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-denmark-religion/danish-lawmakers-ban-burqas-idUSKCN1IW1I5 Danish lawmakers ban burqas]. ''Reuters''. May 31, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
See also:
*Fedschun, Travis (August 5, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/05/denmark-fines-woman-156-for-wearing-face-veil-after-banning-burqa-niqab.html Denmark fines woman $156 for wearing face veil after banning burqa, niqab]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 5, 2018.</ref> and shortly thereafter, it passed several laws to require migrant children in 25 Muslim ghettos to be separated from their parents for 25 hours per week to be taught Danish values.<ref>Carbone, Christopher (July 2, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/02/new-laws-in-denmark-for-immigrant-ghettos-prompt-range-responses.html New laws in Denmark for immigrant 'ghettos' prompt range of responses]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref><ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/02/denmark-assimilation-programme-teach-children-non-western-ghettos-danish-values/ Denmark Launches Radical Assimilation Programme to Teach Children in ‘Non-Western’ Ghettos Danish Values]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref> In December 2018, the Danish parliament approved a plan to keep criminal migrants on an uninhabited island before deporting them.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (December 21, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/21/danish-parliament-approves-putting-criminal-migrants-on-deserted-island/ Danish Parliament Approves Plan to Put Criminal Migrants On Deserted Island]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 21, 2018.</ref> In February 2019, the Danish parliament approved tough migrant laws supported by the Danish People's Party.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/22/danish-parliament-passes-restrictive-migrant-laws/ Danish Parliament Passes Restrictive Migrant Laws]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 23, 2019.</ref> It also ended the policy to automatically giving asylum to Syrian migrants.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (March 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/01/denmark-considers-sending-syrian-refugees-home/ Denmark Considers Sending Syrian Refugees Home]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 1, 2019.</ref> In March 2019, the Danish government agreed to refuse citizenship to children of ISIS members.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 30, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/30/denmark-refuse-citizenship-children-islamic-state-members/ Denmark to Refuse Citizenship to Children of Islamic State Members]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 30, 2019.</ref> In May 2019, the Danish proposed making the country's temporary border controls permanent.<ref name="DenmarkBorder">Tomlinson, Chris (May 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/22/denmark-proposes-reform-schengen-make-border-controls-permanent/ The Death of Schengen: Denmark Proposes to Make Border Controls Permanent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 22, 2019.</ref>

===Social Democrats===
The Danish Social Democrats suffered multiple electoral defeats because of their pro-mass migration policies. Because of this, they attempted to adopt more conservative positions on migration and integration.<ref>O'Leary, Naomi (September 6, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/danish-copenhagen-left-veers-right-on-immigration-policy-integration/ Danish left veering right on immigration]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 13, 2018.</ref> However, after winning, the Social Democrats abandoned some of their strong immigration positions.<ref>Gronholt-Pedersen, Jacob; Mortensen, Andreas (June 25, 2019). [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-denmark-election/denmark-becomes-third-nordic-country-to-form-leftist-government-this-year-idUKKCN1TQ308 Denmark becomes third Nordic country to form leftist government this year]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 30, 2019.</ref>

===Danish People's Party===
The Danish People's Party supports reducing immigration, stopping immigrants from accessing government benefits, and restoring border controls.<ref>Crouch, David; Eriksen, Lars (June 19, 2015). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/19/danish-peoples-party-dahl-border-controls-election Danish People’s party leader demands border crackdown after election success]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved January 21, 2017.</ref>

In the June 2015 general election, the Danish People's Party received over 21% of the vote to become the second largest party in Denmark—its best result ever.<ref>Rose, Flemming (June 19, 2015). [https://www.politico.eu/article/six-takeaways-from-the-danish-elections/ 6 takeaways from the Danish elections]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Orange, Richard (June 19, 2015). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/denmark/11685275/Eurosceptic-Danish-Peoples-Party-surge-in-general-election.html Eurosceptic Danish People’s Party surge in general election]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 21, 2017.</ref> Although the Danish People's Party received more votes and seats than the mainstream "conservative" Venstre, the latter formed a minority government without the former as it could not agree with the former's views.<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/news/denmarks-rasmussen-form-minority-govt-173628317.html?ref=gs Denmark's Rasmussen to form minority govt]. ''Yahoo News''. June 21, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2017.</ref>

While the Danish People's Party performed very poorly in the 2019 European Parliament election, Denmark's establishment parties had adopted its immigration policies.<ref>Sussis, Matthew (May 28, 2019). [https://cis.org/Sussis/Denmarks-Mainstream-Parties-Embrace-LowImmigration-Win-Big Denmark's Mainstream Parties Embrace Low-Immigration, Win Big]. ''Center for Immigration Studies''. Retrieved May 28, 2019.</ref>

==Poland==
In the 1600s, Poland under [[John III Sobieski]] fought against invading Islamic armies.<ref>Ibrahim, Raymond (July 18, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/why-are-eastern-europeans-hostile-to-islam-look-at-history Why are Eastern Europeans hostile to Islam? Look at history]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved July 19, 2018.</ref> After 1795, [[Poland]] ceased to exist as a sovereign nation. It regained independence in 1919 and successfully repulsed an invasion attempt by the communist predecessor states of the [[Soviet Union]] between 1919 and 1921. Poland's independence did not last long, however, as [[Nazi Germany]] and USSR divided up the country among themselves. Later, Germany took control of the entire nation. After the USSR "liberated" Poland from German control, they turned the nation into a communist [[puppet state]]. This lasted until 1989. However, once again Polish independence did not last long, and the nation is in the process of losing its sovereignty to the European Union.<ref>Thompson, Arthur R. (April 16, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28762-title-to-come Poland's Plight]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 16, 2018.</ref>

In June 2017, the EU took legal action against the government of Poland, as well as Hungary and the Czech Republic, for its refusal to take in refugees under the EU's direction and policies.<ref name="EUlegalaction2017">Multiple references:
*[https://www.voanews.com/a/eu-action-against-countries-over-refugee-plan/3898477.html EU to Launch Action Against 3 Countries Over Refugee Plan]. ''Voice of America''. June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
*Baczynska, Gabriela; Chee, Foo Yun (June 12, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-eu-infringements-idUSKBN1931O4 EU to open case against Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic over migration]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/news/eu-sanctions-hungary-poland-czechs-over-refugees/ EU sanctions Hungary, Poland, Czechs over refugees]. ''Breitbart News''. June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
*[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40259268 EU targets Poland, Hungary and Czechs for not taking refugees]. ''BBC News''. June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> The EU gave the three countries one month to comply with its refugee policies.<ref name="1month">Deacon, Liam (August 1, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/01/eu-gives-hungary-poland-month-back-down-migrant-quotas/ EU Gives Hungary, Poland, One Month to Back Down and Accept Migrant Quotas]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> The Polish government stated that it would only take refugees from Europe, and pointed to its work in that area, and not those from Africa or the Middle East.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/08/polish-foreign-minister-eu-immigrants-europe-north-africa-middle-east/ Poland Tells EU: We’ll Take Immigrants from Europe – But Not North Africa and the Middle East]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> The governments of Poland and Hungary worked together to counter the EU.<ref name="TagTeam">Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (February 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/02/21/hungary-unites-poland-beat-brussels/ Hungary Unites With Poland To Fight Brussels]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (January 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/04/poland-hungary-unite-eurocrats-empire/ Poland and Hungary Unite Against Eurocrats: ‘We Don’t Want to Live in an Empire’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
*Nelson, Soraya Sarhaddi (March 12, 2018). [https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/03/12/587949473/how-poland-and-hungary-are-forming-a-powerful-tag-team-against-brussels How Poland And Hungary Are Forming A Powerful Tag Team Against Brussels]. ''NPR''. Retrieved March 14, 2018.</ref>

Polish President Andrzej Duda has stated that "there is no doubt the growing wave of terrorism is linked to migration."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (September 16, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/16/polish-president-no-doubt-growing-wave-terrorism-linked-migration/ Polish President: ‘There is No Doubt the Growing Wave of Terrorism is Linked to Migration’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 17, 2017.</ref> Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called on the EU to listen to its citizens.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/05/polands-patriotic-prime-minister-warns-eu-dont-lecture-us/ Poland’s Patriotic Prime Minister Warns EU: ‘Don’t Lecture Us’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 5, 2018.</ref>

===Law and Justice===
:''Main article: [[Law and Justice]]''
In May 2015 Polish presidential election, conservative, [[Euroskeptic]] challenger [[Andrzej Duda]] of Law and Justice (PiS) won in an upset, defeating the pro-EU incumbent.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/05/25/conservative-challenger-wins-polish-election-signaling-rightward-shift/ Conservative Challenger Wins Polish Election, Signaling Rightward Shift]. ''Breitbart News''. May 25, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/05/22/in-polish-presidential-ballot-win-by-right-wing-challenger-could-signal-return.html In Polish presidential ballot, win by right-wing challenger could signal return to turbulence]. ''Fox News'' (and AP). May 22, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref> In the October 2015 general election, PiS won in a landslide,<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/10/26/eurosceptics-claim-victory-in-landmark-poland-election/ Eurosceptics Claim Victory In Landmark Poland Election]. ''Breitbart News''. October 26, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref> becoming the first Polish party to win enough votes to govern the country alone since the fall of communism in 1989.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34648575 Poland elections: Law and Justice party can govern alone]. ''BBC''. October 27, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref><ref>Goettig, Marcin; Barteczko, Agnieszka (October 27, 2015). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-election-idUSKCN0SL1XH20151027 Poland's Eurosceptics win outright majority in parliament]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 20, 2017.</ref> This landslide election frightened Europeanist leaders and politicians.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/12/23/polands-political-course-sparks-alarm-in-us-and-europe-with-fears-of-democratic-backsliding/ Poland’s Political Course Sparks Alarm in US and Europe, With Fears of Democratic Backsliding]. ''Breitbart News''. December 23, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref> It was also the first election where no left-of-center parties sat in the Polish parliament.<ref>Gera, Vanessa (October 29, 2015). [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2015/10/28/right-wing-shift-new-polish-parliament-has-left-wing/ywLYGOUE5TVOyCyKRCzzfI/story.html Left wing is shut out in parliamentary vote in conservative Poland]. ''The Boston Globe''. Retrieved July 20, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34631826 Poland elections: Conservatives secure decisive win]. ''BBC News''. October 26, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2017.</ref>

The PiS went to work immediately after the elections.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/11/22/poland-grass-roots-populist-party-takes-action-after-stunning-victory-left-cries-coup/ Poland: Grass-Roots Populist Party Takes Action After Stunning Victory – Left Cries ‘Coup’]. ''Breitbart News''. November 22, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref> In March 2017, PiS Prime Minister Beata Szydło stated that "I hear in Europe very often: do not connect the migration policy with terrorism, but it is impossible not to connect them."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (March 23, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/23/polish-prime-minister-impossible-not-connect-terrorism-migration-policy/ Polish Prime Minister: ‘Impossible Not to Connect Terrorism with Migration Policy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.</ref> A CBOS poll in September 2017 found that PiS was enjoying record popular support,<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (September 20, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/20/polands-anti-mass-migration-government-sees-record-popularity/ Poland’s Anti Mass Migration Government Enjoys Record Popularity]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 20, 2017.</ref> and subsequent polls showed similar results.<ref name="RecordSupport2018">Friedman, Victoria (February 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/07/eastern-europe-conservative-anti-mass-migration-governments-record-support/ Record Support for Conservative, Pro-Sovereignty Governments in Hungary, Poland]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 7, 2018.</ref><ref>Hale, Virginia (March 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/10/poland-patriotic-conservative-govt-support/ Poland: Total Collapse for Pro-EU Opposition As Support for Patriotic Conservative Govt Surges]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 10, 2018.</ref>

==Russian Federation==
The Jamestown Foundation reports Russia's "demographic collapse" is worse than the Moscow government official statistics are willing to admit. High mortality rates, low fertility rates, emigration of ethnic Russians outside Russia, coupled with vast immigration of Central Asians and South Caucasians with higher fertility rates and improved life expectancy accentuate the decline. Alcoholism among the native Russian population, and a traditional Islamic cultural stigmatization attached to the use of alcohol is also cited as a cause accelerating the statistical decline of ethnic Russians.<ref>https://jamestown.org/program/regional-statistics-not-moscows-point-russias-demographic-collapse/</ref>

==Switzerland==
[[Switzerland]] has one of the largest immigrant populations in Europe. As of about 2014, 27.7% of the Swiss population was born in another country, the second highest in Europe.<ref name="Highest">[http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/migration-outlook_switzerland-has-highest-number-of-immigrants/41145410 Switzerland has highest number of immigrants]. ''Swissinfo''. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref> Additionally, for the year 2012, 1.6% of the Swiss population were foreigners who decided to permanently settle in Switzerland in that year alone, the highest of any European Country.<ref name="Highest"/> Additionally, in the year 2013, over 35% of adults in Switzerland were either first or second generation immigrants.<ref name="Swell">[http://www.thelocal.ch/20150122/immigrants-rise-to-more-thank-third-of Immigrants swell to third of Swiss population]. ''The Local''. January 22, 2015.</ref> 2.4 million of the 6.8 million adults in Switzerland were in this group, up from 1.7 million just 10 years prior.<ref name="Swell"/> Fortunately for non-immigrants, Switzerland has strict citizenship laws, so relatively few immigrants and their distant descendants can become citizens (if they are not related to a non-immigrant, they must prove that they are well-integrated into Swiss society and can only apply after 10 years in the country).<ref name="Swell"/>

Residents of Switzerland can see the changes due to immigration. Even in rural, conservative areas, it is becoming more and more common to see people who clearly are not Swiss. Actually, one could actually consider Switzerland's reaction to the massive immigration problem to be very mild, as other countries with even less immigration to the country are reacting just as strongly.

In a Swiss center in charge of processing failed asylum seekers awaiting deportation, 60% of the 649 migrants there "disappeared" between March 2017 and June 2018.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/16/swiss-centre-for-failed-asylum-seekers-loses-track-of-60-percent-of-migrants/ 60 Percent of Failed Asylum Seekers Vanish From Swiss Centre]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.</ref> In 2019, it was reported that over 50% of migrants in Switzerland are on welfare, with 80% of Somali migrants needing welfare.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 30, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/30/switzerland-over-80-percent-of-somali-migrants-on-welfare/ Switzerland: Over 80 Percent of Somali Migrants on Welfare]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref>

Although the Swiss people have supported several referendums restricting immigration standards, the Swiss government watered down the implementation of those referendums to appease the European Union and their own globalist and "humanitarian" interests.<ref>Raaflaub, Christian (January 6, 2016). [http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/-initiative_literal-implementation-causes-controversy/41863564 Deportation initiative back before voters]. ''Swissinfo''. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.thelocal.ch/20161216/svp-bern-capitulates-with-final-immigration-vote It's official: Switzerland defies referendum and won't impose EU immigration controls]. ''The Local''. December 16, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref>

In 2009, Swiss voters voted in favor of banning minarets in the country. In 2017, the Swiss National Council voted to ban the financing of mosques from outside the country and to increase transparency in how they are funded.<ref>Deacon, Liam (September 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/29/swiss-parliament-votes-ban-foreign-funded-mosques-arabic-preaching/ Swiss Parliament Votes to Ban Foreign-Funded Mosques and Arabic Preaching]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 1, 2017.</ref> In 2016, due to increased [[illegal immigration]] from [[Italy]] into Switzerland, the Swiss government cracked down on the practice, establishing more stringent controls in Swiss-bound trains and deploying helicopter and drone patrols.<ref>{{cite web | title=Italian City on Swiss Border to Set Up Camp for Blocked Migrants | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-italy-idUSKCN10S205 | date=August 17, 2016 | publisher=[[Reuters]] | accessdate=February 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Bachmann | first1=Helena | title=Switzerland Blocks Migrants Wanting to Pass-Through from Italian Border | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/09/16/switzerland-blocks-migrants-italian-border/89955758/ | date=September 16, 2016 | publisher=[[USA Today]] | accessdate=February 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>Williams, Thomas D., Ph.D. (July 25, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/07/25/swiss-tighten-borders-migrants-seek-new-route-northern-europe/ Swiss Tighten Borders as Migrants Seek New Route Into Northern Europe]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved February 11, 2017.</ref> The government rejected calls to build a fence along the border.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cabinet Says Ticino Border Fence Not Needed | url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/immigration_cabinet-says-ticino-border-fence-not-needed/42600970 | date=November 16, 2016 | publisher=[[Swissinfo]] | accessdate=February 11, 2017}}</ref> In January 2018, a federal law went into effect requiring anybody trying to become a citizen to pay back any welfare they had received in the previous three years of becoming citizens, and it increased Swiss standards for integration into society.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tomlinson, Chris (January 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/10/switzerland-rejects-citizenship-bids-residents-welfare/ Switzerland Rejects Citizenship Bids of Residents Who Have Been on Welfare]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
*Wolverton, Joe (January 13, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28035-switzerland-s-new-immigration-statute-sets-high-hurdle-for-citizenship Switzerland's New Immigration Statute Sets High Hurdle for Citizenship]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref> In June 2018, rules went into effect requiring that Swiss people be given priority when filling vacant job positions, though the rules were watered down.<ref>[https://www.thelocal.ch/20180627/new-rules-favouring-swiss-based-workers-come-in-on-july-1st New rules favouring Swiss-based workers come in on July 1st]. ''The Local''. June 27, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.</ref> In 2018, 71% of foreigners convicted of crimes requiring detainment were ordered deported.<ref>[https://www.thelocal.ch/20190625/seven-out-of-ten-foreigners-convicted-of-swiss-crimes-deported Seven out of ten foreign criminals deported from Switzerland]. ''The Local''. June 25, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.</ref>

After the Canton of Ticino voted to implement a Burka ban, two-thirds of voters in the canton St. Gallen voted for such a ban.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/23/swiss-region-st-gallen-votes-burqa-ban/ Swiss Region Votes Overwhelmingly for Burqa Ban]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 23, 2018.</ref>

===Swiss People's Party===
[[File:National Council of Switzerland 2015 election winner by canton.svg.png|thumb|300px|Results of the 2015 Swiss federal election in October 2015. Each canton is shaded according to the party that won the most votes for the National Council (lower house). The SVP is shaded in dark green, and it won the largest popular victory for a Swiss political party in at least a century.<ref name="SlideToRight"/>]]
:''Main articles: [[Swiss People's Party]] and [[Christoph Blocher]]''
Unlike most other European right-wing parties, the Swiss People's Party has been well established for decades, and it became the largest party in Switzerland during the 1990s, long before other European countries.

The SVP and its predecessors had "showed remarkable stability" in "electoral support" until the 1990s.<ref>Skenderovic, pp. 127.</ref> However, the SVP grew dramatically in size, becoming the largest party by 1999 with 22.5 percent of the vote.<ref>[http://www.politik-stat.ch/nrw1999CH_de.html 1999 federal election results]. ''politik-stat.ch''. Retrieved October 12, 2016.</ref> This growth directly coincided with the victory of the conservative, right-wing faction of the party—led by businessman [[Christoph Blocher]]—over the moderate establishment faction.<ref>Skenderovic, pp. 129, 132-135, 141.</ref>

Arguably the most important action of the SVP was its successful opposition to Swiss entry into the European Economic Area (EEA) in 1992. As a strong conservative, Blocher strongly opposed Swiss integration with, and thus a loss of sovereignty to, outside powers, and he was able to convince the national party to adopt his position.<ref name="pp.135">Skenderovic, pp. 135.</ref> The SVP was one of only two major parties to oppose membership, the other being the [[leftist]] Greens.<ref name="Trampusch">Trampusch, Christine and André Mach (2011). [https://books.google.com/books?id=5nOrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT63&lpg=PT63&dq=Swiss+People's+Party+%2B+EEA+1992&source=bl&ots=6ykAlPUxDf&sig=KnL0LwEuLNklUYfTL_lQWFuobHI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj56sX01NvPAhVI7SYKHdgJC-0Q6AEIPjAG#v=onepage&q=Swiss%20People's%20Party%20%2B%20EEA%201992&f=false Switzerland in Europe: Continuity and Change in the Swiss Political Economy]. Routledge. ISBN: 978-0-415-58051-9.</ref> The referendum to join the EEA failed, a major success for Blocher and the SVP, and a majority of SVP members voted with Blocher, strengthening his position in the party.<ref name="pp.135"/> The vote has been considered "a turning point" for the SVP and Swiss politics in general.<ref>Skenderovic, Damir (January 21, 2013). [http://policy-network.net/pno_detail.aspx?ID=4317 The SVP: A success story of right-wing populism]. ''policy-network.net''. Retrieved October 14, 2016.</ref> Since then, opposition to European integration and loss of national sovereignty has been "a main issue" for the SVP, and in the coming years it sponsored several other conservative national initiatives, which usually were not successful.<ref>Skenderovic, pp. 135-138.</ref>

The SVP continued to grow dramatically, and in the 2015 federal election the party received 29.4 percent of the vote and 65 seats in the 200-seat National Council, a record amount for the party.<ref name="SlideToRight">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/11939953/Anti-immigration-party-wins-Swiss-election-in-slide-to-the-Right.html Anti-immigration party wins Swiss election in 'slide to the Right']. ''The Telegraph'' (originally by ''Reuters''). October 19, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2016.</ref> No Swiss political party had exceeded the SVP's share of the vote in at least a century, and no party received more seats in the National Council since 1963, when the number of seats was established at 200.<ref name="SlideToRight"/> In the same election, [[leftist]] parties lost a large number of seats.<ref name="SlideToRight"/><ref name="BreitbartCH">[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/10/19/swiss-parliament-shifts-to-right-in-vote-dominated-by-migrant-surge/ Swiss Parliament Shifts To Right In Vote Dominated By Migrant Surge]. ''Breitbart'' (by ''AFP''). October 19, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2016.</ref> Immigration was a major reason for the party's historic and record-breaking 2015 victory.<ref name="BreitbartCH"/><ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21676703-fear-immigrations-swings-switzerland-even-farther-right-switzerland-scarcely-touched-europes-new Fear of immigration swings Switzerland even farther right]. ''The Economist''. October 20, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref>

Successful referendums that the SVP has sponsored include a 2009 initiative to ban the construction of any new minarets,<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/29/switzerland.minaret.referendum/index.html?iref=24hours Swiss vote to ban minaret construction]. ''CNN''. November 29, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2016.</ref> a 2010 initiative to expel foreigners who commit crimes,<ref>[http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/2010-initiative_foreign-criminal-expulsion-law-set-for-october/42001678 Foreign criminal expulsion law set for October]. ''Swissinfo''. March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016. See also:
*[https://www.thelocal.ch/20180606/switzerland-publishes-false-data-on-deportation-of-foreign-criminals Switzerland publishes false data on deportation of foreign criminals]. ''The Local''. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.</ref> and a 2014 initiative to limit immigration by instituting quotas on it.<ref>[http://www.dw.com/en/swiss-voters-narrowly-back-referendum-curbing-immigration/a-17420367 Swiss voters narrowly back referendum curbing immigration]. ''Deutsche Welle''. February 9, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2016.</ref> The 2010 and 2014 referendums, however, were watered down by the liberal Swiss government.

==Austria==
On September 11, 1683, the two-day [[Siege of Vienna]] commenced. The Holy League turned back the Islamic Turks' encroachment on Europe. [[John III Sobieski|John Sobieski]], King of [[Poland]], who was credited with saving [[Christendom]], said, "We came. We saw. God conquered." 330 years later, Muslims have occupied the city. Muslim students now outnumber [[Roman Catholic]] students at middle and secondary schools.<ref>[http://de.radiovaticana.va/storico/2014/03/21/österreich_mehr_muslime_als_katholiken_an_wiens_hauptschulen/ted-783480 Austria: More Muslims than Catholics at Vienna's main schools], 21/03/2014 (Original in German)</ref> Minister for Foreign Affairs and Integration Sebastian Kurz in 2016 called for the immediate closure of many Muslim kindergartens after discovering an isolation of children from the host culture, and teaching of radical [[Islamist]] ideology in the schools which receive €30 million ($32 million USD) in state funding annually.<ref>[http://www.thelocal.at/20160229/muslim-preschools-linked-to-islamist-organisations Muslim preschools 'linked to Islamist groups'], ''The Local AT'' Austria's news in English, 29 February 2016. www.thelocal.at</ref>

[[Austria]] is in the process of introducing new taxpayer-funded textbooks for the teaching of Islam. Previously, the main textbook used in [[public school]]s was authored by Yusuf al-Qaradawi entitled, ''The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam'', translated into German (''Erlaubtes und Verbotenes im Islam'').<ref>Immediately after the fall of [[Hosni Mubarak]] in [[Egypt]] during the "Arab Spring", Qaradawi returned to Egypt for the first time in 30 years to lead Friday prayers in Tahir Square before a crowd estimated at 2 million. Qaradawi has long been recognized as the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. After this event Qaradawi issued a ''[[fatwa]]'' calling for the murder of [[Muamar Ghaddafi]].</ref> Qaradawi claims that killing of apostates (''[[takfir]]is'') is essential for the survival of Islam,<ref>https://youtu.be/huMu8ihDlVA</ref> shariah law "takes precedence over" civil law, and Islam "will conquer and rule" Europe.<ref>https://youtu.be/eDtSqqciar0</ref> Additionally, Qaradawi teaches that women have fewer rights than men, praises Hitler and the [[Holocaust]],<ref>https://youtu.be/VcB_DZ4YQYQ</ref> and has offered Friday prayers for the destruction of America. Although his books have been withdrawn from public schools, the textbooks are still widely available in [[Vienna]].

===Growing Islam and left-wing denialism===
In April 2017, the [[far-left]] Austrian head of the country's Green Party [[Alexander Van der Bellen]], the same man whose 2007 election campaign stated that "anyone who loves Austria must be s***,"<ref>Kassam, Raheem (May 23, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/05/23/whoever-loves-austria-sht-president-elect-beat-nationalist-hofer-used-anti-patriotic-slogans/ ‘Whoever Loves Austria Is Sh*t’ – Austria’s New President Hates His Own Country]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref> stated that in order to fight alleged "Islamophobia," all women must wear headscarves.<ref>Kew, Ben (April 27, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/27/far-left-austrian-president-all-women-must-wear-headscarves-fight-islamophobia/ Far-Left Austrian President: All Women Must Wear Headscarves to Fight Islamophobia]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref>

While other European countries, such as [[Hungary]], built [[border fence]]s along their national borders to keep out illegal migrants, the Austrian government spent 1.5 million euros building an "anti-terror" wall around the chancellor's building to keep its government officials safe.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/08/austrian-government-stops-construction-million-euro-anti-terror-wall-public-backlash/ Austria Halts Construction of Million Euro ‘Anti-Terror’ Wall After Backlash]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 8, 2017.</ref>

The Turkish population in Austria grew so large that they formed their own political party in the country: the New Movement for the Future (NBZ).<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 9, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/09/austrian-migrant-party-stand-national-election/ Austrian ‘Migrant Party’ to Stand In National Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2017.</ref> In October 2018, another migrant political party was created in the country.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (October 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/23/former-member-pro-erdogan-group-form-migrant-party-vienna/ Erdogan-Linked Activist Looks to Form Political Party for Migrants in Vienna]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2018.</ref> In 2017, "Muhammed" became the third most popular name in the country.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/05/muhammed-is-third-most-popular-baby-name-in-austria-in-2017/ ‘Muhammed’ Is Third Most Popular Baby Name in Austria in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref>

It was reported in 2019 that 40% of all Austrian migrants classified as "underaged" lied about their age to help gain asylum.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/19/austria-four-ten-underage-migrants-lied-age-2017/ Austria: Four out of Ten ‘Underage’ Migrants Lied About Their Age]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 19, 2019.</ref>

Many Austrians admitted the felt like foreigners in their own country.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (May 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/05/austrians-describe-feeling-like-foreigners-their-own-country/ Austrians Describe ‘Feeling Like Foreigners’ in Their Own Country]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 5, 2019.</ref>

A 2019 Austrian intelligence report names Islamic extremism as the country's greatest security threat.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/15/austria-islamic-extremism-is-still-number-one-terror-threat/ Austria: Islamic Extremism Is Still Number One Terror Threat]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 17, 2019.</ref>

===Crime===
Left-wing extremism, some of them directed against conservatives and right-wingers opposed to immigration, rose 112% in 2016.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 15, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/15/left-wing-extremism-up-112-per-cent-austria/ Left Wing Extremist Offences Up 112 Per Cent in Austria]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2017.</ref> The Austrian government reported in October 2017 that sex attacks rose over 25% in the past year, and half of all attacks were committed by migrants.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (October 20, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/20/austria-25-per-cent-rise-sex-attacks-half-committed-migrants/ Austria: 25 Per Cent Rise in Sex Attacks, Almost Half Committed by Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref>

===Taking action against immigration and Islam===
By March 2017, Austrian government officials wanted to exit the European Union's migrant redistribution program.<ref>Hallett, Nick (March 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/28/austria-wants-exit-eu-migrant-redistribution-scheme/ Austria Wants to Exit EU Migrant Redistribution Scheme]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2017.</ref> The Austrian government enacted a face veil ban in May 2017, illegalizing the burqa and the niqab,<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (May 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/18/austrian-burqa-ban-passed-law/ Austrian Burqa Ban Passed into Law]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/09/austria-ban-burqas-october/ Austria to Ban Burqas from October]. ''Breitbart News''. June 9, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.</ref> a law which went into effect on October 1 of that year.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/01/austrias-burqa-ban-law-comes-into-force.html Austria's 'Burqa Ban' law comes into force]. ''Fox News''. October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017. 
In its first six months of its enforcement, fifty Muslim women were fined for violating the law:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (March 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/31/austria-issued-50-fines-violation-burka-ban-law-far/ Austria Has Issued 50 Fines For Violation of Burqa Ban Law in Six Months]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 31, 2018.</ref> In August 2017, the Austrian government expanded border controls on the country's eastern and southern borders due to the levels of migration.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/09/austria-increases-border-controls-stem-migrant-influx/ Austria Increases Border Controls to Stem Migrant Influx]. ''Breitbart News''. August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.</ref>

In January 2018, the FPÖ-controlled interior ministry created a new border force to "ensure orderly border management."<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/22/austria-announces-border-protection-unit-manage-migration/ Austria Announces ‘Border Protection Unit’ to Manage Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 22, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.thelocal.at/20180119/austrian-far-right-orders-border-protection-unit Austrian far-right orders 'border protection unit']. ''The Local''. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.</ref> Karin Kneissl, Austria's foreign minister who was chosen by the FPÖ, criticized Angela Merkel's immigration policy and aligned Austria closer to Hungary and [[Viktor Orbán]] on that matter.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/16/austrian-foreign-minister-slams-merkel-migrant-crisis-orban-solution/ New Austrian Foreign Minister Slams Merkel for Migrant Crisis, Demands Orban-Style Border Protection]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 17, 2018.</ref> By June 2018, the number of deportations had risen by 36% compared to the previous year.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/14/austria-deportations-up-36-percent-populist-interior-minister/ Austria: Deportations up 36 Percent Under Populist Interior Minister]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 14, 2018.</ref> In July 2018, the Austrian army's new chief of staff warned that mass migration is the country's greatest threat.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/26/new-austrian-army-head-warns-mass-migration-greatest-danger-country/ New Army Chief Warns Mass Migration Greatest Danger to Austria]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 26, 2018.</ref>

In June 2018, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced his country would crack down on political Islam by closing down seven mosques and deporting several imams funded by foreign countries.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tomlinson, Chris (June 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/08/conservative-populist-austrian-government-shut-down-radical-mosques-expel-imams/ Populist Austria Shutting Down Seven Radical Mosques, Expelling Dozens of Foreign-Funded Imams]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
*Duke, Selwyn (June 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29243-austria-vs-jihad-vienna-government-will-close-mosques-and-expel-imams Austria vs. Jihad: Vienna Government Will Close Mosques and Expel Imams]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-politics-islam/austria-to-shut-down-mosques-expel-foreign-funded-imams-idUSKCN1J40X1 Austria to shut down mosques, expel foreign-funded imams]. ''Reuters''. June 8, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
*[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44410597 Austria to shut seven 'political' mosques and expel imams]. ''BBC''. June 8, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
*Gerdziunas, Benas (June 8, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/kurz-islam-mosques-shuts-down-takes-aims-at-political/ Kurz shuts down mosques, takes aims at ‘political Islam’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.</ref> Austria took over the EU's rotating presidency, promising to take steps to secure the EU's external borders.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/30/austria-takes-over-rotating-eu-presidency-pledges-to-strengthen-borders/ Austria Takes Over Rotating EU Presidency, Pledges to Strengthen Borders]. ''Breitbart News''. June 30, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.</ref> In July 2018, Transportation Minister Norbert Hofer banned the option of taking driving tests in Turkish.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/24/austrian-minister-hofer-bans-costly-driving-tests-turkish-language/ Austria Bans ‘Unreasonable’ Turkish-Language Driving Tests]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref> The coalition government banned the wearing of headscarves in kindergarten schools<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (October 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/26/austria-launches-kindergarten-islamic-headscarf-ban-considers-adding-elementary-schools/ Austria Launches Kindergarten Islamic Headscarf Ban, Considers Adding Elementary Schools]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 26, 2018.</ref> and primary schools.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (May 22, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/32420-new-law-no-more-muslim-headscarves-in-austrian-primary-schools New Law: No More Muslim Headscarves in Austrian Primary Schools]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 22, 2019.</ref> In October 2018, Austria's ÖVP–FPÖ government announced the country would withdraw from the United Nation's [[UN Migrant Treaty|global migration compact]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (October 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/31/austria-follows-trump-and-withdraws-from-un-migration-treaty-to-preserve-sovereignty/ Austria Follows Trump and Withdraws from UN Migration Treaty to Preserve Sovereignty]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
*Murphy, Francois (October 31, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-migrants-austria/austria-to-shun-global-migration-pact-on-sovereignty-worries-idUSKCN1N50JZ Austria to shun global migration pact on sovereignty worries]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
See also:
*Tomlinson, Chris (November 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/02/austrias-populist-leader-on-migrant-pact-pullout-we-are-only-committed-to-our-own-people/ Austria’s Populist Leader On Migrant Pact Pullout: We are Only Committed to Our Own People]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.</ref> In December 2018, the Austrian government announced it would enact a policy blocking asylum by default for migrants to arrive through the help of smugglers.<ref>Hale, Virginia (December 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/22/austria-block-trafficked-migrants-plan/ Austria to Automatically Reject Smuggled Migrants Under Tough New Plans]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 22, 2018.</ref>

===Freedom Party of Austria===
[[File:Austrian presidential election 2016 round 1.png|thumb|300|Results of the first round of the 2016 Austrian presidential election, where the FPÖ (blue) received its best election result at the time (although it was surpassed in the two runoff elections).]]
:''Main article: [[Freedom Party of Austria]]''
The FPÖ, founded in 1956, started growing dramatically in the 1990s under the leadership of [[Jörg Haider]], becoming the second largest party in the country by 2000. Despite some setbacks, such as a party split in 2005, the party continued to grow.

In the first round of the 2016 Austrian presidential election, FPÖ candidate [[Norbert Hofer]] received 35.1 percent of the vote, which at the time was the party's best result in a national election in history.<ref>Troianovski, Anton (April 25, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/european-right-gets-boost-from-austrian-freedom-party-victory-1461598555 European Right Gets Boost From Austrian Freedom Party Victory]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref> Although Hofer lost the run-off election by less than one percentage point, Austria's Constitutional Court ordered a re-run of the election due to irregularities in mail-in ballots.<ref>Troianovski, Anton (June 1, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/austrian-court-orders-rerun-of-presidential-vote-1467369788 Austrian Court Orders Rerun of Presidential Vote]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref> The election was eventually postponed until December 4, 2016.<ref>Connolly, Kate (September 12, 2016). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/12/austria-presidential-election-rerun-to-be-postponed-faulty-glue-ballot-papers Austrian presidential election postponed due to faulty glue]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 13, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/09/13/fpo-austrian-election-delay-embarrassment/ Freedom Party Calls Austrian Election Delay An ‘Embarrassment’]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref> Although Hofer lost the election, being defeated by leftist Green Party candidate [[Alexander Van der Bellen]], the party vowed to fight on.<ref>Oliphant, Roland; Cseko, Balazs (December 4, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/05/time-comes-says-defiant-austrian-far-right-freedom-party-claims/ Austrian far-right defiant as Freedom Party claims 'pole position' for general election: 'Our time comes']. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref>

Going into the 2017 legislative elections, the FPÖ was at first place according to opinion polls until Sebastian Kurz became the leader of the ÖVP and overtook the party.<ref name="StealIdeas"/> While the FPÖ appeared likely to still reach second place in the election,<ref>Atkins, Ralph (October 8, 2017). [https://www.ft.com/content/547569b0-aa60-11e7-ab55-27219df83c97 Austria’s populist Freedom party gears up for poll]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> the Social Democrats narrowly outperformed it in the election.<ref>[https://sputniknews.com/amp/europe/201710201058391002-austria-social-dems-come-second-election/ Austrian Social Democrats Come Second in Tight Election Race]. ''Sputnik''. October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> However, the election was still a victory in some ways for the FPÖ, as it still increased its share of the vote,<ref name="PolLandscape">Barkin, Noah (October 15, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-election-europe/what-austrias-election-says-about-europes-political-landscape-idUSKBN1CK0QT What Austria's election says about Europe's political landscape]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> and it achieved a large ideological victory in causing the ÖVP to adopt positions on immigration and Islam very similar to the FPÖ.<ref name="StealIdeas"/><ref name="PolLandscape"/><ref name="Murphy2017"/><ref>Witte, Griff (October 13, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/win-or-lose-in-austrian-vote-the-far-right-triumphs-as-rivals-back-policies-once-deemed-fringe/2017/10/13/7905468e-adc5-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html Win or lose in Austrian vote, the far right triumphs as rivals back policies once deemed fringe]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Grabbe, Heather (October 18, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/sebastian-kurz-austria-election-why-europe-isnt-worried-about-a-right-turn/ Why Europe isn’t worried by Austria’s right tilt (but should be)]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref name="VotersRWP">Newman, Alex (October 16, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/27149-in-austria-voters-choose-right-wing-populism In Austria, Voters Choose “Right-Wing Populism”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 25, 2017.</ref>

The FPÖ formed a coalition deal with the ÖVP and was able to take several key government agencies, including the interior and defense ministries.<ref>Multiple references:
*Korolyov, Alexei (December 21, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/21/nazi-party-offshoot-rises-austria/ Austria’s far right takes power with little fanfare in altered political climate]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
*Atkins, Ralph; Khan, Mehreen (December 17, 2017). [https://www.ft.com/content/4608e324-e26a-11e7-97e2-916d4fbac0da Far-right Freedom party enters Austrian government]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
*[https://www.thelocal.at/20171216/nothing-to-fear-as-austrian-far-right-enters-government 'Nothing to fear' as Austrian far-right enters government]. ''The Local''. December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
*[https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/16/kurzs-austrian-conservatives-bring-far-right-into-government.html Kurz's Austrian conservatives bring far right into government]. ''CNBC'' (from ''Reuters''). December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
*Tomlinson, Chris (December 16, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/12/16/austrian-populists-enter-government-first-time-since-2005-taking-several-key-ministries/ Austrian Populists Enter Government For First Time Since 2005, Taking Several Key Ministries]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
For information on the individual cabinet members:
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-politics-people-factbox/factbox-key-figures-in-austrias-new-coalition-government-idUSKBN1EA0GB Factbox: Key figures in Austria's new coalition government]. ''Reuters''. December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.</ref>

===Austrian People's Party===
The [[Austrian People's Party]] (ÖVP) is a moderately-conservative [[establishment]] party. However, in 2017, the Austrian foreign minister, [[Sebastian Kurz]], became the leader of the party. Kurz, a right-winger,<ref>Anderson, Kristen Soltis (October 12, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/meet-the-conservative-maybe-populist-millennial-who-could-run-austria/article/2637387 Meet the conservative, maybe populist, millennial who could run Austria]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> essentially adopted the Freedom Party's conservative agenda as its own for the 2017 elections.<ref name="StealIdeas">Knolle, Kirsti; Nasralla, Shadia (September 5, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-election/austrias-far-right-party-accuses-conservatives-of-stealing-campaign-ideas-idUSKCN1BG2GW Austria's far-right party accuses conservatives of stealing campaign ideas]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref name="Murphy2017">Murphy, Francois (July 16, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-politics-farright-analysis/win-or-lose-austrian-far-rights-views-have-entered-government-idUSKBN1A107V Win or lose, Austrian far right's views have entered government]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> Under its relativelty right-wing agenda, the ÖVP won first place in the 2017 legislative election, with over 30% of the vote.<ref name="VotersRWP"/><ref>Nasralla, Shadia; Knolle, Kirsti (October 14, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-austria-election/austria-shifts-to-right-as-conservative-star-seals-election-win-idUKKBN1CJ0TB Austria shifts to right as conservative star seals election win]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Eddy, Melissa (October 15, 2017). [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/15/world/europe/austria-election-sebastian-kurz.html Austria Shifts Right as Refashioned Conservatives Win]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Witte, Griff; Beck, Luisa (October 16, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/austrian-election-yields-a-hard-right-turn-as-conservative-and-nationalist-parties-gain/2017/10/15/d1dce850-ad22-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html Austria turns sharply to the right in an election shaped by immigration]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Murphy, Francois; Shields, Michael (October 14, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-election/austrias-conservative-shift-opens-path-to-power-for-far-right-idUSKBN1CJ0T8 Austria's conservative shift opens path to power for far right]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> Kurz has voiced relatively conservative, right-wing views on immigration<ref>Atkins, Ralph (October 18, 2017). [https://www.ft.com/content/98282146-b3d6-11e7-aa26-bb002965bce8 Austria’s Sebastian Kurz leans towards tougher line on migrants]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> despite ultimately voicing support for the EU.<ref>[https://www.thelocal.at/20171017/election-winner-kurz-says-austria-must-play-an-important-role-in-the-eu Election winner Kurz says Austria 'must play an important role in the EU']. ''The Local'' (from the ''AFP''). October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.</ref> Kurz became the Austrian chancellor in December 2017 through a coalition deal with the FPÖ.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/austria-sebastian-kurz-coalition-far-right-freedom-party-nationalists-europe/ Europe's youngest leader sworn in, with far-right partner]. ''CBS News''. Retrieved December 21, 2017.</ref>

==Serbia==
In [[Serbia]], public support for EU membership fell dramatically between 2012 (nearly 70% in support) and 2017 (43% in support).<ref>Cvijić, Srđan (April 5, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/aleksandar-vucic-eu-the-biggest-loser-in-serbia-elections-eu-the-biggest-loser-in-serbias-elections/ EU the biggest loser in Serbia’s elections]. ''Politico''. Retrieved April 7, 2017.</ref>

===Kosovo===
Recognition of the "national aspirations" of Kosovo by [[globalist]]s was met with cynicism and cries of hypocrisy, and viewed as a thumb-in-eye by the NATO-EU hegemon by many in Serbia and Russia. To begin with, globalist doctrine deems at its core any form of nationalism as equivalent to fascism and racism, yet elevated a territory once predominantly Christian severed by Muslim migration to a "sovereign independent state."

== Macedonia ==
In [[Macedonia]] border patrols hunt migrants at the closed Macedonia-Greece border to prevent illegal migrants (so-called refugees) from entering the country and to travel further into Europe, the border is [[Border wall|secured with razor wire]] and at the peak the train station of the town of [[Gevgelija]] has been closed so immigrants who were already in the country couldn't travel by train and deport them back to the border.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3513326/On-patrol-fearsome-Macedonian-border-guards-vowed-hunt-migrants-manage-cross-razor-wire-desperate-attempt-reach-western-Europe.html</ref>

== Bulgaria ==
In [[Bulgaria]] civilians hunted down [[immigrant]]s and hand them over to the [[police]] during border patrols along the Bulgaria-[[Turkey]] border to prevent illegal migrants (so-called [[refugee]]s) from entering [[Europe]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/05/balkan-civilians-track-migrants/</ref> For several hours on March 23, 2017, just before the Bulgarian assembly election, Bulgarian nationalists blockaded the border with Turkey.<ref>[http://www.gulf-times.com/story/539803/Bulgarian-nationalists-block-Turkish-border-crossi Bulgarian nationalists block Turkish border crossings]. ''Gulf Times''. March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref><ref>Nenov, Stoyan (March 24, 2017). [https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-03-24/bulgarian-nationalists-block-turkish-border-to-bar-electoral-tourism Bulgarian Blockade at Turkish Border Lifted]. ''U.S. News & World Report'' (from ''Reuters''). Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref>

In the November 2016 presidential election, Bulgarians elected a pro-Russian, socialist president, defeating a pro-European candidate — this caused the pro-European prime minister to resign.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/14/bulgaria-turmoil-pm-quits-new-pro-russia-president/ Bulgaria in Turmoil after PM Quits over New Pro-Russia President]. ''Breitbart News''. November 14, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref> Although the pro-EU party, GERB, won the early elections in March 2017, it did not receive a majority.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/27/pro-eu-party-wins-bulgarian-election/ Pro-EU Party Wins Bulgarian Election]. ''Breitbart News''. March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref> According to some sources, it was the nationalists who were the real winners, due to the massive influx of Muslim refugees.<ref>Krasimirov, Angel (March 23, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bulgaria-election-nationalism-idUSKBN16U1GP Nationalism the big winner in Bulgarian election]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref> The nationalist faction formed a governing alliance with GERB.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/04/bulgarias-parliament-approves-new-centre-right-government/ Bulgaria’s Parliament Approves New Centre-Right Government]. ''Breitbart News''. May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017. 
See also:
*Cooper, Harry (September 12, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/bulgarian-far-right-set-to-shock-brussels/ Bulgarian far right set to shock Brussels]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref> Bulgaria's prime minister, Boyko Borissov, has called for securing Europe's external borders.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/01/bulgarian-prime-minister-close-europes-borders-imprison-illegals-deport-africa/ Bulgarian Prime Minister: Close Europe’s Borders, Imprison Illegals, Deport Them Back to Africa]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2018.</ref>

==Slovenia==
[[Slovenia]], through which thousands of migrants passed through, saw the anti-immigration Slovenia Democratic Party, led by Janez Jansa, win the most votes in the 2018 parliamentary elections.<ref>Multiple references:
*Novak, Marja (June 2, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-election/anti-immigration-party-wins-slovenia-elections-idUSKCN1IY0V1 Anti-immigration party wins Slovenia elections]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
*[http://p.dw.com/p/2ysQD Slovenia election: right-wing opposition SDS leads]. ''Deutsche Welle''. June 3, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
*Caplan, Joshua (June 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/03/poll-anti-immigration-party-wins-slovenia-parliamentary-election/ Exit Poll: Anti-Immigration Party Wins Slovenia Parliamentary Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
*Zerdin, Ali (June 3, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/9b0966b449b84a1593c952677ea4d298/Preliminary-results-put-right-wing-party-ahead-in-Slovenia Preliminary results put right-wing party ahead in Slovenia]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved June 3, 2018.</ref>

In 2019, Slovenia deployed soldiers along its borders to reduce illegal immigration through the country.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/21/troops-bolster-anti-illegal-migration-patrols-in-melanias-native-slovenia/ Troops Bolster Anti-Illegal Migration Patrols in Melania’s Native Slovenia]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.</ref> Later in the year, the country expanded its border barrier along the border with Croatia to help stop illegal immigration.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-slovenia/slovenia-erects-more-border-fence-to-curb-migrant-inflow-idUSKCN1VC19Q Slovenia erects more border fence to curb migrant inflow]. ''Reuters''. August 22, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019.</ref> Ordinary citizens also chose to patrol the border in an effort to keep migrants out.<ref>Stojanovic, Dusan (September 17, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/57424e6bf60046e594b4c052bac86b6c Vigilantes in Slovenia patrol borders to keep out migrants]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved September 17, 2019.</ref>

==Slovakia==
[[Slovakia]], a member of the [[Visegrád Group]], opposes any migrant quotas as its national policy. It has sided with and defended Hungary's conservative government in its disputes with the EU.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (June 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/29/slovakia-backs-hungary-migrant-crisis-not-prepared-suffer-mistakes-others/ Slovakia Backs Hungary on Migrant Crisis: ‘We Are Not Prepared to Suffer for the Mistakes of Others’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 29, 2018.</ref>

==Czech Republic==
In June 2017, the [[Czech Republic]] joined several other EU countries in rejecting EU demands to accept a quota of refugees into the country.<ref>Hale, Virginia (June 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/07/fresh-blow-eu-quota-scheme-czech/ Czech Republic Now Refusing Migrants in Fresh Blow to EU Quota Scheme]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref> In June 2017, the EU took legal action against the government of the Czech Republic, as well as Poland and Hungary, for its refusal to take in refugees under the EU's direction and policies.<ref name="EUlegalaction2017"/> The EU gave the three countries one month to comply with its refugee policies.<ref name="1month"/>

In 2018, Czech prime minister [[Andrej Babiš]] stated that mass migration and accepting migrants was the "road to hell."<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/17/czech-pm-eu-must-turn-back-boats-resettling-migrants-road-hell/ Czech PM: EU Must Turn Back Boats, Resettling Migrants Is ‘Road to Hell’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.</ref><ref>Cat, Laura (September 3, 2018). [https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/we-dont-want-to-live-in-africa-or-the-middle-east-here-czech-pm-criticises-eu-migration-policy/ ‘We don’t want to live in Africa or the Middle East here’ – Czech PM criticises EU migration policy]. ''Voice of Europe''. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref> He also described illegal migration as a "threat to European civilisation."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (September 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/03/czech-prime-minister-illegal-immigration-threat-european-civilisation/ Czech Prime Minister: ‘Illegal Immigration Is a Threat to European Civilisation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 3, 2018.</ref> He stated his commitment to helping Czech citizens over foreigners.<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/17/czech-pm-rejects-import-war-children/ ‘My Responsibility Is to Our Own Orphans’: Czech PM Rejects Pressure to Import 50 ‘War Children’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.</ref>

In November 2018, the Czech Republic announced it would withdraw from the [[UN Migrant Treaty|UN migration pact]].<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/14/after-teasing-move-czech-republic-confirms-it-will-withdraw-from-un-migrant-pact/ After Teasing Move, Czech Republic Confirms it Will Withdraw from UN Migrant Pact]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.</ref> In January 2019, it announced a program to pay non-EU migrants to return to their home countries.<ref>Hale, Virginia (January 21, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/21/czech-scheme-pay-migrants-return/ Remigration: Czech Republic to Pay Non-EU Migrants to Go Home]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 21, 2019.</ref>

===2017 legislative election===
The 2017 Czech parliamentary election resulted in major gains for Euroskeptic and anti-establishment parties and major losses for the Left.<ref name="LaneCzech2017">Lane, Oliver JJ (October 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/21/eurosceptic-czech-trump-ahead-early-count-national-election-anti-migration-freedom-party-second/ Surge For Right-Wing Eurosceptic ‘Czech Trump’ at Worst Election in Czech History for Left Party]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Moody, John (October 19, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/10/19/in-czech-election-yes-means-no-to-european-union-slavery.html In Czech election, yes means no to European Union slavery]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 24, 2017.</ref> At first place was the populist ANO, led by Andrej Babis,<ref>Multiple references:
*Laca, Peter; Bauerova, Ladka Mortkowitz (October 22, 2017). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-23/czechs-add-to-eu-s-headache-by-electing-euroskeptic-billionaire Czechs Add to EU’s Headache by Electing Euroskeptic Billionaire]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
*Gosling, Tim (October 21, 2017). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/21/populist-billionaire-sweeps-victory-czech-election/ Populist billionaire sweeps to victory in Czech election]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
*[http://p.dw.com/p/2mI4b Czech Trump and insurgent parties benefit from 'voting hurricane' in Czech Republic election]. ''Deutsche Welle''. October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
*Mortkowitz, Siegfried (October 21, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/czech-voters-hand-euroskeptic-babis-big-victory/ Czech voters hand Euroskeptic Babiš big victory]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> who has been compared to U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] and has criticized the European Union and immigration.<ref>Multiple references:
*Witte, Griff (October 17, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/in-center-of-europe-politics-takes-a-trumpian-turn-with-rise-of-anti-immigrant-billionaire/2017/10/16/f2697bd8-a854-11e7-9a98-07140d2eed02_story.html In center of Europe, politics takes a Trumpian turn with rise of anti-immigrant billionaire]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
*Lyman, Rick (October 17, 2017). [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/world/europe/czech-republic-andrej-babis.html In Czech Election, a New Threat to European Unity]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
*Lopatka, Jan (October 13, 2017). [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-czech-election-eu/czech-election-favourite-babis-hard-on-brussels-light-on-ideology-idUKKBN1CI1MP Czech election favourite Babis hard on Brussels, light on ideology]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> The Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party, a new and solidly right-wing and Euroskeptic party, reached a close 4th place, exceeding expectations.<ref>Muller, Robert; Lopatka, Jan (October 21, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-election-farright/far-right-scores-surprise-success-in-czech-election-idUSKBN1CQ0T3 Far-right scores surprise success in Czech election]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> The three Euroskeptic and right-wing parties that won seats, the ANO, ODS, and SPD, won a combined 51.6% of the popular vote,<ref name="Czech2017results">[https://www.volby.cz/pls/ps2017/ps2?xjazyk=CZ Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 20.10. – 21.10.2017]. ''Volby.cz''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> while the Social Democratic Party won its worst-ever result, at 7.27%, and the Communist Party also saw massive losses, winning only 7.76%.<ref name="LaneCzech2017"/><ref name="Czech2017results"/>

===2018 presidential election===
In the 2018 Czech presidential election, conservative incumbent [[Miloš Zeman]] narrowly defeated a liberal and pro-EU challenger.<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (January 27, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/27/pro-trump-czech-president-who-warned-organized-invasion-migrants-wins-re-election.html Pro-Trump Czech president who warned of 'organized invasion' of migrants wins re-election]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
*Day, Matthew (January 27, 2018). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/27/pro-russia-czech-president-milos-zemen-wins-second-term/ Pro-Russia Czech president Milos Zeman wins second term]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/27/czech-elections-anti-migration-president-defeats-leftist-academic-challenger/ Czech Elections: Anti-Migration President Defeats Leftist Academic Challenger]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
See also:
*Mortkowitz, Siegfried (January 26, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/milos-zeman-jiri-drahos-czech-election-prague-turn-for-populist-vs-liberal-showdown/ Prague’s turn for populist vs. liberal showdown]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> Zeman ran on a strong anti-mass migration platform,<ref>Muller, Robert; Hovet, Jason (January 26, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-election-president/czech-president-zeman-re-elected-with-anti-immigration-message-idUSKBN1FG00C Czech President Zeman re-elected with anti-immigration message]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> and he was known for his strong statements against Islam.<ref>Tait, Robert (September 14, 2016). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/14/milos-zeman-czech-leader-refugees Miloš Zeman: the hardline Czech leader fanning hostility to refugees]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref><ref>Friedman, Victoria (January 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/09/czech-prez-10-million-migrants-africa-come-european-union/ Czech Prez: ’10 Million Migrants from Africa Could Come to European Union’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref>

==Romania==
[[Romania]] was not spared from the migrant crisis. Hungary considered<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/09/15/hungary-plans-another-anti-migrant-fence-this-time-along-romania-border/ Hungary Plans ANOTHER Anti-Migrant Fence, This Time Along Romania Border]. ''Breitbart News''. September 15, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-hungary-romania-idUSKCN0RF1JW20150915 Hungary preparing to extend border fence towards Romania]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> and made plans<ref>Than, Krisztina; Pawlak, Justyna (January 19, 2016). [http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-hungary-minister-idUKKCN0UX284 Hungary ready to erect anti-migrant fence on Romanian border]. 'Reuters''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://sputniknews.com/europe/201603091036004936-hungary-romania-border-fence/ Hungary Ready to Build Fence on Romanian Border Amid Refugee Crisis]. ''Sputnik''. March 9, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> for building a [[border fence]] along Romania's border, although it did not take action on it, as of 2017.<ref name="SavitskyAxios2017"/> In 2017, the Romanian coast guard intercepted a boat carrying 69 Iraqi migrants in the [[Black Sea]].<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/13/romanian-coastguard-intercepts-iraq-migrant-boat-black-sea/ Romanian Coastguard Intercepts Iraq Migrant Boat in Black Sea]. ''Breitbart News''. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref>

==Hungary==
[[File:Hungarian-Serbian border barrier.jpg|thumb|275px|Hungary's [[border fence]] with Serbia]]
[[File:Hungary Peace March, 2018.jpg|thumb|275px|Patriotic Hungarians march for Viktor Orbán's conservative and nationalist policies, March 2018]]
{{See also|Viktor Orbán}}
[[Hungary]] was overrun in 2015 by refugees passing through the country, and it has the largest ''per capita'' number of asylum applications of any European country in 2015.<ref>Connor, Phillip (August 2, 2016). [http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/08/02/number-of-refugees-to-europe-surges-to-record-1-3-million-in-2015/ Number of Refugees to Europe Surges to Record 1.3 Million in 2015]. ''Pew Research Center''. Retrieved April 7, 2018.</ref> In response, conservative Prime Minister [[Viktor Orbán]] took numerous actions,<ref name="SavitskyAxios2017">Savitsky, Shane (February 1, 2017). [https://www.axios.com/border-fences-and-refugee-bans-been-there-done-that-for-hungary-2226465858.html Border fences and refugee bans: Hungary did it — fast]. ''Axios''. Retrieved October 6, 2017. See also:
*[https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/viktor-orban-was-the-only-one-doing-the-right-thing-during-the-migrant-crisis/ “Viktor Orban was the only one doing the right thing during the migrant crisis”]. ''Voice of Europe'' (from the ''Hungary Journal''). September 16, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.</ref> including building a [[border barrier]] along the border with [[Serbia]]<ref>Multiple references:
*Kent, Simon (September 15, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/09/07/end-of-the-line-hungary-seals-borders-as-migrant-flow-surges-on/ End Of The Line: Hungary Seals Borders As Migrant Flow Surges On]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/09/15/hungary-launches-border-crackdown-says-migrants-risk-expulsion/ Hungary Seals Border, Detains Thousands, Threatens To Imprison Illegals]. ''Breitbart News'' (from ''AFP''). September 15, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/09/19/successful-hungarian-border-fence-boosts-support-right-wing-government/ Successful Hungarian Border Fence Boosts Support Of Right Wing Government]. ''Breitbart'' (from ''Reuters''). September 19, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2017.</ref> and [[Croatia]].<ref>[https://www.voanews.com/a/reu-migrant-shot-dead-trying-to-enter-bulgaria-says-ministry/3009905.html Hungary Closes Border With Croatia]. ''Voice of America''. October 16, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> The fence was so effective that illegal immigration levels dropped to levels seen before the crisis began,<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (October 29, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/10/29/hold-hungarian-border-fence-so-effective-illegal-immigrants-are-now-at-pre-migrant-crisis-levels/ Hungarian Border Fence So Effective Illegal Immigrants Are Now At Pre Migrant-Crisis Levels]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 29, 2017.</ref> and by September 2017, illegal immigration levels had dropped by 99% since 2015.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (September 15, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/16/hungary-builds-a-wall-cuts-illegal-immigration-by-over-99-per-cent/ Hungary Builds a Wall, Cuts Illegal Immigration by Over 99 Per Cent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 16, 2017. See also:
*Montgomery, Jack (February 9, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/02/09/exclusive-hungarian-govt-praises-trump-border-protection-obligation-state/ EXCLUSIVE – Hungary Backs Trump’s Wall: ‘Border Protection An Obligation of the State’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
*Montgomery, Jack (February 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/15/hungary-fighting-illegal-migration-not-possible-without-barriers/ Hungary: ‘Fighting Illegal Migration Not Possible Without Physical Barriers at Border’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
*Gorondi, Pablo (May 10, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/07ac72b6f0b24d8b83ef61114e3b075f Hungary stems migrant flow, but issue remains big in EU vote]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 26, 2019.</ref> In April 2017, the Hungarian government completed construction of a second border fence, one with high-tech features, on the Serbian border.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/28/hungary-completes-second-anti-migrant-fence/ Hungary Completes Second Anti-Migrant Fence]. ''Breitbart News''. April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/28/hungary-completes-2nd-border-fence-meant-to-stop-migrants.html Hungary completes 2nd border fence meant to stop migrants]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). April 28, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*[http://p.dw.com/p/2c64B Hungary completes second fence to keep out migrants]. ''Deutsche Welle''. April 28, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> Unlike most other European countries, Hungary's leadership has taken a more conservative right-wing, common sense approach to the immigration crisis.<ref name="HungarySweden">Montgomery, Jack (August 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/16/hungarian-govt-swedens-political-leaders-on-side-illegal-migrants/ Hungarian Govt: Sweden’s Leaders are ‘On the Side’ of Illegal Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 16, 2018.</ref><ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (March 1, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/01/europes-pro-trump-outpost-populist-hungary-buoyed-by-us-shift-on-refugees-russia.html Europe's pro-Trump outpost: Populist Hungary buoyed by US shift on refugees, Russia]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (May 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/14/orban-poland-west-never-experienced-communism-cant-understand-eastern-europe/ Orban in Poland: The West Never Experienced Communism, So Can’t Understand Eastern Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/01/hungarian-hypocrisy-political-correctness-migration-enabled-terrorism/ EXCLUSIVE – Hungarian Govt Says ‘Hypocrisy and Political Correctness’ on Migration Enabled Terrorism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
*Binder, John (July 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/02/exclusive-hungarians-warn-u-s-illegal-migration-cant-be-controlled-without-strong-border/ Exclusive – Hungarians Warn U.S. Illegal Migration Can’t Be Controlled Without ‘Strong’ Border]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (December 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/27/orban-bringing-africas-problems-europe-destroy-culture/ Hungary’s Orban: Bringing Africa’s Problems to Europe Will ‘Destroy 2,000-year-old Culture’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
*Bensman, Todd (April 3, 2019). [https://cis.org/Bensman/Progress-Report-Hungarys-Fenced-Borderlands Progress Report from Hungary's Fenced Borderlands]. ''Center for Immigration Studies''. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
*Gorondi, Pablo (May 10, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/07ac72b6f0b24d8b83ef61114e3b075f Hungary stems migrant flow, but issue remains big in EU vote]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
*Montgomery, Jack (May 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/20/orban-we-want-change-we-want-a-europe-that-protects-its-borders-on-land-and-sea/ Orban: ‘We Want Change, We Want a Europe that Protects Its Borders on Land and Sea’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
*Montgomery, Jack (July 13, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/13/hungary-pm-warns-on-long-term-migrant-crisis-millions-will-arrive-our-task-is-to-defend-our-people/ Hungary PM Warns on Long-term Migrant Crisis: ‘Millions Will Arrive, Our Task Is to Defend Our People’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 13, 2019.</ref> It demanded that the EU pay half the cost for its border fence.<ref>[https://www.voanews.com/a/hungary-migrant-fence-bills-europe/4011061.html Hungary Asks EU to Pay Half the Cost of Anti-migrant Fence ]. ''Voice of America'' (from the ''Associated Press''). September 1, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.</ref> In March 2017, the Hungarian government refused a Swedish request to let 5,000 asylum seekers into its borders.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/28/hungary-refuses-5000-migrants-sweden/ Hungary Refuses to Take 5,000 Migrants From Sweden]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2017.</ref> In May 2018, the Hungarian government under Orbán rejected a European Union-African migration declaration that disproportionately favored the African countries and "further inspires migration."<ref>Friedman, Victoria (May 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/04/hungary-rejects-eu-africa-declaration-inspires-migration/ Hungary Rejects EU-Africa Declaration that ‘Inspires Migration’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.</ref> Hungary's government has also criticized the UN's [[Global Compact on Migration]],<ref>Multiple references:
*Hale, Virginia (March 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/05/hungary-un-plan-mass-migration/ Hungary Challenges United Nations Plan to Facilitate Global Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (June 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/08/hungary-migration-un-compact-victim-europe/ Hungary Slams Pro-Mass Migration UN Compact: ‘Its Clear Victim Is Europe’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
*Friedman, Victoria (November 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/24/hungary-attacks-un-pact-attempting-legalising-migration-populist-claims-criticism-migration-criminal/ Hungary Attacks UN Migration Compact for Attempting to ‘Legalise Illegal Immigration’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 24, 2018.</ref> and it withdrew from it in July 2018.<ref>Shaw, Adam (July 19, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/19/hungary-joins-us-in-withdrawing-from-un-global-migration-agreement.html Hungary joins US in withdrawing from UN global migration agreement]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 19, 2018.</ref>

On September 15, 2015, the same day the Hungarian government closed its border with Serbia, several laws came into effect in the nation. The laws made illegal immigrants in Hungary subject to criminal charges and made it illegal to damage the nation's border fence.<ref>Multiple references:
*Harven, Michelle (September 11, 2015). [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/hungary-enacts-tougher-laws-illegal-immigrants/ Hungary enacts tougher laws on illegal immigrants]. ''PBS''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*[http://p.dw.com/p/1GWVT Hungary begins border crackdown as fence completed]. ''Deutsche Welle''. September 15, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*Pandey, Avaneesh (September 15, 2015). [http://www.ibtimes.com/european-refugee-crisis-hungary-enacts-tough-new-laws-closes-key-border-crossing-2096891 European Refugee Crisis: Hungary Enacts Tough New Laws, Closes Key Border Crossing; Declares Emergency In 2 Counties]. ''International Business Times''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> On September 21, 2017, the Hungarian parliament voted to give the army the ability to use non-lethal force on migrants.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/09/21/hungarian-parliament-grants-army-right-to-use-force-against-migrants/ Hungarian Parliament Grants Army Right To Use Force Against Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. September 21, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*Dunai, Marton (September 22, 2015). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-hungary-law-idUSKCN0RL1K220150922 Hungary beefs up border with army, warns migrants to stay away]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*Holehouse, Matthew; Philipson, Alice (September 22, 2015). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/hungary/11881046/Refugee-crisis-Hungary-declares-victory-in-border-strategy-as-migrants-head-to-Croatia-instead.html Refugee crisis: Hungarian parliament votes to deploy army as EU interior ministers to meet]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> In July 2016, Hungary enacted a law allowing the army to push migrants back to the border if they were found 8 kilometers (4.97 miles) or less from the border.<ref>Thorpe, Nick (July 14, 2016). [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36786438 Hungary deploys army to push migrants back to Serbia]. ''BBC''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> In June 2018, Hungary's parliament passed a series of laws cracking down on individuals and entities that aid illegal immigration ("Stop Soros"), and it passed a constitutional amendment banning the settlement of an "alien population" in the country.<ref name="StopSoros">Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (June 20, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/20/hungarys-pro-trump-populist-government-pushes-soros-crackdown.html Hungary's pro-Trump, populist government pushes Soros crackdown]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
*Simon, Zoltan (June 20, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-20/hungary-approves-immigration-crackdown-as-orban-ignores-eu-alarm Hungary Approves Immigration Crackdown as Orban Ignores EU Alarm]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
*Dunai, Marton (June 20, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-soros/hungary-approves-stop-soros-law-defying-eu-rights-groups-idUSKBN1JG1VN Hungary approves 'STOP Soros' law, defying EU, rights groups]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (July 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/27/hungary-adopts-new-tax-pro-mass-migration-ngos/ Hungary Adopts New Tax on Pro-Mass Migration NGOs]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
See also:
*King, Laura (June 28, 2018). [https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-hungary-europe-immigration-20180628-story.html The European country that makes the U.S. look lenient on immigration]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved June 29, 2018.</ref>

In June 2017, the EU took legal action against the government of Hungary, as well as Poland and the Czech Republic, for its refusal to take in refugees under the EU's direction and policies.<ref name="EUlegalaction2017"/> The EU gave the three countries one month to comply with its refugee policies.<ref name="1month"/> In September 2017, the European Court of Justice ruled that countries like Hungary and Slovakia could not opt out of the EU's refugee resettlement plan.<ref>[https://www.voanews.com/a/eu-court-rejects-challenges-to-refugee-resettlement/4017124.html EU Court Rejects Challenges to Refugee Resettlement]. ''Voice of America''. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Christ (September 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/07/eu-court-rejects-hungary-slovakia-migrant-redistribution-objections/ EU Court Rejects Hungary, Slovakia Migrant Redistribution Objections]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 7, 2017.</ref> Orbán stated that Hungary would admit all Europeans fleeing from their respective countries' liberal and globalist policies.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (February 11, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/02/11/hungary-will-welcome-true-refugees-germans-french-others-seeking-europe-lost-homelands/ Orban: Hungary Will Welcome ‘European Refugees’ Fleeing Multicultural West]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref>

As Orbán himself noted, Hungary's policies likely saved all of Europe from an even greater and more catastrophic migrant crisis.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 4, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/04/orban-culture-hypocrisy-europe-gratitude-hungary-halting-migrant-influx/ Orban: ‘Hypocrisy’ Prevents Europe from Admitting Gratitude to Hungary for Halting Migrant Influx]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 4, 2017.</ref> Liberals and [[globalist]]s, on the other hand, attacked Hungary for its actions.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (September 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/13/hungary-takes-ny-times-to-school-on-europes-migrant-crisis/ Hungary Takes NY Times to School on Europe’s Migrant Crisis]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref>

The Hungarian government worked with Poland to counter the EU.<ref name="TagTeam"/> Orbán's government fought attempts by the EU to weaken its [[sovereignty]].<ref>Newman, Alex (September 21, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30132-hungary-resists-eu-assault-on-sovereignty-christian-civilization Hungary Resists EU Assault on Sovereignty, Christian Civilization]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 21, 2018.</ref>

===Fidesz===
[[File:Hungarian election, 2018.png|thumb|225px|Hungarian parliamentary election results, 2018. Orange represents Fidesz]]
In 2010 '''Fidesz''' (Hungarian Civic Alliance), Hungary's largest conservative party and led by Orbán, won a supermajority in the country's [[parliament]] and control of all 19 of Hungary's county legislatures. The supermajority was retained in 2014 elections. A supermajority gives the party the power to make changes to Hungary's constitution.

Leading up the 2018 elections, Fidesz had shifted to the right-wing, taking more conservative and nationalist political positions, as could be seen in official government actions Hungary's Fidesz government under Orbán.<ref name="TradingPlaces2017">Bayer, Lili (August 14, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/hugary-right-wing-trading-places-fidesz-jobbik/ Trading places on the Hungarian right]. ''Politico''. Retrieved August 17, 2017.</ref> The party became a strong proponent of preserving Hungary's historical demographic composition and opposition to mass migration.<ref name="TradingPlaces2017"/>

Orbán strongly opposed the ultra-liberal [[Central European University]] (founded and funded by [[George Soros]]) and on March 29, 2017 announced a new law which could close it.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-29/soros-s-university-caught-in-orban-campaign-as-ceu-protests-law</ref> He stated that it was cheating students and breaking rules by awarding both a Hungarian and an American diploma, despite the university having no U.S. presence.<ref name="Cheating">[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/31/soros-backed-university-cheating-says-hungarian-pm/ Soros-Backed University Is ‘Cheating’, Says Hungarian PM]. ''Breitbart News''. March 31, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/03/hungary-parliament-fast-track-bill-targeting-soros-university/ Hungary: Parliament to Fast-Track Bill Targeting Soros University]. ''Breitbart News''. April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.</ref> He also opposed George Soros due to his efforts by supporting the massive immigration from Muslim nations into Europe.<ref name="Cheating"/><ref>Duke, Selwyn (June 16, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29296-hungarian-leader-europeans-purposely-being-replaced-with-muslims-as-soros-profits Hungarian Leader: Europeans Purposely Being Replaced With Muslims as Soros Profits]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.</ref> On April 10, 2017, Hungary enacted a law tightening its standards for universities and thus threatening CEU's existence.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/11/hungary-president-signs-law-threatening-soros-university/ Hungary President Signs Law Threatening Soros University]. ''Breitbart News''. April 11, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.</ref><ref>Sandford, Alasdair (April 10, 2017). [http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/10/hungary-defies-protests-to-pass-into-law-anti-soros-university-bill Hungary Defies Protests to Pass into Law 'Anti-Soros' University Bill]. ''Euronews''. Retrieved April 12, 2017.</ref> In August 2018, the CEU stopped offering courses to asylum seekers because of the "Stop Soros" law that had gone into effect.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (August 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/29/soros-university-suspends-programmes-migrants-hungarian-anti-propaganda-tax/ Soros University Suspends Programmes for Migrants Due to Hungarian Anti-Propaganda Tax]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 29, 2018.</ref>

Orbán believes that Islamization is real and occurring in Europe due to the mass migration.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (September 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/06/hungarian-pm-orban-the-islamization-of-europe-is-real/ Hungarian PM Orban: ‘The Islamization of Europe Is Real’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 6, 2017.</ref> Hungary's deputy prime minister, Zsolt Semjen of Fidesz's partner the Christian Democratic People's Party, has warned of Islam quietly penetrating Europe and overthrowing the continent's Christian culture.<ref>Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (May 21, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/21/hungarian-deputy-pm-warns-europe-losing-identity-islam/ Hungary Warns Europe Losing Its Identity, Islam Penetrating Without Resistance]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (May 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/26/hungarian-deputy-pm-islamic-invasion-reduce-europeans-minority/ Hungarian Deputy PM: ‘Islamic Invasion’ Will Reduce Europeans to ‘Minority in Our Own Continent’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 26, 2018.</ref> Other members of Hungary's government have warned about globalism.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (March 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/22/hungary-warns-global-government-strip-people-religious-national-family-identities/ Hungary Warns of ‘Global Government’ That Will ‘Strip People of Religious, National, Family Identities’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 22, 2018.</ref>

According to [[Politico]], Orbán "won" the argument on immigration policy.<ref>Barigazzi, Jacopo (September 15, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-migration-eu-has-won-the-argument/ Orbán wins the migration argument]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 15, 2017.</ref> Polling data, including a CBOS poll in February 2018, found that the Hungarian government was enjoying strong support among Hungarians.<ref name="RecordSupport2018"/>

Orbán faced a difficult re-election in 2018,<ref>Roser, Thomas; Davis, Austin (April 5, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/5/viktor-orban-faces-tough-test-in-bid-for-third-ter/ Viktor Orban faces tough test in bid for third term as Hungarian president]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 5, 2018.</ref> in which he emphasized the issues of immigration and [[sovereignty]].<ref>Shaw, Adam (April 6, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/06/hungarys-viktor-orban-running-on-anti-mass-migration-platform-eyes-fourth-term.html Hungary's Viktor Orban, running on anti-mass migration platform, eyes fourth term]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 6, 2018.</ref> Despite this, Orbán did significantly better than expected and won a supermajority a third time in a row.<ref>Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (April 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/08/bloody-nose-brussels-poll-suggests-anti-globalist-anti-soros-eurosceptic-viktor-orban-wins-big-hungary-election/ Bloody Nose for Brussels: Landslide Triumph as Anti-Globalist, Anti-Soros Orban Wins Third Term in Hungary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*Mass, Warren (April 9, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28714-viktor-orban-strong-defender-of-his-nation-s-sovereign-borders-reelected-in-hungary Viktor Orban, Strong Defender of His Nation’s Sovereign Borders, Reelected in Hungary]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*Murphy, Peter; Khera, Jastinder (April 9, 2018). [https://www.timesofisrael.com/hungarys-orban-claims-victory-as-nationalist-party-takes-sweeping-poll-lead/ Hungary’s Orban claims victory as nationalist party takes sweeping poll lead]. ''The Times of Israel''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*Than, Krisztina; Szakacs, Gergely (April 7, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-election/hungarys-strongman-viktor-orban-wins-third-term-in-power-idUSKBN1HE0UC Hungary's strongman Viktor Orban wins third term in power]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*Hinshaw, Drew; Komuves, Anita (April 8, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/hungary-votes-in-election-with-orban-set-to-secure-a-fourth-term-1523162923 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban Wins Fourth Term]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/08/hungary-leader-viktor-orban-sweeps-to-re-election-win-with-super-majority.html Hungary leader Viktor Orban sweeps to re-election win with super majority]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (April 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/09/orban-responds-electoral-victory-created-opportunity-protect-hungary/ Orban Responds to Electoral Victory: ‘We’ve Created the Opportunity to Protect Hungary’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.</ref> After the election results became known, Orbán stated his intention of pushing forward with his conservative and nationalist agenda,<ref>Than, Krisztina; Szakacs, Gergely (April 10, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-election-orban/hungarys-orban-to-seek-eu-of-strong-nations-after-landslide-re-election-idUSKBN1HH12A Hungary's Orban to seek EU of strong nations after landslide re-election]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 10, 2018.</ref> as well as to preserve Hungary's Christian culture,<ref>Multiple references:
*Tomlinson, Chris (May 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/06/hungarian-pm-orban-building-christian-democracy-announces-tougher-immigration-rules/ Hungarian PM Orban Getting Tougher on Immigration: ‘We Are Building a Christian Democracy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-orban/pm-orban-vows-to-preserve-hungarys-christian-culture-idUSKBN1I80NC PM Orban vows to preserve Hungary's Christian culture]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 7, 2018.</ref> and he gave a strongly conservative speech outlining his fourth-term agenda.<ref>Multiple references:
*Dunai, Marton; Than, Krisztina (May 10, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-orban/eu-must-give-up-nightmares-of-united-states-of-europe-hungarian-pm-idUSKBN1IB1TG EU must give up 'nightmares' of United States of Europe: Hungarian PM]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
*Gorondi, Pablo (May 10, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/b764d6684a2d402e8f0dff9e2fe0d876/Hungary's-parliament-elects-premier-Viktor-Orban-to-4th-term Hungary’s parliament elects premier Viktor Orban to 4th term]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
*[https://www.rt.com/news/426412-orban-christian-values-eu-hungary/ Orban declares end of ‘liberal democracy’ in Hungary, vows to fight for Christian values]. ''RT''. May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (May 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/12/orban-era-liberal-democracy-replaced-21st-century-christian-democracy/ Orban: ‘We Will Build a 21st Century Christian Democracy, Not Rebuild a Shipwrecked Liberal Democracy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
See also:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/10/pics-hungarys-parliament-elects-premier-viktor-orban-fourth-term/ PICS: Hungary’s Parliament Elects Premier Viktor Orban to Fourth Term]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 11, 2018.</ref>

It is a member party of the [[European People's Party]], the [[International Democrat Union]] and the [[Centrist Democrat International]].<ref>[http://www.epp.eu/parties-and-partners/ Parties and Partners] of the European People's Party</ref><ref>[https://www.idu.org/members/ Members] of the International Democrat Union</ref>

Campaigning on an anti-illegal immigration platform, Fidesz performed strongly in the 2019 European Parliament elections.<ref>Multiple references:
*Than, Krisztina; Dunai, Marton (May 26, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-hungary-orban/hungarys-fidesz-wins-52-of-vote-orban-vows-to-halt-immigration-idUSKCN1SW062 Hungary's Fidesz wins 52% of vote; Orban vows to halt immigration]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
*Hale, Virginia (May 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/28/hungary-oppose-migration-eu-agenda/ Hungary Vows to Fight EU Mass Migration Agenda After Huge Election Win]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 28, 2019.</ref>

===Jobbik===
In its 2010 party platform, Jobbik strongly opposed any demographic changes resulting from mass migration and supported keeping Hungary's population homogeneous.<ref name="TradingPlaces2017"/> This position was soon adopted by the ruling Fidesz Party, led by Orbán.<ref name="TradingPlaces2017"/> While Jobbik moved to the political center in a failed attempt to grow the party in the 2018 parliamentary elections, a substantial number of party members continued supporting the party's strong opposition to immigration and the EU, among other policies.<ref>Dunai, Marton (May 22, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-jobbik/hardliners-in-hungarys-jobbik-demand-return-to-far-right-roots-idUSKCN1IN1MW Hardliners in Hungary's Jobbik demand return to far-right roots]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 4, 2018.</ref>

===Soros' revenge===
Fidesz Party leader, [[Prime Minister]] [[Viktor Orbán]], has been in a very public dispute with another Hungarian-born son, [[George Soros]], a [https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-reign-of-the-one-percenters/ one percenter] who manages money for other one percenters. Soros is a mega-donor to liberal causes and the [[Democrat Party]]. With the collapse of the communist bloc, Soros has used his vast wealth in the expanded [[free market]]s of the world to go on what could only be compared with an ideological [[crusade]] or political [[jihad]] (barring the religious connotations attached to those words) for his psycho-social view of what the world should be.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/41008029?access_key=key-1akmk6l4oun8ydlm6yem</ref> Soros is an international fugitive wanted on outstanding arrest warrants in several countries for currency manipulation and insurrectionist activities.<ref>[http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-08/how-george-soros-singlehandedly-created-european-refugee-crisis-and-why How George Soros Singlehandedly Created The European Refugee Crisis - And Why]</ref>
[[File:George Soros HighRes.jpg|right|200px|thumb|George Soros, atheist billionaire who believes there is no judgment for actions in this life.]]
Soros, a notorious anti-[[Zionist]],<ref>[http://www.jta.org/2003/11/10/archive/in-rare-jewish-appearance-george-soros-says-jews-and-israel-cause-anti-semitism In rare Jewish appearance, George Soros says Jews and Israel cause anti-Semitism], Uriel Heilman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 9 November 2004</ref> survived the [[holocaust]] in collaboration with the [[Nazi]]s.<ref>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/george-soros-on-helping-the-nazis-during-the-holocaust</ref> [[Adolf Eichmann]] personally ran the extermination program in [[Budapest]]. Hungary was a German ally and did not fall under German occupation until very late in the war,<ref>https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/mideast/greenstein/zionism3.htm</ref> hence Jews had not been required to wear the [[Star of David]]. Soros worked with Nazi security services who needed to identify Jews for [[deportation]] to [[Auschwitz]].<ref>https://youtu.be/JuBGvIowW4M</ref> Between March and July 1944, at least 3000 Jews daily were loaded on trains to the death camps, where 75 to 90% were murdered upon arrival. By July, more than 430,000 Hungarian Jews had been killed. Soros confesses to looting the Jewish victims' property after they were shipped off to the gas chambers.<ref>https://youtu.be/kLrvExOTpYQ</ref> Deportations were halted in July but resumed between October and December 1944. Both Budapest and Auschwitz were liberated from German Nazi control in January 1945. From these 'humble origins,' Soros parlayed his good fortune in coming decades to become the 19th richest person on the planet. Today he is trying to ease his [[conscience]] by taking his vengeance on 'Christian Europe'.<ref>In Soros' autobiography Soros writes, "When you look at the way Jews react to persecution, you'll find that they tend to follow one of two main escape routes. Either they transcend their problem by turning to something universal or they identify with their oppressors and try to become like them. I come from an assimilationist family. And I have chosen the first route." As an assimilationist, Soros rejected Jewish identity in his formative years; as a 'universalist', embodied in his Open Society Institute, he wishes to [[atonement|atone]] for the sins of his youth. Zionism he confesses is an alternative third way, which his new-found universalism and assimilationist roots remain opposed to. See ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=h2GuJ0xnhFUC&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&dq=soros+assimilationist&source=bl&ots=dYJj5ZP2zQ&sig=SQmbfBk_aE-ZNKdEgFA5Ph3ZHsk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5x_r6m6TSAhXoilQKHevqBGAQ6AEIbDAK#v=onepage&q=soros%20assimilationist&f=false Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve]'', George Soros, Byron Wien & Krisztina Koenen, John Wiley & Sons, 1995, p. 240.</ref>

Soros' [[Open Society Foundations]] has been in the forefront of promoting [[globalism]], [[multiculturalism]], unrestricted [[illegal immigration]],<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/20/george-soros-to-invest-500-million-in-help-for-refugees-through-his-open-society-foundations.html George Soros to invest $500 million in help for refugees], Nyshka Chandran, [[CNBC]], 20 Sep 2016</ref> and eliminating national borders. In Soros' dispute with Orbán, Soros has said,
{{quotebox|His plan treats the protection of national borders as the objective and the refugees as an obstacle. Our plan treats the protection of refugees as the objective and national borders as the obstacle.}}
Few human beings have exploited the [[capitalist]] system for personal gain as successfully as George Soros while denying the rights of others to amass personal property by the destruction of national borders and governments.<ref>[https://www.rt.com/op-edge/332387-soros-putin-russia-threat-migrants/ Soros: A psychopath’s psychopath], Sam Gerrans, [[RT]], 13 Feb, 2016</ref>

One of the numerous leftist projects that Soros funded was to try to affect the outcome of an April 2016 referendum in the Netherlands over approving an EU association agreement with [[Ukraine]].<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 19, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/08/19/soros-group-attempted-buy-dutch-referendum/ Soros Group Attempted To Buy Dutch EU Referendum]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 15, 2017.</ref> Dutch voters overwhelmingly rejected the referendum in an anti-EU decision.<ref name="DutchRef2016"/>

Russia took Soros's organizations out of the nation through its crackdown on foreign charities, and other European countries are considering doing likewise.<ref>Klein, Aaron (March 24, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/24/reuters-european-countries-inspired-breitbart-crack-soros/ Reuters: European Countries Inspired by Breitbart to Crack Down on Soros]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref>

==Estonia==
{{See also|Conservative People's Party of Estonia}}
In [[Estonia]]'s 2019 elections, the [[conservative]] party EKRE made massive gains, partially on an anti-mass migration message, despite the unwillingness of other – [[establishment]] – parties to work with it.<ref>Virki, Tarmo (March 2, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-estonia-election/estonian-center-right-opposition-wins-elections-idUSKCN1QK001 Estonian center-right opposition wins elections]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved March 3, 2019.</ref>

==Further reading==
*Murray, Douglas (2018). [https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Death-Europe-Immigration-Identity/dp/1472958055/ ''The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam'']. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1472958051.
*[https://gatesofvienna.net/2018/02/alessandro-meluzzi-more-on-the-nigerian-cannibal-mafia/ Nigerian Ritual Cannibalism], Radio Padania Libera, the official radio station of the Lega Nord, on February 16, 2018.

==See also==
*[[Nationalism vs. globalism]]

==Bibliography==

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[[File:European migrant crisis in Slovenia.jpg|thumb|300px|Middle Eastern migrants traveling through [[Slovenia]] in 2015, a result of [[open borders]].]]
:''See also: [[War on Sovereignty]] and [[Euroskepticism]]''
The '''European migrant crisis''' is a [[globalist]]-caused<ref>Newman, Alex (August 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/29717-globalists-created-the-refugee-crisis Globalists Created the Refugee Crisis]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.</ref> immigration disaster that has greatly effected [[Europe]] starting in 2015. The [[Libyan uprising|Libyan War]] and [[Syrian War]], the legacies of President [[Barack Hussein Obama]] and Secretary of State [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]'s failed "[[Arab Spring]]" [[foreign policy]]<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/10/middle-east-egypt-us-policy/409537/ Islamism, the Arab Spring, and the Failure of America’s Do-Nothing Policy in the Middle East], SHADI HAMID, ''The Atlantic'', OCT 9, 2015</ref> — which according to their own public pronouncements was supposed to overthrow corrupt [[secular]] dictators and establish [[democracies]] by arming and assisting anti-democratic [[Islamist]]s<ref>[https://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20110523-obama-and-arab-kspring Obama and the Arab Spring], George Friedman, ''Stratfor'', MAY 24, 2011</ref> — resulted in attacks on homosexuals and women, mass beheadings, wholesale slaughter,<ref>[http://www.jihadwatcheurope.org/daesh-slaughters-200-syrian-children-in-a-savage-mass-execution/ Daesh mass execution of 200 Syrian children, 2014]</ref> and a tsunami in excess of 6 million homeless migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and jihadis invading Europe.<ref>[http://www.unrefugees.org/2015/06/a-world-at-war/ Global Trends Forced Displacement in 2015], UNHCR, June 18, 2015</ref>
[[File:EU member states.png|right|thumbnail|200px|[[European Union]] map, as of 2017.]]
[[Marine Le Pen]], an immigration reform advocate, was first runner-up in the April 2017 elections in France. The disastrous "[[open borders]]" policy of German incumbent [[Angela Merkel]] earned her the title, 'Mother Terroresia', among critics and voters in Germany's upcoming September elections. Many of 'Merkel's Muslims' wanted for crimes in Germany have fled to neighboring countries.

Without consulting voters, the [[globalist]]s of the [[European Union]] have encouraged unrestricted mass migration into Europe from war-torn and impoverished Islamic Republics. A "replacement population," according to liberals, will sustain the [[welfare state]] without cutting government spending in the face of declining fertility rates among the native populations. Rape has become prevalent, and Europe's [[social democratic]] government's concern for the safety of women and children has been lacking. The Swedish government has not made crime statistics available to the public since 2014 when it was reported that murders committed by foreign immigrants occurred at a rate 400% greater than native Swedes and rapes committed by foreign migrants 550% greater. Additionally, reductions in carbon emissions and efforts to combat [[global warming]] have been used by leftists to justify [[Third World]] immigration. Globalists have used the migration crisis to help wipe out Europe's Christian roots.<ref>Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (August 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/29716-globalists-using-mass-migration-to-de-christianize-the-west Globalists Using Mass Migration to De-Christianize the West]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30636-bill-jasper-alex-newman-deep-state-flooding-west-with-islamic-refugees Why is the Deep State Flooding the West with Islamic "Refugees"?] ''The New American''. November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018.</ref>

Many Muslim migrants have been unwilling to adapt to European culture and customs and have thus created much social upheaval as they demand that society change to accommodate them. For example, the wearing of the [[hijab]] to prevent rape, or women leaving their homes and going out in public unescorted by a male.<ref>[https://youtu.be/DfnfoZvCr_s Unescorted woman pushed down stairs]</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/_6sbmc_wtzM Unveiled woman hair set on fire]</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/pu9K2TCON58 UN propaganda to induce German women to accept Islamization]</ref><ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/05/vienna_police_tell_young_blonde_woman_attacked_by_muslim_immigrants_to_dye_hair_wear_modest_clothing_and_dont_go_out_alone_on_transit_after_8.html#ixzz4X0BmCjrH Vienna police tell young blonde woman attacked by Muslim immigrants to dye hair, wear modest clothing, and don’t go out alone on transit after 8], Thomas Lifson, ''[[American Thinker]]'', May 8, 2016</ref> Some refugees have committed major acts of terror with now over 400 dead in mass killings. The vast majority of [[terrorist]]s in European countries have immigrated from the same Islamic Republics on [[President Trump]]'s travel ban list.

An organized clampdown in reporting is even worse than what has been experienced in the [[United States]]. European police reports and public statements of politicians often deny what many Europeans experience in everyday life.<ref>[https://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/germany-muslim-migrants-committed-142500-crimes-in-first-six-months-of-2016-780-every-day/ Germany: Muslim migrants committed 142,500 crimes in first six months of 2016 — 780 every day], November 2, 2016. https://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com</ref><ref>[https://en.europenews.dk/Europes-Muslim-rape-epidemic-Cologne-is-every-day-133138.html Europe’s Muslim rape epidemic: ‘Cologne is every day’], July 12, 2016. en.europenews.dk</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/uGfP8CyJAhg A 16 year old German girl's plea for help]. youtube.com</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/ykbJOXxyGho Christmas in a shopping mall in Sweden]. youtube.com</ref> [[Hate speech]] legislation has been used, and [[political correctness]] to [[censor]] and intimidate critics, even when material facts about Islamic lawlessness are apparent. Liberal [[elitist]] rulers have turned a blind eye to the problem and have proposed even more extreme unification policies.<ref>Hallett, Nick (June 29, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/29/european-leaders-release-plan-eu-army-turkish-membership/ Just Days After Brexit, EU Releases Plan For Further Expansion, An EU Army, AND Turkish Membership]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved October 14, 2016.</ref> These issues are of concern to Americans as to what may constitute the future demographic makeup of European [[NATO]] troops in less than a generation, and where their loyalties and priorities lay in regards to NATO's stated mission, as well as the combat skills and training given to NATO troops.

==Post-Obama/Arab Spring Europe==
[[Image:Obamabow.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''Barack Obama bowing to King Abdullah, Custodian of the Islamic Holy Places - April 2009'''.]]
In the hope and optimism at the close of the [[Cold War]], which some naively labeled "the end of history", former [[Carter administration]] adviser [[Samuel P. Huntington]] wrote in his book, ''Clash of Civilizations'', that wars in the coming millennium would not be fought between ideologies like [[capitalism]] and [[communism]], but between civilizations, and that Islamic terrorism would be the biggest threat to [[Western civilization]]. Huntington wrote,
<center>{{Quotebox|"Islam's borders are bloody and so are its innards."}}</center>
When the [[9/11 attacks]] first occurred, Huntington was hailed as a prophet by some. But the [[US State Department]] was quick to tamp down the phrase mindful of the futility of winning a "clash of civilizations" against one-quarter of the planet. The [[Bush administration]] spent the next eight years isolating Islamic extremism, defined as a minority of Muslim males, 12 to 28 years old, susceptible to radicalization and recruitment to perform [[Shaheed|suicide attacks]].
[[Image:Teralzawahiri.jpg‎|thumbnail|right|250px|thumb|'''The leader of al Qaeda, Ayman Zawahiri'''. Zawahiri's uncle was the leading candidate for Caliph at the 1926 Caliphate Conference in [[Cairo]] which failed to pick a successor and re-establish the Caliphate.]]
When Barack Hussein Obama became president he spent the next eight years denying Islamic extremism existed.

Meanwhile, [[Ayman Zawahiri]], the leader of [[al Qaeda]], gave an interview in 2005 to ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' magazine outlining the global jihad:<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/the-future-of-terrorism-what-al-qaida-really-wants-a-369448.html What al-Qaida Really Wants], By Yassin Musharbash, ''Der Spiegel'', 8/12/2005</ref>
{{Quotebox|
*'''2000 – 2003''' “The Awakening Phase” in which the West will be provoked (via 9/11) into war with the Islamic world.<ref>Excerpt from [http://islamic-world.net/papers/jihad.htm ''The Final Jihad''] posted on a scholarly Salafi (''Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jam'ah'') website in 2001. "The leaders of the Western world have already specifically identified Islam as the most powerful remaining threat to their way of life since the fall of communism, and have proclaimed this belief to their people. How often are the citizens of Western nations told that Muslims are fanatical terrorists, who have spread Islam across the world by the sword; and, how seldom do they hear the wondrous Truths of Islam, of the Mercy and Compassion of Allah? Let there be no doubt, the goal of the leaders of the Western world is to destroy the power of Islam. Of course, they are partly right. Islam is the only real threat that exists to their way of life, to the [[Satan|''shaitanic'']] aspects of their culture. Nothing else in this world has any chance of stopping the power of Western secular materialism. Allah gave the people of the world Islam as their religion. (Ed. note: Religion, in this context, means 'government'). Islam is the only way to stop the power of ''shaitan'' to rule this world. Allah gave us as our responsibility the role of [[Caliph|kalifah]] in this world. The primary role of the kalifah is to fight against the influence of ''shaitan''. This obligation has three parts; we are to perfect ourselves according to the Will of Allah, we are to perfect all society according to the Will of Allah, (Note: the rape of non-Muslim women who refuse to wear the [[hijab]] is part of the process of "perfecting all society to the Will of Allah"), and we are to perfect the physical environment according to the Will of Allah." (Note: "perfect the physical environment" means to overthrow the House of Saud and seize control of the assets of Saudi Aramco, the oil reserves of the Arabian Penninsula, and control of the Holy Cities of [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]] under a Caliph. It can also be seen as forging temporary alliances with [[climate change]] advocates who likewise are waging war on "Western secular materialism").</ref>
*'''2004 – 2006''' “The Opening Eyes Phase” in which jihad would become a social movement and experience a huge recruitment drive. The [[Iraq#Insurgency|Iraq insurgency]] became the operational center for a burgeoning army of foreign jihadis.
*'''2007 – 2010''' “The Arising and Standing Up Phase” which will focus on destabilizing Syria, [[Turkey]], [[Jordan]] and [[Israel]]. 'Destabilizing' is also known as 'vexation operations'.
*'''2010 – 2013''' “The Unification Phase” which will be aimed at the collapse of the 'near enemy', the Middle Eastern secular regimes. This phase was referred to by Western media, the US State Department, and the Obama [[White House]] as the [[Arab Spring]].
*'''2013 – 2016''' “The Caliphate Rising Phase” a new [[Caliph]]ate will be declared. This phase was carried out on June 29, 2014, by a group formerly known as al-Qaeda in Iraq, elbowing Zawahiri aside, who was in far away [[Pakistan]], for the top job of Caliph.
*'''2016 – 2018''' “The Total Confrontation Phase” in which the empowered Caliphate will use its Islamic Army to fight the unbelievers. (See [[Rape jihad]] for one aspect of Islamification).
*'''2018 – 2020''' “The Definitive Victory Phase” in which Zawahiri claimed the world of “unbelievers” will be defeated after a two-year war by a unified Muslim army of 1.5 billion men.}}
With the misfortunes facing ISIS in the face of a Putin-Trump agreement to put a stop to the butchery and lawlessness President Obama allowed to flower, al Qaeda once again is on the rise.

In late-August 2017, the EU counter-terrorism co-ordinator, Gilles de Kerchove, stated that over 50,000 radicalized Muslims lived in Europe, with up to half of them living in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Montgomery9/1/2017">Montgomery, Jack (September 1, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/01/counter-terror-chief-estimates-europe-host-50000-islamic-radicals/ Counter-Terror Chief: Europe Home to ‘More than 50,000’ Islamic Radicals — With Up To 25,000 in UK]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 1, 2017.</ref>

===Migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees===
[[File:Gaddafi and Mandela 1.JPG|thumb|right|250px|'''[[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner [[Nelson Mandela]] greets Muammar Gaddafi''', an ally during the [[Bush administration]]'s 'War on Terror.' Hillary Clinton engineered Gaddafi's ghastly murder during the Unification/Arab Spring phase. At Clinton's insistence, President Obama ordered support for the jihadi rebels who then migrated to Syria to form [[ISIS]].<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/americas-secret-plan-to-arm-libyas-rebels-2234227.html America's secret plan to arm Libya's rebels], Robert Fisk, ''The Independent'', 6 March 2011. www.independent.co.uk</ref> [[Gaddafi]] warned he was the only thing standing in the way of a full-fledged Islamic movement into Europe.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/12086505/Tony-Blairs-phone-conversations-with-Colonel-Gaddafi-revealed.html Colonel Gaddafi warned Tony Blair of Islamist attacks on Europe], Robert Mendick, ''Telegraph'', 07 Jan 2016</ref>]]
:*A migrant typically is a person who leaves their home country and crosses borders, legally or illegally, in search of economic opportunity or betterment.

:*An asylum seeker is a special class of person who lived under a government the host country considers a human rights violator. The asylum seeker must claim a credible fear of political oppression and persecution from the government of his home country should he be returned. Ironically, the [[United Kingdom]] has been granting political asylum to Syrian [[jihad]]is and members of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] for decades,<ref>[https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/eastern-mediterranean/syria/tentative-jihad-syria-s-fundamentalist-opposition Tentative Jihad: Syria’s Fundamentalist Opposition], International Crisis Group Report 131, October 12, 2012. crisisgroup.org</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/499aa06f2.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjh1pf9g7HRAhVEyFQKHZ2XDYQFggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNE9sMqYJcjtkdd5KLNTAIibcgJkHg&sig2=Z6bj1EZgVhqLy-lifP5rXA SYRIA OGN v 4.0 Issued February 2009]. Home Office, UK Border Agency, Operation Guidance Note. See Section 3.8.8, for instance.</ref> groups that the governments of [[Russia]], [[Egypt]], and others have designated as [[terrorist]] organizations.<ref>[https://southfront.org/the-geopolitics-of-russia-egypt-relations/ THE GEOPOLITICS OF RUSSIA-EGYPT RELATIONS], J.Hawk, Daniel Deiss, Edwin Watson. October 27, 2916. southfront.org</ref>

:*Refugees generally are people forced from their homes due to the violence of war. Typically, as a humanitarian gesture, a host country may ease limitations and allow refugees to enter on either a temporary or permanent basis. Most illegal migrants currently entering Europe are claiming refugee status from the [[Syrian Civil War|Syrian war]], although many come from North and Central Africa, throughout the Middle East region, and as far away as [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]]. Some 80% of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees lack documentation of their country of origin.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/678083/Germany-migrant-crisis-80-per-cent-no-documents-passport-registration Migrant crisis: 80% of migrants in Germany have no documents], Rebecca Perring and Monika Pallenberg, ''Daily Express'', June 9, 2016</ref>

:*Between 2014 and 2018, over 1,000 Europeans were murdered by Islamist asylum seekers and refugees.<ref>Hale, Virginia (June 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/17/1000-murdered-islamist-migrants-eu/ More Than 1,000 Europeans Murdered, Maimed in Attacks by Islamist Asylum Seekers Since 2014]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 17, 2018.</ref> In 2017, Europe saw over 200 terror attacks.<ref>Hale, Virginia (June 21, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/21/europe-200-terror-attacks-2017/ Europe Faced 200 Terror Attacks in 2017, as Europol Warns More Radical Islamic Attacks ‘Very Likely’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 21, 2018.</ref> According to Felice Dassetto, professor emeritus of the University of Louvain, the percentage of secular Muslims, as opposed to religious and radical Muslims, had declined.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (December 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/20/secularism-muslims-europe-decline-80-percent-identify-religious/ Muslims in Europe Becoming Less Secular, More Radical]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 20, 2018.</ref>

===Points of entry===
[[File:European migrant crisis map, January through June 2015.png|thumb|250px|European migrant crisis statistics in the first six months of 2015]]
The EU's unified border patrol ([[FRONTEX]]) has been overwhelmed by the number of people attempting to enter. Border violence at entry points is increasing. To prevent organized 'push backs', FRONTEX picks up [[Africa]]n boat refugees and brings them to Europe for processing. Even when an illegal migrant is caught and denied entry, the migrant typically will return and continue attempting illegal entry until they are successful. In 2016 the border guards caught 1.8 million attempts at illegal entry, six times more than the previous high in 2014.<ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://frontex.europa.eu/assets/Publications/Risk_Analysis/Annula_Risk_Analysis_2016.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwi6jJXXp7LRAhXEw1QKHRwcD_IQFggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNFF11QKPnBSA2SG8vGNBZvX7Dy-DA&sig2=rDvhuQQvVNmKZhRlhPIRdA Frontex Risk Analysis for 2016]</ref>
[[File:Hillary 18 October 2011 in Tripoli.png|thumb|right|225px|'''Hillary Clinton at the apex of her career, late 2011.''' Clinton was instrumental in engineering the Libyan and Syrian Civil Wars. [[Julian Assange]] says the reason behind her desire to overthrow [[Gaddafi]] was her ambition to be president.<ref>https://youtu.be/1BLTDD30KZ0</ref><ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2011/03/backing-rebels-no-questions-asked-052253#ixzz1IHd5Rb4c Backing rebels, no questions asked], By ROGER SIMON, ''Politico'', 03/31/11</ref>
 
 
After Gaddafi's fall, the jihadis she armed and assisted migrated from Libya to Syria and helped found the [[Islamic State]]. <ref>"The Daily Telegraph on Saturday revealed that the new Libyan authorities had offered money and weapons to the growing insurgency against Bashar al-Assad. 
Mr Belhaj also discussed sending [[LIFG|Libyan fighters]] to train troops, the source said. Having ousted one dictator, triumphant young men, still filled with revolutionary fervour, are keen to topple the next. The commanders of armed gangs still roaming Tripoli's streets said yesterday that "hundreds" of fighters wanted to wage war against the Assad regime. "Everyone wants to go. We have liberated our country, now we should help others," said the commander of the 'Fighting Village' brigade, "This is freedom. This is Arab unity". (See ''The Future of Terrorism: What al-Qaida Really Wants, ''Der Spiegel'', "The Unification Phase," Interview with Ayman Zawahiri cited below'') 
Increasing volumes of video footage have been uploaded to [[YouTube]] of Syrians calling on Libyans to join their fight. In a clip backed by dramatic musical effects, a veiled Syrian woman entreats men from Misurata, the west Libyan city that fought off a month-long siege by forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi, to come to save her country." [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8919057/Leading-Libyan-Islamist-met-Free-Syrian-Army-opposition-group.html Leading Libyan Islamist met Free Syrian Army opposition group], Ruth Sherlock in Tripoli 9:00PM GMT 27 Nov 2011. ''The Telegraph'', telegraph.co.uk/.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/world/middleeast/jihadists-receiving-most-arms-sent-to-syrian-rebels.html?hp&_r=0 Rebel Arms Flow Is Said to Benefit Jihadists in Syria], By DAVID E. SANGER, ''[[New York Times]]'', OCT. 14, 2012</ref> At least 6.7 million refugees and migrants, predominantly male from all over the Islamic world have since invaded Europe,<ref>80% of asylum applicants between the ages of 14 and 34 were male, which Eurostat describes as "gender inequality." [http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_statistics Asylum statistics], Eurostat Statistics Explained, Data extracted 2 March 2016 and 20 April 2016.</ref><ref>[http://1389blog.com/2015/09/27/promises-of-free-willing-young-blonde-girls-attract-migrant-muslim-men-to-sweden/ Promises of free willing young blonde girls attract migrant Muslim men to Sweden], by 1389 on SEPTEMBER 27, 2015. 1389blog.com</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/DTJc9pN29A4</ref> coming through Libya and Syria.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/migrants-are-disguising-themselves-as-syrians-to-gain-entry-to-europe/2015/09/22/827c6026-5bd8-11e5-8475-781cc9851652_story.html Migrants are disguising themselves as Syrians to enter Europe], By Souad Mekhennet and William Booth, ''[[Washington Post]]'', September 23, 2015</ref>

The [[sexual assault]] of women, children, and girls is now commonplace.<ref>https://youtu.be/5FPXXHknv0g</ref> In several countries police have refused descriptions of attackers because of [[hate crime]] legislation.<ref>[http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/its-not-only-germany-that-covers-up-mass-sex-attacks-by-migrant-men-swedens-record-is-shameful/ It’s not only Germany that covers up mass sex attacks by migrant men... Sweden’s record is shameful], Ivar Arpi, ''The Spectator'', 16 January 2016. www.spectator.co.uk</ref> [[Leftist]]s globally seem unconcerned about the lawlessness.<ref>[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/214479 Swedish politician: Migrant rape isn't as bad], Gil Ronen, July 4, 2016. www.israelnationalnews.com</ref>]]
There have been primarily four entry points heavily used by migrants, although other peripheral points exist: (1) [[Morocco]] via [[Spain]]; (2) post-[[Gaddafi]] [[Libya]] to [[Italy]] and neighboring [[Mediterranean]] shores; (3) Western Balkan route through [[Greece]], [[Macedonia]], [[Albania]], [[Kosovo]], [[Serbia]], and [[Hungary]]; (4) Eastern Mediterranean through [[Turkey]]. Handbooks printed in [[Arabic]] and funded by a Soros-affiliated group have been found to help migrants shop for the best social [[welfare state]] offering the most benefits for them and their families.<ref>[https://news.sky.com/story/sky-finds-handbook-for-eu-bound-migrants-10346437 Sky Finds 'Handbook' For EU-Bound Migrants], Jonathan Samuels, ''Sky News'', 13 September 2015</ref><ref>See interview beginning at 11:15. [https://youtu.be/cWSMURYM7bA Special Report: Inside Muslim majority neighborhoods of Malmo, Sweden], ''The Ezra Levant Show'', 1 March 2016. youtube.com</ref>

''The American Interest'' website declares:
{{Cquote|Securing Europe’s vast land and sea borders—a task greater than that faced by the United States along its border with Mexico—is proving exceptionally challenging for the European Union (EU)....

Traffickers use small boats to reduce the chances of being picked up by patrol boats’ radars; migrants are often dropped off on stretches of inaccessible coastline, or left to drift ashore. In the case of illegal land crossings, small trucks are used to penetrate the most porous parts of eastern or southern Europe’s borders. Penalties for this are low or non-existent all around Europe, and traffickers are rarely caught anyway. Smuggling people across Europe has become easier and more profitable than any other criminal activity, including drug smuggling.<ref>[http://www.the-american-interest.com/2014/09/05/europes-immigration-crisis/ Europe’s Immigration Crisis]</ref>}}

The organization [[Defend Europe]], which is described as a "far-right group with a history of violent direct action" chartered a 422-ton ship in the Mediterranean in order to "confront" illegal immigrants sailing to Europe.<ref>Dettmer, Jamie (July 18, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/far-right-group-plans-patrol-mediterranean-to-turn-back-migrants/3948733.html Far-Right Group Plans to Patrol Mediterranean to Turn Back Migrants]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved July 18, 2017.</ref> Unsurprisingly, Northern Africans, on the behest of [[George Soros]]-funded organizations, blocked them from docking on their shores.<ref>Robinson, Fern (August 7, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/tunisian-fishermen-block-racist-ship/3975134.html Tunisian Fishermen Block 'Racist' Ship]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved August 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/08/soros-funded-tunisian-ngo-fishermen-block-defend-europe-ship-port/ Soros-Funded Tunisian NGO Commands Fishermen to Block ‘Defend Europe’ Ship from Port]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref>

The three main points of entry into Europe by migrants are Spain, Italy, and Greece, and it was reported in 2017 that the number of migrants coming in was increasing.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 4, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/04/hungarian-data-three-pronged-assault-europe-borders-intensifying/ Data Shows Three-Pronged Assault on Europe’s Borders Is Intensifying]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 4, 2017.</ref> In 2017, the EU accepted 538,000 refugees, with Germany accepting 60% of them.<ref>Deacon, Liam (April 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/20/eu-accepts-half-million-asylum-seekers-2017-60-per-cent-germany/ EU Accepts Half a Million Asylum Seekers in 2017, 60 Per Cent in Germany]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> It was reported in early 2018 that the number of migrants coming to Italy from Libya was quickly increasing.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/03/mediterranean-migrant-route-numbers-rapidly-increasing/ Mediterranean Migrant Route Numbers Rapidly Increasing]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 3, 2018.</ref> In the first 122 days of 2018, over 20,000 migrants crossed the Mediterranean Sea to enter Europe,<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/06/over-20000-migrants-cross-sea-europe-2018/ Over 20,000 Migrants Cross Sea to Europe in First 122 Days of 2018]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 6, 2018.</ref> and it passed 70,000 by September.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (September 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/15/mediterranean-migrant-influx-cracks-70000-2018-size-british-army/ Mediterranean Migrant Influx Cracks 70,000 for 2018, Approaching Size of British Army]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 15, 2018.</ref> In one incident in June 2018, several migrants tried to illegally enter the EU from Russia using [[World Cup]] fan IDs.<ref>Deacon, Liam (June 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/24/phenomenon-migrants-use-soccer-world-cup-id-to-illegally-enter-eu/ Migrants Using Soccer World Cup IDs to Illegally Enter EU]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref> In 2018, the number of migrants flying directly to Europe to file asylum claims surged even as the overall number of filed claims that year slightly fell.<ref>Hale, Virginia (February 18, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/18/eu-direct-flights-migrants-europe-asylum/ EU Hails Huge Rise in Third World Migrants Flying Direct to Europe to Seek Asylum]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 18, 2019.</ref> In 2019, migration numbers had fallen compared to 2015 but were still significantly higher than previous years.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/16/eu-sees-10-per-cent-increase-in-asylum-claims-during-first-half2019/ EU Sees 10 Per Cent Surge in Asylum Claims in First Half of 2019]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 16, 2019.</ref>

In May 2018, the European Court of Auditors estimated that 18% of all legal residents in Europe – over 90 million people – were first or second generation migrants.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/22/european-court-ninety-million-eu-residents-migrants/ European Court Estimates Over 90 Million EU Residents Are First- or Second-Generation Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 22, 2018.</ref>

In March 2019, about 100 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya hijacked the ship that rescued them and tried to force themselves into a European country.<ref>Multiple references:
*Chamberlain, Samuel (March 27, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/rescued-migrants-hijack-cargo-ship-european-officials-say Malta armed forces seize tanker hijacked by migrants]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
*Montgomery, Jack (March 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/28/they-are-pirates-migrants-hijack-tanker-bid-reach-europe-denounced-salvini/ ‘They Are Pirates’ — Migrants Hijack Tanker in Bid to Reach Europe, Special Forces Storm Ship]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
*Halaschak, Zachary (March 27, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/100-migrants-hijack-rescue-ship-to-head-for-europe 100 migrants hijack rescue ship to head for Europe]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
*[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maltese-troops-seize-tanker-hijacked-by-migrants-its-crew-had-rescued/ Troops secure tanker hijacked by rescued migrants off Libya]. ''CBS News''. March 28, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2019.</ref>

===The Schengen Area===
The Schengen Area has its roots in the [[Schengen Agreement]], signed in 1985 in the town of Schengen in [[Luxembourg]].<ref name="Explained">[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13194723 Schengen: Controversial EU free movement deal explained]. ''BBC''. April 24, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2017.</ref> The agreement took effect in 1995.<ref name="Explained"/> 22 of the 28 EU members are party to the agreement. The Area is not synonymous with the EU: some EU members are not part of the agreement and some non-EU members are part of the agreement.<ref name="Explained"/> The agreement removes all internal borders in the member states, so someone can travel across its member states with no passport or border security.<ref name="Explained"/> The Schengen Area is basically one country in this sense, even though its member states are nominally independent.<ref>Despite this, the EU and the Schengen Area have massively reduced the sovereignty of its member nations, so they cannot be truly considered independent or sovereign.</ref>

During the refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Norway, and Poland re-established some border controls.<ref>Holehouse, Matthew; Orange, Richard (January 4, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/12080906/Schengen-zone-in-danger-warns-Germany-after-Denmark-and-Sweden-introduce-border-controls.html Schengen zone in danger, warns Germany, after Denmark and Sweden introduce border controls]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 10, 2017.</ref><ref>Cendrowicz, Leo (January 4, 2016). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-end-of-schengen-restrictions-by-denmark-and-sweden-are-threatening-europes-passport-free-zone-a6796696.html The end of Schengen? Restrictions by Denmark and Sweden are 'threatening Europe's passport-free zone']. ''The Independent''. Retrieved January 10, 2017.</ref> In early 2017, [[Belgium]], [[France]], and [[the Netherlands]], agreed to reinstate passenger lists and passport checks on trains travelling between the respective countries.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/27/belgium-france-netherlands-to-introduce-rail-id-checks.html Belgium, France, Netherlands to introduce rail ID checks]. ''Fox News'' (from the Associated Press). January 27, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.</ref> In May 2019, Denmark proposed making its border controls permanent.<ref name="DenmarkBorder"/>

===Social engineering and Europe's growing Islamic population===
[[File:IMG 20170511 212807.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The migrant influx is changing European social norms, especially in relation to women and women's rights. An example of this is shown here as an Islamic "refugee" brazenly spits at a woman in public.]]
In 2013 Eurostat forecasted that without migrants, Europe's population would decline 100 million by 2080. In roughly 65 years, Eurostat claimed that twenty percent of Europe's population would disappear. By 2080, in Germany, 80 million people today would become 50 million. In Spain, 46.4 million people would become 30 million. In Italy, 60 million would decline to 39 million. Without consulting the voters, European liberal elites and leaders figured a new population of [[taxpayer]]s could help save their healthcare and retirement systems, so they flung open the borders. The EU took the risk of transforming more or less homogenous [[nation-state]]s into [[multiculturalism|multicultural]] societies. No thought or expectation, however, was given by the [[liberal]] leaders to integrating newcomers into the host society culture. If the migrants wished to hold onto their Islamic identity, rejecting the [[sovereign]] laws of the [[state]] and swearing by Allah, and raising their children to do the same, that was fine with them. And a Muslim cannot reject his Islamic identity without fear of death at the hands of other Muslims.

A Muslim is barred by his system of governance from taking an [[oath]] of [[citizen]]ship to a state. Albeit, a Muslim can deceive a non-Muslim in an important matter or issue involving life and death (such as renouncing Islam) without [[sin]]ning. Islam claims that Allah alone is sovereign, and he does not share power with [[Jesus]] or any government of man other than Islam. It would be fallacious to describe Islam as a "race" or a "religion", as it is a political system of social governance with exclusively [[male]] judges to execute rulings on [[civil]] and [[criminal]] matters, based on [[law]] and [[precedent]]. There really are no gray areas over how adherents of Islam fit into the sphere of [[identity politics]], easily discernible to all, other than the willful ignorance of liberalism.

In many irreligious European countries, there is a sub-replacement level of births which is expected to cause challenges to their pension systems and labor supplies (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]). As irreligious populations rise in age, the fertility rates of these countries could drop further. The Rand Corporation indicates, "Nearly all European nations are experiencing long-term downtrends in fertility, and consequently, aging of their populations. These demographic trends could have potentially damaging consequences for European economies."<ref>[http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG206.html Low Fertility and Population Ageing], Rand Corporation</ref>

Germany currently has one of the lowest birthrates in the world. The German government has been addressing the problem by taxing ethnic Germans so heavily they cannot afford to have children and importing millions of Muslim males from abroad.

In November 2017, the Pew Research Center found that if current migration trends continue, Europe's Islamic population would grow from 4.9% of the population in 2016 to 14% by 2050, with levels up to 30% in Sweden.<ref name="GrowingMuslimPop"/> Europe received so much Islamic immigration by 2017 that Pew found that if all immigration to Europe was completely stopped, the Islamic population would still rise to 7.4% by 2050.<ref name="GrowingMuslimPop"/> According to a 2018 study by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, almost all of Western Europe's population growth between 1990 and 2017 was because of mass migration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/24/study-mass-migration-the-sole-driver-of-european-population-growth/ Study: Mass Migration Nearly The Sole Driver of European Population Growth]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref> Europe's population grew by over one million people in 2017 because of immigration, despite the fact that deaths outnumbered births that year.<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/12/migration-eu-population-rise-million/ Third World Migration Drives EU Population Rise to 513 Million]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2018.</ref>

The EU has not used immigration solely to promote Islam and "[[multiculturalism]]". In June 2018, the European Court of Justice ruled that every EU member-nation must recognize [[homosexual]] "marriages" of immigrants who were "married" in another country, even if they migrated to a country that does not recognize same-sex "marriage".<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (June 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/12/europe-uses-migration-force-acceptance-gay-marriage/ Europe Uses Immigration to Force Acceptance of Gay Marriage]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 12, 2018.</ref> In August 2018, a Syrian migrant who stabbed a woman claimed in his defense that it is socially acceptable in his culture to do such a thing.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/28/syrian-migrant-admits-stabbing-german-woman-says-acceptable-his-culture/ Syrian Migrant Admits To Stabbing German Woman, Claims It Is Acceptable in His Culture]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 28, 2018.</ref> Globalists have supported mass migration mainly for ostensibly economic reasons or for anti-nationalist reasons.<ref name="CivilWar2018"/>

===European prisons===
Because the Islamic criminal justice system traditionally uses [[slavery]], dismemberment, and [[beheading]]s to enforce its laws or act as a deterrent, and with the further foundational precept that adherents of Islam do not pay [[tax]]es to support [[prison]]s or a [[criminal justice system]], the European system of [[incarceration]] is proving more than inadequate to deal with violent and criminal acts performed by Muslims.

The prisons have become schools of more concentrated advanced learning in the doctrines of Islamic governance, where non-Muslims by intimidation are forced to convert to Islam to survive.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/muslim-prison-chaplains-encouraging-murder-of-non-believers-a6990441.html</ref><ref>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/muslim-convert-bullied-inmate-jail-conversion-islam-515222</ref><ref>[http://islamversuseurope.blogspot.com/2014/01/france-prisoners-converting-to-islam-to.html ]</ref> Even prison officials, staff, and guards have not been immune to the threats, coercive activity, or political correctness.<ref>[http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/57475/Anarchy-at-jail-that-panders-to-Muslim-lags]</ref>

When a Muslim is released from custody, it is interpreted by the ex-prisoner as an admission of guilt by the state for the injustice of holding them under man-made law, and an exoneration of the [[crime]]s they were accused of. If they were truly guilty of the crimes they were accused of, they would have been beheaded or whatever shariah and the [[hadith]] proscribe. In being released from detention, it is claimed that Allah has delivered them from the hands of the "infidels".

==European response==
===Liberal denialism===
{{See also|Liberal denial}}
Mass immigration to Europe from the Middle East has brought an increased threat and the greater occurrence of terrorism. Yet, European leaders deny the threat of Islamic terrorism, and terrorist attacks have shown how poorly prepared and secured their countries and facilities are.<ref name="Denial">Scarborough, Rowan (May 23, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/23/manchester-bombing-reveals-europes-denial-of-islam/ Europe’s denial of Islamic terrorism threat perplexes security specialists]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 24, 2017.</ref> When attacks occur, the leaders often state that they "are a part of daily life", and they refuse to admit that the motive of the terrorists is Islamic radicalism.<ref name="Denial"/> The [[mainstream media]] also has denied the existence of no-go zones in Europe,<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/03/three-times-mainstream-media-denied-existence-no-go-zones-europe/ Three Times The Mainstream Media Has Denied The Existence of No-Go Zones In Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 3, 2018.</ref> and it has failed to call jihadist violence what it is when it occurs.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (August 14, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29786-media-youths-burn-cars-in-sweden Media: “Youths” Burn Cars in Sweden]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 14, 2018.</ref> This is likely due to [[political correctness]] and the blindness that comes with liberalism and support for a [[one-world government]].

Even after letting over a million migrants into Germany alone in 2015, German Chancellor Angela Merkel endorsed a UN plan to let 40,000 more asylum seekers into the EU.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (August 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/13/merkel-un-european-union-take-more-migrants/ Merkel to UN: ‘European Union Can Take 40,000 More Migrants’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref>

Other supranational organizations have engaged in this denialism. The [[United Nations]] Refugee Agency has criticized the EU (despite the fact that it had already let large numbers of refugees in) for somehow not taking in enough.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 1, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/01/un-refugee-agency-says-want-least-380000-migrants-europe-per-year/ UN Refugee Agency Says They Want at Least 380,000 Migrants in Europe Per Year]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 1, 2017.</ref> In addition, the [[Council of Europe]] Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks criticized [[Sweden]] for not admitting enough migrants despite the fact that took in a greater proportion of migrants per capita than any other European country.<ref name="CoEslamsSW">Tomlinson, Chris (February 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/18/council-europe-slams-sweden-not-taking-migrants-family-reunification/ Council Of Europe Slams Crime Wave Sweden For Not Taking MORE Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 18, 2018.</ref> In 2018, the Council of Europe recommended that Sweden ban conservative parties opposed to mass migration due to allegedly being "racist and sexist" and "exclud[ing] minorities."<ref>Hale, Virginia (April 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/19/ban-immigration-critical-parties-stop-genocide-sweden-told/ Ban Immigration-Critical Parties to Stop Genocide, Sweden Told]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 20, 2018.</ref> In September 2018, Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner in charge of refugee matters, downplayed the seriousness of the migrant crisis and labeled migration in general as "a source of progress and prosperity."<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/22/un-refugee-chief-denies-migrant-crisis-in-europe-declares-mass-migration-a-source-of-progress-and-prosperity/ UN Refugee Chief Denies Migrant Crisis in Europe, Declares Mass Migration a ‘Source of Progress and Prosperity’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 22, 2018.</ref>

In November 2017, President of the European Commission [[Jean-Claude Juncker]] stated that Europe has a "clear need" for African migrants and that Europe should do everything in its power to allow them to come.<ref>Hale, Virginia (November 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/28/eu-president-without-millions-african-migrants-europe-lody/ EU President: Without Millions of African Migrants, Europe Will Be Lost]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 28, 2017.</ref> In April 2018, French President [[Emmanuel Macron]] stated that mass migration was "not linked" to the high crime rates for migrants in Europe and that Europeans actually were to blame for them.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/01/macron-migrant-violence-terror-europe-fault-not-linked-mass-immigration/ Macron: Migrant Violence, Terror Is Europe’s Fault, ‘Not Linked’ to Mass Immigration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 1, 2018.</ref> In April 2018, the [[UK Conservative Party]] suspended one of its candidates for criticizing Islam.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/02/conservatives-suspend-candidate-islam-totalitarian/ Conservatives Suspend Candidate Who Said Islam Is ‘Totalitarian’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 2, 2018.</ref> When the media leaked comments the French ambassador to Hungary, Eric Fournier, made defending Hungarian prime minister [[Viktor Orbán]]'s conservative immigration policies, Macron sharply rebuked him<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/01/french-ambassador-to-hungary-rejects-extremist-label-of-prime-minister-orban-in-leaked-note/ French Ambassador Praises Hungarian Prime Minister, Brands Muslims in France and Germany Anti-Semitic]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2018.</ref> and fired him shortly afterward.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (July 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/02/globalist-macron-dismisses-hungary-ambassador-praise-orban-migration-policy/ Globalist Macron Fires Hungary Ambassador for Praising Orban’s Immigration Policy]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018. See also:
*Friedman, Victoria (July 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/06/hungary-trolls-macron-awarding-fired-french-ambassador-high-state-honour/ Hungary Trolls Macron by Awarding Fired French Ambassador State Honour]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.</ref> Irish prime minister [[Leo Varadkar]] claimed in 2018 that the real crisis Europe faced was the rise of [[right-wing populism]] rather than mass migration, stating that "Europe needs migration."<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/02/irish-pm-eu-crisis-patriotic-migration/ Irish PM: Crisis Facing Europe Not Mass Migration But Rise of Patriotic Parties]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref> Other politicians pretended that right-wing populism was Europe's greatest threat, pointing to right-wing rock concerts in certain countries, even though violence caused by right-wing extremists fell 70% in Germany, which saw large populist victories that year.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/07/stats-show-far-right-attacks-migrants-down-70-percent/ Politicians Play Up ‘Far Right’ Threat, But Stats Show Right-Wing Attacks on Migrants Down 70 Percent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 8, 2018.</ref> Even [[Horst Seehofer]] has attacked the conservative [[Alternative for Germany]] party – which has the same views on migration that he claims to have – as "highly dangerous."<ref>Mischke, Judith (September 14, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-far-right-afd-interior-minister-highly-dangerous/ German interior minister: AfD is ‘highly dangerous’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 14, 2018.</ref>

In 2018, the EU created proposals to divert funding from conservative Eastern European countries due to their different values and refusal to accept migrants into their borders.<ref>Multiple references:
*Hale, Virginia (April 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/24/eu-cut-funds-patriotic-nations-values/ EU to Cut Funds to Patriotic Nations, Allocate Cash on ‘Values’ Basis, Including Accepting Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
*Bayer, Lili; Gray, Andrew (May 1, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/mff-commission-eu-budget-proposal-brussels-looks-to-link-eu-payouts-to-justice-standards/ Brussels unveils battle plan to hit ‘illiberal democracies’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (May 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/02/eu-1-25-trillion-euro-budget-stop-payments-values-brussels/ MEP Verhofstadt Singles Out Hungary For Criticism as Bloc Announces €1.25 Trillion Budget, Will Stop Cash to Members Who Do Not ‘Share Values’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 2, 2018.</ref> They made the proposal official in May 2018, and while they raised funding for Southern European countries for taking in so many migrants, they attached the enactment of the funding to the countries' acceptance of the EU's preferred economic policies.<ref>Multiple references:
*Hale, Virginia (May 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/30/eu-cuts-funding-patriotic-nations/ EU Unveils Plans for ‘Drastic’ Funding Cuts to Patriotic Eastern Nations]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
*Bayer, Lili (May 29, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/4-takeaways-from-the-eu-big-regional-cash-shakeup-budget-mff-spending-visegrad/ 4 takeaways from the EU’s big regional cash shakeup]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
See also:
*Hale, Virginia (June 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/25/eu-nations-sanctions-migrants-macron/ EU Says Patriotic Nations Must ‘Pay the Price’ for Refusing Migrants, Backs Macron’s Call for Sanctions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 25, 2018.</ref> In January 2019, the [[European Parliament]] voted in favor of this proposal.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (January 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/19/eu-parliament-backs-punishing-countries-reject-progressive-values-sanctions/ EU Backs Financial Punishment for Nations That Reject Progressive Values]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 19, 2019.</ref> Macron and Merkel called for "full force" European integration that would "yield nothing" to the conservative Eastern European countries.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/12/macron-integration-eu-migrant-quotas/ Macron, Merkel Call for ‘Full Force’ EU Integration, Vow Brussels Won’t Tolerate Resistance to Migrant Quotas]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 12, 2018. See also:
*Friedman, Victoria (September 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/03/hungary-macrons-migrant-blackmail-plans-endanger-unity-european-union/ Hungary: Macron’s Migrant ‘Blackmail’ Plans Endanger Unity of EU]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 3, 2018.</ref> [[Europhile]]s also called for a Eurozone budget to further reduce national sovereignty and destroy populist political parties.<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/27/commission-eu-must-curb-national-sovereignty-kill-populism/ Commission: EU Must Curb National Sovereignty to Kill Populism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 27, 2018.</ref> France and Germany made a similar and inflexible proposal in December 2018.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (December 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/07/germany-and-france-to-europe-accept-migrants-or-pay-up/ Germany and France to Europe: Accept Migrants or Pay Up]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 7, 2018.</ref>

Even when it appeared that the European establishment was attempting to solve the migrant crisis, their efforts were deceptive. For example, in 2018, Angela Merkel called for external EU border controls and a border agency to protect those borders, but in this plan, all the power would be put into the hands of the European Union and taken away from the individual nation-states.<ref>Hale, Virginia (June 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/05/merkel-call-brussels-takeover-border-control/ Merkel Calls For Brussels Takeover of EU Nations’ External Border Controls]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 5, 2018. See also:
*Hale, Virginia (September 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/14/orban-eu-open-border-brussels/ Orbán Warns EU Planning to ‘Open the Gate’ with New Brussels Border Force]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
*[https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/hungary-brussels-does-not-aim-to-protect-the-eus-borders-but-to-set-up-a-reception-service-to-manage-immigration-rather-than-to-stop-it/ Hungary: Brussels does not aim to protect the EU’s borders but to set up a reception service to manage immigration rather than to stop it]. ''Voice of Europe'' (from the ''Hungary Journal''). September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref>

In 2018, [[Facebook]] permanently banned Generation Identity, an identitarian movement that seeks to uphold Europe's traditional culture, from its website due to "extremist content."<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/24/censorship-entire-european-identitarian-movement-permanently-banned-from-facebook/ Censorship: Entire European Identitarian Movement Permanently Banned From Facebook]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref> This came after Facebook censored the conservative news organization [[Voice of Europe]] simply for reporting on conservative opposition to immigration and Islam in Europe, political points of view Facebook deems "offensive."<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (April 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/09/facebook-punishes-conservative-news-site-criticizing-mass-migration/ Facebook Punishes Conservative News Site for Criticizing Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.</ref> Other European conservatives and [[right-wing populist]]s are frequently labeled as "far-right" or "ultra-right" in order to create a false connotation with fascism and Nazism, despite the fact that they espouse views that were mainstream in society only a few years prior.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (June 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/24/williams-establishment-anything-not-them-far-right/ Williams: For the Establishment, Anything Not Them Is ‘Far Right’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Kassam, Raheem (November 18, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/18/murdochs-times-smears-breitbart-extremist-sky-news-calls-us-ultra-right/ KASSAM: Murdoch’s Reporters Smear me as ‘Ultra Right’ While Happily Working With me in Private]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref>

Prominent American globalists such as [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[John Kerry]] have warned their European allies that they are trying to enact the globalist agenda, through mass migration, too quickly to succeed.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (November 25, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/item/30731-clinton-and-kerry-machiavelli-warn-destroy-europe-more-slowly Clinton and Kerry Machiavelli Warn: Destroy Europe More Slowly]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 25, 2018.</ref>

===Tougher policies===
Despite the denialism by many liberals, many European leaders either took strong conservative positions on immigration in response to the crisis, or, realizing that their [[open borders]] policies would hurt their political careers, made somewhat of an effort to limit the inflow of immigration. The [[mainstream media]] noted that views on issues such as immigration, that had once been considered "far-right", had become mainstream, particularly in [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]].<ref>Gera, Vanessa; Stojanovic, Dusan (April 3, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/03/far-right-views-going-mainstream-in-much-central-europe.html Far-right views going mainstream in much of Central Europe]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved April 9, 2018. See also:
*Hale, Virginia (August 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/20/leaders-demand-eu-border-shutdown/ ‘Migration Must be Stopped’: Central EU Leaders Demand Border Shutdown]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
*Ganley, Elaine (May 16, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/f55b5bed3da04586b2136e6aa1c13351 Taboos fall away as far-right EU candidates breach red line]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 16, 2019.</ref> Even the EU, despite continuing to support globalist immigration and sovereignty policies, took conservative concerns on immigration a bit more seriously and adopted some tougher policies,<ref>Baczynska, Gabriela (July 8, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants/eu-migration-policies-seen-building-blocks-for-fortress-europe-idUSKBN1JY07X EU migration policies seen building blocks for 'Fortress Europe']. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 8, 2018.</ref> as seen in an EU-wide migration agreement in June 2018.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bartunek, Robert-Jan; Blenkinsop, Philip (June 27, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-summit/under-pressure-from-populists-eu-doubles-down-on-curbing-migration-idUSKBN1JN3AP Under pressure from populists, EU doubles down on curbing migration]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
*Pop, Valentina; Pancevski, Bojan (June 29, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/eus-migrant-deal-reflects-ascendance-of-nativist-parties-1530299060?mod=hp_lead_pos7 EU’s Migrant Deal Reflects Ascendance of Nativist Parties]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
*Pancevski, Bojan; Pop, Valentina (June 29, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-europes-new-immigration-measures-will-play-out-1530273474 Europe Shifts Toward Tougher Approach on Immigration]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/30/teetering-merkel-concedes-some-migration-controls-to-stave-off-political-demise/ Teetering Merkel Concedes Some Migration Controls to Stave Off Political Demise]. ''Breitbart News''. June 30, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
A critical conservative viewpoint of the agreement:
*Newman, Alex (July 1, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29422-new-eu-deal-continues-migrant-influx-advances-globalism New EU Deal Continues Migrant Influx, Advances Globalism]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 1, 2018.</ref>

Countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary took strong positions against illegal immigration and for [[national sovereignty]] under their conservative leadership.<ref name="ToughenUp">Shaw, Adam (January 17, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/17/european-leaders-facing-growing-public-unease-toughen-up-on-immigration.html European leaders, facing growing public unease, toughen up on immigration]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 17, 2018.</ref> Other countries, such as France, Germany, Austria, and Italy, seeing the rise of anti-establishment right-wing parties, took more conservative immigration positions (though not anywhere near as conservative as countries like Hungary) to counteract those parties.<ref name="ToughenUp"/><ref>Deacon, Liam (April 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/27/mep-afd-success-forces-germany-to-bloc-new-eu-mass-migration-scheme/ Populist’s Electoral Success Forcing Europe to Think Twice About New Mass-Migration Schemes]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 28, 2018.</ref> Some European countries actually saw actual [[Euroskeptic]] and [[right-wing populist]] parties enter their respective government.<ref>Walker, Marcus; Pop, Valentina (July 5, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/eus-nativist-swing-casts-shadow-over-current-structures-future-1530806660 Europe’s Nativist Swing Casts Shadow Over Establishment]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.</ref> By 2018, several countries had banned the wearing of Islamic face veils.<ref>Multiple references:
*Friedman, Victoria (June 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/01/burqa-ban-denmark-france-austria-europe/ Austria, France, Denmark, and More: Europe Rejects the Islamic Burqa]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (August 17, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29809-europe-is-banning-muslim-garb Europe Is Banning Muslim Garb]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
*Basu, Zachary (August 19, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/europe-burqa-ban-islam-immigration-denmark-france-661f3efe-af3d-4aa0-81c9-9b51be0b762d.html Between the lines: Europe's burqa bans]. ''Axios''. Retrieved August 19, 2018.</ref>

According to a survey conducted in February by the Századvég Foundation's Project 28, 78% of Europeans supported better protecting the EU's external borders.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (March 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/29/survey-78-percent-europeans-want-tighter-control-borders/ Survey: 78 Percent of Europeans Want Tighter Control of Borders]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 29, 2018.</ref> An April 2018 YouGov poll found that residents across Europe saw immigration and terrorism as the most important issues facing their respective nations,<ref>Deacon, Liam (May 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/11/immigration-and-terror-top-issue-facing-bloc-say-people-across-eu/ Poll Finds Immigration and Terror Top Issues for People Across Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 12, 2018.</ref> something confirmed by a Eurobarometer survey later that year which found that immigration was the greatest concern of Europeans in every EU member-nation with the exception of seven where terrorism was the greatest.<ref>Deacon, Liam (June 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/15/poll-immigration-terror-top-issues-eu-say-people-every-member-state/ Poll: Immigration, Terror Top Issues for Public in EVERY E.U. Member State]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2018.</ref> According to a May 2018 Pew Research Center survey, Western Europeans were more divided politically based on their views on populism versus the [[establishment]] than they were on traditional "left" versus "right" distinctions.<ref>Multiple references:
*Williams, Thomas D. (May 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/15/pew-left-right-categories-giving-way-populist-establishment-divide/ Pew: Left/Right Categories Giving Way to Populist/Establishment Divide]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
*Mitchell, Amy, et al. (May 14, 2018). [http://www.journalism.org/2018/05/14/in-western-europe-public-attitudes-toward-news-media-more-divided-by-populist-views-than-left-right-ideology/ In Western Europe, Public Attitudes Toward News Media More Divided by Populist Views Than Left-Right Ideology]. ''Pew Research Center''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.</ref> Conservative and right-wing populist leaders were often significantly younger than their establishment opponents.<ref>Hinnant, Lori (May 16, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/7f177b0cf15b4e87a53fe4382d6884ca Europe’s far-right parties hunt down the youth vote]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 16, 2019.</ref>

Some Europeans and Christians chose to emigrate from Western Europe due to the mass Muslim migration.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (March 28, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28612-people-fleeing-western-europe-because-of-muslim-migration People Fleeing Western Europe Because of Muslim Migration]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 29, 2018.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (October 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/20/french-flee-to-hungary-to-escape-effects-of-mass-migration/ French Flee To Hungary To Escape Effects of Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.</ref>

According to a July 2018 study by Eurostat, countries with the most migration restrictions such as the Czech Republic and the other Visegrád nations also had the highest employment rate for non-EU migrants.<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/31/employment-migrants-patriotic-best-eu/ Study: Migrants Most Likely to Have a Job in Low Migration, ‘Racist’ EU Nations Like Czech Republic]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 31, 2018.</ref>

In 2018, European countries began cracking down on migrant transport NGO ships, and in August 2018, none of those ships were operating in the Mediterranean.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/30/mediterranean-free-migrant-transport-ngo-ships-legal-battles-mount/ Mediterranean Free of Migrant Transport NGO Ships as Legal Battles Mount]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref>

Fearful of terrorist attacks and gang violence, an increasing number of Europeans are choosing to possess [[gun]]s.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pop, Valentina (January 7, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-use-surges-in-europe-where-firearms-are-rare-11546857000 Gun Use Surges in Europe, Where Firearms Are Rare]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
*Friedman, Victoria (January 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/08/wsj-gun-ownership-rise-europe-terror-attacks-sexual-assault/ WSJ: Gun Ownership on Rise in Europe After Terror Attacks, Sexual Assaults]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
*Adelmann, Bob (January 8, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31137-gun-ownership-increasing-in-europe-following-terror-attacks Gun Ownership Increasing in Europe Following Terror Attacks]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 8, 2019.</ref>

==Germany==
From Reunification in 1990 until 2010 the [[Germany|German]] population stagnated at 78 million. There remain 11 deaths for every 9 live births. Growth forecasts have been dire.<ref>Jan Lahmeyer, [http://www.populstat.info/Europe/germanyc.htm GERMANY historical demographical data of the whole country], populstat.info</ref> [[Homosexuality]] and [[abortion]] are often cited as the underlying cause of a once strong nation, with a 2000-year history, not replacing itself and now fading into oblivion. But the Germans and German government policy have become thoroughly Americanized, adopting an open border policy in 2005 hoping to reverse the trend of a shrinking population. Germany has become the [[melting pot]] of Europe with 1 in 5 Germans today born elsewhere. Germany is the second target country, behind the [[United States]], of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants. By far, the majority of immigrants to Germany come from other European countries. [[Kurds]] from [[Turkey]] count for 6 in 10 Muslim immigrants, with a few more coming from [[Kosovo]] and [[Albania]]. According to an Emmid poll conducted by ''Bild'' in September 2018, two-thirds of Germans believed the condition of their country had declined since the migrant crisis began in 2015,<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/03/germany-country-downhill-2015-migrants/ Germany: Majority Believe Country Gone Downhill Since 2015, Has Too Many Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 3, 2018.</ref> and a Leipzig University survey that same year found that a majority of Germans felt "like a stranger in their own country."<ref>Hale, Virginia (November 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/10/migration-germans-feel-like-stranger/ Mass Migration: Majority of Germans Feel Like ‘Stranger in Their Own Country’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 10, 2018.</ref> Germans became fed up about the mass migration and the extreme cultural differences between them and the migrants.<ref>[https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/the-germans-are-sick-of-migrant-violence-and-they-are-right/ The Germans are sick of migrant violence and they are right]. ''Voice of Europe''. September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref> The number of Germans with a gun license doubled between 2014 and 2019 because of the fear created by the migrant crisis.<ref>[https://p.dw.com/p/3Oubp More Germans applying for alarm gun licenses]. ''Deutsche Welle''. September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2019.</ref>

The disastrous [[foreign policy]] of Obama and [[Hillary Clinton]],<ref>[http://moderndiplomacy.eu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1416:the-libyan-failure-obama-and-clinton-s-forgotten-war&Itemid=139 The Libyan Failure: Obama and Clinton’s Forgotten War], Luis Durani, ''Modern Diplomacy'', May 13, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/hillary-clinton-and-the-s_b_9231190.html Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath], Jeffrey Sachs, ''Huffington Post'', Feb 15, 2016</ref> fomenting strife and revolution in the Syrian and [[Libyan War]]s,<ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/wr2013_web.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwi4hbqN4rDRAhVIhlQKHZrbAhwQFgiCATAQ&usg=AFQjCNFF5AZwK7MO-fqSMIjdrDPXnZvlAA&sig2=2EFSlYfrCcdtd3wzFxw9yQ Human Rights Watch World Report 2013], pp. 580-587; 609-617. www.hrw.org</ref> has impacted German immigration in numbers more than any other European power since late 2014.<ref>[http://cco.ndu.edu/News/Article/835159/the-disintegration-of-european-security-lessons-from-the-refugee-crisis/ The Disintegration of European Security: Lessons from the Refugee Crisis], By Fabrizio Tassinari, Center for Complex Operations PRISM Volume 6, Number 2, July 18, 2016</ref> Due to Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]'s [[open borders]] policies, more than 2.5 million refugees and migrants – some estimates show up to 3 million<ref name="CivilWar2018">Delingpole, James (September 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/16/delingpole-civil-war-is-coming-to-europe-warns-german-politician/ Delingpole: ‘Civil War Is Coming to Europe’ Warns German Politician]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 16, 2018.</ref> – have flooded into Germany from outside Europe, migrants who do not share a common European heritage with their host country. In 2015 alone, Germany was invaded by nearly one million non-Western immigrants,<ref>[http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/10/europe-immigration-muslim-refugees-portraits/ The New Europeans], Robert Kunzig, ''National Geographic'', October 2016</ref> more than double the size of Germany's standing and reserve military force. Merkel opposed setting an upper limit on the number of refugees Germany would allow in annually.<ref name="RefugeeCapOppose">Delcker, Janosch (October 2, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/angela-merkel-germany-new-refugee-dilemma-bavaria-csu/ Angela Merkel’s new refugee dilemma]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 3, 2017.</ref> About a third of third-world migrants entered Germany by airplane, according to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.<ref>Hale, Virginia (March 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/12/merkel-effect-thousands-migrants-jet-germany-poorer-eu-nations/ Merkel Effect: Thousands of Migrants Jet to Germany from Poorer EU Nations]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 12, 2018.</ref> By 2016, 22.5% of all people living in Germany had a "migrant background,"<ref>Multiple references:
*Tomlinson, Chris (August 2, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/02/nearly-one-quarter-of-germans-now-have-a-foreign-background/ Nearly One Quarter of Germans Now Have a Foreign Background]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-immigration-idUSKBN1AH3EP Immigrant population hits new high in Germany]. ''Reuters''. August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
See also:
*Tomlinson, Chris (October 24, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/24/one-five-german-resident-foreign-background/ Over One in Five German Residents Come from a Foreign Background]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 24, 2017.</ref> and the nation's government reported in 2018 that nearly 13% of the population was foreign-born.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (April 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/12/approaching-13-per-cent-all-german-residents-foreign-born/ Approaching 13 Per Cent of All German Residents Are Foreign Born]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 13, 2018.</ref> It was reported in August 2017 that since 2015, when the migrant crisis was at its height, the German Prosecutor's Office received over 1,000 criminal complaints accusing Merkel of high treason for her actions regarding refugees and immigration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/31/german-prosecutors-1000-criminal-complaints-merkel-high-treason/ Prosecutors Have Rejected 1,000 High Treason Charges Against Merkel For Migrant Crisis Since 2015]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 31, 2017.</ref> Even in 2017, Germany admitted nearly 200,000 asylum-seekers.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/17/germany-200000-asylum-seekers-2017/ Germany Took Nearly 200,000 Asylum Seekers in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 17, 2018.</ref> Germany also tried to send the highest number of migrants to other EU countries.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (December 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/07/germany-most-prolific-attempting-send-migrants-other-eu-countries/ Germany Most Prolific at Attempting to Send Migrants to Other EU Countries]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 7, 2018.</ref>

In mid-2016, the German government deployed an additional 90 border guards and 40 police officers in order to reduce the level of [[illegal immigration]] passing through [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Germany Toughens Swiss Border Against Illegal Migrants | url=http://dw.com/p/1JmWj | date=August 21, 2016 | publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] | accessdate=February 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Germany Tightens Border Controls with Switzerland to Stop Illegal Immigrants, Says Swiss Minister | url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-tightens-border-controls-with-switzerland-to-stop-illegal-immigrants-says-swiss-finance-a7202621.html | date=August 2016 | publisher=''[[The Independent]]'' | accessdate=February 11, 2017}}</ref> It also instituted border controls in preparation for the [[G-20]] summit, showing [[liberal hypocrisy]] in the fact that the only time when border controls were instituted were when international leader came into the country.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/12/germany-begins-border-controls-lead-g20-summit/ Germany Begins Border Controls in Lead up to G20 Summit]. ''Breitbart News''. June 12, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.</ref>

According to the German Federal Statistical Office, Germany's population growth in 2016 was entirely due to mass migration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/17/german-population-grew-2016-solely-due-mass-migration/ Mass Migration Now Sole Cause of Population Growth in Germany]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 17, 2018.</ref> In June 2017, it was reported that [[Frankfurt]] became the first city in Germany where ethnic Germans were a minority.<ref>Hale, Virginia (June 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/29/frankfurt-german-city-natives-minority/ Frankfurt Becomes First German City Where Natives Are Minority]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 29, 2017.</ref> By 2018, the name "Mohammed" was the 26th most popular name in Germany, rising from 97th place nearly 10 years prior,<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/25/germany-mohammed-name-rapidly-rising-popularity/ ‘Mohammed’ on Course to be Most Popular Baby Name in Germany]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 25, 2018.</ref> and by 2019, "Mohammed" had become the most popular male name in Berlin.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (May 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/03/mohammed-number-one-name-baby-boys-berlin-2018/ Mohammed Number One Name for Baby Boys in Berlin]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (May 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/32194-mohammed-is-taking-over-europe-name-most-popular-in-berlin-elsewhere Mohammed Is Taking Over Europe: Name Most Popular in Berlin, Elsewhere]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 6, 2019.</ref> According to Destatis, the German statistics office, Germany saw a 7% rise in births in 2016 due to mass migration, a massive change for a country which previously had one of the lowest European birthrates.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/29/german-childbirths-rise-due-mass-migration/ German Childbirths Rise Due to Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 29, 2018.</ref> Migration, much of it from Eastern Europe, caused Germany's population to reach a record high in 2018.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-population/migration-from-eastern-europe-raises-german-population-to-record-high-idUSKCN1UB0WD Migration from eastern Europe raises German population to record high]. ''Reuters''. July 16, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2019.</ref>

According to the German Federal Employment Agency in 2018, over half of German residents receiving the Hartz IV welfare benefits had migrant backgrounds.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/13/half-german-welfare-recipients-come-migrant-backgrounds/ More Than Half of German Welfare Recipients Come from Migrant Backgrounds]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 13, 2018.</ref>

According to a July 2018 study by Martina Sauer of the Centre for Turkish Studies and Integration Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen, ethnic Turks in Germany were increasingly viewing themselves only as Turks rather than Germans.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/31/study-turkish-background-germans-closer-bond-turkey-germany/ Study: Turkish Background Germans Increasingly Feel Closer Bond to Turkey Than Germany]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 31, 2018.</ref>

===Denialism===
A study conducted by the Hamburg Media School and the University of Leipzig, the German media was uncritical of the migrant crisis and promoted the government's pro-mass immigration propaganda.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/21/study-german-media-wholly-uncritical-migrant-crisis/ Study: German Media Was Wholly ‘Uncritical’ During Migrant Crisis]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 21, 2017.</ref> The study determined, that the information media did not live up to their task in the 2015/16 coverage of refugees and were more "political" actors than neutral observers.<ref>Pressearchiv der Otto-Brenner-Stiftung (July 21, 2017). https://www.otto-brenner-stiftung.de/presse/pressearchiv/pressedetail//1//fluechtlingskrise-und-willkommenskultur.html ''Otto-Brenner-Stiftung''. Retrieved January 12, 2018.</ref>

Germany's major [[establishment]] political parties did not mention the migrant crisis in the 2017 parliamentary election campaign.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/08/major-german-parties-leave-migrant-issues-campaign/ Major German Parties Ignore Migrant Crisis During Election Campaign]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 11, 2017.</ref>

When discussing her options on how to counter the migrant crisis in 2015, Merkel quickly dismissed the notion of restoring border controls.<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/25/no-fences-merkels-migrant-crisis-vow/ ‘We Won’t Build Any Fences’: Interview Reveals Merkel’s Reaction to 2015 Migrant Crisis]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 25, 2018.</ref> She also opposed setting an upper limit on the number of refugees allowed into Germany,<ref name="RefugeeCapOppose"/> but after the 2017 elections, in order to create a governing coalition, she agreed to set a "soft" cap (as opposed to a "hard" cap).<ref>Karnitschnig, Matthew (October 8, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/angela-merkel-accepts-soft-refugee-cap-resists-obergrenze-csu-cdu-afd-greens-coalition-talks-germany-elections/ Angela Merkel accepts soft refugee cap, resists ‘Obergrenze’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 9, 2017.</ref> After creating a "grand coalition" with the Social Democratic Party, Merkel and her coalition partner declared that the migrant crisis was over and yet promised to admit between 180,000 and 220,000 refugees every year.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/13/german-grand-coalition-declares-migrant-crisis-will-let-220000-migrants-per-year/ German ‘Grand Coalition’ Declares Migrant Crisis ‘Over’, Will Let in 220,000 Migrants Per Year]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref> In March 2018, Merkel proposed giving the EU the sole authority over asylum policy.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/22/merkel-pushes-eu-common-asylum-system-inviting-millions-migrants-europe/ Merkel Pushes for EU Common Asylum System After Inviting Millions of Migrants to Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2018.</ref> In May 2018, the German government announced that it would use its rotating seat on the [[UN Security Council]] to support "open societies" and fight "nationalists and populists."<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/18/germany-un-seat-fight-populism/ Germany Will Use UN Seat ‘to Promote Openness and Fight Populism’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2018.</ref> While Merkel appeared to abandon the EU's migrant quota system by June 2018 in the face of opposition by more conservative governments, she continued supporting a plan endorsed by [[George Soros]] that would give large sums of money to African countries to help reduce migration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/09/merkel-abandons-migrant-quotas-eu-soros-africa-plan/ Merkel Abandons Migrant Quotas, Pushes for EU ‘Flexible Solidarity’ and Soros-Approved Africa Plan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2018.</ref> Merkel continued advancing policies increasing the number of migrants into Germany.<ref>Byas, Steve (October 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30231-germany-s-merkel-favors-even-more-immigrants Germany’s Merkel Favors Even More Immigrants]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 3, 2018.</ref> Merkel continued defending her actions even several years afterward.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/02/merkel-defends-opening-german-border/ Opening the Borders ‘Not a Mistake’: Merkel Defends Migrant Crisis Decisions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 2, 2019.</ref>

In an interview in early 2018, the new interior minister [[Horst Seehofer]] said that Germany had been "shaped by Christianity", and that the country should not give up its own traditions. Furthermore, he stated that [[Islam]] "does not belong in Germany."<ref>Multiple references:
* https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43422770
*Huggler, Justin (March 16, 2018). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/16/german-interior-minister-declares-islam-does-not-belong-country/ German interior minister declares 'Islam does not belong' in the country]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
*Shaw, Adam (March 17, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/03/17/german-interior-minister-undercuts-merkel-says-islam-does-not-belong-to-germany.html German interior minister undercuts Merkel, says 'Islam does not belong to Germany']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 20, 2018.</ref> However, Merkel quickly responded by saying that "Islam belongs to Germany,"<ref>Multiple references:
*Hale, Virginia (March 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/16/islam-belongs-germany-merkel-insists/ ‘Islam Belongs to Germany’, Merkel Insists After Minister Highlights Nation’s Christian Heritage]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
*[https://www.thelocal.de/20180316/islam-doesnt-belong-to-germany-says-interior-minister-horst-seehofer Merkel contradicts interior minister, saying ‘Islam belongs to Germany’]. ''The Local''. March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
*Chazan, Guy (March 16, 2018). [https://www.ft.com/content/68f751dc-291d-11e8-b27e-cc62a39d57a0 Merkel’s coalition divided over role of Islam in Germany]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved March 20, 2018.</ref> and Germany's president, [[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]], gave the same response.<ref>Wróbel, Aleksandra (March 20, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/islam-germany-is-part-of-says-german-president/ Islam is ‘part of Germany,’ says German president]. ''Politico''. Retrieved March 20, 2018.</ref> Merkel's globalist views on immigration and unwillingness to compromise conflicted with the relatively conservative views of Seehofer, something which endangered the coalition she created after the 2017 elections.<ref>Multiple references:
*Irvine, Chris (June 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/06/15/angela-merkels-german-government-facing-collapse-over-her-immigration-stance.html Angela Merkel's German government facing collapse over her immigration stance]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (June 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/16/longstanding-disagreements-on-migrant-policy-threaten-to-end-merkel-era/ New Migrant Crisis Threatens to Bring Down Merkel in 48 Hours]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
*Duke, Selwyn (June 18, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29300-muslim-migration-may-topple-eu-starting-with-angela-merkel-s-government Muslim Migration May Topple EU — Starting With Angela Merkel’s Government]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-germany/defiant-merkel-backs-europe-migrant-policy-as-bavaria-row-simmers-idUSKBN1JC0CQ Defiant Merkel backs Europe migrant policy as Bavaria row simmers]. ''Reuters''. June 16, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/06/13/merkel-allies-heading-for-showdown-over-immigration-policy.html Merkel, allies heading for showdown over immigration policy]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.</ref> Ultimately, they found a compromise which saw Merkel gain the upper hand.<ref>Multiple references:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (July 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/02/merkel-germany-coalition-limps-on-as-immigration-control-compromise-struck/ Merkel Germany Coalition Limps on as Immigration Control Compromise Struck]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Escritt, Thomas; Chambers, Madeline (July 2, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-germany/merkel-to-fight-another-day-after-settling-migration-row-idUSKBN1JS0NJ Merkel to fight another day after settling migration row]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Byas, Steve (July 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29434-immigration-compromise-saves-merkel-government-in-germany-for-now Immigration Compromise Saves Merkel Government in Germany — for Now]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 3, 2018.</ref> German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier went even further, falsely declaring that Germany "is a nation of immigrants and will remain so" and that "there are no half or whole Germans, no biological or 'new' Germans."<ref>Hale, Virginia (August 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/25/germans-immigration-country-president/ German President Declares There are ‘No Native Germans, We are a Nation of Immigrants’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref> In March 2019, Steinmeier stated that borders must remain permanently open.<ref>Hale, Virginia (March 6, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/06/21st-century-borders-german-president/ No Place in 21st Century for Closing Borders – German Bundestag President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 6, 2019.</ref>

However, in February 2018, Merkel finally admitted the existence of "no-go areas ... where no one dares to go."<ref>Hale, Virginia (March 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/01/merkel-admits-no-go-zones/ Merkel Admits ‘No-Go’ Zones Exist in Germany]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 1, 2018.</ref><ref>Duke, Selwyn (March 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28414-germany-s-merkel-finally-admits-no-go-zones-exist Germany’s Merkel Finally Admits: No-go Zones Exist]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 3, 2018.</ref> In April 2018, two men pretending to be Jews by wearing kippas who were specifically trying to disprove the notion of no-go zones were attacked by Muslims.<ref>Chase, Jefferson (April 19, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/04/19/video-anti-semitic-attack-sparks-outrage-germany/531384002/ Video of anti-Semitic attack sparks outrage in Germany]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved May 9, 2018.</ref> After 200 refugees rioted when police attempted to deport a single rejected asylum-seeker, which forced police to retreat temporarily, the German government promised to take a tougher policy.<ref>Shaw, Adam (April 4, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/05/04/germany-vows-to-get-tough-on-asylum-seekers-after-refugee-shelter-uprising.html Germany vows to get tough on asylum seekers after refugee shelter uprising]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.</ref> Germany's interior minister promised reforms after it was found that Germany's migration agency had given over 1,000 ineligible migrants asylum in [[Bremen]] alone.<ref>Shalal, Andrea (May 22, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-migrants/changes-afoot-at-germanys-migration-agency-over-asylum-scandal-minister-idUSKCN1IN1II Changes afoot at Germany's migration agency over asylum scandal: minister]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 22, 2018.</ref>

In August 2018, CDU politician Barbara John wrote in a newspaper editorial that Germans should not be concerned about becoming an ethnic minority in their own country.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/11/merkel-party-member-tells-germans-not-to-be-worried-about-becoming-a-minority/ Merkel Party Member Tells Germans Not to Be Worried About Becoming a Minority]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 11, 2018.</ref>

While most of the protestors at the [[2018 Chemnitz protests]] were conservative and patriotic Germans, Merkel described them as somehow being "neo-Nazis."<ref>[https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/merkel-calls-concerned-german-citizens-in-chemnitz-neo-nazis/ Merkel calls concerned German citizens in Chemnitz ‘neo-Nazis’]. ''Voice of Europe''. September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref> Shortly afterward, Merkel's government fired the head of the country's spy agency for not taking the [[establishment]]arian stance toward the protests and toward the AfD.<ref>Nasr, Joseph (September 18, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-protests-spy/germany-ousts-spymaster-over-far-right-violence-row-idUSKCN1LY2G5 Germany ousts spymaster over far-right violence row]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref>

In December 2018, the German Supreme Court ruled in favor of recognizing a child marriage conducted under Sharia Law in Syria between a couple that migrated to Germany in 2015, despite German law prohibiting child marriages.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (December 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/26/german-supreme-court-rejects-child-marriage-regulations-unconstitutional/ German Supreme Court Rejects Anti-Child Marriage Law as Unconstitutional]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 26, 2018.</ref>

===Growing crime===
{{See also|2018 Chemnitz protests}}
Some migrants from Islamic Republics have embraced Western [[secularism]] and the Western idea of a [[secular]] civil government and legal system; these migrants, however, tend to be few,<ref>A study by the Univerity of Munster found that more than half of Turkish immigrants put Islam above German law. [http://www.dw.com/en/study-large-number-of-turks-in-germany-put-islam-above-the-law/a-19336757 Study: Large number of Turks in Germany put Islam above the law], Daniel Pelz, ''Deutsche Welle'', 16 June 2016</ref> as it is considered unlawful for an adherent of Islam to recognize any legal authority other than [[Allah]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tk8IZ8MM9QsC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=he+at+once+excludes+all+other+authority+except+that+God+sovereign&source=bl&ots=kkx0QPA4dU&sig=-b_ok1msaavsAA-gO826_CTW7uM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCn5vQoa_RAhVKq1QKHc3cCVMQ6AEIIDAD#v=onepage&q=he%20at%20once%20excludes%20all%20other%20authority%20except%20that%20God%20sovereign&f=false Islamic Government], A.H. Qasmi, Gyan Publishing House, Jan 1, 2008, p. 81</ref> To do so, under the laws of Islam, is a serious crime and is punishable by death.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/law/help/apostasy/#summary Laws Criminalizing Apostasy]. Hanibal Goitom, Library of Congress Global Legal Research Center, MY 2024</ref> Due to the large levels of Islamic immigration into Germany, the number of [[female genital mutilation]] cases that had occurred in the country rose to 60,000.<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 19, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/19/mass-migration-drives-enormous-rise-60000-cases-fgm/ Mass Migration Drives ‘Enormous’ Rise in FGM Cases to 60,000]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 19, 2017.</ref> Active cases of [[tuberculosis]] rose 30% between 2014 and 2015, with the increase slowing the following year, in line with migration levels.<ref>Leahy, Michael Patrick (July 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/26/active-tb-increased-30-percent-in-germany-in-2015-year-of-massive-immigration/ Active TB Increased 30 Percent in Germany In 2015, Year of Massive Immigration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 26, 2017.</ref> It was reported in September 2017 that at least 330 war criminals from Syria and Iraq were included among the asylum seekers that arrived since 2015.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 4, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/04/german-authorities-tipped-off-330-war-criminals-among-asylum-seekers/ German Authorities Tipped off to over 330 War Criminals Among Asylum Seekers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 4, 2017.</ref> That same month it was reported that nearly half of all crimes committed in Berlin were caused by migrants.<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/25/almost-half-crimes-berlin-migrants/ Almost Half of Crimes in Berlin Committed by Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.</ref> Homelessness in Germany increased 150% between 2014 and 2016 due to the migrant crisis.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (November 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/18/germany-440000-migrant-drifters-fuel-surge-in-homelessness/ Germany: 440,000 Migrant Drifters Fuel Surge in Homelessness]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 18, 2017.</ref> Crimes explicitly targeted against Christians also saw massive growth, with nearly 100 such cases in 2017 alone.<ref>Hale, Virginia (February 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/05/alarm-scale-anti-christian-hate-attacks/ German Politicians ‘Alarmed’ at Scale of Anti-Christian Hate Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 5, 2018.</ref> [[Anti-Semitic]] crimes grew 10% in the first half of 2018.<ref>Kent, Simon (August 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/08/14/anti-semitic-crime-in-germany-soars-by-10-percent-over-first-half-of-2018/ Anti-Semitic Crime in Germany Soars by 10 Percent over First Half of 2018]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 14, 2018.</ref> In May 2019, Germany's commissioner on anti-Semitism urged Jews to avoid wearing the kippah "everywhere, all the time" because of anti-Semitism.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bowden, John (May 26, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/445553-german-official-warns-countrys-jews-against-wearing-kippah-amid-rising German official warns country's Jews against wearing Kippah amid rising anti-Semitism]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
*Kent, Simon (May 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2019/05/26/shocked-israel-president-warns-jews-in-germany-after-kippah-threats/ ‘Shocked’ Israel President Warns Jews in Germany After Kippah Threats]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 26, 2019.</ref>

According to a January 2018 report published by the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Merkel's refugee policies were responsible for a massive increase in violent crime in Germany.<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (January 3, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/03/refugee-influx-into-germany-fueled-violent-crime-surge-report-finds.html Refugee influx into Germany fueled violent crime surge, report finds]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (January 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/04/german-government-study-links-rise-violent-crime-mass-migration/ German Government: Rise in Violent Crime Is Linked to Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
*Jasper, William F. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/27885-merkel-exposed-germany-france-reeling-under-refugees-crime-waves-welfare-costs Merkel Exposed: Germany, France Reeling Under Refugees' Crime Waves, Welfare Costs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> A June 2018 investigation into the Federal Agency for Migration and Refugees found that migrants with criminal records of crimes including rape, murder, and drug dealing frequently received asylum and were shielded from deportation despite their records.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/24/investigation-migrant-career-criminals-routinely-protected-deportation/ Investigation Finds Migrant Career Criminals Routinely Protected from Deportation]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref>

In January 2018, ''Die Welt'' reported on a survey that found that 27% of Islamic students agreed with the statement: "The Islamic laws of Sharia, according to which, for example, adultery or homosexuality are severely punished, are much better than the German laws."<ref name="GermanSurvey2018">Tomlinson, Chris (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/11/survey-underlying-sympathy-radical-islamic-extremism-german-schools/ Survey: Underlying Sympathy for Radical Islamic Extremism in German Schools]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.</ref> Additionally, 8% supported violently creating an Islamic caliphate or empire, 3.8% agreed that engaging in acts of terrorism was sometimes justifiable in order to advance Islam, and 18.6% agreed that it was their Islamic duty to spread their religion and "fight unbelievers."<ref name="GermanSurvey2018"/> A study conducted by the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony using data from 2013 to 2016 found that foreigners were twice as likely to be criminal suspects.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/09/german-study-foreigners-twice-likely-suspects-crimes/ German Study Finds Foreigners Twice as Likely to Be Suspects in Crimes]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 9, 2018.</ref> The number of Germans killed by foreigners rapidly increased between 2015 and 2017.<ref>Enoch (September 5, 2018). [https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/the-number-of-germans-killed-by-foreigners-highest-in-many-years/ The number of Germans killed by foreigners highest in many years]. ''Voice of Europe''. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref> In 2017, the number of migrants referred to the country's security services quadrupled.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (September 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/26/number-of-immigrants-referred-to-german-security-services-rose-fourfold-in-2017/ Number of Immigrants Referred To German Security Services Rose Fourfold in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 27, 2018.</ref>

Due to growing crime by Muslim migrants, as well as backlash from alleged "right-wing extremists" opposed to the migration, the German city of Cottbus temporarily banned new refugees in January 2018.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/21/german-city-bans-new-refugees-amid-anti-migrant-mood.html German city bans new refugees amid anti-migrant mood]. ''Fox News''. January 21, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2018.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/22/german-town-forces-asylum-seeker-leave-knife-attack/ German City Banishes Asylum Seeker After Knife Attack]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 22, 2018.</ref>

In March 2019, it was revealed that police authorities in a certain district in the country hid data on migrant crimes in order to not "stir up prejudice."<ref>Hale, Virginia (March 13, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/13/german-police-conceal-migrant-crimes/ Germany: Migrant Crimes Concealed to ‘Avoid Stirring Up Prejudice’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 14, 2019.</ref>

===Terrorism===
In July 2016 an ax-wielding Muslim Afghan refugee attacks passengers on a German train injuring 4 people before being shot dead.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36827725 Germany axe attack: Assault on train in Wuerzburg injures HK family]</ref>

A Syrian suicide bomber injured 15 people through a suicide attack in Ansbach on July 24, 2016.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/jul/25/ansbach-explosion-german-town-deliberate-blast-latest]</ref>

On December 20, 2016, a truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in [[Berlin]], killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 48 others.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/police-truck-attack-killed-12-berlin-intentional]</ref> ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref>Hjelmgaard, Kim (December 20, 2016). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/20/berlin-truck-crash/95644498/ ISIL calls Berlin attacker a 'soldier' as manhunt for killer resumes]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved December 20, 2016.</ref>

===The ignorant are proselytized===
In recent decades [[Salafism]] has become the dominant mainstream thought among adherents of [[Sunni]] Islam of the [[Middle East]] and [[North Africa]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.icanpeacework.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Women-Religious-Extremism.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjKucW3grPRAhVN2WMKHazSAVgQFghgMA4&usg=AFQjCNEnVHXBmLSE6TuP32LaKC5X3HdXPw&sig2=jejyvnsVXWGKVLM0h5noFQ Extremism as Mainstream: Implications for Women, Development & Security in the MENA/Asia Region], Brief 11, Spring 2014. International Civil Society Action Network. icanpeacework.org</ref> These regions, along with Central Africa, are the countries of origin of most of the Muslims who have entered Europe and Germany since the [[Obama administration|Obama regime's]] failed "[[Arab Spring]]" uprisings which have left in excess of 300,000 dead and at least 11 million homeless and displaced globally.<ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/01/arab-spring-five-years-on/ THE 'ARAB SPRING': FIVE YEARS ON]. [[Amnesty International]]. amnesty.org</ref><ref>[http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/en_US/studio/multimedia/20160322/index.html/_view/lang=en_US Blood Year: The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism], DAVID KILCULLEN, DAVID SHIPLEY, JOANNE J. MYERS, Carnegie Council Global Ethics Forum, MARCH 22, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.onlinecolumnist.com/2016/11/29/obamas-failed-syrian-policy/ OBAMA’S FAILED SYRIAN POLICY], BY JOHN M. CURTIS, NOVEMBER 29, 2016. onlinecolmnist.com</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/magazine/is-this-the-end-of-christianity-in-the-middle-east.html Is this the End of Christianity in the Middle East?], Eliza Griswold, ''[[New York Times]]'', 22 July 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/middle-east-saudi-arabia-iran-nimr-execution-cleric-obama-king-salman-tehran-413680 THE LOSER OF THE COLD WAR BETWEEN IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA MAY BE OBAMA], BY JONATHAN BRODER, ''[[Newsweek]]'', 1/11/16</ref><ref>[https://socialistworker.org/2016/06/07/the-untold-toll-of-obamas-war-on-isis The untold toll of Obama's war on ISIS], Ashley Smith, June 7, 2016. socialistworker.org</ref><ref>While these horrors unfolded for five years by either design or incompetence, most American mainstream journalists cowered in sycophancy before Barack Obama for fear of being called "[[racist]]", even though Islam is not a "race".</ref> Salafism rejects [[democracy]] as disobedient to Allah and [[idolatry|idolatrous]], and advocates a civil regime under [[shariah]] law.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MLE68zW_7LUC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=al+wala+wal+bara+democracy&source=bl&ots=aZTtjWVHiV&sig=-XSHBkJqJ3BiaTKzRc4UgvMO_nk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd-965irPRAhXqiFQKHVo_CKAQ6AEISzAM#v=onepage&q=al%20wala%20wal%20bara%20democracy&f=false Fault Lines in Global Jihad: Organizational, Strategic, and Ideological Fissures], Assaf Moghadam & Brian Fishman, Taylor & Francis, May 10, 2011, pp. 170-171</ref> A Muslim who migrates for [[economic]] opportunity or to escape [[tyranny]] (in the Western sense of the word) is a [[traitor]] to Islam. He is deemed a radical and worse than an [[infidel]] to Sunni-Salafi society; he has betrayed his nation and his people (''[[takfir]]''). Those bringing ''shariah'' law to non-Muslim lands - the dominant mainstream legal system among Sunnis - are on a "civilizing" mission to the "ignorant" (''jahiliyyah'') disbelieving "infidels".<ref>[http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/special-reports/saudi-publications-hate-ideology-invade-american-mosques Saudi Publications on Hate Ideology] January 2006</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5QE3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT15&lpg=PT15&dq=qaradawi+austrian+text&source=bl&ots=CQddhGpFZ_&sig=XGcgu4Qo5_QlpzQUNIjcsQWYJOY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiondPvxb7RAhXGslQKHc2BA_YQ6AEIQDAO#v=onepage&q=qaradawi%20austrian%20text&f=false Islamism and the West: From "Cultural Attack" to "Missionary Migrant"], Uriya Shavit, Routledge, Nov 26, 2013</ref>

Once a devout Muslim finds a secure area to pray five times daily (the Second Pillar of Islam), that area encompassing a few cubic feet becomes part of the "sacred realm" of Islam (which does not recognize [[Nation state|national borders]]), under the law and teachings of Islam.<ref>The place of prayer is extremely important; prayers performed on usurped property are void, [https://www.al-islam.org/islamic-laws-ayatullah-ali-al-husayni-al-sistani/rules-salat-part-ii-iii] and there is no prohibition on the usurpation of property from "infidels" (Surahs 8:69 & 33:21-27 for examples). The place of prayer must also be clean, i.e., free of the uncleanness of "infidels". In November 2016 Abdul Artan drove his car into pedestrian traffic at the University of Ohio-Columbus and began wildly slashing ten people with a butcher knife. Artan was upset because he could not find an unsullied place to have his prayers accepted by Allah, which was his religious duty five times daily. The mainstream media misreported Artan as being in fear of "[[Islamophobia]]". [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/us/ohio-state-university-abdul-artan-islamic-state.html?_r=0]</ref> According to Islam, it becomes territory held by "legal authority", to be defended against retaking by "infidels".

===Alternative for Germany===
:''Main article: [[Alternative for Germany]]''
The Alternative for Germany (AfD), was founded in 2013 by economics professor Bernd Lucke.<ref name="Germany'sFarage">Zeronian, Sarkis (July 5, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/07/05/germanys-farage-becomes-leader-of-eurosceptic-alternative-for-germany-party/ ‘Germany’s Farage’ Becomes Leader Of Eurosceptic Alternative For Germany Party]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref> Although the party was relatively conservative and Eurosceptic (it mainly opposed the Eurozone<ref name="BBC"/>), it was a neo-liberal party that attracted middle class opponents of the [[Eurozone]].<ref name="Germany'sFarage"/> The party made several gains during this time, with seven AfD members being elected to the [[European Parliament]] in 2014.<ref name="BBC">[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37274201 What does Alternative for Germany (AfD) want?]. ''BBC''. September 5, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref>

A power struggle within the party soon broke out, with Lucke, who wanted the party to focus on an anti-Euro policy, being opposed by Frauke Petry and her conservative, right-wing faction that emphasized law and order, immigration reductions, conservative social views, and opposition to [[Islam]].<ref name="Germany'sFarage"/> In the AfD party elections of July 2015, Petry won 68 percent of the vote, becoming the new leader of the party.<ref name="Germany'sFarage"/> The liberal Lucke subsequently left the party and formed his own.<ref name="BBC"/> Additionally, five of the party's seven MEP's left the party.<ref name="BBC"/> The AfD quickly adopted Petry's conservative, right-wing populist agenda, even though it still supported holding a referendum over the Eurozone.<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="Telegraph">Huggler, Justin (September 4, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/04/germanys-far-right-afd-unseats-angela-merkels-party-in-key-regio/ Germany's far-right AfD hands defeat to Angela Merkel's party in key regional vote]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref>

Under Petry's leadership, the AfD continued to grow dramatically, winning numerous seats in state parliaments.<ref name="Telegraph"/><ref name="DW">[http://www.dw.com/en/what-is-the-alternative-for-germany/a-19527050 What is the Alternative for Germany?]. ''DW''. September 5, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref><ref name="Wa.T.">Moulson, Geir (September 4, 2016). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/4/alternative-germany-party-wins-state-election/ Anger over Merkel’s Syria refugee policy drives win for Alternative for Germany party]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref> The AfD formed an alliance with the [[Freedom Party of Austria]] in 2016 due to their shared Eurosceptic views.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36504307 Nationalist Austria-Germany summit held on Zugspitze summit]. ''BBC''. June 10, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref> Immigration is a very large issue in the party.

While the AfD was unable to gain any seats in the German national parliament in the 2013 election, it entered the Bundestag in the 2017 election after taking a historic third place with nearly 13% of the vote, while Angela Merkel's CDU received its worst result since 1949.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tomlinson, Chris (September 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/25/merkel-scores-pyrrhic-victory-populists-beat-expectations/ Merkel’s Pyrrhic Victory: Worst Party Performance Since 1949 As Populist AfD Beat Expectations]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
*Dettmer, Jamie (September 25, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/germany-elections-afd/4043104.html Germany Shaken by Far-right Political Earthquake]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
*Dettmer, Jamie (September 25, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/merkel-win-seen-as-inevitable/4042028.html Merkel Wins Historic Fourth Term But Far-right Populists Surge]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
*Ridgwell, Henry (September 25, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/germany-far-right-reclaim-country-angela-merkel-coalition-talks/4043603.html German Far-right Pledges to 'Reclaim Country' as Merkel Begins Tough Coalition Talks]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
*Chazan, Guy (September 24, 2017). [https://www.ft.com/content/d18213e0-a105-11e7-b797-b61809486fe2 Nationalist AfD make historic breakthrough in German elections]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.</ref> Despite this, Merkel continued defending her open borders policies.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/25/merkel-defends-open-borders-migrant-policy-election-shock/ Merkel Defends Open Borders Migrant Policy After Election Shock]. ''Breitbart News''. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.</ref> After the CDU and SDP formed another grand coalition government,<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/05/merkel-welcomes-german-govt-deal-handing-4th-term/ Merkel Welcomes German Govt Deal Handing Her 4th Term]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
*Karnitschnig, Matthew (March 4, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/germanys-social-democrats-endorse-grand-coalition/ Germany gets new government]. ''Politico''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.</ref> the AfD became the official opposition party.<ref>Oltermann, Philip (February 7, 2018). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/07/germanys-rightwing-afd-gears-up-to-play-noisy-opposition-role Germany's rightwing AfD gears up to play noisy opposition role]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.</ref>

In 2018, polling found that the AfD had the second-highest level of public support of any German party.<ref>Multiple references:
*Anderson, Emma (February 19, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/afd-surpasses-spd-for-first-time-in-german-poll/ AfD surpasses SPD for first time in German poll]. ''Politico''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
*Deacon, Liam (February 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/19/poll-germany-afd-populists-second-most-popular-party/ Poll: Germany’s AfD Populists Second Most Popular Party for First Time]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
See also:
*Davis, Austin (February 20, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/20/alternative-germany-afd-rises-angela-merkel-strugg/ Far-right Alternative for Germany rises as Merkel struggles for coalition]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
*Williams, Thomas D. (June 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/25/sunday-poll-german-populist-afd-party-hits-record-high-popularity/ Sunday Poll: German Populist AfD Party Hits Record High Popularity]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 25, 2018.</ref>

==France==
On October 10, 732 AD, [[Charles Martel]] defeated the Muslim armies in the [[Battle of Tours]]. This Frankish victory secured Christian Europe's ability to develop without the influence or fear of Islam. For about 1,200 years after the battle, Europe, although facing numerous wars and conflicts, never had the very fabric of its society threatened by invaders (with the possible exception of the 1683 [[Siege of Vienna]]; see the "Austria" section below). However, beginning with the independence of its colony of [[Algeria]] in 1962, the number of Muslims in France has dramatically increased. Although a united European front opposed Islam in 732, a sizable French minority supported the influx of peoples who did not share French or European values. France now has a serious problem regarding immigration.<ref>Byas, Steve (May 31, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29170-france-struggling-with-overwhelming-immigration France Struggling With Overwhelming Immigration]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.</ref>

[[France]] has a long history of interaction with Islam. From 1837 until 1962 Algeria and much of North West Africa were administered as a French [[Imperialism|colonial province]]. For this reason alone, France was elevated to one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in 1945 due to France's historical experience in dealing with predominantly Islamic populations.

But tensions between France and the Islamic world run deep. Arab Muslims to this day refer to the [[Crusade]]rs of nearly a millennia ago as "Franks," regardless of whatever part of Europe they originated. The first ''[[fatwa]]'' issued by the [[Islamic State]] singled out particularly the "filthy French":<ref>[https://pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/shaykh/ Shaykh Abū Muhammad al-‘Adnānī ~ Whatever of Good Reaches You is from Allah « pietervanostaeyen]</ref>
{{quotebox|Strike their police, security, and intelligence members. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European – especially the spiteful and filthy French – or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be.}}
[[File:IMG 20170327 115458.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Polling data 6 weeks prior to the April 2017 French elections. ''Source:Vox'']]
The French immigration model was largely developed to assimilate people at the close of the colonial era in the 1960s and paralleled somewhat the [[United States]] model. Immigrants were expected to abandon the culture of their place of origin, adopt French secularism and language, and fully assimilate. In the 21st century, with the mass arrival of Muslims who self-segregate, refuse French customs, and insist upon religious practices in public schools (daily prayers and coverings for females), social tensions have mounted. Many French feel immigrant demands are a threat to their republican form of government. By the time of the migrant crisis, migrant groups did not assimilate and different groups developed their own separate communities, with the concept of being French fading.<ref>Meotti, Giulio (June 23, 2019). [https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14406/suicide-of-france The Suicide of France]. ''Gatestone Institute''. Retrieved June 30, 2019.</ref>

France has seen very large immigration levels from the Islamic world – the country saw a record 100,000 asylum applications in 2017, with most of them being from Africa.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/09/france-breaks-record-100000-asylum-applications-2017/ France: Record 100,000 Asylum Applications in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 9, 2018.</ref> In 2017, there were over 115,000 attempts by migrants to leave the Port of Calais, where many of them were encamped, to illegally travel to Britain.<ref name="Hale115,000Calais">Hale, Virginia (January 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/16/115k-crossing-attempts-calais-brawl/ 115,000 Crossing Attempts from Calais in 2017 as Illegals Brawl with Knives, Iron Bars]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 16, 2018.</ref> According to a French parliament report in 2018, as many as 400,000 illegal migrants lived in the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis alone.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/06/illegal-migrants-20-percent-population-paris-no-go-zone/ Illegal Migrant Population in Paris No-Go Zone Suburbs Hits 400,000]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 7, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/29/paris-suburb-home-to-300000-illegal-immigrants-report-says.html Paris suburb home to 300,000 illegal immigrants, report says]. ''Fox News'' (from ''The Sun''). July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.</ref>

In 2018, the French government increased its border security on the Italian border after a patriotic organization brought attention to the illegal immigration in the area through a demonstration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/24/french-interior-minister-increase-border-security-identitarian-defend-europe-action/ France to Increase Border Security After Identitarians Use Helicopters, Trucks in Alps ‘Defend Europe’ Action]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 25, 2018.</ref>

===Political correctness===
In 2017, a [[French National Front]] official was fined for "inciting hatred" by noting the massive increase of Muslim children in certain French schools and stating those levels were too high.<ref>Marchal, Nahema (April 27, 2017). [https://heatst.com/world/marine-le-pen-advisor-fined-for-saying-there-are-too-many-muslim-children-in-schools/ Marine Le Pen Advisor Fined for Saying There Are ‘Too Many Muslim Children’ in Schools]. ''Heat Street''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 27, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/27/front-national-mayor-fined-mentioning-demographic-changes-local-schools/ French Mayor Fined for Mentioning Demographic Changes in Local Schools]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 28, 2017.</ref>

In August 2017, a court ordered the local government in Calais to provide the migrants staying there with facilities, which the local government feared would lead to another migrant slum in the area.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (August 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/17/french-authorities-forced-provide-facilities-calais-migrants-court-battle/ French Authorities Forced To Provide Facilities For Calais Migrants After Court Battle]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 17, 2017.</ref>

The French media has taken a pro-mass migration viewpoint. For example, in January 2018, the newspaper ''Libération'' published an opinion article that stated that "something extremely beautiful has happened: we have been invaded by immigrants."<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/12/french-paper-pushes-pro-migrant-story-beautiful-invaded-migrants/ French Media Pushing Pro-Migrant Narrative: Claims It is ‘Beautiful’ To Be ‘Invaded By Migrants’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 12, 2018.</ref>

===Crime, terrorism, and disruption===
[[List of Islamist terrorist attacks|Numerous terrorist attacks]] have occurred in France, including the [[Charlie Hebdo]] shooting leaving 12 people killed,<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/world-expresses-shock-attack-charlie-hebdo-newspaper World expresses shock at attack on Charlie Hebdo newspaper]. ''CNS News''. January 7, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2017.</ref> the November Paris attacks with 130 innocents killed,<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34818994 Paris attacks: What happened on the night]. ''BBC News''. December 9, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2017.</ref> and an attack in Nice in July 2016 leaving about 80 killed.<ref>Ellis, Ralph; Almasy, Steve (July 15, 2017). [https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/14/europe/nice-france-truck/index.html Terror attack kills scores in Nice, France, Hollande says]. ''CNN''. Retrieved April 25, 2017.</ref> [[Anti-Semitic]] incidents have also risen sharply,<ref>Kent, Simon (November 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2018/11/09/relentless-siege-anti-semitic-acts-in-france-up-69-percent-during-2018/ ‘Relentless’ Siege: Anti-Semitic Acts in France up 69 Percent During 2018]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 9, 2018.</ref> and in 2018, they increased 74%.<ref>Bowden, John (February 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/430596-acts-of-anti-semitism-rose-74-percent-in-france-in-2018-report Acts of anti-Semitism rose 74 percent in France in 2018: report]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 19, 2019.</ref>

Many of France's suburbs, which have high proportions of migrants living there, have high crime rates. As seen in a notable 2016 example, police crackdowns in the suburbs against those people have led to much violence.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (November 3, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/03/paris-streets-turned-warzone-violent-migrants/ Paris Streets Turned into WARZONE by Violent Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> In June 2017, an app was created to warn people when they go into a "no-go zone" and tell them the risk of sexual assault.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (June 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/29/paris-app-warning-no-go-zone/ Paris Gets ‘No-Go-Zone’ Warning App]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 29, 2017.</ref> In November 2017, Islamist men were arrested for barging into a monastery in Verdun and demanding that the nuns there convert to Islam or go to Hell.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (November 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/18/islamists-barge-french-monastery-prayers-tell-nuns-convert-islam/ Islamists Barge Into French Monastery During Prayers, Demand Nuns Convert To Islam]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 18, 2017.</ref> The migrant camp in Calais also saw much violence.<ref name="Hale115,000Calais"/>

In September 2017, the University of Reims Champagne-Ardennes suspended all its classes because around 40 migrants were squatting on the campus after they were kicked out of a nearby park.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 19, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/19/french-university-suspends-courses-migrant-squatters/ French University Suspends All Courses Due to Migrant Squatters]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 19, 2017.</ref>

In June 2018, it was reported that about 450 detained Muslim extremists – including 50 considered terror threats – were scheduled to be released from French prisons by the following year.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/08/450-radical-islamic-extremists-released-french-prisons-end-2019/ 450 Radical Islamic Extremists Will Be Released from French Prisons by End of 2019]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.</ref>

In June 2018, the [[Eiffel Tower]] was retrofitted with bulletproof glass in order to protect it from terrorist attacks.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (June 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/18/eiffel-tower-retro-fitted-with-bulletproof-glass-in-gun-controlled-paris/ Eiffel Tower Retro-Fitted with Bulletproof Glass in Gun-Controlled Paris]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.</ref>

In May 2019, a large number of illegal migrants stormed the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, occupying a terminal and chanting "France does not belong to the French!"<ref>Multiple references:
*Murphy, James (May 20, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/32394-france-does-not-belong-to-the-french-illegal-immigrants-storm-french-airport “France Does Not Belong to the French” Illegal Immigrants Storm French Airport]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
*Montgomery, Jack (May 21, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/20/watch-france-does-not-belong-french-hundreds-illegal-migrants-occupy-french-airport/ WATCH: ‘France Does Not Belong to the French!’ – Hundreds of Illegal Migrants Occupy French Airport]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.</ref> In July 2019, this same group of migrants stormed Paris' Pantheon monument.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-paris-protest/undocumented-migrants-storm-pantheon-monument-in-paris-idUSKCN1U71Z9 Undocumented migrants storm Pantheon monument in Paris]. ''Reuters''. July 12, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/14/paris-21-african-migrants-detained-after-700-stormed-pantheon-demanding-papers/ Paris: 21 Illegal Migrants Detained After 700 Storm Pantheon Demanding Papers]. ''Breitbart News'' (from ''AFP''). July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.</ref>

France experienced a very large number of church burnings and vandalism.<ref>McGuire, Ashley (May 23, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/445159-tweeting-wont-solve-frances-deeper-church-fire-problem-prime-minister Tweeting won't solve France's deeper church-fire problem, Prime Minister Philippe]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 23, 2019.</ref><ref>Bernstein, Richard (July 10, 2019). [https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/07/10/attacks_on_christian_sites_in_france_have_quadrupled_why.html Anti-Christian Attacks in France Quietly Quadrupled. Why?] ''RealClearInvestigations''. Retrieved July 14, 2019.</ref>

[[Female genital mutilation]] cases in France rose significantly in the two decades before 2019.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 30, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/30/fgm-cases-on-the-rise-across-france/ FGM Cases on the Rise Across France]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 30, 2019.</ref>

===National Rally===
:''Main articles: [[National Rally (France)]] and [[Marine Le Pen]]''
The French National Rally, formerly known as National Front, which although sharing characteristics with conservative parties is not a real conservative party, nonetheless strongly opposes membership in the socialist and globalist EU.

In recent years, the party has seen much success. One of its more notable victories was its exceptional performance in the 2014 [[European Parliament]] elections, where it became the largest party in the parliament that represented France.<ref>John, Mark; Abboud, Leila (May 25, 2014). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-france-idUSBREA4O0CP20140525 Far-right National Front stuns French elite with EU 'earthquake']. ''Reuters''. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref><ref>Meichtry, Stacy (May 26, 2014). [https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304587704579585501067038362 France Shaken by National Front 'Earthquake']. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref>

[[File:French presidential election, first round, 2017.png|thumb|200px|First round results of the French presidential election. Departments won by Le Pen are shaded dark blue.]]
National Front leader [[Marine Le Pen]] is a candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, in which the EU was a "hot-button issue."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/22/eu-hot-button-issue-french-vote/ In or Out? EU Is Hot-Button Issue In French Vote]. ''Breitbart News''. April 22, 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref> [[United States]] President [[Donald Trump]] called her the strongest of the presidential candidates, particularly on borders and security.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/21/trump-touts-marine-le-pen-strongest-candidate-french-race/ Trump Touts Le Pen As ‘Strongest’ Candidate in French Presidential Race]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref> British politician and radio talk show host [[Nigel Farage]] endorsed Le Pen.<ref>Kassam, Raheem (May 3, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/03/farage-breaks-cover-french-election-want-see-le-pen-win/ Farage Breaks Cover on French Election: ‘I Want to See Le Pen Win’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 4, 2017.</ref> By contrast, former U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] spoke with pro-EU candidate [[Emmanuel Macron]],<ref>Starr, Penny (April 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/22/obama-gently-waded-back-politics-speaks-phone-left-leaning-presidential-candidate-macron/ Obama ‘Gently Waded’ Back into Politics: Spoke on Phone with Left-Leaning Presidential Candidate Macron]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref> who stated that terrorism would be "part of our daily lives for the years to come."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/21/macron-terrorism-part-daily-lives-years-paris-shooting/ French Presidential Favourite Macron: Terrorism ‘Part of Our Daily Lives for Years to Come’ After Paris Shooting]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref> After the first round, Obama explicitly endorsed Macron's candidacy.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/04/obama-endorses-macron-in-french-presidential-race.html Obama endorses Macron in French presidential race]. ''Fox News''. May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.</ref>

Left-wing opponents of Le Pen stated that even before the election, Le Pen made a large impact, shifting the political debate in France to the right.<ref>Hazareesingh, Sudhir (April 22, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-national-front-has-already-won-france-election/ Marine Le Pen has already won]. ''Politico''. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref>

Le Pen received second place in the first round of the election on April 23 with over 21% of the vote, meaning she advanced to the second round to face Macron.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/23/french-presidential-election-le-pen-macron-projected-as-winners-in-first-round.html French presidential election: Le Pen, Macron win first round to advance to runoff]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 23, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/apr/23/french-presidential-election-results-2017-latest French election first round results 2017 – Macron and Le Pen go through]. ''The Guardian''. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.</ref><ref>Berton, Elena (April 23, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/23/emmanuel-macron-marine-le-pen-in-runoff-for-french/ French voters reject establishment, send Macron and Le Pen to presidential runoff]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref>

Le Pen chose conservative nationalist Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the president of the political party France Arise, to be her prime minister if elected.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/30/endorsement-le-pen-picks-gaullist-conservative-potential-prime-minister/ After His Endorsement, Le Pen Picks ‘Gaullist’ Conservative As Potential Prime Minister]. ''Breitbart News''. April 30, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2017.</ref><ref>Blamont, Matthias; Carraud, Simon (29 April 2017). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/04/29/french-presidential-hopeful-le-pen-names-nationalist-as-prime-minister.html French Presidential Hopeful Le Pen Names Nationalist as Prime Minister]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved April 30, 2017.</ref>

Although Le Pen lost the election with just under 34% of the vote, the election was a victory for her in a sense as it showed that she, her party, and their ideas had entered and were influencing the French mainstream.<ref>Mohdin, Aamna (May 8, 2017). [https://qz.com/975521/marine-le-pen-lost-the-vote-but-she-won-something-better/ Marine Le Pen lost the vote but she won something better]. ''Quartz''. Retrieved May 8, 2017.</ref> Soon after the election, it was revealed that even if Le Pen had won, the [[liberal elite]] in France would have taken steps to keep her from actually welding power.<ref>Dettmer, Jamie (May 19, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/french-officials-secret-plan-marine-le-pen-win-media-says/3861923.html Media: French Officials Had Secret Plan in Event of Le Pen Win]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref>

==United Kingdom==
[[File:United Kingdom EU referendum 2016 area results.svg.png|thumb|200px|[[Brexit]] referendum results, June 23, 2016. Immigration issues played a large role in the referendum result.]]
:''For more information on how the EU is affecting Britain, see [[Examples of EU regulations on Britain]]''
Immigration to the [[United Kingdom]] rose twelvefold between 1983 and 2013.<ref>Bingham, John (January 15, 2015). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11349287/Immigration-adds-a-city-a-year-to-Britains-population.html Immigration adds a city a year to Britain’s population]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved July 21, 2017.</ref> Immigration to the UK rose to 333,000 in 2015, which was the second highest recorded number in history.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36382199 Net migration to UK rises to 333,000 - second highest on record]. ''BBC''. May 26, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref> According to 2014 data, over half of all immigrants came from outside the EU.<ref>Doughty, Steve (February 26, 2015). [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2970032/Humiliation-Cameron-net-migration-hits-298-000-despite-promise-cut-tens-thousands.html 300,000! That was the overall number of migrants last year - and 190,000 were from OUTSIDE the EU. So much for the PM's target of tens of thousands]. ''Daily Mail''. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref> Much of the U.K.'s population rise was due to immigration.<ref>Khomami, Nadia (June 25, 2015). [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/25/uk-population-at-record-high-with-net-migration-the-biggest-driver UK population at record high, with net migration the biggest driver]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved July 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Bingham, John; Swinford, Steven (May 26, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/25/population-surge-to-change-the-face-of-england-forever/ Population to surge by four million due to mass immigration that will ‘change the face of England forever']. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved July 21, 2017.</ref> According to the Office for National Statistics in 2017, some English cities, such as Coventry, experienced population growth almost entirely due to immigration.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/21/stats-reveal-population-growth-in-english-cities-fuelled-almost-entirely-by-mass-immigration/ Population Growth in English Cities Fuelled Almost Entirely By Mass Immigration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 21, 2017.</ref> The ONS also found that between 2010 and 2017, 200,000 people claiming to be migrating to the UK for their education chose to permanently settle in the nation.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/22/revealed-200000-non-eu-students-settled-permanently-in-seven-years/ Revealed: 200,000 Non-EU ‘Students’ Settled Permanently in Seven Years]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 22, 2017.</ref> It was reported in August 2017 that the number of workers in Britain born outside Europe surged to 3.3 million.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/21/mass-migration-number-of-non-european-workers-in-britain-surges-to-3-3-million/ Mass Migration: Number of Non-European Workers in Britain Surges to 3.3 Million]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 21, 2017.</ref> It was reported in 2017 that due to migrants and their high birth rates, the UK population was growing at a rate of 10,000 every week,<ref>Friedman, Victoria (September 10, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/10/report-uk-population-gains-equivalent-new-town-every-week/ Report: UK Population ‘Gains the Equivalent of a New Town’ Every Week]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 11, 2017.</ref> and that half the projected population growth in the coming ten years would be due to migration.<ref>Deacon, Liam (October 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/26/uk-population-70-million-half-growth-migration/ UK Population to Exceed 70 Million, Half of Growth Due to Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 26, 2017.</ref> According to the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government in 2018, housing prices rose by 20% in the previous 25 years due to immigration.<ref>Hale, Virginia (April 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/08/housing-minister-admits-migration-pushed-house-prices-20-per-cent/ At Last: Tory Housing Minister Admits Mass Migration Has Pushed House Prices Up 20 Per Cent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2018.</ref> In July 2018, the Office for National Statistics reported that non-EU immigration levels rose to the highest level in thirteen years and that the government likely underestimated EU immigration by 500,000 since 2004,<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/16/non-eu-migration-highest-13-years-eu-migration-possibly-undercounted-500000/ UK: Non-EU Migration ‘Highest in 13 Years’, EU Migration ‘Possibly Undercounted by 500,000’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.</ref> the data coming as the UK's home secretary relaxed immigration rules even more.<ref>Deacon, Liam (June 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/14/sajid-javid-relaxes-immigration-rules-first-time-2010-thousands-more/ Home Secretary Sajid Javid Relaxes Immigration Rules for First Time Since 2010, Visa Cap to Rise by Thousands]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.</ref> In 2018, the non-UK born population grew to 9.4 million because of immigration.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (November 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/29/despite-eu-arrivals-lowest-since-2012-migration-drives-non-uk-born-population-9-4-million/ Despite EU Arrivals Lowest Since 2012, Migration Drives Non-UK Born Population to 9.4 Million]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 30, 2018.</ref> According to the think tank Migration Watch UK in 2019, the UK government significantly underestimated the impact of mass migration on future population growth.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/12/think-tank-govt-undercounting-migration-impact-population-growth/ Think Tank: UK Govt Massively Undercounting Migration Impact on Future Population Growth]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 13, 2019.</ref> In 2018, 600,000 migrants entered the country,<ref>Marham, Joe (May 25, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/25/600000-migrants-arrive-in-uk-in-one-year/ 600,000 Migrants Enter Britain in One Year]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 25, 2019.</ref> and in 2019, the number of illegals crossing the English Channel on boats increased significantly.<ref>Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (June 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/01/record-number-migrant-boats-english-channel/ ‘Record Number’ of Migrant Boats in English Channel, ‘Home Office Needs to Get a Grip’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/1/uk-coastguard-responds-as-migrants-cross-the-chann/ UK Coastguard responds as migrants cross the Channel]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). June 1, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.</ref> Despite these massive levels of illegal immigration, UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid promised to admit even more refugees.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (June 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/20/uk-govt-resettle-thousands-more-refugees-starting-next-year-for-years/ UK Govt to ‘Resettle Thousands More Refugees Starting Next Year, for Years to Come’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 20, 2019.</ref> In 2019, the Office for National Statistics admitted it had underestimated long-term migration between 2009 to 2016.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/22/whoops-uk-govt-statistics-office-undercounted-eu-migration-by-240000/ Whoops! UK Govt Statistics Office Undercounted EU Migration by 240,000]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 22, 2019.</ref>

UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]], who, despite being a member of the [[Conservative Party]], held several leftist positions, pledged to reduce immigration to under 100,000 annually. Despite this pledge, immigration soared during his tenure to even higher levels than when he first took office.<ref name="Whitehead2015">Whitehead, Tom (February 26, 2015). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11436403/David-Cameron-immigration-pledge-in-tatters-as-net-immigration-stands-at-298000.html David Cameron immigration pledge in tatters as net immigration stands at 298,000]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref>

Immigration played a very influential role in the successful [[Brexit]] referendum on June 23, 2016,<ref>Bennett, Asa (June 29, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/29/did-britain-really-vote-brexit-to-cut-immigration/ Did Britain really vote Brexit to cut immigration?]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Siegel, Josh (June 23, 2016). [http://dailysignal.com/2016/06/23/how-immigration-fueled-the-brexit-result/ How Immigration Fueled the Brexit Result]. ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref> along with other very important and related factors such as sovereignty and backlash against the leftist [[establishment]] elites who support large levels of immigration.<ref>Friedman, George; Mauldin, John (July 5, 2016). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnmauldin/2016/07/05/3-reasons-brits-voted-for-brexit/#6f7d841d78c1 3 Reasons Brits Voted For Brexit]. ''Forbes''. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref>

The French city of Calais is a major entry point into Britain. In the first eight months of 2017, illegal immigrants made 17,000 attempts to enter the UK from Calais.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/08/calais-migrants-already-made-17000-attempts-britains-borders-2017/ Calais: Migrants Have Already Made 17,000 Attempts on Britain’s Borders in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> Of the over 50,000 radicalized Muslims estimated by the EU to live in Europe, up to half of them reside in the UK.<ref name="Montgomery9/1/2017"/> A University of Oxford study found that the UK's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration had been ineffective, while the UK's border agency had low morale because of excessive bureaucracy and lack of resources, among other factors.<ref>Deacon, Liam (October 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/19/report-immigration-controls-failing-deter-illegals-more-going-underground/ Report: Immigration Controls Failing to Deter Illegals, Many Go Underground, Border Staff Morale Low]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.</ref> In January 2019, France built a wall to help stop illegal immigration into the UK.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (January 21, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/21/france-builds-trump-style-wall-stop-illegals-getting-uk/ France Builds Trump-Style Wall to Stop Illegals Getting to Britain]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 21, 2019.</ref>

As an example of the Islamification of the UK, [[Sadiq Khan]] was elected Mayor of London in 2016, becoming the first Muslim to hold the position.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/05/06/live-wire-uk-elections/ LIVE WIRE — Sadiq Khan Elected London’s First Muslim Mayor]. ''Breitbart News''. May 6, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2018.</ref> During Khan's tenure, nearly every category of crime, including knife crime, gun crime, theft, burglary, rape, and homicide, saw massive increases,<ref>Kassam, Raheem (January 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/02/sadiqs-london-knife-crime-gun-crime-theft-burglary-rape-homicide-massively/ Sadiq’s London: Knife Crime, Gun Crime, Theft, Burglary, Rape, Homicide all MASSIVELY Up]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 14, 2018.</ref> and he devoted the city government's resources to prosecuting "[[hate crime]]s" (merely offensive speech, often on social media) against Muslims.<ref>Deacon, Liam (August 16, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/08/16/london-mayor-to-set-up-police-online-hate-crime-hub-in-partnership-with-social-media-firms/ London Mayor To Set Up Police ‘Online Hate Crime Hub’ In ‘Partnership’ With Social Media Firms]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 14, 2018.</ref> Khan was even forced to do a u-turn on his promise to end the effective law enforcement practice of "stop and search" after the massive crime increases were reported.<ref>Deacon, Liam (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/11/london-mayor-flips-on-stop-and-search-after-breitbart-expose-of-capital-crime-epidemic/ London Mayor Flips on ‘Stop and Search’ After Breitbart Exposé of Capital Crime Epidemic]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 14, 2018.</ref> The number of mosques – much better-attended than many of the churches in the area – rose quickly to well over 400 by 2018, and about 100 Sharia courts existed in London.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (October 10, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30292-londonistan-423-mosques-100-sharia-courts Londonistan: 423 Mosques, 100 Sharia Courts]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 10, 2018.</ref> Muslim [[grooming gang|rape gangs]] became a problem in the UK.<ref>Delingpole, James (October 21, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/21/more-muslim-rape-gangs-convicted-more-weasel-excuses-from-the-left/ Delingpole: Britain’s Liberal Elite Still in Denial About Muslim Rape Gangs]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

Polish immigrants to the UK returning home cited terrorism and anti-white racism as major concerns about their former lives in the UK.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (May 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/12/polish-immigrants-returning-home-cite-fear-of-terrorism-anti-white-racism-by-black-brits/ Polish Immigrants Returning Home Cite Fear of Terrorism, Anti-White Racism by Black Brits]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 12, 2018.</ref> Despite the serious and widespread persecution of Christians in Syria under the [[Islamic State]], the UK's Home Office admitted that it had not resettled any Syrian Christians out of the hundreds of Syrian refugees it admitted.<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/29/syrian-muslim-uk-rejects-christians/ ‘National Disgrace’ – UK Home Office Rejects Syrian Christians, Refugee Intake 100 Percent Muslim]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 29, 2018.</ref>

===Islamic law and education in the UK===
Since 1982 the United Kingdom has allowed the operation of the Islamic Sharia Council. Its stated mission is to offer advice on marital, divorce, custody disputes, domestic abuse, inheritance and Islamic family life. Supposedly its operation would relieve British courts of case overloads and costs. The Council has been criticized for issuing advice and non-binding rulings unfair to women.

Underground Sharia courts also are operating in the UK. Civil marriages still must be dissolved in British courts, but many marriages between Muslims are "off the books" and sanctioned by Sharia courts. Author Martin Sixsmith has uncovered at least one case where a Sharia court in Lancashire handed down a death sentence for a broken marriage contract and allegations of adultery which resulted in an honor killing.
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Sharia vigilantes, in the guise of "[[Religious police|Sharia patrols]]" in Islamic neighborhoods have harassed and beaten Muslims and non-Muslims alike.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/06/muslim-vigilantes-jailed-sharia-law-attacks-london ]</ref> Typical victims are couples kissing in public, [[homosexual]]s, women without the ''[[hijab]]'', and people [[consuming Alcoholic drink|alcohol]].

In late 2015 the British government began to take steps to investigate "unregistered" ''[[madrassa]]s''. There are about 2000 such schools in the UK. Reports of squalid conditions, beatings, abuse, [[radical]]ization, the teaching of in[[tolerance]], anti-Semitism, and [[extremism]] have circulated for years. In 2013 an 18-year-old Islamic man received a suspended sentence and no jail time in the UK for the rape of a 13-year-old girl, his claimed defense being his "religious education", which taught him women were "worthless".<ref>[http://www.religiousfreedomcoalition.org/2013/01/31/uk-muslim-rapes-13-year-old-but-no-jail-time-because-he-didnt-know-it-was-wrong/ ]</ref>

In 2005 a Somali Islamic immigrant won a deportation appeal after conviction for two rapes. His attorney claimed the offender "did not understand what is acceptable in UK". After being allowed to remain in the country, in 2014 he was convicted of two more rapes.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/03/convicted-somalian-rapist-had-deportation-order-overturned-befor/ ]</ref>

A Freedom of Information request to the London Metropolitan police in 2017 discovered there were 1500 acid attacks in London since 2011, with 431 — more than one a day — occurring in 2016.<ref>https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/acid-attack-capital-britain-revealed-10008792</ref> In October 2017, the Office for National Statistics reported significant increases in crime levels, including a 22% increase in rape and a 26% increase in knife crimes.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (October 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/21/london-falling-uk-capital-now-dangerous-nyc-rape-robbery-violence/ LONDON IS FALLING: UK Capital Now More Dangerous than NYC… More Rape, More Robbery, More Violence]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> In the Islamic world, of which London is now part, traditional European-style policing to uphold a community's laws is thought to be an invention of man-made laws and corrupt rulers, rather than Allah. Any Muslim can deem it their duty to uphold Allah's will, hence acid attacks by strangers, acquaintances, women's sharia groups, or co-workers are not uncommon against unveiled women, causing permanent disfiguration.

In 2018, a British High Court judge recognized Sharia law for the first time in a divorce case.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (August 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/02/court-recognises-shariah-law-marriage-uk-legal-first/ High Court Recognises Shariah Law in Divorce Case in UK Legal First]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 2, 2018.</ref> While the UK government devoted £5o million to stop [[female genital mutilation]] overseas, it failed to achieve any domestic convictions despite a large number of annual reports of such.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (November 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/23/govt-pledges-50m-stop-fgm-globally-still-zero-uk-convictions/ UK Govt Pledges £50m to Stop FGM Abroad, Yet Still Zero Convictions For Cutters and Enablers at Home]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 23, 2018.</ref>

In 2019, the UK's top counterterrorism officers stated that Muslims should not have to assimilate into British society if they do not want to.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (August 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/07/uk-top-counter-terrorism-officer-muslims-should-not-feel-have-assimilate/ UK’s Top Counter Terrorism Officer: Muslims Should Not Feel They Have to ‘Assimilate’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 7, 2019. See also:
*Delingpole, James (August 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/08/delingpole-muslims-shouldnt-assimilate-top-cop-is-stupid-wrong/ Delingpole: Top UK Cop Who Said ‘Muslims Shouldn’t Assimilate’ Is Stupid and Wrong]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.</ref>

===UK Independence Party===
:''Main articles: [[United Kingdom Independence Party]], [[Nigel Farage]], and [[Brexit]]''
The United Kingdom Independence Party, founded in 1993, supports [[Brexit|leaving the EU]] as its main goal. The party and its former leader Nigel Farage, also are strong opponents of mass migration.<ref>Edmunds, Donna Rachel (January 21, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/01/21/the-ukip-trump-gerard-batten-mep-calls-for-end-to-muslim-mass-immigration-to-britain/ Britain’s Trump? UKIP MEP Calls for End to Muslim Mass Immigration To Britain]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref>

The party has performed very well in recent elections for a third party. In the 2014 [[European Parliament]] elections, UKIP, like Eurosceptic parties across Europe, won a massive victory, becoming the largest UK party in the European Parliament and receiving more seats than the two establishment parties.<ref>Hallett, Nick (May 25, 2014). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/05/25/earthquake-in-uk-politics/ Earthquake: UK Independence Party Makes History with EU Election Victory]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-27567744 Farage: UKIP has 'momentum' and is targeting more victories]. ''BBC''. May 26, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/events/vote2014/eu-uk-results UK European election results - Vote 2014]. ''BBC''. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref>

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage is arguably the most successful British politician of the modern age for successfully advocating and then winning a referendum for leaving the EU.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/06/24/buzzfeed-nigel-farage-britains-successful-politician-generation/ BuzzFeed: Nigel Farage ‘Britain’s Most Successful Politician in a Generation’]. ''Breitbart''. June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref> He noted in 2017 that Conservative Party Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] had adopted exactly the same political positions as he had a few years earlier.<ref name="MerrickMay2017">Merrick, Rob (May 7, 2017). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/election-latest-nigel-farage-theresa-may-stolen-ukip-policies-brussels-bashing-immigration-a7722346.html Nigel Farage says Theresa May is winning because she has stolen all his policies]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref>

===UK Conservative Party===
:''Main article: [[Conservative Party]]''
Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] failed to reduce immigration into Britain and actually saw an immigration increase,<ref name="Whitehead2015"/> and he describes himself as "pro globalisation, pro immigration, pro market economics."<ref name="Alexander2016"/> He made the decision to hold the Brexit referendum<ref name="Alexander2016">Alexander, Harriet (December 9, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/09/david-cameron-brexit-donald-trump-does-not-regret-calling-referendum/ David Cameron on Brexit, Donald Trump and why he does not regret calling a referendum]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref> and opposed the UK leaving the EU.<ref name="BBCJune2016">[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36615028 Brexit: David Cameron to quit after UK votes to leave EU]. ''BBC''. June 24, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref> He resigned immediately after the referendum did not go his way.<ref name="BBCJune2016"/>

As noted above, the Conservative Party shifted its public stances after the Brexit vote, adopting stances on Europe and immigration more similar to UKIP.<ref name="MerrickMay2017"/><ref>Kentish, Ben (May 15, 2017). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-voters-more-right-wing-ukip-poll-latest-theresa-may-nigel-farage-a7737491.html Tory voters think their party is now more right-wing than Ukip, poll finds]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref> This could be seen in the 2017 Conservative Party campaign manifesto, under Prime Minister [[Theresa May]], which adopted some of UKIP's EU and immigration policies.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/18/may-reveals-polarising-policies-immigration-social-care/ Theresa May Launches Conservative Manifesto: Pledge to Leave EU Single Market, Elderly Care Cost Raid]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref><ref name="RaynerMay2017">Rayner, Gordon (May 18, 2017). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/18/conservative-manifesto-general-election-2017-key-points-policies/ Conservative manifesto for General Election 2017: Key points, policies and summary]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref> Because of this shift, the Conservative Party absorbed many UKIP voters.<ref>Dickson, Annabelle (May 17, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/theresa-may-marches-into-ukip-land/ Theresa May marches into UKIP country]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref> However, at the same time, the manifesto contained several worrisome pledges for conservatives and proponents of Brexit.<ref>Edmunds, Donna Rachel (May 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/18/top-7-conservative-manifesto-pledges-to-worry-brexiteers/ Top 7 Conservative Manifesto Pledges to Worry Brexiteers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 19, 2017.</ref> Noting the Conservative Party's past failures to reduce immigration in the recent past, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne wrote an editorial at the time of the manifesto's release in May 2017 that the Conservative Party leadership opposed and never intended to keep its immigration reduction promises.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/17/osborne-boasts-tories-never-intended-keep-immigration-promises/ Osborne Boasts Tories Never Intended to Keep Immigration Promises in Shock Editorial]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>

==Netherlands==
Dutch [[Morocco|Moroccans]] have been migrating to [[the Netherlands]] since the 1960s and have effectively taken over the [[illegal drug]] and human trafficking business.<ref>[http://www.ad.nl/binnenland/marokkanen-vormen-nieuwe-generatie-topcriminelen~a69ee61f/ Moroccans form new generation of top criminals], AD, 18 February 2016. (Original in Dutch). www.ad.nl</ref> While it is important to note most Dutch Moroccans have integrated seamlessly into society and are respected economic contributors, the recent influx of non-European migrants have increased pressures among the public and politicians to do something about the [[criminal]] enterprises operating in their midst.

The Moroccan street thugs are known for their anti-black and anti-Semitic racism.<ref>[http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/224/BINNENLAND/article/detail/3251206/2012/05/05/Baby-na-straatruzie-overleden.dhtml Baby Dies After Street Brawl], ''Het Parool'', 5 May 2012. (Original in Dutch). www.parool.nl</ref><ref>[http://www.eo.nl/magazines/visie/artikel-detail/antisemitisme-is-nog-nooit-zo-hard-geweest/ Anti-Semitism has never been so hard], Dutch Public Broadcasting. www.eo.nl</ref> Moroccan street gangbangers have also been known to stalk, harass, or assault non-Muslim girls caught alone in public areas.<ref>https://youtu.be/oH8-Wjx4bXk</ref> According to the Netherlands Institute for Social Research, a government agency which conducts research into social aspects of government policy, 65% of all Moroccan male youths between 12–23 years of age have been detained by [[police]] at least once, one third of this group has been detained five or more times, and Moroccan criminals are convicted four times more than Dutch suspects.<ref>The Netherlands Institute for Social Research has since relocated and hidden its findings on its webserver since the high profile trial of Geert Wilders citing these facts.</ref> Because a disproportionate share of Moroccan youth feel alienated from Dutch society and turn to crime, local [[imam]]s suggest young people must be caught early and turned to the Islamic faith.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150221205747/http://www.gelderlander.nl/algemeen/binnenland/vandaag-imam-tijd-voor-debat-over-opvoeding-1.4296144 Today: Imam 'time for debate on education'], ''Die Gelderlander'', 2 April 2014. (Original in Dutch). www.gelderlander.nl</ref> The government's Central Bureau for Statistics reported in April 2018 that 85% of refugees legally allowed to work since 2014 are not employed.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/02/netherlands-85-refugees-unemployed/ Netherlands: 85 Per Cent of Refugees Still Unemployed]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 2, 2018.</ref> Such is the nature of the debate raging today about immigration and integration of migrants in the Netherlands. The Netherlands has a migrant party, DENK, founded by migrants and which explicitly calls for taking away Dutch cultural and ethnic identity.<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/13/native-dutch-told-get-out-minority-own-homeland/ Native Dutch Told to ‘Get Out’ if They Don’t Want to Be a Minority in Own Homeland]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 13, 2018.</ref> Even traditional children's characters such as Santa Claus's helper "Black Pete" have become "divisive" in modern Dutch society.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/18/black-pete-dutch-santa-claus-sparks-protests-acros/ 'Black Pete' sparks clashes across the Netherlands]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2018.</ref>

As in Sweden, the ruling faction has taken to violating basic human rights and guarantees of free speech for [[Members of Parliament]] and their constituents and the misapplication of hate speech laws for persons who advocate immigration reform.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/article/395269/new-european-assault-free-speech-ian-tuttle A New European Assault on Free Speech], by IAN TUTTLE, ''[[National Review]]'', December 23, 2014</ref>

On April 6, 2016, Dutch voters overwhelmingly rejected a referendum that would have approved an EU association agreement with [[Ukraine]], with over 60% of the population voting against.<ref name="DutchRef2016">Kassam, Raheem (April 6, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/04/06/margin-error-turnout-29-dutch-voters-overwhelmingly-reject-eu-64-per-cent/ Over 60 Per Cent Of Dutch Referendum Voters Reject EU, 32 Per Cent Turnout]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 15, 2017.</ref> In June 2018, the Dutch parliament passed a limited ban on Islamic veils, something that Geert Wilders and the PVV had advocated for a decade.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/06/26/netherlands-approves-limited-ban-on-islamic-veils-robes.html Netherlands approves limited ban on Islamic veils, robes]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.</ref><ref>Bowden, John (June 26, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/394316-netherlands-approves-ban-on-face-veils-in-public-spaces Netherlands approves ban on face veils in public spaces]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.</ref>

Immigration was the main issue that derailed government coalition negotiations between the establishment and left-wing parties after the March 2017 general election.<ref>Darroch, Gordon (May 16, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/16/geert-wilders-turned-back-but-immigration-still-di/ Immigration still divides the Dutch after turning back far-right Wilders]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 17, 2017.</ref>

In August 2018, a Dutch city councilwoman, Willie Dille, committed [[suicide]] after having been [[kidnap]]ed and gang-raped by Muslim men and threatened to keep quiet about Muslim immigration. The kidnapping and rape occurred in October 2017, and she and her disabled child had been threatened several times after. Dille left a video explaining her situation.<ref>Norman, Greg (August 10, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/10/dutch-official-willie-dille-reportedly-commits-suicide-after-posting-video-claiming-muslim-gang-rape-attack.html Dutch official Willie Dille reportedly commits suicide after posting video claiming Muslim gang-rape attack]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 13, 2018.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/13/dutch-populist-city-councillor-commits-suicide-claime-victim-moroccan-gang-rape/ Dutch Populist Politician Committed Suicide After Alleged Migrant Gang Rape]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 13, 2018.</ref>

In May 2019, the Dutch immigration minister was forced to resign for hiding serious migrant crimes, including rape and murder, from government data.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/22/dutch-minister-migrant-crime-hidden-data/ Dutch Minister Resigns After Serious Migrant Crimes Hidden from Data]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 23, 2019.</ref>

In 2019, the Netherlands enacted a ban on Islamic face veils, fourteen years after it was proposed,<ref>Friedman, Victoria (August 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/01/netherlands-partial-burqa-ban-14-years-debate/ Netherlands Partial Burqa Ban Comes into Force After 14 Years of Debate]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 1, 2019.</ref> though law enforcement refused to enforce it immediately after its coming into force.<ref>Daugherty, Owen (August 1, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/europe/455846-netherlands-burqa-ban-not-being-enforced-as-law-goes-into-effect Netherland's 'burqa ban' not being enforced as law goes into effect]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 1, 2019.</ref>

===Party for Freedom===
:''Main articles: [[Party for Freedom]] and [[Geert Wilders]]''
The Party for Freedom (''Partij voor de Vrijheid'' or PVV) is a conservative political party. It currently occupies 15 seats in the Lower House (''Tweede Kamer'') of the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] Parliament. The party aims to stop immigration, lower taxes, create stricter laws against criminals and terrorists and create basic laws for animal rights.<ref>http://www.pvv.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=788&Itemid=139 PVV Visie</ref>

The leader of the PVV is [[Geert Wilders]]. The other members are Fleur Agema, Raymond de Roon, Hero Brinkman, Martin Bosma, Barry Madlener, Teun van Dijck, Sietse Fritsma, Dion Graus<ref>http://www.pvv.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=15&Itemid=5 PVV Fractie</ref> Because of his outspoken views on Islam, PVV leader Wilders is under 24-7 police protection: In November 2004, "a Muslim fanatic murdered Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh for making a movie about the abuse of women under Islam".<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/4/resisting-threat-of-fanatical-islam/ Resisting threat of fanatical Islam: West must not surrender permanent liberty for temporary tolerance] - [[Geert Wilders]], ''The Washington Times''</ref>

In the 2017 elections, although the PVV did not achieve a massive victory as hoped, it saw a rise in votes at the same time when [[establishment]] parties either declined or collapsed.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (March 15, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/15/dutch-elections-pyrrhic-victory-as-mainstream-party-clings-to-power/ Dutch Elections: Pyrrhic Victory As Mainstream Party Clings to Power]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 15, 2017.</ref> Establishment "conservative" [in-name-only] Prime Minister [[Mark Rutte]]<ref>[http://dw.com/p/2WGTt Dutch PM Rutte issues open letter wooing right-wing voters]. ''Deutsche Welle''. January 23, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.</ref> and several political parties did shift their stances to the political Right in order to attract voters who would otherwise have supported Wilders.<ref name="Euronews3/16/17">Harris, Chris (March 16, 2017). [http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/16/five-takeaways-from-the-netherlands-election Five takeaways from the Netherlands' election]. ''Euronews''. Retrieved March 16, 2017.</ref> Rutte's diplomatic battle with Turkey just before the election served as an example of this.<ref name="Euronews3/16/17"/><ref>Pieters, Janene (March 15, 2017). [http://nltimes.nl/2017/03/15/row-turkey-will-boost-support-pm-rutte-dutch-election-analysts Row With Turkey will Boost Support for PM Rutte in Dutch Election: Analysis]. ''nltimes.nl''. Retrieved March 15, 2017.</ref>

===Forum for Democracy===
:''Main article: [[Forum for Democracy]]''
The Forum for Democracy is a conservative political party which, along with the PVV, opposes mass migration and is Euroskeptic.

==Belgium==
Like the rest of Europe, Belgium has been a massive rise in Islamic immigration. A poll released in January 2018 which was conducted by several left-leaning and globalist media organizations and organizations found that two-thirds of Belgians believed that there are "too many immigrants in Belgium", and 77% agreed that "today we no longer feel at home as we did before [the mass migration]."<ref>Hale, Virginia (January 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/18/majority-belgians-no-longer-feel-home/ Migrant Crisis: 77 Per Cent of Belgians ‘No Longer Feel at Home’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 18, 2018.</ref> Belgium launched a social media campaign in July 2018 to ask illegal migrants not to settle in the country.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/17/belgium-launching-social-media-campaign-asking-illegal-migrants-not-come/ Belgium Launching Social Media Campaign Asking Illegal Migrants Not to Come]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.</ref> The Belgian authorities did not approve of views against mass migration – in December 2018, the Brussels police arrested a van owned by the Hungarian government because it had anti-mass migration messages on it.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (December 12, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30897-belgian-thought-cops-arrest-driver-of-hungarian-gov-t-anti-migration-van Belgian (Thought) Cops Arrest Driver of Hungarian Anti-migration Van]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 12, 2018.</ref> In 2019, it was reported that only a quarter of children in [[Antwerp]] were natives of the country.<ref>Hale, Virginia (February 27, 2019, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/27/antwerp-belgium-turns-majority-minority/ Historic European City Antwerp Now Majority-Minority]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 6, 2019.</ref>

[[Brussels]], capital of [[Belgium]], is also the ''de facto'' capital of the [[European Union]] and Headquarters of the [[NATO]] alliance. It is also the center of European Islamic [[jihad]]ism.

There are approximately 900,000 persons in Belgium who identify with the Islamic system of governance. Under Belgian law, a "recognized" religion may qualify for a state stipend for [[clergy]]. Belgium has an Islamic party called the Partij Islam, which is active in the country's politics and seeks "a one hundred percent Islamic state."<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/07/belgian-islamic-party-announces-islamic-state-end-goal/ Belgian Islamic Party Announces ‘100 Per Cent Islamic State’ as End Goal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 7, 2018.</ref>

===Vlaams Belang===
:''Main article: [[Vlaams Belang]]''
Vlaams Belang (English: ''Flemish Interest'') is a [[conservative]] Flemish nationalist political party in [[Flanders]] and [[Brussels]] ([[Belgium]]). The party also aims to stop immigration and create stricter laws against criminals and terrorists. Tom Van Grieken is since 2014 the leader (president) of Vlaams Belang.

==Italy==
[[Italy]] has experienced large amounts of illegal immigration by boat from [[North Africa]]. Between the beginning of 2017 until about mid-March of that year, over 16,000 illegal immigrants entered Italy through that route.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (March 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/22/boat-migrants-italy-exceeding-previous-landings/ Boat Migrants Landing in Italy ‘at a Pace Exceeding Anything We’ve Seen Before’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2017.</ref> Compared to 2016 levels, illegal immigration to Italy grew by 30%.<ref>Williams, Thomas D., PhD (April 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/13/italy-immigration-leaps-30-per-cent-first-months-2017/ Italy Immigration Leaps by 30 Per Cent in First Months of 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 13, 2017.</ref> The high levels of illegal immigration have brought additional violenct incidents to the country.<ref>Kirby, Will (August 8, 2017). [https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/838510/italy-migrant-crisis-naples-soldier-clash-arrest-europe-africa-mediterranean-facebook 'We're in urban warfare' Italy soldiers clash with migrants as locals 'fear for families']. ''The Daily Express''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> Illegal immigration levels to Italy crossing the Mediterranean doubled in January 2018,<ref>Montgomery, Jack (February 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/14/number-illegal-migrants-crossing-sea-italy-doubles/ Number of Illegal Migrants Crossing Sea to Italy DOUBLES in One Month]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 14, 2018.</ref> though overall between January and July 2018, they fell despite remaining at high levels.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (July 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/09/italy-migrant-arrivals-fall-80-percent-2018-under-populist-government/ Italy Migrant Arrivals Fall by 80 Percent in 2018 Under Populist Government]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 9, 2018.</ref> Illegal sea landings fell 80% throughout the entire year, after Italy's populist government took power.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (December 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/06/italy-cuts-illegal-migration-sea-landings-80-per-cent/ Italy Cuts Illegal Migration Sea Landings by 80 Per Cent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 6, 2018. See also:
*Williams, Thomas D. (January 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/01/07/report-migrant-sea-deaths-dropped-in-2018-salvini-method-works/ Report: Migrant Sea Deaths Dropped in 2018, ‘The Salvini Method Works’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
*Williams, Thomas D. (January 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/01/22/matteo-salvini-i-am-proud-to-have-halted-illegal-immigration/ Matteo Salvini: ‘I Am Proud’ to Have Halted Illegal Immigration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.</ref> Meanwhile, levels doubled for Spain.<ref name="SpainItaly">[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-stats/spain-replaces-italy-as-europes-main-destination-for-migrant-crossings-idUSKCN1OY14U Spain replaces Italy as Europe's main destination for migrant crossings]. ''Reuters''. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.</ref> Migration levels continued to dramatically fall under Italy's nationalist government,<ref>Shaw, Adam (January 30, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/italy-sees-migrant-numbers-plummet-after-nationalist-policies-take-hold Italy sees migrant numbers plummet after nationalist policies take hold]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.</ref> something confirmed by [[Frontex]] data.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 21, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/21/eu-border-agency-confirms-salvinis-populist-migrant-policies-working/ EU Border Agency Confirms Salvini’s Populist Migrant Policies Working]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 21, 2019.</ref>

Due to the low and declining Italian birth rate and high immigration levels, the share of immigrants living as residents in Italy quickly increased 270% from 2002 to 2017 – from 2.38% to 8.33% of the population.<ref name="CentroMachiavelli">Williams, Thomas D. (July 20, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/20/report-immigration-crisis-causing-unprecedented-shift-in-italys-demographics/ Report: Immigration Crisis Causing ‘Unprecedented’ Shift in Italy’s Demographics]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 20, 2017.</ref> According to the Centro Machiavelli, if those trends continue, first- and second-generation immigrants will consist of over 40% of the Italian population.<ref name="CentroMachiavelli"/> In 2017, according to Ipsos Mori research, 49% of Italians agreed with the statement that "these days I feel like a stranger in my country."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (November 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/22/migrant-crisis-italians-half-strangers-own-country/ Migrant Crisis-Hit Italy Sees Half of Citizens ‘Feel Like Strangers in Their Own Country’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 22, 2017.</ref> In one Italian town, Castel, that once was a resort location, two-thirds of the people living in it by 2018 were migrants, and town saw high increases in crime along with the immigration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/22/italian-town-taken-over-by-nigerian-migrant-gangs/ Italian Town ‘Taken Over’ By Nigerian Migrant Gangs]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 22, 2018.</ref> The Italian Interior Ministry reported in August 2018 that despite comprising 8% of the country's population, foreigners were criminal suspects 31.9% of the time.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/25/nearly-one-three-crimes-italy-committed-foreigners/ Nearly One in Three Crimes In Italy Committed By Foreigners]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref> In 2018, it was reported that 60% of "retired" non-EU migrants in Italy had never worked.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (December 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/01/60-percent-of-retired-migrants-in-italy-have-never-worked/ Chain Migration: 60 Percent of ‘Retired’ Migrants In Italy Have Never Worked]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 1, 2018.</ref>

Despite the support of the Italian and European elite for abolishing borders, and despite their inability to control illegal immigration, they enacted strong border controls during the [[G7]] summit in [[Sicily]] when several world leaders traveled to the island.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/news/sicilian-tourist-town-in-lockdown-for-g7/ Sicilian tourist town in lockdown for G7]. ''Breitbart News''. May 23, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.</ref>

On August 2, 2017, Italy began a limited naval operation to reduce illegal immigration levels into the country.<ref>Balmer, Crispian (August 2, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-italy-libya-idUSKBN1AI1JC Italy begins naval mission to help Libya curb migrant flows]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.thelocal.it/20170803/italy-moves-to-end-migrant-crisis-with-naval-mission-and-ngo-crackdown Italy moves to end migrant crisis with naval mission and NGO crackdown]. ''The Local''. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> The country disputed with Libya, the EU, and NGOs on what migrant policies to pursue.<ref>Millar, Joey (August 8, 2017). [https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/838456/italy-migrants-migrant-crisis-un-eu-european-union ‘Time for UN to act’ Italy orders action on migrant crisis after losing patience with EU]. ''The Daily Express''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref><ref>Kellogg, Any (August 7, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08/07/italy-clashes-with-libya-ngos-over-what-to-do-with-migrants-overwhelming-country.html Italy clashes with Libya, NGOs over what to do with migrants overwhelming country]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> In 2018, Italy became the country with the most jihadi deportations per month.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (October 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/20/salvinis-italy-now-leads-europe-in-number-of-jihadi-deportations/ Salvini’s Italy Now Leads Europe in Number of Jihadi Deportations]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.</ref>

Due to the migrant crisis in Italy, Italians as a whole not only became significantly more Euroskeptic and anti-immigration, but the number of people identifying themselves as politically left-wing or "progressive" dramatically fell by nearly 50% by January 2018.<ref>O'Leary, Naomi (December 19, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-euroskeptic-surge-migration-crisis-eu/ How Italy turned Euroskeptic]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Williams, Thomas D. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/05/italy-announces-rebound-of-the-political-right-collapse-of-the-left/ Italy Announces ‘Rebound’ of the Political Right, ‘Collapse’ of the Left]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> In 2017, the word "migrant" was the most commonly used word in Italian newspapers, and six of the ten most common words were related to immigration.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (March 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/01/migrant-most-commonly-used-word-italian-newspaper-headlines-2017/ ‘Migrant’ Most Commonly Used Word in Italian Newspaper Headlines in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 2, 2018.</ref> Because of funding cuts on pro-migrant organizations that Matteo Salvini enacted, those organizations laid off thousands of workers.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/11/italian-pro-migrant-groups-facing-15000-job-losses-after-salvini-cuts/ Italian Pro-Migrant Groups Facing 15,000 Job Losses After Salvini Cuts]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 11, 2019.</ref>

===Lega Nord===
{{See also|Lega Nord}}
Lega Nord, which is led by [[Matteo Salvini]], is a [[conservative]] regionalist party that supports the increased autonomy of Italy's provinces, particularly the northern ones where the party has its base of support. The party also takes [[Euroskeptic]], populist, and pro-[[national sovereignty]] positions,<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/11/italys-center-right-launches-full-throttle-campaign-no-longer-slaves-to-europe/ Italy’s Center-Right Launches Full-Throttle Campaign: No Longer ‘Slaves to Europe’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.</ref><ref>Deacon, Liam (January 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/20/right-wing-italian-election-favourite-blasts-the-eu-can-fck-itself/ Italian Election Favourite Blasts Brussels: ‘The EU Can Go F*ck Itself’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 20, 2018.</ref> and it strongly opposes mass migration.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (January 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/31/italys-salvini-promises-sealed-borders-todays-islam-is-a-danger/ Italy’s Salvini Promises Sealed Borders, ‘Today’s Islam Is a Danger’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 31, 2018.</ref><ref>Balmer, Crispian (February 9, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-election-league/italys-league-leaves-northern-bastions-bangs-anti-migrant-drum-idUSKBN1FT1Q9 Italy's League leaves northern bastions, bangs anti-migrant drum]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 9, 2018.</ref>

[[Silvio Berlusconi]], Lega's coalition partner leading up to the 2018 elections, also called for tough immigration measures.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/06/silvio-berlusconi-deport-600000-illegal-migrants-time-bombs/ Italy Elections: Berlusconi Declares He Will Deport 600,000 ‘Time Bomb’ Illegal Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 6, 2018.</ref>

The League became the largest party in the right-of-center coalition in the 2018 parliamentary elections, and it formed a government with the M5S in June 2018.<ref name="ITpopulistgovt"/> Ultimately, its leader Salvini became Italy's interior minister – giving him control over the country's immigration policy – as well as its deputy prime minister under a coalition government with the anti-establishment [[Five Star Movement]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Squires, Nick (June 1, 2018). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/01/italys-new-populist-coalition-sworn-deputy-pm-says-expelling/ Italy's new populist coalition sworn in as deputy PM says expelling migrants is a priority]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*[https://www.thelocal.it/20180601/italy-new-cabinet-in-full Here is Italy's new cabinet in full]. ''The Local''. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
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*Montgomery, Jack (June 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/01/brussels-defeated-populist-coalition-takes-office-in-italy-eurosceptic-savona-returns-as-eu-affairs-minister/ BRUSSELS BEATEN: Populist Coalition Takes Office in Italy, Eurosceptic Savona Returns as EU Affairs Minister]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*D'Emilio, Frances (June 1, 2018). [https://apnews.com/15605caac2ac4963bc4d36d388067b14/Italian-populists-sworn-into-power-as-euroskeptics-cheer Populists take power in Italy, with euro-skeptic agenda]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*[https://www.thelocal.it/20180601/italy-prepares-to-swear-in-first-fully-populist-government Italy swears in first fully populist government]. ''The Local''. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.</ref> Salvini immediately went to work advancing his conservative immigration agenda as Italy's interior minister, visiting an immigration camp in Sicily soon after being sworn in.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.thelocal.it/20180603/salvini-in-sicily-to-push-new-tough-migration-line Salvini in Sicily to push new tough migration line]. ''The Local''. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
*Magnay, Jacquelin (June 4, 2018). [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/italy-immigration-new-interior-minister-matteo-salvini-promises-to-stop-the-death-boats/news-story/dacd049ce061720a00560319f54045bc Italy immigration: New interior minister Matteo Salvini promises to ‘stop the death boats’]. ''The Australian''. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
*Vogt, Andrea; Huggler, Justin (June 3, 2018). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/03/italy-can-no-longer-serve-europes-refugee-camp-says-matteo-salvini/ Italy can no longer serve as 'Europe's refugee camp' says Matteo Salvini, as he pledges to push EU for stricter controls]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
*Mass, Warren (June 4, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29206-italys-new-populist-government-pledges-to-deport-500-000-migrants Italy’s New Populist Government Pledges to Deport 500,000 Migrants]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
*Harlan, Chico (June 4, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-torchbearer-of-italys-far-right-is-now-in-power-and-wants-to-make-good-on-anti-migrant-promises/2018/06/04/3c4bf12e-65d6-11e8-81ca-bb14593acaa6_story.html The torchbearer of Italy's far right is now in power and wants to make good on anti-migrant promises]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
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*Deacon, Liam (June 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/08/migrant-attack-police-italian-deputy-leader-promises-deportations/ Italian Populist Interior Minister Vows Deportations After Viral Police Migrant Attack Video]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.</ref> Shortly afterward, he released his three-point immigration plan, which involved building more repatriation centers, reducing illegal immigration, and increasing deportations.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (June 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/07/italy-minister-salvini-announces-3-point-immigration-program/ Italy Minister Salvini Announces 3-Point Immigration Program]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.</ref> Salvini showed he was serious about securing Italy's borders by refusing to let a boat carrying over 600 migrants land in the country due to it sharing an undue immigration burden,<ref>Multiple references:
*Harlan, Chico (June 11, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/italys-new-government-sends-immigration-message-by-rejecting-rescue-ship/2018/06/11/f213dafe-699a-11e8-a335-c4503d041eaf_story.html Italy’s new government sends immigration message by rejecting rescue ship]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
*Henley, Jon (June 11, 2018). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/11/italy-coalition-collision-course-eu-migration-standoff-matteo-salvini Italy's coalition on collision course with EU after migration standoff]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
*D'Emilo, Frances (June 11, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/a87a748b204f45b898e4022372c008b1/Italy's-new-leaders-get-tough-on-migrants;-Spain-steps-up Italy’s new leaders get tough on migrants; Spain steps up]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
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*Tomlinson, Chris (June 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/15/80-percent-italians-agree-populist-salvini-block-migrant-transport-ship/ 80 Percent of Italians Support Populist Govt. Blocking Migrant Transport Vessel from Ports]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2018.</ref> and he said he would continue such actions.<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (June 16, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/06/16/italys-populist-government-wont-permit-boats-carrying-migrants-to-dock-despite-eu-pressure.html Italy's populist government won't permit boats carrying migrants to dock, despite EU pressure]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
*Hale, Virginia (June 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/17/italy-migrant-boats-leave-mocks/ Italy Demands Migrant NGO Boats Leave Mediterranean, Mocks Leftist Crew Members]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
*Pullella, Philip (June 16, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-italy/italy-demands-netherlands-recall-ngo-migrant-rescue-ships-idUSKBN1JC0GW Italy demands Netherlands recall NGO migrant rescue ships]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
*Borrelli, Silvia Sciorilli (June 16, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/matteo-salvini-migration-italy-ports-closed-to-migrant-vessels/ Matteo Salvini: Italy’s ports are closed to migrant vessels]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
*Hale, Virginia (January 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/23/salvini-refuse-reopen-ports-ngo-boats/ Salvini Refuses to Reopen Italy’s Ports: Stopping Migrant Boats Saving Lives]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
See also:
*Deacon, Liam (June 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/17/nearly-70-per-cent-of-italians-back-salvinis-stand-again-eu-on-migrant-ship/ Nearly 70 Per Cent of Italians Back Salvini’s Stand Against EU on Migrant Ferries]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (June 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/23/italy-impound-ngo-migrant-ferries/ Italy to Impound NGO Migrant Ferries]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 23, 2018.</ref> In July 2018, Salvini blocked a private Italian ship carrying migrants from docking.<ref>https://www.thelocal.it/20180710/italy-turns-away-private-italian-ship-vos-thalassa-rescued-migrants-libya For the first time, Italy prevents a private Italian ship from docking with rescued migrants. ''The Local''. July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.</ref> By the end of 2018, migrant ships stopped their activities because of Italian pressure.<ref>Legorano, Giovanni (December 7, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/cowed-by-italys-crackdown-aid-agencies-cease-migrant-rescues-in-the-mediterranean-1544194964 Cowed Aid Agencies Cease Migrant Rescues in the Mediterranean]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 7, 2018.</ref> Salvini ordered that benefits for asylum seekers be massively reduced,<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/27/salvini-orders-asylum-seeker-benefits-greatly-reduced/ Italy Slashes Asylum Seeker Benefit Payments]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 27, 2018.</ref> and the League pushed to make is more difficult for non-EU migrants to join a proposed [[basic income]] program supported by the M5S.<ref>[https://www.thelocal.it/20190220/italy-citizens-income-immigrants Italy makes it harder for non-EU immigrants to claim 'citizens' income']. ''The Local''. February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.</ref> In September 2018, Salvini signed a decree which, among other actions, would ban residency permits for humanitarian reasons, increase funding for deportation centers, and removed citizenship from terrorists.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tomlinson, Chris (September 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/25/salvini-migration-decree-bans-humanitarian-residency-strips-terrorists-citizenship/ Salvini Migration Decree Bans Humanitarian Residency Permits, Strips Terrorists of Citizenship]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
*[https://www.voanews.com/a/italy-to-narrow-asylum-rights-in-clampdown-on-immigration/4585204.html Italy to Narrow Asylum Rights in Clampdown on Immigration]. ''Voice f America'' (from ''Reuters''). September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018.</ref> Overall, Salvini was able to advance his conservative agenda.<ref>Legorano, Giovanni (June 29, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/italys-salvini-puts-roadblocks-in-migrants-way-while-reaching-out-to-fellow-european-populists-1530091800 Italy’s Salvini Puts Roadblocks in Migrants’ Way While Reaching Out to Fellow European Populists]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved June 29, 2018.</ref>

An Italian poll in June 2018 found that Lega Nord had become the most popular party in Italy for the first time,<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/20/new-poll-shows-populist-la-lega-most-popular-party-italy/ New Poll Shows Populist La Lega Most Popular Party In Italy For the First Time]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 20, 2018. See also:
*Williams, Thomas D. (June 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/27/italys-populist-league-party-secures-first-place-national-poll/ Italy’s Populist ‘League’ Party Secures First Place in National Poll]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 27, 2018.</ref> and a July 2018 poll found that Salvini was Italy's most trusted politician in the country.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (July 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/04/poll-populist-salvini-the-most-trusted-politician-in-italy/ Poll: Populist Salvini the Most Trusted Politician in Italy]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 4, 2018.</ref>

In November 2018, the coalition government announced it would not sign the [[UN Global Compact on Migration]].<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (November 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/29/populist-italian-government-latest-to-back-out-of-un-migration-pact/ Populist Italian Government Latest to Back Out of UN Migration Pact]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 29, 2018.</ref> Migrant deportations increased 28% in the government's first six months in power.<ref>Hale, Virginia (December 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/18/italy-migrant-expulsions-camps-cleared/ Italy’s Migrant Crackdown: Expulsions up, Squatter Camps Cleared]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.</ref>

In April 2019, Salvini announced he would increase police oversight of Islamic cultural centers.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/26/salvini-demands-security-services-increase-observation-islamic-cultural-centres/ Salvini Demands Security Services Increase Observation of Islamic Cultural Centres]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 27, 2019.</ref>

===Brothers of Italy – National Alliance===
Brothers of Italy is a conservative political party that is Euroskeptic and opposes mass migration. It is allied with Lega Nord.

===5 Star Movement===
{{See also|5 Star Movement}}
The 5 Star Movement (M5S) was founded in 2009 by comedian Beppe Grillo and is considered Euroskeptic, though it has retreated from its Euroskepticism somewhat. The party has been supportive of the foreign policy of [[Vladimir Putin]] and Russian intervention in the Syrian Civil War. The party performed well in the polls prior to their historic election win in 2018.<ref>Deacon, Liam (March 23, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/23/italian-populists-eurosceptics-hit-record-high-polls-win-next-election/ Italian Populists and Eurosceptics Hit Record High in Polls, Set to Win Next Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.</ref><ref>Barigazzi, Jacopo (March 21, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/beppe-grillos-5star-movement-hits-record-high-poll/ Beppe Grillo’s 5Star Movement hits record high: poll]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 6, 2017.</ref>

Despite their successes, the M5S performed poorly in Italy's 2017 mayoral elections.<ref>D'Emilio, Frances (June 12, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/12/populists-surge-in-italy-stops-in-voting-for-italys-mayors.html Populists' surge in Italy stops in voting for Italy's mayors]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 12, 2017.</ref><ref>Zampano, Giada (June 12, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/italys-5star-movement-suffer-setback-in-local-elections-beppe-grillo/ 5Stars suffer setback in Italy’s local elections]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 12, 2017.</ref> However, the year earlier, they captured the mayorship of [[Rome]].<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (June 20, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/20/populist-woman-mayor-wins-rome-landslide-new-era-begins/ Populist Woman Mayor Wins Rome by Landslide: ‘New Era’ Begins]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
 See also:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/12/far-star-populists-lose-italian-mayoral-vote/ Five Star Populists Lose Out in Italian Mayoral Vote]. ''Breitbart News''. June 12, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.</ref> Virginia Raggi, the M5S mayor of Rome called for a suspension of immigration into the city.<ref>Shaw, Adam (June 15, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/15/mayor-rome-calls-suspension-flow-immigrants-city/ Mayor of Rome Calls for Suspension of Flow of Migrants into the City]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2017.</ref> The M5S performed well in the 2017 Sicilian regional elections, a region heavily impacted by the migrant crisis.<ref name="Sicily2017">Williams, Thomas D. (November 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/07/populists-crush-center-left-social-democrats-in-sicily-elections/ Populists Crush Center-Left Social Democrats in Sicily Elections]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.</ref>

===2018 elections===
[[File:Conte Cabinet 2018.jpg|thumb|250px|The populist cabinet under Prime Minister Conte]]
The 2018 Italian parliamentary elections saw massive gains for populist, anti-[[establishment]] parties – primarily Lega Nord, which took a very strong stance on immigration and borders, and the 5 Star Movement,<ref name="ItalyPopulist2018">Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (March 5, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28429-anti-establishment-parties-surge-in-italian-election Anti-Establishment Parties Surge in Italian Election]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Williams, Thomas D. (March 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/05/populists-sweep-italian-national-elections-5-star-movement-big-winner/ Populists Sweep Italian National Elections, 5-Star Movement Big Winner]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Birnbaum, Michael (March 4, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/italians-vote-amid-anger-toward-migrants-and-populist-energy/2018/03/04/bdf8b5b6-1cb3-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_story.html Fragmented Italian election result reveals power of populists]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> along with massive losses for the Italian left-wing.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (March 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/06/italy-election-aftermath-renzi-quits-center-left-disappears/ Italy Election Aftermath: Renzi Quits, Center-Left ‘Disappears’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> Due to the massive gains of Lega and M5S at the expanse of establishment parties, the election results were interpreted as a major setback for the European Union<ref>Multiple references:
*Casert, Raf (March 5, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/03/05/italian-election-results-cast-pall-over-european-union.html Italian election results cast a pall over the European Union]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Byas, Steve (March 7, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28445-italy-s-elections-threaten-future-of-the-european-union Italy’s Elections Threaten Future of the European Union]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Said-Moorhouse, Lauren; Clarke, Hilary; McKirdy, Euan (March 5, 2018). [https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/europe/italy-elections-intl/index.html Italy's voters choose populists, deliver stinging rebuke to Europe]. ''CNN''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Adler, Katya (March 5, 2018). [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43294041 Italy election: Populist gains send shockwaves to Brussels]. ''BBC News''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Kirchgaessner, Stephanie; Boffey, Daniel (March 5, 2018). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/05/italy-turns-back-on-europe-as-election-points-to-hung-parliament Eurosceptic Italy in race to form majority government]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> and the European political establishment in general.<ref>Multiple references:
*Squires, Nick; Foster, Peter (March 5, 2018). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/04/italian-election-country-goes-polls-latest-news-results-forecast/ Victory for Eurosceptic, populist parties shocks the establishment in Italy election]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Tharoor, Ishaan (March 5, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/05/italys-election-is-another-blow-to-the-european-establishment/ Italy's election is another blow to the European establishment] ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Politi, James; Ghiglione, Davide (March 5, 2018). [https://www.ft.com/content/e6a89252-1ffa-11e8-a895-1ba1f72c2c11 Italy anti-establishment parties make big gains in election]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> Lega quadrupled its vote share and performed so well that it became the dominant party in its coalition, overtaking [[Silvio Berlusconi]]'s establishment Forza Italia<ref name="Success">Multiple references:
*Schumacher, Elizabeth (March 5, 2018). [http://p.dw.com/p/2ti8M Matteo Salvini: Italy's far-right success story]. ''Deutsche Welle''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (March 5, 2018). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/05/matteo-salvini-the-italian-far-right-leader-stepping-out-of-berlusconis-shadow Matteo Salvini: far-right leader steps out of Berlusconi's shadow]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Lyman, Eric J. (March 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/8/matteo-salvini-pulls-italys-right-wing-fringe-part/ Unlikely leader pulls right-wing fringe party to Italy’s political power center]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> and giving its leader Salvini a very real chance of becoming Italy's prime minister.<ref>Birnbaum, Michael; Pitrelli, Stefano (March 6, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/matteo-salvini-could-be-western-europes-first-far-right-leader-since-1945/2018/03/06/2d3dea36-2097-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html Matteo Salvini could be Western Europe's first far-right leader since 1945]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.</ref> Meanwhile, M5S became the single largest party in Italy.<ref name="ItalyPopulist2018"/> Overall, populist and Euroskeptic parties received over 50% of the popular vote.<ref>Multiple references:
*D'Emilio, Frances (March 5, 2018). [https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-03-05/italys-early-results-show-center-right-coalition-leads-vote Italy's Populist Parties Rule the Day, but Will They Rule?] ''U.S. News & World Report'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*Birnbaum, Michael (March 5, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/italian-populists-declare-new-epoch-after-election-victory/2018/03/05/12885254-2096-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html Italian populists declare new epoch after election victory]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
*[https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21737972-forming-new-government-could-take-weeks-new-elections-may-be-needed-anti-eu-parties-make-big Anti-EU parties make big gains in the Italian general election]. ''The Economist''. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.</ref> In May 2018, Lega Nord and the M5S agreed to a common platform, one that promoted strongly nationalist and anti-establishment policies.<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (May 19, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/05/19/italy-on-cusp-populist-coalition-after-parties-publish-radical-joint-program.html Italy on cusp of populist coalition after parties publish radical joint program]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (May 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/18/italian-populists-publish-governing-contract-slams-failure-of-unsustainable-immigration/ Italian Populists Publish Governing Contract, Slams Failure of ‘Unsustainable’ Immigration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
*Politi, James; Romei, Valentina (May 18, 2018). [https://www.ft.com/content/e0cd0f22-5a7c-11e8-bdb7-f6677d2e1ce8 Five Star and League strike Italy government deal]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved May 20, 2018.</ref>

Both parties allowed their voters to choose whether they approved of the coalition agenda.<ref>Segreti, Giulia (May 20, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics-ballot/italians-back-league-5-star-plan-as-groups-ready-government-team-idUSKCN1IL07X Italians back League, 5-Star plan as groups ready government team]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 20, 2018. See also:
*Barigazzi, Jacopo (May 20, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-populist-government-5stars-league-approval-poll/ 6 out of 10 Italians approve of populist government: survey]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 20, 2018.</ref> Despite this, Italy's [[establishment]] president rejected the coalition government as it supported nominating a Euroskeptic finance minister,<ref>Multiple references:
*Williams, Thomas D. (May 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/27/sabotage-italian-president-blocks-eurosceptic-coalition-govt-populist-leader-impeachment/ Sabotage: Italian President Blocks Eurosceptic Coalition Govt, Populist Leader Calls for Impeachment]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
*Zampano, Giada (May 27, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/italys-premier-designate-steps-down-after-failed-cabinet-talks/ Italy’s president scotches populist governing alliance]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
See also:
*Williams, Thomas D. (May 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/28/impeachment-trends-italian-twitter-anti-populist-coup/ #Impeachment Trends on Italian Twitter over Anti-Populist ‘Coup’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 28, 2018.</ref> and he went against the will of the Italian people by nominating a [[globalist]] and pro-EU technocrat who once led the [[International Monetary Fund]] to be prime minister.<ref>Multiple references:
*Lawler, Dave (May 28, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/italian-president-vetoes-five-star-league-government-4105f038-fecf-4aad-bd04-50acea75b601.html Italy on course for another unelected government]. ''Axios''. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
*Zampano, Giada (May 28, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/italian-president-asks-mr-scissors-technocrat-to-form-government/ Italian president asks ‘Mr. Scissors’ technocrat to form government]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/news/what-next-for-italy-after-proposed-populist-govt-collapses/ Italy Constitutional Crisis: Unelected President Nixes Populist Victory, Appoints Pro-E.U. Prime Minister]. ''Breitbart News''. May 28, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/news/carlo-cottarelli-the-mr-scissors-technocrat-who-could-become-italys-pm/ Carlo Cottarelli, the ‘Mr Scissors’ technocrat who could become Italy’s PM]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
*Barry, Colleen (May 28, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/05/28/man-tapped-to-head-italy-firmly-backs-euro-ex-imf-official.html Man tapped to head Italy firmly backs euro, ex-IMF official]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved May 28, 2018.</ref> However, a few days later, the two parties were able to reach a compromise with Italy's president and finalized their governing coalition.<ref>Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (May 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/31/breakthrough-populist-italian-govt-back-cards-five-star-lega-deal/ Breakthrough: Populist Italian Govt Back on the Cards as Five-Star and Lega Ink Fresh Deal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
*Scherer, Steve; Jones, Gavin (May 31, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics/italys-anti-establishment-leaders-revive-governing-coalition-idUSKCN1IW0Z5 Italy's anti-establishment leaders revive governing coalition]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
*Barry, Colleen (May 31, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/0a1896978c1c436c9a94cf345b7c9381/Italy-gets-western-Europe's-1st-populist-govt-on-second-try Italy gets western Europe’s 1st populist govt on second try]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
*Horowitz, Jason (May 31, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/world/europe/italy-government-populists.html Italy's Populist Parties Win Approval to Form Government]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
See also:
*Deacon, Liam (May 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/31/polls-populists-support-surges-italy-right-wing-lega-closes-gap-m5s/ POLLS: Populist Support Surges in Italy, Nationalist Lega Closes Gap on Five-Star]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
*[https://sputniknews.com/europe/201806011065021347-italy-lega-post-cabinet/ Italy’s Lega Secures Enough Cabinet Posts to Roll Out Flagship Policies - Member]. ''Sputnik News''. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2018.</ref> The new government, Western Europe's first one completely run by populist and anti-establishment parties, was sworn in on June 1, 2018.<ref name="ITpopulistgovt">Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (June 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/01/brussels-defeated-populist-coalition-takes-office-in-italy-eurosceptic-savona-returns-as-eu-affairs-minister/ BRUSSELS BEATEN: Populist Coalition Takes Office in Italy, Eurosceptic Savona Returns as EU Affairs Minister]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*D'Emilio, Frances (June 1, 2018). [https://apnews.com/15605caac2ac4963bc4d36d388067b14/Italian-populists-sworn-into-power-as-euroskeptics-cheer Populists take power in Italy, with euro-skeptic agenda]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*Jones, Gavin; Di Giorgio, Massimiliano (June 1, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics/italys-conte-sworn-in-as-pm-of-anti-establishment-government-idUSKCN1IX49T Italy's Conte sworn in as PM of anti-establishment government]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
*[https://www.thelocal.it/20180601/italy-prepares-to-swear-in-first-fully-populist-government Italy swears in first fully populist government]. ''The Local''. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
For a profile of the government's cabinet:
*[https://www.thelocal.it/20180601/italy-new-cabinet-in-full Here is Italy's new cabinet in full]. ''The Local''. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
See also:
*Mass, Warren (June 4, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29206-italys-new-populist-government-pledges-to-deport-500-000-migrants Italy’s New Populist Government Pledges to Deport 500,000 Migrants]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 4, 2018.</ref>

==Spain==
[[Spain]] was one of the countries that saw a major level of immigration from non-Western countries during the migrant crisis.<ref>Arostegui, Martin (December 24, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/spain-tries-to-turn-back-growing-migrant-tide/4177406.html Spain Tries to Turn Back Growing Migrant Tide]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved December 24, 2017. See also:
*Montgomery, Jack (July 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/29/watch-boatload-illegal-migrants-land-spanish-tourist-beach/ WATCH: Boatloads of Illegal Migrants Storm Spanish Tourist Beaches and Scatter]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 29, 2018.</ref> It saw 700,000 migrants in 2005; 840,000 in 2006; almost a million in 2007 and then a slow decrease to 300,000 a year up to 2014. Large numbers of migrants have come to Spain from Africa, and the nation has seen its share of violence stemming from Islamic terrorism.<ref>Arostegui, Martin (July 31, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/31/africa-migrants-test-spains-barriers-tolerance/ Spanish border enclaves under violent siege as increasing hordes of African migrants storm barriers]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 31, 2017.</ref> By 2018, illegal immigration from Africa to Spain was increasing, with the rate of illegal immigration doubling from 2016 to 2017, according to EU Frontex.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/20/eu-watchdog-massive-increase-number-migrants-heading-spain-sea/ EU Watchdog: Massive Increase in Number of Migrants Heading to Spain by Sea]. ''Breitbart News''. January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.</ref> The number of illegal migrants arriving in Spain even surpassed that of Italy,<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (July 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/07/17/spain-tops-italy-2018-migrant-arrivals/ Spain Tops Italy for 2018 Migrant Arrivals]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.</ref> and the number arriving there increased 350% even as it fell 80% for Italy.<ref>Deacon, Liam (August 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/01/migrants-boat-arrivals-down-80-percent-italy-up-350-percent-spain/ Boat Migrants Down 80 Percent in Populist Italy, up 350 Percent in Socialist Spain]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 1, 2018. See also:
*Basu, Zachary (August 20, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/spanish-exclave-ceuta-morocco-european-migration-crisis-52fe726e-764f-4410-94c7-e8846c4bfeef.html Spanish border crossings have quadrupled in 2018]. ''Axios''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.</ref><ref name="SpainItaly"/> This migration continued even as [[Morocco]] attempted to crack down on illegal immigration.<ref>Eljechtimi, Ahmed; Laessing, Ulf (July 9, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-morocco/determined-to-reach-europe-migrants-defy-moroccos-crackdown-idUSKCN1U41KZ Determined to reach Europe, migrants defy Morocco's crackdown]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 10, 2019.</ref>

In one instance in August 2017, 186 African migrants broke through a normally heavily fortified border post in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08/07/nearly-200-migrants-storm-spanish-border-post-red-cross-says.html Nearly 200 migrants storm Spanish border post, Red Cross says]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 7, 2017.</ref> Just a few days afterward, about 700 migrants unsuccessfully tried to storm across a Spanish border crossing in North Africa.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/10/watch-700-migrants-storm-spanish-border-post-with-morocco/ WATCH: 700 Migrants Storm Spanish Border Post with Morocco]. ''Breitbart News''. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.</ref> In August 2017, the United Nations Migration Agency warned Spain that it could overtake Grece as the second-most-prominent entry point into Europe.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 11, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/11/un-warns-spain-overtake-greece-number-migrants-pouring-triples/ UN Warns Spain Could Overtake Greece as Number of Migrants Pouring in Triples]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 11, 2017.</ref> In June 2018, about 400 migrants tried to storm through the border fortifications in Ceuta.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (June 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/08/europe-siege-hundreds-african-migrants-storm-border-fence/ Europe Under Siege: Hundreds of African Migrants Storm Border Fence]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.</ref> Despite this, Spain's socialist government – led by Pedro Sánchez, who reportedly secretly met with [[George Soros]]<ref>Friedman, Victoria (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/01/report-soros-secret-meeting-socialist-spanish-leader/ REPORT: Soros Held ‘Secret Meeting’ with Spain’s Socialist, Pro-Mass Migration Leader]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2018.</ref> – announced in 2018 that it would try to do away with the barriers.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (June 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/15/spains-socialist-government-dismantle-border-fences-obstructing-african-migrants/ Spain’s Socialist Government Vows to Dismantle Border Fences Obstructing African Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2018.</ref> In July 2018, another 800 migrants stormed through the fence at Ceuta,<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/26/800-migrants-storm-fences-to-enter-spanish-enclave-in-africa/ 800 Migrants Storm Fences to Enter Spanish Enclave in Africa]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.</ref> and about 50 illegals landed at a luxury resort in August 2018.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/27/huge-boatload-of-illegal-migrants-storms-luxury-resort-beach-in-spain/ Huge Boatload of Illegal Migrants Storms Luxury Resort Beach in Spain]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 27, 2018.</ref> In October 2018, another 300 stormed a border fence in Ceuta.<ref>Wilson, Joseph (October 21, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/21/300-migrants-storm-spain-border-fence-one-dies-200/ 300 migrants storm Spain border fence; one dies, 200 enter]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref> On August 30, 2019, 150 illegal migrants stormed a fence at Ceuta.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-spain-ceuta/over-150-migrants-storm-through-spains-enclave-fence-idUSKCN1VK0X2 Over 150 migrants storm through Spain's enclave fence]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 30, 2019.</ref> Criminal people-smugglers trained African migrant gangs to commit these attacks on Spanish borders.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/25/migrant-smugglers-president-prime-minister-organising-violent-attacks-spanish-border/ Migrant Smugglers with ‘President’ and ‘Prime Minister’ Organising Violent Attacks on Spanish Border Guards]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref>

The level of migration to Spain rose so high that some EU officials feared the rise of conservative right-wing populism in the country.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/06/cant-lose-spain-eurocrats-fear-migrant-surge-populist-wave-madrid/ ‘We Can’t Afford to Lose Spain’ – Eurocrats Fear Migrant Surge Will Bring Populist Wave to Madrid]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 6, 2018.</ref><ref>Williams, Thomas D. (August 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/08/08/brussels-alarmed-over-populist-threat-in-spain-due-to-immigration-tensions/ Brussels Alarmed Over Populist ‘Threat’ in Spain Due to Immigration Tensions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>

In September 2019, the Spanish government announced it would increase its cooperation with Morocco to reduce illegal immigration levels.<ref>Eljechtimi, Ahmed (September 4, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-morocco-spain/morocco-spain-to-bolster-cooperation-to-curb-illegal-migration-idUSKCN1VP28N Morocco, Spain to bolster cooperation to curb illegal migration]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved September 4, 2019.</ref>

===VOX===
:''See also: [[Vox (Spain)]]''
VOX is a small, but growing, party in Spain that opposes the EU and supports restrictions on immigration.<ref>Arostegui, Martin (November 9, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/8/santiago-abascal-vox-leader-becomes-trump-spain/ Santiago Abascal uses VOX movement, connection to Steve Bannon to pull Spain to right]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 9, 2018.</ref> It entered the parliament of [[Andalusia]] in December 2018, the first time a [[Euroskeptic]] and [[right-wing populist]] party won seats in the country.<ref>Multiple references:
*Friedman, Victoria (December 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/02/right-wing-populist-party-enters-spanish-regional-party-first-time/ Breakthrough for Anti-Mass Migration VOX Party in Spanish Regional Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-andalusia/far-right-party-wins-seats-in-spains-andalusia-region-idUSKCN1O100S Far-right party wins seats in Spain's Andalusia region]. ''Reuters''. December 1, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
*Burke, Michael (December 2, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/419372-far-right-party-picks-up-seats-in-election-in-spains-andalusia-region Far-right party picks up seats in election in Spain's Andalusia region]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 2, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/leiwpUXiWXI Make Spain Great Again]</ref>

==Greece==
Because of Greece's amorphous island borders, it has always been virtually impossible to prevent illegal entry and smuggling from Africa or Asia into Europe. In the contemporary setting, Greeks have not been particularly welcoming of immigrants who seem hostile or threatening to traditional Greek and European customs and culture. Because of the difficulty in preventing entry, the Greeks have become somewhat more tolerant so long as migrants pass through to other destinations such as Germany or Sweden, where the leftist open border policies welcome the invasion by foreigners.

Over 800,000 migrants arrived at Greece by sea in 2015.<ref>Makris, A. (December 22, 2015). [http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/12/22/report-over-800000-refugees-arrive-in-greece-by-sea-in-2015/ Report: Over 800,000 Refugees Arrive in Greece by Sea in 2015]. ''GreekReporter''. Retrieved April 30, 2018.</ref> In 2018, the country still was "overwhelmed" by illegal immigration.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/30/return-migrant-crisis-greece-overwhelmed-illegals-surge-turkish-border/ Return of the Migrant Crisis: Greece ‘Overwhelmed’ as Illegals Surge Across Turkish Land Border]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 30, 2018.</ref> A large migrant camp on the island of [[Lesbos]] was at over 300% capacity as of May 2018.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/11/lesbos-europes-migrant-barrier-nears-breaking-point/ Lesbos: Europe’s Migrant Barrier Nears Breaking Point]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.</ref> In 2019, illegal migrant ship landings in Greece surged,<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/23/return-migrant-crisis-greece-cracking-illegal-sea-crossings-triple/ Return of the Migrant Crisis: Greece Cracking as Illegal Sea Crossings Triple]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 23, 2019.</ref> and on a single day –August 29, 2019 – over 500 illegal migrants landed on the island of Lesbos.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/31/500-illegal-migrants-land-on-greek-island-in-one-day/ 500 Illegal Migrants Land on Greek Island in One Day]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 31, 2019.</ref>

In August 2019, Greece's new right-of-center government announced efforts to crack down on illegal immigration from Turkey.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tagaris, Karolina (August 31, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-greece/greece-to-increase-border-patrols-and-deportations-to-curb-migrant-influx-idUSKCN1VL0R3 Greece to increase border patrols and deportations to curb migrant influx]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/31/greece-to-tighten-borders-speed-asylum-seeker-depo/ Greece to tighten borders, speed asylum-seeker deportations]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). August 31, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
*Speed, Madeleine (August 29, 2019). [https://www.politico.eu/article/new-greek-government-cracks-down-on-migrant-squats-migration/ New Greek government cracks down on migrant squats]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 1, 2019.</ref>

===Golden Dawn===
[[File:Meandros flag.svg|right|300px|thumb|The flag of Golden Dawn.]]
Golden Dawn sits as a minority opposition party in the Greek parliament. It has been described as ultra-nationalist and Eurosceptic. Critics have labeled it, with some justification in this specific case, as "neo-[[fascist]]."

People alleged to be associated with Golden Dawn have been accused of perpetrating acts of violence against migrants who linger behind and refuse to migrate north to Austria, Germany, or elsewhere where migrants are more welcome, and cash benefits, housing, and free healthcare are available. Greece's [[sovereign debt]] crisis has made it more difficult to be as generous with social security and welfare state benefits to its own citizens, let alone literally, millions, of non-citizen Muslim migrants, to say nothing of employment available for people without job and language skills in a society already struggling with 25% unemployment.

The Greek government is attempting to ban Golden Dawn.<ref>Stamouli, Nektaria (May 1, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/greeces-slow-justice-lets-fascist-party-prosper-11556726740 Greece’s Slow Justice Lets Fascist Party Prosper]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved May 2, 2019.</ref>

==Sweden==
[[File:Humanitys Accumulating Ecological Debt.jpg|left|thumb|550px|A sample of the [[pseudoscience]] Swedish policymakers use to fashion immigration law. Imitating public debates over the [[national debt]] and Tax Freedom Day, "scientists" have invented the "ecological debt" and "Ecological Debt Day" to influence social, political, and economic public policy. To head off the imminent doomsday "[[global warming]]" scenario, and a declining fertility rate, immigration from the lawless Third World is promoted. ''Source: World Wildlife Fund'']]
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Changing population [[demographic]]s in [[Sweden]], as elsewhere, have important immediate considerations not only for the [[education]]al system and government budgets domestically, but for the future composition of the [[NATO]] alliance, strategic planning and defense needs, and NATO's purpose internationally. A May 2017 study on Swedish people found that ethnic diversity leads to strife among the different groups.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/29/study-ethnic-diversity-bad-sweden/ Study Finds Ethnic Diversity Bad for Social Cohesion]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 29, 2017.</ref> Additionally, the Sweden-based Institute of Media Studies found that 54% of Swedes believed the [[mainstream media]] did not tell the truth regarding the problems of immigration, with 27% disagreeing.<ref>Hale, Virginia (May 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/30/majority-swedes-media-lies-mass-migration/ Majority of Swedes Think Media Lies About the Impact of Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2017.</ref> According to an Ipsos poll in July 2018, 73% of Swedes believed their country was going in the "wrong direction", with many of these respondents expressing concern over immigration and crime.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/09/what-happened-in-sweden-73-percent-of-people-feel-country-going-in-wrong-direction/ ‘What Happened in Sweden’ – 73 Percent of People Feel Country Going in ‘Wrong Direction’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 9, 2018.</ref>

Crime levels rose sharply in Sweden due to mass migration.<ref>Kassam, Raheem (March 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/04/new-york-times-admits-trump-breitbart-right-gang-crime-grenade-attacks-sweden/ New York Times Reveals Trump, Breitbart Right On Gang Crime, Grenade Attacks in Sweden]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 4, 2018.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/19/bbc-politico-report-sweden-hand-grenade-three-years-breitbart-london/ BBC and Politico Reveal Sweden’s Hand Grenade Problem… Three Years After Breitbart London]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 20, 2018.</ref> It was reported in July 2017 that 94.5% of all people involved in organized crime in Stockholm had at least one parent born overseas, 82.2% had at least both parents born overseas, and 40.6% were themselves born in another country.<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 4, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/04/95-per-cent-gang-crime-stockholm-foreign/ 95 Per Cent of Gang Criminals in Stockholm Have a Foreign Background]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 6, 2017.</ref> It was reported in August 2017 that the number of hand grenade attacks in Sweden rose by 550%,<ref>Hale, Virginia (August 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/06/hand-grenade-attacks-sevenfold-sweden/ Sweden: Police Say Situation ‘Completely Unacceptable’ after 550 Per Cent Rise in Grenade Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 6, 2017.</ref><ref name="BBCgrenades">[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43667367 Sweden's deadly problem with hand grenades]. ''BBC News''. April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.</ref> and in the city of Helsingborg, the number of shootings rose by 300% in 2017.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/11/swedish-city-400-per-cent-increase-shootings-2017/ Swedish City Sees 300 Per Cent Increase in Shootings in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.</ref> In 2017, the number of emergency phone calls in foreign languages increased 34%.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/24/sweden-emergency-calls-foreign-languages-34-per-cent-2017/ Sweden: Emergency Calls in Foreign Languages up 34 Per Cent in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 24, 2018.</ref> By 2018, crime had risen so much that shootings had become normalized in Swedish society.<ref>Neuding, Paulina (April 16, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-bombings-grenade-attacks-violent-reality-undoing-peaceful-self-image-law-and-order/ Sweden’s violent reality is undoing a peaceful self-image]. ''Politico''. Retrieved April 16, 2018.</ref> In August 2018, a Swedish public radio broadcaster announced it would air election debates and seminars exclusively in Arabic to "reach out to new arrivals."<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/25/swedish-radio-broadcaster-launches-election-debates-and-seminars-in-arabic/ Swedish Radio Broadcaster Launches Election Debates and Seminars… in Arabic]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref> By August 2019, the number of bombings and explosions in Sweden had increased 45% that year.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/22/sweden-bombings-and-explosions-up-45-percent-in-2019/ Sweden: Bombings and Explosions Up 45 Percent in 2019]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2019.</ref>

According to Pew Research Center in 2017, if migration trends continue as they have, the Muslim population of Sweden would reach 30% of the country's population by 2050.<ref name="GrowingMuslimPop">Multiple references:
*[http://www.pewforum.org/2017/11/29/europes-growing-muslim-population/ Europe’s Growing Muslim Population]. ''Pew Research Center''. November 29, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (November 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/30/pew-sweden/ Pew: Even if Migration Ended, Europe’s Muslim Population Will Continue to Surge — Sweden 1/3 Muslim by 2050]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 30, 2017.</ref> By 2018, 44% of children in urban primary schools had a migrant background.<ref>[https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/07/sweden-44-of-children-in-primary-schools-in-large-cities-have-a-migrant-background/ Sweden: 44% of children in primary schools in large cities have a migrant background]. ''Voice of Europe''. Retrieved July 10, 2018.</ref> Despite admitting more migrants per capita than any other European country, the [[Council of Europe]] Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks criticized [[Sweden]] for somehow not admitting enough migrants.<ref name="CoEslamsSW"/> The Swedish government began seriously considering raising the retirement age in order to pay for its mass migration policies.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (December 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/12/17/sweden-raise-retirement-age-pay-mass-migration-population-growth/ Sweden Forced to Raise Retirement Age To Pay For Mass Immigration Policy]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 17, 2017.</ref> Its migration policies were so extreme that Hungary's government publicly criticized it by name.<ref name="HungarySweden"/>
[[File:Ebba-Grave-e1541452565656.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Ebba Åkerlund was the youngest victim of a terror attack by an asylum seeker. Her grave was vandalized more than 30 times by another illegal migrant who was released despite a deportation order. Half a world away, the New Zealand mosque shooter, who killed 50 Muslim worshippers, had Ebba's name written on his gun.]]
In April 2017 five people were killed in central Stockholm when an asylum seeker and Islamic State sympathizer, who was supposed to be deported, deliberately drove a truck into crowds.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/chris-bevington-spotify-killed-stockholm-truck-attack-1202027101/amp/ |title=Spotify Executive Chris Bevington Dies in Stockholm Attack |last= |first= |date=9 April 2017 |work=Variety |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421074956/http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/chris-bevington-spotify-killed-stockholm-truck-attack-1202027101/amp/ |archive-date=21 April 2017 |dead-url=no |language=en-US |df= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/10/stockholm-terror-suspect-boasted-had-run-10-people-whatsapp/ |title=Belgian psychologist who worked with failed asylum seekers among Stockholm terror victims |date=10 April 2017 |website=[[Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=|deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411170932/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/10/stockholm-terror-suspect-boasted-had-run-10-people-whatsapp/ |archivedate=11 April 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bohuslaningen.se/nyheter/uddevalla/lena-69-d%C3%B6dades-i-terrorattacken-1.4232647|title=Lena, 69, dödades i terrorattacken|last=Hvittfeldt|first=Elisabet|date=11 April 2017|website=Bohusläningen|language=Swedish|access-date=}}</ref> 15 more people were injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sll.se/nyheter-stockholms-lans-landsting/2017/04/Pressmeddelande-Bekraftade-uppgifter-om-drabbade-av-handelsen-i-centrala-Stockholm/ |title=Pressmeddelande: Bekräftade uppgifter om drabbade av händelsen i centrala Stockholm - Sll |last= |first= |date=2017-04-07 |website=www.sll.se |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501064918/http://www.sll.se/nyheter-stockholms-lans-landsting/2017/04/Pressmeddelande-Bekraftade-uppgifter-om-drabbade-av-handelsen-i-centrala-Stockholm/ |archive-date=1 May 2017 |dead-url=no |access-date=|df= }}</ref> The youngest of the dead victims was 11 year old Ebba Åkerlund.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tv4.se/nyheterna/klipp/f%C3%B6r%C3%A4ldrarna-till-d%C3%B6da-ebba-av-hela-v%C3%A5rt-hj%C3%A4rta-tackar-vi-det-svenska-folket-3896532|title=Föräldrarna till döda Ebba: "Av hela vårt hjärta tackar vi det svenska folket"|work=TV4|access-date=|language=sv}}</ref> Her body was cut in two.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PEegQxcJRA</ref> By November 2018 another illegal immigrant had been arrested several times after vandalizing Ebba's grave more than 30 times. The man was supposed to be deported but was released instead.<ref>https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/11/illegal-migrant-vandalises-grave-of-stockholm-terror-victim-30-times-swedish-police-do-nothing/</ref> In the Manifesto written by the [[New Zealand mosque shooting|New Zealand mosque shooter]] listing his reasons, among several, for killing 50 Muslim worshippers in March 2019 is "To take revenge for Ebba Akerlund."<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190316060910/https://katana17.wordpress.com/2019/03/15/the-great-replacement-manifesto-of-new-zealand-mosque-shooter-mar-2019/ The Great Replacement]'', The Manifesto of the New Zealand Mosque Shooter Brenton Tarrant, Mar 15, 2019.</ref> The shooter had Ebba Åkerlund's name written on his gun.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/15/new-zealand-shooter-swedish-girl/</ref>

In March 2018, Sweden's Social Democrat prime minister, Stefan Löfven, admitted that there was a link between immigration and the rising crime rates in the country, though he continued to deny no-go zones.<ref>Multiple references:
*Boyer, Dave (March 6, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/6/trump-right-immigration-gang-violence-sweden-finds/ Sweden finds Trump was right on immigration, gang violence]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
*Kassam, Raheem (March 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/06/swedish-pm-admits-migration-organised-crime-challenges-denies-no-go-zones/ Swedish PM Admits Migration, Organised Crime ‘Challenges’ — Denies ‘No Go Zones’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
See also:
*Kassam, Raheem (March 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/06/exclusive-sweden-democrats-refute-pms-no-go-zone-denial-fake-news/ EXCLUSIVE — Sweden Democrats Refute PM’s ‘No Go Zone’ Denial as ‘Fake News’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 6, 2018.</ref>

Going into the 2018 election, immigration was the most important election issue for Swedes.<ref>Hale, Virginia (April 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/20/sweden-immigration-top-voter-concern/ Sweden: Immigration Tops Voters Concerns Ahead of Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> Since the government frequently prioritized housing for migrants over Swedish citizens, Swedish youth faced a housing shortage.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 29, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/29/swedish-youth-face-housing-shortage-migrants-given-priority/ Swedish Youth Face Housing Shortage as Migrants Given Priority]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 29, 2019.</ref>

As in much of Western Europe, those opposed to mass migration often faced punishment from corrupt leftist officials for their actions and statements. For example, a Swedish dental hygienist was fined the equivalent of $50,000 for exposing adult migrants posing as "minors" in order to receive "refugee" status.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (July 7, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29473-swedish-dental-expert-fined-50-000-for-exposing-adult-migrants-masquerading-as-children Swedish Dental Expert Fined $50,000 for Exposing Adult Migrants Masquerading as Children]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 7, 2018.</ref>

According to Sameh Egyptson, an academic at Lund University, has argued that Islamists have "infiltrated" the Swedish political system since the 1980s.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (November 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/30/muslim-brotherhood-islamists-infiltrated-swedish-political-parties-academic/ Muslim Brotherhood, Islamists Have ‘Infiltrated’ Swedish Political Parties Since 1980s, Claims Academic]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 30, 2018.</ref> It was reported in 2019 that the Swedish government had given illegal migrants from Uzbekistan jobs in the secure areas of the country's Arlanda airport.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 18, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/18/outrage-illegal-migrants-given-jobs-secure-swedish-airport-area/ Sweden: Illegal Migrants Given Jobs with Access to Airport Secure Areas]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 19, 2019.</ref> Left-wing Swedish officials have denied the threat posed by returning ISIS fighters.<ref>Hale, Virginia (April 29, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/29/stockholm-isis-fighters-caring-citizens/ Stockholm Anti-Extremism Tsar: ISIS Returnees Now ‘Caring Citizens’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 2, 2019.</ref>

In February 2019, Sweden's National Border Police admitted the country could not control its own borders.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (February 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/07/sweden-admits-it-cannot-control-its-own-borders/ Sweden Admits It Cannot Control Its Own Borders]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 7, 2019.</ref>

===Social innovation of the ecosystem===
As comical, conspiratorial, and insane as it seems, Sweden's elite rulers have made the decision, and taken concrete steps as the model social democratic state, to reduce the nation's [[carbon footprint]] by turning their country into a [[Third World]] hellhole.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170218093846/http://www.whyileftsweden.com</ref> The technical term for this project is "social ecological transformation,"<ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://dspace.mah.se/handle/2043/18345&ved=0ahUKEwik69K9MrRAhUBV2MKHWFbA34QFggkMAI&usg=AFQjCNF9pGU56iFzioB6PAB06nApP00vcg&sig2=OtNteBonRyrsOQhQTV_M1g An Ecosystem for Social Innovation in Sweden], F. Bjork, ''et al'', Eds., Lund University, November 2014</ref> which is part of the anti-consumption "degrowth" movement to promote "sustainability" and limit "resource depletion".<ref>[http://www.thelocal.se/20161027/swedens-consumption-footprint-among-the-worst Sweden's consumption footprint 'among the worst'], TT/The Local Sweden's news in English, 27 October 2016. www.thelocal.se</ref> Swedish leaders and experts have been in a panic since the World Wildlife Fund issued a report which claims that since 1987, at the current rate of consumption, 1.3 planets would be necessary for sustainability, and recommended Sweden adopt an immediate 3% annual reduction over 10 years to reduce carbon emissions 30%. In 2008 the World Wildlife Fund experts claimed we would need 2.0 planets to sustain lifestyles "if everyone lived as Swedes do." A "one planet economy" is the goal.<ref>See section on
DEMIFER - Demographic and Migratory Flows Affecting European Regions and Cities. [http://projects.mcrit.com/foresightlibrary/index.php/megatrens2/economy-sp-988843696?start=148 ]</ref><ref>[http://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_ESPON2013Projects/Menu_AppliedResearch/demifer.html ]</ref> The projections are based on a [[zero sum]] paradigm with no allowance for future unknown variables, inventions, technological improvement, or innovation in economic and energy efficiency.

===Population replacement===
The [[United Nations]] has advocated a scheme known as "replacement migration" or "population replacement" theoretically to avoid declining government revenues for member states with aging and shrinking populations, and consequent budget cuts and the layoff of government workers. Statistical variations in employment and unemployment rates can also be manipulated.<ref>[https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/migration/migration.htm Replacement Migration: Is It a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations?], Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division</ref> The idea is to maintain a government's revenue at a zero baseline for budgeting and not reduce government employees. The United Nations, which produces this statistical nonsense, is totally dependent on member states for contributions.

Ethnic Swedes are projected to be a minority within their own country by 2045.<ref>[http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.1097/the-numbers-are-out-swedes-will-be-a-minority-in-few-years.html The Numbers Are Out - Swedes Will Be A Minority In A Few Years], ''SPEISA''. http://speisa.com</ref> One-third of Swedish residents of childbearing years now are foreign-born, the vast majority from non-European Islamic cultures with a birthrate 3.5 to 6 times higher. Ethnic Swedes are expected to be replaced as the dominant culture in less than one generation. Due to the mass migration of non-Swedes into Sweden, Sweden's population became the second-fastest growing in the European Union.<ref>Tomlinson, Chis (July 12, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/12/swedens-population-growth-second-highest-eu-due-mass-migration/ Sweden’s Population Growth Second Highest in EU Due to Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 13, 2017.</ref> The migrant birthrate was higher than for native Swedes.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (October 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/13/swedes-having-far-fewer-children-but-migrant-birthrate-higher-than-natives/ As Sweden Birthrate Declines Migrants Have More Children Than Natives]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 13, 2018.</ref>

When the dominant culture educated under [[shariah]] law takes the reigns, Muslims do not pay taxes under the Islamic system (which the Swedish government and the UN neglect to consider in their population theory statistics). This has been a major selling point for Islamic proselytization for fourteen centuries. Traditional, non-Westernized Islam (or ''[[Salafism]]'', the dominant strain from the migrants' country of origin)<ref>"The [Salafi] movement gained mass popularity during the last century and Salafis now constitute a majority or significant portion of the Muslim population in the Middle East and North Africa. This is despite the fact that it was often strongly opposed by secular nationalist regimes and non-Salafi clerics. Western governments have neither the local credibility nor the cultural expertise necessary to diminish the popularity of Salafism." ''[https://www.ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Atlas-ExecutiveReport.pdf Militant Ideology Atlas]'', Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, November 2006, Conclusions, p. 10.</ref> doesn't need tax revenue to support police, prisons and a criminal justice system. Slavery, beheadings, and dismemberment administered by criminal law judges, known as imams render [[justice]] to the accused under a system of [[due process]] fairly quickly. It is not that shoplifters or alcoholics, for example, live in fear of dismemberment; they simply don't exist in Islamic society because they have been dispatched. Similarly, for persons with mental and emotional disabilities, the law is applied equally.

Although some non-Muslims are allowed to survive and exist under Koranic law, they are subject to the [[dhimmi]] tax. Only non-Muslims pay taxes. It would not be possible for a non-Muslim minority to sustain Sweden's welfare state with [[universal healthcare]] coverage for all, the [[social contract]] and old age retirement benefits, educational, housing, and a myriad of other government social programs. It is doubtful, assuming Shariah Law permitted, if the minority population could maintain these programs for themselves, given the rate of the ''dhimmi'' tax. Swedish liberal elites have essentially chosen suicide for Swedish liberalism and Swedish culture as a "rational solution" to Sweden's declining fertility rate and carbon footprint.

After removing border checks in May 2017, the level of asylum seekers entering Sweden rose greatly.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (May 9, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/09/sweden-sees-significant-increase-asylum-seekers-scrapping-id-checks-border/ Sweden Sees Significant Increase in Asylum Seekers After Scrapping ID Checks at Border]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 9, 2017.</ref> Population growth in the county of Kronoberg reached historic levels because of mass migration.<ref>Comlinson, Chris (July 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/28/mass-migration-drives-historic-population-growth-swedish-county/ ‘Extreme’ Mass Migration Drives Historic Population Growth in Swedish Region]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 28, 2018.</ref>

===The rape jihad===
{{See also|Rape jihad}}
Prior to 2015, Sweden referred to itself as the world's 'humanitarian [[superpower]]'. With the migrant wave [[public school]]s have been burnt down by Islamic immigrants.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/10276738 Immigrant youths riot in Sweden, burning down school], [[BBC]], 9 June 2010</ref> Refugee volunteer workers have been [[rape]]d and [[murder]]ed.<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/migrant-crisis-young-female-refugee-centre-worker-stabbed-death-by-migrant-sweden-1540020 Migrant crisis: Young female refugee centre worker stabbed to death by migrant in Sweden], Mark Piggott By Mark Piggott, International Business Times, January 25, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2016/05/woman-welcomes-muslim-refugee-into-home-gets-raped/ WOMAN WELCOMES MUSLIM 'REFUGEE' INTO HOME, GETS RAPED], Leo Hohmann, ''[[World Net Daily]]'', 05/31/2016</ref> Police have been unable to enter refugee centers to assist children who have been raped by refugees.<ref>[https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/01/sweden-muslim-migrants-force-police-to-flee-refugee-center Sweden: Muslim migrants force police to flee refugee center], [[Robert Spencer]], Jihad Watch, JANUARY 26, 2016</ref> Five Afghan teenagers were convicted of gang-raping a boy at knife-point but none were deported because the court ruled their homeland is "too dangerous".<ref>http://www.neveragaincanada.ca/five-afghan-teenagers-convicted-gang-raping-boy-knife-point-sweden-none-will-deported-homeland-dangerous/</ref> Citizens have torched refugee centers, angered at the lawlessness of both migrants and the government, and the government's deliberate lack of concern for the safety of Swedes. Shoppers have been beheaded in broad daylight in mall parking lots as a response by angry Islamic migrants facing deportation. Members of Parliament who cite statistics on the immigrant crime wave have been prosecuted and convicted of "[[hate speech]]" – even when their statistics are strictly factual.<ref>[http://conservative-headlines.com/2014/05/swedish-politician-convicted-of-a-crime-for-posting-statistics-about-rape-on-facebook/ Swedish politician convicted of a crime for posting statistics about rape on Facebook]. conservative-headlines.com</ref> In late 2014, the Swedish Parliament passed a law [[censoring]] any criticism of the government's immigration policy, including internet speech, or the politicians who voted for it, as "hate speech".<ref>[http://investmentwatchblog.com/sweden-passes-law-to-criminalize-any-criticism-of-immigration/ Sweden Passes A New Law to Criminalize Any Criticism of Immigration Or Politician’s Unwillingness To Tackle The Issue], ''Ivestment Watch'', DECEMBER 8, 2014. investmentwatchblog.com</ref> Under the law, mainstream media cannot cite a description or identity of perpetrators of crime committed by Islamic migrants. The [[police]] have refused to write down a description of offenders in police reports. The police have willingly participated in horrendous cover-ups. At an "anti-racist" rock concert, Swedish girls were raped by Islamic migrants in public and the police and media colluded for months to keep the facts from the public.<ref>[http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/its-not-only-germany-that-covers-up-mass-sex-attacks-by-migrant-men-swedens-record-is-shameful/ Sweden’s record is shameful Stockholm police were warned not to give descriptions of the perpetrators lest they were accused of being racist], Ivar Arpi, ''The Spectator'', 16 January 2016. www.spectator.co.uk</ref> Reporters and cameramen for the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s ''60 Minutes'' were beaten up, stoned, and run over (never reported by the American ''60 Minutes'') while attempting to do a report from an Islamic enclave.<ref>[https://youtu.be/XcjcpKY0hpo Sweden Is Turning Into a Muslim No-Go Ghetto]. youtube.com</ref> Even [[Pope Francis]], who has been very liberal on the subject of Islamic immigration, moderated his stance after visiting an Islamic neighborhood in Malmo.<ref>[https://cruxnow.com/commentary/2016/11/04/sweden-pope-francis-becomes-immigration-realist/ After Sweden, Pope Francis becomes an immigration ‘realist’],
Thomas D. Williams, ''The Crux'', November 4, 2016. cruxnow.com</ref> American liberal media outlets have turned a willing blind eye to the disintegration of what was once considered the most generous nation on earth.<ref>[https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/10/the-death-of-the-most-generous-nation-on-earth-sweden-syria-refugee-europe/ The Death of the Most Generous Nation on Earth], BY JAMES TRAUB, ''Foreign Policy'', FEBRUARY 10, 2016</ref>

Tiny Sweden, roughly smaller in population than [[North Carolina]], has taken on more migrants ''per capita'' than any EU member. Swedes today speak of what was once their country as a lesson for the world about unchecked, unregulated immigration,<ref>[https://youtu.be/vZ-nw0ijTpQ Sweden has died. Do not allow your country to be next...], 16 June 2016. youtube.com</ref> open borders, and [[political correctness]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/y1_viPSD-bY Trump and the Truth about Sweden]. A Swedish citizen who was a [[Bosnia]]n refugee as a child tells the truth about Sweden. "Sweden is what happens when political correctness becomes the state religion." youtube.com</ref> Rape has skyrocketed 1500%,<ref>[http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/video-swedens-migrant-rape-epidemic/ Sweden’s Migrant Rape Epidemic Revealed]. www.israelvideonetwork.com</ref> with 77% of the rapes committed by 2% of its "foreign" minority,<ref>[https://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/sweden-77-6-percent-of-all-rapes-in-the-country-committed-by-muslim-males-making-up-2-percent-of-population/comment-page-2/ Sweden: est 77% of rapes committed by 2% Muslim male population – Crime statistics], March 19, 2015. Google translate from Affes.wordpress.com. muslimstatistics.wordpress.com</ref> a fact which cannot be reported or openly discussed because of "[[hate crime]]" legislation.<ref>[http://conservative-headlines.com/2011/02/immigration-turns-sweden-into-rape-capitol-of-europe/ Immigration turns Sweden into rape capitol of Europe.]. conservative-headlines.com</ref> Nowhere is the dysfunctionalism of the [[Left]] more apparent than among so-called "women's rights" groups and activists. Sweden reported 480,000 sex crimes in 2015 (statistically 1 in 4 females of childbearing age are victimized, although crimes against prepubescents and elderly occur, too). Women's rights activists have been conveniently silent on the rape crisis, pretending "[[gay rights]]" and the glass ceiling are still the vital issues of concern to most women and girls, and continue misguidedly advocating for the importation of more people who want to destroy women's rights. In small villages of 400, where people never locked their doors, the government places another 400 non-European migrants side by side with natives. As in Germany and larger cities elsewhere, women and girls are fearful of going out at night or being unescorted in daylight.

The imported rape culture has permanently transformed Sweden's leftist [[utopia]]. Migrants, for the most part, have no interest in integrating into Swedish society. They are there for one reason only: to exploit the welfare state benefits now, and replace the aging population, who have an unsustainable birthrate, later. The homogeneous liberal utopia of Sweden is now dead,<ref>By 2030, Sweden is projected to have an HDI, or Human Development Index below [[Mexico]], Libya, and [[Bulgaria]]. The HDI takes in the “capabilities” of a country intended to reflect the health, [[education]], and income of a country’s population. [http://ww.rrojasdatabank.info/HDRP_2010_40.pdf A Hypothetical Cohort Model of Human Development], Jana Asher and Beth Osborne Daponte, United Nations Development Programme Human Development Reports, September 2010, Table 10. What goes unnoticed by many is, this is a policy by design. It is a course governing coalitions over many years have set Sweden on, theoretically, to reduce Sweden's [[carbon footprint]].</ref> and population scientists claim the decline of the Swedish population and high birthrates among migrants are irreversible. All these facts are known to Swedes and migrants, of all ages, alike. The government of Sweden has offered returning [[ISIS]] fighters housing and driver licenses, liberal Swedish courts have ruled flying the Islamic State flag is "legal", and the [[Caliph]] has already issued a criminal decree ordering [[Christian]]s in Sweden to convert to Islam or face beheading.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/626885/Islamic-State-ISIS-letters-Sweden-convert-Islam-decapitated-murder-jihadi-Syria ISIS BEHEADING PLOT - Jihadis send LETTERS to EU civilians ordering them to convert or die], By NICK GUTTERIDGE, ''Daily Express'', Dec 18, 2015. www.express.co.uk</ref> Needless to say, most all of these events and changes conveniently went unreported in the United States by the liberal media in the Obama era.

Postal delivery has been suspended in some neighborhoods in Stockholm and neighboring Norway has closed its border with Sweden. Sweden's prime minister stated in 2017 that the country would continue with border checks "as long as order and security can’t be guaranteed."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/26/sweden-maintain-border-checks-failing-eu-system-improves/ Swedish PM: Sweden to Maintain Border Checks Until EU System Improves]. ''Breitbart News''. October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.</ref>

The number of reported rape cases in Sweden rose 10% in 2017.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/19/sweden-rape-reports-10-per-cent-2017/ Sweden: Rape Reports up 10 Per Cent in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 19, 2018.</ref> In 2016 and 2017, Sweden saw a massive increase in [[gonorrhea]] cases.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (April 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/06/despite-having-nearly-eradicated-the-disease-sweden-saw-biggest-ever-increase-in-gonorrhoea-cases-in-2017/ Sweden Saw Biggest Ever Increase in Gonorrhoea Cases in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 6, 2018.</ref> According to Swedish public broadcaster SVT in August 2018, 58% of men convicted in rape in the previous five years were foreign-born.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (August 27, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29885-most-rapes-in-sweden-are-by-foreign-born-men Most Rapes in Sweden Are by Foreign-born Men]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 27, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45269764 Sweden rape: Most convicted attackers foreign-born, says TV]. ''BBC News''. August 22, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.</ref> The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention reported in 2019 that in the previous decade, rape reports increased by 33%.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 18, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/18/rape-reports-sweden-up-33-per-cent-last-decade/ Rape Reports in Sweden up 33 Percent in Last Decade]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 19, 2019.</ref>

In March 2018, the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare withdrew a booklet it published for immigrants who were married for children after it was noticed and drew large public outrage.<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (March 31, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/03/31/swedish-agency-nixes-booklet-for-immigrants-on-child-marriage.html Swedish agency nixes booklet for immigrants on child marriage]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (March 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/30/sweden-withdraws-child-marriage-booklet-public-backlash/ Sweden Withdraws Child Marriage Booklet After Public Backlash]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 31, 2018.</ref> Because of rising sexual violence in the country, the government worked to hire more police officers.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/16/sweden-employ-hundreds-new-police-officers-tackle-sex-offences/ Sweden to Hire Hundreds of New Police Officers Amidst Rising Sexual Violence]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 16, 2019.</ref>

===Social Democrats===
The '''Social Democrats''' head up Sweden's current governing coalition and have shown themselves out of touch with the growing concern over immigration reform, are hostile to basic [[human rights]] such as [[free speech]], and [[tolerance|intolerant]] of criticism. Under Social Democratic censorship, the beheadings of a mother and child in an IKEA parking lot by two migrants were reported by police and media as a "stabbing spree." The two killers left an immigration office only moments earlier angry after being informed one would be deported. Swedish citizens were deliberately not informed of the facts. The brutal crime was reported by [[CBS]] News in America as a "knife attack", with no reference to the perpetrators' Islamic allegiance or motivations.<ref>[https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/madness-muslim-beheads-woman-in-ikea-swedish-police-send-reinforcement-to-boost-security-for-muslims/ Surreal: Muslim beheads woman in IKEA. Swedish police reinforce security – for Muslims…], August 12, 2015. https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com</ref>

The Social Democrats [[Liberal denial|have denied]] that mass migration was the cause of the massive rise in crime in Sweden, implying that these crimes were caused by "native" Swedish people and that immigrants are more "law-abiding" than Swedes.<ref name="BBCgrenades"/> The party's youth wing became Islamicized and even adopted some Islamic views on issues such as homosexuality.<ref>Hale, Virginia (November 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/01/sweden-social-democrats-islamised-youth/ Swedish Left-Wing Party Takes Action over ‘Islamised’ Youth Wing]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.</ref>

The Social Democrats performed poorly in the 2018 parliamentary election, receiving its worst result since 1908, mirroring the decline of social democratic parties in Europe.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/13/sweden-election-continues-rapid-decline-social-democracy-europe/ Sweden Election Continues the Rapid Decline of Social Democrat Politics in Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 13, 2018.</ref><ref name="Sweden2018Populists"/> Its prime minister, [[Stefan Löfven]], lost a vote of no confidence after the election.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (September 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/25/migrant-crisis-architect-swedish-pm-loses-vote-no-confidence-step-down/ Migrant Crisis Architect Swedish PM Loses Vote of No Confidence, Will Step Down]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 25, 2018.</ref><ref>Chopping, Dominic (September 25, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/swedish-prime-minister-stefan-lofven-is-ousted-in-parliamentary-vote-1537864186 Swedish Parliament Votes to Oust Prime Minister Stefan Löfven]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved September 27, 2018.</ref> However, he managed to stay in power since some small globalist parties defected from the center-right faction.

In April 2019, Löfven called for sanctions on countries refusing to accept large numbers of migrants.<ref>Hale, Virginia (April 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/17/sweden-eu-sanctions-hungary-migration/ Sweden Demands Sanctions on Hungary, Nations Refusing Third World Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 18, 2019.</ref>

===Moderaterna and Christian Democrats===
'''Moderaterna''' (Moderates) is the center-right party that headed the coalition government along with the '''Christian Democrats''' that are blamed by many Swedes for exacerbating Sweden's immigration crisis. Moderaterna was tossed out of the leadership role in the 2014 elections. The SD has reserved some of its strongest criticism for the Moderates and its prime minister, [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]], for its extreme-[[open borders]] immigration policy. The party has even called for the expulsion of Hungary's conservative [[Fidesz]] from the [[European People's Party]] group in the EU parliament.<ref>De la Baum, Maïa (February 22, 2019). [https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-moderate-party-viktor-orban-fidesz-party-to-be-kicked-out-of-epp/ Swedes push for Orbán’s Fidesz party to be kicked out of EPP]. ''Politico''. Retrieved February 22, 2019.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/23/swedes-want-to-kick-hungarys-orban-out-of-eu-parliament-group/ Swedes Want to Kick Hungary’s Orban Out of EU Parliament Group]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 23, 2019.</ref>

Sweden alone among European and Western powers never had a native [[fascist]] movement or party. The fear of being labeled "racist" runs very deep among whatever political persuasion one is affiliated with, and because of its neutral stance during [[World War II]], Swedes still feel a collective sense of guilt that they as a nation didn't do enough to oppose [[Hitler]], and have been compensating for it through humanitarianism ever since.

The "mainstream" conservatives in Sweden consist of a [[business]] class and evangelical charismatic Christians. These are the two groups which have traditionally been the strongest proponents of open borders, the business class using cheap foreign laborers as union busters, and the Christians as a show of compassion. From 2006 until 2014 the center-right Moderaterna party led a governing coalition with the '''Christian Democrats''' which welcomed throngs of migrants. It is the relative conservatives (conservative by leftist European standards) who are blamed for allowing large numbers in.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/427465/sweden-and-belgium-silencing-and-denial Sweden and Belgium: Silencing and Denial], ANDREW STUTTAFORD, ''[[National Review]]'', November 21, 2015</ref>

In 2019, however, the leader of the Swedish Christian Democrats criticized some of the government pro-mass migration policies.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 10, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/10/swedish-conservative-leader-mass-migration-has-led-insecurity-women/ Swedish Conservative Leader: Mass Migration Has Led to Insecurity for Women]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 10, 2019.</ref>

===Sweden Democrats===
:''Main article: [[Sweden Democrats]]''
The Sweden Democrats (SD) are considered a [[right-wing populist]] party founded in 1988. The party has gained populist sentiment in recent years in a country that has traditionally been suspicious of nationalist sentiment. In 2015, the party cut ties with its youth organization, Young Sweden Democrats, who were impatient of the slow pace of reform and for alleged [[skinhead]] associations. In March 2017, the SD grew to become the most popular party in Sweden, according to polls.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (March 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/26/eurosceptic-anti-mass-immigration-sweden-democrats-surge-first-place-polls/ Eurosceptic, Anti-Mass Immigration Sweden Democrats Surge To First Place in Polls]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 26, 2017. See also:
*Brown, Stephen (May 23, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/jimmie-akesson-stefan-lofven-swedish-democrats-far-right-at-record-high-in-pre-election-poll/ Swedish far right at record high in pre-election poll]. ''Politico''. Retrieved May 23, 2018.</ref> The SD takes a strong position against immigration.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/18/populist-sweden-democrats-promise-reduce-asylum-numbers-zero-election-platform/ Sweden Democrats Promise to Reduce Asylum Numbers to Zero and End Chain Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 18, 2018.</ref>

Leading up to the 2018 elections, the Sweden Democrats surged in the polls due to the increasingly apparent negative effects of mass migration in the country.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (June 27, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29400-right-rising-in-sweden-as-muslim-migration-and-nanny-state-sink-culture Right Rising in Sweden as Muslim Migration and Nanny State Sink Culture]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 27, 2018.</ref><ref>Duke, Selwyn (August 27, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29892-sweden-anti-migration-anti-eu-party-poised-to-make-big-gains-in-coming-election Swedish Anti-migration, Anti-EU Party Poised to Make Big Gains in Coming Election]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 27, 2018.</ref> The Sweden Democrats received 17.6% of the vote in the 2018 election, which, while lower than some observers had expected, was still a large increase which coincided with a hung parliament and the Social Democrats' worst result since 1908.<ref name="Sweden2018Populists">Montgomery, Jack (September 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/10/sweden-election-populists-biggest-ever-vote-share-ruling-leftists-worst-result-100-years/ Sweden Election: Populists Win Biggest Ever Vote Share, Ruling Leftists Have Worst Result in 100 Years]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.</ref><ref>Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (September 10, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30019-swedish-nationalist-party-surges-socialists-still-dying Swedish Nationalist Party Surges; Socialists Still Dying]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
*Chamberlain, Samuel (September 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/09/09/sweden-election-sees-gains-for-far-right-anti-immigrant-party.html Sweden election sees gains for far-right, anti-immigrant party]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
*Pancevski, Bojan (September 10, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/sweden-vote-leaves-no-clear-majority-polls-show-1536521388 Sweden Moves to the Right in an Election Shaped by Immigration]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
*Pollard, Niklas; Johnson, Simon (September 9, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-election/sweden-faces-political-deadlock-after-far-right-gains-idUSKCN1LO0V6 Sweden faces political deadlock after gains by far-right party]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
*Henley, Jon (September 10, 2018). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/09/swedish-election-far-right-on-course-for-sizeable-gains-in-vote Sweden election: far right makes gains as main blocs deadlocked]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/09/10/sweden-joins-europes-move-to-right-over-migration-backlash.html Sweden joins Europe's move to right over migration backlash]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
See also:
*Hale, Virginia (September 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/10/sweden-election-osce-shock-undemocratic/ Sweden Vote: International Election Observer ‘Shocked’, ‘Never Seen Such an Undemocratic System’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.</ref> Regardless, the SD achieved an ideological victory as the mainstream parties adopted similar migration policies as it.<ref>Multiple references:
*Schultheis, Emily (10 September 2018). [https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/10/swedens-nazi-offspring-won-the-war-of-ideas/ Sweden’s Far Right Has Won the War of Ideas]. ''Foreign Policy''. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
*[https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/02/03/europes-populists-are-waltzing-into-the-mainstream Europe’s populists are waltzing into the mainstream]. ''The Economist''. February 3, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
See also:
*Tomlinson, Chris (September 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/08/sweden-election-populists-set-for-major-gains-social-democrats-grip-on-power-fading/ Sweden Election: Populists Set for Major Gains, Social Democrats’ Grip on Power Fading]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref>

==Norway==
In 2011 it was reported by police that 100% of all rapes in the capital city of [[Oslo]] were committed by non-Western, Muslim males.<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/all-reported-rapes-in-oslo-by-foreigners-police/news-story/15145ecd2d4b6183342dc90032ccebf6 ]</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/XriBELWGwxE ]</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/a56EqUPwyFQ ]</ref><ref>[http://www.unhcr.org/neu/no/Pdf/Baltic_nordic_HL_2011/May_2011.pdf ]</ref> By 2017, migrants made up half of all welfare recipients in the country.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (November 19, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/19/migrants-half-norwegian-welfare-recipients/ Report: Migrants Make up Half of Norwegian Welfare Recipients]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 19, 2017.</ref>

===Progress Party===
:''Main article: [[Progress Party (Norway)]]''
The Progress Party was founded in 1973 as a conservative and [[Euroskeptic]] party. The party fundamentally is made up of [[economic conservative]]s. By 1997 it was the second largest party in Norway, but other parties refused to form coalition governments with it because of anti-immigration elements. In 2001 the anti-immigration elements were expelled, with the expulsion ultimately being only temporary.

In 2013 the Progress party for the first time entered into a governing coalition, now with some anti-immigration elements rebranded as "populist," although its coalition partners, the [[Prime Minister]], academics, and the party itself reject the term. Anti-elitist may be a more fitting description. The party has a long history of opposition to the traditional establishment ruling elites of Norway on the grounds of high taxation. The governing coalition was re-elected in the 2017 parliamentary election, in which issues related to immigration, nationalism, and Euroskepticism played a large role;<ref name="Norway2017national">[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/09/09/norway-wrestles-with-national-values-immigration-eu-ties-in-election.html Norway wrestles with national values, immigration, EU ties in election]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). September 9, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref><ref name="EUtiesNorway">Eriksson, Aleksandra (September 5, 2017). [https://euobserver.com/nordic/138868 EU ties under pressure in run-up to Norway election]. ''EU Observer''. Retrieved September 30, 2017.</ref> this was the first time a right-of-center government was re-elected since 1985.<ref>Multiple references:
*Hale, Virginia (September 12, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/12/norway-populist-government-wins/ Norway’s ‘Populist’ Government Wins Historic Second Term]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
*[https://www.ft.com/content/abbd83f6-97a5-11e7-b83c-9588e51488a0 Norway successfully co-opts its populists]. ''Financial Times''. September 12, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
*Stolen, Henrik; Dagenborg, Joachim (September 10, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-election/norways-right-wing-government-wins-re-election-fought-on-oil-tax-idUSKCN1BL0J3 Norway's right-wing government wins re-election fought on oil, tax]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref>

The Progress Party used its position as a member of the government to enact stricter immigration laws, shifting Norway's immigration policy in a more conservative and [[Nationalism|nationalist]] direction.<ref>Andersen, Audrey (September 26, 2017). [https://www.thelocal.no/20170926/what-eight-years-of-right-wing-rule-will-mean-for-foreigners-in-norway What eight years of right-wing rule will mean for foreigners in Norway]. ''The Local''. Retrieved September 30, 2017.</ref> [[Sylvi Listhaug]] of the Progress Party, a strong opponent of immigration, was appointed Norway's first Immigration Minister in December 2015.<ref>Hallett, Nick (December 18, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/12/18/anti-mass-migration-politician-appointed-norways-first-ever-immigration-minister/ Anti-Mass Migration Politician Appointed Norway’s First Ever Immigration Minister]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 14, 2017.</ref> As the immigration minister, she criticized Sweden for its mass immigration policies,<ref>Milne, Richard (August 30, 2017). [https://www.ft.com/content/23ea67a2-8d80-11e7-a352-e46f43c5825d Norway minister sparks war of words with Sweden over immigration]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved September 14, 2017.</ref> supported increased immigration and asylum restrictions,<ref>[https://www.thelocal.no/20160726/norwegian-minister-immigration-reforms-inadequate Norwegian minister: Immigration reforms inadequate]. ''The Local''. July 26, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2017.</ref> and told Muslims living in Norway to adopt their country's culture.<ref>Walker, Peter (October 21, 2016). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-integration-minister-muslim-eat-pork-drink-alcohol-show-face-sylvi-listhaug-a7372991.html Norway integration minister faces resignation calls after telling Muslims 'we eat pork and drink alcohol']. ''The Independent''. Retrieved September 14, 2017.</ref> Listhaug has been attacked by the liberal media for wearing a small cross on a necklace.<ref>Hale, Virginia (March 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/06/immigration-minister-slammed-crucifix/ Immigration Minister Slammed for Wearing Crucifix in ‘Vile Attack’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 14, 2017.</ref> Liberals call the Christian cross xenophobic.

===Centre Party===
In the 2017 parliamentary election, in which issues related to national values, immigration, and Euroskepticism played a large role,<ref name="Norway2017national"/><ref name="EUtiesNorway"/> the Centre Party, which strongly opposes the EU, free trade, and supports decentralization, made the largest election gains.<ref>[https://www.thelocal.no/20170912/five-things-to-know-about-norways-election-outcome Five things to know about Norway’s election outcome]. ''The Local''. September 12, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017. 
See also:
*Sleire, Sveinung (February 19, 2017). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-19/elite-bashing-resonates-as-richest-scandinavians-prepare-to-vote Even Norway Is Riding the Populist Wave of Politics]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
*Stone, Jon (September 11, 2017). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-election-eu-centre-party-eurosceptic-eea-option-brexit-a7940676.html Norway election: EEA membership under strain as eurosceptic parties expected to make gains]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref>

==Finland==
32,000 migrants arrived in [[Finland]] in 2015, a tenfold increase over 2014. But after a series of rapes—one involving a gang rape by five Islamic Somalis born in Finland whose parents immigrated in the 1990s—Finns demanded action on the immigration issue.

To remain in the country and receive government assistance, an immigrant now is required to take classes on Finnish culture and customs which include sections on women's equality and rights. The courses teach, for example, a woman's refusal to divert eye contact is neither a show of disrespect nor an invitation to rape. In 2018, Finland's prime minister admitted that most migrants who traveled to Europe since 2015 were economic migrants rather than refugees.<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/04/finland-migrant-crisis-refugees-economic/ Finland: Most ‘Migrant Crisis’ Arrivals Not Refugees, Are Economic Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 4, 2018.</ref> In September 2018, the country's interior minister proposed sending more police in neighborhoods with a high proportion of migrants to avoid the crime problems plaguing Sweden.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/15/finland-interior-minister-more-police-in-suburbs-to-stop-sweden-style-culture-of-violence-taking-root/ Finland Interior Minister: More Police in Suburbs to Stop Sweden-style ‘Culture of Violence’ Taking Root]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 15, 2018.</ref>

However, [[denialism]] still persists in Finland. In 2018, Finland's supreme court threw out a case where prosecutors sought a conviction for a 23-year-old migrant who raped a 10-year-old girl, with the court ruling that it was consensual.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/06/finland-court-migrant-sex-10-year-old-not-rape/ Finland’s Supreme Court Rules 20-year-old Migrant Having Sex with 10-year-old ‘Not Rape’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 6, 2018.</ref>

===Centre Party===
The Centre party currently heads up Finland's governing coalition along with the Finns Party and the National Coalition Party. All three are considered center-right, with the National Coalition being the most pro-EU.

While the Centre party has taken pains to uphold existing immigration law, it increasingly is feeling pressure to challenge the EU's agreements on refugee allocation.

===Finns Party===
:''Main article: [[Finns Party]]''
The Finns Party rose from receiving 4% of the vote in the 2007 parliamentary election to receiving almost 18% in 2015. After the 2019 elections, they held 39 of the 200 parliamentary seats in Finland. From 2015 to 2017, it was part of the country's governing three-party coalition since 2015. It is described as nationalist, populist, and Eurosceptic. The Finns Party is a member of the [[Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe]].<ref>http://www.acreurope.eu/our_family#parties</ref>

In June 2017, the Finns Party elected Jussi Halla-aho, a strong Eurosceptic and opponent of immigration, as its leader, jeopardizing the governing coalition with the two moderate parties.<ref>Tanner, Jari (June 12, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/12/finnish-government-coalition-to-kick-out-populist-party.html Finnish government coalition on verge of collapse]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 12, 2017.</ref> The crisis ended when the liberal faction of the party, which held the party's positions in Finland's government, split and formed a new party.<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finns_party_splinters_new_group_makes_bid_for_sipila_government/9666946 Finns Party splinters, new group makes bid for Sipilä government]. ''YLE''. June 13, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2019.</ref><ref>Rosendahl, Jussie; Forsell, Tuomas (June 13, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-government-populists/finland-dodges-government-collapse-after-nationalists-split-idUSKBN1941IZ Finland dodges government collapse after nationalists split]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 15, 2019.</ref> Despite this, the party performed very well in the 2019 parliamentary elections, regaining all its lost seats.<ref>Kauranen, Anne; Virki, Tarmo (April 13, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-election/finnish-social-democrats-and-nationalist-finns-party-nearly-tied-in-election-idUSKCN1RP0RI Finnish Social Democrats and nationalist Finns Party nearly tied in election]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 15, 2019.</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1117543090959671298</ref>

==Denmark==
The country of Denmark has been of particular interest to Muslims activists since the newspaper ''Jyllands-Posten'' published cartoons of Muhammad, founder of Islam, in September 2005. After protests by Muslims in many countries, the paper apologized in January 2006.<ref>"[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/31/religion.saudiarabia Danish paper sorry for Muhammad cartoons]," ''The Guardian'', January 31, 2006.</ref>

[[Denmark]], which processed 7,000 asylum seekers in 2013, 14,000 in 2014, and 21,000 in 2015, has taken steps to dissuade migrants from showing up. Situated between two of the migrants' most popular destinations, Germany and Sweden, Denmark started efforts to stem the flow in 2016. When dozens of migrants began arriving with child-brides as low as 14 years old to enjoy Denmark's social welfare benefits, Danes began saying enough was enough. One man had three wives and 20 children.

The first step to get the message out was seizing any property over $1,400 in value to offset government costs. Then the monthly stipend was cut 45% because of the overwhelming number of people arriving. Citizens who drove migrants across the country between Germany and Sweden were fined. The government took out ads in Arabic language newspapers apprising visitors of the new [[regulation]]s. Finally, [[pork]] became a mainstay on the menu in public schools.

In 2016 it was revealed at least 29 Danish citizens who traveled to Syria to fight for ISIS received $95,000 in government welfare state benefits while doing so. Danish [[entitlement]] law made it impossible to cut off the benefits, even when regulations for [[unemployment]] benefits, for example, required their presence and availability for work in Denmark necessary to receive benefits.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/world/europe/danes-fighting-for-isis-were-paid-welfare-benefits-government-says.html Danes Fighting for ISIS Were Paid Welfare Benefits, Government Says]," ''New York Times'', Feb. 21, 2017.</ref> According to the Danish Ministry of Employment in 2016, 84% of welfare recipients were migrants of "non-Western origin."<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (March 17, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/03/17/in-denmark-84-per-cent-of-welfare-recipients-are-non-western-immigrants/ In Denmark, 84 Per Cent Of Welfare Recipients Are ‘Non-Western Immigrants’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 13, 2018.</ref>

Slamming the door on migrants seems out of character for a nation noted for empathy toward people unwelcome elsewhere.<ref>For example, when the Nazis imposed a regulation requiring Jews to identify themselves in public by wearing the [[Star of David]], the following day the King appeared in public wearing the Star of David, inspiring multitudes to don the Star and assist hiding Jews by confusing the [[Gestapo]].</ref> Danes like the society they've built and inherited, and hard-headed pragmatism causes them to step back from the self-destruction their neighbors are intent on. Denmark may be next to follow Brexit in voting to leave the European Union. In May 2018, the Danish parliament voted to ban the burqa and niqab,<ref>Multiple references:
*Kent, Simon (May 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/05/31/denmark-passes-law-banning-islamic-niqab-and-burqa/ Denmark Passes Law Banning Islamic Niqab and Burqa Face Veils]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-denmark-religion/danish-lawmakers-ban-burqas-idUSKCN1IW1I5 Danish lawmakers ban burqas]. ''Reuters''. May 31, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
See also:
*Fedschun, Travis (August 5, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/05/denmark-fines-woman-156-for-wearing-face-veil-after-banning-burqa-niqab.html Denmark fines woman $156 for wearing face veil after banning burqa, niqab]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 5, 2018.</ref> and shortly thereafter, it passed several laws to require migrant children in 25 Muslim ghettos to be separated from their parents for 25 hours per week to be taught Danish values.<ref>Carbone, Christopher (July 2, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/02/new-laws-in-denmark-for-immigrant-ghettos-prompt-range-responses.html New laws in Denmark for immigrant 'ghettos' prompt range of responses]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref><ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/02/denmark-assimilation-programme-teach-children-non-western-ghettos-danish-values/ Denmark Launches Radical Assimilation Programme to Teach Children in ‘Non-Western’ Ghettos Danish Values]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.</ref> In December 2018, the Danish parliament approved a plan to keep criminal migrants on an uninhabited island before deporting them.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (December 21, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/21/danish-parliament-approves-putting-criminal-migrants-on-deserted-island/ Danish Parliament Approves Plan to Put Criminal Migrants On Deserted Island]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 21, 2018.</ref> In February 2019, the Danish parliament approved tough migrant laws supported by the Danish People's Party.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/22/danish-parliament-passes-restrictive-migrant-laws/ Danish Parliament Passes Restrictive Migrant Laws]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 23, 2019.</ref> It also ended the policy to automatically giving asylum to Syrian migrants.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (March 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/01/denmark-considers-sending-syrian-refugees-home/ Denmark Considers Sending Syrian Refugees Home]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 1, 2019.</ref> In March 2019, the Danish government agreed to refuse citizenship to children of ISIS members.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 30, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/30/denmark-refuse-citizenship-children-islamic-state-members/ Denmark to Refuse Citizenship to Children of Islamic State Members]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 30, 2019.</ref> In May 2019, the Danish proposed making the country's temporary border controls permanent.<ref name="DenmarkBorder">Tomlinson, Chris (May 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/22/denmark-proposes-reform-schengen-make-border-controls-permanent/ The Death of Schengen: Denmark Proposes to Make Border Controls Permanent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 22, 2019.</ref>

===Social Democrats===
The Danish Social Democrats suffered multiple electoral defeats because of their pro-mass migration policies. Because of this, they attempted to adopt more conservative positions on migration and integration.<ref>O'Leary, Naomi (September 6, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/danish-copenhagen-left-veers-right-on-immigration-policy-integration/ Danish left veering right on immigration]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 13, 2018.</ref> However, after winning, the Social Democrats abandoned some of their strong immigration positions.<ref>Gronholt-Pedersen, Jacob; Mortensen, Andreas (June 25, 2019). [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-denmark-election/denmark-becomes-third-nordic-country-to-form-leftist-government-this-year-idUKKCN1TQ308 Denmark becomes third Nordic country to form leftist government this year]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 30, 2019.</ref>

===Danish People's Party===
The Danish People's Party supports reducing immigration, stopping immigrants from accessing government benefits, and restoring border controls.<ref>Crouch, David; Eriksen, Lars (June 19, 2015). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/19/danish-peoples-party-dahl-border-controls-election Danish People’s party leader demands border crackdown after election success]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved January 21, 2017.</ref>

In the June 2015 general election, the Danish People's Party received over 21% of the vote to become the second largest party in Denmark—its best result ever.<ref>Rose, Flemming (June 19, 2015). [https://www.politico.eu/article/six-takeaways-from-the-danish-elections/ 6 takeaways from the Danish elections]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Orange, Richard (June 19, 2015). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/denmark/11685275/Eurosceptic-Danish-Peoples-Party-surge-in-general-election.html Eurosceptic Danish People’s Party surge in general election]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 21, 2017.</ref> Although the Danish People's Party received more votes and seats than the mainstream "conservative" Venstre, the latter formed a minority government without the former as it could not agree with the former's views.<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/news/denmarks-rasmussen-form-minority-govt-173628317.html?ref=gs Denmark's Rasmussen to form minority govt]. ''Yahoo News''. June 21, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2017.</ref>

While the Danish People's Party performed very poorly in the 2019 European Parliament election, Denmark's establishment parties had adopted its immigration policies.<ref>Sussis, Matthew (May 28, 2019). [https://cis.org/Sussis/Denmarks-Mainstream-Parties-Embrace-LowImmigration-Win-Big Denmark's Mainstream Parties Embrace Low-Immigration, Win Big]. ''Center for Immigration Studies''. Retrieved May 28, 2019.</ref>

==Poland==
In the 1600s, Poland under [[John III Sobieski]] fought against invading Islamic armies.<ref>Ibrahim, Raymond (July 18, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/why-are-eastern-europeans-hostile-to-islam-look-at-history Why are Eastern Europeans hostile to Islam? Look at history]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved July 19, 2018.</ref> After 1795, [[Poland]] ceased to exist as a sovereign nation. It regained independence in 1919 and successfully repulsed an invasion attempt by the communist predecessor states of the [[Soviet Union]] between 1919 and 1921. Poland's independence did not last long, however, as [[Nazi Germany]] and USSR divided up the country among themselves. Later, Germany took control of the entire nation. After the USSR "liberated" Poland from German control, they turned the nation into a communist [[puppet state]]. This lasted until 1989. However, once again Polish independence did not last long, and the nation is in the process of losing its sovereignty to the European Union.<ref>Thompson, Arthur R. (April 16, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28762-title-to-come Poland's Plight]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 16, 2018.</ref>

In June 2017, the EU took legal action against the government of Poland, as well as Hungary and the Czech Republic, for its refusal to take in refugees under the EU's direction and policies.<ref name="EUlegalaction2017">Multiple references:
*[https://www.voanews.com/a/eu-action-against-countries-over-refugee-plan/3898477.html EU to Launch Action Against 3 Countries Over Refugee Plan]. ''Voice of America''. June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
*Baczynska, Gabriela; Chee, Foo Yun (June 12, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-eu-infringements-idUSKBN1931O4 EU to open case against Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic over migration]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/news/eu-sanctions-hungary-poland-czechs-over-refugees/ EU sanctions Hungary, Poland, Czechs over refugees]. ''Breitbart News''. June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
*[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40259268 EU targets Poland, Hungary and Czechs for not taking refugees]. ''BBC News''. June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> The EU gave the three countries one month to comply with its refugee policies.<ref name="1month">Deacon, Liam (August 1, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/01/eu-gives-hungary-poland-month-back-down-migrant-quotas/ EU Gives Hungary, Poland, One Month to Back Down and Accept Migrant Quotas]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> The Polish government stated that it would only take refugees from Europe, and pointed to its work in that area, and not those from Africa or the Middle East.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (August 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/08/polish-foreign-minister-eu-immigrants-europe-north-africa-middle-east/ Poland Tells EU: We’ll Take Immigrants from Europe – But Not North Africa and the Middle East]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> The governments of Poland and Hungary worked together to counter the EU.<ref name="TagTeam">Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (February 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/02/21/hungary-unites-poland-beat-brussels/ Hungary Unites With Poland To Fight Brussels]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (January 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/04/poland-hungary-unite-eurocrats-empire/ Poland and Hungary Unite Against Eurocrats: ‘We Don’t Want to Live in an Empire’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
*Nelson, Soraya Sarhaddi (March 12, 2018). [https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/03/12/587949473/how-poland-and-hungary-are-forming-a-powerful-tag-team-against-brussels How Poland And Hungary Are Forming A Powerful Tag Team Against Brussels]. ''NPR''. Retrieved March 14, 2018.</ref>

Polish President Andrzej Duda has stated that "there is no doubt the growing wave of terrorism is linked to migration."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (September 16, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/16/polish-president-no-doubt-growing-wave-terrorism-linked-migration/ Polish President: ‘There is No Doubt the Growing Wave of Terrorism is Linked to Migration’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 17, 2017.</ref> Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called on the EU to listen to its citizens.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/05/polands-patriotic-prime-minister-warns-eu-dont-lecture-us/ Poland’s Patriotic Prime Minister Warns EU: ‘Don’t Lecture Us’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 5, 2018.</ref>

===Law and Justice===
:''Main article: [[Law and Justice]]''
In May 2015 Polish presidential election, conservative, [[Euroskeptic]] challenger [[Andrzej Duda]] of Law and Justice (PiS) won in an upset, defeating the pro-EU incumbent.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/05/25/conservative-challenger-wins-polish-election-signaling-rightward-shift/ Conservative Challenger Wins Polish Election, Signaling Rightward Shift]. ''Breitbart News''. May 25, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/05/22/in-polish-presidential-ballot-win-by-right-wing-challenger-could-signal-return.html In Polish presidential ballot, win by right-wing challenger could signal return to turbulence]. ''Fox News'' (and AP). May 22, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref> In the October 2015 general election, PiS won in a landslide,<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/10/26/eurosceptics-claim-victory-in-landmark-poland-election/ Eurosceptics Claim Victory In Landmark Poland Election]. ''Breitbart News''. October 26, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref> becoming the first Polish party to win enough votes to govern the country alone since the fall of communism in 1989.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34648575 Poland elections: Law and Justice party can govern alone]. ''BBC''. October 27, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref><ref>Goettig, Marcin; Barteczko, Agnieszka (October 27, 2015). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-election-idUSKCN0SL1XH20151027 Poland's Eurosceptics win outright majority in parliament]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 20, 2017.</ref> This landslide election frightened Europeanist leaders and politicians.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/12/23/polands-political-course-sparks-alarm-in-us-and-europe-with-fears-of-democratic-backsliding/ Poland’s Political Course Sparks Alarm in US and Europe, With Fears of Democratic Backsliding]. ''Breitbart News''. December 23, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref> It was also the first election where no left-of-center parties sat in the Polish parliament.<ref>Gera, Vanessa (October 29, 2015). [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2015/10/28/right-wing-shift-new-polish-parliament-has-left-wing/ywLYGOUE5TVOyCyKRCzzfI/story.html Left wing is shut out in parliamentary vote in conservative Poland]. ''The Boston Globe''. Retrieved July 20, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34631826 Poland elections: Conservatives secure decisive win]. ''BBC News''. October 26, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2017.</ref>

The PiS went to work immediately after the elections.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/11/22/poland-grass-roots-populist-party-takes-action-after-stunning-victory-left-cries-coup/ Poland: Grass-Roots Populist Party Takes Action After Stunning Victory – Left Cries ‘Coup’]. ''Breitbart News''. November 22, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref> In March 2017, PiS Prime Minister Beata Szydło stated that "I hear in Europe very often: do not connect the migration policy with terrorism, but it is impossible not to connect them."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (March 23, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/23/polish-prime-minister-impossible-not-connect-terrorism-migration-policy/ Polish Prime Minister: ‘Impossible Not to Connect Terrorism with Migration Policy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.</ref> A CBOS poll in September 2017 found that PiS was enjoying record popular support,<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (September 20, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/20/polands-anti-mass-migration-government-sees-record-popularity/ Poland’s Anti Mass Migration Government Enjoys Record Popularity]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 20, 2017.</ref> and subsequent polls showed similar results.<ref name="RecordSupport2018">Friedman, Victoria (February 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/07/eastern-europe-conservative-anti-mass-migration-governments-record-support/ Record Support for Conservative, Pro-Sovereignty Governments in Hungary, Poland]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 7, 2018.</ref><ref>Hale, Virginia (March 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/10/poland-patriotic-conservative-govt-support/ Poland: Total Collapse for Pro-EU Opposition As Support for Patriotic Conservative Govt Surges]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 10, 2018.</ref>

==Russian Federation==
The Jamestown Foundation reports Russia's "demographic collapse" is worse than the Moscow government official statistics are willing to admit. High mortality rates, low fertility rates, emigration of ethnic Russians outside Russia, coupled with vast immigration of Central Asians and South Caucasians with higher fertility rates and improved life expectancy accentuate the decline. Alcoholism among the native Russian population, and a traditional Islamic cultural stigmatization attached to the use of alcohol is also cited as a cause accelerating the statistical decline of ethnic Russians.<ref>https://jamestown.org/program/regional-statistics-not-moscows-point-russias-demographic-collapse/</ref>

==Switzerland==
[[Switzerland]] has one of the largest immigrant populations in Europe. As of about 2014, 27.7% of the Swiss population was born in another country, the second highest in Europe.<ref name="Highest">[http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/migration-outlook_switzerland-has-highest-number-of-immigrants/41145410 Switzerland has highest number of immigrants]. ''Swissinfo''. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref> Additionally, for the year 2012, 1.6% of the Swiss population were foreigners who decided to permanently settle in Switzerland in that year alone, the highest of any European Country.<ref name="Highest"/> Additionally, in the year 2013, over 35% of adults in Switzerland were either first or second generation immigrants.<ref name="Swell">[http://www.thelocal.ch/20150122/immigrants-rise-to-more-thank-third-of Immigrants swell to third of Swiss population]. ''The Local''. January 22, 2015.</ref> 2.4 million of the 6.8 million adults in Switzerland were in this group, up from 1.7 million just 10 years prior.<ref name="Swell"/> Fortunately for non-immigrants, Switzerland has strict citizenship laws, so relatively few immigrants and their distant descendants can become citizens (if they are not related to a non-immigrant, they must prove that they are well-integrated into Swiss society and can only apply after 10 years in the country).<ref name="Swell"/>

Residents of Switzerland can see the changes due to immigration. Even in rural, conservative areas, it is becoming more and more common to see people who clearly are not Swiss. Actually, one could actually consider Switzerland's reaction to the massive immigration problem to be very mild, as other countries with even less immigration to the country are reacting just as strongly.

In a Swiss center in charge of processing failed asylum seekers awaiting deportation, 60% of the 649 migrants there "disappeared" between March 2017 and June 2018.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/16/swiss-centre-for-failed-asylum-seekers-loses-track-of-60-percent-of-migrants/ 60 Percent of Failed Asylum Seekers Vanish From Swiss Centre]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.</ref> In 2019, it was reported that over 50% of migrants in Switzerland are on welfare, with 80% of Somali migrants needing welfare.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (April 30, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/30/switzerland-over-80-percent-of-somali-migrants-on-welfare/ Switzerland: Over 80 Percent of Somali Migrants on Welfare]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref>

Although the Swiss people have supported several referendums restricting immigration standards, the Swiss government watered down the implementation of those referendums to appease the European Union and their own globalist and "humanitarian" interests.<ref>Raaflaub, Christian (January 6, 2016). [http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/-initiative_literal-implementation-causes-controversy/41863564 Deportation initiative back before voters]. ''Swissinfo''. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.thelocal.ch/20161216/svp-bern-capitulates-with-final-immigration-vote It's official: Switzerland defies referendum and won't impose EU immigration controls]. ''The Local''. December 16, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref>

In 2009, Swiss voters voted in favor of banning minarets in the country. In 2017, the Swiss National Council voted to ban the financing of mosques from outside the country and to increase transparency in how they are funded.<ref>Deacon, Liam (September 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/29/swiss-parliament-votes-ban-foreign-funded-mosques-arabic-preaching/ Swiss Parliament Votes to Ban Foreign-Funded Mosques and Arabic Preaching]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 1, 2017.</ref> In 2016, due to increased [[illegal immigration]] from [[Italy]] into Switzerland, the Swiss government cracked down on the practice, establishing more stringent controls in Swiss-bound trains and deploying helicopter and drone patrols.<ref>{{cite web | title=Italian City on Swiss Border to Set Up Camp for Blocked Migrants | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-italy-idUSKCN10S205 | date=August 17, 2016 | publisher=[[Reuters]] | accessdate=February 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Bachmann | first1=Helena | title=Switzerland Blocks Migrants Wanting to Pass-Through from Italian Border | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/09/16/switzerland-blocks-migrants-italian-border/89955758/ | date=September 16, 2016 | publisher=[[USA Today]] | accessdate=February 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>Williams, Thomas D., Ph.D. (July 25, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/07/25/swiss-tighten-borders-migrants-seek-new-route-northern-europe/ Swiss Tighten Borders as Migrants Seek New Route Into Northern Europe]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved February 11, 2017.</ref> The government rejected calls to build a fence along the border.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cabinet Says Ticino Border Fence Not Needed | url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/immigration_cabinet-says-ticino-border-fence-not-needed/42600970 | date=November 16, 2016 | publisher=[[Swissinfo]] | accessdate=February 11, 2017}}</ref> In January 2018, a federal law went into effect requiring anybody trying to become a citizen to pay back any welfare they had received in the previous three years of becoming citizens, and it increased Swiss standards for integration into society.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tomlinson, Chris (January 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/10/switzerland-rejects-citizenship-bids-residents-welfare/ Switzerland Rejects Citizenship Bids of Residents Who Have Been on Welfare]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
*Wolverton, Joe (January 13, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28035-switzerland-s-new-immigration-statute-sets-high-hurdle-for-citizenship Switzerland's New Immigration Statute Sets High Hurdle for Citizenship]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref> In June 2018, rules went into effect requiring that Swiss people be given priority when filling vacant job positions, though the rules were watered down.<ref>[https://www.thelocal.ch/20180627/new-rules-favouring-swiss-based-workers-come-in-on-july-1st New rules favouring Swiss-based workers come in on July 1st]. ''The Local''. June 27, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.</ref> In 2018, 71% of foreigners convicted of crimes requiring detainment were ordered deported.<ref>[https://www.thelocal.ch/20190625/seven-out-of-ten-foreigners-convicted-of-swiss-crimes-deported Seven out of ten foreign criminals deported from Switzerland]. ''The Local''. June 25, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.</ref>

After the Canton of Ticino voted to implement a Burka ban, two-thirds of voters in the canton St. Gallen voted for such a ban.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/23/swiss-region-st-gallen-votes-burqa-ban/ Swiss Region Votes Overwhelmingly for Burqa Ban]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 23, 2018.</ref>

===Swiss People's Party===
[[File:National Council of Switzerland 2015 election winner by canton.svg.png|thumb|300px|Results of the 2015 Swiss federal election in October 2015. Each canton is shaded according to the party that won the most votes for the National Council (lower house). The SVP is shaded in dark green, and it won the largest popular victory for a Swiss political party in at least a century.<ref name="SlideToRight"/>]]
:''Main articles: [[Swiss People's Party]] and [[Christoph Blocher]]''
Unlike most other European right-wing parties, the Swiss People's Party has been well established for decades, and it became the largest party in Switzerland during the 1990s, long before other European countries.

The SVP and its predecessors had "showed remarkable stability" in "electoral support" until the 1990s.<ref>Skenderovic, pp. 127.</ref> However, the SVP grew dramatically in size, becoming the largest party by 1999 with 22.5 percent of the vote.<ref>[http://www.politik-stat.ch/nrw1999CH_de.html 1999 federal election results]. ''politik-stat.ch''. Retrieved October 12, 2016.</ref> This growth directly coincided with the victory of the conservative, right-wing faction of the party—led by businessman [[Christoph Blocher]]—over the moderate establishment faction.<ref>Skenderovic, pp. 129, 132-135, 141.</ref>

Arguably the most important action of the SVP was its successful opposition to Swiss entry into the European Economic Area (EEA) in 1992. As a strong conservative, Blocher strongly opposed Swiss integration with, and thus a loss of sovereignty to, outside powers, and he was able to convince the national party to adopt his position.<ref name="pp.135">Skenderovic, pp. 135.</ref> The SVP was one of only two major parties to oppose membership, the other being the [[leftist]] Greens.<ref name="Trampusch">Trampusch, Christine and André Mach (2011). [https://books.google.com/books?id=5nOrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT63&lpg=PT63&dq=Swiss+People's+Party+%2B+EEA+1992&source=bl&ots=6ykAlPUxDf&sig=KnL0LwEuLNklUYfTL_lQWFuobHI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj56sX01NvPAhVI7SYKHdgJC-0Q6AEIPjAG#v=onepage&q=Swiss%20People's%20Party%20%2B%20EEA%201992&f=false Switzerland in Europe: Continuity and Change in the Swiss Political Economy]. Routledge. ISBN: 978-0-415-58051-9.</ref> The referendum to join the EEA failed, a major success for Blocher and the SVP, and a majority of SVP members voted with Blocher, strengthening his position in the party.<ref name="pp.135"/> The vote has been considered "a turning point" for the SVP and Swiss politics in general.<ref>Skenderovic, Damir (January 21, 2013). [http://policy-network.net/pno_detail.aspx?ID=4317 The SVP: A success story of right-wing populism]. ''policy-network.net''. Retrieved October 14, 2016.</ref> Since then, opposition to European integration and loss of national sovereignty has been "a main issue" for the SVP, and in the coming years it sponsored several other conservative national initiatives, which usually were not successful.<ref>Skenderovic, pp. 135-138.</ref>

The SVP continued to grow dramatically, and in the 2015 federal election the party received 29.4 percent of the vote and 65 seats in the 200-seat National Council, a record amount for the party.<ref name="SlideToRight">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/11939953/Anti-immigration-party-wins-Swiss-election-in-slide-to-the-Right.html Anti-immigration party wins Swiss election in 'slide to the Right']. ''The Telegraph'' (originally by ''Reuters''). October 19, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2016.</ref> No Swiss political party had exceeded the SVP's share of the vote in at least a century, and no party received more seats in the National Council since 1963, when the number of seats was established at 200.<ref name="SlideToRight"/> In the same election, [[leftist]] parties lost a large number of seats.<ref name="SlideToRight"/><ref name="BreitbartCH">[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/10/19/swiss-parliament-shifts-to-right-in-vote-dominated-by-migrant-surge/ Swiss Parliament Shifts To Right In Vote Dominated By Migrant Surge]. ''Breitbart'' (by ''AFP''). October 19, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2016.</ref> Immigration was a major reason for the party's historic and record-breaking 2015 victory.<ref name="BreitbartCH"/><ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21676703-fear-immigrations-swings-switzerland-even-farther-right-switzerland-scarcely-touched-europes-new Fear of immigration swings Switzerland even farther right]. ''The Economist''. October 20, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2016.</ref>

Successful referendums that the SVP has sponsored include a 2009 initiative to ban the construction of any new minarets,<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/29/switzerland.minaret.referendum/index.html?iref=24hours Swiss vote to ban minaret construction]. ''CNN''. November 29, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2016.</ref> a 2010 initiative to expel foreigners who commit crimes,<ref>[http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/2010-initiative_foreign-criminal-expulsion-law-set-for-october/42001678 Foreign criminal expulsion law set for October]. ''Swissinfo''. March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016. See also:
*[https://www.thelocal.ch/20180606/switzerland-publishes-false-data-on-deportation-of-foreign-criminals Switzerland publishes false data on deportation of foreign criminals]. ''The Local''. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.</ref> and a 2014 initiative to limit immigration by instituting quotas on it.<ref>[http://www.dw.com/en/swiss-voters-narrowly-back-referendum-curbing-immigration/a-17420367 Swiss voters narrowly back referendum curbing immigration]. ''Deutsche Welle''. February 9, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2016.</ref> The 2010 and 2014 referendums, however, were watered down by the liberal Swiss government.

==Austria==
On September 11, 1683, the two-day [[Siege of Vienna]] commenced. The Holy League turned back the Islamic Turks' encroachment on Europe. [[John III Sobieski|John Sobieski]], King of [[Poland]], who was credited with saving [[Christendom]], said, "We came. We saw. God conquered." 330 years later, Muslims have occupied the city. Muslim students now outnumber [[Roman Catholic]] students at middle and secondary schools.<ref>[http://de.radiovaticana.va/storico/2014/03/21/österreich_mehr_muslime_als_katholiken_an_wiens_hauptschulen/ted-783480 Austria: More Muslims than Catholics at Vienna's main schools], 21/03/2014 (Original in German)</ref> Minister for Foreign Affairs and Integration Sebastian Kurz in 2016 called for the immediate closure of many Muslim kindergartens after discovering an isolation of children from the host culture, and teaching of radical [[Islamist]] ideology in the schools which receive €30 million ($32 million USD) in state funding annually.<ref>[http://www.thelocal.at/20160229/muslim-preschools-linked-to-islamist-organisations Muslim preschools 'linked to Islamist groups'], ''The Local AT'' Austria's news in English, 29 February 2016. www.thelocal.at</ref>

[[Austria]] is in the process of introducing new taxpayer-funded textbooks for the teaching of Islam. Previously, the main textbook used in [[public school]]s was authored by Yusuf al-Qaradawi entitled, ''The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam'', translated into German (''Erlaubtes und Verbotenes im Islam'').<ref>Immediately after the fall of [[Hosni Mubarak]] in [[Egypt]] during the "Arab Spring", Qaradawi returned to Egypt for the first time in 30 years to lead Friday prayers in Tahir Square before a crowd estimated at 2 million. Qaradawi has long been recognized as the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. After this event Qaradawi issued a ''[[fatwa]]'' calling for the murder of [[Muamar Ghaddafi]].</ref> Qaradawi claims that killing of apostates (''[[takfir]]is'') is essential for the survival of Islam,<ref>https://youtu.be/huMu8ihDlVA</ref> shariah law "takes precedence over" civil law, and Islam "will conquer and rule" Europe.<ref>https://youtu.be/eDtSqqciar0</ref> Additionally, Qaradawi teaches that women have fewer rights than men, praises Hitler and the [[Holocaust]],<ref>https://youtu.be/VcB_DZ4YQYQ</ref> and has offered Friday prayers for the destruction of America. Although his books have been withdrawn from public schools, the textbooks are still widely available in [[Vienna]].

===Growing Islam and left-wing denialism===
In April 2017, the [[far-left]] Austrian head of the country's Green Party [[Alexander Van der Bellen]], the same man whose 2007 election campaign stated that "anyone who loves Austria must be s***,"<ref>Kassam, Raheem (May 23, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/05/23/whoever-loves-austria-sht-president-elect-beat-nationalist-hofer-used-anti-patriotic-slogans/ ‘Whoever Loves Austria Is Sh*t’ – Austria’s New President Hates His Own Country]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref> stated that in order to fight alleged "Islamophobia," all women must wear headscarves.<ref>Kew, Ben (April 27, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/27/far-left-austrian-president-all-women-must-wear-headscarves-fight-islamophobia/ Far-Left Austrian President: All Women Must Wear Headscarves to Fight Islamophobia]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref>

While other European countries, such as [[Hungary]], built [[border fence]]s along their national borders to keep out illegal migrants, the Austrian government spent 1.5 million euros building an "anti-terror" wall around the chancellor's building to keep its government officials safe.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/08/austrian-government-stops-construction-million-euro-anti-terror-wall-public-backlash/ Austria Halts Construction of Million Euro ‘Anti-Terror’ Wall After Backlash]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 8, 2017.</ref>

The Turkish population in Austria grew so large that they formed their own political party in the country: the New Movement for the Future (NBZ).<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 9, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/09/austrian-migrant-party-stand-national-election/ Austrian ‘Migrant Party’ to Stand In National Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2017.</ref> In October 2018, another migrant political party was created in the country.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (October 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/23/former-member-pro-erdogan-group-form-migrant-party-vienna/ Erdogan-Linked Activist Looks to Form Political Party for Migrants in Vienna]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2018.</ref> In 2017, "Muhammed" became the third most popular name in the country.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (January 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/05/muhammed-is-third-most-popular-baby-name-in-austria-in-2017/ ‘Muhammed’ Is Third Most Popular Baby Name in Austria in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref>

It was reported in 2019 that 40% of all Austrian migrants classified as "underaged" lied about their age to help gain asylum.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/19/austria-four-ten-underage-migrants-lied-age-2017/ Austria: Four out of Ten ‘Underage’ Migrants Lied About Their Age]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 19, 2019.</ref>

Many Austrians admitted the felt like foreigners in their own country.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (May 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/05/austrians-describe-feeling-like-foreigners-their-own-country/ Austrians Describe ‘Feeling Like Foreigners’ in Their Own Country]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 5, 2019.</ref>

A 2019 Austrian intelligence report names Islamic extremism as the country's greatest security threat.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/15/austria-islamic-extremism-is-still-number-one-terror-threat/ Austria: Islamic Extremism Is Still Number One Terror Threat]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 17, 2019.</ref>

===Crime===
Left-wing extremism, some of them directed against conservatives and right-wingers opposed to immigration, rose 112% in 2016.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 15, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/15/left-wing-extremism-up-112-per-cent-austria/ Left Wing Extremist Offences Up 112 Per Cent in Austria]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2017.</ref> The Austrian government reported in October 2017 that sex attacks rose over 25% in the past year, and half of all attacks were committed by migrants.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (October 20, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/20/austria-25-per-cent-rise-sex-attacks-half-committed-migrants/ Austria: 25 Per Cent Rise in Sex Attacks, Almost Half Committed by Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref>

===Taking action against immigration and Islam===
By March 2017, Austrian government officials wanted to exit the European Union's migrant redistribution program.<ref>Hallett, Nick (March 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/28/austria-wants-exit-eu-migrant-redistribution-scheme/ Austria Wants to Exit EU Migrant Redistribution Scheme]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2017.</ref> The Austrian government enacted a face veil ban in May 2017, illegalizing the burqa and the niqab,<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (May 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/18/austrian-burqa-ban-passed-law/ Austrian Burqa Ban Passed into Law]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/09/austria-ban-burqas-october/ Austria to Ban Burqas from October]. ''Breitbart News''. June 9, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.</ref> a law which went into effect on October 1 of that year.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/01/austrias-burqa-ban-law-comes-into-force.html Austria's 'Burqa Ban' law comes into force]. ''Fox News''. October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017. 
In its first six months of its enforcement, fifty Muslim women were fined for violating the law:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (March 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/31/austria-issued-50-fines-violation-burka-ban-law-far/ Austria Has Issued 50 Fines For Violation of Burqa Ban Law in Six Months]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 31, 2018.</ref> In August 2017, the Austrian government expanded border controls on the country's eastern and southern borders due to the levels of migration.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/09/austria-increases-border-controls-stem-migrant-influx/ Austria Increases Border Controls to Stem Migrant Influx]. ''Breitbart News''. August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.</ref>

In January 2018, the FPÖ-controlled interior ministry created a new border force to "ensure orderly border management."<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/22/austria-announces-border-protection-unit-manage-migration/ Austria Announces ‘Border Protection Unit’ to Manage Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 22, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.thelocal.at/20180119/austrian-far-right-orders-border-protection-unit Austrian far-right orders 'border protection unit']. ''The Local''. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.</ref> Karin Kneissl, Austria's foreign minister who was chosen by the FPÖ, criticized Angela Merkel's immigration policy and aligned Austria closer to Hungary and [[Viktor Orbán]] on that matter.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (February 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/16/austrian-foreign-minister-slams-merkel-migrant-crisis-orban-solution/ New Austrian Foreign Minister Slams Merkel for Migrant Crisis, Demands Orban-Style Border Protection]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 17, 2018.</ref> By June 2018, the number of deportations had risen by 36% compared to the previous year.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (June 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/14/austria-deportations-up-36-percent-populist-interior-minister/ Austria: Deportations up 36 Percent Under Populist Interior Minister]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 14, 2018.</ref> In July 2018, the Austrian army's new chief of staff warned that mass migration is the country's greatest threat.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/26/new-austrian-army-head-warns-mass-migration-greatest-danger-country/ New Army Chief Warns Mass Migration Greatest Danger to Austria]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 26, 2018.</ref>

In June 2018, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced his country would crack down on political Islam by closing down seven mosques and deporting several imams funded by foreign countries.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tomlinson, Chris (June 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/08/conservative-populist-austrian-government-shut-down-radical-mosques-expel-imams/ Populist Austria Shutting Down Seven Radical Mosques, Expelling Dozens of Foreign-Funded Imams]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
*Duke, Selwyn (June 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29243-austria-vs-jihad-vienna-government-will-close-mosques-and-expel-imams Austria vs. Jihad: Vienna Government Will Close Mosques and Expel Imams]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-politics-islam/austria-to-shut-down-mosques-expel-foreign-funded-imams-idUSKCN1J40X1 Austria to shut down mosques, expel foreign-funded imams]. ''Reuters''. June 8, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
*[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44410597 Austria to shut seven 'political' mosques and expel imams]. ''BBC''. June 8, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
*Gerdziunas, Benas (June 8, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/kurz-islam-mosques-shuts-down-takes-aims-at-political/ Kurz shuts down mosques, takes aims at ‘political Islam’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 8, 2018.</ref> Austria took over the EU's rotating presidency, promising to take steps to secure the EU's external borders.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/30/austria-takes-over-rotating-eu-presidency-pledges-to-strengthen-borders/ Austria Takes Over Rotating EU Presidency, Pledges to Strengthen Borders]. ''Breitbart News''. June 30, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.</ref> In July 2018, Transportation Minister Norbert Hofer banned the option of taking driving tests in Turkish.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (July 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/24/austrian-minister-hofer-bans-costly-driving-tests-turkish-language/ Austria Bans ‘Unreasonable’ Turkish-Language Driving Tests]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref> The coalition government banned the wearing of headscarves in kindergarten schools<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (October 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/26/austria-launches-kindergarten-islamic-headscarf-ban-considers-adding-elementary-schools/ Austria Launches Kindergarten Islamic Headscarf Ban, Considers Adding Elementary Schools]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 26, 2018.</ref> and primary schools.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (May 22, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/32420-new-law-no-more-muslim-headscarves-in-austrian-primary-schools New Law: No More Muslim Headscarves in Austrian Primary Schools]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 22, 2019.</ref> In October 2018, Austria's ÖVP–FPÖ government announced the country would withdraw from the United Nation's [[UN Migrant Treaty|global migration compact]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (October 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/10/31/austria-follows-trump-and-withdraws-from-un-migration-treaty-to-preserve-sovereignty/ Austria Follows Trump and Withdraws from UN Migration Treaty to Preserve Sovereignty]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
*Murphy, Francois (October 31, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-migrants-austria/austria-to-shun-global-migration-pact-on-sovereignty-worries-idUSKCN1N50JZ Austria to shun global migration pact on sovereignty worries]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
See also:
*Tomlinson, Chris (November 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/02/austrias-populist-leader-on-migrant-pact-pullout-we-are-only-committed-to-our-own-people/ Austria’s Populist Leader On Migrant Pact Pullout: We are Only Committed to Our Own People]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.</ref> In December 2018, the Austrian government announced it would enact a policy blocking asylum by default for migrants to arrive through the help of smugglers.<ref>Hale, Virginia (December 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/22/austria-block-trafficked-migrants-plan/ Austria to Automatically Reject Smuggled Migrants Under Tough New Plans]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 22, 2018.</ref>

===Freedom Party of Austria===
[[File:Austrian presidential election 2016 round 1.png|thumb|300|Results of the first round of the 2016 Austrian presidential election, where the FPÖ (blue) received its best election result at the time (although it was surpassed in the two runoff elections).]]
:''Main article: [[Freedom Party of Austria]]''
The FPÖ, founded in 1956, started growing dramatically in the 1990s under the leadership of [[Jörg Haider]], becoming the second largest party in the country by 2000. Despite some setbacks, such as a party split in 2005, the party continued to grow.

In the first round of the 2016 Austrian presidential election, FPÖ candidate [[Norbert Hofer]] received 35.1 percent of the vote, which at the time was the party's best result in a national election in history.<ref>Troianovski, Anton (April 25, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/european-right-gets-boost-from-austrian-freedom-party-victory-1461598555 European Right Gets Boost From Austrian Freedom Party Victory]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref> Although Hofer lost the run-off election by less than one percentage point, Austria's Constitutional Court ordered a re-run of the election due to irregularities in mail-in ballots.<ref>Troianovski, Anton (June 1, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/austrian-court-orders-rerun-of-presidential-vote-1467369788 Austrian Court Orders Rerun of Presidential Vote]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref> The election was eventually postponed until December 4, 2016.<ref>Connolly, Kate (September 12, 2016). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/12/austria-presidential-election-rerun-to-be-postponed-faulty-glue-ballot-papers Austrian presidential election postponed due to faulty glue]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Chris (September 13, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/09/13/fpo-austrian-election-delay-embarrassment/ Freedom Party Calls Austrian Election Delay An ‘Embarrassment’]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref> Although Hofer lost the election, being defeated by leftist Green Party candidate [[Alexander Van der Bellen]], the party vowed to fight on.<ref>Oliphant, Roland; Cseko, Balazs (December 4, 2016). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/05/time-comes-says-defiant-austrian-far-right-freedom-party-claims/ Austrian far-right defiant as Freedom Party claims 'pole position' for general election: 'Our time comes']. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved December 17, 2016.</ref>

Going into the 2017 legislative elections, the FPÖ was at first place according to opinion polls until Sebastian Kurz became the leader of the ÖVP and overtook the party.<ref name="StealIdeas"/> While the FPÖ appeared likely to still reach second place in the election,<ref>Atkins, Ralph (October 8, 2017). [https://www.ft.com/content/547569b0-aa60-11e7-ab55-27219df83c97 Austria’s populist Freedom party gears up for poll]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> the Social Democrats narrowly outperformed it in the election.<ref>[https://sputniknews.com/amp/europe/201710201058391002-austria-social-dems-come-second-election/ Austrian Social Democrats Come Second in Tight Election Race]. ''Sputnik''. October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> However, the election was still a victory in some ways for the FPÖ, as it still increased its share of the vote,<ref name="PolLandscape">Barkin, Noah (October 15, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-election-europe/what-austrias-election-says-about-europes-political-landscape-idUSKBN1CK0QT What Austria's election says about Europe's political landscape]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> and it achieved a large ideological victory in causing the ÖVP to adopt positions on immigration and Islam very similar to the FPÖ.<ref name="StealIdeas"/><ref name="PolLandscape"/><ref name="Murphy2017"/><ref>Witte, Griff (October 13, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/win-or-lose-in-austrian-vote-the-far-right-triumphs-as-rivals-back-policies-once-deemed-fringe/2017/10/13/7905468e-adc5-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html Win or lose in Austrian vote, the far right triumphs as rivals back policies once deemed fringe]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Grabbe, Heather (October 18, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/sebastian-kurz-austria-election-why-europe-isnt-worried-about-a-right-turn/ Why Europe isn’t worried by Austria’s right tilt (but should be)]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref name="VotersRWP">Newman, Alex (October 16, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/27149-in-austria-voters-choose-right-wing-populism In Austria, Voters Choose “Right-Wing Populism”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 25, 2017.</ref>

The FPÖ formed a coalition deal with the ÖVP and was able to take several key government agencies, including the interior and defense ministries.<ref>Multiple references:
*Korolyov, Alexei (December 21, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/21/nazi-party-offshoot-rises-austria/ Austria’s far right takes power with little fanfare in altered political climate]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
*Atkins, Ralph; Khan, Mehreen (December 17, 2017). [https://www.ft.com/content/4608e324-e26a-11e7-97e2-916d4fbac0da Far-right Freedom party enters Austrian government]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
*[https://www.thelocal.at/20171216/nothing-to-fear-as-austrian-far-right-enters-government 'Nothing to fear' as Austrian far-right enters government]. ''The Local''. December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
*[https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/16/kurzs-austrian-conservatives-bring-far-right-into-government.html Kurz's Austrian conservatives bring far right into government]. ''CNBC'' (from ''Reuters''). December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
*Tomlinson, Chris (December 16, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/12/16/austrian-populists-enter-government-first-time-since-2005-taking-several-key-ministries/ Austrian Populists Enter Government For First Time Since 2005, Taking Several Key Ministries]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
For information on the individual cabinet members:
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-politics-people-factbox/factbox-key-figures-in-austrias-new-coalition-government-idUSKBN1EA0GB Factbox: Key figures in Austria's new coalition government]. ''Reuters''. December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.</ref>

===Austrian People's Party===
The [[Austrian People's Party]] (ÖVP) is a moderately-conservative [[establishment]] party. However, in 2017, the Austrian foreign minister, [[Sebastian Kurz]], became the leader of the party. Kurz, a right-winger,<ref>Anderson, Kristen Soltis (October 12, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/meet-the-conservative-maybe-populist-millennial-who-could-run-austria/article/2637387 Meet the conservative, maybe populist, millennial who could run Austria]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> essentially adopted the Freedom Party's conservative agenda as its own for the 2017 elections.<ref name="StealIdeas">Knolle, Kirsti; Nasralla, Shadia (September 5, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-election/austrias-far-right-party-accuses-conservatives-of-stealing-campaign-ideas-idUSKCN1BG2GW Austria's far-right party accuses conservatives of stealing campaign ideas]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref name="Murphy2017">Murphy, Francois (July 16, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-politics-farright-analysis/win-or-lose-austrian-far-rights-views-have-entered-government-idUSKBN1A107V Win or lose, Austrian far right's views have entered government]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> Under its relativelty right-wing agenda, the ÖVP won first place in the 2017 legislative election, with over 30% of the vote.<ref name="VotersRWP"/><ref>Nasralla, Shadia; Knolle, Kirsti (October 14, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-austria-election/austria-shifts-to-right-as-conservative-star-seals-election-win-idUKKBN1CJ0TB Austria shifts to right as conservative star seals election win]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Eddy, Melissa (October 15, 2017). [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/15/world/europe/austria-election-sebastian-kurz.html Austria Shifts Right as Refashioned Conservatives Win]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Witte, Griff; Beck, Luisa (October 16, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/austrian-election-yields-a-hard-right-turn-as-conservative-and-nationalist-parties-gain/2017/10/15/d1dce850-ad22-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html Austria turns sharply to the right in an election shaped by immigration]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Murphy, Francois; Shields, Michael (October 14, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-election/austrias-conservative-shift-opens-path-to-power-for-far-right-idUSKBN1CJ0T8 Austria's conservative shift opens path to power for far right]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> Kurz has voiced relatively conservative, right-wing views on immigration<ref>Atkins, Ralph (October 18, 2017). [https://www.ft.com/content/98282146-b3d6-11e7-aa26-bb002965bce8 Austria’s Sebastian Kurz leans towards tougher line on migrants]. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> despite ultimately voicing support for the EU.<ref>[https://www.thelocal.at/20171017/election-winner-kurz-says-austria-must-play-an-important-role-in-the-eu Election winner Kurz says Austria 'must play an important role in the EU']. ''The Local'' (from the ''AFP''). October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.</ref> Kurz became the Austrian chancellor in December 2017 through a coalition deal with the FPÖ.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/austria-sebastian-kurz-coalition-far-right-freedom-party-nationalists-europe/ Europe's youngest leader sworn in, with far-right partner]. ''CBS News''. Retrieved December 21, 2017.</ref>

==Serbia==
In [[Serbia]], public support for EU membership fell dramatically between 2012 (nearly 70% in support) and 2017 (43% in support).<ref>Cvijić, Srđan (April 5, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/aleksandar-vucic-eu-the-biggest-loser-in-serbia-elections-eu-the-biggest-loser-in-serbias-elections/ EU the biggest loser in Serbia’s elections]. ''Politico''. Retrieved April 7, 2017.</ref>

===Kosovo===
Recognition of the "national aspirations" of Kosovo by [[globalist]]s was met with cynicism and cries of hypocrisy, and viewed as a thumb-in-eye by the NATO-EU hegemon by many in Serbia and Russia. To begin with, globalist doctrine deems at its core any form of nationalism as equivalent to fascism and racism, yet elevated a territory once predominantly Christian severed by Muslim migration to a "sovereign independent state."

== Macedonia ==
In [[Macedonia]] border patrols hunt migrants at the closed Macedonia-Greece border to prevent illegal migrants (so-called refugees) from entering the country and to travel further into Europe, the border is [[Border wall|secured with razor wire]] and at the peak the train station of the town of [[Gevgelija]] has been closed so immigrants who were already in the country couldn't travel by train and deport them back to the border.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3513326/On-patrol-fearsome-Macedonian-border-guards-vowed-hunt-migrants-manage-cross-razor-wire-desperate-attempt-reach-western-Europe.html</ref>

== Bulgaria ==
In [[Bulgaria]] civilians hunted down [[immigrant]]s and hand them over to the [[police]] during border patrols along the Bulgaria-[[Turkey]] border to prevent illegal migrants (so-called [[refugee]]s) from entering [[Europe]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/05/balkan-civilians-track-migrants/</ref> For several hours on March 23, 2017, just before the Bulgarian assembly election, Bulgarian nationalists blockaded the border with Turkey.<ref>[http://www.gulf-times.com/story/539803/Bulgarian-nationalists-block-Turkish-border-crossi Bulgarian nationalists block Turkish border crossings]. ''Gulf Times''. March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref><ref>Nenov, Stoyan (March 24, 2017). [https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-03-24/bulgarian-nationalists-block-turkish-border-to-bar-electoral-tourism Bulgarian Blockade at Turkish Border Lifted]. ''U.S. News & World Report'' (from ''Reuters''). Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref>

In the November 2016 presidential election, Bulgarians elected a pro-Russian, socialist president, defeating a pro-European candidate — this caused the pro-European prime minister to resign.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/14/bulgaria-turmoil-pm-quits-new-pro-russia-president/ Bulgaria in Turmoil after PM Quits over New Pro-Russia President]. ''Breitbart News''. November 14, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref> Although the pro-EU party, GERB, won the early elections in March 2017, it did not receive a majority.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/27/pro-eu-party-wins-bulgarian-election/ Pro-EU Party Wins Bulgarian Election]. ''Breitbart News''. March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref> According to some sources, it was the nationalists who were the real winners, due to the massive influx of Muslim refugees.<ref>Krasimirov, Angel (March 23, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bulgaria-election-nationalism-idUSKBN16U1GP Nationalism the big winner in Bulgarian election]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref> The nationalist faction formed a governing alliance with GERB.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/04/bulgarias-parliament-approves-new-centre-right-government/ Bulgaria’s Parliament Approves New Centre-Right Government]. ''Breitbart News''. May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017. 
See also:
*Cooper, Harry (September 12, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/bulgarian-far-right-set-to-shock-brussels/ Bulgarian far right set to shock Brussels]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref> Bulgaria's prime minister, Boyko Borissov, has called for securing Europe's external borders.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/01/bulgarian-prime-minister-close-europes-borders-imprison-illegals-deport-africa/ Bulgarian Prime Minister: Close Europe’s Borders, Imprison Illegals, Deport Them Back to Africa]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2018.</ref>

==Slovenia==
[[Slovenia]], through which thousands of migrants passed through, saw the anti-immigration Slovenia Democratic Party, led by Janez Jansa, win the most votes in the 2018 parliamentary elections.<ref>Multiple references:
*Novak, Marja (June 2, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-election/anti-immigration-party-wins-slovenia-elections-idUSKCN1IY0V1 Anti-immigration party wins Slovenia elections]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
*[http://p.dw.com/p/2ysQD Slovenia election: right-wing opposition SDS leads]. ''Deutsche Welle''. June 3, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
*Caplan, Joshua (June 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/03/poll-anti-immigration-party-wins-slovenia-parliamentary-election/ Exit Poll: Anti-Immigration Party Wins Slovenia Parliamentary Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
*Zerdin, Ali (June 3, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/9b0966b449b84a1593c952677ea4d298/Preliminary-results-put-right-wing-party-ahead-in-Slovenia Preliminary results put right-wing party ahead in Slovenia]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved June 3, 2018.</ref>

In 2019, Slovenia deployed soldiers along its borders to reduce illegal immigration through the country.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/21/troops-bolster-anti-illegal-migration-patrols-in-melanias-native-slovenia/ Troops Bolster Anti-Illegal Migration Patrols in Melania’s Native Slovenia]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.</ref> Later in the year, the country expanded its border barrier along the border with Croatia to help stop illegal immigration.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-slovenia/slovenia-erects-more-border-fence-to-curb-migrant-inflow-idUSKCN1VC19Q Slovenia erects more border fence to curb migrant inflow]. ''Reuters''. August 22, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019.</ref> Ordinary citizens also chose to patrol the border in an effort to keep migrants out.<ref>Stojanovic, Dusan (September 17, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/57424e6bf60046e594b4c052bac86b6c Vigilantes in Slovenia patrol borders to keep out migrants]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved September 17, 2019.</ref>

==Slovakia==
[[Slovakia]], a member of the [[Visegrád Group]], opposes any migrant quotas as its national policy. It has sided with and defended Hungary's conservative government in its disputes with the EU.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (June 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/29/slovakia-backs-hungary-migrant-crisis-not-prepared-suffer-mistakes-others/ Slovakia Backs Hungary on Migrant Crisis: ‘We Are Not Prepared to Suffer for the Mistakes of Others’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 29, 2018.</ref>

==Czech Republic==
In June 2017, the [[Czech Republic]] joined several other EU countries in rejecting EU demands to accept a quota of refugees into the country.<ref>Hale, Virginia (June 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/06/07/fresh-blow-eu-quota-scheme-czech/ Czech Republic Now Refusing Migrants in Fresh Blow to EU Quota Scheme]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref> In June 2017, the EU took legal action against the government of the Czech Republic, as well as Poland and Hungary, for its refusal to take in refugees under the EU's direction and policies.<ref name="EUlegalaction2017"/> The EU gave the three countries one month to comply with its refugee policies.<ref name="1month"/>

In 2018, Czech prime minister [[Andrej Babiš]] stated that mass migration and accepting migrants was the "road to hell."<ref>Hale, Virginia (July 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/17/czech-pm-eu-must-turn-back-boats-resettling-migrants-road-hell/ Czech PM: EU Must Turn Back Boats, Resettling Migrants Is ‘Road to Hell’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.</ref><ref>Cat, Laura (September 3, 2018). [https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/we-dont-want-to-live-in-africa-or-the-middle-east-here-czech-pm-criticises-eu-migration-policy/ ‘We don’t want to live in Africa or the Middle East here’ – Czech PM criticises EU migration policy]. ''Voice of Europe''. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref> He also described illegal migration as a "threat to European civilisation."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (September 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/03/czech-prime-minister-illegal-immigration-threat-european-civilisation/ Czech Prime Minister: ‘Illegal Immigration Is a Threat to European Civilisation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 3, 2018.</ref> He stated his commitment to helping Czech citizens over foreigners.<ref>Hale, Virginia (September 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/17/czech-pm-rejects-import-war-children/ ‘My Responsibility Is to Our Own Orphans’: Czech PM Rejects Pressure to Import 50 ‘War Children’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.</ref>

In November 2018, the Czech Republic announced it would withdraw from the [[UN Migrant Treaty|UN migration pact]].<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/14/after-teasing-move-czech-republic-confirms-it-will-withdraw-from-un-migrant-pact/ After Teasing Move, Czech Republic Confirms it Will Withdraw from UN Migrant Pact]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.</ref> In January 2019, it announced a program to pay non-EU migrants to return to their home countries.<ref>Hale, Virginia (January 21, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/21/czech-scheme-pay-migrants-return/ Remigration: Czech Republic to Pay Non-EU Migrants to Go Home]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 21, 2019.</ref>

===2017 legislative election===
The 2017 Czech parliamentary election resulted in major gains for Euroskeptic and anti-establishment parties and major losses for the Left.<ref name="LaneCzech2017">Lane, Oliver JJ (October 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/21/eurosceptic-czech-trump-ahead-early-count-national-election-anti-migration-freedom-party-second/ Surge For Right-Wing Eurosceptic ‘Czech Trump’ at Worst Election in Czech History for Left Party]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Moody, John (October 19, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/10/19/in-czech-election-yes-means-no-to-european-union-slavery.html In Czech election, yes means no to European Union slavery]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 24, 2017.</ref> At first place was the populist ANO, led by Andrej Babis,<ref>Multiple references:
*Laca, Peter; Bauerova, Ladka Mortkowitz (October 22, 2017). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-23/czechs-add-to-eu-s-headache-by-electing-euroskeptic-billionaire Czechs Add to EU’s Headache by Electing Euroskeptic Billionaire]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
*Gosling, Tim (October 21, 2017). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/21/populist-billionaire-sweeps-victory-czech-election/ Populist billionaire sweeps to victory in Czech election]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
*[http://p.dw.com/p/2mI4b Czech Trump and insurgent parties benefit from 'voting hurricane' in Czech Republic election]. ''Deutsche Welle''. October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
*Mortkowitz, Siegfried (October 21, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/czech-voters-hand-euroskeptic-babis-big-victory/ Czech voters hand Euroskeptic Babiš big victory]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> who has been compared to U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] and has criticized the European Union and immigration.<ref>Multiple references:
*Witte, Griff (October 17, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/in-center-of-europe-politics-takes-a-trumpian-turn-with-rise-of-anti-immigrant-billionaire/2017/10/16/f2697bd8-a854-11e7-9a98-07140d2eed02_story.html In center of Europe, politics takes a Trumpian turn with rise of anti-immigrant billionaire]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
*Lyman, Rick (October 17, 2017). [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/world/europe/czech-republic-andrej-babis.html In Czech Election, a New Threat to European Unity]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
*Lopatka, Jan (October 13, 2017). [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-czech-election-eu/czech-election-favourite-babis-hard-on-brussels-light-on-ideology-idUKKBN1CI1MP Czech election favourite Babis hard on Brussels, light on ideology]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> The Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party, a new and solidly right-wing and Euroskeptic party, reached a close 4th place, exceeding expectations.<ref>Muller, Robert; Lopatka, Jan (October 21, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-election-farright/far-right-scores-surprise-success-in-czech-election-idUSKBN1CQ0T3 Far-right scores surprise success in Czech election]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> The three Euroskeptic and right-wing parties that won seats, the ANO, ODS, and SPD, won a combined 51.6% of the popular vote,<ref name="Czech2017results">[https://www.volby.cz/pls/ps2017/ps2?xjazyk=CZ Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky konané ve dnech 20.10. – 21.10.2017]. ''Volby.cz''. Retrieved October 21, 2017.</ref> while the Social Democratic Party won its worst-ever result, at 7.27%, and the Communist Party also saw massive losses, winning only 7.76%.<ref name="LaneCzech2017"/><ref name="Czech2017results"/>

===2018 presidential election===
In the 2018 Czech presidential election, conservative incumbent [[Miloš Zeman]] narrowly defeated a liberal and pro-EU challenger.<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (January 27, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/27/pro-trump-czech-president-who-warned-organized-invasion-migrants-wins-re-election.html Pro-Trump Czech president who warned of 'organized invasion' of migrants wins re-election]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
*Day, Matthew (January 27, 2018). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/27/pro-russia-czech-president-milos-zemen-wins-second-term/ Pro-Russia Czech president Milos Zeman wins second term]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/27/czech-elections-anti-migration-president-defeats-leftist-academic-challenger/ Czech Elections: Anti-Migration President Defeats Leftist Academic Challenger]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
See also:
*Mortkowitz, Siegfried (January 26, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/milos-zeman-jiri-drahos-czech-election-prague-turn-for-populist-vs-liberal-showdown/ Prague’s turn for populist vs. liberal showdown]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> Zeman ran on a strong anti-mass migration platform,<ref>Muller, Robert; Hovet, Jason (January 26, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-election-president/czech-president-zeman-re-elected-with-anti-immigration-message-idUSKBN1FG00C Czech President Zeman re-elected with anti-immigration message]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref> and he was known for his strong statements against Islam.<ref>Tait, Robert (September 14, 2016). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/14/milos-zeman-czech-leader-refugees Miloš Zeman: the hardline Czech leader fanning hostility to refugees]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref><ref>Friedman, Victoria (January 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/09/czech-prez-10-million-migrants-africa-come-european-union/ Czech Prez: ’10 Million Migrants from Africa Could Come to European Union’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 27, 2018.</ref>

==Romania==
[[Romania]] was not spared from the migrant crisis. Hungary considered<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/09/15/hungary-plans-another-anti-migrant-fence-this-time-along-romania-border/ Hungary Plans ANOTHER Anti-Migrant Fence, This Time Along Romania Border]. ''Breitbart News''. September 15, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-hungary-romania-idUSKCN0RF1JW20150915 Hungary preparing to extend border fence towards Romania]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> and made plans<ref>Than, Krisztina; Pawlak, Justyna (January 19, 2016). [http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-hungary-minister-idUKKCN0UX284 Hungary ready to erect anti-migrant fence on Romanian border]. 'Reuters''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://sputniknews.com/europe/201603091036004936-hungary-romania-border-fence/ Hungary Ready to Build Fence on Romanian Border Amid Refugee Crisis]. ''Sputnik''. March 9, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> for building a [[border fence]] along Romania's border, although it did not take action on it, as of 2017.<ref name="SavitskyAxios2017"/> In 2017, the Romanian coast guard intercepted a boat carrying 69 Iraqi migrants in the [[Black Sea]].<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/13/romanian-coastguard-intercepts-iraq-migrant-boat-black-sea/ Romanian Coastguard Intercepts Iraq Migrant Boat in Black Sea]. ''Breitbart News''. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref>

==Hungary==
[[File:Hungarian-Serbian border barrier.jpg|thumb|275px|Hungary's [[border fence]] with Serbia]]
[[File:Hungary Peace March, 2018.jpg|thumb|275px|Patriotic Hungarians march for Viktor Orbán's conservative and nationalist policies, March 2018]]
{{See also|Viktor Orbán}}
[[Hungary]] was overrun in 2015 by refugees passing through the country, and it has the largest ''per capita'' number of asylum applications of any European country in 2015.<ref>Connor, Phillip (August 2, 2016). [http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/08/02/number-of-refugees-to-europe-surges-to-record-1-3-million-in-2015/ Number of Refugees to Europe Surges to Record 1.3 Million in 2015]. ''Pew Research Center''. Retrieved April 7, 2018.</ref> In response, conservative Prime Minister [[Viktor Orbán]] took numerous actions,<ref name="SavitskyAxios2017">Savitsky, Shane (February 1, 2017). [https://www.axios.com/border-fences-and-refugee-bans-been-there-done-that-for-hungary-2226465858.html Border fences and refugee bans: Hungary did it — fast]. ''Axios''. Retrieved October 6, 2017. See also:
*[https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/viktor-orban-was-the-only-one-doing-the-right-thing-during-the-migrant-crisis/ “Viktor Orban was the only one doing the right thing during the migrant crisis”]. ''Voice of Europe'' (from the ''Hungary Journal''). September 16, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.</ref> including building a [[border barrier]] along the border with [[Serbia]]<ref>Multiple references:
*Kent, Simon (September 15, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/09/07/end-of-the-line-hungary-seals-borders-as-migrant-flow-surges-on/ End Of The Line: Hungary Seals Borders As Migrant Flow Surges On]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/09/15/hungary-launches-border-crackdown-says-migrants-risk-expulsion/ Hungary Seals Border, Detains Thousands, Threatens To Imprison Illegals]. ''Breitbart News'' (from ''AFP''). September 15, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/09/19/successful-hungarian-border-fence-boosts-support-right-wing-government/ Successful Hungarian Border Fence Boosts Support Of Right Wing Government]. ''Breitbart'' (from ''Reuters''). September 19, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2017.</ref> and [[Croatia]].<ref>[https://www.voanews.com/a/reu-migrant-shot-dead-trying-to-enter-bulgaria-says-ministry/3009905.html Hungary Closes Border With Croatia]. ''Voice of America''. October 16, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> The fence was so effective that illegal immigration levels dropped to levels seen before the crisis began,<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (October 29, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/10/29/hold-hungarian-border-fence-so-effective-illegal-immigrants-are-now-at-pre-migrant-crisis-levels/ Hungarian Border Fence So Effective Illegal Immigrants Are Now At Pre Migrant-Crisis Levels]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 29, 2017.</ref> and by September 2017, illegal immigration levels had dropped by 99% since 2015.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (September 15, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/16/hungary-builds-a-wall-cuts-illegal-immigration-by-over-99-per-cent/ Hungary Builds a Wall, Cuts Illegal Immigration by Over 99 Per Cent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 16, 2017. See also:
*Montgomery, Jack (February 9, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/02/09/exclusive-hungarian-govt-praises-trump-border-protection-obligation-state/ EXCLUSIVE – Hungary Backs Trump’s Wall: ‘Border Protection An Obligation of the State’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
*Montgomery, Jack (February 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/15/hungary-fighting-illegal-migration-not-possible-without-barriers/ Hungary: ‘Fighting Illegal Migration Not Possible Without Physical Barriers at Border’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
*Gorondi, Pablo (May 10, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/07ac72b6f0b24d8b83ef61114e3b075f Hungary stems migrant flow, but issue remains big in EU vote]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 26, 2019.</ref> In April 2017, the Hungarian government completed construction of a second border fence, one with high-tech features, on the Serbian border.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/28/hungary-completes-second-anti-migrant-fence/ Hungary Completes Second Anti-Migrant Fence]. ''Breitbart News''. April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/28/hungary-completes-2nd-border-fence-meant-to-stop-migrants.html Hungary completes 2nd border fence meant to stop migrants]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). April 28, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*[http://p.dw.com/p/2c64B Hungary completes second fence to keep out migrants]. ''Deutsche Welle''. April 28, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> Unlike most other European countries, Hungary's leadership has taken a more conservative right-wing, common sense approach to the immigration crisis.<ref name="HungarySweden">Montgomery, Jack (August 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/16/hungarian-govt-swedens-political-leaders-on-side-illegal-migrants/ Hungarian Govt: Sweden’s Leaders are ‘On the Side’ of Illegal Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 16, 2018.</ref><ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (March 1, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/01/europes-pro-trump-outpost-populist-hungary-buoyed-by-us-shift-on-refugees-russia.html Europe's pro-Trump outpost: Populist Hungary buoyed by US shift on refugees, Russia]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (May 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/14/orban-poland-west-never-experienced-communism-cant-understand-eastern-europe/ Orban in Poland: The West Never Experienced Communism, So Can’t Understand Eastern Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (July 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/01/hungarian-hypocrisy-political-correctness-migration-enabled-terrorism/ EXCLUSIVE – Hungarian Govt Says ‘Hypocrisy and Political Correctness’ on Migration Enabled Terrorism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
*Binder, John (July 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/02/exclusive-hungarians-warn-u-s-illegal-migration-cant-be-controlled-without-strong-border/ Exclusive – Hungarians Warn U.S. Illegal Migration Can’t Be Controlled Without ‘Strong’ Border]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (December 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/27/orban-bringing-africas-problems-europe-destroy-culture/ Hungary’s Orban: Bringing Africa’s Problems to Europe Will ‘Destroy 2,000-year-old Culture’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
*Bensman, Todd (April 3, 2019). [https://cis.org/Bensman/Progress-Report-Hungarys-Fenced-Borderlands Progress Report from Hungary's Fenced Borderlands]. ''Center for Immigration Studies''. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
*Gorondi, Pablo (May 10, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/07ac72b6f0b24d8b83ef61114e3b075f Hungary stems migrant flow, but issue remains big in EU vote]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
*Montgomery, Jack (May 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/20/orban-we-want-change-we-want-a-europe-that-protects-its-borders-on-land-and-sea/ Orban: ‘We Want Change, We Want a Europe that Protects Its Borders on Land and Sea’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
*Montgomery, Jack (July 13, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/13/hungary-pm-warns-on-long-term-migrant-crisis-millions-will-arrive-our-task-is-to-defend-our-people/ Hungary PM Warns on Long-term Migrant Crisis: ‘Millions Will Arrive, Our Task Is to Defend Our People’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 13, 2019.</ref> It demanded that the EU pay half the cost for its border fence.<ref>[https://www.voanews.com/a/hungary-migrant-fence-bills-europe/4011061.html Hungary Asks EU to Pay Half the Cost of Anti-migrant Fence ]. ''Voice of America'' (from the ''Associated Press''). September 1, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.</ref> In March 2017, the Hungarian government refused a Swedish request to let 5,000 asylum seekers into its borders.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (March 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/28/hungary-refuses-5000-migrants-sweden/ Hungary Refuses to Take 5,000 Migrants From Sweden]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2017.</ref> In May 2018, the Hungarian government under Orbán rejected a European Union-African migration declaration that disproportionately favored the African countries and "further inspires migration."<ref>Friedman, Victoria (May 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/04/hungary-rejects-eu-africa-declaration-inspires-migration/ Hungary Rejects EU-Africa Declaration that ‘Inspires Migration’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.</ref> Hungary's government has also criticized the UN's [[Global Compact on Migration]],<ref>Multiple references:
*Hale, Virginia (March 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/05/hungary-un-plan-mass-migration/ Hungary Challenges United Nations Plan to Facilitate Global Mass Migration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (June 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/08/hungary-migration-un-compact-victim-europe/ Hungary Slams Pro-Mass Migration UN Compact: ‘Its Clear Victim Is Europe’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
*Friedman, Victoria (November 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/24/hungary-attacks-un-pact-attempting-legalising-migration-populist-claims-criticism-migration-criminal/ Hungary Attacks UN Migration Compact for Attempting to ‘Legalise Illegal Immigration’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 24, 2018.</ref> and it withdrew from it in July 2018.<ref>Shaw, Adam (July 19, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/19/hungary-joins-us-in-withdrawing-from-un-global-migration-agreement.html Hungary joins US in withdrawing from UN global migration agreement]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 19, 2018.</ref>

On September 15, 2015, the same day the Hungarian government closed its border with Serbia, several laws came into effect in the nation. The laws made illegal immigrants in Hungary subject to criminal charges and made it illegal to damage the nation's border fence.<ref>Multiple references:
*Harven, Michelle (September 11, 2015). [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/hungary-enacts-tougher-laws-illegal-immigrants/ Hungary enacts tougher laws on illegal immigrants]. ''PBS''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*[http://p.dw.com/p/1GWVT Hungary begins border crackdown as fence completed]. ''Deutsche Welle''. September 15, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*Pandey, Avaneesh (September 15, 2015). [http://www.ibtimes.com/european-refugee-crisis-hungary-enacts-tough-new-laws-closes-key-border-crossing-2096891 European Refugee Crisis: Hungary Enacts Tough New Laws, Closes Key Border Crossing; Declares Emergency In 2 Counties]. ''International Business Times''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> On September 21, 2017, the Hungarian parliament voted to give the army the ability to use non-lethal force on migrants.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/09/21/hungarian-parliament-grants-army-right-to-use-force-against-migrants/ Hungarian Parliament Grants Army Right To Use Force Against Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. September 21, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*Dunai, Marton (September 22, 2015). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-hungary-law-idUSKCN0RL1K220150922 Hungary beefs up border with army, warns migrants to stay away]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
*Holehouse, Matthew; Philipson, Alice (September 22, 2015). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/hungary/11881046/Refugee-crisis-Hungary-declares-victory-in-border-strategy-as-migrants-head-to-Croatia-instead.html Refugee crisis: Hungarian parliament votes to deploy army as EU interior ministers to meet]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> In July 2016, Hungary enacted a law allowing the army to push migrants back to the border if they were found 8 kilometers (4.97 miles) or less from the border.<ref>Thorpe, Nick (July 14, 2016). [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36786438 Hungary deploys army to push migrants back to Serbia]. ''BBC''. Retrieved August 13, 2017.</ref> In June 2018, Hungary's parliament passed a series of laws cracking down on individuals and entities that aid illegal immigration ("Stop Soros"), and it passed a constitutional amendment banning the settlement of an "alien population" in the country.<ref name="StopSoros">Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (June 20, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/20/hungarys-pro-trump-populist-government-pushes-soros-crackdown.html Hungary's pro-Trump, populist government pushes Soros crackdown]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
*Simon, Zoltan (June 20, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-20/hungary-approves-immigration-crackdown-as-orban-ignores-eu-alarm Hungary Approves Immigration Crackdown as Orban Ignores EU Alarm]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
*Dunai, Marton (June 20, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-soros/hungary-approves-stop-soros-law-defying-eu-rights-groups-idUSKBN1JG1VN Hungary approves 'STOP Soros' law, defying EU, rights groups]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (July 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/27/hungary-adopts-new-tax-pro-mass-migration-ngos/ Hungary Adopts New Tax on Pro-Mass Migration NGOs]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
See also:
*King, Laura (June 28, 2018). [https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-hungary-europe-immigration-20180628-story.html The European country that makes the U.S. look lenient on immigration]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved June 29, 2018.</ref>

In June 2017, the EU took legal action against the government of Hungary, as well as Poland and the Czech Republic, for its refusal to take in refugees under the EU's direction and policies.<ref name="EUlegalaction2017"/> The EU gave the three countries one month to comply with its refugee policies.<ref name="1month"/> In September 2017, the European Court of Justice ruled that countries like Hungary and Slovakia could not opt out of the EU's refugee resettlement plan.<ref>[https://www.voanews.com/a/eu-court-rejects-challenges-to-refugee-resettlement/4017124.html EU Court Rejects Challenges to Refugee Resettlement]. ''Voice of America''. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017.</ref><ref>Tomlinson, Christ (September 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/07/eu-court-rejects-hungary-slovakia-migrant-redistribution-objections/ EU Court Rejects Hungary, Slovakia Migrant Redistribution Objections]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 7, 2017.</ref> Orbán stated that Hungary would admit all Europeans fleeing from their respective countries' liberal and globalist policies.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (February 11, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/02/11/hungary-will-welcome-true-refugees-germans-french-others-seeking-europe-lost-homelands/ Orban: Hungary Will Welcome ‘European Refugees’ Fleeing Multicultural West]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref>

As Orbán himself noted, Hungary's policies likely saved all of Europe from an even greater and more catastrophic migrant crisis.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 4, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/04/orban-culture-hypocrisy-europe-gratitude-hungary-halting-migrant-influx/ Orban: ‘Hypocrisy’ Prevents Europe from Admitting Gratitude to Hungary for Halting Migrant Influx]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 4, 2017.</ref> Liberals and [[globalist]]s, on the other hand, attacked Hungary for its actions.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (September 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/13/hungary-takes-ny-times-to-school-on-europes-migrant-crisis/ Hungary Takes NY Times to School on Europe’s Migrant Crisis]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref>

The Hungarian government worked with Poland to counter the EU.<ref name="TagTeam"/> Orbán's government fought attempts by the EU to weaken its [[sovereignty]].<ref>Newman, Alex (September 21, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30132-hungary-resists-eu-assault-on-sovereignty-christian-civilization Hungary Resists EU Assault on Sovereignty, Christian Civilization]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 21, 2018.</ref>

===Fidesz===
[[File:Hungarian election, 2018.png|thumb|225px|Hungarian parliamentary election results, 2018. Orange represents Fidesz]]
In 2010 '''Fidesz''' (Hungarian Civic Alliance), Hungary's largest conservative party and led by Orbán, won a supermajority in the country's [[parliament]] and control of all 19 of Hungary's county legislatures. The supermajority was retained in 2014 elections. A supermajority gives the party the power to make changes to Hungary's constitution.

Leading up the 2018 elections, Fidesz had shifted to the right-wing, taking more conservative and nationalist political positions, as could be seen in official government actions Hungary's Fidesz government under Orbán.<ref name="TradingPlaces2017">Bayer, Lili (August 14, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/hugary-right-wing-trading-places-fidesz-jobbik/ Trading places on the Hungarian right]. ''Politico''. Retrieved August 17, 2017.</ref> The party became a strong proponent of preserving Hungary's historical demographic composition and opposition to mass migration.<ref name="TradingPlaces2017"/>

Orbán strongly opposed the ultra-liberal [[Central European University]] (founded and funded by [[George Soros]]) and on March 29, 2017 announced a new law which could close it.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-29/soros-s-university-caught-in-orban-campaign-as-ceu-protests-law</ref> He stated that it was cheating students and breaking rules by awarding both a Hungarian and an American diploma, despite the university having no U.S. presence.<ref name="Cheating">[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/31/soros-backed-university-cheating-says-hungarian-pm/ Soros-Backed University Is ‘Cheating’, Says Hungarian PM]. ''Breitbart News''. March 31, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/03/hungary-parliament-fast-track-bill-targeting-soros-university/ Hungary: Parliament to Fast-Track Bill Targeting Soros University]. ''Breitbart News''. April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.</ref> He also opposed George Soros due to his efforts by supporting the massive immigration from Muslim nations into Europe.<ref name="Cheating"/><ref>Duke, Selwyn (June 16, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29296-hungarian-leader-europeans-purposely-being-replaced-with-muslims-as-soros-profits Hungarian Leader: Europeans Purposely Being Replaced With Muslims as Soros Profits]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.</ref> On April 10, 2017, Hungary enacted a law tightening its standards for universities and thus threatening CEU's existence.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/11/hungary-president-signs-law-threatening-soros-university/ Hungary President Signs Law Threatening Soros University]. ''Breitbart News''. April 11, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.</ref><ref>Sandford, Alasdair (April 10, 2017). [http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/10/hungary-defies-protests-to-pass-into-law-anti-soros-university-bill Hungary Defies Protests to Pass into Law 'Anti-Soros' University Bill]. ''Euronews''. Retrieved April 12, 2017.</ref> In August 2018, the CEU stopped offering courses to asylum seekers because of the "Stop Soros" law that had gone into effect.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (August 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/29/soros-university-suspends-programmes-migrants-hungarian-anti-propaganda-tax/ Soros University Suspends Programmes for Migrants Due to Hungarian Anti-Propaganda Tax]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 29, 2018.</ref>

Orbán believes that Islamization is real and occurring in Europe due to the mass migration.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (September 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/06/hungarian-pm-orban-the-islamization-of-europe-is-real/ Hungarian PM Orban: ‘The Islamization of Europe Is Real’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 6, 2017.</ref> Hungary's deputy prime minister, Zsolt Semjen of Fidesz's partner the Christian Democratic People's Party, has warned of Islam quietly penetrating Europe and overthrowing the continent's Christian culture.<ref>Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (May 21, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/21/hungarian-deputy-pm-warns-europe-losing-identity-islam/ Hungary Warns Europe Losing Its Identity, Islam Penetrating Without Resistance]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (May 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/26/hungarian-deputy-pm-islamic-invasion-reduce-europeans-minority/ Hungarian Deputy PM: ‘Islamic Invasion’ Will Reduce Europeans to ‘Minority in Our Own Continent’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 26, 2018.</ref> Other members of Hungary's government have warned about globalism.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (March 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/22/hungary-warns-global-government-strip-people-religious-national-family-identities/ Hungary Warns of ‘Global Government’ That Will ‘Strip People of Religious, National, Family Identities’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 22, 2018.</ref>

According to [[Politico]], Orbán "won" the argument on immigration policy.<ref>Barigazzi, Jacopo (September 15, 2017). [https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-migration-eu-has-won-the-argument/ Orbán wins the migration argument]. ''Politico''. Retrieved September 15, 2017.</ref> Polling data, including a CBOS poll in February 2018, found that the Hungarian government was enjoying strong support among Hungarians.<ref name="RecordSupport2018"/>

Orbán faced a difficult re-election in 2018,<ref>Roser, Thomas; Davis, Austin (April 5, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/5/viktor-orban-faces-tough-test-in-bid-for-third-ter/ Viktor Orban faces tough test in bid for third term as Hungarian president]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 5, 2018.</ref> in which he emphasized the issues of immigration and [[sovereignty]].<ref>Shaw, Adam (April 6, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/06/hungarys-viktor-orban-running-on-anti-mass-migration-platform-eyes-fourth-term.html Hungary's Viktor Orban, running on anti-mass migration platform, eyes fourth term]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 6, 2018.</ref> Despite this, Orbán did significantly better than expected and won a supermajority a third time in a row.<ref>Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (April 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/08/bloody-nose-brussels-poll-suggests-anti-globalist-anti-soros-eurosceptic-viktor-orban-wins-big-hungary-election/ Bloody Nose for Brussels: Landslide Triumph as Anti-Globalist, Anti-Soros Orban Wins Third Term in Hungary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*Mass, Warren (April 9, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28714-viktor-orban-strong-defender-of-his-nation-s-sovereign-borders-reelected-in-hungary Viktor Orban, Strong Defender of His Nation’s Sovereign Borders, Reelected in Hungary]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*Murphy, Peter; Khera, Jastinder (April 9, 2018). [https://www.timesofisrael.com/hungarys-orban-claims-victory-as-nationalist-party-takes-sweeping-poll-lead/ Hungary’s Orban claims victory as nationalist party takes sweeping poll lead]. ''The Times of Israel''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*Than, Krisztina; Szakacs, Gergely (April 7, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-election/hungarys-strongman-viktor-orban-wins-third-term-in-power-idUSKBN1HE0UC Hungary's strongman Viktor Orban wins third term in power]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*Hinshaw, Drew; Komuves, Anita (April 8, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/hungary-votes-in-election-with-orban-set-to-secure-a-fourth-term-1523162923 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban Wins Fourth Term]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/08/hungary-leader-viktor-orban-sweeps-to-re-election-win-with-super-majority.html Hungary leader Viktor Orban sweeps to re-election win with super majority]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (April 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/09/orban-responds-electoral-victory-created-opportunity-protect-hungary/ Orban Responds to Electoral Victory: ‘We’ve Created the Opportunity to Protect Hungary’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.</ref> After the election results became known, Orbán stated his intention of pushing forward with his conservative and nationalist agenda,<ref>Than, Krisztina; Szakacs, Gergely (April 10, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-election-orban/hungarys-orban-to-seek-eu-of-strong-nations-after-landslide-re-election-idUSKBN1HH12A Hungary's Orban to seek EU of strong nations after landslide re-election]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 10, 2018.</ref> as well as to preserve Hungary's Christian culture,<ref>Multiple references:
*Tomlinson, Chris (May 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/06/hungarian-pm-orban-building-christian-democracy-announces-tougher-immigration-rules/ Hungarian PM Orban Getting Tougher on Immigration: ‘We Are Building a Christian Democracy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-orban/pm-orban-vows-to-preserve-hungarys-christian-culture-idUSKBN1I80NC PM Orban vows to preserve Hungary's Christian culture]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 7, 2018.</ref> and he gave a strongly conservative speech outlining his fourth-term agenda.<ref>Multiple references:
*Dunai, Marton; Than, Krisztina (May 10, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-orban/eu-must-give-up-nightmares-of-united-states-of-europe-hungarian-pm-idUSKBN1IB1TG EU must give up 'nightmares' of United States of Europe: Hungarian PM]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
*Gorondi, Pablo (May 10, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/b764d6684a2d402e8f0dff9e2fe0d876/Hungary's-parliament-elects-premier-Viktor-Orban-to-4th-term Hungary’s parliament elects premier Viktor Orban to 4th term]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
*[https://www.rt.com/news/426412-orban-christian-values-eu-hungary/ Orban declares end of ‘liberal democracy’ in Hungary, vows to fight for Christian values]. ''RT''. May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (May 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/12/orban-era-liberal-democracy-replaced-21st-century-christian-democracy/ Orban: ‘We Will Build a 21st Century Christian Democracy, Not Rebuild a Shipwrecked Liberal Democracy’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
See also:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/10/pics-hungarys-parliament-elects-premier-viktor-orban-fourth-term/ PICS: Hungary’s Parliament Elects Premier Viktor Orban to Fourth Term]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 11, 2018.</ref>

It is a member party of the [[European People's Party]], the [[International Democrat Union]] and the [[Centrist Democrat International]].<ref>[http://www.epp.eu/parties-and-partners/ Parties and Partners] of the European People's Party</ref><ref>[https://www.idu.org/members/ Members] of the International Democrat Union</ref>

Campaigning on an anti-illegal immigration platform, Fidesz performed strongly in the 2019 European Parliament elections.<ref>Multiple references:
*Than, Krisztina; Dunai, Marton (May 26, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-hungary-orban/hungarys-fidesz-wins-52-of-vote-orban-vows-to-halt-immigration-idUSKCN1SW062 Hungary's Fidesz wins 52% of vote; Orban vows to halt immigration]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
*Hale, Virginia (May 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/28/hungary-oppose-migration-eu-agenda/ Hungary Vows to Fight EU Mass Migration Agenda After Huge Election Win]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 28, 2019.</ref>

===Jobbik===
In its 2010 party platform, Jobbik strongly opposed any demographic changes resulting from mass migration and supported keeping Hungary's population homogeneous.<ref name="TradingPlaces2017"/> This position was soon adopted by the ruling Fidesz Party, led by Orbán.<ref name="TradingPlaces2017"/> While Jobbik moved to the political center in a failed attempt to grow the party in the 2018 parliamentary elections, a substantial number of party members continued supporting the party's strong opposition to immigration and the EU, among other policies.<ref>Dunai, Marton (May 22, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-jobbik/hardliners-in-hungarys-jobbik-demand-return-to-far-right-roots-idUSKCN1IN1MW Hardliners in Hungary's Jobbik demand return to far-right roots]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 4, 2018.</ref>

===Soros' revenge===
Fidesz Party leader, [[Prime Minister]] [[Viktor Orbán]], has been in a very public dispute with another Hungarian-born son, [[George Soros]], a [https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-reign-of-the-one-percenters/ one percenter] who manages money for other one percenters. Soros is a mega-donor to liberal causes and the [[Democrat Party]]. With the collapse of the communist bloc, Soros has used his vast wealth in the expanded [[free market]]s of the world to go on what could only be compared with an ideological [[crusade]] or political [[jihad]] (barring the religious connotations attached to those words) for his psycho-social view of what the world should be.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/41008029?access_key=key-1akmk6l4oun8ydlm6yem</ref> Soros is an international fugitive wanted on outstanding arrest warrants in several countries for currency manipulation and insurrectionist activities.<ref>[http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-08/how-george-soros-singlehandedly-created-european-refugee-crisis-and-why How George Soros Singlehandedly Created The European Refugee Crisis - And Why]</ref>
[[File:George Soros HighRes.jpg|right|200px|thumb|George Soros, atheist billionaire who believes there is no judgment for actions in this life.]]
Soros, a notorious anti-[[Zionist]],<ref>[http://www.jta.org/2003/11/10/archive/in-rare-jewish-appearance-george-soros-says-jews-and-israel-cause-anti-semitism In rare Jewish appearance, George Soros says Jews and Israel cause anti-Semitism], Uriel Heilman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 9 November 2004</ref> survived the [[holocaust]] in collaboration with the [[Nazi]]s.<ref>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/george-soros-on-helping-the-nazis-during-the-holocaust</ref> [[Adolf Eichmann]] personally ran the extermination program in [[Budapest]]. Hungary was a German ally and did not fall under German occupation until very late in the war,<ref>https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/mideast/greenstein/zionism3.htm</ref> hence Jews had not been required to wear the [[Star of David]]. Soros worked with Nazi security services who needed to identify Jews for [[deportation]] to [[Auschwitz]].<ref>https://youtu.be/JuBGvIowW4M</ref> Between March and July 1944, at least 3000 Jews daily were loaded on trains to the death camps, where 75 to 90% were murdered upon arrival. By July, more than 430,000 Hungarian Jews had been killed. Soros confesses to looting the Jewish victims' property after they were shipped off to the gas chambers.<ref>https://youtu.be/kLrvExOTpYQ</ref> Deportations were halted in July but resumed between October and December 1944. Both Budapest and Auschwitz were liberated from German Nazi control in January 1945. From these 'humble origins,' Soros parlayed his good fortune in coming decades to become the 19th richest person on the planet. Today he is trying to ease his [[conscience]] by taking his vengeance on 'Christian Europe'.<ref>In Soros' autobiography Soros writes, "When you look at the way Jews react to persecution, you'll find that they tend to follow one of two main escape routes. Either they transcend their problem by turning to something universal or they identify with their oppressors and try to become like them. I come from an assimilationist family. And I have chosen the first route." As an assimilationist, Soros rejected Jewish identity in his formative years; as a 'universalist', embodied in his Open Society Institute, he wishes to [[atonement|atone]] for the sins of his youth. Zionism he confesses is an alternative third way, which his new-found universalism and assimilationist roots remain opposed to. See ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=h2GuJ0xnhFUC&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&dq=soros+assimilationist&source=bl&ots=dYJj5ZP2zQ&sig=SQmbfBk_aE-ZNKdEgFA5Ph3ZHsk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5x_r6m6TSAhXoilQKHevqBGAQ6AEIbDAK#v=onepage&q=soros%20assimilationist&f=false Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve]'', George Soros, Byron Wien & Krisztina Koenen, John Wiley & Sons, 1995, p. 240.</ref>

Soros' [[Open Society Foundations]] has been in the forefront of promoting [[globalism]], [[multiculturalism]], unrestricted [[illegal immigration]],<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/20/george-soros-to-invest-500-million-in-help-for-refugees-through-his-open-society-foundations.html George Soros to invest $500 million in help for refugees], Nyshka Chandran, [[CNBC]], 20 Sep 2016</ref> and eliminating national borders. In Soros' dispute with Orbán, Soros has said,
{{quotebox|His plan treats the protection of national borders as the objective and the refugees as an obstacle. Our plan treats the protection of refugees as the objective and national borders as the obstacle.}}
Few human beings have exploited the [[capitalist]] system for personal gain as successfully as George Soros while denying the rights of others to amass personal property by the destruction of national borders and governments.<ref>[https://www.rt.com/op-edge/332387-soros-putin-russia-threat-migrants/ Soros: A psychopath’s psychopath], Sam Gerrans, [[RT]], 13 Feb, 2016</ref>

One of the numerous leftist projects that Soros funded was to try to affect the outcome of an April 2016 referendum in the Netherlands over approving an EU association agreement with [[Ukraine]].<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 19, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/08/19/soros-group-attempted-buy-dutch-referendum/ Soros Group Attempted To Buy Dutch EU Referendum]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 15, 2017.</ref> Dutch voters overwhelmingly rejected the referendum in an anti-EU decision.<ref name="DutchRef2016"/>

Russia took Soros's organizations out of the nation through its crackdown on foreign charities, and other European countries are considering doing likewise.<ref>Klein, Aaron (March 24, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/24/reuters-european-countries-inspired-breitbart-crack-soros/ Reuters: European Countries Inspired by Breitbart to Crack Down on Soros]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref>

==Estonia==
{{See also|Conservative People's Party of Estonia}}
In [[Estonia]]'s 2019 elections, the [[conservative]] party EKRE made massive gains, partially on an anti-mass migration message, despite the unwillingness of other – [[establishment]] – parties to work with it.<ref>Virki, Tarmo (March 2, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-estonia-election/estonian-center-right-opposition-wins-elections-idUSKCN1QK001 Estonian center-right opposition wins elections]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved March 3, 2019.</ref>

==Further reading==
*Murray, Douglas (2018). [https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Death-Europe-Immigration-Identity/dp/1472958055/ ''The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam'']. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1472958051.
*[https://gatesofvienna.net/2018/02/alessandro-meluzzi-more-on-the-nigerian-cannibal-mafia/ Nigerian Ritual Cannibalism], Radio Padania Libera, the official radio station of the Lega Nord, on February 16, 2018.

==See also==
*[[Nationalism vs. globalism]]

==Bibliography==

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Pornography

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Ukimmoral: /* Deadly industry */

{{etymology|[[Greek]] πορνή (''porné'') a prostitute and γράΦω (''grapho'') I write}}[[Image:Pornography.jpg|200px|right]]
'''Pornography''' is the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity used for the intent of stimulation.
It usually consists of images depicting the satisfaction of the sort of "unnatural lust" which leads to damnation. ({{Bible ref|book=Jude|chap=1|verses=6-7}}) It destroys the mind as [[gambling]] does and, even worse, '''pornography''' leads to terrible crimes against women and children.<ref>https://www.un.org/rights/dpi1772e.htm</ref><ref>http://www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0388_Effects_of_Pornograp.html</ref> Pornography has also been shown to cause erectile dysfunction, even in young men. <ref>https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/erectile-dysfunction-question</ref> The Greek word πορνεία (''porneía'') appears several times in the [[New Testament]] as a sin that, unless repented of, will prevent one from entering heaven; however, such a word in Ancient Greek mostly referred to [[sexual immorality|illicit sexual relationships]] (such as adultery and incest), prostitution, and also, in a broader sense, idolatry.

* When Christ said "any man who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart," He made it clear that chastity—and unchastity—does not begin with what we do, but rather in what we think. Therefore, deliberately seeking such stimulation outside a committed marriage, even via the imagination, constitutes a sin against [[chastity]].<ref>[http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0051.html Banishing Unchaste Thoughts]</ref>

Christ makes clear in the above passage that there is no such thing as "safe, healthy use of pornography." Any viewing of pornography is neither safe nor healthy. There is no such thing as "manageable viewing of pornography" or viewing of pornography that is "normal development." Rather, the viewing of pornography is a sinful act that dishonors God and transgresses His Word.

Pornographic images have been proliferating at a remarkable rate. What was a $5 million-a-year enterprise merely 25 years ago has boomed to a $7 billion to $10 billion-a-year industry today... the fastest growing sectors of the industry are pornographic DVDs, cable television, and phone sex. Pornography is no longer confined to the seedier sections of town. With the advent of the Internet, it has become readily available to all, including children, and in the privacy of our own homes.<ref>[http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=759 Censorship or Education?]</ref>

==Human psychology==
Dr. [[Jerry Bergman (scientist)|Jerry Bergman]] (Ph.D.) wrote:

:Pornography distorts the natural development of personality. If the early stimulus is pornographic photographs, the [[adolescent]] can be [[conditioning|conditioned]] to become aroused through photographs. Once this pairing is rewarded a number of times, it is likely to become permanent. The result to the individual is that it becomes difficult for the person to seek out relations with appropriate persons. Furthermore, pornography teaches people to look upon others as nothing more than sex objects, therefore, possibly inducting thoughts of committing rape.<ref>Jerry Bergman, Ph.D., The Influence of Pornography on Sexual Development: Three Case Histories, IX ''Family Therapy'' 3, 1982, pg. 265.</ref>

Furthermore, research has revealed that married couples who watch pornography have a substantially higher divorce rate then married couples who do not indulge in pornography.<ref>[http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/divorce-rates-double-when-people-start-watching-porn Divorce rates double when people start watching porn]</ref>

==Illusion and addiction==

Pornography provides the illusion of intimacy,<ref>[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-f016.html (Christian Answers)]</ref> but this is a [[satan]]ic trap (see [[sexual addiction]]).

*Pornography consumption is not something that can easily be stopped. Once the appetite for it has developed, it actually increases. In his 1988 study ''Pornography Effects: Empirical and Clinical Evidence'', [[Victor Cline]], then with the [[University of Utah]]'s Department of Psychology noted that studies show pornography is progressive and addictive for many. It often leads to the user acting out his fantasy.
*The Internet is the "crack cocaine" of sexual addiction.<ref>[http://www.soundvision.com/Info/life/porn/pornfacts.asp]</ref>

"People often act in accordance with the images and patterns they find around them,"<ref>At the crux of this issue is whether written pornography might have a causal effect in eroticizing criminal activities. One case that dealt with this issue indirectly is American Booksellers Association v. Hudnut, ... the court conceded that it saw some evidence of a causal relationship between pornography and anti-social behaviors.... People often act in accordance with the images and patterns they find around them. . . . Depictions of subordination tend to perpetuate subordination." 771 F.2d at 328-29.</ref> so looking at pornography is a dangerous practice; although being around a loving Christian family for most of the day, and instead acting in accordance with those images and patterns seems to negate this.

Pornography says that happiness is found by having the same experience over and over again with lots of different women; true ''eros'' says that happiness is found by having different experiences over and over again with the same person.<ref>[http://nopornnorthampton.org/2007/05/02/schwyzer-on-porn-pursuit-of-novelty-is-enemy-of-relationship.aspx]</ref>

==Departure from the norm==
Viewing or reading pornography day in and day out has a negative effect. It desensitizes a person, makes him more withdrawn, and makes him view others (of the opposite sex) like objects rather than the people they are.
Although some people have argued that "erotica" is okay, in the history of erotic literature it is rare to find any depiction of normal marital relations.

Cary Tennis wrote:
:And naturally whether you approve of porn in theory or not, its effect will be to displace you. Like crack, it tends to take over, to push out other hungers that tend to nurture the human community by making us dependent on one another. Since we are dependent on each other we must be civil and loving. If we are not dependent on each other then we needn't be civil and loving. We needn't have community and family.<ref>[https://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/11/porn/ (Salon magazine)]</ref>

There is debate whether it is truly moral to be 'civil and loving' purely because it is necessary, as Cary Tennis seems to say here. Other Christians argue that to be 'civil and loving' purely because we are dependent on others is actually immoral and manipulative. These Christians argue that to be self-contained, independent and yet still warm and loving is a greater virtue.

Debbie Nathan wrote:
:Porn is everywhere today, everyone is looking, and the media responds with little more than gloom-and-doom talk about evils like Internet sex addiction, or rah-rah promotion of Brazilian waxing and Jenna Jameson’s fame and fortune. Meanwhile, few know the real history of this explosive media, or the truth about its business practices, working conditions, politics and actual effects on people. [http://debbienathan.com/buy-the-books/ Pornography: A Groundwork Guide.]

[[File:Larry Flynt Wheelchair.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|The pornographer [[Larry Flynt]] is an atheist.<ref>Flynt writes, "I have left my religious conversion behind and settled into a comfortable state of atheism": see the epilogue of Flynt and Ross</ref><ref>"I am not saying he don't believe in God. I am just saying I don't believe in God. That puts me at odds with him." ''[https://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9701/11/falwell.v.flynt/lkl.00.html Larry King Live]'', January 10, 1996</ref> See: [[Atheism and pornography]]

(photo obtained from [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Larry_Flynt_Wheelchair.jpg Wikimedia Commons], see: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en license agreement]) ]]

==Neuroplasticity and Pornography==
Neuroplasticity is an emerging field of neuroscience which explains how certain states of mind or thought routines can physically alter the structure of the brain, even after adulthood, when the brain is purportedly thought to be done with development. The negative effects of pornography in relation to the phenomenon of neuroplasticity is often brought up in anti-pornographic studies. However, various pseudoscientific theories have emerged, claiming that pornography can actually be used to help heal the brain and stabilize the body much in the same way as Tai Chi, Yoga, or Transcendent Meditation. Propaganda websites like Intimate Medicine have been at the forefront of perpetuating this deadly myth, as pronounced meditation on pornographic material enslaves the mind to lust and can affect work ethic. The effect of pornography on the reward centers of the brain is well documented and correlates with this evidence.

== Atheism and pornography ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and pornography]] and [[Atheism and child pornography]]

One of the [[causes of atheism]] is a [[hedonism]]. See: [[Causes of atheism]] and [[Atheism and hedonism]].

The infamous pornographers [[Hugh Hefner]] and [[Larry Flynt]] are both [[atheism|atheists]].<ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/02/23/10_celebs_you_didnt_know_were_atheists_partner/ 10 celebs you didn't know were atheists], ''Salon'' 2-23-2010</ref><ref>Flynt writes, "I have left my religious conversion behind and settled into a comfortable state of atheism": see the epilogue of Flynt and Ross</ref><ref>"I am not saying he don't believe in God. I am just saying I don't believe in God. That puts me at odds with him." ''[https://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9701/11/falwell.v.flynt/lkl.00.html Larry King Live]'', January 10, 1996</ref>

In 2003, ''Arena magazine'' magazine listed Flynt as #1 on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list.<ref>[http://www.onenewspage.us/people/ms9j0/Larry-Flynt.htm Larry Flynt - One News Page]</ref> Flynt is paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries sustained from a 1978 assassination attempt by the serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin.<ref>Flynt and Ross, pp. 170–171.</ref><ref>[http://www.onenewspage.us/people/ms9j0/Larry-Flynt.htm Larry Flynt - One News Page]</ref>

For more information, please see:

*[[Atheism and pornography]]

*[[Atheism and child pornography]]

=== Barna Group study relative to atheism, pornography and sexual immorality ===

The [[Barna Group]] found that atheists and [[agnostics]] in America were more likely, than [[theist]]s in America, to look upon these behaviors as being morally acceptable: [[fornication|sexual relationships outside of marriage]]; [[abortion]]; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; [[Profanity|obscene language]]; pornography and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in [[homosexuality]]/[[bisexuality]].<ref>http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/5-barna-update/58-practical-outcomes-replace-biblical-principles-as-the-moral-standard</ref>

=== The Netherlands and the global spread of bestiality pornography ===

[[File:Netherlands location.PNG|thumbnail|150px|A 2007 survey found that distributors in the [[Netherlands]] were responsible for some 80 percent of bestiality videos worldwide.<ref>[http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/811523-bestiality-video-industry-hit-as-dutch-give-animal-sex-the-thumbs-down]</ref>]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and bestiality]] and [[Netherlands and bestiality]] and [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]

In 2005, the [[Netherlands]] was ranked the 13th most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 39 - 44%% of the Dutch are agnostics/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> The Netherlands also has the 11th highest rate of belief in evolution as far as [[Western World]] nations (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]).<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref>

In February 2010, the UK news website'' Metro'' reported:
{{cquote|Given the illicit nature of the product, precise figures on animal pornography video sales are difficult to find, but the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, in a 2007 survey, found that distributors in the [[Netherlands]] were responsible for some 80 percent of bestiality videos worldwide.<ref>[http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/811523-bestiality-video-industry-hit-as-dutch-give-animal-sex-the-thumbs-down]</ref>}}

In 2010, the Netherlands banned bestiality.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-02-03/dutch-finally-ban-bestiality/319622 Dutch Finally Ban Bestiality, ABC News]</ref>

For more information, please see: [[Atheism and bestiality]] and [[Atheism and pornography]]

=== Atheism and child pornography ===

*[[Atheism and child pornography]]

*[[Atheistic Denmark and child pornography]]

*[[Atheistic Thailand and child prostitution]]

*[[Netherlands and child pornography]]

*[[Irreligious Britain and child pornography]]

*[[Atheism, pederasty and NAMBLA]]

*[[Atheistic Czech Republic and child pornography]]

*[[Atheistic Sweden and child pornography]]

==Legal aspects==
Due to a series of [[liberal]] decisions beginning with the [[Warren Court]], pornography is aggressively sold and distributed in the United States without meaningful law enforcement. It is a $7–10 billion industry that affects and harms 40 million Americans. Pornography destroys relationships and exploits young people.<ref>''National Catholic Register'' p. 8 (Apr. 22, 2007).</ref><ref>http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/internet-pornography-statistics.html</ref> The [[ACLU]] has also opposed any limits on the availability of pornographic content, as well as the [[Child Online Protection Act]], which would have placed restrictions on how accessible pornography would be to minors on the internet.

== Deadly industry ==
Similar to [[Hollywood values]], the pornographic industry is rife with destructive [[liberal]] values that prove dangerous and even deadly. A great number of pornographic movie "stars" have died untimely deaths due to drug use, alcoholism and [[sexually transmitted disease]]. Below is a list of such cases. Note that most names below are stage names (with their real names included where available), that such public [[Prostitution|prostitutes]] adopt out of shame and acknowledgment of their depraved choices. In that same vein, suicide is very common among pornographic "actors."<ref>http://www.rame.net/faq/deadporn/</ref>

*Brad Chase (William Hobbs), suicide (hanging)
*John Holmes (John Curtis Estes), 43, died of [[AIDS]]
*Maria Christina, 41, (drug overdose)
*Vanessa Freeman, 29, murdered
*Elisa Bridges (real name), 28, drug overdose combining heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs
*Savannah (Shannon Michelle Wilsey), 23, committed suicide after a drunken car accident
*Chance Ryder, 26, drug overdose
*Roberta Pedon, 28, cirrhosis of the liver due to alcoholism
*Pierce Daniels (Rusty), 32, AIDS
*Lisa Melendez, 35, AIDS
*Teri Diver (real name), 29, drug overdose
*Wendy O. Williams (real name), 48, suicide (self-inflicted gunshot)
*Nancee Kelly (Kelly Jean Van Dyke), 33, suicide (hanging)
*Jon Vincent (Jeffrey James Vickers), 36, suicide (drug overdose)
*Caleb Carter (Ben), 31, suicide after suffering from manic depression, alcoholism
*Kyle Hazzard, 33, AIDS
*Charli Waters, 20, murdered
*Andy Mantegna, 34, suicide (hanging)
*Amber Rayne (Meghan Wren), 31, (drug overdose, cocaine and alcohol)

==References==
<references/>

==See also==
*[[Anthony Comstock]]
*[[ACLU#Pornography|ACLU]]
*[[Social effects of pornography]]

==External links==
*[http://unitedfamilies.org/default.asp?contentID=34 Guide to Family Issues: The Harms of Pornography] : United Families Intl
*[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-f016.html How can I tell if I'm getting addicted to sex or pornography?] - ChristianAnswers.Net
*[http://www.soundvision.com/Info/life/porn/getrid.asp Pornography & Islam] : A 12-step guide To Fight Pornography Addiction
*[http://nopornnorthampton.org/ NoPornHampton] - an anti-pornography organization with an extensive, blog-style website
*[http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=759 Censorship or Education? Feminist Views on Pornography]
*[http://www.ldsmag.com//LDSMariageNetwork/090306woman.html What's A Woman To Do? How Pornography Affects Women and What They Can Do], Geoff Steurer, ''Meridian Magazine''
*[http://www.obscenitycrimes.org/news/HowAdultPornographyHarmsChildren.pdf How Adult Pornography Contributes To Sexual Exploitation of Children], by Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media (September 2009)
*[https://www.theepochtimes.com/chapter-fourteen-popular-culture-a-decadent-indulgence_2685394.html Chapter Fourteen: Popular Culture–A Decadent Indulgence], ''The Epoch Times'' (from ''How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World'').

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Essay:Worst Liberal Video Games

2019-09-05T02:29:01Z

Ukimmoral: /* Konami */

The [[video game industry]] is a very [[liberal]] market, which is why many [[conservative]] organizations, [[church]]es, and [[Christianity|Christian]] educational institutions criticize video games. Here are some of the worst examples of liberalism in video games by developer:

==Definitely liberal==
===Acclaim Entertainment===
*''BMX XXX'': A "sports game" that included pornographic elements as well as more foul language and adult humor, presumably in an attempt to salvage the game by turning it into a raunchy sex comedy-style game. The game was rather infamous for the controversy that ensued for the company, namely that they falsely put real life BMX athlete [[Dave Mirra]]'s name on the title that indicated that he supported it when he specifically requested that his name not be attached to it, as well as various retailers giving extremely negative reviews due to its content, leading to poor sales and ultimately to Acclaim's bankruptcy.

===Blizzard Entertainment===
*''Overwatch'': Multiplayer shooter game that caters to SJWs and Cultural Marxists by needlessly making a popular character a lesbian, as well as adding in a muscular lesbian when leftists were offended by the game. The story of the game also subtly condemns private business while promoting the left-wing United Nations. In addition, it recently came under fire when Soldier 76, the closest the game had to a conservative character, was turned homosexual for absolutely no reason.<ref>https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2019/01/overwatch-turns-the-last-normal-character-gay/74757/</ref>

===Capcom===
*''Dead Rising'' series: The series deals with a bioterror attack at various places resulting in the creation of zombies, as well as fighting against psychopaths who were either driven mad from tragic circumstances relating to the event, or otherwise used the event as an excuse for committing terrorist acts. The terrorists directly responsible for the events in question are generally depicted in a sympathetic manner, while the hidden villains, with the exception of ''Dead Rising 2'', are usually military personnel, with the latter not being depicted in a sympathetic manner. The background of the first game regarding the Santa Cabenza operation also indicated that the Zombrex formula was initially created in an attempt to boost beef production, which may be a subtle condemnation of [[capitalism]].
*''Killer7:'' Aside from portraying assassinations in a positive light, the game also has implicit anti-American views in the plot due to commentary provided in the ''Hand in Killer7'' handbook by the game's creator.<ref>''Hand in Killer7'', "Since the foundation of the United States of America, many organizations and political parties struggled for power. Although history recognizes the United States of America's government as a democratic republic, it is rumoured that a shadow government really runs the country."</ref>

===Destructive Studios===
*''Hatred'': The game's entire premise dealt with playing as a psychopathic and misanthropic spree killer trying to kill as many people as possible, and culminates in engineering a nuclear meltdown. Pro-terrorism, as well, with hints at a massively nihilistic outlook. There's also evidence that it plagiarized the ''Postal'' series of games in terms of overall plot and gameplay. Was also notorious for managing to be sold largely because of its controversy and other than that was not popular at all due to it encouraging killing for no justifications whatsoever.

===Electronic Arts===
Electronic Arts is a game producer based in California. Some of the games they produce are okay, but others are quite liberal. Electronic Arts is now the parent company of Maxis, which was created by an [[atheist]].
*Spore: The game revolves around the concept of [[Evolution]].

===HudsonSoft===
* ''Cho Aniki'' series: Blatantly of the LGBT agenda.

===Illusion Softworks===
* Mafia series: Glorifies every aspect of the Italian mafia, with the third Mafia game promoting the radical Black Panthers, and featuring a minor lesbian protagonist.

===Insomniac===
* ''Spider-Man'': Despite Spider-Man aiding the police and stopping crimes (which ironically got the game condemned by the leftist media as promoting [[authoritarian]] [[police state]]s), the game pushed several anti-Trump messages via the characters Kingpin and Norman Osborne, with the former having Mary Jane Watson quipping that he plans to "Make New York Great Again" in an obvious attempt at connecting him to Trump's Make America Great Again slogan. There's also a feminist agenda being pushed with the characters Mary Jane, Silver Sable and to a lesser degree Black Cat.<ref>https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2018/09/editorial-insomniacs-spider-man-is-political-but-the-media-was-too-dumb-to-see-it/69744/</ref>

===Konami===
Konami has supported then-FLOTUS [[Michelle Obama]]'s Let's Move [[exercise]] program in 2013 during E3. In addition however, they also tend to have very liberal games on market such as:

* The ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' series by Hideo Kojima blatantly pushes anti-Americanism, post-modernism, nihilism, and also hints at anarchism being preferable to law and order. It also has some praise for May 1968, and Peace Walker infamously has most of the cast hero-worshipping ''[[Che Guevara]]''. Kojima was also shown to be a big Obama supporter, especially in regards to the latter wanting to get rid of nuclear weapons. There was also an anti-Colonial settlement in several of the games, and has also promoted LGBT politics in the form of Dr. Strangelove. Notable examples include:
** ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' is notorious for being the first [[Postmodernism|postmodern]] game in the history of gaming. It also is extremely anti-American, with Hideo Kojima in his Grand Game Plan for the game even explicitly stating that America as a culture was meant to represent the biggest evil in the game, with the same source implying that Solid Snake, one of the few characters who was on the good spectrum, acted as a spy for Communist China.<ref>Metal Gear Solid 2: Grand Game Plan (http://www.gamepitches.com/2012/01/kojima-productions-metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty-design-document/), page 36-37.
;Absolute evil in MGS2

Evil in Hollywood films has always changed depending on the time in which the film’s story takes place. In the American market, where audiences like to see good triumph over evil, the absolute enemy – be it a race, country or setting – has always changed with the values of the times. MGS2 will be developed with mainly the American market in mind, though it will also consider countries in the European market, such as Germany, France, Britain and Italy. Therefore, the particulars of its ‘evil’ must be handled carefully. It should be noted that we face no such problem with Japan. 

Westerns -> Native Americans 

Post-WWII war films -> Germany, Japan 

Cold War-era spy films -> Russia 

Post-Cold War films -> China 

Following the signing of the friendship treaty between the US and China -> Japanese businesses(the collapse of the bubble economy) 

1990s -> Terrorism 

;MGS2’s evil
The evil in MGS2 is the American government. However, this does not refer to Americans in general, nor to any particular persons, but to the festering discharge that has built-up within the democratic state of America over the years. The intention is not to defame any race, state or ethnicity, but rather to look at the ‘monster’ that the country’s political structure has created. It is an intangible entity yet at the same time a massive menace to the world, about on the same level as the evil in The X-Files. It could be called a throwback to the somewhat classic type of evil. It is this hidden hand of the American government, the Patriots, that has both created madmen like Solidus and the members of Dead Cell and has also used them for its own ends. 

;Absolute evil

The Patriots -> the shadowy organization that controls the American government 

People used by them:

Solidus -> current President of the United States of America 

Colonel Gurlukovich -> a Russian who wishes to see his country rebuilt 

People they must be careful of: 

Vamp -> ex-Stasi 

Old Boy -> former Nazi army colonel 

Snake -> a spy for China?</ref> The same source also implies that it intended to push a feminist agenda.<ref>http://www.gamepitches.com/2012/01/kojima-productions-metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty-design-document/
Page 6 
"'''Story''' 
Having an iconic female character (Fortune), like in the previous game, as well as an ordinary woman involved with the main character, will add both a realistic and romantic element to the game. 
‘The 21st century will be the age of women, when women will protect men’"</ref> Both main villains, who espoused American values (to the extent that they were even named Sons of Liberty and Patriots) and were fighting each other, were shown or heavily implied to be complicit in terrorist acts, and several of the characters, both good and bad, were shown to do very amoral things, including constantly betraying each other. Solid Snake in the ending later gave a message on how there was never such a thing as "absolute reality" and how "reality" was just "cleverly disguised fiction", meaning he was essentially pushing nihilism. The game also briefly implies that Solid Snake had conducted terrorist attacks while in Philanthropy, with it overall being glossed over. In addition, some of the main villains, the Gurlukovich Mercenaries, who were strongly implied to be Communists, were depicted in a more sympathetic light compared to the other villains. Ironically, the game ended up being released around the time of the September 11 attacks. Kojima, in an interview dated back in 1999, implied that the game was meant to push the exact same themes as ''The Matrix'' by [[the Wachowski Brothers]] (as they were known at the time, and who were personal friends of him), including the concept of how reality was an illusion.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130328062143/http://www.gamespot.com/news/hideo-kojima-speaks-about-the-matrix-2448486</ref>
** ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' has the player aiding implied Muslim terrorists and Communist insurgents in the first two acts. In addition, there was a brief promotion of the crackpot Global Warming ideology at the beginning of Act 4. It also depicts the main antagonist Liquid Ocelot's desire for the destruction of the Patriots and the creation of pure anarchy in a positive light nearing the end. It also juxtapositions the United States and the Soviet Union symbolism during Big Mama's speech, implying that they were little different from each other. It also glosses over the complications posed by Sunny "keeping the brain cell intact" (in particular, Drebin 893, a gun launderer, implies both that the resulting Patriot shutdown will result in a massive boom for his business, and also that the UN would end up taking over the entire planet after the events of the shutdown of the War Economy and the Patriots resulted in multiple countries going broke and being in significant enough debt that even PMC regulation laws wouldn't come close to closing it off, as well as America being affected to the degree that it has to give up on unilateralism, and also briefly implying that the UN will likely come the closest towards a successor group to the Patriots and that the cycle will continue, with the story treating it as drunken ramblings.), and also heavily implies a more unrealistic view of government control similar to more left-wing views on how things work when all the characters are acting as though if Liquid Ocelot either took control of the Patriots directly or otherwise just wiped them out altogether, the key essentials to human civilization - water, air, electricity, food, medicine, communication and transportation - would be negatively affected to catastrophic levels, many times forgetting that most if not all of those would either not have been impacted at all by the Patriots shutdown (due to existing well before the Patriots or the Philosophers before them were even an idea) or otherwise being a minor inconvenience at worst. Was also notable as being the first entry to the series to have a character (Laughing Octopus) drop the f-bomb in dialogue in the English release (in ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'', the character EVA also dropped the f-bomb in English to Colonel Volgin in the Japanese version, but this was toned down overseas to "Go to hell!"). And while the game does have a subtle condemnation to [[gun control]] in the form of the Sons of the Patriots system, at the same time, it also seems to promote people killing each other for the sheer sake of it as evidenced by Liquid Ocelot's comments before his death, and also implies that to some extent, the gun control implanted by Liquid Ocelot when he took over the SOP system ended all conflict and treated that as a silver lining. While not in the game itself, the teaser site for the game and other games being made by Kojima Productions during that time, released during E3 2006 had an overall background theme that invoked left-wing revolutions and riots, even saying as their tagline "Kojima Productions' next revolt" including spraypainting and fists being raised with yells.<ref>http://www.konami.jp/kojima_pro/e3_2006/</ref>
** ''Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker'' was very left-wing in its outlook, even by ''Metal Gear'' series standards. One of the more infamous aspects of the game had the various main characters, including the co-protagonists Big Boss and Kazuhira Miller, giving a very fawning account on the Marxist terrorist Che Guevara, completely ignoring his role in nearly causing the Cuban Missile Crisis to become a full on nuclear war despite two of the main villains doing exactly that, not to mention Big Boss trying to put a stop to two attempts at launching a nuke twice, one at Cuba and another at America. In the case of Big Boss and Miller, it also conflicts completely with their histories, which had them, respectively, feeling guilt for killing The Boss (as well as implying at one point that the Cuban Missile Crisis was ultimately responsible for the aforementioned action) and growing up in Japan during that time with the adults explicitly panicking respectively. Aside from Che, Miller and Big Boss also proceeded to briefly mention Mao Zedong once via his book ''On Protracted War'' while implying they similarly held him in high regard as well. The various characters also gave very anti-American views, including condemning the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, the firebombing of Tokyo, the post-war period of Japan, and also repeating the usual condemnations towards American involvement in South and Central America, many times completely ignoring or at most glossing over Soviet involvement in the region as well. One character, a French woman named Cecile Cosima Caminades, also was implied to be very sexually loose, and also gives a glowing account of the horrendous events of the [[May 1968 riots]] in France (including falsely implying that the vast majority of Paris and even France as a whole had participated in or at least were influenced by the events of May 1968, despite it, similar to the Hippie movement, actually only being a minority rabble of Trotskyite and Maoist groups trying to impose their will on society, and that it actually ruined France rather than the game's implication that it actually turned out for the better unlike the Hippie movement or similar movements in Japan.) and also was a fangirl of notorious Existentialist philosopher Jean Paul Sartre (her fangirlism to him was made more explicit in the Japanese version, where she actually squeals in excitement when Big Boss mentions that he was the same guy who infamously referred to Che Guevara as "the most complete man of the century."). It also has some implied LGBT agenda pushing in the form of Dr. Strangelove, who is strongly implied to be a lesbian, as well as one mission featuring Big Boss and Miller entering a date and being implied to have engaged in homosexual sex upon the completion. The CIA was also depicted in a very negative light, being the main antagonistic force in the game, and the initial main villain Hot Coldman, a station chief in Central America and an implied former Director for the CIA, was depicted as a madman. It also paints the FSLN in a sympathetic light and, in a clear breach with real-life history, depicts them actually revolting against the KGB late in the game, as well as largely glossing over their crimes (in an even more egregrious note, the Sandinista Comandante Amanda was implied in dialogue to be a Christian despite the fact that the FSLN, being a Communist organization, was explicitly Atheistic in its outlook). When covering the game at Tokyo Game Show 2009, Hideo Kojima heavily implied that deterrence was bad, as was holding any form of military at all,<ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/kojima-talks-peace-walker/1100-6230488/ "There's the philosophy of nuclear deterrence," Kojima continued. "America and Russia just kept piling up on their nuclear weapons. And when you have an army, it deters enemies from invading. That's yet another theory of deterrence. Why can't we get rid of nuclear arms and soldiers from the world? I'm sure that everyone's thought about it. And then there's the reality, which I hope players will think about as they're playing Peace Walker. Back then, it was a time when these theories were actually thought to be effective. And now, we're paying the price. We've still got tons of nuclear weapons scattered all over the world."</ref> which is further supported by the game frequently quoting Enlightenment philosopher and leftist [[Immanuel Kant]] and his tract ''On Perpetual Peace'', one of the quotes, given in the first ending, being from Chapter 1 of the treatise where he explicitly calls for the total abolishment of any and all armies. In addition, it also had Kojima during development reporting glowingly on Barack Obama's Prague Speech on a World without Nukes.<ref>http://ameblo.jp/kp-blogcast/entry-10361111977.html 『核なき世界』をプラハで宣言したオバマ大統領がノーベル平和賞を受賞した。ようやく時代が動き出したのか。ピースウォーカー計画始動？そうなる事を願いたい。『平和は歩いては来ない』『お互い歩み寄るしかないのだ』 Gymにて。 ("President Obama, who talked about a "world without nuclear weapons" in Prague, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Has history finally made its move? Could this be the beginning of the Peace Walker Project? I hope so. "Peace won't come to us." "We have to meet it halfway" At the gym."?)</ref> There's also a slight joke where the characters refer to Hideo Kojima as "god." Paz also at one point channels anti-Colonial sentiments regarding outside markets. There are also two missions, one having Snake (who is 39 years old at the time of the game) date as well as being strongly implied to have had sex with Paz (who at the time of the mission was believed to be sixteen years old), and the other being the aforementioned Miller mission.
**''Metal Gear Solid V'': Like with ''Peace Walker'', it depicts several anti-American references throughout both games. In the first part of the game, ''Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes'', it depicts a black site in Cuba that was all but stated to be Guantanamo Bay in what was clearly intended to be a condemnation towards its existence, including implying that the terrorists placed there had just been abducted in the dead of night and didn't actually do anything wrong. It also showcased some extremely brutal torture, including them forcing a kid to rape a girl, as well as stuffing a bomb down said girl's vagina. It also depicts the Marines in a very negative light. One of the side missions for the game also has the player infiltrating the base with the explicit mission of assassinating members of a Marine Sniper-Spotter team who had previously been deployed to Laos due to their being successful in killing several high-ranking members of the NVA and other Communist organizations in the region, with the person giving the mission being KGB, while another mission has the player sabotaging anti-air guns as well as doing a helicopter raid on the base. Kojima, in an interview with the Guardian, also makes it perfectly clear that up to that point, he intended for his games to question America's role in the world, and implied he wanted to show it in a negative light.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/18/hideo-kojima-interview-metal-gear-solid-phantom-pain
"With Ground Zeroes he [Hideo Kojima] escalated the stakes by taking aim at North America’s contemporary policies towards terror suspects. “In the past the US was the centre of the world, where everything was happening,” he says. “I think my stories have always sought to question this, maybe even criticise it. But the situation is changing. America is not seen as the centre of the world any more. So the focus of my stories is shifting alongside with that change in the real world.”
"It’s a diplomatic answer, but Ground Zeroes is not an especially diplomatic video game. Its incarcerated terror suspects kneel in wire cages, bound at the hands and feet with blinding sacks over their heads. As you hoist them on to Snake’s shoulder and sprint to the evacuation helicopter, some break down in tears either through fear or relief. It’s grimly political. “[Guantanamo] was definitely something that I made decision to address in the game,” Kojima says. “Hollywood continues to present the US army as being the good guys, always defeating the aliens or foreigners. I am trying to shift that focus. These movies might not be the only way to view current affairs. I am trying to present an alternate view in these games.”"</ref> The ending for the main mission as well as one of the tapes has the character Skull Face, when describing Here's to You, falsely referring to [[Sacco and Vanzetti]] as having been innocent of the crimes they were executed for. In the second half, ''Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain'', there were several anti-American references, such as having a character named Code Talker refer negatively to the American Indian Boarding School as well as developing genocidal views on the English language and his being portrayed sympathetically for this, as well as Miller making a reference to the pejorative "American Empire." Ronald Reagan was also mentioned as well as his Evil Empire speech, with a more sarcastic element to it. In addition, although the protagonists do fight against the USSR, their missions in Africa have them aiding the Communist backed MPLA, and also make several anti-Colonial references such as Western Powers being "parasitic" towards their natural resources), with Kojima even admitting in concept art commentary that he deliberately made the Angola-Zaire border region look extremely polluted and gloomy to highlight this message.<ref>''Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: The Official Guide: Collector's Edition'' by Piggyback Games, page 401. "Hideo Kojima: 'Some of the locations in Africa are evidently polluted and gloomy. This was a way to highlight how foreign (non-African) countries are parasitic on the resources available in Africa.'"</ref> Like before, it mentions the FSLN in a glowing manner, even explicitly founding a socialist state as well as being backed by the USSR. In addition, writer Kenji Yano also implied that Big Boss being Ishmael instead of Huey Emmerich was because they wanted to avoid a pro-American bias regarding morality.<ref>http://www.metalgearinformer.com/?p=25955 
Yano says that Kojima explained the structure of MGSV to him as early as 2011, and all the different elements were already in place: from the themes (such as phantom pain and retaliation) to the motif of Moby Dick. “However, at that point Ishmael was actually Huey. Snake was Ahab, and Diamond Dogs’ enemy was America. It was set up so that the story, being told by Huey (Ishmael) as an American citizen, would be biased toward the American perspective, showing America as being right the whole time.” According to Yano, the Moby Dick connection is also meant as an allegory for the powers that drive the world, as whales used to be more than just a source of food. “Of course their oil was prized, but also other parts such as the bones and baleen played an important role in people’s lifestyles. […] World maps are thought to have come about thanks to the whaling trade. In short, whaling was inseparable from people’s lives at the time. You could even say it had “infiltrated” their lives.” With MGSV, Kojima brought this theme to a new century: “What’s important is that Kojima-san didn’t just transplant the motif from Moby-Dick. I think it’s more a case of these two creators, Melville and Kojima, relentlessly thinking through the way that the world works, and arriving at the same answer.” This connects to the setting of the game: “if we look at the game from the energy perspective, it’s obvious that Afghanistan and Africa would be the settings for the events in MGSV. Each produces oil, and each is a source of rare metals and other mined resources.” Of course, both Moby Dick and MGSV share the theme of revenge. “As Skull Face stated in MGSV, the world is an endless loop of action and reaction. It’s always an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. […] Like Moby-Dick, MGSV is also a tale of revenge.” Why was Ishmael changed from Huey to Big Boss? Yano believes the answer to that lies in what Ahab represents: “Although Ahab has only his personal revenge, when the character is superimposed onto American righteousness, he serves as an analogy for how justification for revenge based on instinctive national memory is converted into a just cause.” He continues: “But in MGSV, it’s actually America that’s the overarching Moby Dick. Big Boss is Ahab in the sense that he’s been maimed by America in the past. Big Boss turns his yearning for revenge into bonds that bind him together with comrades who share his wish to retaliate against America (or its self-righteous justifications). However, from America’s point of view it’s Big Boss that’s Moby Dick. So what we can see in MGSV is actually an attempt to depict battle between Ahab and Ahab, or perhaps Moby Dick and Moby Dick.” This, according to Yano, explains why Kojima chose to switch the role of Ahab from Huey to Big Boss. “To be more precise, the aim is to reveal that the system the world runs on defines Big Boss’s existence as “evil.” That’s why MGSV tells you distinctly that Ahab is you, the player. It says, now you have to experience first-hand the absurdity of being branded a villain by the manipulating ways of the global status quo. […] For that message to be put across, it can’t be Huey telling it, since he’s on the American side. It has to be Big Boss himself that delivers the message.”</ref> In addition, there was an ending for disarming all nukes on a server that implied that all nukes had been gotten rid of, which also featured a quotation by Barack Obama as part of the credits.

===MachineGames===
* ''Wolfenstein II'': The game has a Nazi occupation in America, with the twitter promotion making an unsubtle attempt at connecting this plot point with the Donald Trump presidency and his electorate. Was also rather notorious for not only this element, but also further demonstration of [[fake news]] by the left-wing media including Newsweek promoting the same claim, as well as indirectly hinting at Russian collusion.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/fakenews-newsweek-writer-calls-innocent-people-nazis-for-criticizing-video-game-without-verifying/</ref>

===Midway Games===
* ''[[Ms. Pac-Man]]'': Pro-[[feminist]] arcade game that was an unathourized spinoff of ''[[Pac-Man]]''.

===Multiple Parties===
*''Saints Row'' series: Glamorizes criminal street gangs. Much like the Grand Theft Auto series, the player character engages in many immoral and depraved acts. The second game is anti-capitalist (despite the Protagonist being a capitalist him/herself) with the depiction of the Ultor Corporation. (which was from developer Volition's other series Red Faction) The third game in the series attacks [[George W. Bush]] and the Iraq War with it's depiction of STAG. It also promotes the infamous liberal misconception about the "Mission Accomplished" Banner behind Bush when he delivered the speech from the USS Abraham Lincoln.<ref>https://youtu.be/MiYk8bxO7zQ?t=44</ref>

===Radical Games===
* ''The Simpsons Road Rage'': Blatantly pushes an anti-nuclear energy agenda, as the premise of the game involves Mr. Burns buying the public transit system and producing nuclear-powered buses, with it clearly being treated in a negative light as the game expects the player to do a volunteer taxi service to buy back the public transit system from Mr. Burns, with the taxi service being ironically a lot MORE hazardous to people's health due to extremely reckless driving and traffic violations, which is actively encouraged. The game, when first unveiling the nuclear buses, also shows the character Hans Moleman emitting a green glow and then begging for someone to kill him while in obvious agony as well as the bus itself emitting a similar green glow when Mr. Burns declares it to be "cheaper, faster, and completely safe", carrying the obvious implication that Burns was lying, even though studies have shown that nuclear power is actually much safer for the environment overall when used right and a lot more cost effective. The game was also an explicit knock-off of ''Crazy Taxi'', to the extent that one of its claim to fame was being the subject of a lawsuit by Sega, the creators of ''Crazy Taxi'', against Fox Entertainment for the similarities.

===Rockstar Games===
* [[Grand Theft Auto]] series: This whole series promotes alcohol, drugs, tobacco, crime, pornography, and a bunch of other gobbledygook. [[Grand Theft Auto V]] was probably the worst as it did everything it could to demonize wealthy businessmen, FBI agents, country people, and lawyers. [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] was probably the second worst as it was pro-illegal immigration.
* Midnight Club series: Same basic premise as Grand Theft Auto, only you're playing as a street racer instead of a car thief.

===SNK===
[[File:Nintendo Viva La Revolucion.jpg|thumb|150px|Screen capture of the game ''Guerrilla War'' for the Nintendo Entertainment System]]
*''Guevara'' (Released in The United States as ''Guerrilla War'') was a game released in 1987 and later brought to the NES which glorifies the rise to power of Che and Castro.<ref>[https://codigoespagueti.com/noticias/che-guevara-fidel-castro-protagonizaron-videojuego/ Yes, Che Guevara and Fidel Castro starred in a video game]</ref> Both the Japanese and English versions proclaim "'''Hail the heros of the Revolution!'''" in the opening credit. The English version does not directly name the protagonists, and also had the game script and instruction manual rewritten to tone down the obvious pro-Communist sentiment, although it is nonetheless pretty clear from their physical appearances who they were supposed to represent.

===Ubisoft===

Ubisoft claims to be a very diverse company. It seems they aren't very diverse politically as they have some of the most liberal games on market

*The Assassin's Creed franchise: Anti-Christian, as it claims that Jesus Christ was a fraud,<ref>http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Jesus_Christ</ref> with the villains of the series being the Knights Templar. The worst of the franchise is Syndicate, which has you killing capitalists in Victorian age London, working with the evolutionist [[Charles Darwin]] and [[communist]] [[Karl Marx]]. Ubisoft also had a transgender in the game, even though such a person was nonexistent back then. Only two games exist in the franchise that are in any way conservative: The third, which deals with the American Revolution and depicts the Founding Fathers in a positive light (although the DLC has them depicted negatively), and Assassin's Creed Unity, which depicted the French Revolution and its founders in a very negative light.

* Watch Dogs 2: While the first game is generally conservative (Pro-family, Anti-big government, Anti-crime), the sequel is one of the most liberal games to date. The main characters are anarchists, and the game has you fighting big corporations. You also have to work with many gays and transgenders. Also, in one mission the player must take down a church and expose it as fake. Even though the church in the game is meant to symbolize the cult of [[Scientology]],<ref>.http://www.mobilenapps.com/articles/20876/20161027/watch-dogs-2-scientology-tom-cruise-side-mission.htm</ref> there are various Anti-Christian undertones, such as a cross being depicted in an evil light with the words "False Prophets" being put under it. It is in this mission where you must also work with a gender-confused mayor, who is mad with the church for leaking videos of his mutilations onto the internet.

==Debatable whether liberal==
===Activision===
*Call of Duty 2: Like most entries in the franchise, it ultimately promotes American values and the military, as well as the British during World War II as well. However, at least one of the main campaigns depicts the Soviets in a positive manner due to it focusing on the Battle of Stalingrad.

===Capcom===
*''Resident Evil'' series: The games generally have a subtle anti-capitalist and anti-American agenda (with one of the protagonists in ''Resident Evil 3: Nemesis'', Carlos, being a communist rebel according to the game's Japanese version, and some versions of ''Resident Evil 5'' have a secret conversation between the game's protagonists, Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar, where the former denounces America due to it being capitalist.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA-aH1K_zBU</ref>). However, it also has a condemnation against social Darwinism and eugenics, as most of the main villains in the franchise tended to promote some form of eugenics as well as social Darwinism as their motives. In addition, one of the protagonists, Barry Burton, was implied in the English localization to be a member of the [[National Rifle Association]], and the games also to some extent featured pro-family messaging, as Barry Burton was shown to be very loyal to his family, and the character Claire Redfield is depicted as being loyal to her brother Chris, spending Resident Evil 2 trying to find him and in Code Veronica refuses to allow Albert Wesker to harm him. The games also showcase government corruption in a scarily realistic and negative light in the form of Albert Wesker (who was a former police officer in the first Resident Evil) and Brian Irons (the police chief for the Raccoon City Police Department in Resident Evil 2). Resident Evil 4 also has a condemnation against pagan religions in the form of the Los Illuminados.
*''Dead Rising 2'' and ''Dead Rising 2: Off the Record'': Although it has largely the same plotline as in the first ''Dead Rising'', it also to some extent is pro-family, due to the main character trying to save his daughter from infection. In addition, unlike the first or third main entries to the series, the hidden antagonist is not a military person, but instead a former rapper and TV executive who orchestrated the entire outbreak to boost ratings as well as steal wealth, acting as a subtle condemntation to [[Hollywood values]].

===Konami===
*''Metal Gear Solid''/''Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes'': Although the first game does have condemnation towards Cloning and genetic engineering, and also has (albeit unintentionally) a pro-life/anti-abortion message due to Liquid Snake, when describing the process of the Les Enfants Terribles' creation, in particular its use of abortion to encourage fetal growth, explicitly labeling it as murder (although in that case, he attributed the act of murder more to himself and his brother Solid Snake, both byproducts of the project, than to the people actually responsible for the Super Baby Method), as well as promoting the concept of redemption to some extent, and also paints terrorism in an appropriately bad light, it at the same time is rife with anti-Americanism among both heroes and villains (although obviously not to the same extent as in later entries) as well as pushing an anti-nuclear and anti-war agenda, both of which seemed to focus more on America doing so than other countries, in particular Russia and China (specifically, the character Nastasha Romanenko, a member of NEST, spent most of her time condemning America for using nuclear weapons or even using nuclear power at all, and giving very little, if any criticism towards Russia and China for their having nukes, despite the fact that the event that caused her to hold a strong hatred for nukes, Chernobyl, having originated from within the Soviet bloc).

===Nintendo===
*''Metroid: Other M:'' Although largely part of the Metroid series and retaining some of its more conservative elements (namely, the promotion of parenthood and condemning the concept of playing god), the game was rather infamous for several criticisms it experienced in the game, namely the characterization of Adam Malkovich and his relationship with Samus due to it coming across more as promoting an abusive relationship (such as Adam shooting Samus in the back before sacrificing himself). The game, unlike in the Prime series, also depicts the military in a more negative manner, as a flashback had Samus being restrained from turning her back on Adam despite her intention being to save Ian, his brother, from death, as well as one of the more controversial elements of the game being the authorization element which at one point has Adam failing to actually authorize the Varia Suit to allow Samus to traverse through a superheated area despite it nearly killing her until a long while afterward, and also had as its main plot a conspiracy to weaponized Metroids at the order of the Federation military (as well as having someone within Samus's group attempt to assassinate each of the members in order to silence them to any potential discoveries to the conspiracy in question via the character The Deleter).

===Radical Games===
*''The Simpsons Hit and Run'': Although there are some liberal themes, such as Marge's crusade against Bonestorm-an implied violent video game-being depicted in a negative light, some characters engaging in lawlessness in a similar manner to ''Grand Theft Auto'', and one of the later chapters for the game having the main antagonists supply the townspeople with ray guns as well as tainted cola in a way that could be interpreted as supporting gun control, it also had several conservative messages, namely pro-family, as two of the chapters dealt with Lisa and Marge trying to find Bart after he went missing and trying to find out the cause behind his addled behavior, and later attempting to stop the production of Buzz Cola due to its effects on Bart, respectively, the first chapter and most of the game features a condemnation towards mass surveillance due to the presence of surveillance vans and wasp cameras and their being treated in a clear negative light, especially in a matter that isn't essential to stopping a threat, and is also anti-Hollywood values due to the main antagonists, aliens by the name of Kang and Kodos, deliberately trying to cause a ruckus in Springfield, including the aforementioned distribution of ray guns and tainted Buzz Cola to cause a shootout and later reanimating the dead via Buzz Cola, plus using the wasp cameras and surveillance vans all in an attempt to boost ratings of their reality show "Foolish Earthlings," which as the title implies deals with depicting various people of Earth, in particular Springfield, doing various stupid actions. Also has a rarity in the franchise where nuclear power is actually depicted in a positive light due to it ultimately being the only thing that stopped Kang and Kodos's alien invasion. There is also a humorous condemnation towards gun-free school zones, as during the same level that Bart has to stop the distribution of ray guns to the populace at Squidport, Principal Skinner explicitly references the no-gun policy among students at Springfield Elementary when confiscating Bart's ray gun, despite Bart making clear he only needed the gun to supply evidence towards an evil plot.

===Rockstar North===
*''Red Dead Redemption'': A former outlaw named John Marston is tasked by a corrupt government official to hunt down his former gang members in exchange for getting his wife and son back. It promote family in the form of John trying to work hard to be with his family again, even trying to spend time with his son Jack. It also promotes doing good like donating to a nunnery, helping people (whether from gangs or wild animals), and doing jobs for them. However, the player also has the option of doing bad things like murder, theft, and robbery.
*''Red Dead Redemption 2'': Set before the events of Red Dead Redemption, this game explores how the Dutch Van Der Linde gang had fallen. As the title suggests, it promotes redemption in the form of main protagonist Arthur Morgan helping John Marston and his family escape the collapsing gang at the cost of his own life (whether from dying from tuberculosis or being murdered), and like the previous game, shows doing good deeds, heroism, and family in good light. However, also like the first game, the player can do bad things.

===Square-Enix===
*''Final Fantasy II:'' In initial releases for the game, the game had an undeniably pro-Christian element to the games, and also condemned Satanic worshippers and totalitarianism in the form of the game's main villain Emperor Mateus Palamecia, who explicitly goes to Hell when he dies and tries to take over the world with the powers he gained from Hell. However, the remakes starting with the GBA version added in a new mode called "Dawn of Souls" which has the killed party members fighting against the Emperor's light half who took over Heaven, which could be interpreted as an anti-Christian message.
*''Final Fantasy VI:'' Promotes parenthood due to Terra Branford becoming a mother figure for the Mobliz orphans late into the game, which also had her learning the concept of love, and also showcases the horrors of totalitarian ideologies in the form of the Gestahlian Empire, and also offers a condemnation of [[nihilism]] in the form of the game's main antagonist Kefka Palazzo (who is depicted in a similar manner to [[Joker (comics)|the Joker]] from the Batman franchise). However, Terra also makes a more relativistic remark when trying to refute Kefka regarding finding meanings in things.
*''Final Fantasy VII:'' Promotes the concept of redemption and condemns unethical science in the form of Professor Hojo, but on the other hand, it also has a more anti-Capitalist view on things with Shin-Ra, the main antagonists, being a corporation, and is hinted to promote environmentalism due to the main protagonists being eco-terrorists.

===Ubisoft===
*Assassins Creed 3: The Assassins help the American Revolution by killing the Templar leaders of the British. However, a DLC came out for the game that has you kill all of the [[Founding Fathers]].

* Far Cry 5: The main villains of the game are inaccurately portrayed as Christians, while the previous game villains were more politically neutral (they include a psychotic pirate and an atheistic dictator). However, Jerome Jeffries, one of the characters who aids the player, is a Christian pastor. Richard "Dutch" Roosevelt, another supporting character, has a distrust for government. The game also occasionally pokes fun at liberals and paints the 2nd-amendment in a positive light.

===Indie/Small Developers===

• Undertale: On one hand, it teaches the importance of core Christian values such as mercy and compassion by discouraging killing characters, and instead solving conflicts non-violently. On the other hand, it involves homosexual and bisexual relationships, some of which may involve the player character (who is 12 years of age and androgynous) depending on what dialogue choices the player makes.

==See also==
*[[Essay:Greatest Conservative Video Games]]

==References==
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[[Category:Essays]]
[[Category:Video Games]]

Human Rights Watch

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'''Human Rights Watch''' (HRW) is a large, well-funded
<ref>HRW has a full-time staff of 190 employees worldwide and a budget of approximately $22 million per year. [http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258 Discover the Networks]</ref>
[[liberal]] advocacy group presenting itself as a [[human rights]] watchdog. One of its four co-founders also founded [[SDS]], a radical pro-communist group masquerading as a supporter of [[democracy]]. This parentage exposes the extremist origins of the group.

HRW mainly criticizes the [[United States]]<ref>Discover the Networks-A guide to the liberal Left,http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref> and [[Israel]].<ref>“Human Rights Watch shows a disturbing disparity in its treatment of Israel and China.” Gerald M. Steinberg(head of the Program on Conflict Management at Bar Ilan University and is the editor of NGO Monitor.) May 2006 http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YzdkNDA3NTY4ZmMwMzFmNWYwYTBkMWU4MzFiMTMxNGM</ref>
Yet it studiously avoids any criticism of Arab groups who launch rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.<ref>“NGOs Make War on Israel” Gerald M. Steinberg Middle East Quarterly Summer 2004, http://www.meforum.org/article/633</ref>
As [[conservative]] author and [[human rights]] activist [[David Horowitz]] stated, Human Rights Watch is a "reflexive Israel-basher … who, in his zest to pillory Israel at every turn, is little more than an ally of the barbarians".<ref>Rosa Brooks on Criticism of Human Rights Watch, Kevin Jon Heller, http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1157149379.shtml</ref>

[[Alan M. Dershowitz]],<ref>Alan Dershowitz bio,https://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/#blogger_bio</ref> professor of law at Harvard Law School and one of the most distinguished defenders of individual rights, wrote regarding HRW,
{{Cquote|"Who will guard the guardians?" asked Roman satirist Juvenal. Now we must ask, who is watching Human Rights Watch, one of the world's best-financed and most influential human rights organizations? It turns out that they cook the books about facts, cheat on interviews, and put out pre-determined conclusions that are driven more by their ideology than by evidence. These are serious accusations, and they are demonstrably true……... Human Rights Watch no longer deserves the support of real human rights advocates. Nor should its so-called reporting be credited by objective news organizations.” <ref>Alan Dershowitz,[ https://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/the-human-rights-watch-_b_27701.html “The "Human Rights Watch" Watch, Installment 1”]</ref>" }}

==History==

===1978-1998===

Human Rights Watch (HRW) was founded under the name, “Helsinki Watch.” Its original goal was to monitor the [[Soviet]]'s adherence to human rights provisions in the [[Helsinki Accords]]. In 1980, the organization started to develop a number of “Watch” committees in [[America]], [[Asia]], and [[Africa]].<ref>Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref>
These committees monitored human rights compliance of government and groups inside these continents. In the 1980s the organization heavily scrutinized the [[Region Doctrine]], they also denounced the [[United States]] aiding of anti-[[communist]] fighters in [[Latin America]].
Jeri Laber, one of the founders of HRW, stated, "Americas Watch reports … were eagerly read in the United States by people who deplored the Reagan policies." <ref>Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref>
Critics claimed that Human Rights Watch painted a bad picture of the freedom fighters in Latin America, while glossing over the abuses of their communist governments. In 1980, [[Turkey]] began a major [[military]] campaign against a [[Kurdish]] terrorist group, the [[PKK]]. HRW documented the violations caused by the Turkish forces in their efforts, highlighting the abuses in the justice system, and use of [[torture]] by the government. In 1994 HRW’s “African Watch” covered the [[genocide]] in [[Rwanda]].,<ref>Human Rights Watch, “Rawanda”,1994, https://www.hrw.org/reports/1995/WR95/AFRICA-08.htm#P397_139563</ref> Their work documenting the atrocities in the region later won them praise from Karel Kovanda, the [[Czech Republic]]'s ambassador to the [[United Nations]], who stated in 2004, “I already knew the track record of Human Rights Watch in its work in my own country. I had every reason to believe that the organization was equally meticulous and well-informed on Rwanda.”<ref>Karel Kovanda, Czech ambassador to the [[United Nations]], 2004,http://hrw.org/about/what_they_say.html</ref>

===1998-2006===
In 1998, Human Rights Watch united all of its “Watch” groups under the United States-based HRW in 1988. They led the effort of non-governmental organizations in pressuring the United States to enter [[Kosovo]] to stop the 'genocide'. When [[NATO]] and the United States began their operation, HRW was one of the most critical organizations of its handling. They frequently wrote articles on the abuses carried out by the United States in their use of [[Cluster Bombs]].<ref>HRW, “NATO's Use of Cluster Munitions in Yugoslavia”, 1999, https://www.hrw.org/campaigns/kosovo98/cluster.shtml</ref>
After [[9-11|September 11, 2001]] terrorist attacks on the United States, HRW called for the United States to settle the terrorist attacks as a legal matter, rather than using military force to wipe out the [[Taliban]].<ref>Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref> HRW endorsed the [[Civil Liberties Restoration Act of 2004]],<ref>Summary: Civil Liberties Restoration Act of 2004by The Rights Working Group, http://www.bordc.org/threats/legislation/clrasummary.php</ref> a bill that would take away vital tools that the United States enacted after the September 11th attacks. HRW has been critical of both of the United States recent operations in [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]]. A HRW report alleged that there was, “excessive use of force by U.S. troops.” They state that they were, "deeply concerned about the consistent reports we are getting about women, children and unarmed civilians being killed." Even though they admitted that they did not have complete reports from the ground in Iraq.<ref>Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref>

===2006-2007===
In 2006, HRW greatly criticized [[Israel]]’s defense against the terrorist group [[Hezbollah]]. They created a report entitled, “Israel's Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon.” <ref>“Israel's Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon.” Human Rights Watch, August 2006, http://hrw.org/reports/2006/lebanon0806/lebanon0806web.pdf</ref>
Critics also stated that HRW also defended the terrorist organization. In a 2006 report they stated that there was no evidence of Hezbollah’s use of civilians as human shields, this was obviously not true.<ref>Alan Dershowitz,[ https://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/the-human-rights-watch-_b_27701.html “The "Human Rights Watch" Watch, Installment 1”]</ref>
HRW started campaigning for the United States to intervene in Darfur, Sudan, to end the atrocities committed in the region. Over its years, HRW has been embraced by the left, well being deplored by conservatives and supporters of Israel. HRW wrote president, [[George Bush]], and asked him to release prisoners that he was holding in “secret prisons”, they also called on him to stop the use of [[Guantanamo Bay]] as a U.S. [[prison]] for captured [[terrorist]]. The organization’s director, Kenneth Roth, claimed that the United States has lost its credibility on human rights. "The trend is bleak, but not irreversible," <ref>Kenneth Roth, Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/11/AR2007011101658.html</ref> Roth stated in a report in 2007. The organizations credibility has been brought into serious question.

==Founders==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Position
! Biography
|-
|[[Bob Bernstein]]
|Founder
|[[CEO]] of [[Random House]] publishers
|-
|[[Aryeh Neier]]
|Founder
|Neier worked 15 years at the liberal [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU). He currently serves as President of the [[Open Society Institute (OSI)]], a foundation funded by liberal [[George Soros]], who was also OSI’s founder.<ref>“Open Society Institute”, Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/funderprofile.asp?fndid=5181&category=79</ref> Neier was co-founder of [[Students for a Democratic Society]] in 1959 while he was acting Director of the [[League for Industrial Democracy]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5_hgLHYUiwC&pg=PR20|last1=Neier|first1=Aryeh|title=Taking Liberties: Four Decades in the Struggle for Rights|date=2003|publisher=Public Affairs/Perseus Books |location=Cambridge, MA|isbn=1586482912|pages=Introduction:xx|quote=As director of LID, I decided to try to invigorate its student division. One step in that direction was to rename it.}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Orville Schell]]
|Founder
|As a former graduate of their school of [[journalism]], Scheell now stands as Dean of the [[University of California]], Berkley. Schell is a liberal and claims to be a "Discontented [[Democrat]]." <ref>Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref>
|-
|[[Jeri Laber]]
|Founder
|Senior Adviser to Human Rights Watch, was formerly executive director of its [[Helsinki]] division. She is a prominent journalist and political activist.
|-
|-
|}

==Political Position==
[[Image:HumanRightsWatch1.jpg‎ |thumb|200px|Members of Human Rights Watch with Speaker of the House, [[Nancy Pelosi]]]]
Evan though HRW claims that it is a “non-partisan” human rights group, many of the views held by HRW reflect those of [[American]] [[liberal]]s. They believe that [[abortion]] is “first and foremost a human right<ref>Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref>
" and support same-sex "marriage". The organization is also an opponent "in all circumstances" of the [[death penalty]], stating that the death penalty is "a form of punishment that is unique in its barbarity and finality<ref>Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref>
." The organizations work has had a liberal approach of blaming America first.

==Organizational Structure==

===Method===
Human Rights Watch states that the organization, “tries to strike a balance in its work between countries with the worst human rights problems and countries where there is a moment of special opportunity for us to propel change.” <ref>Human Rights Watch, “Frequently Asked Questions”
https://www.hrw.org/about/faq/</ref>
When the location for work is agreed upon, the organization sends out a “fact find group” which is sent from their headquarters. These groups use the method of interviewing victims and witnesses in the crisis zone. These finding are published into dozens of books and reports posted on the organizations website. In intense times of crisis, the organization covers the “up-to-the-minute information.”In some situations the organization uses the help of organizations, such as [[United Nations]], the [[European Union]], international financial institutions, and the [[United States Government]]. In particularly egregious abuses, “Human Rights Watch may press for the withdrawal of military and certain economic support.” <ref>Human Rights Watch, “Frequently Asked Questions”
https://www.hrw.org/about/faq/</ref>

===Location===
In 1998, Human Rights Watch united the international organization in United States. They based their main organization headquarters on 350 Fifth Avenue St, New York. HRW has anchored offices in major United States cities, including, [[Chicago]], [[New York]], [[Washington D.C.]], [[Los Angeles]], and [[San Francisco]].<ref>Locations of Human Rights Watch, https://www.hrw.org/contact.html</ref>
They also created offices internationally in [[Brussels]], [[Geneva]], [[Berlin]], [[Toronto]], and [[London]]. The organization has been criticized for having a lack of [[diversity]] in headquarter locations.<ref>“Who’s Behind Human Rights Watch,”(2004), http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/HRW.html</ref> When on an assignment the "fact finding group" will, in some cases, make temporary headquarters in the conflict zone.

===Leadership===
Human Rights Watch consists of a Board of Directors and chairmen from five continents, along with three other boards which cover specific issues.<ref>Human Rights Watch Board and Committee’s, https://www.hrw.org/about/info/board.html</ref> Each board consists of chairmen and co-chairmen, with exception of the board on “Terrorism and Counterterrorism.” The smallest board, “Terrorism and Counterterrorism,” consist of eight members, while the largest board consists of over forty members. Although the organization composed of 190 full-time employees’, they also hire part-time employee’s, bringing the number to 255 working employee's working for the organization
.<ref>Human Rights Watch, “Frequently Asked Questions”
https://www.hrw.org/about/faq/</ref> HRW also has a ‘Counsel’, which can be joined by giving donations to the organization (usually $5,000), the counsel remains primarily symbolic. While this list of counsel members used to be confidential; it is now since open to the public.<ref>“Who’s Behind Human Rights Watch,”(2004), http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/HRW.html</ref> The organizations main leadership role is held by the executive director. This position has been held, since 1993, by Kenneth Roth, a graduate of [[Yale Law School]], [[Brown University]], and former prosecutor.<ref>HRW website, Kenneth Roth, https://www.hrw.org/about/bios/kroth.htm</ref>[[Bill O'Reilly]] called Roth, the “stand up man” for the organization, his job includes talking to the media and overseeing the organizations operations.<ref>O’Reilly Factor, 2004, https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138990,00.html</ref>

===Funding===
The organization total operating cost for Human Rights Watch annual in 2006 was $30,185,486.
<ref>Human Rights Watch, “Frequently Asked Questions”
https://www.hrw.org/about/faq/</ref>
HRW is a non-governmentally organization ([[NGO]]), which receives its funding from private donors and foundations. The organization claims that they do not accept money from government institutions. Its annual budget is 22 million, ten million behind [[Amnesty International]], another human rights monitoring group. In January 2005, the Oakland-based Golden West Financial Corporation gave a grant of 15 million dollars over a five years period to the organization.,<ref>Foundation Center, 2005, http://foundationcenter.org/sanfrancisco/gitn/sf_gitn_010105.html</ref> this was the largest contribution to the organization in its twenty-seven year history. Other contributors to the organization include; Ahmanson Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, Columbia Foundation, William and Floea Hewlett Foundation, John D. & Catherin T. MacArthur Foundation, Nathan Cummings foundation, Joyce Foundation, JEHT Foundation, J.M. Kaplan Fund, the Open Society Institute, the Davie and Lucile Packard Foundation, Righteous Persons Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fud, Scherman Foundation, and the Rockefellers Foundation.<ref>Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref> HRW financial statements are made public on the organizations website.<ref>Financial Statements for Human Rights Watch, 2004- https://www.hrw.org/annual-report/finStmt2004.pdf, 2005- https://www.hrw.org/annual-report/finStmt2005.pdf, 2006- https://www.hrw.org/annual-report/finStmt2006.pdf</ref>

===Website===
The main tool used by the human rights organization is their website (hrw.org). The website receives an estimated average of 48 thousand visitors a day in 2006, which led to an average 118,642 daily page views<ref>Human Rights Watch, “Frequently Asked Questions”
https://www.hrw.org/about/faq/</ref>
. The site also gives HRW the ability to report up to the minute happenings when the situation calls for it. HRW has been criticized for having most of its reports and website in English only.<ref>“Who’s Behind Human Rights Watch,”(2004), http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/HRW.html</ref>

==Criticism==

===Anti-Israel===
The Israeli conflict with the Palestinians and [[Hezbollah]] has brought about serious questions of HRW objectivity. During the span of four years, from October 2000 to April 2004, HWR wrote one-hundred and three reports, the vast majority of these reports condemned Israel.<ref>“NGOs Make War on Israel” Gerald M. Steinberg
Middle East Quarterly Summer 2004, http://www.meforum.org/article/633</ref> During the same time the organization only wrote thirty highlighting the Palestinian terror attack.

According to [[Gerald M. Steinberg]], a research associate at the BESA Center for Strategic Studies, HRW has ignored the terrorist suicide attacks designed to kill innocent civilians, while criticizing Israel for a, “policy of targeted killing of terrorist leaders, such as [[Hamas]] leaders Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ar-Rantisi<ref>“NGOs Make War on Israel” Gerald M. Steinberg
Middle East Quarterly Summer 2004, http://www.meforum.org/article/633</ref>
.” He wrote later in the same article, “The political bias of non-governmentally organizations on the Middle East, coupled with their lack of public accountability and transparency, is beginning to chip away at their credibility<ref>“NGOs Make War on Israel” Gerald M. Steinberg
Middle East Quarterly Summer 2004, http://www.meforum.org/article/633</ref>
.”

In 2006, HRW released a 50-page report, "Fatal Strikes: Israel's Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in [[Lebanon]]," which covered civilians deaths they claimed were caused by Israel in their conflict with the terrorist group [[Hezbollah]]. Israel stated that the many of the deaths were caused by Hezbollah’s use of civilian areas and human shields. HRW stated that there was no evidence that Hezbollah used human shields, but this notion was widely known as untrue. While focusing on Israel’s “indiscriminate bombing”, HRW failed to report significantly on Hezbollah’s launching of 2,000 rockets at civilian areas. HRW criticized Israel’s building of a fence in the [[West Bank]], calling it part of an "illegal" land grab.<ref>NGO Monitor, 2005, http://www.ngo-monitor.org/archives/news/HRWLetter-NYSun.htm</ref> [[Anthony Weiner]], a Democrat Congressman, was shocked at the idiosyncrasy of the charges, he stated, "Given that the security fence has inarguably reduced [[terrorism]] and death by would-be Palestinian bombers, it seems any organization truly concerned about human rights should be supporting [[Israel]]'s right to construct it”.<ref>NGO Monitor, 2005, http://www.ngo-monitor.org/archives/news/HRWLetter-NYSun.htm</ref> Even a liberal newsmagazine, [[The New Republic]], could not resist the slant of HRW coverage<ref>Rosa Brooks on Criticism of Human Rights Watch, Kevin Jon Heller, http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1157149379.shtml</ref>
.

Robert Bernstein is the founder and former chairman of Human Rights Watch. Bernstein is attacking the organization for “issuing reports on the Israeli-Arab conflict that are helping those who wish to turn Israel into a pariah state.” In addition, he pointed out that HRW has condemned Israel more than any other country.<ref>[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133954 ‘Human Rights Watch’ Founder Denounces His Group as Anti-Israel, Arutz Sheva, October 20, 2009 ]</ref>

===Hypocrisy===
Human Rights Watch has called on the [[United States]] to stop workplace discrimination on nationality and class inside the United States and other countries, but the organization does not even follow that standard, nearly hiring all of their employee's from American and British nationalities.<ref>http://www.antiwar.com/rep/treanor1.html</ref> The Committee members for HRW also include only decisions makers from the upper-class, none from the middle-income class. Nearly all of the organizations articles and reports are produced in English, HRW claims that they are not produced in more languages because of the cost of translation. They have asked for volunteers to translate reports and documents. The organization has held double standard in its dealings in the [[Middle East]]. President of the Zionist Organization of America, Morton Klein, stated, "For Human Rights Watch to call on Israel and Jews not to live in Judea and Samaria is simply racist. Why is it that Arabs can live in Israel, and Arabs can live in the West Bank, and Jews cannot live in the West Bank?”.<ref>NGO Monitor, 2005,http://www.ngo-monitor.org/archives/news/HRWLetter-NYSun.htm</ref>

===Same-sex advocates===
In a 2006, HRW fights for Congress to enact reforms to U.S. immigration law to guarantee respect for the human rights and labor rights of non-citizens. These reforms should include measures that end discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive individuals.<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/02/usdom13290.htm U.S. Immigration Law Inhumane to Same-Sex Couples] HRW, MAY 2, 2006</ref>

In conjunction with the UN Human Rights Committee, HRW applauded the Colombia’s Constitutional Court's decision "to extend pension benefits to same-sex partners sets an example for other countries in achieving equality for all." <ref>[http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,HRW,,COL,,480db5ae2,0.html Colombia: Court Extends Benefits to Same-Sex Couples] UN Refugee Agency, April 18, 2008</ref>

===Gitmo Detainees===
HRC complains that terrorists need the rights of the federal court process because the U.S. military tribunals are unfair. Jennifer Daskal of Human Rights Watch wants the focus to be on terrorists 'alleged' crimes.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463405,00.html Sept. 11 Defendants Want to Plead Guilty] Fox News, December 8, 2008</ref> A belief that terrorists who are caught on a battlefield have U.S. citizen rights, truly a liberal belief. Also, they advocate closing down Guantanamo detention facilities and the transfer of prisoners to the U.S. mainland.

==See also==
*[[Human rights]]

==External links==

*[http://hrw.org/ Human Rights Watch Official Website]
*[http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/07/fundraising_corruption_at_huma.php Fundraising Corruption at Human Rights Watch], Jeffery Goldberg, ''The Atlantic'', 15 Jul 2009.

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{liberalism}}
[[Category:Liberal Organizations]]

Amnesty International

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As stated by their homepage: "'''Amnesty International''' (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights." Founded in the UK in 1961, the organization works to highlight reported deviations from the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] of the [[United Nations]]. It attempts to garner public support, most notably in the form of [[letter writing campaigns]], in the belief that this can exert political pressure.

It was the winner of the 1977 [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Peace Prize]].

==Amnesty's goals==

At the 27th International Council meeting, 2005, it was decided that:

"''Amnesty International’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. In pursuit of this vision, Amnesty International’s mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.''"

This manifests itself as Amnesty's goals:

#Abolish [[capital punishment]]
#Put an end to [[extrajudicial execution]]s and "disappearances"
#Put an end to torture and ill-treatment
#Put an end to unlawful killings in armed conflict
#Ensure conditions in prisons meet international standards of human rights
#Ensure rapid and fair trials for all [[prisoner of conscience|prisoners of conscience]]
#Ensure free education to all children worldwide
#Put an end to the recruitment and use of child soldiers
#Promote economic, social and cultural rights for marginalized communities
#Protect human rights defenders
#Protect the rights of [[refugee]]s, [[Immigration|migrants]] and [[asylum seeker]]s

One topic of particular controversy is the organization's stance on [[abortion]], as both pro-abortion and [[pro-life]] members belong to Amnesty. In August 2007, Amnesty International changed its position to [[pro-abortion]].<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/8/21/153220.shtml?s=ic Amnesty International Becomes a Pro-Choice Organization]. ''NewsMax'' Aug. 21, 2007</ref><ref>[http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGORG500412007 Amnesty International takes on divided world] "Amnesty International committed itself to strengthening the organization's work on the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and other factors contributing to women's recourse to abortion and affirmed the organization’s policy on selected aspects on abortion (to support the decriminalisation of abortion, to ensure women have access to health care when complications arise from abortion and to defend women's access to abortion, within reasonable gestational limits, when their health or human rights are in danger), emphasizing that women and men must exercise their sexual and reproductive rights free from coercion, discrimination and violence." ''Amnesty International'' 17th August 2007</ref><ref>[http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGPOL300122007 Amnesty International defends access to abortion for women at risk] ''Amnesty International'' 14th June 2007</ref>

==Criticism==
===Accusations of bias===
[[Image:Amnesty international1.jpg|right|200px|thumb| A summary of all critical press releases
put out by Amnesty over the period 1995–1998.<ref name="Phelps" />]]
Amnesty International has disproportionately criticized free democratic nations over authoritarian nations with grave human rights abuses, such as [[Cuba]], [[Vietnam]], and [[North Korea]]. This exposes an anti-American standpoint increasingly common in liberal groups. Peter Phelps, a writer for [[Australia]]’s leading free market think tank, ''The Institute for Public Affairs'', wrote that Amnesty International has deviated from its founding goals,

<blockquote>
“In the midst of the Cold War, Amnesty was a beacon to prisoners of conscience languishing in the Gulags of the Soviet empire and the work camps of Communist
China. It was an institution whose time had come. Today, its time has passed. Rather than attack real abuses of human rights, it has lost sight of its original objectives. It has become, like Greenpeace, the Wilderness Society and ACOSS, yet another self-perpetuating bureaucracy. More effort is directed into recruiting new members, whose subscription fees pay for this entrenched class of apparatchiks, than in exposing real violations of human rights.</blockquote>

<blockquote>
The decline in standards has become especially apparent over the last five years.
The collapse of the Soviet empire has deprived Amnesty of most of its raison d’être.
In its place is an active campaign against free, democratic nations. For example, in Amnesty’s 1999 Annual Report on the Internet, 165 lines of text were devoted to criticism of Australia’s human rights. In contrast, the Communist dictatorship of North Korea had only 83 lines of critical text. Yet there is simply no comparison between the human rights records of Australia and North Korea.”
<ref name="Phelps">Phelps, Peter, [http://www.ipa.org.au/files/review51-3.pdf Amnesty Infomercial], ''Review'', (Intitute of Public Affairs), September 1999, p.13.</ref></blockquote>

One of the main reasons for the disproportionate criticism has been Amnesty International's flawed methodology which relies heavily on the press inside of nations. This leads to a nation that is free and open, but had minor infractions, receiving much more criticism then a closed nation.<ref name="Phelps" />

Conversely, some critics have asserted that Amnesty International is biased in favour of the interests of America and other wealthy nations. For example, Amnesty International did not condemn [[South Africa|South Africa's]] [[apartheid]] regime, widely regarded as an abuse of human rights. This has been interpreted as being due to South Africa's political and economic links with the [[British]] and American governments of the time.<ref>[http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/credib/2003/1306interview.htm "Is Amnesty International Biased?"], 2002.</ref>

===Abortion===
For many years, the [[Catholic Church]] and Amnesty Intl. had a working relationship. That relationship has been cancelled in its entirety due to Amnesty's decision promoting "[[abortion]] rights".<ref>[http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/2904 No Amnesty For the Unborn] NCRegister, June 12, 2007</ref>

For all the talk of Amnesty being an organization protecting human rights, human rights does not include those children in the womb. Amnesty Intl. is coming out against the [[Dominican Republic]]'s proposed protections for unborn life in its draft constitution and in the country's penal law.<ref>[https://www.lifenews.com/int1180.html Amnesty International Twists Intl Law in Dominican Republic Abortion Debate] Lifenews.com, May 7, 2009</ref>

There is a growing trend among so-called "human rights" bodies that seek to impose obligations on countries based on social policy rather than principles. Amnesty has criticized the government of [[Poland]] for "Denial of access to abortion for eligible women." <ref>[http://www.speroforum.com/a/19727/Amnesty-International-drubs-Poland-on-abortion Amnesty International drubs Poland on abortion] Spero News, June 25, 2009</ref>

===Anti-Israel stance===
Just about everything Israel does to defend itself is 'illegal' in the eyes of Amnesty International. During the [[Israel]] [[Lebanese]] conflict of 2006, Amnesty was accusing Israel of war crimes. According to the [[Jerusalem Post]]'s [[Alan Dershowitz]], through restraint, Israel was able to minimize the number of civilian casualties in Lebanon, but Amnesty criticized nevertheless. Yet on [[Hezbollah]]'s best efforts to embed itself in population centers and to use civilians as human shields, Amnesty said nothing. "Bigotry, pure and simple.", said Dershowitz.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525974885&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Amnesty Int'l redefines 'war crimes'] The Jerusalem Post, Aug 30, 2006</ref>

In February 2018 Amnesty International demanded to release Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi, who was arrested for slapping Israeli soldiers.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Ahead-of-trial-Amnesty-says-Israel-must-release-Ahed-Tamimi-542480 AHEAD OF TRIAL, AMNESTY SAYS ISRAEL MUST RELEASE AHED TAMIMI]. ''Jerusalem Post.'' February 13, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref> Tamimi's family is known for openly declaring its ambition to be the start of a Third [[Intifada]]. Ahed's uncle Nizar Tamimi was involved in the stabbing and burning of an Israeli while his wife Ahlam Tamimi planed a suicide bombing in a Jerusalem Sbarro restaurant. Ahed and her family never condemned these attacks and even attented the wedding of Nizar and Ahlam in 2012.<ref>[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/ahed-tamimi-and-the-normalization-of-terrorism/ Ahed Tamimi and the normalization of terrorism]. ''Times of Israel.'' February 13, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref>

===Support for same-sex rights===
In [[Uganda]] in 2005, the government passed laws saying that "[[marriage]] is lawful only if entered into between a man and a woman" and that it was "unlawful for same-sex couples to marry".
Amnesty called on the Ugandan government "to end discrimination against people on grounds of their sexual orientation" which they claimed was "a violation of international human rights law."<ref>[http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=16329 Uganda: Gay and lesbian rights activists intimidated, and same sex marriage criminalised] Amnesty UK, August 3, 2005</ref>

2013 Amnesty International opposed [[Vladimir Putin]] for his anti-same-sex "marriage" laws in [[Russia]].<ref>http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/russia-must-track-down-masked-assailants-after-insidious-homophobic-attack-2013-11-04</ref>

===Gun control and death penalty===
Amnesty International supports [[gun control]] and opposes [[death penalty]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
*[[Human rights]]
*[[Human Rights Watch]]
==External links==
* [http://www.amnesty.org/ Amnesty International's homepage]
[[Category:International Organizations]]
[[Category:Nobel Laureates in Peace]]
[[Category:Liberal Organizations]]
[[Category:Anti Second Amendment]]

Amnesty International

2019-09-05T01:44:40Z

Ukimmoral: /* Abortion */

As stated by their homepage: "'''Amnesty International''' (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights." Founded in the UK in 1961, the organization works to highlight reported deviations from the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] of the [[United Nations]]. It attempts to garner public support, most notably in the form of [[letter writing campaigns]], in the belief that this can exert political pressure.

It was the winner of the 1977 [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Peace Prize]].

==Amnesty's goals==

At the 27th International Council meeting, 2005, it was decided that:

"''Amnesty International’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. In pursuit of this vision, Amnesty International’s mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.''"

This manifests itself as Amnesty's goals:

#Abolish [[capital punishment]]
#Put an end to [[extrajudicial execution]]s and "disappearances"
#Put an end to torture and ill-treatment
#Put an end to unlawful killings in armed conflict
#Ensure conditions in prisons meet international standards of human rights
#Ensure rapid and fair trials for all [[prisoner of conscience|prisoners of conscience]]
#Ensure free education to all children worldwide
#Put an end to the recruitment and use of child soldiers
#Promote economic, social and cultural rights for marginalized communities
#Protect human rights defenders
#Protect the rights of [[refugee]]s, [[Immigration|migrants]] and [[asylum seeker]]s

One topic of particular controversy is the organization's stance on [[abortion]], as both pro-abortion and [[pro-life]] members belong to Amnesty. In August 2007, Amnesty International changed its position to [[pro-abortion]].<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/8/21/153220.shtml?s=ic Amnesty International Becomes a Pro-Choice Organization]. ''NewsMax'' Aug. 21, 2007</ref><ref>[http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGORG500412007 Amnesty International takes on divided world] "Amnesty International committed itself to strengthening the organization's work on the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and other factors contributing to women's recourse to abortion and affirmed the organization’s policy on selected aspects on abortion (to support the decriminalisation of abortion, to ensure women have access to health care when complications arise from abortion and to defend women's access to abortion, within reasonable gestational limits, when their health or human rights are in danger), emphasizing that women and men must exercise their sexual and reproductive rights free from coercion, discrimination and violence." ''Amnesty International'' 17th August 2007</ref><ref>[http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGPOL300122007 Amnesty International defends access to abortion for women at risk] ''Amnesty International'' 14th June 2007</ref>

==Criticism==
===Accusations of bias===
[[Image:Amnesty international1.jpg|right|200px|thumb| A summary of all critical press releases
put out by Amnesty over the period 1995–1998.<ref name="Phelps" />]]
Amnesty International has disproportionately criticized free democratic nations over authoritarian nations with grave human rights abuses, such as [[Cuba]], [[Vietnam]], and [[North Korea]]. This exposes an anti-American standpoint increasingly common in liberal groups. Peter Phelps, a writer for [[Australia]]’s leading free market think tank, ''The Institute for Public Affairs'', wrote that Amnesty International has deviated from its founding goals,

<blockquote>
“In the midst of the Cold War, Amnesty was a beacon to prisoners of conscience languishing in the Gulags of the Soviet empire and the work camps of Communist
China. It was an institution whose time had come. Today, its time has passed. Rather than attack real abuses of human rights, it has lost sight of its original objectives. It has become, like Greenpeace, the Wilderness Society and ACOSS, yet another self-perpetuating bureaucracy. More effort is directed into recruiting new members, whose subscription fees pay for this entrenched class of apparatchiks, than in exposing real violations of human rights.</blockquote>

<blockquote>
The decline in standards has become especially apparent over the last five years.
The collapse of the Soviet empire has deprived Amnesty of most of its raison d’être.
In its place is an active campaign against free, democratic nations. For example, in Amnesty’s 1999 Annual Report on the Internet, 165 lines of text were devoted to criticism of Australia’s human rights. In contrast, the Communist dictatorship of North Korea had only 83 lines of critical text. Yet there is simply no comparison between the human rights records of Australia and North Korea.”
<ref name="Phelps">Phelps, Peter, [http://www.ipa.org.au/files/review51-3.pdf Amnesty Infomercial], ''Review'', (Intitute of Public Affairs), September 1999, p.13.</ref></blockquote>

One of the main reasons for the disproportionate criticism has been Amnesty International's flawed methodology which relies heavily on the press inside of nations. This leads to a nation that is free and open, but had minor infractions, receiving much more criticism then a closed nation.<ref name="Phelps" />

Conversely, some critics have asserted that Amnesty International is biased in favour of the interests of America and other wealthy nations. For example, Amnesty International did not condemn [[South Africa|South Africa's]] [[apartheid]] regime, widely regarded as an abuse of human rights. This has been interpreted as being due to South Africa's political and economic links with the [[British]] and American governments of the time.<ref>[http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/credib/2003/1306interview.htm "Is Amnesty International Biased?"], 2002.</ref>

===Abortion===
For many years, the [[Catholic Church]] and Amnesty Intl. had a working relationship. That relationship has been cancelled in its entirety due to Amnesty's decision promoting "[[abortion]] rights".<ref>[http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/2904 No Amnesty For the Unborn] NCRegister, June 12, 2007</ref>

For all the talk of Amnesty being an organization protecting human rights, human rights does not include those children in the womb. Amnesty Intl. is coming out against the [[Dominican Republic]]'s proposed protections for unborn life in its draft constitution and in the country's penal law.<ref>[https://www.lifenews.com/int1180.html Amnesty International Twists Intl Law in Dominican Republic Abortion Debate] Lifenews.com, May 7, 2009</ref>

There is a growing trend among so-called "human rights" bodies that seek to impose obligations on countries based on social policy rather than principles. Amnesty has criticized the government of [[Poland]] for "Denial of access to abortion for eligible women." <ref>[http://www.speroforum.com/a/19727/Amnesty-International-drubs-Poland-on-abortion Amnesty International drubs Poland on abortion] Spero News, June 25, 2009</ref>

===Anti-Israel stance===
Just about everything Israel does to defend itself is 'illegal' in the eyes of Amnesty International. During the [[Israel]] [[Lebanese]] conflict of 2006, Amnesty was accusing Israel of war crimes. According to the [[Jerusalem Post]]'s [[Alan Dershowitz]], through restraint, Israel was able to minimize the number of civilian casualties in Lebanon, but Amnesty criticized nevertheless. Yet on [[Hezbollah]]'s best efforts to embed itself in population centers and to use civilians as human shields, Amnesty said nothing. "Bigotry, pure and simple.", said Dershowitz.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525974885&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Amnesty Int'l redefines 'war crimes'] The Jerusalem Post, Aug 30, 2006</ref>

In February 2018 Amnesty International demanded to release Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi, who was arrested for slapping Israeli soldiers.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Ahead-of-trial-Amnesty-says-Israel-must-release-Ahed-Tamimi-542480 AHEAD OF TRIAL, AMNESTY SAYS ISRAEL MUST RELEASE AHED TAMIMI]. ''Jerusalem Post.'' February 13, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref> Tamimi's family is known for openly declaring its ambition to be the start of a Third [[Intifada]]. Ahed's uncle Nizar Tamimi was involved in the stabbing and burning of an Israeli while his wife Ahlam Tamimi planed a suicide bombing in a Jerusalem Sbarro restaurant. Ahed and her family never condemned these attacks and even attented the wedding of Nizar and Ahlam in 2012.<ref>[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/ahed-tamimi-and-the-normalization-of-terrorism/ Ahed Tamimi and the normalization of terrorism]. ''Times of Israel.'' February 13, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref>

===Support for same-sex rights===
In [[Uganda]] in 2005, the government passed laws saying that "[[marriage]] is lawful only if entered into between a man and a woman" and that it was "unlawful for same-sex couples to marry".
Amnesty called on the Ugandan government "to end discrimination against people on grounds of their sexual orientation" which they claimed was "a violation of international human rights law."<ref>[http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=16329 Uganda: Gay and lesbian rights activists intimidated, and same sex marriage criminalised] Amnesty UK, August 3, 2005</ref>

2013 Amnesty International opposed [[Vladimir Putin]] for his anti-same-sex "marriage" laws.<ref>http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/russia-must-track-down-masked-assailants-after-insidious-homophobic-attack-2013-11-04</ref>

===Gun control and death penalty===
Amnesty International supports [[gun control]] and opposes [[death penalty]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
*[[Human rights]]
*[[Human Rights Watch]]
==External links==
* [http://www.amnesty.org/ Amnesty International's homepage]
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[[Category:Nobel Laureates in Peace]]
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[[Category:Anti Second Amendment]]

Human Rights Campaign

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| style="padding:15px;" |“''This organization, instead of focusing on the true needs of the people around the world, they are trying to declare that [[homosexuality]] is a [[Human rights|human right]]{{#tag:ref|cf. Infobox ''About “new human rights”'' in [[Gleichschaltung]]|group=note}} and they are devoting vast amounts of money to promote this agenda around the world instead of addressing genuine human rights.”<div style="padding-left:40px;">— [[Scott Lively]]<ref name="Mamontov"/></div>
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The '''Human Rights Campaign''' ('''HRC''') is a [[homosexuality|gay]] activist group (self-described as "The largest national gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization") bent on promoting the [[homosexual agenda]] in American political and social culture. The group's seemingly neutral title, and its simplistic logo (a yellow "=" on a blue field), attempt to associate the group with other civil rights organizations.{{#tag:ref|cf. [[Homo-fascism#LGBTI Bundling|LGBTI Bundling]]|group=note}}The HRC is considered to be one of the most aggressive homosexual advocacy organizations in the world that instead of focusing on the true needs of the people around the world and addressing genuine human rights it is trying to declare that sodomy is a human right.{{#tag:ref|cf. ”Sodomy is not a civil right. It’s not the same as a civil rights movement, … sodomy is not a civil right, and there’s an effort by homosexual lobbyists to equate the two. That’s wrong. It’s a pattern of [[behavior]].”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2vyqzf |title=Marshall: Sodomy is not a civil right |accessdate=9 January 2016}}</ref>|group=note}} The organization is devoting vast amounts of money to promote the LGBTI agenda around the world via policy of [[gleichschaltung]].<ref name="Mamontov">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/SODOM |title=Sodom |author=Arkady Mamontov |pages=11min:50sec |accessdate=9 January 2016 |quote=We are here now in front of the headquarters of the Human Rights Campaign, one of the most aggressive homosexual advocacy organizations in the world. This is the HRC envisions an America where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are ensured basic equal rights and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community. All over the world there are serious breaches of human rights, people are being killed, being tortured, they have to flee their homelands and cross the borders, living in the refugee camps; and this organization, instead of focusing on the true needs of the people around the world, they are trying to declare that homosexuality is a human right and they are devoting vast amounts of money to promote this agenda around the world instead of addressing genuine human rights.}}</ref>

Its co-founder Terry Bean was charged with felony homosexual assault on a child in Oregon on November 20, 2014. The witness failed to appear, and the charges were dropped, but charges may be re-filed following the trial of a companion of Bean's, who prosecutors allege participated in the assault, in a similar case with a minor also involving the two.<ref>Multiple references:
*Mayes, Steve (September 2, 2015). [http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/09/225000_offer_by_gay_rights_act.html "Gay rights activist Terry Bean hails dismissal of sex abuse case; prosecutor decries $225,000 settlement offer"]. OregonLive website [[''The Oregonian'']].
*Mayes, Steve (September 11, 2015). [http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/09/gay_activist_terry_bean_ex-boy.html#incart_story_package "Gay activist Terry Bean's ex-boyfriend acquitted of sex crimes; jurors question Bean's hidden role"]. OregonLive website [''The Oregonian''].</ref>

CNSNews reports that references to Bean's name were scrubbed from the Human Rights Campaign website shortly after Bean's arrest.<ref>Barber, J. Matt (November 24, 2014). [https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/j-matt-barber/obama-buddy-hrc-founder-charged-sexually-abusing-boy "Obama buddy, HRC founder charged with sexually abusing boy"]. CNSNews.com website.</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Liberalism}}

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Homosexual Agenda

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The '''Homosexual Agenda''' is a self-centered set of beliefs and objectives designed to promote and mandate approval of [[homosexuality]] and its ideology in society, along with the strategies used to implement such. The goals and means of this movement include indoctrinating students in [[public school]], restricting the free speech of opposition, obtaining [[special rights|special treatment]] for homosexuals, distorting [[Bible|Biblical]] teaching and science, and interfering with freedom of association. Advocates of the homosexual agenda seek special rights for [[homosexuals]] and self-described "LGBTI people" that other people don't have, such as immunity from criticism (see [[hate speech]], [[hate crime]]s). Such special rights will necessarily [[zero-sum game|come at the expense]] of the rights of broader society. '''''The homosexual agenda is the biggest threat to the rights of [[free speech]] and [[religious freedom]] today.'''''

One of the top priorities of the Homosexual Agenda is to prohibit and outlaw [[conversion therapy]], particularly for teenagers. Several U.S. states have enacted such laws, and [[leftists]] are pushing similar bans in many other states, apparently unable to tolerate things they dislike. Another priority is to elect high-ranking officials who are openly homosexual, with the ultimate goal of electing a president who is in a [[same-sex "marriage"]].

In a speech on December 10, 2013, to a pro-family rally in Jamaica, a country that rejects same-sex marriage, Brian Camenker of Mass''Resistance'' outlined the step-by-step approach of the homosexual agenda:<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen2/13d/jamaica-speech-121013/index.html "MassResistance helps Jamaica confront ‘gay’ agenda"]. ''massresistance.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

*Legalize homosexuality
*Hold gay pride parades
*Accept child sex trafficking
*Demand non-discrimination laws
*Insist on homosexuals' adoption of children
*Push the homosexual agenda in schools<ref>{{cite web |title=Criticism of Transgender Agenda Will Get Virginia Students Expelled |author=Austin Ruse |date=10 Jun 2016 |url=https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/10/transgender-northern-virginia-students-can-now-expelled-criticizing-transgenderism/ |publisher=BREITBART |quote=The transgender change in school regulations was imposed last night during a dramatic board meeting where only 12 pro-trans witnesses were invited to testify. ... No opposing voices were allowed to be heard, parents were relegated to shouting opposition from the seats and some were ejected from the meeting.... Last year, they were promised a lengthy investigation and a full hearing. Instead, it was foisted upon them with less than 24 hours-notice. ... an Oregon law recently allowed a jury to award $60,000 t0 a transgender teacher because other teachers declined to use the teacher’s preferred pronoun, which is “they” rather than “him” or “her.” Deputies for President Barack Obama have backed similar rules for all K-12 schools, and New York City has established similar forced-speech rules.|accessdate=12 Jun 2016}}</ref>
*Legalize various alternate forms of partnership and call them "marriage" (i.e. man and man, woman and woman, man and three women, woman and box turtle, man and sex toy)
*Demand public funding to deal with increased homosexual-related social problems
*Promote the transgender agenda
*Demand to be treated "equally"
*Impose a large-scale loss of free speech
*Ban counseling for kids confused by homosexual issues
*Ban scientifically and religiously proven methods of homosexual conversion, such as shock therapy
*Attack churches
*Encourage abortion

[[Russia]] is a leader in rejecting the homosexual agenda.<ref>{{cite web |title=Is the Homosexual Agenda 'Unstoppable'? - Comparing America with Russia |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msLH6f6vyC4 |accessdate=29 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RUSSIA VS. THE LGBT GLOBALISTS: A Climate of Hate and Fear |url=http://www.scottlively.net/2015/02/25/russia-vs-the-lgbt-globalists-a-climate-of-hate-and-fear-part-two/ |quote=This dangerous LGBT strategy has now gone global and the target is the Russian Federation. ... Core American values to Obama are publicly celebrated sodomy and doctor-assisted transsexual self-mutilation. ... The Russian anti-propaganda law, passed June 11, 2013, was the first truly effective international counter-measure since the “gay” agenda went global around the turn of the millennium. Typically, the “gays” characterized the law as hateful and an incitement to violence, but in doing so they revealed that propagandizing children is part of their agenda, since the law simply classifies “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships” as material that cannot be distributed among minors and commands the government to protect children from it. Just after the passage of this law Barack Obama did an about-face on the “reset” policy (in which Russia had been recognized as an equal partner in the world community) and instead began reviving cold-war rhetoric.|accessdate=29 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pro-Russian Press Conference |date=22 February 2014 |url=http://www.scottlively.net/2014/02/22/pro-russian-press-conference/ |quote=We got lots of coverage from the event, and I believe we accomplished our objective which was to bring awareness to the world that the pro-family movement in the U.S., Canada, UK, and other “pro-gay” countries is happy to see the Russian Federation standing up for family values. We think this will encourage other nations to follow their example. |accessdate=29 May 2016}}</ref> For example, Russia banned adoption by Americans as the Obama Administration aggressively pushed the homosexual agenda, and in June 2013 a house in the [[Russian]] parliament passed legislation to ban foreign adoption by gay couples or single parents who live in any [[same-sex marriage|gay marriage]] nation.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-russia-ban-adoption-gay-couples-20130618,0,4633280.story "Russian lawmakers pass ban on adoption tied to gay foreign couples"]. ''latimes''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

[[Barack Hussein Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], and essentially all [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] politicians now advocate the homosexual agenda, reflecting the growing financial power of the homosexual network. Obama's self-centered obsession with his own re-election, and fundraising for his campaign, has caused him to create a national political issue out of this, rather than deal with other issues like the economy. Many [[establishment]] Republicans and [[Cafeteria Christians]] also have bought into the homosexual agenda.

'''''Among all the [[liberal]] belief systems, the homosexual ideology is the most self-centered or selfish''''' – unlike the vast charity performed by thousands of churches in the U.S. alone, homosexual charity can be considered an [[oxymoron]].

The late Supreme Court Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] referred to the "so-called homosexual agenda" in ''[[Lawrence v. Texas]]'', 539 U.S. 558 (2003) (dissenting opinion). Justice Scalia also predicted that this was the first step to legalizing homosexual civil unions. He was proven right with the outcome of Obergefell v. Hodges.

Despite the fact that only 4.1% of the U.S. population identified as [[LGBT]], just over half a percentage point higher than four years prior,<ref>Gates, Gary J. (January 11, 2017). [https://www.gallup.com/poll/201731/lgbt-identification-rises.aspx In US, More Adults Identifying as LGBT]. ''Gallup''. Retrieved January 18, 2017.</ref> Americans '''''greatly overestimate the proportion of homosexuals''''' in the nation to be an average of 23%.<ref name="GreatlyOver">Newport, Frank (May 21, 2015). [https://www.gallup.com/poll/183383/americans-greatly-overestimate-percent-gay-lesbian.aspx Americans Greatly Overestimate Percent Gay, Lesbian in U.S.] ''Gallup''. Retrieved January 18, 2017. See also:
*Mainwaring, Doug (June 28, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/americans-vastly-overestimate-the-size-of-the-lgbt-population Americans vastly overestimate the size of the LGBT population]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved June 28, 2019.</ref> Interestingly, Republicans and conservatives gave estimates closest to the actual number.<ref name="GreatlyOver"/>

== The Homosexual Agenda ==

Joseph P. Gudel, in ''That Which is Unnatural''<ref>[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0108a.html "That Which is Unnatural" Homosexuality in Society, the Church, and Scripture] Part Two in a Two-Part Series on Homosexuality, from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 8</ref> contended that the homosexual movement,

:has been militantly demanding not just the homosexuals' right to do whatever they wish to do behind closed doors, but, more importantly, that society fully accept their lifestyle as both healthy and normal, even demanding special rights and legislation as an "oppressed minority." Gudel quotes various sources evidencing this.

In a 1987 speech to the National Press Club in Washington, homosexual spokesperson Jeff Levi proclaimed,

:We are no longer seeking just a right to privacy and a protection from wrong. We also have a right — as heterosexual Americans already have — to see government and society affirm our lives.<ref>Jeff Levi, in William Dannemeyer, Shadow in the Land (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1989), 86.</ref>

In an article entitled "Gays on the March" in 1975, Time magazine quoted gay activist Barbara Gittings who stated:

:What the homosexual wants, and here he is neither willing to compromise nor morally required to compromise — is acceptance of homosexuality as a way of life fully on a par with heterosexuality." In response, Time opined, "It is one thing to remove legal discrimination against homosexuals. It is another to mandate approval....It is this goal of full acceptance, which no known society past or present has granted to homosexuals, that makes many Americans apprehensive.<ref>Gays on the March," Time, 8 Sept. 1975, 43</ref>

A primary goal of the homosexual agenda is to normalize the lifestyle in [[public schools]]. This occurred quickly and intensely after gay marriage was imposed in Massachusetts, where homosexual relationships are taught to children as young as kindergartners, as recounted by the decision of ''[[Parker v. Hurley]]''.<ref>The ''Parker v. Hurley'' decision explained, "In January 2005, when Jacob Parker ("Jacob") was in kindergarten, he brought home a 'Diversity Book Bag.' This included a picture book, Who's in a Family?, which depicted different families, including single-parent families, an extended family, interracial families, animal families, a family without children, and — to the concern of the Parkers — a family with two dads and a family with two moms. The book concludes by answering the question, 'Who's in a family?': 'The people who love you the most!' The book says nothing about marriage."</ref>

In a 1992 report by John Leo in U.S. News & World Report, he notes some books which were part of New York City's public school curriculum.

The first-grade book, "Children of the Rainbow", stated on page 145, which states that teachers must "be aware of varied family structures, including...gay or lesbian parents," and "children must be taught to acknowledge the positive aspects of each type of household." Another children book is Heather Has Two Mommies, which is about a lesbian couple having a child through artificial insemination. Another book, Gloria Goes to Gay Pride, states, "Some women love women, some men love men, some women and men love each other. That's why we march in the parade, so everyone can have a choice."

Leo commented,

:A line is being crossed here; in fact, a brand new ethic is descending upon the city's public school system. The traditional civic virtue of tolerance (if gays want to live together, it's their own business) has been replaced with a new ethic requiring approval and endorsement (if gays want to live together, we must 'acknowledge the positive aspects' of their way of life).<ref>John Leo, "Heather Has a Message," U.S. News & World Report, 17 Aug. 1992, 16.</ref>

Dr. Judith A. Reisman in her extensive ''Crafting “Gay” Children'',<ref>http://www.defendthefamily.com/_docs/resources/6390601.pdf</ref> reports that Harvard homosexual Toby Morotta, PhD, stated that in the 1970s, members of the Gay Activists Alliance - who were trained in the “zapping" of any who rebuffed homosexuality.<ref>Toby Marotta: THE POLITICS OF HOMOSEXUALITY: HOW LESBIANS AND GAY MEN HAVE MADE THEMSELVES A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL FORCE IN MODERN AMERICA, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1981 at 319</ref> And that these formed the “Gay Academic Union,” (GAU) which was made up of faculty and students in major universities. She states that the GAU has long fought for domination of its worldview within the academic community, and professional journals commonly assigned GAU and other homosexual peer reviewers to research touching on homosexuality, generally resulting in a quick death to possible unfavorable findings.<ref>See extensive reports in regular NARTH Bulletins as well as Ray Johnson, “American Psychology: The Political Science, at 53-57.</ref>

This and the general agenda is seen to be overall implementing a marketing strategy explained in a book called ''After the Ball,'' by [[gay rights]] activists Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen in the late 1980s, in which a six-point plan was set forth as to how they could transform the beliefs of ordinary Americans with regard to homosexual behavior in a decade-long time frame:
:"The agenda of homosexual activists is basically to change America from what they perceive as looking down on homosexual behavior, to the affirmation of and societal acceptance of homosexual behavior." <ref name="Winn07252003">''After the Ball'' (1989), quoted from Winn, Pete (7-25-2003) [ ''Q&A: The Homosexual Agenda''] Citizenlink</ref> "Thus propagandistic advertising can depict all opponents of the gay movement as homophobic bigots who are 'not Christian' and the propaganda can further show them [[homosexuals]] as being criticized, hated and shunned..."<ref>After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90's, by Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen (Author) (p. 152-153)</ref>

[[Focus on the Family]] provides additional quotes from After the Ball, outlining key points of the homosexual agenda:<ref name="Winn07252003"/><ref>Kirk, Marshall K. and Erastes Pill (11-1987) ''The Overhauling of Straight America'' Available at [http://www.article8.org/docs/gay_strategies/overhauling.htm ''STRATEGIES OF THE HOMOSEXUAL MOVEMENT: "The Overhauling of Straight America"'']</ref>

#"Talk about gays and gayness as loudly and as often as possible." (They use late night air waves and special channels, as well as their right to peacefully assemble to do so.)
#"Portray gays as victims, not as aggressive challengers."
#"Give homosexual protectors a just cause."
#"Make gays look good."
#"Make the victimizers look bad."
#"Get funds from corporate America."

[[United States Supreme Court]] Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] wrote:
{{cquote|Today's opinion is the product of a Court, which is the product of a law-profession culture, that has largely signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda, by which I mean the agenda promoted by some homosexual activists directed at eliminating the moral opprobrium that has traditionally attached to homosexual conduct.<ref>[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=02-102#dissent1 ''LAWRENCE et al. v. TEXAS''] at findlaw.com</ref>}}

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Eliason Vic Eliason] of [http://www.crosstalkamerica.com Crosstalk America] rightly points out that if all Americans turned homosexual it would only take a few generations for the United States to lose most of the population of the country through lack of procreation. This would make the US more vulnerable to attack by our enemies.

== Specific goals ==

The goals of the homosexual movement include:

#Ignoring Christian morals and discouraging religiously based laws.
#Attempting to convince the world that marriage should be defined secularly, instead of as one of the Lord's commandments.
#Ignore the clear message of the [[Bible]] that [[homosexuality]] is a sin and an abomination unto [[God]] because their first amendment rights allow them to.
#Remind conservatives that there cannot be a gay ([[homosexual attraction]]) gene, just like like there cannot be a "black gene" because complex things like these are caused by complex interactions between genes.
#Censoring evidence that the "gay gene" is a hoax. After all, it would have to be multiple genes interacting together.<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/08a/born_gay_hoax/smith_0329/index.html ''Lesbian activists at Smith College riot, shut down Ryan Sorba speech on "The Born Gay Hoax" as police watch. See exclusive videos.''] Mass Resistance</ref>
#Censoring speech against homosexuality by branding it to be "hate-speech"<ref>[http://www.silencingchristians.com Video:Silencing Christians]</ref><ref>[http://mu-warrior.blogspot.com/2009/06/homosexuality-its-crime-in-england-to.html "Marquette Warrior"]. ''mu-warrior.blogspot.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.ccfon.org/view.php?id=745 Bishops fight for right to criticize homosexual lifestyle, 25th May 2009]</ref>
#Censoring biblical statements condemning homosexuality<ref>White, Hilary (04-21-2006) [http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/apr/06042105.html ''Court Upholds School Ban on "Homosexuality is Shameful" T-Shirt''] LifeSiteNews.com</ref>
#Lobbying for equal employment rights.<ref>The Crimson Staff (10-13-2006) [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=514950 ''A Box of Their Own?''] (opinion) The Crimson</ref><ref>http://www.afa.net, Homosexual Agenda Platforms from 1972 - 2000</ref>
#Expand hate crimes legislation to include sexual orientation, which would be equally wrong for heterosexuals to do.<ref>Pelosi, Nancy Office of (09-28-2004) [http://www.house.gov/pelosi/press/releases/Sept04/HateCrimes092804.html ''Pelosi: "Hate Crimes Prevention Legislation is Right Thing to Do, Long Overdue"''] From the office of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi</ref>
#Ending the military's and Boy Scout's restrictions on homosexuality<ref>''Boy Scouts of Am. v. Dale'', 530 U.S. 640 (2000) (Boy Scouts); "Matlovich v. Secretary of the Air Force (591 F.2d 852, DC Circ. 1 978) (military)</ref>
#Stopping children as young as 5 years old from attending therapy to repair their sexual preference<ref>[http://www.thetaskforce.org/reports_and_research/youth_in_the_crosshairs National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:Youth in the Crosshairs]</ref>
#Teach tolerance of homosexuals in schools.
#In places like Massachusetts and California, where the gay lobby is the strongest, it starts as early as preschool. They tell seven- or eight-year-old boys, "If you only like boys, there's a chance you may be homosexual," or "If you only like girls, maybe you are lesbian." Children at that age also do not have the hormones to experience sexual attraction, so they cannot understand this yet.
#Demands protections from job discrimination.<ref>[http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/nondiscrimination/ENDA_main_page Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) | National Gay and Lesbian Task Force]</ref>
#Suing an online dating website for discrimination. This was because sexual orientation is a federally protected group, as such, this company was breaking the law.<ref>Joshua Rhett Miller. [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,454904,00.html "eHarmony to Provide Gay Dating Service After Lawsuit"]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>
#Undermining the [[Essay:Quantifying Mental Strength|resolve]] of [[Homosexuality and choice#Choice and Genetics|latent homosexuals]] so that their will becomes too weak to resist the temptations of homosexuality<ref>http://www.thetaskforce.org/activist_center/resources_and_tools/challenge_exgay</ref>
#Pushing for legalized adoption by gay individuals and couples<ref>http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/parenting_and_family</ref>
#Indoctrination of public school children to support the homosexual agenda
#Allowing boys into girls' restrooms and vice versa, without restriction.

The state-by-state push for same-sex marriage can be viewed as a means to the above goals, or a goal in itself.<ref>[[Lewis v. Harris]]</ref> An example of this would be the recent New Hampshire law that makes same-sex civil unions legal.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/01/new_hampshire_law_makes_same_sex_civil_unions_legal/ "New Hampshire law makes same-sex civil unions legal"]. ''boston.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

Although notable gains toward achieving its goals continue to manifest, homosexual activists have recently been expressing a high level of dissatisfaction with the Obama administration. Commenting on such, Massresistance.org, an organization which opposes the homosexual agenda in [[Massachusetts]], noted that the President has,

*signed an order extending federal benefits to same-sex partners.

*pushed an extreme hate crimes bill in Congress.

*declared his intention to repeal the Defense of Marriage.

*pushed a pro-homosexual and transgender version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

*appointed homosexual activists to high level positions, including Harry Knox, of the homosexual lobby group Human Rights Campaign, and Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which educates kids in the public schools.

*declared February to be "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month."

*Demanded the State Department allow gay couples to use their married names (from marriages or civil unions) on US passports.<ref>update@massresistance.org 6/24/2009 11:56 PM</ref>

In Europe, countries such as the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] have adopted policies promoting transgenderism.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (February 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/15/france-mother-father-parent-uk-govt-lawyer-mother-not-gender-specific/ Men Can Be Mothers in UK, While French Schools Erase Terms ‘Father,’ ‘Mother’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 15, 2019.</ref>

=== Strategies and psychological tactics ===

Homosexual activists are often seen as engaging in [[homosexual logic|specious argumentation]], such as attempts to controvert the consistent teaching of the Bible on homosexual relations (see [[homosexuality and biblical interpretation]]), and using false analogies, in order to gain acceptance of homosexuality. One common argument used by homosexual activists seeks to compare their quest for equal rights to that of others.<ref>Miner, Homosexuality, Civil Rights, and the Church</ref> This argument is countered by the observation that blacks were able to peacefully argue that mankind should not be "judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character",<ref>[http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm, Speech by Martin Luther King Jr.]</ref> as the former yields no certain moral distinction. In contrast, homosexual activists seek acceptance of an immoral practice(s), and in addition, engage in certain coercive and manipulative means to do so. This includes the use of demonstrative protests, which appear to be designed to censure and intimidate those who oppose them in any way.<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/socialsciences/sellinghomosexuality.html</ref><ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/issues/gay_strategies/after_the_ball.html "The homosexual propaganda campaign in America's media"]. ''massresistance.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.com/After-Ball-America-Conquer-Hatred/dp/0452264987 "After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90's (Plume): Marshall Kirk, Hunter Madsen: 9780452264984: Amazon.com: Books"]. ''amazon.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89526 "‘Gays’ put ‘terrorist’ label on Christians"]. ''WND''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/08c/Prop8/church_attacks.html "Homosexuals begin campaign of terror over Prop 8 loss"]. ''massresistance.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>http://rebuildtheparty.ning.com/video/exodus-protest-park-street</ref><ref>http://theway2k.vox.com/library/post/homosexuals-persecuting-christians-and-mormons.html</ref><ref>http://www.hamiltonsquare.net/articlesRiotsSep1993.htm</ref><ref>[https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08050205.html "Lesbian Break-in and Riot During College Speech on “Born-Gay Hoax” Forces Cancellation"]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=95296 "‘How hate crimes laws forced me into exile’"]. ''WND''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>Muehlenberg, Bill, [http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2009/06/04/another-nail-in-the-christian-coffin/ Another Nail in the Christian Coffin], [[4 June]] [[2009]]</ref><ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09a/feder_0311/index.html "Gay activists stop free speech at UMass Amherst"]. ''massresistance.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref> In addition, one pro-homosexual commentator recently took the homosexual community to task for being racist in their practice of homosexuality.<ref>LZ Granderson, ''Commentary: Gay is not the new black'', Cable News Network,July 16, 2009</ref> Another strategy used by supporters of the homosexual agenda is to publicly deny that such an agenda exists.<ref>[http://onug.us/content/christians-america-and-gay-agenda "Christians, America, And The Gay Agenda"]. ''onug.us''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

While not all homosexuals agree with the use of deceptive psychological tactics, leading homosexual activists willfully employ them. The aforementioned book, ''After the Ball'', is widely regarded as the handbook for the gay agenda, in which two homosexual Harvard-trained graduates, <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,152180,00.html "Is The Gay Revolution a Flop?"]. ''time.com''. 24 June 2001. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref> Marshall Kirk (1957–2005), a researcher in neuropsychiatry, and Hunter Madsen (pen name ''Erastes Pill''), who was schooled in social marketing, advocated avoiding portraying gays as aggressive challengers, but as victims instead, while making all those who opposed them to be evil persecutors. As a means of the latter, they used ''jamming,'' in which Christians, traditionalists, or anyone else who opposes the gay agenda are publicly smeared. Their strategy was based on the premise that, "In any campaign to win over the public, Gays must be portrayed as victims in need of protection so that straights will be inclined by reflex to adopt the role of protector. The purpose of victim imagery is to make straight people feel very uncomfortable."<ref>[http://www.parentsofgaychildren.org/uploads/After_the_Ball_-_outline_by_Richard_Cohen.pdf After the Ball: How America Will Conquer It’s Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90’s Outline compiled by Richard Cohen, MA]</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Kirk|first1=Marshall|last2=Madsen|first2=Hunter|title=After the ball : how America will conquer its fear and hatred of gays in the 90s|date=1989|publisher=Plume|location=New York|isbn=978-0452264984|page=183|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oDwEAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=+victims+in+need++of+protection|accessdate=2 February 2018}}</ref> Leftists also label Christians who support biblical marriage as "anti-gay," equating them with non-western Muslims who support stoning homosexuals.<ref>Mainwaring, Doug (April 3, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/jack-phillips-is-not-the-sultan-of-brunei-the-indiscriminate-weaponization-of-the-term-anti-gay Jack Phillips is not the Sultan of Brunei: The indiscriminate weaponization of the term ‘anti-gay’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 4, 2019.</ref>

"Jamming" [[homo-hatred]] (disagreement with [[homosexual behavior]]s) was to be done by linking it to [[Nazi]] horror, advised Kirk and Madsen. Associate all who oppose homosexuality with images of Klansmen demanding that gays be slaughtered, hysterical backwoods preachers, menacing punks, and a tour of Nazi concentration camps where homosexuals were tortured and gassed. Thus, "propagandistic advertisement can depict homophobic and homohating bigots as crude loudmouths..."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110603050349/http://www.renewamerica.com:80/columns/mbarber/080213 "Unmasking the "gay" agenda"]. ''renewamerica.com''. Retrieved on 2 Feb. 2018.</ref> " It can show them being criticized, hated, shunned. It can depict gays experiencing horrific suffering as the direct result of homohatred-suffering of which even most bigots would be ashamed to be the cause. It can, in short, link homohating bigotry with all sorts of attributes the bigot would be ashamed to possess, and with social consequences he would find unpleasant and scary... our effect is achieved without reference to facts, logic, or proof."<ref> http://www.massresistance.org/docs/issues/gay_strategies/after_the_ball.html The homosexual propaganda campaign in America's media, </ref>

Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes,
<blockquote>
There can be no doubt that Christianity represents the greatest obstacle to the normalization of homosexual behavior. It cannot be otherwise, because of the clear biblical teachings concerning the inherent sinfulness of homosexuality in all forms, and the normativity of heterosexual marriage. In order to counter this obstacle, Kirk and Madsen advised gays to "use talk to muddy the moral waters, that is, to undercut the rationalizations that 'justify' religious bigotry and to jam some of its psychic rewards." How can this be done? "This entails publicizing support by moderate churches and raising serious theological objections to conservative biblical teachings." [The latter of which attempts [[homosexuality and biblical interpretation]] examine and expose.]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927163416/http://www.gender-news.com/other.php?id=19 ''After the Ball--Why the Homosexual Movement Has Won,''] Thursday, June 3rd, 2004</ref>
</blockquote>

Kirk and Madsen's open admission of their deceptive tactics is noted as most revealing: [O]ur effect is achieved without reference to facts, logic, or proof. "...the person's beliefs can be altered whether he is conscious of the attack or not"<ref>After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90s, p. 152-153 (1989, Doubleday/Bantam)</ref> “The campaign we outline in this book, though complex, depends centrally upon a program of unabashed propaganda, firmly grounded in long-established principles of psychology and advertising.”<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oDwEAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=unabashed+propaganda%2C+firmly+grounded Kirk and Madsen, After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of the Gay’s in the 90s, p.xxvi]</ref><ref>[http://banap.net/ "[Behavior, and Not a Person]"]. ''banap.net''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

Similarly, author Robert Bauman additionally records: "It makes no difference that the ads are lies... because were using them to ethically good effect, to counter negative stereotypes that are every bit as much lies, and far more wicked ones."<ref>The Gentleman from Maryland: The Conscience of a gay Conservative, by Robert Bauman, 1986, page 163.</ref>

The need for Kirk and Madsen to engage in such manipulation may be seen as being due to their sober realization of the nature of the homosexual lifestyle.

“In short, the gay lifestyle - if such a chaos can, after all, legitimately be called a lifestyle - it just doesn’t work: it doesn’t serve the two functions for which all social framework evolve: to constrain people’s natural impulses to behave badly and to meet their natural needs. While it’s impossible to provide an exhaustive analytic list of all the root causes and aggravants of this failure, we can asseverate at least some of the major causes. Many have been dissected, above, as elements of the Ten Misbehaviors; it only remains to discuss the failure of the gay community to provide a viable alternative to the heterosexual family.”<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oDwEAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=exhaustive+analytic+list Kirk and Madsen, After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of the Gay’s in the 90s, p.363 ]</ref>

David Kupelian, author of ''[[The Marketing of Evil]],'' describes Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, stating,
<blockquote>
Kirk and Madsen were not the kind of drooling activists that would burst into churches and throw condoms in the air. They were smart guys – very smart. Kirk, a Harvard-educated researcher in neuropsychiatry, work with the Johns Hopkins Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth and designed aptitude tests for adults with 200+ IQs. Madsen, with a doctorate in politics from Harvard, was an expert on public persuasion tactics and social marketing.<ref>[http://pearl-diving.blogspot.com/2009/01/sold-on-homosexuality-marketing-of-evil.html "Sold on Homosexuality – The Marketing of Evil"]. ''pearl-diving.blogspot.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>
</blockquote>

Marshall Kirk died in 2005 at the age of 47.<ref>http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=134544248</ref> The cause of death has not been publicly revealed.

Often cited as an early example of such tactics was the role of homosexual activists in persuading the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders (DSM-II). Dr. Ronald Bayer, though being himself a pro-homosexual psychiatrist, described this removal as being the result of power politics, threats, and intimidation, rather than any new scientific discoveries.<ref>[http://www.traditionalvalues.org/urban/eleven.php Exposed: The Myth That Psychiatry Has Proven That Homosexual Behavior Is Normal]</ref> In so doing, like slavery before it, the homosexual agenda is seen to threaten basic freedoms, principally the First Amendment.<ref>Adams, Guy (11-8-2008) [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mormon-stars-face-backlash-after-gay-marriage-ban-1003967.html ''Mormon stars face backlash after gay marriage ban''] The Independent</ref>

The charge of [[homophobia]] has been increasingly evidenced as being part of a means of intimidation used in pushing the Homosexual Agenda. Due to what homophobia has been made to denote, that of being a repressed homosexual, or possessing an irrational fear of being approached by homosexuals, or of being a bigot persecuting victims, the widespread use of the term "homophobic" attaches a powerful stigma to anyone who may even conscientiously oppose the practice of homosexuality, thus silencing many who might otherwise object to it.<ref>[http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/1995papers/socarides.html Thought Reform And The Psychology of Homosexual Advocacy, Charles W. Socarides, M.D.]</ref>

In relation to such oppression, psychologist Nicholas Cummings, former president of the American Psychological Association (APA), observed, "Homophobia as intimidation is one of the most pervasive techniques used to silence anyone who would disagree with the gay activist agenda." As an example of such fear within the APA, in addressing 100 fellow professionals Cummings related that while writing "Destructive Trends in Mental Health," with psychologist Rogers Wright, a number of fellow psychologists were invited to participate. However, these flatly turned them down, as they feared loss of tenure, loss of promotion, and other forms of professional retaliation. "We were bombarded by horror stories," Dr. Cummings said. "Their greatest fear was of the gay lobby, which is very strong in the APA.<ref>[Psychology Losing Scientific Credibility, Say APA Insiders http://www.narth.com/docs/insiders.html]</ref>

Noted homosexual activist and pornographer Clinton Fein, in his article, ''The Gay Agenda stated'': "Homophobic inclinations alone, even without any actions, should be criminal and punishable to the full extent of the law."

Erik Holland, author of ''The Nature of Homosexuality'', perceives that homosexuals have become so reckless in labeling others homophobic that "anyone who questions their labeling someone [is] a homophobe himself. Even quoting factual statistics about the connection between homosexuality and AIDS is allegedly homophobic." In addition, according to pro-homosexual author Vernon A. Wall, "even acceptance of homosexuality can be seen as a form of homophobia, because to talk about the acceptance of homosexuality is to imply that there is something about homosexuality that needs acceptance."<ref>[http://www.homosexinfo.org/Homophobia/HomePage "Homosexinfo - Homophobia - Homophobia: Fear of homosexuals?"]. ''homosexinfo.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

It may be speculated that if the liberal use of the term homophobia is not primarily a psychological tactic, then it indicates a psychological condition on the part of those who use it in which they imagine that those who oppose them are fearful of them, or of being one.

More recently, after 25 years of claiming she was not indoctrinating anyone with pro homosexual beliefs, one activist honestly admitted to this being a lie. Canadian gay activist S. Bear Bergman, a female who identifies as a transgender male, stated, "All that time I said I wasn't indoctrinating anyone with my beliefs about gay and lesbian and bi and trans and queer people? That was a lie.” Bergman recounted that she was instructed as a young gay activist to tell concerned parents that she was “just providing an alternate viewpoint” when accused of engaging in “indoctrination and recruiting,” and to use “soft” language when speaking about homosexuality. In her article on the notoriously liberal web site, the [[Huffington Post]], he went on to candidly confess that this indoctrination, "is absolutely my goal. I want to make your children like people like me and my family, even if that goes against the way you have interpreted the teachings of your religion." Bergman fantasized that in an ideal world he would have been "ushered into the world of queerness with care and tenderness by experienced homos" (akin to "camp counselors"), "and issued my leather jacket and my protest pins, my safer sex supplies..."

Bergman expressed that his goal was that of portraying to "impressionable young minds" the idea that "queers and transfolk are just as fine and lovely a kind of human as any other kind," and stated that he did not like the idea of sending her kid to schools where any kid could share with him their ideas about homosexuals. Thus Bergman, who believes that "books a kid hears at bedtime affect their sleep and also their dreams," is finalizing a series of children's books that all feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer kids or families, with the goal that the young readers come to believe that people like him and his family are "absolutely great," that "lesbian, gay, bi, queer, and trans people -- that we exist, that we're perfectly fine and often really excellent." Bergman then concludes, "If that makes me an indoctrinator, I accept it. Let me be honest -- I am not even a little bit sorry."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/s-bear-bergman/i-have-come-to-indoctrinate-your-children-lgtbq_b_6795152.html|title=I have come to indoctrinate your children into my LGBTQ agenda (and I'm not a bit sorry)|last1=Bergman|first1=S. Bear|website=Huffington Post|accessdate=22 March 2015}}</ref>

Commenting on this frank article, Pete Baklinski of LifeSiteNews.com, states that, <blockquote>While Bergman paints a “friendly and cheerful” picture of the gay lifestyle, she fails to mention the serious health risks tied to homosexual behaviors....Research done in 2002 by Dr. John R. Diggs found that same-sex sexual behaviors expose gays, lesbians and bisexuals to “extreme risks of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), physical injuries, mental disorders and even a shortened life span.” Common sexual practices among gay men were found to lead to “numerous STDs and physical injuries, some of which are virtually unknown in the heterosexual population.” Gay and bisexual men were found to “lose up to 20 years of life expectancy.” The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have warned on numerous occasions that HIV rates, already at epidemic proportions, are continuing to climb steadily among men who have ‘sex’ with men. The CDC has stated that gay and bisexual men continue to remain at the epicenter of what they call a “HIV/AIDS epidemic.”</blockquote>

To which Baklinski adds the spiritual consequences, citing one of the texts in the Bible which condemn homosexual relations:
{{Cquote|“For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error” (Letter to Romans 1:26).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Baklinski|first1=Pete|title=Gay activist: Of course our goal is to ‘indoctrinate children into LGBTQ agenda’|url=https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gay-activist-our-goal-is-to-indoctrinate-children-into-lgbtq-agenda|website=LifeSiteNews.com|accessdate=22 March 2015}}</ref> }}

For Christians believe God created man and women uniquely compatible and complimentary, and they alone are joined by God in marriage, with opposite genders being specified by both Genesis and personally by Jesus Christ. (Gn. 2:18-24; Mt. 19:4) The Bible only condemns homosexual relations - by design and decree, in principle and by precept - and never sanctions them wherever they are manifestly dealt with, and the injunctions against them are part of the transcendent and immutable moral law. (Lv. 18:22; Rm. 1:26,27)

However, Christians also understand that some of the first Christians were likely former homosexuals, (1Cor. 6:9-11) and believe that there is room at the cross for all who want the Lord Jesus over sin, and believe upon Him to save them who died for them, and rose again. And who thus are baptized and follow Him, to the glory of God.<ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosex_versus_the_Bible.html HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS and the BIBLE]</ref>

===Influence in the academic world===

Professor Jerry Z. Muller described in an article titled ''First Things'' (Aug/Sept. 1993) how the homosexual lobby has gained widespread acceptance in the educational realm.
{{cquote|[Their] strategy has been remarkably successful. With a rapidity largely attributable in large part to a total lack of articulate resistance, homosexual ideology has gained an unquestioned and uncontested legitimacy in American academic life. Within the academy, as within nonacademic elite culture, the definition of opposite to homosexuality as "homophobia - a definition which implies that it is impossible to give good reasons for the cultural disapproval of homosexuality - is the best evidence of the success of this strategy.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cbfVg_1qhe0C&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=David+W.+Virtue+scots+college&source=bl&ots=aDW7a615Gn&sig=Y1cLsx5sCQTgUUDJ88b5AKPRkNg&hl=en&ei=8skISpP1AcGktgfi2PzsCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPR14,M1 "Homosexuality"]. ''google.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>}}

====In the public schools====
{{See also|Homosexuality in Schools}}
[[File:Prairie Ridge High School LGBT+ Flag.jpg|thumb|200px|School in Chicago area (Prairie Ridge High School) with LGBT+ [[Rainbow#Rainbow flag|rainbow flag]]. Students in the same school who display the [[Confederate flag]] will face discipline.<ref name="NWHerald2017"/>]]
[[File:Prairie Ridge High School LGBT.jpg|thumb|200px|This Chicago-area school has "safe spaces" for students with homosexual attraction (sponsored by [[GLSEN]]).]]
Many public schools throughout the United States welcome the Homosexual Agenda, oftentimes through publicly-funded school programs created by [[GLSEN]].<ref name="Heyer2015">Heyer, Walt (June 8, 2015). [http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/06/15118/ Public School LGBT Programs Don't Just Trample Parental Rights. They Also Put Kids at Risk]. ''The Witherspoon Institute -- Public Discourse''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref> Much of this was the work of the [[Obama Administration]].<ref name="Heyer2015"/> GLSEN celebrates the Homosexual Agenda through a "day of silence."<ref>Berry, Susan (April 11, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/04/11/day-of-silence-how-the-lgbt-agenda-is-hijacking-americas-youth/ Day of Silence: How the LGBT Agenda Is Hijacking America’s Youth]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref> In 2016, [[California]] became the first state to legislate the teaching of the homosexual agenda in public schools to children as young as second grade.<ref>Berry, Susan (July 19, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/07/19/lgbt-history-california-first-to-teach/ California: 1st State To Teach LGBT Curriculum — to Second Graders]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref> These California students are now banned from opting-out from this [[indoctrination]].<ref>Newman, Alex (January 4, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/27883-students-banned-from-opting-out-of-lgbt-education Students Banned From Opting Out of LGBT Education]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> In February 2019, the Department of Education in the [[United Kingdom]] announced that public school children starting at the age of five would be required to learn about homosexual and transgender relationships, with parents being unable to withdraw their children from such classes.<ref>Tennant, Michael (February 27, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/31593-u-k-schools-to-indoctrinate-kids-as-young-as-five-in-lgbt-agenda U.K. Schools to Indoctrinate Kids as Young as Five in LGBT Agenda]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 27, 2019. See also:
*McLean, Dorothy Cummings (March 25, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/christian-mom-sues-uk-primary-school-for-forcing-lgbt-pride-celebrations-on-kids Christian mom sues UK primary school for forcing LGBT Pride celebrations on kids]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved March 25, 2019.</ref>

In schools where the homosexual agenda is welcomed, students who fly the [[Confederate flag]] may expect to face disciplinary actions.<ref name="NWHerald2017">Prokop, Hannah (November 11, 2016). [http://www.nwherald.com/2016/11/09/prairie-ridge-high-school-suspends-student-for-wearing-confederate-flag-to-school/aelbmro/ Prairie Ridge High School suspends student for wearing Confederate flag to school]. ''Northwest Herald''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/20/confederate-flags-not-rainbow-ones-banned-in-schoo/ Wyoming school district bans Confederate flags, allows gay-pride ones]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). April 20, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref> In March 2019, an Ohio public school student was suspended for posting Bible verses next to homosexual flags.<ref>Gstalter, Morgan (March 13, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/433823-ohio-student-suspended-for-targeting-gay-straight-alliance-by Ohio student suspended for 'targeting' Gay-Straight Alliance by posting Bible verses in response to LGBT flags]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref><ref>Kaplan, Talia (March 12, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/ohio-student-suspended-after-posting-bible-verses-around-school-i-wanted-to-spread-the-word-of-god Ohio student suspended after posting Bible verses around school: 'I wanted to spread the word of God']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref>

===Immorality in society===

The “gay” activists welcome [[immorality]] in [[society]]. As no one wants to be called a [[hypocrite]], every act of sexual sin by society members serves the “gay” interest by lessening the public will to uphold public morality. That's why, wherever the acceptance of sexual sin is observed, it is likely there are “gay” activists involved.

==== The abortion industry ====
The best example of the Homosexual Agenda causing societal immorality is seen in their aggressive defense of the abortion industry. Obviously, homosexuals cannot have an “unwanted pregnancy,” yet in an extensive experience, the big part of “pro-choice” street activists at abortion clinics are homosexuals. This is so because they know that preserving the people's option to destroy unborn life is essential to maintaining so called “[[sexual freedom]]” as a social norm. If women lost their choice to legally kill their unborn offspring, the resulting inevitable shift of emphasis from self-gratification to family responsibility in such a large section of the population would change the entire culture. When a woman gives in to fear and selfishness to kill the child in her womb, she will not feel that she can criticize other sinners. The choice to kill their unborn children morally compromises both men and women (making them unwilling to criticize choices to engage in other forms of immoral behavior), and ensures that the outcome of an unwanted child will not be a lasting deterrent to those who have chosen sexual “freedom” over family. This explains why homosexuals, who by definition cannot conceive children together, are among the most militant advocates of abortion on demand.

==== The pornography industry ====
The existence of a thriving pornography industry where “gays” are also notoriously prevalent serves the “gay” cause by morally corrupting the men who use it, making them less likely to oppose homosexuality on moral grounds and more likely to support public policies which legitimize sexual [[hedonism]]. “Gay” activists love sexual anarchy because they know that when a man falls in bondage to pornography he is less willing to oppose other sexual sins in society.

==== The entertainment industry ====
When young people enjoy music or films that glorify sexual lust, they feel more sympathy to the “gay” arguments.

The “gays” have it easy pushing sexual “freedom”, because every person, in their flesh, wants to indulge themselves in their own choices.
This is like children being offered only candy to eat. People want to eat only sweets until they get sick. Only with maturity do they know how to eat to stay healthy.

The “gay” movement has many allies in its campaign to aggrandize sexual immorality, but it is the only social movement in the history of the world whose primary purpose is to eliminate social restraints on [[sexual]] conduct. It is heavily funded, highly organized and strategically positioned to maximize its ability to change societies and cultures.<ref name="Lively2009">{{cite book |title=Redeeming the Rainbow: A Christian Response to the "Gay" Agenda |author=[[Scott Lively]] |publisher=Veritas Aeterna Press |place=Springfield, MA |year=2009 |edition=1 (Version 1.1)|chapter=1: Pro-family answers to common questions about homosexuality and "gay" agenda |pages=8, 60, 176|url=http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09b/Redeeming_rainbow}}</ref>

==Opponents of the Homosexual Agenda ==
Some well known individuals/groups in the [[United States]] who actively oppose the homosexual agenda are: [[Focus on the Family]], [[Peter LaBarbera]]'s American's for Truth, the [[Traditional Values Coalition]] ([[Louis Sheldon]] is a chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition), and [[Matt Barber]] of [[Concerned Women of America]].

===Peter LaBarbera===

As noted earlier, [[Peter LaBarbera]] is the founder of [[Americans For Truth]] (AFT) which is a national organization in the United States devoted solely to confronting the homosexual agenda.<ref name="americansfortruth.com">[http://www.americansfortruth.com/about/ "About Americans for Truth About Homosexuality and AFTAH Founder Peter LaBarbera » Americans for Truth"]. ''americansfortruth.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

Peter LaBarbera said the following regarding the need for the organization Americans for Truth:
{{cquote|Homosexual, [[bisexuality|bisexual]], and [[transsexual]] groups spend tens of millions of dollars every year to market and normalize their aberrant lifestyles, yet after all these years there is not a single, serious national group dedicated specifically to exposing and countering their agendas...

It’s time for Americans to unapologetically resist the demands of this lobby, and to counter the lies upon which it is built-the foremost being that certain people are inherently or ‘born’ homosexual and that this is a [[civil rights]] issue.<ref name="americansfortruth.com"/>}}

===Matt Barber===
[[Matt Barber]] of [[Concerned Women of America]] is one the more notable figures in regards to opposing the homosexual agenda. Matt Barber wrote the following regarding the homosexual agenda:
[[Image:Mbarber_b.jpg‎|right|thumb|175px|[[Matt Barber]]]]
{{cquote|Ironically, sexual [[relativism|relativists]] are anything but relative. They are quite affirmative in principle. But the principles they foist demand comprehensive acceptance of homosexual conduct — by force of law — through federal edicts such as “hate crimes” legislation, the so-called “Employment Non-Discrimination Act” (ENDA) and by imposing government sanctioned “same-sex marriage.” All such government mandates grant special protected “minority” status to those who define themselves by aberrant sexual preferences and changeable sexual behaviors. These laws put people with traditional values directly in the crosshairs of official government policy.

Throughout society, homosexual activists demand that homosexual behaviors not only be “tolerated,” but celebrated. (That’s what the euphemistic slogan “celebrate diversity” supposes). They have masked their true political agenda by hijacking the language of the genuine civil rights movement and through the crafty and disingenuous rhetoric of “tolerance” and “diversity.”

Anyone who believes the Biblical directive that human sexuality is a gift from [[God]], to be shared between man and wife within the bonds of marriage, is branded “homophobic,” “hateful” or “discriminatory.” They are to be silenced by all means possible.<ref>http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=14696&department=CFI&categoryid=family</ref>}}

===Steffen Königer===
[[German]] politician Steffen Königer from the party [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) showed that it is possible to use [[irony]] when opposing the [[extremist]] gender agenda. In his address in the parliament of the [[Brandenburg]], the federated state of [[Germany]], he ridiculed homosexual lobbyists and gender ideologists by enlisting in his introduction, for about two minutes, all "gender and sexual varieties" he could find on the Internet. This way he brought to attention of general public the absurdity of the proposal put forward by the German [[Green Party]] that demanded to introduce multiple "gender identities" in state documents. When the Parliamentary Speaker tried to stop him, he just replied that he is not finished yet and further adamantly continued in naming all alleged gender declinations. When he was finally done with his introduction, his actual reaction to the proposal took less than three seconds: ''"The AfD party rejects your proposal."''<ref>{{cite web |title=Un político alemán ridiculiza los postulados del LGBTI |url=https://youtu.be/GzIwvHUvFR0 |accessdate=23 Jun 2016 |language=German (English subtitles)}}</ref>

==Further reading==
*https://www.amazon.com/dp/B012YKIQ2M Counterfeiting the Rainbow by Beverly Rachel
*[http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/lively.html Homosexuality and the Nazi Party] by Scott Lively. Excellent discussion of the anti-Christian and homosexual origins of the Nazism.
*[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ Documentation of the links between homosexuals and the Nazis] by the Government of Israel.
*[http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPCollectionNews.asp?ID=131 2008 McDonald's and the Homosexual Agenda], Baptist Press
*[http://www.couplescompany.com/FEATURES/politics/2004/Selling%20Homosexuality.pdf Paul E. Rondeau, Selling homosexuality to America (PDF)] [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/730694/posts Or html form]
*Shupe, Jamie (March 10, 2019). [https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/ I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham.] ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

==See also==
*[[ACT-UP]]
*[[Anti-Defamation League]]
*[[Anthropological Revolution]]
*[[Essay:Sodomism]]
*[[Homosexual belief system]]
*[[Gay affirmative]]
*[[Gay rights]]
*[[Homophobia]]
*[[Hate speech]], [[Hate crime]]
*[[Homosexual logic]], used to justify and mandate the Homosexual Agenda
*[[Homosexuality]]
*[[Homosexuality and biblical interpretation]]
*[[Homosexualization]]
*[[Gleichschaltung#LGBTI Gleichschaltung|LGBTI Gleichschaltung]]
*[[San Francisco values]]
*[[Fashion industry values]]
*[[Hollywood values]]
*[[Slogans and the Homosexual Agenda]]
*[[Stonewall UK]]

== References ==
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Homosexual Agenda

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The '''Homosexual Agenda''' is a self-centered set of beliefs and objectives designed to promote and mandate approval of [[homosexuality]] and its ideology in society, along with the strategies used to implement such. The goals and means of this movement include indoctrinating students in [[public school]], restricting the free speech of opposition, obtaining [[special rights|special treatment]] for homosexuals, distorting [[Bible|Biblical]] teaching and science, and interfering with freedom of association. Advocates of the homosexual agenda seek special rights for [[homosexuals]] and self-described "LGBTI people" that other people don't have, such as immunity from criticism (see [[hate speech]], [[hate crime]]s). Such special rights will necessarily [[zero-sum game|come at the expense]] of the rights of broader society. '''''The homosexual agenda is the biggest threat to the rights of [[free speech]] and [[religious freedom]] today.'''''

One of the top priorities of the Homosexual Agenda is to prohibit and outlaw [[conversion therapy]], particularly for teenagers. Several U.S. states have enacted such laws, and [[leftists]] are pushing similar bans in many other states, apparently unable to tolerate things they dislike. Another priority is to elect high-ranking officials who are openly homosexual, with the ultimate goal of electing a president who is in a [[same-sex "marriage"]].

In a speech on December 10, 2013, to a pro-family rally in Jamaica, a country that rejects same-sex marriage, Brian Camenker of Mass''Resistance'' outlined the step-by-step approach of the homosexual agenda:<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen2/13d/jamaica-speech-121013/index.html "MassResistance helps Jamaica confront ‘gay’ agenda"]. ''massresistance.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

*Legalize homosexuality
*Hold gay pride parades
*Accept child sex trafficking
*Demand non-discrimination laws
*Insist on homosexuals' adoption of children
*Push the homosexual agenda in schools<ref>{{cite web |title=Criticism of Transgender Agenda Will Get Virginia Students Expelled |author=Austin Ruse |date=10 Jun 2016 |url=https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/10/transgender-northern-virginia-students-can-now-expelled-criticizing-transgenderism/ |publisher=BREITBART |quote=The transgender change in school regulations was imposed last night during a dramatic board meeting where only 12 pro-trans witnesses were invited to testify. ... No opposing voices were allowed to be heard, parents were relegated to shouting opposition from the seats and some were ejected from the meeting.... Last year, they were promised a lengthy investigation and a full hearing. Instead, it was foisted upon them with less than 24 hours-notice. ... an Oregon law recently allowed a jury to award $60,000 t0 a transgender teacher because other teachers declined to use the teacher’s preferred pronoun, which is “they” rather than “him” or “her.” Deputies for President Barack Obama have backed similar rules for all K-12 schools, and New York City has established similar forced-speech rules.|accessdate=12 Jun 2016}}</ref>
*Legalize various alternate forms of partnership and call them "marriage" (i.e. man and man, woman and woman, man and three women, woman and box turtle, man and sex toy)
*Demand public funding to deal with increased homosexual-related social problems
*Promote the transgender agenda
*Demand to be treated "equally"
*Impose a large-scale loss of free speech
*Ban counseling for kids confused by homosexual issues
*Ban scientifically and religiously proven methods of homosexual conversion, such as shock therapy
*Attack churches
*Encourage abortion

[[Russia]] is a leader in rejecting the homosexual agenda.<ref>{{cite web |title=Is the Homosexual Agenda 'Unstoppable'? - Comparing America with Russia |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msLH6f6vyC4 |accessdate=29 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RUSSIA VS. THE LGBT GLOBALISTS: A Climate of Hate and Fear |url=http://www.scottlively.net/2015/02/25/russia-vs-the-lgbt-globalists-a-climate-of-hate-and-fear-part-two/ |quote=This dangerous LGBT strategy has now gone global and the target is the Russian Federation. ... Core American values to Obama are publicly celebrated sodomy and doctor-assisted transsexual self-mutilation. ... The Russian anti-propaganda law, passed June 11, 2013, was the first truly effective international counter-measure since the “gay” agenda went global around the turn of the millennium. Typically, the “gays” characterized the law as hateful and an incitement to violence, but in doing so they revealed that propagandizing children is part of their agenda, since the law simply classifies “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships” as material that cannot be distributed among minors and commands the government to protect children from it. Just after the passage of this law Barack Obama did an about-face on the “reset” policy (in which Russia had been recognized as an equal partner in the world community) and instead began reviving cold-war rhetoric.|accessdate=29 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pro-Russian Press Conference |date=22 February 2014 |url=http://www.scottlively.net/2014/02/22/pro-russian-press-conference/ |quote=We got lots of coverage from the event, and I believe we accomplished our objective which was to bring awareness to the world that the pro-family movement in the U.S., Canada, UK, and other “pro-gay” countries is happy to see the Russian Federation standing up for family values. We think this will encourage other nations to follow their example. |accessdate=29 May 2016}}</ref> For example, Russia banned adoption by Americans as the Obama Administration aggressively pushed the homosexual agenda, and in June 2013 a house in the [[Russian]] parliament passed legislation to ban foreign adoption by gay couples or single parents who live in any [[same-sex marriage|gay marriage]] nation.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-russia-ban-adoption-gay-couples-20130618,0,4633280.story "Russian lawmakers pass ban on adoption tied to gay foreign couples"]. ''latimes''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

[[Barack Hussein Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], and essentially all [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] politicians now advocate the homosexual agenda, reflecting the growing financial power of the homosexual network. Obama's self-centered obsession with his own re-election, and fundraising for his campaign, has caused him to create a national political issue out of this, rather than deal with other issues like the economy. Many [[establishment]] Republicans and [[Cafeteria Christians]] also have bought into the homosexual agenda.

'''''Among all the [[liberal]] belief systems, the homosexual ideology is the most self-centered or selfish''''' – unlike the vast charity performed by thousands of churches in the U.S. alone, homosexual charity can be considered an [[oxymoron]].

The late Supreme Court Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] referred to the "so-called homosexual agenda" in ''[[Lawrence v. Texas]]'', 539 U.S. 558 (2003) (dissenting opinion). Justice Scalia also predicted that this was the first step to legalizing homosexual civil unions. He was proven right with the outcome of Obergefell v. Hodges.

Despite the fact that only 4.1% of the U.S. population identified as [[LGBT]], just over half a percentage point higher than four years prior,<ref>Gates, Gary J. (January 11, 2017). [https://www.gallup.com/poll/201731/lgbt-identification-rises.aspx In US, More Adults Identifying as LGBT]. ''Gallup''. Retrieved January 18, 2017.</ref> Americans '''''greatly overestimate the proportion of homosexuals''''' in the nation to be an average of 23%.<ref name="GreatlyOver">Newport, Frank (May 21, 2015). [https://www.gallup.com/poll/183383/americans-greatly-overestimate-percent-gay-lesbian.aspx Americans Greatly Overestimate Percent Gay, Lesbian in U.S.] ''Gallup''. Retrieved January 18, 2017. See also:
*Mainwaring, Doug (June 28, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/americans-vastly-overestimate-the-size-of-the-lgbt-population Americans vastly overestimate the size of the LGBT population]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved June 28, 2019.</ref> Interestingly, Republicans and conservatives gave estimates closest to the actual number.<ref name="GreatlyOver"/>

== The Homosexual Agenda ==

Joseph P. Gudel, in ''That Which is Unnatural''<ref>[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0108a.html "That Which is Unnatural" Homosexuality in Society, the Church, and Scripture] Part Two in a Two-Part Series on Homosexuality, from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 8</ref> contended that the homosexual movement,

:has been militantly demanding not just the homosexuals' right to do whatever they wish to do behind closed doors, but, more importantly, that society fully accept their lifestyle as both healthy and normal, even demanding special rights and legislation as an "oppressed minority." Gudel quotes various sources evidencing this.

In a 1987 speech to the National Press Club in Washington, homosexual spokesperson Jeff Levi proclaimed,

:We are no longer seeking just a right to privacy and a protection from wrong. We also have a right — as heterosexual Americans already have — to see government and society affirm our lives.<ref>Jeff Levi, in William Dannemeyer, Shadow in the Land (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1989), 86.</ref>

In an article entitled "Gays on the March" in 1975, Time magazine quoted gay activist Barbara Gittings who stated:

:What the homosexual wants, and here he is neither willing to compromise nor morally required to compromise — is acceptance of homosexuality as a way of life fully on a par with heterosexuality." In response, Time opined, "It is one thing to remove legal discrimination against homosexuals. It is another to mandate approval....It is this goal of full acceptance, which no known society past or present has granted to homosexuals, that makes many Americans apprehensive.<ref>Gays on the March," Time, 8 Sept. 1975, 43</ref>

A primary goal of the homosexual agenda is to normalize the lifestyle in [[public schools]]. This occurred quickly and intensely after gay marriage was imposed in Massachusetts, where homosexual relationships are taught to children as young as kindergartners, as recounted by the decision of ''[[Parker v. Hurley]]''.<ref>The ''Parker v. Hurley'' decision explained, "In January 2005, when Jacob Parker ("Jacob") was in kindergarten, he brought home a 'Diversity Book Bag.' This included a picture book, Who's in a Family?, which depicted different families, including single-parent families, an extended family, interracial families, animal families, a family without children, and — to the concern of the Parkers — a family with two dads and a family with two moms. The book concludes by answering the question, 'Who's in a family?': 'The people who love you the most!' The book says nothing about marriage."</ref>

In a 1992 report by John Leo in U.S. News & World Report, he notes some books which were part of New York City's public school curriculum.

The first-grade book, "Children of the Rainbow", stated on page 145, which states that teachers must "be aware of varied family structures, including...gay or lesbian parents," and "children must be taught to acknowledge the positive aspects of each type of household." Another children book is Heather Has Two Mommies, which is about a lesbian couple having a child through artificial insemination. Another book, Gloria Goes to Gay Pride, states, "Some women love women, some men love men, some women and men love each other. That's why we march in the parade, so everyone can have a choice."

Leo commented,

:A line is being crossed here; in fact, a brand new ethic is descending upon the city's public school system. The traditional civic virtue of tolerance (if gays want to live together, it's their own business) has been replaced with a new ethic requiring approval and endorsement (if gays want to live together, we must 'acknowledge the positive aspects' of their way of life).<ref>John Leo, "Heather Has a Message," U.S. News & World Report, 17 Aug. 1992, 16.</ref>

Dr. Judith A. Reisman in her extensive ''Crafting “Gay” Children'',<ref>http://www.defendthefamily.com/_docs/resources/6390601.pdf</ref> reports that Harvard homosexual Toby Morotta, PhD, stated that in the 1970s, members of the Gay Activists Alliance - who were trained in the “zapping" of any who rebuffed homosexuality.<ref>Toby Marotta: THE POLITICS OF HOMOSEXUALITY: HOW LESBIANS AND GAY MEN HAVE MADE THEMSELVES A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL FORCE IN MODERN AMERICA, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1981 at 319</ref> And that these formed the “Gay Academic Union,” (GAU) which was made up of faculty and students in major universities. She states that the GAU has long fought for domination of its worldview within the academic community, and professional journals commonly assigned GAU and other homosexual peer reviewers to research touching on homosexuality, generally resulting in a quick death to possible unfavorable findings.<ref>See extensive reports in regular NARTH Bulletins as well as Ray Johnson, “American Psychology: The Political Science, at 53-57.</ref>

This and the general agenda is seen to be overall implementing a marketing strategy explained in a book called ''After the Ball,'' by [[gay rights]] activists Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen in the late 1980s, in which a six-point plan was set forth as to how they could transform the beliefs of ordinary Americans with regard to homosexual behavior in a decade-long time frame:
:"The agenda of homosexual activists is basically to change America from what they perceive as looking down on homosexual behavior, to the affirmation of and societal acceptance of homosexual behavior." <ref name="Winn07252003">''After the Ball'' (1989), quoted from Winn, Pete (7-25-2003) [ ''Q&A: The Homosexual Agenda''] Citizenlink</ref> "Thus propagandistic advertising can depict all opponents of the gay movement as homophobic bigots who are 'not Christian' and the propaganda can further show them [[homosexuals]] as being criticized, hated and shunned..."<ref>After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90's, by Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen (Author) (p. 152-153)</ref>

[[Focus on the Family]] provides additional quotes from After the Ball, outlining key points of the homosexual agenda:<ref name="Winn07252003"/><ref>Kirk, Marshall K. and Erastes Pill (11-1987) ''The Overhauling of Straight America'' Available at [http://www.article8.org/docs/gay_strategies/overhauling.htm ''STRATEGIES OF THE HOMOSEXUAL MOVEMENT: "The Overhauling of Straight America"'']</ref>

#"Talk about gays and gayness as loudly and as often as possible." (They use late night air waves and special channels, as well as their right to peacefully assemble to do so.)
#"Portray gays as victims, not as aggressive challengers."
#"Give homosexual protectors a just cause."
#"Make gays look good."
#"Make the victimizers look bad."
#"Get funds from corporate America."

[[United States Supreme Court]] Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] wrote:
{{cquote|Today's opinion is the product of a Court, which is the product of a law-profession culture, that has largely signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda, by which I mean the agenda promoted by some homosexual activists directed at eliminating the moral opprobrium that has traditionally attached to homosexual conduct.<ref>[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=02-102#dissent1 ''LAWRENCE et al. v. TEXAS''] at findlaw.com</ref>}}

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Eliason Vic Eliason] of [http://www.crosstalkamerica.com Crosstalk America] rightly points out that if all Americans turned homosexual it would only take a few generations for the United States to lose most of the population of the country through lack of procreation. This would make the US more vulnerable to attack by our enemies.

== Specific goals ==

The goals of the homosexual movement include:

#Ignoring Christian morals and discouraging religiously based laws.
#Attempting to convince the world that marriage should be defined secularly, instead of as one of the Lord's commandments.
#Ignore the clear message of the [[Bible]] that [[homosexuality]] is a sin and an abomination unto [[God]] because their first amendment rights allow them to.
#Remind conservatives that there cannot be a gay ([[homosexual attraction]]) gene, just like like there cannot be a "black gene" because complex things like these are caused by complex interactions between genes.
#Censoring evidence that the "gay gene" is a hoax. After all, it would have to be multiple genes interacting together.<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/08a/born_gay_hoax/smith_0329/index.html ''Lesbian activists at Smith College riot, shut down Ryan Sorba speech on "The Born Gay Hoax" as police watch. See exclusive videos.''] Mass Resistance</ref>
#Censoring speech against homosexuality by branding it to be "hate-speech"<ref>[http://www.silencingchristians.com Video:Silencing Christians]</ref><ref>[http://mu-warrior.blogspot.com/2009/06/homosexuality-its-crime-in-england-to.html "Marquette Warrior"]. ''mu-warrior.blogspot.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.ccfon.org/view.php?id=745 Bishops fight for right to criticize homosexual lifestyle, 25th May 2009]</ref>
#Censoring biblical statements condemning homosexuality<ref>White, Hilary (04-21-2006) [http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/apr/06042105.html ''Court Upholds School Ban on "Homosexuality is Shameful" T-Shirt''] LifeSiteNews.com</ref>
#Lobbying for equal employment rights.<ref>The Crimson Staff (10-13-2006) [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=514950 ''A Box of Their Own?''] (opinion) The Crimson</ref><ref>http://www.afa.net, Homosexual Agenda Platforms from 1972 - 2000</ref>
#Expand hate crimes legislation to include sexual orientation, which would be equally wrong for heterosexuals to do.<ref>Pelosi, Nancy Office of (09-28-2004) [http://www.house.gov/pelosi/press/releases/Sept04/HateCrimes092804.html ''Pelosi: "Hate Crimes Prevention Legislation is Right Thing to Do, Long Overdue"''] From the office of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi</ref>
#Ending the military's and Boy Scout's restrictions on homosexuality<ref>''Boy Scouts of Am. v. Dale'', 530 U.S. 640 (2000) (Boy Scouts); "Matlovich v. Secretary of the Air Force (591 F.2d 852, DC Circ. 1 978) (military)</ref>
#Stopping children as young as 5 years old from attending therapy to repair their sexual preference<ref>[http://www.thetaskforce.org/reports_and_research/youth_in_the_crosshairs National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:Youth in the Crosshairs]</ref>
#Teach tolerance of homosexuals in schools.
#In places like Massachusetts and California, where the gay lobby is the strongest, it starts as early as preschool. They tell seven- or eight-year-old boys, "If you only like boys, there's a chance you may be homosexual," or "If you only like girls, maybe you are lesbian." Children at that age also do not have the hormones to experience sexual attraction, so they cannot understand this yet.
#Demands protections from job discrimination.<ref>[http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/nondiscrimination/ENDA_main_page Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) | National Gay and Lesbian Task Force]</ref>
#Suing an online dating website for discrimination. This was because sexual orientation is a federally protected group, as such, this company was breaking the law.<ref>Joshua Rhett Miller. [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,454904,00.html "eHarmony to Provide Gay Dating Service After Lawsuit"]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>
#Undermining the [[Essay:Quantifying Mental Strength|resolve]] of [[Homosexuality and choice#Choice and Genetics|latent homosexuals]] so that their will becomes too weak to resist the temptations of homosexuality<ref>http://www.thetaskforce.org/activist_center/resources_and_tools/challenge_exgay</ref>
#Pushing for legalized adoption by gay individuals and couples<ref>http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/parenting_and_family</ref>
#Indoctrination of public school children to support the homosexual agenda
#Allowing boys into girls' restrooms and vice versa, without restriction.

The state-by-state push for same-sex marriage can be viewed as a means to the above goals, or a goal in itself.<ref>[[Lewis v. Harris]]</ref> An example of this would be the recent New Hampshire law that makes same-sex civil unions legal.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/01/new_hampshire_law_makes_same_sex_civil_unions_legal/ "New Hampshire law makes same-sex civil unions legal"]. ''boston.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

Although notable gains toward achieving its goals continue to manifest, homosexual activists have recently been expressing a high level of dissatisfaction with the Obama administration. Commenting on such, Massresistance.org, an organization which opposes the homosexual agenda in [[Massachusetts]], noted that the President has,

*signed an order extending federal benefits to same-sex partners.

*pushed an extreme hate crimes bill in Congress.

*declared his intention to repeal the Defense of Marriage.

*pushed a pro-homosexual and transgender version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

*appointed homosexual activists to high level positions, including Harry Knox, of the homosexual lobby group Human Rights Campaign, and Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which educates kids in the public schools.

*declared February to be "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month."

*Demanded the State Department allow gay couples to use their married names (from marriages or civil unions) on US passports.<ref>update@massresistance.org 6/24/2009 11:56 PM</ref>

In Europe, countries such as the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] have adopted policies promoting transgenderism.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (February 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/15/france-mother-father-parent-uk-govt-lawyer-mother-not-gender-specific/ Men Can Be Mothers in UK, While French Schools Erase Terms ‘Father,’ ‘Mother’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 15, 2019.</ref>

=== Strategies and psychological tactics ===

Homosexual activists are often seen as engaging in [[homosexual logic|specious argumentation]], such as attempts to controvert the consistent teaching of the Bible on homosexual relations (see [[homosexuality and biblical interpretation]]), and using false analogies, in order to gain acceptance of homosexuality. One common argument used by homosexual activists seeks to compare their quest for equal rights to that of others.<ref>Miner, Homosexuality, Civil Rights, and the Church</ref> This argument is countered by the observation that blacks were able to peacefully argue that mankind should not be "judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character",<ref>[http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm, Speech by Martin Luther King Jr.]</ref> as the former yields no certain moral distinction. In contrast, homosexual activists seek acceptance of an immoral practice(s), and in addition, engage in certain coercive and manipulative means to do so. This includes the use of demonstrative protests, which appear to be designed to censure and intimidate those who oppose them in any way.<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/socialsciences/sellinghomosexuality.html</ref><ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/issues/gay_strategies/after_the_ball.html "The homosexual propaganda campaign in America's media"]. ''massresistance.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.com/After-Ball-America-Conquer-Hatred/dp/0452264987 "After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90's (Plume): Marshall Kirk, Hunter Madsen: 9780452264984: Amazon.com: Books"]. ''amazon.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89526 "‘Gays’ put ‘terrorist’ label on Christians"]. ''WND''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/08c/Prop8/church_attacks.html "Homosexuals begin campaign of terror over Prop 8 loss"]. ''massresistance.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>http://rebuildtheparty.ning.com/video/exodus-protest-park-street</ref><ref>http://theway2k.vox.com/library/post/homosexuals-persecuting-christians-and-mormons.html</ref><ref>http://www.hamiltonsquare.net/articlesRiotsSep1993.htm</ref><ref>[https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08050205.html "Lesbian Break-in and Riot During College Speech on “Born-Gay Hoax” Forces Cancellation"]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=95296 "‘How hate crimes laws forced me into exile’"]. ''WND''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>Muehlenberg, Bill, [http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2009/06/04/another-nail-in-the-christian-coffin/ Another Nail in the Christian Coffin], [[4 June]] [[2009]]</ref><ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09a/feder_0311/index.html "Gay activists stop free speech at UMass Amherst"]. ''massresistance.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref> In addition, one pro-homosexual commentator recently took the homosexual community to task for being racist in their practice of homosexuality.<ref>LZ Granderson, ''Commentary: Gay is not the new black'', Cable News Network,July 16, 2009</ref> Another strategy used by supporters of the homosexual agenda is to publicly deny that such an agenda exists.<ref>[http://onug.us/content/christians-america-and-gay-agenda "Christians, America, And The Gay Agenda"]. ''onug.us''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

While not all homosexuals agree with the use of deceptive psychological tactics, leading homosexual activists willfully employ them. The aforementioned book, ''After the Ball'', is widely regarded as the handbook for the gay agenda, in which two homosexual Harvard-trained graduates, <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,152180,00.html "Is The Gay Revolution a Flop?"]. ''time.com''. 24 June 2001. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref> Marshall Kirk (1957–2005), a researcher in neuropsychiatry, and Hunter Madsen (pen name ''Erastes Pill''), who was schooled in social marketing, advocated avoiding portraying gays as aggressive challengers, but as victims instead, while making all those who opposed them to be evil persecutors. As a means of the latter, they used ''jamming,'' in which Christians, traditionalists, or anyone else who opposes the gay agenda are publicly smeared. Their strategy was based on the premise that, "In any campaign to win over the public, Gays must be portrayed as victims in need of protection so that straights will be inclined by reflex to adopt the role of protector. The purpose of victim imagery is to make straight people feel very uncomfortable."<ref>[http://www.parentsofgaychildren.org/uploads/After_the_Ball_-_outline_by_Richard_Cohen.pdf After the Ball: How America Will Conquer It’s Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90’s Outline compiled by Richard Cohen, MA]</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Kirk|first1=Marshall|last2=Madsen|first2=Hunter|title=After the ball : how America will conquer its fear and hatred of gays in the 90s|date=1989|publisher=Plume|location=New York|isbn=978-0452264984|page=183|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oDwEAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=+victims+in+need++of+protection|accessdate=2 February 2018}}</ref> Leftists also label Christians who support biblical marriage as "anti-gay," equating them with non-western Muslims who support stoning homosexuals.<ref>Mainwaring, Doug (April 3, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/jack-phillips-is-not-the-sultan-of-brunei-the-indiscriminate-weaponization-of-the-term-anti-gay Jack Phillips is not the Sultan of Brunei: The indiscriminate weaponization of the term ‘anti-gay’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 4, 2019.</ref>

"Jamming" [[homo-hatred]] (disagreement with [[homosexual behavior]]s) was to be done by linking it to [[Nazi]] horror, advised Kirk and Madsen. Associate all who oppose homosexuality with images of Klansmen demanding that gays be slaughtered, hysterical backwoods preachers, menacing punks, and a tour of Nazi concentration camps where homosexuals were tortured and gassed. Thus, "propagandistic advertisement can depict homophobic and homohating bigots as crude loudmouths..."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110603050349/http://www.renewamerica.com:80/columns/mbarber/080213 "Unmasking the "gay" agenda"]. ''renewamerica.com''. Retrieved on 2 Feb. 2018.</ref> " It can show them being criticized, hated, shunned. It can depict gays experiencing horrific suffering as the direct result of homohatred-suffering of which even most bigots would be ashamed to be the cause. It can, in short, link homohating bigotry with all sorts of attributes the bigot would be ashamed to possess, and with social consequences he would find unpleasant and scary... our effect is achieved without reference to facts, logic, or proof."<ref> http://www.massresistance.org/docs/issues/gay_strategies/after_the_ball.html The homosexual propaganda campaign in America's media, </ref>

Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes,
<blockquote>
There can be no doubt that Christianity represents the greatest obstacle to the normalization of homosexual behavior. It cannot be otherwise, because of the clear biblical teachings concerning the inherent sinfulness of homosexuality in all forms, and the normativity of heterosexual marriage. In order to counter this obstacle, Kirk and Madsen advised gays to "use talk to muddy the moral waters, that is, to undercut the rationalizations that 'justify' religious bigotry and to jam some of its psychic rewards." How can this be done? "This entails publicizing support by moderate churches and raising serious theological objections to conservative biblical teachings." [The latter of which attempts [[homosexuality and biblical interpretation]] examine and expose.]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927163416/http://www.gender-news.com/other.php?id=19 ''After the Ball--Why the Homosexual Movement Has Won,''] Thursday, June 3rd, 2004</ref>
</blockquote>

Kirk and Madsen's open admission of their deceptive tactics is noted as most revealing: [O]ur effect is achieved without reference to facts, logic, or proof. "...the person's beliefs can be altered whether he is conscious of the attack or not"<ref>After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90s, p. 152-153 (1989, Doubleday/Bantam)</ref> “The campaign we outline in this book, though complex, depends centrally upon a program of unabashed propaganda, firmly grounded in long-established principles of psychology and advertising.”<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oDwEAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=unabashed+propaganda%2C+firmly+grounded Kirk and Madsen, After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of the Gay’s in the 90s, p.xxvi]</ref><ref>[http://banap.net/ "[Behavior, and Not a Person]"]. ''banap.net''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

Similarly, author Robert Bauman additionally records: "It makes no difference that the ads are lies... because were using them to ethically good effect, to counter negative stereotypes that are every bit as much lies, and far more wicked ones."<ref>The Gentleman from Maryland: The Conscience of a gay Conservative, by Robert Bauman, 1986, page 163.</ref>

The need for Kirk and Madsen to engage in such manipulation may be seen as being due to their sober realization of the nature of the homosexual lifestyle.

“In short, the gay lifestyle - if such a chaos can, after all, legitimately be called a lifestyle - it just doesn’t work: it doesn’t serve the two functions for which all social framework evolve: to constrain people’s natural impulses to behave badly and to meet their natural needs. While it’s impossible to provide an exhaustive analytic list of all the root causes and aggravants of this failure, we can asseverate at least some of the major causes. Many have been dissected, above, as elements of the Ten Misbehaviors; it only remains to discuss the failure of the gay community to provide a viable alternative to the heterosexual family.”<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oDwEAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=exhaustive+analytic+list Kirk and Madsen, After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of the Gay’s in the 90s, p.363 ]</ref>

David Kupelian, author of ''[[The Marketing of Evil]],'' describes Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, stating,
<blockquote>
Kirk and Madsen were not the kind of drooling activists that would burst into churches and throw condoms in the air. They were smart guys – very smart. Kirk, a Harvard-educated researcher in neuropsychiatry, work with the Johns Hopkins Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth and designed aptitude tests for adults with 200+ IQs. Madsen, with a doctorate in politics from Harvard, was an expert on public persuasion tactics and social marketing.<ref>[http://pearl-diving.blogspot.com/2009/01/sold-on-homosexuality-marketing-of-evil.html "Sold on Homosexuality – The Marketing of Evil"]. ''pearl-diving.blogspot.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>
</blockquote>

Marshall Kirk died in 2005 at the age of 47.<ref>http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=134544248</ref> The cause of death has not been publicly revealed.

Often cited as an early example of such tactics was the role of homosexual activists in persuading the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders (DSM-II). Dr. Ronald Bayer, though being himself a pro-homosexual psychiatrist, described this removal as being the result of power politics, threats, and intimidation, rather than any new scientific discoveries.<ref>[http://www.traditionalvalues.org/urban/eleven.php Exposed: The Myth That Psychiatry Has Proven That Homosexual Behavior Is Normal]</ref> In so doing, like slavery before it, the homosexual agenda is seen to threaten basic freedoms, principally the First Amendment.<ref>Adams, Guy (11-8-2008) [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mormon-stars-face-backlash-after-gay-marriage-ban-1003967.html ''Mormon stars face backlash after gay marriage ban''] The Independent</ref>

The charge of [[homophobia]] has been increasingly evidenced as being part of a means of intimidation used in pushing the Homosexual Agenda. Due to what homophobia has been made to denote, that of being a repressed homosexual, or possessing an irrational fear of being approached by homosexuals, or of being a bigot persecuting victims, the widespread use of the term "homophobic" attaches a powerful stigma to anyone who may even conscientiously oppose the practice of homosexuality, thus silencing many who might otherwise object to it.<ref>[http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/1995papers/socarides.html Thought Reform And The Psychology of Homosexual Advocacy, Charles W. Socarides, M.D.]</ref>

In relation to such oppression, psychologist Nicholas Cummings, former president of the American Psychological Association (APA), observed, "Homophobia as intimidation is one of the most pervasive techniques used to silence anyone who would disagree with the gay activist agenda." As an example of such fear within the APA, in addressing 100 fellow professionals Cummings related that while writing "Destructive Trends in Mental Health," with psychologist Rogers Wright, a number of fellow psychologists were invited to participate. However, these flatly turned them down, as they feared loss of tenure, loss of promotion, and other forms of professional retaliation. "We were bombarded by horror stories," Dr. Cummings said. "Their greatest fear was of the gay lobby, which is very strong in the APA.<ref>[Psychology Losing Scientific Credibility, Say APA Insiders http://www.narth.com/docs/insiders.html]</ref>

Noted homosexual activist and pornographer Clinton Fein, in his article, ''The Gay Agenda stated'': "Homophobic inclinations alone, even without any actions, should be criminal and punishable to the full extent of the law."

Erik Holland, author of ''The Nature of Homosexuality'', perceives that homosexuals have become so reckless in labeling others homophobic that "anyone who questions their labeling someone [is] a homophobe himself. Even quoting factual statistics about the connection between homosexuality and AIDS is allegedly homophobic." In addition, according to pro-homosexual author Vernon A. Wall, "even acceptance of homosexuality can be seen as a form of homophobia, because to talk about the acceptance of homosexuality is to imply that there is something about homosexuality that needs acceptance."<ref>[http://www.homosexinfo.org/Homophobia/HomePage "Homosexinfo - Homophobia - Homophobia: Fear of homosexuals?"]. ''homosexinfo.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

It may be speculated that if the liberal use of the term homophobia is not primarily a psychological tactic, then it indicates a psychological condition on the part of those who use it in which they imagine that those who oppose them are fearful of them, or of being one.

More recently, after 25 years of claiming she was not indoctrinating anyone with pro homosexual beliefs, one activist honestly admitted to this being a lie. Canadian gay activist S. Bear Bergman, a female who identifies as a transgender male, stated, "All that time I said I wasn't indoctrinating anyone with my beliefs about gay and lesbian and bi and trans and queer people? That was a lie.” Bergman recounted that she was instructed as a young gay activist to tell concerned parents that she was “just providing an alternate viewpoint” when accused of engaging in “indoctrination and recruiting,” and to use “soft” language when speaking about homosexuality. In her article on the notoriously liberal web site, the [[Huffington Post]], he went on to candidly confess that this indoctrination, "is absolutely my goal. I want to make your children like people like me and my family, even if that goes against the way you have interpreted the teachings of your religion." Bergman fantasized that in an ideal world he would have been "ushered into the world of queerness with care and tenderness by experienced homos" (akin to "camp counselors"), "and issued my leather jacket and my protest pins, my safer sex supplies..."

Bergman expressed that his goal was that of portraying to "impressionable young minds" the idea that "queers and transfolk are just as fine and lovely a kind of human as any other kind," and stated that he did not like the idea of sending her kid to schools where any kid could share with him their ideas about homosexuals. Thus Bergman, who believes that "books a kid hears at bedtime affect their sleep and also their dreams," is finalizing a series of children's books that all feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer kids or families, with the goal that the young readers come to believe that people like him and his family are "absolutely great," that "lesbian, gay, bi, queer, and trans people -- that we exist, that we're perfectly fine and often really excellent." Bergman then concludes, "If that makes me an indoctrinator, I accept it. Let me be honest -- I am not even a little bit sorry."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/s-bear-bergman/i-have-come-to-indoctrinate-your-children-lgtbq_b_6795152.html|title=I have come to indoctrinate your children into my LGBTQ agenda (and I'm not a bit sorry)|last1=Bergman|first1=S. Bear|website=Huffington Post|accessdate=22 March 2015}}</ref>

Commenting on this frank article, Pete Baklinski of LifeSiteNews.com, states that, <blockquote>While Bergman paints a “friendly and cheerful” picture of the gay lifestyle, she fails to mention the serious health risks tied to homosexual behaviors....Research done in 2002 by Dr. John R. Diggs found that same-sex sexual behaviors expose gays, lesbians and bisexuals to “extreme risks of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), physical injuries, mental disorders and even a shortened life span.” Common sexual practices among gay men were found to lead to “numerous STDs and physical injuries, some of which are virtually unknown in the heterosexual population.” Gay and bisexual men were found to “lose up to 20 years of life expectancy.” The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have warned on numerous occasions that HIV rates, already at epidemic proportions, are continuing to climb steadily among men who have ‘sex’ with men. The CDC has stated that gay and bisexual men continue to remain at the epicenter of what they call a “HIV/AIDS epidemic.”</blockquote>

To which Baklinski adds the spiritual consequences, citing one of the texts in the Bible which condemn homosexual relations:
{{Cquote|“For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error” (Letter to Romans 1:26).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Baklinski|first1=Pete|title=Gay activist: Of course our goal is to ‘indoctrinate children into LGBTQ agenda’|url=https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gay-activist-our-goal-is-to-indoctrinate-children-into-lgbtq-agenda|website=LifeSiteNews.com|accessdate=22 March 2015}}</ref> }}

For Christians believe God created man and women uniquely compatible and complimentary, and they alone are joined by God in marriage, with opposite genders being specified by both Genesis and personally by Jesus Christ. (Gn. 2:18-24; Mt. 19:4) The Bible only condemns homosexual relations - by design and decree, in principle and by precept - and never sanctions them wherever they are manifestly dealt with, and the injunctions against them are part of the transcendent and immutable moral law. (Lv. 18:22; Rm. 1:26,27)

However, Christians also understand that some of the first Christians were likely former homosexuals, (1Cor. 6:9-11) and believe that there is room at the cross for all who want the Lord Jesus over sin, and believe upon Him to save them who died for them, and rose again. And who thus are baptized and follow Him, to the glory of God.<ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosex_versus_the_Bible.html HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS and the BIBLE]</ref>

===Influence in the academic world===

Professor Jerry Z. Muller described in an article titled ''First Things'' (Aug/Sept. 1993) how the homosexual lobby has gained widespread acceptance in the educational realm.
{{cquote|[Their] strategy has been remarkably successful. With a rapidity largely attributable in large part to a total lack of articulate resistance, homosexual ideology has gained an unquestioned and uncontested legitimacy in American academic life. Within the academy, as within nonacademic elite culture, the definition of opposite to homosexuality as "homophobia - a definition which implies that it is impossible to give good reasons for the cultural disapproval of homosexuality - is the best evidence of the success of this strategy.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cbfVg_1qhe0C&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=David+W.+Virtue+scots+college&source=bl&ots=aDW7a615Gn&sig=Y1cLsx5sCQTgUUDJ88b5AKPRkNg&hl=en&ei=8skISpP1AcGktgfi2PzsCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPR14,M1 "Homosexuality"]. ''google.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>}}

====In the public schools====
{{See also|Homosexuality in Schools}}
[[File:Prairie Ridge High School LGBT+ Flag.jpg|thumb|200px|School in Chicago area (Prairie Ridge High School) with LGBT+ [[Rainbow#Rainbow flag|rainbow flag]]. Students in the same school who display the [[Confederate flag]] will face discipline.<ref name="NWHerald2017"/>]]
[[File:Prairie Ridge High School LGBT.jpg|thumb|200px|This Chicago-area school has "safe spaces" for homosexual students (sponsored by [[GLSEN]]).]]
Many public schools throughout the United States welcome the Homosexual Agenda, oftentimes through publicly-funded school programs created by [[GLSEN]].<ref name="Heyer2015">Heyer, Walt (June 8, 2015). [http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/06/15118/ Public School LGBT Programs Don't Just Trample Parental Rights. They Also Put Kids at Risk]. ''The Witherspoon Institute -- Public Discourse''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref> Much of this was the work of the [[Obama Administration]].<ref name="Heyer2015"/> GLSEN celebrates the Homosexual Agenda through a "day of silence."<ref>Berry, Susan (April 11, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/04/11/day-of-silence-how-the-lgbt-agenda-is-hijacking-americas-youth/ Day of Silence: How the LGBT Agenda Is Hijacking America’s Youth]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref> In 2016, [[California]] became the first state to legislate the teaching of the homosexual agenda in public schools to children as young as second grade.<ref>Berry, Susan (July 19, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/07/19/lgbt-history-california-first-to-teach/ California: 1st State To Teach LGBT Curriculum — to Second Graders]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref> These California students are now banned from opting-out from this [[indoctrination]].<ref>Newman, Alex (January 4, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/27883-students-banned-from-opting-out-of-lgbt-education Students Banned From Opting Out of LGBT Education]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> In February 2019, the Department of Education in the [[United Kingdom]] announced that public school children starting at the age of five would be required to learn about homosexual and transgender relationships, with parents being unable to withdraw their children from such classes.<ref>Tennant, Michael (February 27, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/31593-u-k-schools-to-indoctrinate-kids-as-young-as-five-in-lgbt-agenda U.K. Schools to Indoctrinate Kids as Young as Five in LGBT Agenda]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 27, 2019. See also:
*McLean, Dorothy Cummings (March 25, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/christian-mom-sues-uk-primary-school-for-forcing-lgbt-pride-celebrations-on-kids Christian mom sues UK primary school for forcing LGBT Pride celebrations on kids]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved March 25, 2019.</ref>

In schools where the homosexual agenda is welcomed, students who fly the [[Confederate flag]] may expect to face disciplinary actions.<ref name="NWHerald2017">Prokop, Hannah (November 11, 2016). [http://www.nwherald.com/2016/11/09/prairie-ridge-high-school-suspends-student-for-wearing-confederate-flag-to-school/aelbmro/ Prairie Ridge High School suspends student for wearing Confederate flag to school]. ''Northwest Herald''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/20/confederate-flags-not-rainbow-ones-banned-in-schoo/ Wyoming school district bans Confederate flags, allows gay-pride ones]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). April 20, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref> In March 2019, an Ohio public school student was suspended for posting Bible verses next to homosexual flags.<ref>Gstalter, Morgan (March 13, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/433823-ohio-student-suspended-for-targeting-gay-straight-alliance-by Ohio student suspended for 'targeting' Gay-Straight Alliance by posting Bible verses in response to LGBT flags]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref><ref>Kaplan, Talia (March 12, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/ohio-student-suspended-after-posting-bible-verses-around-school-i-wanted-to-spread-the-word-of-god Ohio student suspended after posting Bible verses around school: 'I wanted to spread the word of God']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref>

===Immorality in society===

The “gay” activists welcome [[immorality]] in [[society]]. As no one wants to be called a [[hypocrite]], every act of sexual sin by society members serves the “gay” interest by lessening the public will to uphold public morality. That's why, wherever the acceptance of sexual sin is observed, it is likely there are “gay” activists involved.

==== The abortion industry ====
The best example of the Homosexual Agenda causing societal immorality is seen in their aggressive defense of the abortion industry. Obviously, homosexuals cannot have an “unwanted pregnancy,” yet in an extensive experience, the big part of “pro-choice” street activists at abortion clinics are homosexuals. This is so because they know that preserving the people's option to destroy unborn life is essential to maintaining so called “[[sexual freedom]]” as a social norm. If women lost their choice to legally kill their unborn offspring, the resulting inevitable shift of emphasis from self-gratification to family responsibility in such a large section of the population would change the entire culture. When a woman gives in to fear and selfishness to kill the child in her womb, she will not feel that she can criticize other sinners. The choice to kill their unborn children morally compromises both men and women (making them unwilling to criticize choices to engage in other forms of immoral behavior), and ensures that the outcome of an unwanted child will not be a lasting deterrent to those who have chosen sexual “freedom” over family. This explains why homosexuals, who by definition cannot conceive children together, are among the most militant advocates of abortion on demand.

==== The pornography industry ====
The existence of a thriving pornography industry where “gays” are also notoriously prevalent serves the “gay” cause by morally corrupting the men who use it, making them less likely to oppose homosexuality on moral grounds and more likely to support public policies which legitimize sexual [[hedonism]]. “Gay” activists love sexual anarchy because they know that when a man falls in bondage to pornography he is less willing to oppose other sexual sins in society.

==== The entertainment industry ====
When young people enjoy music or films that glorify sexual lust, they feel more sympathy to the “gay” arguments.

The “gays” have it easy pushing sexual “freedom”, because every person, in their flesh, wants to indulge themselves in their own choices.
This is like children being offered only candy to eat. People want to eat only sweets until they get sick. Only with maturity do they know how to eat to stay healthy.

The “gay” movement has many allies in its campaign to aggrandize sexual immorality, but it is the only social movement in the history of the world whose primary purpose is to eliminate social restraints on [[sexual]] conduct. It is heavily funded, highly organized and strategically positioned to maximize its ability to change societies and cultures.<ref name="Lively2009">{{cite book |title=Redeeming the Rainbow: A Christian Response to the "Gay" Agenda |author=[[Scott Lively]] |publisher=Veritas Aeterna Press |place=Springfield, MA |year=2009 |edition=1 (Version 1.1)|chapter=1: Pro-family answers to common questions about homosexuality and "gay" agenda |pages=8, 60, 176|url=http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09b/Redeeming_rainbow}}</ref>

==Opponents of the Homosexual Agenda ==
Some well known individuals/groups in the [[United States]] who actively oppose the homosexual agenda are: [[Focus on the Family]], [[Peter LaBarbera]]'s American's for Truth, the [[Traditional Values Coalition]] ([[Louis Sheldon]] is a chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition), and [[Matt Barber]] of [[Concerned Women of America]].

===Peter LaBarbera===

As noted earlier, [[Peter LaBarbera]] is the founder of [[Americans For Truth]] (AFT) which is a national organization in the United States devoted solely to confronting the homosexual agenda.<ref name="americansfortruth.com">[http://www.americansfortruth.com/about/ "About Americans for Truth About Homosexuality and AFTAH Founder Peter LaBarbera » Americans for Truth"]. ''americansfortruth.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

Peter LaBarbera said the following regarding the need for the organization Americans for Truth:
{{cquote|Homosexual, [[bisexuality|bisexual]], and [[transsexual]] groups spend tens of millions of dollars every year to market and normalize their aberrant lifestyles, yet after all these years there is not a single, serious national group dedicated specifically to exposing and countering their agendas...

It’s time for Americans to unapologetically resist the demands of this lobby, and to counter the lies upon which it is built-the foremost being that certain people are inherently or ‘born’ homosexual and that this is a [[civil rights]] issue.<ref name="americansfortruth.com"/>}}

===Matt Barber===
[[Matt Barber]] of [[Concerned Women of America]] is one the more notable figures in regards to opposing the homosexual agenda. Matt Barber wrote the following regarding the homosexual agenda:
[[Image:Mbarber_b.jpg‎|right|thumb|175px|[[Matt Barber]]]]
{{cquote|Ironically, sexual [[relativism|relativists]] are anything but relative. They are quite affirmative in principle. But the principles they foist demand comprehensive acceptance of homosexual conduct — by force of law — through federal edicts such as “hate crimes” legislation, the so-called “Employment Non-Discrimination Act” (ENDA) and by imposing government sanctioned “same-sex marriage.” All such government mandates grant special protected “minority” status to those who define themselves by aberrant sexual preferences and changeable sexual behaviors. These laws put people with traditional values directly in the crosshairs of official government policy.

Throughout society, homosexual activists demand that homosexual behaviors not only be “tolerated,” but celebrated. (That’s what the euphemistic slogan “celebrate diversity” supposes). They have masked their true political agenda by hijacking the language of the genuine civil rights movement and through the crafty and disingenuous rhetoric of “tolerance” and “diversity.”

Anyone who believes the Biblical directive that human sexuality is a gift from [[God]], to be shared between man and wife within the bonds of marriage, is branded “homophobic,” “hateful” or “discriminatory.” They are to be silenced by all means possible.<ref>http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=14696&department=CFI&categoryid=family</ref>}}

===Steffen Königer===
[[German]] politician Steffen Königer from the party [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) showed that it is possible to use [[irony]] when opposing the [[extremist]] gender agenda. In his address in the parliament of the [[Brandenburg]], the federated state of [[Germany]], he ridiculed homosexual lobbyists and gender ideologists by enlisting in his introduction, for about two minutes, all "gender and sexual varieties" he could find on the Internet. This way he brought to attention of general public the absurdity of the proposal put forward by the German [[Green Party]] that demanded to introduce multiple "gender identities" in state documents. When the Parliamentary Speaker tried to stop him, he just replied that he is not finished yet and further adamantly continued in naming all alleged gender declinations. When he was finally done with his introduction, his actual reaction to the proposal took less than three seconds: ''"The AfD party rejects your proposal."''<ref>{{cite web |title=Un político alemán ridiculiza los postulados del LGBTI |url=https://youtu.be/GzIwvHUvFR0 |accessdate=23 Jun 2016 |language=German (English subtitles)}}</ref>

==Further reading==
*https://www.amazon.com/dp/B012YKIQ2M Counterfeiting the Rainbow by Beverly Rachel
*[http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/lively.html Homosexuality and the Nazi Party] by Scott Lively. Excellent discussion of the anti-Christian and homosexual origins of the Nazism.
*[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ Documentation of the links between homosexuals and the Nazis] by the Government of Israel.
*[http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPCollectionNews.asp?ID=131 2008 McDonald's and the Homosexual Agenda], Baptist Press
*[http://www.couplescompany.com/FEATURES/politics/2004/Selling%20Homosexuality.pdf Paul E. Rondeau, Selling homosexuality to America (PDF)] [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/730694/posts Or html form]
*Shupe, Jamie (March 10, 2019). [https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/ I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham.] ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

==See also==
*[[ACT-UP]]
*[[Anti-Defamation League]]
*[[Anthropological Revolution]]
*[[Essay:Sodomism]]
*[[Homosexual belief system]]
*[[Gay affirmative]]
*[[Gay rights]]
*[[Homophobia]]
*[[Hate speech]], [[Hate crime]]
*[[Homosexual logic]], used to justify and mandate the Homosexual Agenda
*[[Homosexuality]]
*[[Homosexuality and biblical interpretation]]
*[[Homosexualization]]
*[[Gleichschaltung#LGBTI Gleichschaltung|LGBTI Gleichschaltung]]
*[[San Francisco values]]
*[[Fashion industry values]]
*[[Hollywood values]]
*[[Slogans and the Homosexual Agenda]]
*[[Stonewall UK]]

== References ==
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Homosexual Agenda

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The '''Homosexual Agenda''' is a self-centered set of beliefs and objectives designed to promote and mandate approval of [[homosexuality]] and its ideology in society, along with the strategies used to implement such. The goals and means of this movement include indoctrinating students in [[public school]], restricting the free speech of opposition, obtaining [[special rights|special treatment]] for homosexuals, distorting [[Bible|Biblical]] teaching and science, and interfering with freedom of association. Advocates of the homosexual agenda seek special rights for [[homosexuals]] and self-described "LGBTI people" that other people don't have, such as immunity from criticism (see [[hate speech]], [[hate crime]]s). Such special rights will necessarily [[zero-sum game|come at the expense]] of the rights of broader society. '''''The homosexual agenda is the biggest threat to the rights of [[free speech]] and [[religious freedom]] today.'''''

One of the top priorities of the Homosexual Agenda is to prohibit and outlaw [[conversion therapy]], particularly for teenagers. Several U.S. states have enacted such laws, and [[leftists]] are pushing similar bans in many other states, apparently unable to tolerate things they dislike. Another priority is to elect high-ranking officials who are openly homosexual, with the ultimate goal of electing a president who is in a [[same-sex "marriage"]].

In a speech on December 10, 2013, to a pro-family rally in Jamaica, a country that rejects same-sex marriage, Brian Camenker of Mass''Resistance'' outlined the step-by-step approach of the homosexual agenda:<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen2/13d/jamaica-speech-121013/index.html "MassResistance helps Jamaica confront ‘gay’ agenda"]. ''massresistance.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

*Legalize homosexuality
*Hold gay pride parades
*Accept child sex trafficking
*Demand non-discrimination laws
*Insist on homosexuals' adoption of children
*Push the homosexual agenda in schools<ref>{{cite web |title=Criticism of Transgender Agenda Will Get Virginia Students Expelled |author=Austin Ruse |date=10 Jun 2016 |url=https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/10/transgender-northern-virginia-students-can-now-expelled-criticizing-transgenderism/ |publisher=BREITBART |quote=The transgender change in school regulations was imposed last night during a dramatic board meeting where only 12 pro-trans witnesses were invited to testify. ... No opposing voices were allowed to be heard, parents were relegated to shouting opposition from the seats and some were ejected from the meeting.... Last year, they were promised a lengthy investigation and a full hearing. Instead, it was foisted upon them with less than 24 hours-notice. ... an Oregon law recently allowed a jury to award $60,000 t0 a transgender teacher because other teachers declined to use the teacher’s preferred pronoun, which is “they” rather than “him” or “her.” Deputies for President Barack Obama have backed similar rules for all K-12 schools, and New York City has established similar forced-speech rules.|accessdate=12 Jun 2016}}</ref>
*Legalize various alternate forms of partnership and call them "marriage" (i.e. man and man, woman and woman, man and three women, woman and box turtle, man and sex toy)
*Demand public funding to deal with increased homosexual-related social problems
*Promote the transgender agenda
*Demand to be treated "equally"
*Impose a large-scale loss of free speech
*Ban counseling for kids confused by homosexual issues
*Ban scientifically and religiously proven methods of homosexual conversion, such as shock therapy
*Attack churches
*Encourage abortion

[[Russia]] is a leader in rejecting the homosexual agenda.<ref>{{cite web |title=Is the Homosexual Agenda 'Unstoppable'? - Comparing America with Russia |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msLH6f6vyC4 |accessdate=29 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RUSSIA VS. THE LGBT GLOBALISTS: A Climate of Hate and Fear |url=http://www.scottlively.net/2015/02/25/russia-vs-the-lgbt-globalists-a-climate-of-hate-and-fear-part-two/ |quote=This dangerous LGBT strategy has now gone global and the target is the Russian Federation. ... Core American values to Obama are publicly celebrated sodomy and doctor-assisted transsexual self-mutilation. ... The Russian anti-propaganda law, passed June 11, 2013, was the first truly effective international counter-measure since the “gay” agenda went global around the turn of the millennium. Typically, the “gays” characterized the law as hateful and an incitement to violence, but in doing so they revealed that propagandizing children is part of their agenda, since the law simply classifies “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships” as material that cannot be distributed among minors and commands the government to protect children from it. Just after the passage of this law Barack Obama did an about-face on the “reset” policy (in which Russia had been recognized as an equal partner in the world community) and instead began reviving cold-war rhetoric.|accessdate=29 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pro-Russian Press Conference |date=22 February 2014 |url=http://www.scottlively.net/2014/02/22/pro-russian-press-conference/ |quote=We got lots of coverage from the event, and I believe we accomplished our objective which was to bring awareness to the world that the pro-family movement in the U.S., Canada, UK, and other “pro-gay” countries is happy to see the Russian Federation standing up for family values. We think this will encourage other nations to follow their example. |accessdate=29 May 2016}}</ref> For example, Russia banned adoption by Americans as the Obama Administration aggressively pushed the homosexual agenda, and in June 2013 a house in the [[Russian]] parliament passed legislation to ban foreign adoption by gay couples or single parents who live in any [[same-sex marriage|gay marriage]] nation.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-russia-ban-adoption-gay-couples-20130618,0,4633280.story "Russian lawmakers pass ban on adoption tied to gay foreign couples"]. ''latimes''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

[[Barack Hussein Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], and essentially all [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] politicians now advocate the homosexual agenda, reflecting the growing financial power of the homosexual network. Obama's self-centered obsession with his own re-election, and fundraising for his campaign, has caused him to create a national political issue out of this, rather than deal with other issues like the economy. Many [[establishment]] Republicans and [[Cafeteria Christians]] also have bought into the homosexual agenda.

'''''Among all the [[liberal]] belief systems, the homosexual ideology is the most self-centered or selfish''''' – unlike the vast charity performed by thousands of churches in the U.S. alone, homosexual charity can be considered an [[oxymoron]].

The late Supreme Court Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] referred to the "so-called homosexual agenda" in ''[[Lawrence v. Texas]]'', 539 U.S. 558 (2003) (dissenting opinion). Justice Scalia also predicted that this was the first step to legalizing homosexual civil unions. He was proven right with the outcome of Obergefell v. Hodges.

Despite the fact that only 4.1% of the U.S. population identified as [[LGBT]], just over half a percentage point higher than four years prior,<ref>Gates, Gary J. (January 11, 2017). [https://www.gallup.com/poll/201731/lgbt-identification-rises.aspx In US, More Adults Identifying as LGBT]. ''Gallup''. Retrieved January 18, 2017.</ref> Americans '''''greatly overestimate the proportion of homosexuals''''' in the nation to be an average of 23%.<ref name="GreatlyOver">Newport, Frank (May 21, 2015). [https://www.gallup.com/poll/183383/americans-greatly-overestimate-percent-gay-lesbian.aspx Americans Greatly Overestimate Percent Gay, Lesbian in U.S.] ''Gallup''. Retrieved January 18, 2017. See also:
*Mainwaring, Doug (June 28, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/americans-vastly-overestimate-the-size-of-the-lgbt-population Americans vastly overestimate the size of the LGBT population]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved June 28, 2019.</ref> Interestingly, Republicans and conservatives gave estimates closest to the actual number.<ref name="GreatlyOver"/>

== The Homosexual Agenda ==

Joseph P. Gudel, in ''That Which is Unnatural''<ref>[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0108a.html "That Which is Unnatural" Homosexuality in Society, the Church, and Scripture] Part Two in a Two-Part Series on Homosexuality, from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 8</ref> contended that the homosexual movement,

:has been militantly demanding not just the homosexuals' right to do whatever they wish to do behind closed doors, but, more importantly, that society fully accept their lifestyle as both healthy and normal, even demanding special rights and legislation as an "oppressed minority." Gudel quotes various sources evidencing this.

In a 1987 speech to the National Press Club in Washington, homosexual spokesperson Jeff Levi proclaimed,

:We are no longer seeking just a right to privacy and a protection from wrong. We also have a right — as heterosexual Americans already have — to see government and society affirm our lives.<ref>Jeff Levi, in William Dannemeyer, Shadow in the Land (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1989), 86.</ref>

In an article entitled "Gays on the March" in 1975, Time magazine quoted gay activist Barbara Gittings who stated:

:What the homosexual wants, and here he is neither willing to compromise nor morally required to compromise — is acceptance of homosexuality as a way of life fully on a par with heterosexuality." In response, Time opined, "It is one thing to remove legal discrimination against homosexuals. It is another to mandate approval....It is this goal of full acceptance, which no known society past or present has granted to homosexuals, that makes many Americans apprehensive.<ref>Gays on the March," Time, 8 Sept. 1975, 43</ref>

A primary goal of the homosexual agenda is to normalize the lifestyle in [[public schools]]. This occurred quickly and intensely after gay marriage was imposed in Massachusetts, where homosexual relationships are taught to children as young as kindergartners, as recounted by the decision of ''[[Parker v. Hurley]]''.<ref>The ''Parker v. Hurley'' decision explained, "In January 2005, when Jacob Parker ("Jacob") was in kindergarten, he brought home a 'Diversity Book Bag.' This included a picture book, Who's in a Family?, which depicted different families, including single-parent families, an extended family, interracial families, animal families, a family without children, and — to the concern of the Parkers — a family with two dads and a family with two moms. The book concludes by answering the question, 'Who's in a family?': 'The people who love you the most!' The book says nothing about marriage."</ref>

In a 1992 report by John Leo in U.S. News & World Report, he notes some books which were part of New York City's public school curriculum.

The first-grade book, "Children of the Rainbow", stated on page 145, which states that teachers must "be aware of varied family structures, including...gay or lesbian parents," and "children must be taught to acknowledge the positive aspects of each type of household." Another children book is Heather Has Two Mommies, which is about a lesbian couple having a child through artificial insemination. Another book, Gloria Goes to Gay Pride, states, "Some women love women, some men love men, some women and men love each other. That's why we march in the parade, so everyone can have a choice."

Leo commented,

:A line is being crossed here; in fact, a brand new ethic is descending upon the city's public school system. The traditional civic virtue of tolerance (if gays want to live together, it's their own business) has been replaced with a new ethic requiring approval and endorsement (if gays want to live together, we must 'acknowledge the positive aspects' of their way of life).<ref>John Leo, "Heather Has a Message," U.S. News & World Report, 17 Aug. 1992, 16.</ref>

Dr. Judith A. Reisman in her extensive ''Crafting “Gay” Children'',<ref>http://www.defendthefamily.com/_docs/resources/6390601.pdf</ref> reports that Harvard homosexual Toby Morotta, PhD, stated that in the 1970s, members of the Gay Activists Alliance - who were trained in the “zapping" of any who rebuffed homosexuality.<ref>Toby Marotta: THE POLITICS OF HOMOSEXUALITY: HOW LESBIANS AND GAY MEN HAVE MADE THEMSELVES A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL FORCE IN MODERN AMERICA, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1981 at 319</ref> And that these formed the “Gay Academic Union,” (GAU) which was made up of faculty and students in major universities. She states that the GAU has long fought for domination of its worldview within the academic community, and professional journals commonly assigned GAU and other homosexual peer reviewers to research touching on homosexuality, generally resulting in a quick death to possible unfavorable findings.<ref>See extensive reports in regular NARTH Bulletins as well as Ray Johnson, “American Psychology: The Political Science, at 53-57.</ref>

This and the general agenda is seen to be overall implementing a marketing strategy explained in a book called ''After the Ball,'' by [[gay rights]] activists Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen in the late 1980s, in which a six-point plan was set forth as to how they could transform the beliefs of ordinary Americans with regard to homosexual behavior in a decade-long time frame:
:"The agenda of homosexual activists is basically to change America from what they perceive as looking down on homosexual behavior, to the affirmation of and societal acceptance of homosexual behavior." <ref name="Winn07252003">''After the Ball'' (1989), quoted from Winn, Pete (7-25-2003) [ ''Q&A: The Homosexual Agenda''] Citizenlink</ref> "Thus propagandistic advertising can depict all opponents of the gay movement as homophobic bigots who are 'not Christian' and the propaganda can further show them [[homosexuals]] as being criticized, hated and shunned..."<ref>After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90's, by Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen (Author) (p. 152-153)</ref>

[[Focus on the Family]] provides additional quotes from After the Ball, outlining key points of the homosexual agenda:<ref name="Winn07252003"/><ref>Kirk, Marshall K. and Erastes Pill (11-1987) ''The Overhauling of Straight America'' Available at [http://www.article8.org/docs/gay_strategies/overhauling.htm ''STRATEGIES OF THE HOMOSEXUAL MOVEMENT: "The Overhauling of Straight America"'']</ref>

#"Talk about gays and gayness as loudly and as often as possible." (They use late night air waves and special channels, as well as their right to peacefully assemble to do so.)
#"Portray gays as victims, not as aggressive challengers."
#"Give homosexual protectors a just cause."
#"Make gays look good."
#"Make the victimizers look bad."
#"Get funds from corporate America."

[[United States Supreme Court]] Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] wrote:
{{cquote|Today's opinion is the product of a Court, which is the product of a law-profession culture, that has largely signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda, by which I mean the agenda promoted by some homosexual activists directed at eliminating the moral opprobrium that has traditionally attached to homosexual conduct.<ref>[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=02-102#dissent1 ''LAWRENCE et al. v. TEXAS''] at findlaw.com</ref>}}

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Eliason Vic Eliason] of [http://www.crosstalkamerica.com Crosstalk America] rightly points out that if all Americans turned homosexual it would only take a few generations for the United States to lose most of the population of the country through lack of procreation. This would make the US more vulnerable to attack by our enemies.

== Specific goals ==

The goals of the homosexual movement include:

#Ignoring Christian morals and discouraging religiously based laws.
#Attempting to convince the world that marriage should be defined secularly, instead of as one of the Lord's commandments.
#Ignore the clear message of the [[Bible]] that [[homosexuality]] is a sin and an abomination unto [[God]] because their first amendment rights allow them to.
#Remind conservatives that there cannot be a gay ([[homosexual attraction]]) gene, just like like there cannot be a "black gene" because complex things like these are caused by complex interactions between genes.
#Censoring evidence that the "gay gene" is a hoax. After all, it would have to be multiple genes interacting together.<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/08a/born_gay_hoax/smith_0329/index.html ''Lesbian activists at Smith College riot, shut down Ryan Sorba speech on "The Born Gay Hoax" as police watch. See exclusive videos.''] Mass Resistance</ref>
#Censoring speech against homosexuality by branding it to be "hate-speech"<ref>[http://www.silencingchristians.com Video:Silencing Christians]</ref><ref>[http://mu-warrior.blogspot.com/2009/06/homosexuality-its-crime-in-england-to.html "Marquette Warrior"]. ''mu-warrior.blogspot.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.ccfon.org/view.php?id=745 Bishops fight for right to criticize homosexual lifestyle, 25th May 2009]</ref>
#Censoring biblical statements condemning homosexuality<ref>White, Hilary (04-21-2006) [http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/apr/06042105.html ''Court Upholds School Ban on "Homosexuality is Shameful" T-Shirt''] LifeSiteNews.com</ref>
#Lobbying for equal employment rights.<ref>The Crimson Staff (10-13-2006) [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=514950 ''A Box of Their Own?''] (opinion) The Crimson</ref><ref>http://www.afa.net, Homosexual Agenda Platforms from 1972 - 2000</ref>
#Expand hate crimes legislation to include sexual orientation, which would be equally wrong for heterosexuals to do.<ref>Pelosi, Nancy Office of (09-28-2004) [http://www.house.gov/pelosi/press/releases/Sept04/HateCrimes092804.html ''Pelosi: "Hate Crimes Prevention Legislation is Right Thing to Do, Long Overdue"''] From the office of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi</ref>
#Ending the military's and Boy Scout's restrictions on homosexuality<ref>''Boy Scouts of Am. v. Dale'', 530 U.S. 640 (2000) (Boy Scouts); "Matlovich v. Secretary of the Air Force (591 F.2d 852, DC Circ. 1 978) (military)</ref>
#Stopping children as young as 5 years old from attending therapy to repair their sexual preference<ref>[http://www.thetaskforce.org/reports_and_research/youth_in_the_crosshairs National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:Youth in the Crosshairs]</ref>
#Teach tolerance of homosexuals in schools.
#In places like Massachusetts and California, where the gay lobby is the strongest, it starts as early as preschool. They tell seven- or eight-year-old boys, "If you only like boys, there's a chance you may be homosexual," or "If you only like girls, maybe you are lesbian." Children at that age also do not have the hormones to experience sexual attraction, so they cannot understand this yet.
#Demands protections from job discrimination.<ref>[http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/nondiscrimination/ENDA_main_page Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) | National Gay and Lesbian Task Force]</ref>
#Suing an online dating website for discrimination. This was because sexual orientation is a federally protected group, as such, this company was breaking the law.<ref>Joshua Rhett Miller. [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,454904,00.html "eHarmony to Provide Gay Dating Service After Lawsuit"]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>
#Undermining the [[Essay:Quantifying Mental Strength|resolve]] of [[Homosexuality and choice#Choice and Genetics|latent homosexuals]] so that their will becomes too weak to resist the temptations of homosexuality<ref>http://www.thetaskforce.org/activist_center/resources_and_tools/challenge_exgay</ref>
#Pushing for legalized adoption by gay individuals and couples<ref>http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/parenting_and_family</ref>
#Indoctrination of public school children to support the homosexual agenda
#Allowing boys into girls' restrooms and vice versa, without restriction.

The state-by-state push for same-sex marriage can be viewed as a means to the above goals, or a goal in itself.<ref>[[Lewis v. Harris]]</ref> An example of this would be the recent New Hampshire law that makes same-sex civil unions legal.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/01/new_hampshire_law_makes_same_sex_civil_unions_legal/ "New Hampshire law makes same-sex civil unions legal"]. ''boston.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

Although notable gains toward achieving its goals continue to manifest, homosexual activists have recently been expressing a high level of dissatisfaction with the Obama administration. Commenting on such, Massresistance.org, an organization which opposes the homosexual agenda in [[Massachusetts]], noted that the President has,

*signed an order extending federal benefits to same-sex partners.

*pushed an extreme hate crimes bill in Congress.

*declared his intention to repeal the Defense of Marriage.

*pushed a pro-homosexual and transgender version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

*appointed homosexual activists to high level positions, including Harry Knox, of the homosexual lobby group Human Rights Campaign, and Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which educates kids in the public schools.

*declared February to be "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month."

*Demanded the State Department allow gay couples to use their married names (from marriages or civil unions) on US passports.<ref>update@massresistance.org 6/24/2009 11:56 PM</ref>

In Europe, countries such as the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] have adopted policies promoting transgenderism.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (February 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/15/france-mother-father-parent-uk-govt-lawyer-mother-not-gender-specific/ Men Can Be Mothers in UK, While French Schools Erase Terms ‘Father,’ ‘Mother’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 15, 2019.</ref>

=== Strategies and psychological tactics ===

Homosexual activists are often seen as engaging in [[homosexual logic|specious argumentation]], such as attempts to controvert the consistent teaching of the Bible on homosexual relations (see [[homosexuality and biblical interpretation]]), and using false analogies, in order to gain acceptance of homosexuality. One common argument used by homosexual activists seeks to compare their quest for equal rights to that of others.<ref>Miner, Homosexuality, Civil Rights, and the Church</ref> This argument is countered by the observation that blacks were able to peacefully argue that mankind should not be "judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character",<ref>[http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm, Speech by Martin Luther King Jr.]</ref> as the former yields no certain moral distinction. In contrast, homosexual activists seek acceptance of an immoral practice(s), and in addition, engage in certain coercive and manipulative means to do so. This includes the use of demonstrative protests, which appear to be designed to censure and intimidate those who oppose them in any way.<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/socialsciences/sellinghomosexuality.html</ref><ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/issues/gay_strategies/after_the_ball.html "The homosexual propaganda campaign in America's media"]. ''massresistance.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.com/After-Ball-America-Conquer-Hatred/dp/0452264987 "After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90's (Plume): Marshall Kirk, Hunter Madsen: 9780452264984: Amazon.com: Books"]. ''amazon.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89526 "‘Gays’ put ‘terrorist’ label on Christians"]. ''WND''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/08c/Prop8/church_attacks.html "Homosexuals begin campaign of terror over Prop 8 loss"]. ''massresistance.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>http://rebuildtheparty.ning.com/video/exodus-protest-park-street</ref><ref>http://theway2k.vox.com/library/post/homosexuals-persecuting-christians-and-mormons.html</ref><ref>http://www.hamiltonsquare.net/articlesRiotsSep1993.htm</ref><ref>[https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08050205.html "Lesbian Break-in and Riot During College Speech on “Born-Gay Hoax” Forces Cancellation"]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=95296 "‘How hate crimes laws forced me into exile’"]. ''WND''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref><ref>Muehlenberg, Bill, [http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2009/06/04/another-nail-in-the-christian-coffin/ Another Nail in the Christian Coffin], [[4 June]] [[2009]]</ref><ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09a/feder_0311/index.html "Gay activists stop free speech at UMass Amherst"]. ''massresistance.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref> In addition, one pro-homosexual commentator recently took the homosexual community to task for being racist in their practice of homosexuality.<ref>LZ Granderson, ''Commentary: Gay is not the new black'', Cable News Network,July 16, 2009</ref> Another strategy used by supporters of the homosexual agenda is to publicly deny that such an agenda exists.<ref>[http://onug.us/content/christians-america-and-gay-agenda "Christians, America, And The Gay Agenda"]. ''onug.us''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

While not all homosexuals agree with the use of deceptive psychological tactics, leading homosexual activists willfully employ them. The aforementioned book, ''After the Ball'', is widely regarded as the handbook for the gay agenda, in which two homosexual Harvard-trained graduates, <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,152180,00.html "Is The Gay Revolution a Flop?"]. ''time.com''. 24 June 2001. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref> Marshall Kirk (1957–2005), a researcher in neuropsychiatry, and Hunter Madsen (pen name ''Erastes Pill''), who was schooled in social marketing, advocated avoiding portraying gays as aggressive challengers, but as victims instead, while making all those who opposed them to be evil persecutors. As a means of the latter, they used ''jamming,'' in which Christians, traditionalists, or anyone else who opposes the gay agenda are publicly smeared. Their strategy was based on the premise that, "In any campaign to win over the public, Gays must be portrayed as victims in need of protection so that straights will be inclined by reflex to adopt the role of protector. The purpose of victim imagery is to make straight people feel very uncomfortable."<ref>[http://www.parentsofgaychildren.org/uploads/After_the_Ball_-_outline_by_Richard_Cohen.pdf After the Ball: How America Will Conquer It’s Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90’s Outline compiled by Richard Cohen, MA]</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Kirk|first1=Marshall|last2=Madsen|first2=Hunter|title=After the ball : how America will conquer its fear and hatred of gays in the 90s|date=1989|publisher=Plume|location=New York|isbn=978-0452264984|page=183|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oDwEAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=+victims+in+need++of+protection|accessdate=2 February 2018}}</ref> Leftists also label Christians who support biblical marriage as "anti-gay," equating them with non-western Muslims who support stoning homosexuals.<ref>Mainwaring, Doug (April 3, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/jack-phillips-is-not-the-sultan-of-brunei-the-indiscriminate-weaponization-of-the-term-anti-gay Jack Phillips is not the Sultan of Brunei: The indiscriminate weaponization of the term ‘anti-gay’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 4, 2019.</ref>

"Jamming" [[homo-hatred]] (disagreement with [[homosexual behavior]]s) was to be done by linking it to [[Nazi]] horror, advised Kirk and Madsen. Associate all who oppose homosexuality with images of Klansmen demanding that gays be slaughtered, hysterical backwoods preachers, menacing punks, and a tour of Nazi concentration camps where homosexuals were tortured and gassed. Thus, "propagandistic advertisement can depict homophobic and homohating bigots as crude loudmouths..."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110603050349/http://www.renewamerica.com:80/columns/mbarber/080213 "Unmasking the "gay" agenda"]. ''renewamerica.com''. Retrieved on 2 Feb. 2018.</ref> " It can show them being criticized, hated, shunned. It can depict gays experiencing horrific suffering as the direct result of homohatred-suffering of which even most bigots would be ashamed to be the cause. It can, in short, link homohating bigotry with all sorts of attributes the bigot would be ashamed to possess, and with social consequences he would find unpleasant and scary... our effect is achieved without reference to facts, logic, or proof."<ref> http://www.massresistance.org/docs/issues/gay_strategies/after_the_ball.html The homosexual propaganda campaign in America's media, </ref>

Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes,
<blockquote>
There can be no doubt that Christianity represents the greatest obstacle to the normalization of homosexual behavior. It cannot be otherwise, because of the clear biblical teachings concerning the inherent sinfulness of homosexuality in all forms, and the normativity of heterosexual marriage. In order to counter this obstacle, Kirk and Madsen advised gays to "use talk to muddy the moral waters, that is, to undercut the rationalizations that 'justify' religious bigotry and to jam some of its psychic rewards." How can this be done? "This entails publicizing support by moderate churches and raising serious theological objections to conservative biblical teachings." [The latter of which attempts [[homosexuality and biblical interpretation]] examine and expose.]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927163416/http://www.gender-news.com/other.php?id=19 ''After the Ball--Why the Homosexual Movement Has Won,''] Thursday, June 3rd, 2004</ref>
</blockquote>

Kirk and Madsen's open admission of their deceptive tactics is noted as most revealing: [O]ur effect is achieved without reference to facts, logic, or proof. "...the person's beliefs can be altered whether he is conscious of the attack or not"<ref>After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90s, p. 152-153 (1989, Doubleday/Bantam)</ref> “The campaign we outline in this book, though complex, depends centrally upon a program of unabashed propaganda, firmly grounded in long-established principles of psychology and advertising.”<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oDwEAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=unabashed+propaganda%2C+firmly+grounded Kirk and Madsen, After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of the Gay’s in the 90s, p.xxvi]</ref><ref>[http://banap.net/ "[Behavior, and Not a Person]"]. ''banap.net''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

Similarly, author Robert Bauman additionally records: "It makes no difference that the ads are lies... because were using them to ethically good effect, to counter negative stereotypes that are every bit as much lies, and far more wicked ones."<ref>The Gentleman from Maryland: The Conscience of a gay Conservative, by Robert Bauman, 1986, page 163.</ref>

The need for Kirk and Madsen to engage in such manipulation may be seen as being due to their sober realization of the nature of the homosexual lifestyle.

“In short, the gay lifestyle - if such a chaos can, after all, legitimately be called a lifestyle - it just doesn’t work: it doesn’t serve the two functions for which all social framework evolve: to constrain people’s natural impulses to behave badly and to meet their natural needs. While it’s impossible to provide an exhaustive analytic list of all the root causes and aggravants of this failure, we can asseverate at least some of the major causes. Many have been dissected, above, as elements of the Ten Misbehaviors; it only remains to discuss the failure of the gay community to provide a viable alternative to the heterosexual family.”<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oDwEAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=exhaustive+analytic+list Kirk and Madsen, After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of the Gay’s in the 90s, p.363 ]</ref>

David Kupelian, author of ''[[The Marketing of Evil]],'' describes Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, stating,
<blockquote>
Kirk and Madsen were not the kind of drooling activists that would burst into churches and throw condoms in the air. They were smart guys – very smart. Kirk, a Harvard-educated researcher in neuropsychiatry, work with the Johns Hopkins Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth and designed aptitude tests for adults with 200+ IQs. Madsen, with a doctorate in politics from Harvard, was an expert on public persuasion tactics and social marketing.<ref>[http://pearl-diving.blogspot.com/2009/01/sold-on-homosexuality-marketing-of-evil.html "Sold on Homosexuality – The Marketing of Evil"]. ''pearl-diving.blogspot.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>
</blockquote>

Marshall Kirk died in 2005 at the age of 47.<ref>http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=134544248</ref> The cause of death has not been publicly revealed.

Often cited as an early example of such tactics was the role of homosexual activists in persuading the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders (DSM-II). Dr. Ronald Bayer, though being himself a pro-homosexual psychiatrist, described this removal as being the result of power politics, threats, and intimidation, rather than any new scientific discoveries.<ref>[http://www.traditionalvalues.org/urban/eleven.php Exposed: The Myth That Psychiatry Has Proven That Homosexual Behavior Is Normal]</ref> In so doing, like slavery before it, the homosexual agenda is seen to threaten basic freedoms, principally the First Amendment.<ref>Adams, Guy (11-8-2008) [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mormon-stars-face-backlash-after-gay-marriage-ban-1003967.html ''Mormon stars face backlash after gay marriage ban''] The Independent</ref>

The charge of [[homophobia]] has been increasingly evidenced as being part of a means of intimidation used in pushing the Homosexual Agenda. Due to what homophobia has been made to denote, that of being a repressed homosexual, or possessing an irrational fear of being approached by homosexuals, or of being a bigot persecuting victims, the widespread use of the term "homophobic" attaches a powerful stigma to anyone who may even conscientiously oppose the practice of homosexuality, thus silencing many who might otherwise object to it.<ref>[http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/1995papers/socarides.html Thought Reform And The Psychology of Homosexual Advocacy, Charles W. Socarides, M.D.]</ref>

In relation to such oppression, psychologist Nicholas Cummings, former president of the American Psychological Association (APA), observed, "Homophobia as intimidation is one of the most pervasive techniques used to silence anyone who would disagree with the gay activist agenda." As an example of such fear within the APA, in addressing 100 fellow professionals Cummings related that while writing "Destructive Trends in Mental Health," with psychologist Rogers Wright, a number of fellow psychologists were invited to participate. However, these flatly turned them down, as they feared loss of tenure, loss of promotion, and other forms of professional retaliation. "We were bombarded by horror stories," Dr. Cummings said. "Their greatest fear was of the gay lobby, which is very strong in the APA.<ref>[Psychology Losing Scientific Credibility, Say APA Insiders http://www.narth.com/docs/insiders.html]</ref>

Noted homosexual activist and pornographer Clinton Fein, in his article, ''The Gay Agenda stated'': "Homophobic inclinations alone, even without any actions, should be criminal and punishable to the full extent of the law."

Erik Holland, author of ''The Nature of Homosexuality'', perceives that homosexuals have become so reckless in labeling others homophobic that "anyone who questions their labeling someone [is] a homophobe himself. Even quoting factual statistics about the connection between homosexuality and AIDS is allegedly homophobic." In addition, according to pro-homosexual author Vernon A. Wall, "even acceptance of homosexuality can be seen as a form of homophobia, because to talk about the acceptance of homosexuality is to imply that there is something about homosexuality that needs acceptance."<ref>[http://www.homosexinfo.org/Homophobia/HomePage "Homosexinfo - Homophobia - Homophobia: Fear of homosexuals?"]. ''homosexinfo.org''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

It may be speculated that if the liberal use of the term homophobia is not primarily a psychological tactic, then it indicates a psychological condition on the part of those who use it in which they imagine that those who oppose them are fearful of them, or of being one.

More recently, after 25 years of claiming she was not indoctrinating anyone with pro homosexual beliefs, one activist honestly admitted to this being a lie. Canadian gay activist S. Bear Bergman, a female who identifies as a transgender male, stated, "All that time I said I wasn't indoctrinating anyone with my beliefs about gay and lesbian and bi and trans and queer people? That was a lie.” Bergman recounted that she was instructed as a young gay activist to tell concerned parents that she was “just providing an alternate viewpoint” when accused of engaging in “indoctrination and recruiting,” and to use “soft” language when speaking about homosexuality. In her article on the notoriously liberal web site, the [[Huffington Post]], he went on to candidly confess that this indoctrination, "is absolutely my goal. I want to make your children like people like me and my family, even if that goes against the way you have interpreted the teachings of your religion." Bergman fantasized that in an ideal world he would have been "ushered into the world of queerness with care and tenderness by experienced homos" (akin to "camp counselors"), "and issued my leather jacket and my protest pins, my safer sex supplies..."

Bergman expressed that his goal was that of portraying to "impressionable young minds" the idea that "queers and transfolk are just as fine and lovely a kind of human as any other kind," and stated that he did not like the idea of sending her kid to schools where any kid could share with him their ideas about homosexuals. Thus Bergman, who believes that "books a kid hears at bedtime affect their sleep and also their dreams," is finalizing a series of children's books that all feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer kids or families, with the goal that the young readers come to believe that people like him and his family are "absolutely great," that "lesbian, gay, bi, queer, and trans people -- that we exist, that we're perfectly fine and often really excellent." Bergman then concludes, "If that makes me an indoctrinator, I accept it. Let me be honest -- I am not even a little bit sorry."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/s-bear-bergman/i-have-come-to-indoctrinate-your-children-lgtbq_b_6795152.html|title=I have come to indoctrinate your children into my LGBTQ agenda (and I'm not a bit sorry)|last1=Bergman|first1=S. Bear|website=Huffington Post|accessdate=22 March 2015}}</ref>

Commenting on this frank article, Pete Baklinski of LifeSiteNews.com, states that, <blockquote>While Bergman paints a “friendly and cheerful” picture of the gay lifestyle, she fails to mention the serious health risks tied to homosexual behaviors....Research done in 2002 by Dr. John R. Diggs found that same-sex sexual behaviors expose gays, lesbians and bisexuals to “extreme risks of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), physical injuries, mental disorders and even a shortened life span.” Common sexual practices among gay men were found to lead to “numerous STDs and physical injuries, some of which are virtually unknown in the heterosexual population.” Gay and bisexual men were found to “lose up to 20 years of life expectancy.” The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have warned on numerous occasions that HIV rates, already at epidemic proportions, are continuing to climb steadily among men who have ‘sex’ with men. The CDC has stated that gay and bisexual men continue to remain at the epicenter of what they call a “HIV/AIDS epidemic.”</blockquote>

To which Baklinski adds the spiritual consequences, citing one of the texts in the Bible which condemn homosexual relations:
{{Cquote|“For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error” (Letter to Romans 1:26).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Baklinski|first1=Pete|title=Gay activist: Of course our goal is to ‘indoctrinate children into LGBTQ agenda’|url=https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gay-activist-our-goal-is-to-indoctrinate-children-into-lgbtq-agenda|website=LifeSiteNews.com|accessdate=22 March 2015}}</ref> }}

For Christians believe God created man and women uniquely compatible and complimentary, and they alone are joined by God in marriage, with opposite genders being specified by both Genesis and personally by Jesus Christ. (Gn. 2:18-24; Mt. 19:4) The Bible only condemns homosexual relations - by design and decree, in principle and by precept - and never sanctions them wherever they are manifestly dealt with, and the injunctions against them are part of the transcendent and immutable moral law. (Lv. 18:22; Rm. 1:26,27)

However, Christians also understand that some of the first Christians were likely former homosexuals, (1Cor. 6:9-11) and believe that there is room at the cross for all who want the Lord Jesus over sin, and believe upon Him to save them who died for them, and rose again. And who thus are baptized and follow Him, to the glory of God.<ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosex_versus_the_Bible.html HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS and the BIBLE]</ref>

===Influence in the academic world===

Professor Jerry Z. Muller described in an article titled ''First Things'' (Aug/Sept. 1993) how the homosexual lobby has gained widespread acceptance in the educational realm.
{{cquote|[Their] strategy has been remarkably successful. With a rapidity largely attributable in large part to a total lack of articulate resistance, homosexual ideology has gained an unquestioned and uncontested legitimacy in American academic life. Within the academy, as within nonacademic elite culture, the definition of opposite to homosexuality as "homophobia - a definition which implies that it is impossible to give good reasons for the cultural disapproval of homosexuality - is the best evidence of the success of this strategy.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cbfVg_1qhe0C&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=David+W.+Virtue+scots+college&source=bl&ots=aDW7a615Gn&sig=Y1cLsx5sCQTgUUDJ88b5AKPRkNg&hl=en&ei=8skISpP1AcGktgfi2PzsCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPR14,M1 "Homosexuality"]. ''google.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>}}

====In the public schools====
{{See also|Homosexuality in Schools}}
[[File:Prairie Ridge High School LGBT+ Flag.jpg|thumb|200px|School in Chicago area (Prairie Ridge High School) with LGBT+ [[Rainbow#Rainbow flag|rainbow flag]]. Students in the same school who display the [[Confederate flag]] will face discipline.<ref name="NWHerald2017"/>]]
[[File:Prairie Ridge High School LGBT.jpg|thumb|200px|This Chicago-area school has "safe spaces" for homosexual students (sponsored by [[GLSEN]]).]]
Many public schools throughout the United States welcome the Homosexual Agenda, oftentimes through publicly-funded school programs created by [[GLSEN]].<ref name="Heyer2015">Heyer, Walt (June 8, 2015). [http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/06/15118/ Public School LGBT Programs Don't Just Trample Parental Rights. They Also Put Kids at Risk]. ''The Witherspoon Institute -- Public Discourse''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref> Much of this was the work of the [[Obama Administration]].<ref name="Heyer2015"/> GLSEN celebrates the Homosexual Agenda through a "day of silence."<ref>Berry, Susan (April 11, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/04/11/day-of-silence-how-the-lgbt-agenda-is-hijacking-americas-youth/ Day of Silence: How the LGBT Agenda Is Hijacking America’s Youth]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref> In 2016, [[California]] became the first state to legislate the teaching of the homosexual agenda in public schools to children as young as second grade.<ref>Berry, Susan (July 19, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/07/19/lgbt-history-california-first-to-teach/ California: 1st State To Teach LGBT Curriculum — to Second Graders]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref> These California students are now banned from opting-out from this [[indoctrination]].<ref>Newman, Alex (January 4, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/27883-students-banned-from-opting-out-of-lgbt-education Students Banned From Opting Out of LGBT Education]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> In February 2019, the UK Department of Education announced that public school children starting at the age of five would be required to learn about homosexual and transgender relationships, with parents being unable to withdraw their children from such classes.<ref>Tennant, Michael (February 27, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/31593-u-k-schools-to-indoctrinate-kids-as-young-as-five-in-lgbt-agenda U.K. Schools to Indoctrinate Kids as Young as Five in LGBT Agenda]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 27, 2019. See also:
*McLean, Dorothy Cummings (March 25, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/christian-mom-sues-uk-primary-school-for-forcing-lgbt-pride-celebrations-on-kids Christian mom sues UK primary school for forcing LGBT Pride celebrations on kids]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved March 25, 2019.</ref>

In schools where the homosexual agenda is welcomed, students who fly the [[Confederate flag]] may expect to face disciplinary actions.<ref name="NWHerald2017">Prokop, Hannah (November 11, 2016). [http://www.nwherald.com/2016/11/09/prairie-ridge-high-school-suspends-student-for-wearing-confederate-flag-to-school/aelbmro/ Prairie Ridge High School suspends student for wearing Confederate flag to school]. ''Northwest Herald''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/20/confederate-flags-not-rainbow-ones-banned-in-schoo/ Wyoming school district bans Confederate flags, allows gay-pride ones]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). April 20, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref> In March 2019, an Ohio public school student was suspended for posting Bible verses next to homosexual flags.<ref>Gstalter, Morgan (March 13, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/433823-ohio-student-suspended-for-targeting-gay-straight-alliance-by Ohio student suspended for 'targeting' Gay-Straight Alliance by posting Bible verses in response to LGBT flags]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref><ref>Kaplan, Talia (March 12, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/ohio-student-suspended-after-posting-bible-verses-around-school-i-wanted-to-spread-the-word-of-god Ohio student suspended after posting Bible verses around school: 'I wanted to spread the word of God']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref>

===Immorality in society===

The “gay” activists welcome [[immorality]] in [[society]]. As no one wants to be called a [[hypocrite]], every act of sexual sin by society members serves the “gay” interest by lessening the public will to uphold public morality. That's why, wherever the acceptance of sexual sin is observed, it is likely there are “gay” activists involved.

==== The abortion industry ====
The best example of the Homosexual Agenda causing societal immorality is seen in their aggressive defense of the abortion industry. Obviously, homosexuals cannot have an “unwanted pregnancy,” yet in an extensive experience, the big part of “pro-choice” street activists at abortion clinics are homosexuals. This is so because they know that preserving the people's option to destroy unborn life is essential to maintaining so called “[[sexual freedom]]” as a social norm. If women lost their choice to legally kill their unborn offspring, the resulting inevitable shift of emphasis from self-gratification to family responsibility in such a large section of the population would change the entire culture. When a woman gives in to fear and selfishness to kill the child in her womb, she will not feel that she can criticize other sinners. The choice to kill their unborn children morally compromises both men and women (making them unwilling to criticize choices to engage in other forms of immoral behavior), and ensures that the outcome of an unwanted child will not be a lasting deterrent to those who have chosen sexual “freedom” over family. This explains why homosexuals, who by definition cannot conceive children together, are among the most militant advocates of abortion on demand.

==== The pornography industry ====
The existence of a thriving pornography industry where “gays” are also notoriously prevalent serves the “gay” cause by morally corrupting the men who use it, making them less likely to oppose homosexuality on moral grounds and more likely to support public policies which legitimize sexual [[hedonism]]. “Gay” activists love sexual anarchy because they know that when a man falls in bondage to pornography he is less willing to oppose other sexual sins in society.

==== The entertainment industry ====
When young people enjoy music or films that glorify sexual lust, they feel more sympathy to the “gay” arguments.

The “gays” have it easy pushing sexual “freedom”, because every person, in their flesh, wants to indulge themselves in their own choices.
This is like children being offered only candy to eat. People want to eat only sweets until they get sick. Only with maturity do they know how to eat to stay healthy.

The “gay” movement has many allies in its campaign to aggrandize sexual immorality, but it is the only social movement in the history of the world whose primary purpose is to eliminate social restraints on [[sexual]] conduct. It is heavily funded, highly organized and strategically positioned to maximize its ability to change societies and cultures.<ref name="Lively2009">{{cite book |title=Redeeming the Rainbow: A Christian Response to the "Gay" Agenda |author=[[Scott Lively]] |publisher=Veritas Aeterna Press |place=Springfield, MA |year=2009 |edition=1 (Version 1.1)|chapter=1: Pro-family answers to common questions about homosexuality and "gay" agenda |pages=8, 60, 176|url=http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09b/Redeeming_rainbow}}</ref>

==Opponents of the Homosexual Agenda ==
Some well known individuals/groups in the [[United States]] who actively oppose the homosexual agenda are: [[Focus on the Family]], [[Peter LaBarbera]]'s American's for Truth, the [[Traditional Values Coalition]] ([[Louis Sheldon]] is a chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition), and [[Matt Barber]] of [[Concerned Women of America]].

===Peter LaBarbera===

As noted earlier, [[Peter LaBarbera]] is the founder of [[Americans For Truth]] (AFT) which is a national organization in the United States devoted solely to confronting the homosexual agenda.<ref name="americansfortruth.com">[http://www.americansfortruth.com/about/ "About Americans for Truth About Homosexuality and AFTAH Founder Peter LaBarbera » Americans for Truth"]. ''americansfortruth.com''. Retrieved on 2 May 2016.</ref>

Peter LaBarbera said the following regarding the need for the organization Americans for Truth:
{{cquote|Homosexual, [[bisexuality|bisexual]], and [[transsexual]] groups spend tens of millions of dollars every year to market and normalize their aberrant lifestyles, yet after all these years there is not a single, serious national group dedicated specifically to exposing and countering their agendas...

It’s time for Americans to unapologetically resist the demands of this lobby, and to counter the lies upon which it is built-the foremost being that certain people are inherently or ‘born’ homosexual and that this is a [[civil rights]] issue.<ref name="americansfortruth.com"/>}}

===Matt Barber===
[[Matt Barber]] of [[Concerned Women of America]] is one the more notable figures in regards to opposing the homosexual agenda. Matt Barber wrote the following regarding the homosexual agenda:
[[Image:Mbarber_b.jpg‎|right|thumb|175px|[[Matt Barber]]]]
{{cquote|Ironically, sexual [[relativism|relativists]] are anything but relative. They are quite affirmative in principle. But the principles they foist demand comprehensive acceptance of homosexual conduct — by force of law — through federal edicts such as “hate crimes” legislation, the so-called “Employment Non-Discrimination Act” (ENDA) and by imposing government sanctioned “same-sex marriage.” All such government mandates grant special protected “minority” status to those who define themselves by aberrant sexual preferences and changeable sexual behaviors. These laws put people with traditional values directly in the crosshairs of official government policy.

Throughout society, homosexual activists demand that homosexual behaviors not only be “tolerated,” but celebrated. (That’s what the euphemistic slogan “celebrate diversity” supposes). They have masked their true political agenda by hijacking the language of the genuine civil rights movement and through the crafty and disingenuous rhetoric of “tolerance” and “diversity.”

Anyone who believes the Biblical directive that human sexuality is a gift from [[God]], to be shared between man and wife within the bonds of marriage, is branded “homophobic,” “hateful” or “discriminatory.” They are to be silenced by all means possible.<ref>http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=14696&department=CFI&categoryid=family</ref>}}

===Steffen Königer===
[[German]] politician Steffen Königer from the party [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) showed that it is possible to use [[irony]] when opposing the [[extremist]] gender agenda. In his address in the parliament of the [[Brandenburg]], the federated state of [[Germany]], he ridiculed homosexual lobbyists and gender ideologists by enlisting in his introduction, for about two minutes, all "gender and sexual varieties" he could find on the Internet. This way he brought to attention of general public the absurdity of the proposal put forward by the German [[Green Party]] that demanded to introduce multiple "gender identities" in state documents. When the Parliamentary Speaker tried to stop him, he just replied that he is not finished yet and further adamantly continued in naming all alleged gender declinations. When he was finally done with his introduction, his actual reaction to the proposal took less than three seconds: ''"The AfD party rejects your proposal."''<ref>{{cite web |title=Un político alemán ridiculiza los postulados del LGBTI |url=https://youtu.be/GzIwvHUvFR0 |accessdate=23 Jun 2016 |language=German (English subtitles)}}</ref>

==Further reading==
*https://www.amazon.com/dp/B012YKIQ2M Counterfeiting the Rainbow by Beverly Rachel
*[http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/lively.html Homosexuality and the Nazi Party] by Scott Lively. Excellent discussion of the anti-Christian and homosexual origins of the Nazism.
*[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ Documentation of the links between homosexuals and the Nazis] by the Government of Israel.
*[http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPCollectionNews.asp?ID=131 2008 McDonald's and the Homosexual Agenda], Baptist Press
*[http://www.couplescompany.com/FEATURES/politics/2004/Selling%20Homosexuality.pdf Paul E. Rondeau, Selling homosexuality to America (PDF)] [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/730694/posts Or html form]
*Shupe, Jamie (March 10, 2019). [https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/ I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham.] ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

==See also==
*[[ACT-UP]]
*[[Anti-Defamation League]]
*[[Anthropological Revolution]]
*[[Essay:Sodomism]]
*[[Homosexual belief system]]
*[[Gay affirmative]]
*[[Gay rights]]
*[[Homophobia]]
*[[Hate speech]], [[Hate crime]]
*[[Homosexual logic]], used to justify and mandate the Homosexual Agenda
*[[Homosexuality]]
*[[Homosexuality and biblical interpretation]]
*[[Homosexualization]]
*[[Gleichschaltung#LGBTI Gleichschaltung|LGBTI Gleichschaltung]]
*[[San Francisco values]]
*[[Fashion industry values]]
*[[Hollywood values]]
*[[Slogans and the Homosexual Agenda]]
*[[Stonewall UK]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Homosexual Agenda]]
[[Category:Homosexuality]]
[[Category:Liberal Deceit]]
[[Category:Hollywood Values]]

Homosexuality and choice

2019-09-05T00:09:45Z

Ukimmoral:

[[File:Decision screen.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Given the existence of [[ex-homosexuals]] and given the [[Religious Upbringing and Culture Affects Rates of Homosexuality|existence of human cultures where homosexuality has apparently not existed]], the position that [[homosexuality]] is ultimately a choice in individuals or at the very least can be a choice in individuals has strong evidential support.]]
'''Homosexuality and choice''' are closely related. When answering the question of is [[homosexuality]] a choice one has to consider that homosexual acts between consenting adults are, by definition, done by choice. In addition, according to the Bible and Christian [[ex-homosexuals]], homosexuality is a sinful choice (I Corinthians 6:9-11). Also, in 2012 ABC News reported concerning actress Cynthia Nixon: "Cynthia Nixon stands by her statement that she is gay [a lesbian] by choice, despite the backlash she’s received from members of the gay community."<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/01/cynthia-nixon-gay-by-choice/ Cynthia Nixon: Gay by Choice?]</ref>

Given that there are people who state they are [[ex-homosexuals]] and given that the homosexual population has significantly higher rates of many diseases and the homosexual population also has significantly lower rates of various measures of mental health (see: [[Homosexuality and health]]), it can be strongly argued that engaging in homosexual acts is a bad choice for individuals. Those who make this choice suffer significantly higher rates of [[Homosexual Couples and Domestic Violence|domestic violence in homosexual couples]]. In addition, according to experts homosexual murders are relatively or quite common and often homosexual murders are very brutal (see: [[Homosexuality and Murders]]). Also, the homosexual population has a greater propensity to engage in illegal drug use (see: [[Homosexuality and Illegal Drug Use]]).

A person may have a craving for alcohol so strong that he feels powerless to resist it (see [[Alcoholism]]), yet people are free to choose to seek treatment for this addiction with drugs, therapy, or support groups. Psychiatrists often concede that [[religion|spirituality]] provides the most effective cure for those who are willing to try it.

Whereas alcohol addiction is generally regarded as a [[disease]] and/or a moral failing, homosexuality in recent decades has come to be seen as normal. It is clear to the vast majority of people that overindulging in alcohol hurts the individual as well as society. For example, [[drunk driving]] contributes to auto accidents by increasing reaction time and reducing alertness. Alcoholism is closely related to absenteeism and [[domestic violence]]. But a political decision was made in the mid-1970s to drop homosexuality from the official list of mental disorders. In fact, the chief "[[scientific]]" reason given to deny a link between homosexuality and choice is that major American mental health organizations deny the link. In other words, scientists have voted on it, and they disapprove (see [[politicization of science]]).

In addition, a distinction is made between choosing to have homosexual desires and choosing to engage in homosexual sex acts. And there are other aspects of choice to homosexuality. One can decide the following aspects: whether or not to believe that homosexual acts are detrimental to one's immortal soul, emotional well-being or physical health and one can also obviously choose whether to enter into a homosexual relationship or not. Obviously one must use wisdom and also do diligence in regards to these matters. For example, the [[Homosexuality and the Bible|Bible condemns homosexuality]] and sound [[Bible exegesis]] reveals this matter.

A 2003 poll done by Ellison Research of [[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]] stated that 82% of all [[United States|American]] [[Protestantism|Protestant]] ministers agreed with the statement “homosexuality is a choice people make."<ref>http://www.ellisonresearch.com/ERPS%20II/Release%206%20Homosexuality.htm</ref>

The Russian Orthodox Church view is that homosexuality is a choice.<ref>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_GAY_RIGHTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-12-23-07-15-38</ref>

The [[Roman Catholic Church]]'s position is that suffering from homosexual desires is disordered but not sinful in itself, that homosexuals should be treated with compassion, and that acting sexually on homosexual desires is sinful.<ref name="vatican">http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20030731_homosexual-unions_en.html</ref><ref>http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19861001_homosexual-persons_en.html</ref> However, according to the [[Vatican]] individuals should not engage in homosexual acts as they are acts of serious depravity.<ref name="vatican" />

Dr. Nadia El-Awady reflects the view of many adherents of [[Islam]] when he stated the following:
{{Cquote|Much research has been done over the years to discover the scientific origins of homosexuality. Mostly it has been to disprove the fact that homosexuality is a matter of choice.<ref>http://www.unav.es/civil/nsd/nosindebate/elawadi.pdf</ref>}}

Edmund White wrote:
{{Cquote|When I was a young man, in the sixties, before the beginning of [[gay liberation]], I was always in therapy trying to go straight. I was in love with three different women over a ten-year period, and even imagined marrying two often. But after the [[Stonewall Uprising]] in 1969 . . . I revised my thinking entirely: I decided I was completely gay and was only making the women in my life miserable. Following a tendency that Garber rightly criticizes, I denied the authenticity of my earlier heterosexual feelings in the light of my later homosexual identity. After reading ''Vice Versa'', I find myself willing to reinterpret the narrative of my own personal history.<ref>Edmund White, [http://www.queerbychoice.com/indirectchoice.html "Gender Uncertainties: Marjorie Garber Looks at Bisexuality"] (review of [[Marjorie Garber]]'s book Vice Versa: Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life), from The New Yorker, July 17, 1995, p. 81</ref>}}

==The homosexual agenda and choice==
One of the goals of the [[homosexual agenda]] is to "indoctrinate children in the nation's public schools by convincing kids that homosexuality is a normal and healthy lifestyle."<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/public/Content/Article.aspx?rsrcid=4365</ref> Because schools fail to warn children of the dangers of homosexuality, and because it is taught that homosexuality is not only "normal" but "healthy" as well, homosexuality starts to seem like something that is acceptable by normal society. To supplement this many schools give homosexuals preferential treatment, for instance protecting a homosexual student from teasing in cases where they would not protect a heterosexual student because a heterosexual student wouldn't be as easily bullied about "being gay" if he wasn't. Homosexuals are also given clubs that have the goal of ensuring that homosexuals are not persecuted for their beliefs.<ref>http://www.gsanetwork.org/about/index.html</ref>

These are just some of ways that students are tricked into mistakenly thinking that homosexuality is a desirable lifestyle. As people get older and study the [[Bible|word of God]] they become less susceptible to being misled like this. This is the reason the homosexual agenda targets school children for recruitment into homosexuality.

==Optimal Choice==
The optimal choice is never to become involved in homosexual activities, given the [[Homosexuality Research|many undesirable consequences of homosexuality]] and given what the [[Homosexuality and the Bible|Bible states about homosexuality]]. However, there is certainly hope for the individual who wants to [[Overcoming Homosexuality|overcome homosexuality]] by the grace of [[God]].

Furthermore, as there is no link between homosexuality and genetics, it very likely that homosexuals will engage in homosexual activities not because they were born that way (as some claim<ref>http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=weblog&id=97&wlid=5&cn=55</ref>), but rather because they choose to.<ref>http://www.socyberty.com/Gay-&-Lesbians/Proof-That-Homosexuality-is-Not-a-Choice.666271</ref>

==Choice and Genetics==
Proponents of the [[homosexual agenda]] often claim that homosexuality is unchangeable and has a genetic basis. However, this does not prove that homosexuals do not choose to behave this way. By definition, a consenting relationship, whether homosexual or not must be made by choice, even if there is a latent homosexual desire. People with homosexual tendencies in their genetics can still resist the [[temptation]] to commit sin, and remain faithful to the teachings of the a man who took the words of Jesus Christ and changed them because he was xenophobic and desired for his citizens to hate those of other faith and country.

==Choice and civil-rights status==
[[Image:Alvedaking.jpg‎|right|thumb|200px|Dr. [[Alveda King]]]]
Dr. [[Alveda C. King]] is the founder of King for America, Inc. which is a faith based organization.<ref name="king">http://www.kingforamerica.com/index.htm</ref> Dr. Alveda C. King is the daughter of the late slain civil rights activist Rev. [[A. D. King]].<ref name="king" />

Dr. Alveda C. King stated the following to the Massachusetts General Assembly regarding the existence of ex-homosexuals is an argument that "gay rights" does not achieve civil rights status:
{{cquote|Thirty-nine years ago, my great-uncle, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered to mindful citizens of America a prophetic dream which envisaged all of this great nation's people living in the full exercise of all rights granted to them by the U.S. Constitution. My forebear's dream was deeply rooted in the American dream wherein the Founders of our Union saw every lawful citizen standing in dignity outfitted by unalienable rights from God to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness free from the tyrannies of personal whim and ideology handed down by kings, dictators, political groups, and yes, some institutions of democratic government....

Yet, there is a larger body of science represented even by the above scientists that agrees that mature behavior patterns rely much more on social shaping and choices than genetic predisposition, such that these behaviors may be successfully modified by a variety of means. The food addict may eat responsibly, the alcoholic may drink responsibly or not at all, and the homosexual may live according to a wide range of choices as well. Thus, binge drinking, overeating, cocaine abuse and other behaviors do not have to be granted public latitude as a matter of right in this great nation. Certainly, these and other mutable behaviors may be practiced; they may be under constitutional protection in fact (under our privacy clauses), but they may not be granted civil rights or public protection.

Again, if behavior or other aspects of personhood may be altered, then those aspects fail to meet civil rights status. Homosexual practice clearly falls into this category. As my mother, Alveda C. King has said, "I have met many ex-homosexuals just as I have met many ex-husbands, ex-wives, ex-drug addicts and ex-lawyers. Yet I have never met an ex-Negro, ex-Caucasian or ex-Native American." The politics of preference does not jibe with civil rights legitimacy...<ref>http://www.kingforamerica.com/jrellis-testimony.htm</ref>}}

In short, the distinction is between characteristics that may be altered, and that thus do not merit civil-rights protection, and immutable characteristics, which do merit civil-rights protection. This is why sexual orientation does not merit civil-rights protection, while characteristics such as race, sex, and religion do.

==See also==
*[[Resources on becoming a Christian]]
*[[Overcoming homosexuality]]
*[[Homosexuality]]
*[[Causes of Homosexuality]]
*[[Ex-Homosexuals]]
*[[Homosexuality Research]]
*[[Mystery:Why do people choose homosexuality?]]

==External links==
*[http://www.queerbychoice.com/feelings.html How can feelings ever be chosen?]
*[http://www.queerbychoice.com/indirectchoice.html What is an indirect choice?]

==References==
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Peter Tatchell

2019-09-04T23:33:43Z

Ukimmoral:

'''Peter Gary Tatchell''' is a prominent British homosexual, [[homosexual rights]] and [[pedophile]] rights activist, who founded a group called [[Outrage]] that has campaigned since the 1980s for the reduction and ultimate abolition of all age-of-consent laws. He is known for his defence of the practice of pedophilia and his affiliation with members of the [[Pedophile Information Exchange]] (PIE). He has for many years written a column in ''[[The Guardian]]'', a left-wing newspaper.

Born in [[Melbourne]], Australia in 1952, Tatchell was the only child of working-class, [[evangelical]] [[Christian]] parents. However, he declares himself to be an [[atheist]]. His parents divorced when he was four.<ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/comingoutasatheistpetertatchellg.html</ref>
He moved to UK in 1971 to avoid National Service in the Australian army. He was aged 18 and was accompanied by a 16-year-old male partner. Their relationship had already been going on for some time.

Tatchell started working as a journalist campaigning for homosexual and pedophile rights. He joined the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), had close friendships with many members of P.I.E. and appeared on platforms with them. He wrote "GLF's main aim was never equality within the status quo. [...] GLF's strategy for queer emancipation was to change society's values and norms". <ref> Tatchell,Peter. "The Gay Liberation Front's social revolution". The Guardian 12 October 2010.</ref>

In 1983 he stood as the [[Labour Party]] candidate for Bermondsey, south London in a parliamentary by-election and even though the Bermondsey seat had long been a Labour stronghold, the Liberal candidate won the election. Since 2004 he has been a member of the [[Green Party (UK)|Green Party]].

==Connections with Pedophilia==

In 1986 Tatchell contributed a chapter to a book entitled ''Betrayal of Youth'' produced by several official members of PIE. The editor was '''Warren Middleton''', a founder member of PIE. This book argued for the complete abolition of any ages of consent and asserted that children seek and enjoy sex with adults. The book, whose title spells the acronym BOY, advocates incest and group sex as well as pedophilia. It was researched by Matthew Hopkins who placed xeroxes of it on his website.
In chapter 9, entitled ‘Questioning Ages of Minority and Ages of Consent’ Tatchell asks ‘What purpose does it [the age of consent] serve other than reinforcing a set of increasingly quaint, minority moral values left over from the Victorian era?’ The chapter just after Tatchell's is entitled ‘Ends and Means: How to Make Paedophilia Acceptable’ and opens with an account of sexual activity between an adult and two 8-year-old boys before describing it as ‘all very normal to a libertarian, even to some open-minded parents’.”
Many of the co-authors were not only open members of PIE but have been convicted since then of pedophile offences. The book is out of print but there is a copy in the British Library. Matthew Hopkins has made a scan which can be accessed through his website.<ref>
http://www.matthewhopkinsnews.com/SharedPublic/BetrayalOfYouthTatchell.pdf
</ref>
The book is also reproduced on Ian Pace's website. <ref> https://ianpace.wordpress.com/2014/07/05/betrayal-of-youth-1986-including-the-contributions-of-middleton-owens-faust-tatchell/</ref>

In 1997 Tatchell advocated legalized pederasty in this article: "I'm 14, I'm gay & I want a boyfriend".
<ref>(NB ''Abusing the word boyfriend to mean sodomitical partner''). http://www.ipce.info/newsletters/e_22/2_16_Lee.htm</ref> Tatchell claims he has interviewed a 14-year-old boy named Lee who is quoted as saying that he is “having sex with” older guys and the only problem is that it's illegal. Lee confesses that he has been involved in homosexual activity in toilets, parks and bushes since he was eight, has been used as a prostitute by men who sometimes tied him up and raped him, has taken drugs, but still thinks there is no problem and it should all be legalized. Tatchell maintains that his acquaintance with these fourteen-year-old rent boys is in a purely professional capacity, as an interviewer and researcher.

On June 26, 1997, Peter Tatchell wrote a letter to ''The Guardian'' newspaper defending a book that advocated pedophilia, ''Dares to Speak'' edited by Joseph Geraci, (who also edited the European pedophile magazine ''Paidika'') and published by the Gay Men's Press. Tatchell wrote that the book was ‘courageous’. It documented ‘examples of societies where consenting inter-generational sex is considered normal’. He gave an example of a [[New Guinea]] tribe where ‘all young boys have sex with older warriors as part of their initiation into manhood’ and allegedly grow up to be ‘happy, well-adjusted husbands and fathers’. <ref> In the tribe described in this book, the men live apart from the women and have the minimal contact with them, regarding them as inferior and so disgusting even their smell must be avoided at all costs. The ethnic group is very small in numbers, and has remained extremely primitive, living at a stone-age level of civilization.</ref> Tatchell's letter asserted that sex or sodomy between adults and children as young as nine was normal and did no harm.
“The positive nature of some child-adult relations is not confined to non-Western cultures. Several of my friends – gay and straight, male and female – had sex with adults from the ages of 9 to 13. None feel they were abused. All say it was their conscious choice and gave them great joy. While it may be impossible to condone paedophilia, it is time society acknowledged the truth that not all sex involving children is unwanted, abusive and harmful,” said Tatchell. He did not name these "friends" but left himself open to speculation that he could be one of them.

In 1998, Tatchell wrote an obituary in ''The Independent'' for '''Ian Campbell Dunn''', co-founder and leader of PIE, describing him as a hero. Tatchell wrote “''IAN DUNN was a pioneer for lesbian and gay human rights, remaining a central figure in the battle for homosexual equality - in Scotland and internationally - for 30 years... In 1974, he and Derek Ogg convened the International Gay Rights Congress in Edinburgh - the first post-war conference of homosexual emancipation movements from around the world. This congress led to the formation of the International Lesbian & Gay Association (ILGA). Now a global federation of 400 gay rights groups in 60 countries, ILGA has played a pivotal role in getting gay equality.''” Dunn was jailed in 1984 in the UK for his pedophile activities. (See entry on [[Ian Campbell Dunn]].)

In 2000, Tatchell's pressure-group Outrage succeeded in forcing the UK government to reduce the age of consent for male homosexual behaviour from 18 to 16. This was never legalized by a parliamentary vote, but was ordered by the European Court of Human Rights, and then forced through parliament by dint of using Government special powers. When their victory was announced, Tatchell's Outrage group demonstrated displaying banners saying "16 is just a start". There are photographs proving this. <ref> https://enzaferreri.blogspot.com/2013/06/peter-tatchell-age-of-sexual-consent.html
AND https://marklambert.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/what-is-peter-tatchells-agenda-really.html</ref>

Tatchell continues to campaign tirelessly for the abolition of the age of consent, writing articles about it and making speeches on the radio.
In the ''Irish Independent'' newspaper on 10 March 2008 he repeated his call for a lower age of consent.

On 23 September 2010 Tatchell made a speech at the "Sex and the Law" conference in Sheffield, England, organised by the Centre for HIV and Sexual Health, in which he advocated lowering the age of consent to 14. He put the speech on his blog, then added a defensive paragraph claiming his motive was only to prevent youngsters under 14 from being criminalized and prosecuted. As it is not the child but the adult who is prosecuted, this explanation failed to convince everybody. <ref>
http://www.petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/age_of_consent/an-age-of-consent-of-14/</ref>

==Thug Tactics==

In April 1998, Tatchell and a group from Outrage stormed into Canterbury Cathedral, in Kent, England, during the Easter Day service, and deliberately interrupted the sermon being given by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey. They forced their way up into the pulpit shouting slogans and displaying placards denouncing the Archbishop for upholding Christian teaching on family, marriage and sexual behaviour. They shouted that he was guilty of "discrimination" for opposing a lowering of the age of consent for male homosexual behaviour to the same as that for heterosexual behaviour (an absurd accusation since the two involve quite different physical acts, and very different outcomes). They also condemned him for continuing to uphold a child's right to have a mother and father wherever possible.
Tatchell, who has no qualifications in theology and calls himself an atheist, called the Archbishop's conduct un-Christian. The congregation of two thousand people shouted "Get out, get out!" After a lengthy and noisy disruption he and the group were eventually ejected from the pulpit by a police officer and stewards and placed under arrest. "A Kent Police spokesman said: "One man is in custody on suspicion of damaging a microphone on the pulpit."
Tatchell was then charged with riotous behaviour and stood trial the following December. He was found guilty and fined the paltry sum of £18.60 plus £320 costs.
The previous year he had barged uninvited into the grounds of Lambeth Palace to make a similar protest.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/77536.stm
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/tatchell-charged-after-disrupting-careys-sermon-1156083.html
</ref>

In 2001 Tatchell went to Brussels to try to perform a "citizen's arrest" on [[Robert Mugabe]], the communist President of Zimbabwe, whose policies on homosexual rights did not meet Mr Tatchell's approval. He walked up to Mugabe outside a hotel, tried to physically detain him, and was surprised to find himself repulsed somewhat vigorously by the President's trained bodyguards. He later complained that he had been beaten up, possibly reminding some of the old adage that "fools rush in where angels fear to tread.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/06/zimbabwe.andrewosborn
</ref>

In 2013, Tatchell carried out a similar disruption at a concert given by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Hall in London, conducted by the distinguished Russian musician Valery Gergiev. Tatchell and some henchmen strode onto the platform, unfurled a banner and delivered a vociferous denunciation of the Russian government's prohibition of obscene [[gay pride]] parades or homosexual propaganda to schoolchildren. He had to be removed by the police.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10432221/Russian-conductor-Valery-Gergiev-hits-back-in-anti-gay-row.html</ref>

See also [[Pedophile Information Exchange]], [[Peter Righton]], [[Ian Campbell Dunn]]

==References==
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Peter Tatchell

2019-09-04T23:18:18Z

Ukimmoral:

'''Peter Gary Tatchell''' is a prominent British homosexual, [[homosexual rights]] and [[pedophile]] rights activist, who founded a group called [[Outrage]] that has campaigned since the 1980s for the reduction and ultimate abolition of all age-of-consent laws. He is known for his defence of the practice of pedophilia and his affiliation with members of the [[Pedophile Information Exchange]] (PIE). He has for many years written a column in ''[[The Guardian]]'', a left-wing newspaper.

Born in [[Melbourne]], Australia in 1952, Tatchell was the only child of working-class, [[evangelical]] [[Christian]] parents. However, he declares himself to be an [[atheist]]. His parents divorced when he was four.<ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/comingoutasatheistpetertatchellg.html</ref>
He moved to UK in 1971 to avoid National Service in the Australian army. He was aged 18 and was accompanied by a 16-year-old male partner. Their relationship had already been going on for some time.

Tatchell started working as a journalist campaigning for homosexual and pedophile rights. He joined the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), had close friendships with many members of P.I.E. and appeared on platforms with them. He wrote "GLF's main aim was never equality within the status quo. [...] GLF's strategy for queer emancipation was to change society's values and norms". <ref> Tatchell,Peter. "The Gay Liberation Front's social revolution". The Guardian 12 October 2010.</ref>

In 1983 he stood as the [[Labour Party]] candidate for Bermondsey, south London in a parliamentary by-election and even though the Bermondsey seat had long been a Labour stronghold, the Liberal candidate won the election. Since 2004 he has been a member of the [[Green Party (UK)|Green Party]].

==Connections with Pedophilia==

In 1986 Tatchell contributed a chapter to a book entitled ''Betrayal of Youth'' produced by several official members of PIE. The editor was '''Warren Middleton''', a founder member of PIE. This book argued for the complete abolition of any ages of consent and asserted that children seek and enjoy sex with adults. The book, whose title spells the acronym BOY, advocates incest and group sex as well as pedophilia. It was researched by Matthew Hopkins who placed xeroxes of it on his website.
In chapter 9, entitled ‘Questioning Ages of Minority and Ages of Consent’ Tatchell asks ‘What purpose does it [the age of consent] serve other than reinforcing a set of increasingly quaint, minority moral values left over from the Victorian era?’ The chapter just after Tatchell's is entitled ‘Ends and Means: How to Make Paedophilia Acceptable’ and opens with an account of sexual activity between an adult and two 8-year-old boys before describing it as ‘all very normal to a libertarian, even to some open-minded parents’.”
Many of the co-authors were not only open members of PIE but have been convicted since then of pedophile offences. The book is out of print but there is a copy in the British Library. Matthew Hopkins has made a scan which can be accessed through his website.<ref>
http://www.matthewhopkinsnews.com/SharedPublic/BetrayalOfYouthTatchell.pdf
</ref>
The book is also reproduced on Ian Pace's website. <ref> https://ianpace.wordpress.com/2014/07/05/betrayal-of-youth-1986-including-the-contributions-of-middleton-owens-faust-tatchell/</ref>

In 1997 Tatchell advocated legalized pederasty in this article: "I'm 14, I'm gay & I want a boyfriend".
<ref>(NB ''Abusing the word boyfriend to mean sodomitical partner''). http://www.ipce.info/newsletters/e_22/2_16_Lee.htm</ref> Tatchell claims he has interviewed a 14-year-old boy named Lee who is quoted as saying that he is “having sex with” older guys and the only problem is that it's illegal. Lee confesses that he has been involved in homosexual activity in toilets, parks and bushes since he was eight, has been used as a prostitute by men who sometimes tied him up and raped him, has taken drugs, but still thinks there is no problem and it should all be legalized. Tatchell maintains that his acquaintance with these fourteen-year-old rent boys is in a purely professional capacity, as an interviewer and researcher.

On June 26, 1997, Peter Tatchell wrote a letter to ''The Guardian'' newspaper defending a book that advocated pedophilia, ''Dares to Speak'' edited by Joseph Geraci, (who also edited the European pedophile magazine ''Paidika'') and published by the Gay Men's Press. Tatchell wrote that the book was ‘courageous’. It documented ‘examples of societies where consenting inter-generational sex is considered normal’. He gave an example of a New Guinea tribe where ‘all young boys have sex with older warriors as part of their initiation into manhood’ and allegedly grow up to be ‘happy, well-adjusted husbands and fathers’. <ref> In the tribe described in this book, the men live apart from the women and have the minimal contact with them, regarding them as inferior and so disgusting even their smell must be avoided at all costs. The ethnic group is very small in numbers, and has remained extremely primitive, living at a stone-age level of civilization.</ref> Tatchell's letter asserted that sex or sodomy between adults and children as young as nine was normal and did no harm.
“The positive nature of some child-adult relations is not confined to non-Western cultures. Several of my friends – gay and straight, male and female – had sex with adults from the ages of 9 to 13. None feel they were abused. All say it was their conscious choice and gave them great joy. While it may be impossible to condone paedophilia, it is time society acknowledged the truth that not all sex involving children is unwanted, abusive and harmful,” said Tatchell. He did not name these "friends" but left himself open to speculation that he could be one of them.

In 1998, Tatchell wrote an obituary in ''The Independent'' for '''Ian Campbell Dunn''', co-founder and leader of PIE, describing him as a hero. Tatchell wrote “''IAN DUNN was a pioneer for lesbian and gay human rights, remaining a central figure in the battle for homosexual equality - in Scotland and internationally - for 30 years... In 1974, he and Derek Ogg convened the International Gay Rights Congress in Edinburgh - the first post-war conference of homosexual emancipation movements from around the world. This congress led to the formation of the International Lesbian & Gay Association (ILGA). Now a global federation of 400 gay rights groups in 60 countries, ILGA has played a pivotal role in getting gay equality.''” Dunn was jailed in 1984 in the UK for his pedophile activities. (See entry on [[Ian Campbell Dunn]].)

In 2000, Tatchell's pressure-group Outrage succeeded in forcing the UK government to reduce the age of consent for homosexuality from 18 to 16. This was never legalized by a parliamentary vote, but was ordered by the European Court of Human Rights, and then forced through parliament by dint of using Government special powers. When their victory was announced, Tatchell's Outrage group demonstrated displaying banners saying "16 is just a start". There are photographs proving this. <ref> https://enzaferreri.blogspot.com/2013/06/peter-tatchell-age-of-sexual-consent.html
AND https://marklambert.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/what-is-peter-tatchells-agenda-really.html</ref>

Tatchell continues to campaign tirelessly for the abolition of the age of consent, writing articles about it and making speeches on the radio.
In the ''Irish Independent'' newspaper on 10 March 2008 he repeated his call for a lower age of consent.

On 23 September 2010 Tatchell made a speech at the "Sex and the Law" conference in Sheffield, England, organised by the Centre for HIV and Sexual Health, in which he advocated lowering the age of consent to 14. He put the speech on his blog, then added a defensive paragraph claiming his motive was only to prevent youngsters under 14 from being criminalized and prosecuted. As it is not the child but the adult who is prosecuted, this explanation failed to convince everybody. <ref>
http://www.petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/age_of_consent/an-age-of-consent-of-14/</ref>

==Thug Tactics==

In April 1998, Tatchell and a group from Outrage stormed into Canterbury Cathedral, in Kent, England, during the Easter Day service, and deliberately interrupted the sermon being given by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey. They forced their way up into the pulpit shouting slogans and displaying placards denouncing the Archbishop for upholding Christian teaching on family, marriage and sexual behaviour. They shouted that he was guilty of "discrimination" for opposing a lowering of the age of consent for male homosexual behaviour to the same as that for heterosexual behaviour (an absurd accusation since the two involve quite different physical acts, and very different outcomes). They also condemned him for continuing to uphold a child's right to have a mother and father wherever possible.
Tatchell, who has no qualifications in theology and calls himself an atheist, called the Archbishop's conduct un-Christian. The congregation of two thousand people shouted "Get out, get out!" After a lengthy and noisy disruption he and the group were eventually ejected from the pulpit by a police officer and stewards and placed under arrest. "A Kent Police spokesman said: "One man is in custody on suspicion of damaging a microphone on the pulpit."
Tatchell was then charged with riotous behaviour and stood trial the following December. He was found guilty and fined the paltry sum of £18.60 plus £320 costs.
The previous year he had barged uninvited into the grounds of Lambeth Palace to make a similar protest.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/77536.stm
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/tatchell-charged-after-disrupting-careys-sermon-1156083.html
</ref>

In 2001 Tatchell went to Brussels to try to perform a "citizen's arrest" on [[Robert Mugabe]], the communist President of Zimbabwe, whose policies on homosexual rights did not meet Mr Tatchell's approval. He walked up to Mugabe outside a hotel, tried to physically detain him, and was surprised to find himself repulsed somewhat vigorously by the President's trained bodyguards. He later complained that he had been beaten up, possibly reminding some of the old adage that "fools rush in where angels fear to tread.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/06/zimbabwe.andrewosborn
</ref>

In 2013, Tatchell carried out a similar disruption at a concert given by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Hall in London, conducted by the distinguished Russian musician Valery Gergiev. Tatchell and some henchmen strode onto the platform, unfurled a banner and delivered a vociferous denunciation of the Russian government's prohibition of obscene homosexual parades or homosexual propaganda to schoolchildren. He had to be removed by the police.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10432221/Russian-conductor-Valery-Gergiev-hits-back-in-anti-gay-row.html</ref>

See also [[Pedophile Information Exchange]], [[Peter Righton]], [[Ian Campbell Dunn]]

==References==
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Matthew Sephton

2019-09-04T23:10:51Z

Ukimmoral: /* Politician Behind Same-Sex Marriage */

'''Matthew Sephton''' (born 1976) is a British [[homosexual]] activist and Chairman of the LGBT group of the Conservative party. He was convicted as a [[pedophile]] in January 2018. He was a leading advocate for same-sex "marriage". His case provides another example of the close links between [[homosexuality]] and [[pedophilia]]. It compares closely with the case of [[Larry Brinkin]].

Sephton is not the first leading light of LGBTory to be a pedophile. In fact, he is keeping up a long tradition started by its founder [[Peter Walter Campbell]].<ref>https://voice1nthecrowd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/peter-campbell-conservative-party.html</ref>

==Politician Behind Same-Sex Marriage==
Sephton was Chairman of LGBTCons, the [[Conservative Party]] LGBT group, for five years from 2009 until 2014, during which time the leaders of the party, in a coalition government with the [[Liberal Democrats]], passed the law redefining marriage to include same-sex couples. Those who argued it might be an invitation to pedophiles were ignored, shouted down or called "bigots" and accused of "homophobia".

In 2013 Sephton was praised by the LGBT extremist magazine [[Pink News]] for his marvelous work promoting same-sex marriage. He was quoted as saying "Equal Marriage is putting new life into the Conservative party". <ref> https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/16/conservative-lgbt-group-chairman-equal-marriage-is-putting-life-back-into-the-tory-party/ </ref>
The following year he told Pink News " “Last year we were at the forefront of work to ensure the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act""
<ref>https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/01/27/lgbtory-chairman-matthew-sephton-steps-down-from-post/</ref>

==Charged and Convicted==
Sephton, who worked as a primary school teacher as well as being a Conservative local councillor in Manchester, was found guilty in January 2018 of possessing extreme pornography and indecent images of children. When officers from the National Crime Agency raided his home in Maximus Drive, Altrincham, in December 2016, a total of 31 indecent videos and 3,774 indecent images of children were discovered on devices belonging to him, including his computer and two mobile phones.

Sephton was also convicted of distributing the pornographic images as
police found records of texts sent to another male homosexual pedophile, Richard Willis, a Conservative councillor. In one exchange, discussing a picture, Mr Sephton asked: “How old is he?” The reply was: “About 14,” to which he said: “Yum - any younger?”

Sephton was found to have been searching for pictures of nude boys online, and using internet chatroom websites for paedophiles. Some of the material in his possession was categorized as "extreme". He was convicted by a jury, and sentenced to two years and nine months in prison.
<ref>https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/councillor-primary-school-teacher-matthew-14207011</ref>
<ref>
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5317961/Former-teacher-councillor-jailed-child-abuse-images.html</ref>
<ref>
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5306297/Primary-school-teacher-illegal-porn-laptop.html</ref>

==See also==
*[[Larry Brinkin]]
*[[Paul Newton and Peter Truong]]
*[[Pedophile Information Exchange]]
*[[Peter Ashman]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sephton, Matthew}}
[[Category:Homosexual Activists]]
[[Category:Criminals]]

Matthew Sephton

2019-09-04T23:07:31Z

Ukimmoral: /* Politician Behind Same-Sex Marriage */

'''Matthew Sephton''' (born 1976) is a British [[homosexual]] activist and Chairman of the LGBT group of the Conservative party. He was convicted as a [[pedophile]] in January 2018. He was a leading advocate for same-sex "marriage". His case provides another example of the close links between [[homosexuality]] and [[pedophilia]]. It compares closely with the case of [[Larry Brinkin]].

Sephton is not the first leading light of LGBTory to be a pedophile. In fact, he is keeping up a long tradition started by its founder [[Peter Walter Campbell]].<ref>https://voice1nthecrowd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/peter-campbell-conservative-party.html</ref>

==Politician Behind Same-Sex Marriage==
Sephton was Chairman of LGBTCons, the [[Conservative party]] LGBT group, for five years from 2009 until 2014, during which time the leaders of the party, in a coalition government with the [[Liberal Democrats]], passed the law redefining marriage to include same-sex couples. Those who argued it might be an invitation to pedophiles were ignored, shouted down or called "bigots" and accused of "homophobia".

In 2013 Sephton was praised by the LGBT extremist magazine [[Pink News]] for his marvelous work promoting same-sex marriage. He was quoted as saying "Equal Marriage is putting new life into the Conservative party". <ref> https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/16/conservative-lgbt-group-chairman-equal-marriage-is-putting-life-back-into-the-tory-party/ </ref>
The following year he told Pink News " “Last year we were at the forefront of work to ensure the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act""
<ref>https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/01/27/lgbtory-chairman-matthew-sephton-steps-down-from-post/</ref>

==Charged and Convicted==
Sephton, who worked as a primary school teacher as well as being a Conservative local councillor in Manchester, was found guilty in January 2018 of possessing extreme pornography and indecent images of children. When officers from the National Crime Agency raided his home in Maximus Drive, Altrincham, in December 2016, a total of 31 indecent videos and 3,774 indecent images of children were discovered on devices belonging to him, including his computer and two mobile phones.

Sephton was also convicted of distributing the pornographic images as
police found records of texts sent to another male homosexual pedophile, Richard Willis, a Conservative councillor. In one exchange, discussing a picture, Mr Sephton asked: “How old is he?” The reply was: “About 14,” to which he said: “Yum - any younger?”

Sephton was found to have been searching for pictures of nude boys online, and using internet chatroom websites for paedophiles. Some of the material in his possession was categorized as "extreme". He was convicted by a jury, and sentenced to two years and nine months in prison.
<ref>https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/councillor-primary-school-teacher-matthew-14207011</ref>
<ref>
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5317961/Former-teacher-councillor-jailed-child-abuse-images.html</ref>
<ref>
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5306297/Primary-school-teacher-illegal-porn-laptop.html</ref>

==See also==
*[[Larry Brinkin]]
*[[Paul Newton and Peter Truong]]
*[[Pedophile Information Exchange]]
*[[Peter Ashman]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sephton, Matthew}}
[[Category:Homosexual Activists]]
[[Category:Criminals]]

Peter Ashman

2019-09-04T23:00:10Z

Ukimmoral: /* Personal Life */

'''Peter Ashman''' (1951 -2014) was a lawyer, activist and campaigner for the homosexual and paedophile agenda in the [[United Kingdom]].

=Early Career and Links to PIE=
Ashman started his activist career as a member of the [[Gay Liberation Front]] and the [[Campaign for Homosexual Equality]], both of which included in their agenda the abolition of all ages of consent for sexual relations. Both organizations had many members in common with the notorious [[Pedophile Information Exchange]], (PIE), which campaigned for the so-called "rights" of pedophiles to molest children of any age, even babies. Members of PIE have been convicted of serious child abuse offences, including assault, rape and making or distributing child pornography.

==Letter to Guardian==
On September 25 1976, Ashman wrote an angry letter to ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper complaining about the criticism of CHE for endorsing PIE and allowing it to campaign at its conference. Ashman demanded to see evidence that sex or deviant relations between adults and children had ever done any harm, and denounced those who disapproved of pedophilia for “prejudice, ignorance and bigotry”.
<ref>http://spotlightonabuse.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/g150975.jpg</ref>

=Founder of ILGA=
In 1978, Ashman "was contacted by the Dutch homosexual rights group, COC, to discuss setting up an international homosexual rights association. It was agreed to hold a meeting in the margins of CHE’s annual conference in Coventry in August 1978. Activists from 14 countries attended. The group split into two working parties, one to formulate the broad aims of the organisation, chaired by the late Janherman Veenker of the Netherlands, the other, chaired by Peter, to set out how it would work and develop a list of political actions. It was typical of his quiet effectiveness that his working party emerged at the end of the day with a workable operating structure, and an extensive and concrete list of actions. The latter included far-seeing campaigns that were to become the standard fare of international advocacy work for LGBT rights in the next decades".
COC NEDERLAND is a Dutch organization campaigning for pro-homosexual and pedophile legislation. COC originally stood for Cultuur en Ontspanningscentrum (Center for Culture and Leisure), which was intended as a “cover” name for its real purpose, which is to promote homosexuality and pedophilia. It is quite open about this, and working with other LGBT organizations it has succeeded in getting the age of consent in the Netherlands lowered to 12. This makes it very difficult for police to take action against the child prostitution business that flourishes in the Netherlands. COC gets public funding and is allowed to teach classes to children in schools, promoting homosexuality and encouraging underage sex.
COC has publicly stated: "The liberation of pedophilia must be viewed as a gay issue . . . [and that] ages of consent should therefore be abolished . . . by acknowledging the affinity between homosexuality and pedophilia, the COC has quite possible made it easier for homosexual adults to become more sensitive to the erotic desires of younger members of their sex, thereby broadening gay identity.”

==Founder Member of Stonewall==
In England, Ashman was one of the founder members of [[Stonewall]], the pressure group that campaigned to lower the age of consent for male homosexuals from 21 to 16, and to legalize the active promotion of homosexuality in schools.

==Setting up of European Human Rights Foundation==
Ashman was one of the lawyers who set up the European Human Rights
Foundation, under the auspices of the [[European Union]]. In 1992 he became its director, on a very high salary. He persuaded the EU to allocate hundreds of millions of euros per year to promoting the LGBT-paedophile agenda, even in countries whose own national parliaments oppose it, regarding it as against their religious belief and culture. Member states from Ireland to Croatia have been incentivized or pressurized to adopt LGBT legislation, if they want to remain in the EU. The EHRF and its "gay" rights office funds the lobbying of foreign nations outside the EU. It gives large subsidies to LGBT groups all over the world to spread their propaganda and agenda.

==Unethical Behavior as Lawyer==
Ashman openly encouraged people to enter bogus marriages in order to get residency rights in the UK, and thought that this was justified if the purpose was to enable a foreign homosexual to evade immigration regulations. In one case he acted as "best man" for such a bogus wedding. In another case he helped a man called Robert Weeks abscond from an open prison and flee abroad. Ashman organized suitable documents for Weeks, who had a long list of convictions for burglary, assault, unlawful possession of firearms, and attacking hostel wardens with knives.

==Personal Life==
For many years Ashman took regular holidays in [[Thailand]] which is a favorite spot for Western homosexuals seeking underage partners. At the age of 57, he entered into a civil partnership with a pretty young man forty years his junior, named Poramate Jitsopas, from Bangkok.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/pjitsopas</ref> Ashman died aged 63, of pancreatic cancer, a disease which has been linked to the [[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]].<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22695133</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/20/peter-ashman</ref><ref>http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/news/latest/peter_ashman</ref><ref>http://ilga.org/about-us/1978-2007-a-chronology/</ref><ref>http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/fra/pages/search.aspx?i=001-57594#{"itemid":["001-57594"]}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Homosexual Activists]]
[[Category:United Kingdom]]

Peter Ashman

2019-09-04T22:57:27Z

Ukimmoral:

'''Peter Ashman''' (1951 -2014) was a lawyer, activist and campaigner for the homosexual and paedophile agenda in the [[United Kingdom]].

=Early Career and Links to PIE=
Ashman started his activist career as a member of the [[Gay Liberation Front]] and the [[Campaign for Homosexual Equality]], both of which included in their agenda the abolition of all ages of consent for sexual relations. Both organizations had many members in common with the notorious [[Pedophile Information Exchange]], (PIE), which campaigned for the so-called "rights" of pedophiles to molest children of any age, even babies. Members of PIE have been convicted of serious child abuse offences, including assault, rape and making or distributing child pornography.

==Letter to Guardian==
On September 25 1976, Ashman wrote an angry letter to ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper complaining about the criticism of CHE for endorsing PIE and allowing it to campaign at its conference. Ashman demanded to see evidence that sex or deviant relations between adults and children had ever done any harm, and denounced those who disapproved of pedophilia for “prejudice, ignorance and bigotry”.
<ref>http://spotlightonabuse.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/g150975.jpg</ref>

=Founder of ILGA=
In 1978, Ashman "was contacted by the Dutch homosexual rights group, COC, to discuss setting up an international homosexual rights association. It was agreed to hold a meeting in the margins of CHE’s annual conference in Coventry in August 1978. Activists from 14 countries attended. The group split into two working parties, one to formulate the broad aims of the organisation, chaired by the late Janherman Veenker of the Netherlands, the other, chaired by Peter, to set out how it would work and develop a list of political actions. It was typical of his quiet effectiveness that his working party emerged at the end of the day with a workable operating structure, and an extensive and concrete list of actions. The latter included far-seeing campaigns that were to become the standard fare of international advocacy work for LGBT rights in the next decades".
COC NEDERLAND is a Dutch organization campaigning for pro-homosexual and pedophile legislation. COC originally stood for Cultuur en Ontspanningscentrum (Center for Culture and Leisure), which was intended as a “cover” name for its real purpose, which is to promote homosexuality and pedophilia. It is quite open about this, and working with other LGBT organizations it has succeeded in getting the age of consent in the Netherlands lowered to 12. This makes it very difficult for police to take action against the child prostitution business that flourishes in the Netherlands. COC gets public funding and is allowed to teach classes to children in schools, promoting homosexuality and encouraging underage sex.
COC has publicly stated: "The liberation of pedophilia must be viewed as a gay issue . . . [and that] ages of consent should therefore be abolished . . . by acknowledging the affinity between homosexuality and pedophilia, the COC has quite possible made it easier for homosexual adults to become more sensitive to the erotic desires of younger members of their sex, thereby broadening gay identity.”

==Founder Member of Stonewall==
In England, Ashman was one of the founder members of [[Stonewall]], the pressure group that campaigned to lower the age of consent for male homosexuals from 21 to 16, and to legalize the active promotion of homosexuality in schools.

==Setting up of European Human Rights Foundation==
Ashman was one of the lawyers who set up the European Human Rights
Foundation, under the auspices of the [[European Union]]. In 1992 he became its director, on a very high salary. He persuaded the EU to allocate hundreds of millions of euros per year to promoting the LGBT-paedophile agenda, even in countries whose own national parliaments oppose it, regarding it as against their religious belief and culture. Member states from Ireland to Croatia have been incentivized or pressurized to adopt LGBT legislation, if they want to remain in the EU. The EHRF and its "gay" rights office funds the lobbying of foreign nations outside the EU. It gives large subsidies to LGBT groups all over the world to spread their propaganda and agenda.

==Unethical Behavior as Lawyer==
Ashman openly encouraged people to enter bogus marriages in order to get residency rights in the UK, and thought that this was justified if the purpose was to enable a foreign homosexual to evade immigration regulations. In one case he acted as "best man" for such a bogus wedding. In another case he helped a man called Robert Weeks abscond from an open prison and flee abroad. Ashman organized suitable documents for Weeks, who had a long list of convictions for burglary, assault, unlawful possession of firearms, and attacking hostel wardens with knives.

==Personal Life==
For many years Ashman took regular holidays in [[Thailand]] which is a favorite spot for Western homosexuals seeking underage partners. At the age of 57, he entered into a civil partnership with a pretty young man forty years his junior, named Poramate Jitsopas, from Bangkok.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/pjitsopas</ref> Ashman died aged 63, of pancreatic cancer, a disease which has been linked to [[Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV]].<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22695133</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/20/peter-ashman</ref><ref>http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/news/latest/peter_ashman</ref><ref>http://ilga.org/about-us/1978-2007-a-chronology/</ref><ref>http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/fra/pages/search.aspx?i=001-57594#{"itemid":["001-57594"]}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Homosexual Activists]]
[[Category:United Kingdom]]

Pete Buttigieg

2019-09-04T22:32:33Z

Ukimmoral: /* "Progressive" faith and social gospel */

[[File:Mr. and Mr. Buttigieg.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mr. & Mr. Pete Buttigieg.]]
'''Peter (Paul Montgomery) Buttigieg ''' (pron. ''Peter Boota-judge''<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=242106 Buttigieg, Pete]</ref>) was born January 19, 1982, and is the mayor of South Bend, [[Indiana]] since 2012.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/us/pete-buttigieg-fast-facts/index.html] Pete Buttigieg Fast Facts</ref> According to FBI crime statistics, violent crime has risen year after year since Buttigieg's election. As mayor, Buttigieg oversees South Bend's systemic racism.

According to ''[[The New York Times]]'' one of Buttigieg's first actions as mayor was to fire and demote the city's popular Black police chief.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/us/politics/buttigieg-black-police-chief-fired.html</ref> The Obama [[FBI]] under its disgraced director [[James Comey]] was investigating the city's first [[Black]] police chief for allegedly illegal wiretapping. No federal or state charges were ever filed against the chief. Buttigieg told [[CNN]], "This wasn’t about the nuances of the Wiretap Act, this was about whether people could trust their police department.” Upon firing, the former chief sued Buttigieg for [[racial]] [[discrimination]] and [[civil rights]] violations,<ref>https://www.law360.com/cases/51a8de786f823f7110000001</ref> costing the city in excess of $2 million.<ref>https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/politics/buttigieg-record-with-black-south-bend-residents-under-spotlight-he/article_802c5c8b-80e0-507e-aa6c-684c46db9b87.html</ref> When confronted by [[Black Lives Matter]] protesters, Buttigieg read from a prepared script saying, "I'm not asking for your vote."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjT5MlOoUUI&feature=youtu.be</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/ZhlJntrzrD8</ref>

Hours after hosting a town hall meeting which interrupted his campaign schedule to address police violence toward the black community, six shootings occurred throughout the city leaving one dead and 10 injured.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/six-shootings-in-south-bend-after-buttigieg-town-hall/</ref>

Buttigieg's father, a [[communist]], joined Notre Dame's faculty as a professor of modern European literature and literary theory in 1980.<ref>Larsen, Emily; Simonson, Joseph (April 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigiegs-father-was-a-marxist-professor-who-lauded-the-communist-manifesto Pete Buttigieg's father was a Marxist professor who lauded the Communist Manifesto]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 2, 2019.</ref> Buttigieg announced his candidacy for the [[Democratic party]] nomination in the [[2020 Presidential election]] on April 14, 2019.<ref>Moran, Sean (April 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/14/pete-buttigieg-announces-2020-democrat-presidential-campaign/ Pete Buttigieg Announces 2020 Democrat Presidential Campaign]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 14, 2019.</ref> His campaign has reportedly slandered his conservative and Christian brother-in-law,<ref>Multiple references:
*Spiering, Charlie (May 30, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/30/brother-says-chasten-buttigieg-smearing-family-anti-gay/ Brother Says Chasten Buttigieg Is Smearing Their Family as Anti-Gay]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
*Shaw, Adam (May 30, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-brother-in-law-rips-candidate-accuses-campaign-of-misrepresenting-familys-past Buttigieg brother-in-law rips candidate, accuses campaign of misrepresenting family's past]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
*Crilly, Rob (May 30, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigieg-brother-in-law-accuses-2020-candidate-of-lying-about-his-family-for-political-gain Buttigieg brother-in-law accuses 2020 candidate of lying about his family for political gain]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.</ref> and has attacked Black churches for [[homophobia]].

Buttigieg is a [[leftwing]] [[conspiracy theorist]] who believes America is under attack by [[white]] people<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-buttigieg-el-paso-shooting-white-nationalism_n_5d460f8fe4b0ca604e330847</ref> and that the U.S. was "never as great as advertised."<ref>Rambaran, Vandana (May 7, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-trump-america-great-never-advertised Buttigieg says American past Trump wants to return to 'never as great as advertised']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 7, 2019.</ref> He has been referred to as the American [[Justin Trudeau]].<ref>https://twitter.com/V_actually/status/1138072878178611200/photo/1</ref>

Buttigieg has virtually no support by African Americans, who are essential to a presidential nomination by the [[Democrat Party]]. In May 2019 he polled at 0% support by blacks in [[South Carolina]] where black voters make up 61 percent of the electorate (although a poll a month later showed 6% support,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/17/buttigiegs-approach-courting-black-voters-appears-be-working/</ref> and which holds a pivotal early primary and very few blacks are willing even to attend his events:
{{cquote|He scheduled a meet-and-greet Monday in Orangeburg — a city that is 76 percent black — but only a dozen or so people of color showed up in a crowd of more than 100. At a town hall the night before — held at a North Charleston high school where minority enrollment is 97 percent in a city that is roughly half-black — it was another overwhelmingly white audience.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/06/pete-buttigieg-2020-black-voters-1307358</ref>}}

==Background and career==
===Upbringing and education===
[[File:Buttigieg-alfred-e-neuman.jpg|right|250px|thumb|President Trump remarked on the resemblance of Buttigieg to Alfred E. Neuman; Buttigieg, a man of the world who speaks seven languages, had no idea what President Trump was talking about. Alfred E. Neuman was a perennial presidential candidate for many years.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2012/11/write-in-for-alfred-e-neumann-083400</ref>]]
An only child, Buttigieg had always been close with his father, Joseph Buttigieg, a University of Notre Dame professor who passed away in 2019. The senior Buttigieg had a profound impact on "Mayor Pete." <ref>https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a26867874/joseph-buttigieg-pete-buttigieg-father/</ref> Joseph Buttigieg supported a revised version of Marxism that dispensed with some of the more doctrinaire theories of Marx and Engel's, yet he was clearly Marxist. “Equity, environmental consciousness, and racial justice are surely some of the ingredients of a healthy Marxism" he wrote. According to Paul Kengor, Grove City College professor and expert in communism and progressivism, Buttigieg was among a group of leftist professors who focused on injecting Marxism into the wider culture.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigiegs-father-was-a-marxist-professor-who-lauded-the-communist-manifesto</ref> The senior Buttigieg wrote that he found Marx's description of emancipation as the eradication of humans' alienation from each other and their alienation from their own productive and creative activity to be "compelling." And that to reach this ''kind of freedom'', "the many forms of oppressive structural relations must be confronted and altered and, just as important, the constitution of social agents cannot be limited to the liberal language of rights."<ref>Is the struggle for human rights a struggle for emancipation? Neve Gordon, Jacinda Swanson, & Joseph A. Buttigieg, Rethinking Marxism: A Journal of Economics, Culture & Society, 12 January 2013 [http://www.bgu.ac.il/~ngordon/Marx%20Article.pdf]</ref>

In high school, Peter Buttigieg began thinking about running for political office, and he became senior-class president, valedictorian, and president of the school's chapter of Amnesty International, where he objected to the group's focus on "Ay-rabs." Later, Buttigieg wrote an essay commending the courage of then-congressman [[Bernie Sanders]]. Being invited to the JFK library, he met Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] who offered him an internship. Buttigieg was accepted to Harvard University where he became the student president at Harvard's Institute of Politics. The (very liberal) ''New Yorker'' described this role as being “sought by the most ambitious of the exceptionally ambitious." Buttigieg succeeded retired senator David Pryor (one of Bill Clinton's key political mentors) whom he thanked for providing “the political education we really needed." Buttigieg wrote a regular column for the ''Harvard Crimson'', in one of which raved about rap star [[Eminem]] who was ‘dumping it on White America,’ building a new narrative — aggressively American, abused, angry and alarming.

Buttigieg obtained a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] which enabled him to enter Oxford, where he says he found that supply and demand cannot be expected to deliver fair prices or efficient outcomes in many situations. Buttigieg graduated with the highest grade possible.
===Political career===
[[File:Plot1.png|left|400px|thumb|FBI crime data since Mayor Pete took office.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/south-bends-violent-crime-continues-to-skyrocket-under-buttigieg/</ref>]]
Once out of college, Buttigieg did research and press work for John Kerry's presidential campaign. In 2007 Buttigieg was employed at McKinsey & Company in Chicago, where he realized that "despite all my education, I felt ignorant about how the private sector really worked." Buttigieg ran for Indiana state treasurer in 2010, though at $68,772 per year he says it paid less than half of what he already was making. In 2009 and 2010 Buttigieg openly advocated support for the auto-industry bailout, but lost the election for state treasurer to the incumbent treasurer Richard Mourdock, who opposed the bailout.

Buttigieg's next step on the political ladder was that of being elected mayor of heavily Democratic South Bend, Indiana, in which [[single party control|every mayor since 1972]] has been a Democrat. Buttigieg won 80% with a total turnout of 8,000 in a city of 100,000. Despite this majority vote, Buttigieg has overseen rising crime, homelessness, and drug use. South Bend is among the 3% most violent cities in America, and is among the highest 30 cities for top murder rates, and with violent crimes being three times higher than in the rest of Indiana, while property crimes are five times higher. Overall South Bend is safer than just 3% of U.S. cities.<ref>[https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/in/south-bend/crime Location Inc®, South Bend, IN Crime Rates] Accessed 07/06/19</ref> In 2015 South Bend had a murder rate that ranked it the 29th-worst among the 300 American cities with 100,000 people or more.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/pete-buttigieg-biography-views-democratic-presidential-candidate/</ref>

Nonetheless, as mayor, he received praise from the very liberal ''Washington Post'' (which focused on him being a mayor who while serving six-month deployment to Afghanistan as a naval reservist), for his plan on dealing with 1,000 vacant lots and abandoned buildings in 1,000 days. However, he also faced much criticism for handling a scandal (which developed shortly after his election) regarding illegal recordings by the police department of allegedly racist statements by certain officers against the black police chief, and which ended up involving the FBI. This resulted in an ongoing legal fight that has been the longest-running and most expensive one the city history, costing taxpayers more than $2 million thus far.

In April 2019, ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote about Buttigieg and South Bend, Indiana:
{{Cquote|...Buttigieg’s focus on downtown has been criticized for coming at the expense of other neighborhoods. More than a quarter of the population still lives at or below the poverty line, well above the national average of 14%. Crime is also high. There were 15 murders, 93 rapes and 345 robberies per 100,000 in South Bend in 2017, compared to six, 52 and 339 per 100,000 in 2010, according to City-Data.com.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/17/pete-buttigieg-2020-run-south-bend-poverty-crime Does everyone really love Mayor Pete? His home town has some answers], The Guardian, April 2019</ref>}}

Buttigieg endorsed Clinton late in the primary in 2016, and after Trump's election, Buttigieg announced he would run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, running against [[Keith Ellison]] and [[Tom Perez]] but was defeated because he's [[white]].

Mainstream media promotion for Buttigieg being president began early, with ''New York Times'' columnist Frank Bruni writing a column in 2016 entitled “The First Gay President?” asserting it would be hard to find a more perfect Democratic candidate, who always “seems always to say just the right thing, in just the right tone.”<ref>''National Review'', March 22, 2019 [https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/pete-buttigieg-biography-views-democratic-presidential-candidate "Twenty things you probably didn’t know about Pete Buttigieg"]</ref>

===Naval reserves===
Buttigieg participated in protests against the war in Iraq while he was at Harvard. Buttigieg stated that he decided to sign up for the Navy Reserves in 2009 after being sent to knock on doors while canvassing in Iowa for Barack Obama in 2008 and many of the people who answered were in the armed forces. Buttigieg also thinks that America may have never had gone to war in Iraq if more elected officials had served or had family members in the military.<ref>''The Washington Post'', March 10, 2014 [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/03/10/the-most-interesting-mayor-youve-never-heard-of/ The most interesting mayor you’ve never heard of]</ref>

Buttigieg began serving in the U.S. Navy Reserve in 2009 and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2014<ref>https://www.axios.com/pete-buttigieg-2020-presidential-election-factsheet-indiana-mayor-020c5afc-c8a2-4691-940c-b271e63306b1.html</ref> for 6 months, having volunteered for an overseas deployment as an intelligence officer and having reached the rank of lieutenant. Buttigieg had previously become acquainted with Afghanistan as a civilian advisor at McKinsey & Company of Chicago and preferred that location as an overseas assignment. Buttigieg served in the Afghanistan Threat Finance Cell (ATFC) in Kabul, placing him in “an imminent danger pay area” from late March to mid-September 2014. He was part of a unit assigned to identify and disrupt terrorist finance networks, mainly a desk job, but he wrote that while he expected to spend the bulk of his time as an intelligence analyst “behind a sophisticated computer terminal in a secure area," he states that he went “outside the wire” 119 times leaving the relative safety of the base as a vehicle commander on convoy security detail in dangerous parts of Kabul as an armed driver. However, apparently, he did not engage in direct combat, which would have earned him a Navy combat ribbon. Military officials state that Buttigieg received standard medals and decorations for a member who served overseas in the war on terror, such as citations for rifle and pistol marksmanship, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Overseas Service Ribbon, and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal for service in a combat zone.<ref>The Hill, News Communications, Inc.. 05/05/19 [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/442082-documents-provide-glimpse-into-buttigiegs-military-service Documents provide glimpse into Buttigieg's military service]</ref>

Buttigieg invokes his military service at nearly every campaign stop, using it as both a sword and a shield in his campaigning.<ref>CNN, Turner Broadcasting System, May 17, 2019 [https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/17/politics/buttigieg-military-service-2020/index.html Buttigieg wields his military credentials: 'It's not like I killed Bin Laden,' but it was dangerous]</ref>

Buttigieg stated that he approached military service ethically and morally by telling himself at the time was that there are cases where violence is necessary in order to prevent greater violence. However, as regards experiencing any injury as a consequence of having been to Afghanistan, he said that it was not from moments when he was afraid of being killed, as much as it was from moments when he may have participated in killing. Over time he began to realize that was the part with which he was having the hardest time coming to terms. He added as regards what people in the military are asked to do, "I don't think we've really reckoned with the moral weight of what we're asking them to do—not just in terms of the physical risks they take but the moral harm that we're asking them to go through."<ref>CNN, Turner Broadcasting System, April 2, 2019 [https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/02/opinions/buttigieg-and-religion-qa-beck/index.html Pete Buttigieg on faith, his marriage and Mike Pence]</ref>

In addition, in attacking presidential candidate Joe Biden, Buttigieg stated he certainly thinks that the vote to support the Iraq War was a mistake, for the war was "a terrible idea."<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/448758-buttigieg-im-not-like-the-other-2020-dems</ref>

Buttigieg also expressed that he believed President Trump faked a disability to get out of serving in the military and attacked him for pardons like that for US Army officer Michael Behenna, who was convicted of killing an Iraqi prisoner, stating pardons like that are "disgusting." However, Buttigieg defended athletes who choose to kneel in protest during the national anthem, stating that freedom to do that was something that he put his life on the line to defend.<ref>CNN, May 23, 2019 [https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/pete-buttigieg-national-anthem-defense/index.html Pete Buttigieg reflects on his military service in defense of national anthem protests]</ref>

===Race relations===
[[File:Bootyjudge panderig.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Mayor Pete indulges in a vulgar racial stereotype to pander for support.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/06/twitter-mocks-buttigieg-for-pandering-to-voters-by-drinking-in-public-out-of-a-paper-bag/</ref>]]
Buttigieg is an amateur white race-hustler by Democrat standards. Buttigieg apologized for having once thought, believed, and expressed "all lives matter"<ref>https://defconnews.com/2019/04/05/pete-buttigieg-apologizes-for-saying-all-lives-matter/</ref>
and criticized his supporters for being too white.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (April 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/15/pete-buttigieg-knocks-own-supporters-for-being-too-white/ Pete Buttigieg Knocks Own Supporters for Being Too White]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 16, 2019.</ref>

One of Buttigieg's first acts as mayor was to fire South Bend's first black police chief. He claims he was pressured by the U.S, Attorney's office or federal charges would be brought against the chief. The chief's lawyer does not believe Buttigieg's explanation and told the ''New York Times'' that he asked a friend in the U.S. Attorney's office whether Buttigieg's explanation added up. The U.S Attorney's office responded that Buttigieg's explanation "is so contrary to the protocols of U.S. Attorneys’ offices. We never would condition a determination on prosecuting or not prosecuting based on an employment decision."<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2019/04/darryl-boykins/</ref> Buttigieg's truth-telling surrounding the events has been called into question.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/26/pete-buttigieg-telling-truth-fired-towns-first-black-police-chief/</ref>

Buttigieg called for the eradication of racial bias in the South Bend police force,<ref>[https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/04/south-bend-police-pete-buttigieg-lives-matter-race-boykins/586513] Pete Buttigieg and the Police Department: Race Record Under Scrutiny</ref> while being accused of a lack of diversity in his administration<ref>[https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/opinion/viewpoint/viewpoint-diversity-has-fallen-in-mayor-pete-buttigieg-s-administration/article_3dbd0df8-385b-5e0a-9486-d561e1e57ba6.html Diversity has fallen in Mayor Pete Buttigieg's administration]</ref> as well as in his presidential campaign.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/politics/pete-buttigieg-diversity-2020-campaign-events/index.html Buttigieg: I'm 'conscious' of lack of diversity at events]</ref>

Buttigieg rejected calls for the resignation of the [[racist]] Democrat governor of Virginia [[Ralph Northam]]. Buttigieg said, {{quotebox|"I don’t mean to congratulate ourselves because we’ve got our issues to work through too, but I would point to the contrast between how the Democratic Party handled allegations of sexual mistreatment among people in our ranks … and what's going on on the other side of the aisle. Or when it comes to these disturbing racial relations. The difference between the conversation the Democratic Party is having about the governor of Virginia and the conversation, if any, that the Republican Party is having about people like [[Steve King]]. How much will we tolerate? That is one of the things that ultimately gets resolved in the conduct of a primary process."<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?457645-1/south-bend-mayor-pete-buttigieg-meets-iowa-voters</ref>}} Buttigieg's riff was a blatantly false statement. King was immediately removed by Republicans from all House committee assignments when King was quoted out of context by the ''New York Times'', whereas Rep. [[Ilhan Omar]] was never censored or disciplined for a recurring pattern of [[anti-Semitic]] statements. Buttigieg justified Gov. Northam remaining in office rather than resign to allow the [[Black]] Lieutenant Governor to assume office, suggesting Northam could primaried out in 2021.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigieg-claims-gop-tolerates-racist-behavior-and-sexual-assault</ref> Northam has since donated over $85,000 to fellow Democrats and remains in office.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/northam-pac-funnels-85000-to-democratic-candidates/</ref> A lawyer for Northam hosted a fundraiser for Buttigieg in June 2019.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/northam-lawyer-to-host-buttigieg-fundraiser/</ref>

Buttigieg’s initiative to address 1,000 vacant and abandoned homes in 1,000 days with aggressive code enforcement disproportionately displaced poor black people. Common Council member Regina Williams-Preston, who is running for mayor in 2019, told several [[mainstream media]] outlets “people lost homes,” primarily poor blacks, because of the initiative. Buttigieg's focus on downtown development projects did little to help struggling residents in low-income neighborhoods.

Buttigieg has accused Black Christians of [[homophobia]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/07/pete-buttigieg-policies-lgbtq/</ref> More than any other ethnic demographic group, Blacks have historically opposed [[same sex marriage]] and hijacking of the [[civil rights]] movement by the [[gay pride]] movement,<ref>https://boycewatkins.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/poll-60-of-african-americans-do-not-support-gay-marriage/</ref><ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2015/06/08/holdouts-blacks-oppose-gay-marriage-4151-in-new-pew-poll/</ref> which for Buttigieg is a main drawing card. When Buttigieg launched his presidential campaign on a Sunday, many [[African-American]]s weren't asked and didn't attend because they were at [[church]].

As a result of a deadly shooting by police officer (Sgt. Ryan O’Neill) of a black man (Eric Logan), an alleged burglar who went toward the police officer with a knife,<ref>https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/publicsafety/south-bend-cop-in-fatal-shooting-did-not-have-body/article_83d293e0-b7cf-56cc-a19e-e9ea03ff4ec4</ref> Buttigieg faced significant criticism from the black community. The South Bend police union accused Mayor Pete Buttigieg of engaging in a response in this case that is "solely for his political gain and not for the health of the city he serves,” and as "driving a wedge" between officers and residents,<ref>https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/publicsafety/south-bend-police-union-accuses-pete-buttigieg-of-exploiting-shooting/article_d918c4b6-e3c7-50fd-a468-419ff358590c.html</ref><ref>https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/marchers-confront-pete-buttigieg-police-chief-with-frustrations-after-south/article_25ff0d24-c317-53ed-9999-4f51ac5bcf36.html</ref> and stated that his remark that "all police work and all of American life takes place in the shadow of racism" was divisive.<ref>[https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/southbendtribune.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/fd/afddc144-558c-54e1-8f4f-37028bccb045/5d114dfdc570f.pdf.pdf Press release, Fraternal order of police, Lodge #36, June 24]</ref> Days before the first Democratic presidential debates, prominent South Bend community leaders were demanding his resignation.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/former-common-council-president-to-mayor-pete-resign/</ref> In the process, Buttigieg significantly lowered morale in the South Bend Police Department, with many officers considering leaving.<ref>Shaw, Adam (July 22, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/south-bend-cops-warn-of-mass-exodus-as-morale-tanks-over-buttigiegs-handling-of-shooting South Bend cops warn of ‘mass exodus,’ as morale tanks over Buttigieg handling of shooting]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 22, 2019.</ref>

While campaigning at a staged event in Iowa an audience plant urged him to tell the black people of South Bend to stop committing crime and doing drugs,<ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/sheriffdavidclarke(ret)/2019/07/16/mayor-pete-gets-dragged-into-the-deep-end-of-pool-on-race-politics-n2550133</ref> Buttigieg stated: "The fact that a black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime is evidence of systematic racism." However, though liberal "Politifact" tried to provide support for it (from liberal sources), even they could not validate it, finding that that the liberal biased [[ACLU]] study the Buttigieg campaign stated he was referring to "does not support what Buttigieg specifically said in Iowa."<ref>[https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/jul/10/pete-buttigieg/viral-moment-pete-buttigieg-fumbles-line-racial-di ] In viral moment, Pete Buttigieg fumbles line on racial disparities in criminal justice</ref>

==2020 Presidential campaign==
[[File:Pete-Buttigieg-Confronted-Over-Police-Shooting (2).jpg|right|350px|thumb|Buttedgedge reads a prepared statement to Black Lives Matter. In what can only be described as a "Sister Souljah moment",<ref>https://politicaldictionary.com/words/sister-souljah-moment/</ref> Buttigieg told the protesters "I'm not asking for your vote."]]
:{{See also|2020 Presidential election|Black problem}}
Former [[Obama]] [[Barack Hussein Obama 2008 Presidential campaign|2008 Presidential campaign]] manager [[David Axelrod]] tweeted after Buttigieg's announcement to run: {{quotebox|“Crowd seems very large, very impressive but also very [[white]] — an obstacle he will have to overcome. And by obstacle I mean deficiency.}}

His overwhelmingly white crowds were especially noticeable during his four March 23 events in [[South Carolina]], an early primary state where 28 percent of the population, but 55 percent of the Democratic electorate, is Black. Buttigieg polled stronger among voters who are white, earn more than $100,000 a year, are college-educated and self-identify as “liberal” or “very liberal.” When asked in a private meeting about his support from African-American leaders in South Bend, the mayor couldn't think of one person. Rep. [[Marcia Fudge]] (D-OH), the former chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said "I don't know of one black person out of Indiana that supports him." Fudge said he depicts a sense of “arrogance” and “entitlement.”<ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/pete-buttigieg-has-a-black-problem-top-african-american-leaders-say-he-is-naive-on-race?source=twitter&via=desktop</ref>

In [[New Hampshire]] Buttigieg threw [[Obama]] under the bus.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyI136o93kc Pete Buttigieg Says That The Economy Wasn’t “Working For Most Of Us” Under President Obama], youtube.</ref> "Diversity" in Buttigieg's [[idiom]] means "gay," not "black."

Buttigieg left off the campaign trail to deal with a police shooting. A police officer defended himself from an attack by a man wielding an 8-inch hunting knife. Increased violence occurred after he held a contentious town hall meeting and called the entire police department "racist.".<ref>https://ijr.com/cop-calls-out-buttigieg-for-politicizing-officer-involved-shooting/</ref> Hours later police were called to a mass shooting where ten people were injured, and one was killed. After the shooting, so many people showed up at South Bend's Memorial Hospital to check on the injured that the hospital went on lockdown. Police were called in to manage the crowd. At the same time, police responded to five other shootings, including one, where a witness said the shooter was targeting police. City police had to call in County police for assistance.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/south-bend-police-call-county-for-backup-after-increased-violence/</ref>

After the violence, the police union protested Buttigieg's characterization of the entire department as racist. In a scripted [[Iowa]] event to alleviate Buttigieg's race problems, a man shouted, {{quotebox|"Just tell the black people of South Bend to stop committing crime and doing drugs”}} to which Buttigieg recited the canned response, {{quotebox|“The fact that a black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime is evidence of systemic racism. Racism makes it harder for good police officers to do their job too.”<ref>https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1146874406876176385</ref>}}

Realizing the mistake he made while drawing national attention at the same time, Buttigieg sent a dozen [[pizza]]s to the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). The police union was not amused. A spokesperson said, "Our officers are brave men and women who put their life on the line for our community each day. We ask that instead of delivering pizzas, the mayor deliver some respect for what police do—and hold the politics."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/fraternal-order-of-police-to-buttigieg-we-want-apologies-not-pizza/</ref>

A top Buttigieg staffer called for a urine attack on Rep. [[Matt Gaetz]] on twitter.<ref>https://lauraloomer.us/2019/06/30/exclusive-top-buttigieg-staffer-called-for-urine-attack-on-fl-congressman-matt-gaetz/</ref> Buttigieg's campaign of [[hate]] and divisiveness found little appeal outside the [[far left]].

==Ideology==
{{see also|Long march through the institutions}}
Buttigieg calls himself an "intellectual" and claims Democrats respect "institutions and rules" and "fairplay." Buttigieg is noted for his use of meaningless [[Marxist dialectic]] double talk and buzz phrases, such as "democratic capitalism" which supposedly sets him apart from [[democratic socialist]]s.

Buttigieg is running on a platform of [[Anti-Family|uprooting traditional family values]]. His priorities are [[transgender]] bathrooms and the [[totalitarian]] [[Green New Deal]]. The Green New Deal proposes eliminating air travel. By mid-2019, Buttigieg spent more money on private chartered jet air travel than any of the other 25 candidates in the Democratic field, flying to fundraisers with other [[limousine liberal]]s.<ref>https://www.apnews.com/a5f265845756449f9f093e53cf8bef47</ref> Like [[Obama]], he poses as a "[[centrist]]," though his beliefs are more accurately described as far-left.<ref>Polumbo, Brad (May 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/pete-buttigieg-outs-himself-as-a-fake-moderate Pete Buttigieg outs himself as a fake moderate]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref> He wants to abolish the [[Electoral College]] and pack the [[Supreme Court]].<ref>Burke, Michael (April 14, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/438846-buttigieg-again-calls-for-eliminating-electoral-college Buttigieg slams Electoral College for overruling popular vote 'twice in my lifetime']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 14, 2019.</ref> Buttigieg [[Historical revisionism|supports erasing]] [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s name from U.S.landmarks and institutions.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (May 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/17/pete-buttigieg-erasing-thomas-jeffersons-name-right-thing-to-do/ Pete Buttigieg: Erasing Thomas Jefferson’s Name ‘Right Thing to Do’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2019.</ref><ref>Mikelionis, Lukas (May 18, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-echoes-far-left-idea-of-renaming-things-named-after-thomas-jefferson-says-its-the-right-thing-to-do Buttigieg backs far-left idea of erasing Thomas Jefferson's name: 'It's the right thing to do']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 18, 2019.</ref> While in Harvard, Buttigieg wrote in the student paper promoting left-wing viewpoints, some even outside the Democrat Party mainstream.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (May 21, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/21/pete-buttigieg-harvard-crimson-columns-reveal-left-foundations/ Pete Buttigieg’s Harvard Crimson Columns Reveal Left-Wing Foundations]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.</ref> Buttigieg does not believe that it is not always "right" as an American to put American interests first.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (May 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/22/pete-buttigieg-acting-in-americas-interests-not-always-right/ Pete Buttigieg: Acting in America’s Interests Not Always Right]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 22, 2019.</ref>

As the son of a (Marxist) English professor and a scholar of linguistics, Buttigieg indicates he understands the power of sophistical propaganda, such as in seeking to use conservative language for his liberal ideas. In a 2003 column he wrote for the ''Harvard Crimson'' he stated, "The real challenge for the Democratic Party, and its presidential candidates, in particular, is to figure out how to reverse the Right's stranglehold on our political vocabulary." He soon wrote another column urging Democrats to reclaim words like compassion, strength and morality.<ref>Time, May 2, 2019 [http://time.com/longform/pete-buttigieg-2020] Mayor Pete Buttigieg's Unlikely, Untested, Unprecedented Presidential Campaign</ref> Buttigieg's platform is "Freedom, Security and Democracy," while implementation of his policies would mean reducing freedom and security for unborn infants<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/pete-buttigiegs-abortion-extremism-hurts-his-religious-appeal/</ref> and social conservatives, and progressively censoring their voice in a Democracy.<ref>National Review, May 20, 2019 [https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-equality-act-is-a-time-bomb] The Equality Act Is a Time Bomb</ref>

===Gramsci===
[[Antonio Gramsci]] was a lieutenant of [[Joseph Stalin]] who headed the [[Italian]] branch of the International Communist movement ([[Comintern]]). After several failed assassination attempts on Mussolini, Gramsci was imprisoned in 1926 until his death in 1937. While in prison Gramsci wrote his ''Prison Notebooks'', speculating on the failure of [[violent]] [[revolution]] to materialize in [[Western Europe]] as [[Karl Marx]] had predicted. Gramsci's works are considered by [[Socialists]] to be foundational to modern [[public education]] and [[Cultural Marxism]].<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/23768314?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents</ref><ref>https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/problems/education.htm</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdTTr4iYT0M</ref>

Joseph A. Buttigieg, Pete Buttigieg's father, according to his faculty page at [[Notre Dame]] University, {{quotebox|"interests are modern literature, [[critical theory]], and the relationship between culture and politics. In addition to numerous articles, Buttigieg...is also the editor and translator of the multi-volume complete critical edition of ''Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks''...his articles on Gramsci have been translated into Italian, German, Spanish, Portugese, and Japanese. He was a founding member of the International Gramsci Society of which he is the executive secretary."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100616163619/http://english.nd.edu/faculty/profiles/joseph-a-buttigieg/</ref>}}

Gramsci's theory of "cultural hegemony" states that the ruling capitalist "oppressor" class uses cultural institutions, such as "traditional marriage," to maintain power. The "oppressors" develop a "hegemonic culture" using [[ideology]] unlike Socialists who use [[violence]], economic force, and coercion. "Hegemonic culture" propagates its own values and norms so that they become "[[common sense]]" values and thus maintain the [[status quo]]. According to [[Wikipedia]], this "Hegemonic power is therefore used to maintain consent to the capitalist order, rather than coercive power using force" as Marxism does "to maintain order. This cultural hegemony is produced and reproduced" by the dominant Christian oppressor class "through the institutions that form the superstructure."

==="Progressive" faith and social gospel===
Buttigieg's "faith journey" begins with father, who studied to become a Jesuit for a time, and although the elder Buttigieg later became irreligious, and in his memoir, "Shortest Way Home," "Mayor Pete" credits Catholicism with awakening his moral conscience, "as a voice for the oppressed and downtrodden," which he sees homosexuals as. However, as a proponent of The Federal Equality Act, Buttigieg supports persecuting those who uphold the rejecting the incontrovertible Biblical teaching that only condemns homosexual relations and only joins male and female in marriage, as the Lord Jesus Himself specified.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+19%3A4-6&version=KJV; Matthew 19:4-6]</ref><ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosex_versus_the_Bible.html HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS and the BIBLE]</ref>

Later, as a student at [[Harvard University]], Buttigieg heard the famed homosexual preacher and proxy servant of the devil, Peter Gomes, expound on so-called "progressive Christianity," and as a consequence Buttigieg attests, "I began to understand the range of Christian traditions beyond the Catholicism I was steeped in at South Bend," and wrote columns in the Harvard Crimson that exhorted liberals to seize the moral high ground (as perversely defined by him) from conservatives. However, as R. Albert Mohler (president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky) states, "Progressive Christianity necessitates replacing Christianity with an entirely new religion." "Mayor Pete is just the latest prophet of this new religion. He won't be the last.

Studying at Oxford (England) on a Rhodes scholarship, Buttigieg stated the program was "decidedly atheistic" and which he found convincing in many ways. However, wanting some sort of spirituality, he attended services at Anglican Christ Church, which was across from the college. After moving back to South Bend, Indiana, he began began attending services at the Cathedral of St. James, which is part of the Episcopal church (the American branch of Anglicanism), and which has become known as a forerunner of "progressive" (meaning unbiblical) theology, electing the adulterer and sodomite Gene Robinson its first openly homosexual bishop and voting to allow same-sex marriages in 2003. At that local church Buttigieg "married" his boyfriend, Chasten Glezman, in June 2018, and the readings included including a passage from the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage and an excerpt from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/politics/pete-buttigieg-religious-journey/index.html How Pete Buttigieg found God (Daniel Burke, CNN, August 17, 2019)]</ref> (which was another case of Buttigieg misappropriating Scripture in order to justify what it condemns).

Consistent with the liberal social gospel, which gives a low priority to the teachings of Christ (while marginalizing the teachings of Paul etc. which were inspired by the Spirit of Christ) on personal moral purity in preference to acts such as feeding the (genuinely) needy, Buttigieg criticized right-wing Christians for "saying so much about what Christ said so little about, and so little about what he said so much about." Which, like [[Barack Obama]], indicates ignorance of the totality of what Christ taught and how He did so, and the context of His social actions and the principals of sound interpretation,<ref>[https://www.frc.org/issueanalysis/leviticus-jesus-and-homosexuality-some-thoughts-on-honest-interpretation] Leviticus, Jesus, and Homosexuality: Some Thoughts on Honest Interpretation</ref> as well as the evidence that the evangelical church encourages sacrificial giving to help others, and that evangelicals engage in has been very substantially engaged in providing humanitarian aid,<ref>[http://www.gordonconwell.edu/ockenga/research/documents/USMissionsSurvey_FINALReport.pdf] US Missions Survey FINAL Report</ref> as their members give more per person than those of other major groups.<ref>John and Sylvia Ronsvalle, The State of Church Giving through 2004: Will We Will? 16th ed. (Champaign, Ill.: Empty Tomb, 2006),12</ref>

While Democrats typically only give perfunctory mention of God, Buttigieg openly invokes his liberal faith and advocates doing so, stating, "we need to not be afraid to invoke arguments that are convincing on why Christian faith is going to point you in a [[progressive]] direction. ... When I think about where most of Scripture points me, it is toward defending the poor, and the immigrant, and the stranger, and the prisoner, and the outcast...So I think it's really important to carry a message (to the public)…"<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/03/mayor-pete-buttigieg-christian-right-2020-democratic-primary-trump-column/3342767002] Mayor Pete Buttigieg's countercultural approach to Christianity is what America needs now</ref> While Buttigieg likes to sound the trumpet in his alms-giving, he ignores the core teaching of salvation from sin and homosexuality: {{quotebox|Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened....For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A26-27&version=KJV Romans 1:21, 26-27]</ref>}} Scripture is unambiguous. God is not confused. Buttigieg's homosexuality is a consequence of [[idolatry]] and rejection of God.

Buttigieg opposed The Religious Freedom Restoration Act saying it "appeared to me to be a license to harm others in the name of religion...making it easier to harm people in its name,"<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/02/opinions/buttigieg-and-religion-qa-beck/index.html] Pete Buttigieg on faith, his marriage and Mike Pence</ref> implicitly endorsing [[Christian persecution]]. In Buttigieg's world Christians who hold to Biblical morality can be impoverished and treated as outcasts or otherwise subject to harm (a word Buttigieg often uses for justification of his stance against conservatives), such as when refusing to be complicit in celebrating immoral causes, as in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop.<ref>[https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/when-opposition-to-religious-liberty-becomes-silly-petty-and-vindictive] When opposition to religious liberty becomes silly, petty, and vindictive</ref>

Illustrating a primary reason why "right-wing Christians" seem so vocal about moral issues (since cultural Marxist immorality is foisted upon society and Biblical morality is attacked), Buttigieg's attack on conservative evangelicals has provoked many responses from them. Based upon the logic that the importance of an issue is based upon how much Christ said about it, and the premise that explicit statements only seem to count, evangelical blogger Erick Erickson surmises that perhaps Mayor Pete Buttigieg thinks that Jesus would be okay with abortion and bestiality.<ref>[https://theresurgent.com/2019/04/09/pete-buttigiegs-unprovoked-attacks-on-mike-pence-suggest-he-really-is-intolerant-and-okay-with-christian-persecution Pete Buttigieg’s Unprovoked Attacks on Mike Pence Suggest He Really Is Intolerant and Okay With Christian Persecution]</ref>

Erickson also pointed out that while Buttigieg holds himself out as a more tolerant Christian than Vice President Mike Pence, yet the later has never once said anything negative about Buttigieg having [[homosexual attraction]]s, while Buttigieg called Pence a fanatic and ridiculed Pence's faith. Erickson thus sees this as suggesting that he "would be O.K. with using the government to persecute Christians," for already "Buttigieg has come out in favor of the government shutting down Christian businesses if they do not bow at the altar of gay marriage."<ref>[https://theresurgent.com/2019/04/09/pete-buttigiegs-unprovoked-attacks-on-mike-pence-suggest-he-really-is-intolerant-and-okay-with-christian-persecution] ete Buttigieg’s Unprovoked Attacks on Mike Pence Suggest He Really Is Intolerant and Okay With Christian Persecution</ref>

Despite claiming to oppose using religion as a "cudgel," said in his very next sentence that if God were a member of a political party, it would not be the GOP.<ref>Multiple references:
*Wulfsohn, Joseph A. (May 7, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-says-religion-shouldnt-be-a-cudgel-then-suggests-god-wouldnt-be-a-republican Buttigieg says religion shouldn't be a 'cudgel,' then suggests God wouldn't be a Republican]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
*Nolte, John (May 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/08/nolte-mean-little-mayor-pete-buttigieg-is-terrible-at-christianity/ Nolte: Mean Little Mayor Pete Buttigieg Is Terrible at Christianity]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2019.</ref>

===Homosexual activism===
[[File:Buttigieg.jpg|x300px|right|thumb|In the progressive tradition of [[Jim Jones]]' "Rainbow family",<ref>https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jonestown-race/</ref> Buttigieg touts himself as America's first openly gay presidential candidate.<ref>https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/11/jonestown-cult-leader-jim-jones-bisexual-friends-harvey-milk/</ref> ]]
Any faith the Buttigieg holds, he weaponizes it to attack political opponents.<ref>Schilling, Terry (July 9, 2019). [https://humanevents.com/2019/07/09/pete-buttigieg-macklemore-of-2020/ Buttigieg: The ‘Atheist Rap Bro’ Weaponizing Christianity.] ''Human Events''. Retrieved July 10, 2019.</ref> Buttigieg has attacked Bible-believing Christians for their beliefs<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (April 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/04/08/pollak-mayor-pete-buttigieg-religious-bigotry/ Pollak: ‘Mayor Pete’ Buttigieg and Liberal Religious Bigotry]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2019.</ref> and for supporting President Trump. He unfairly attacks Vice President [[Mike Pence]],<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/25/no-im-not-going-vote-pete-buttigieg-just-gay/</ref> calling him "the midwife of the porn-star presidency," describing Pence as "a nice guy to your face," but "just fanatical"<ref>Spiering, Charlie (April 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/08/pete-buttigieg-keeps-attacking-mike-pence-despite-history-of-respect/ Pete Buttigieg Keeps Attacking Mike Pence Despite History of Respect]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2019. See also:
*Daugherty, Owen (April 9, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/438132-karen-pence-responds-to-buttigieg-you-shouldnt-be-attacked-for Karen Pence responds to Buttigieg: 'You shouldn't be attacked' for your religious beliefs]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
*Brest, Mike (April 9, 2019). [https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/09/pence-family-religious-liberty-buttigieg/ Pence's Family Defends Religious Liberty, Pushes Back Against Buttigieg Criticism]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
Contrast with Pence's reaction to Buttigieg when he announced his homosexuality:
*Chang, Allie (June 17, 2015). [https://wsbt.com/news/local/gov-pence-talks-reelection-campaign-buttigiegs-coming-out Gov. Pence talks reelection campaign, Buttigieg's coming out]. ''WSBT''. Retrieved April 10, 2019.</ref> [[Liberal hypocrisy|despite his own radical positions]] on [[abortion]] and [[same-sex "marriage"]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Brown, Michael L. (April 8, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/pro-abortion-married-homosexual-professed-christian-pete-buttigieg-questions-trumps-faith Why it’s absurd for gay pro-abortion Pete Buttigieg to question Trump’s faith]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
*Byas, Steve (April 9, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31973-buttigieg-s-candidacy-advances-secularist-leftist-goals Buttigieg’s Candidacy Advances Secularist Leftist Goals]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
*Mainwaring, Doug (April 12, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/as-a-former-gay-man-i-know-pete-buttigiegs-midwest-wholesome-is-a-lie As a former gay man, I know Pete Buttigieg’s ‘Midwest wholesome’ is a lie]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
*Williams, Thomas D. (April 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/04/16/catholic-league-pete-buttigieg-loyal-soldier-war-religion/ Catholic League: Pete Buttigieg ‘Loyal Soldier in War on Religion’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
*Buchanan, Patrick J. (April 16, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/32030-mayor-pete-and-the-crackup-of-christianity Mayor Pete and the Crackup of Christianity]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 17, 2019.</ref>

Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, who is openly gay, said {{quotebox|I find it really ironic that Mayor Pete stayed silent about this so-called hate hoax on him and others during 2015, 2016, 2017 when Mike Pence was governor of Indiana. There was total silence. It’s ironic that right about now when he’s starting his fund-raising apparatus to run for president that he comes up with this idea and this attack.<ref>https://www.faithwire.com/2019/04/19/openly-gay-us-ambassador-richard-grenell-takes-down-buttigiegs-hate-hoax-against-godly-pence/</ref>}}

The leftist Buttigieg is promoted as a devout [[Christian]] and a "man of faith" despite being "married" to a man. [[Homosexuality]] is never sanctioned in Scripture, and the Lord Jesus Himself specified that it was male and female that God joined together in marriage. Homosexual relations are only condemned in the Bible wherever it manifestly deals with them (see: [[Homosexuality and the Bible]] and [[Homosexuality and biblical interpretation]]).

Buttigieg proudly attributes this sinful desire of his fallen fleshly nature to God, stating that he wished that, "the Mike Pences of the world" would understand that if they have a problem with who he is then their quarrel is with God.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/10/mike-pence-says-pete-buttigieg-knows-better-after-criticism.html] Mike Pence, facing criticism from 2020 Democratic hopeful Pete Buttigieg over his record on gay rights, says South Bend mayor ‘knows better</ref><ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/franklin-graham-says-pete-buttigieg-should-repent-for-being-gay] Franklin Graham says Pete Buttigieg should repent for being gay</ref>

Cities across America which have adopted open bathroom policies, an issue dear to his heart, have been plagued with dirty hypodermic needles.<ref>https://columbialawreview.org/content/safer-bathrooms-in-syringe-exchange-programs-injecting-progress-into-the-harm-reduction-movement/</ref> Buttigieg supports federal legislation banning discrimination against homosexuals, and therefore opposes the Trump administration's ban on transgender people serving in the military, while supporting gender reassignment surgery for transgender people in prison.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/what-does-pete-buttigieg-believe-where-the-candidate-stands-on-7-issues] What does Pete Buttigieg believe? Where the candidate stands on 7 issues</ref>

Buttigieg and his "husband" offer no [[hope]] to parents, young girls, and women as [[role model]]s for [[heterosexual]]ity. Buttigieg's homosexuality and support for the [[homosexual agenda]] propelled him into the upper ranks of [[Democrat]] candidates, and the [[mainstream media]] has visibly displayed its adoration for him while he rose in the polls<ref>Spiering, Charlie (April 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/16/mayor-pete-buttigieg-rising-in-democrat-primary/ Mayor Pete Buttigieg Rising in Democrat Primary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 16, 2019.</ref> (Liberals/leftists love Buttigieg's attacks on Vice President [[Mike Pence]] who supports [[religious liberty]]).<ref>Jasper, William F. (April 7, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31946-pete-buttigieg-for-president-the-dem-s-newest-media-anointed-phenom Pete Buttigieg for President? The Dem’s Newest Media-anointed "Phenom"]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 9, 2019. See also:
*Schlichter, Kurt (April 11, 2019). [https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/04/11/that-annoying-pete-buttigieg-guy-is-just-another-liberal-hack-n2544486 That Annoying Pete Buttigieg Guy Is Just Another Liberal Hack]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
*Horowitz, David (April 30, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/sri-lanka-pete-buttigieg-and-the-lefts-escalating-war-against-christians Sri Lanka, Pete Buttigieg, and the left’s escalating war against Christians]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from the ''American Thinker''). Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref> Major homosexual political donors are financially backing his campaign.<ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/pete-buttigieg-gay-money-democratic-secret-weapon "I HAVE MAXED OUT TO PETE": GAY MONEY, DEMOCRATIC SECRET WEAPON, COMES OUT FOR BUTTIGIEG], Vanity Fair, 2019</ref>

===Criticism===
Buttigieg has rebuked conservative Chrisitans alleging they advocate [[theocracy]]. Buttigieg said in a Democrat primary debate: {{quotebox|"The [[Republican Party]] likes to cloak itself in the language of [[religion]]. Now, our party doesn’t talk about that as much, largely for a very good reason, which is that we’re very committed to the [[separation of church and state]].}}

Hans Fiene commented on Buttigieg's illogic: {{quotebox|"How dare you ignore our Lord’s words about caring for vulnerable children," says the man who ignores our Lord’s words about not killing vulnerable children. "How could you be so unchristian and support separating children from their parents," says the man who supports separating unborn children’s limbs from their bodies.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/08/pete-buttigieg-right-christians-need-rebuked/</ref>}}

==Issues supported==
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None are his own. All are cut and pasted from the traditional radical leftwing playbook. Some of these are:<ref>[https://peteforamerica.com/issues] It’s time to reclaim the values that drive our policy decisions</ref>
*Affordable abortion and the "right" to it for all women who choose to murder their child. Even to supporting freedom to abort a child during final three months of their pregnancies, at least if necessary due to medical reasons. (According to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute, most abortions that take place after 20 weeks are performed for reasons other than the health of the mother or child.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/news/buttigieg-defends-womens-right-to-third-trimester-abortions-who-gets-to-draw-the-line] Buttigieg Defends Women’s Right to Third-Trimester Abortions: ‘Who Gets to Draw The Line?’</ref> And the total number late-term abortions is more than seven times the combined deaths from mass shootings in America since 1966.<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/19/buttigiegs-third-trimester-abortion-mass-shootings] Buttigieg’s '1%' Of Third Trimester Abortions In A Year Is Seven Times More Than All Mass Shooting Deaths Since 1966</ref>)
*Abolishing the death penalty. End mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses. Eliminate the private prison industry.
*Gun Control: establishing a nationwide gun licensing system. The use of "Extreme Risk Protection Orders" since "two-thirds of all gun deaths are suicides." Holding the gun industry accountable for the misuse of guns by owners.
*Legalization of marijuana and addressing the harmful effects of its criminalization.
*The Federal [[Equality Act]]: Enlarge and strengthen anti-discrimination protections against gender and sexual identity-based discrimination (thus leading to criminalizing dissent; compelling businesses and churches to support what God calls an abomination). Includes "safe schools legislation." Combating those who are defined as mistreating homosexuals. Includes fighting against "the overrepresentation and mistreatment of LGBTQ people in the criminal justice system" (the higher crime rate among that demographic). Focusing on improving "the health and well-being of LGBTQ youth, parents, and families." (All of which could extend to attacking those who are considered to be harmful to the psychological well-being of such). Protecting LGBTQ asylum seekers while supporting LGBTQ human rights around the world.
*Working with "religious leaders, tech companies, and other influencers to reduce hate and extremism in our homeland, ... groups that use forms of domestic extremism."
*Growing national service programs to foster unified community and tackle "critical national and global challenges" from "climate adaptation to supporting disinvested American communities and neighborhoods", etc.
*Universal health care: promoted as "Medicare for All Who Want It."
*Reparations policies for Black Americans and closing the racial wealth gap "income disparity").
*Education: advocates zero tuition for middle-income families at public college; free public tuition affordable for lower-income students, combined with a large increase in Pell Grants that provide for basic living expenses.
*Boosting teacher pay, beginning with Title I schools.
*Funding national investment in affordable housing construction. Ending homelessness for families with children.
*Paycheck Fairness Act: forcing hire companies to reveal who and what they pay based on gender, and to pay, and promote women fairly.
*Raising the minimum wage to $15 and strengthen overtime protections. Paid family and medical leave. Extend pay and benefit protections to uncovered workers. Invest in high-quality child care and early childhood learning programs (which could foster homosexual indoctrination).
*Giving labor unions "a powerful seat at the table."
*"Climate Change:" treating "Climate security" as a life and death issue for our generation.
* Implementing "a Green New Deal with all available tools including a carbon tax-and-dividend for Americans, and major direct investment to build a 100% clean energy society." Includes, "Decarbonize transportation and industry; Commit to the Paris Climate Agreement and collaborate with other countries to increase all our goals; ... Convene state and local leaders for an agreement on community-driven carbon reduction; ... Prepare our military and disaster response agencies for the security threats of climate change."
*Foreign policy, "reinventing institutions of international engagement to address 21st century challenges, ... fundamentally rethink our foreign policy." Includes making climate security as a key basis for diplomacy.
*Comprehensive immigration reform.
*Automatic voter registration. Voting rights for the formerly incarcerated. Expand early voting.
* Replacing the Electoral College with a national popular vote.
*Overturning Citizens United and Buckley ''v''. Valeo (which ruled that statutory limits on campaign spending were unconstitutional), if necessary by constitutional amendment.
*Advocates the District of Columbia having a House member and two Senators with voting power and Puerto Rico statehood, if its people want it, and immediate representation in the Electoral College.
*Restructuring the Supreme Court so that ten members are confirmed in the normal political fashion, with the other five promoted from the lower courts by unanimous agreement of the other ten.
*Supports a Palestinian state, and promised to punish (via economic sanctions) the state of Israel, America's strongest ally in the Middle East, if it includes communities in Judea and Samaria (ancient territories of Israel, which it regained from Jordan in the 6 day war of 1967) as part of Israel, warning that as President he would cut U.S. aid to Israel. In making this promise, Buttigieg accused Israel of "turning away from peace" and made no mention of Palestinian terrorism, only going so far as stating that Palestinian Arab leaders are not "the right kinds of partners" for peace.<ref>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/264462</ref>
*Buttigieg favors Congress launching an impeachment inquiry on obstruction of justice against President Trump, being in favor of impeachment, and as President he stated he would want any credible allegation of criminal behavior to be investigated to the fullest."<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/06/buttigieg-talks-trump-investigations-and-impeachment/591568/</ref>

"Security" is a major theme of his position page, being mentioned 27 times, from Climate security to economic security to security from intimidation, while the effects of the Federal Equality Act would use intimidation via penalizing and prosecuting individuals or business such as in good conscience refuse to be complicit in affirming homosexual relations, imposing economic sanctions or worse on such.<ref>[https://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2019/05/16/the_equality_act_will_hurt_religious_freedom_110219.html ] The Equality Act Will Harm Religious Freedom</ref> Such attacks on the security of those of religious conscience has been seen under the implementation of the European Union equality law.<ref>[http://www.equineteurope.org/IMG/pdf/Religion_and_Belief_Report_merged_.pdf] Equality Law in Practice</ref>

==Campaign funding==
Buttigieg raised $7.1 million in the first quarter of 2019, with approximately $2.5 million coming from large donations, which was more than all except three Democratic candidates, including and four sitting U.S. senators, a sum that is seen likely to balloon in the coming months. Elizabeth Birch, former executive director of the [[Human Rights Campaign]], stated: "What is going on now is one of the untold secrets of the D.N.C. and Democratic Party generally, which is that the L.G.B.T. community is a huge source of money into the Democratic Party."<ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/pete-buttigieg-gay-money-democratic-secret-weapon "I Have Maxed Out to Pete": Gay Money, Democratic Secret Weapon, Comes Out for Buttigieg]</ref>

This is related to the megadonor, tech millionaire Tim Gill, founder of software company Quark Inc., who heavily funds the LGBT movement (including by funding front groups with misleading names, such as "Alliance for Colorado’s Families) and its allies in the Democratic Party says he will continue to pursue and attack those who hold traditional views about sexual morality. "We're going into the hardest states in the country," he says. "We're going to punish the wicked." The Gill Foundation rallied more than 100 corporations, including Coca-Cola, Google and Marriott, behind a front group called "Georgia Prospers." The tactic was business threatening to pull out of the state, and the coalition successfully induced Republican Gov. Nathan Deal into vetoing a Religious Freedom Restoration Act.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/19/gay-megadonor-going-after-christians-punish-wicked]</ref><ref>The Rolling Stone, "Meet the Megadonor Behind the LGBTQ Rights Movement," June 23, 2017</ref>

A lawyer for the [[racist]] Democratic governor of Virginia, [[Ralph Northam]], hosted a fundraiser for Buttigieg.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/northam-lawyer-to-host-buttigieg-fundraiser/</ref>

==Family==
Buttigieg was [[gay]]-married in 2018, and the couple have no children.<ref>https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/03/11/gay-indiana-pete-buttigieg-mike-pence/</ref> However, Buttigieg stated that they want children. Speaking on NBC's ''Today'' show, he added, "I don't know exactly when and how we're going to pull that off, but Chasten is made to be a dad," and "I'm looking forward to it too, as soon as we can figure it out."<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/buttigieg-and-husband-want-children-chasten-is-made-to-be-a-dad] Buttigieg and husband want children: 'Chasten is made to be a dad.'</ref>

==See also==
*[[Frankfurt School]]
*[[Mao Zedong]]
*[[Homosexuality and genetics]]
*[[Ideomotor effect]]

==References==
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Justin Trudeau

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'''Justin Trudeau''' is the leader of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]]. He is the son of former Canadian Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]]. He represents the [[Montreal]]-area riding of Papaineau in the [[House of Commons]] and became the [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] in the 2015 Canadian federal election. However, the election result became shrouded in controversy when it was discovered that campaigners from [[Barack Obama]]'s campaign team got involved in the election to campaign on Trudeau's behalf, guiding Trudeau to victory and resulting in accusations of foreign interference in the Canadian election process.<ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/article/obama-campaign-team-hands-canada-over-to-the-lib-left Obama Campaign Team Hands Canada Over to the Lib-Left] at Canada Free Press</ref>

Trudeau performed poorly as Canada's prime minister.<ref>Says, Andrew (July 15, 2019). [https://humanevents.com/2019/07/15/how-justin-trudeau-is-pushing-canada-further-right/ How Justin Trudeau Is Pushing Canada Further Right]. ''Human Events''. Retrieved July 19, 2019.</ref> One of his first acts is to spend $1.6 billion to import 25,000 [[Syria]]n migrants. Most Canadians live within 200 miles of the Canadian border, which is almost entirely unsecured. On May 19, 2018, numerous conservative groups opposed to illegal immigration protested against Trudeau and his policies.<ref>http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-canada-border-crossing-protest-1.4670852</ref> He has taken a weak stance on immigration issues.<ref>Murphy, James (July 24, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/north-america/item/29621-canada-s-immigration-troubles-and-justin-trudeau-s-tepid-response Canada’s Immigration Troubles and Justin Trudeau’s Tepid Response]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref> When confronted by a critic of illegal migration at a public event, Trudeau avoided the actual issue of migration that she brought up and stated that "racism has no place here," falsely implying she was "racist."<ref>Gstalter, Morgan (August 19, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/402568-trudeau-shuts-down-heckler-racism-has-no-place-in-canada Trudeau shuts down heckler: 'Racism has no place' in Canada]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 19, 2018.</ref> By 2019, however, Trudeau had been forced to take a stricter stance on migration, considering the large increase in migration and the upcoming national election.<ref>Mackrael, Kim (March 29, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-shift-trudeau-begins-to-tighten-canadas-welcoming-stance-on-refugees-11553878130 In Shift, Trudeau Begins to Tighten Canada’s Welcoming Stance on Refugees]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved March 30, 2019.</ref>

On August 14, 2019, the Canadian Ethics Commission found Trudeau had misused his position of authority.

Trudeau has pulled Canadian forces from the alliance against [[ISIS]], and withdrawn from defense agreements with the United States, such as the [[F-35]] agreement. He also plans to legalize marijuana and prostitution.

Syrian comedian Treka exposed the insanity Trudeau poses in a video regarding ISIS fighters returning to Canada.<ref>https://israelunwired.com/syrian-comedian-justin-trudeau-insanity/</ref>

So far American political leaders, including Republicans, have been silent on the threat Trudeau poses to the United States.

==Controversial decisions==
===India trip===
Trudeau received strong criticism for his trip to [[India]] being a total disaster,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/02/22/trudeaus-india-trip-is-a-total-disaster-and-he-has-himself-to-blame/</ref> and the media pointed out that [[Donald Trump]]'s son outshined him when he went to India.<ref>http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2134781/trump-jr-outshines-trudeau-thats-how-bad-india-canada-ties</ref> He also received criticism by Indians due to his outfits, which were described as fake and annoying.<ref>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12000288</ref>

===Israel-Palestine clashes===
During the Gaza protests between Israel and Palestine, Trudeau was criticized after condemning [[Israel]] and failing to condemn [[Hamas]].<ref>https://www.thepostmillennial.com/video-trudeau-government-condemns-israel-and-not-hamas/</ref> He went in a heated debate with [[Andrew Scheer]] over the Gaza clashes.<ref>https://globalnews.ca/video/4226971/opposition-leader-and-prime-minister-spar-over-%E2%80%8Bhamas-condemnation</ref>

===Omar Khadr===
Trudeau received criticism after paying Omar Khadr.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/world/canada/omar-khadr-apology-guantanamo-bay.html</ref>

==Controversial statements==
===Fidel Castro===
After [[Cuba]]n [[Communist]] dictator [[Fidel Castro]]'s death was reported, Trudeau stated he was mourning his death, and among other positive statements, called Castro a "remarkable leader."<ref>Wootson, Cleve R., Jr. (November 26, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/11/26/trudeau-called-castro-a-remarkable-leader-twitter-imagined-what-he-would-say-about-stalin/?tid=pm_world_pop Trudeau called Castro a ‘remarkable leader.’ Twitter imagined what he would say about Stalin.] ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved November 28, 2016.</ref><ref>Hallett, Nick (November 26, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/26/canadian-pm-trudeau-praises-dictator-castro/ Canadian PM Trudeau Praises Dictator Castro as ‘Remarkable Leader’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 21, 2017.</ref> Outrage erupted, and many mocked him with "#TrudeauEulogies" on Twitter, after writing posts mourning the death of dictators.

===China===
In 2013, when asked about which country he admires besides Canada, Trudeau was criticized after stating that he admires of [[China]]'s "basic dictatorship."<ref>http://torontosun.com/2013/11/08/trudeau-admires-chinas-basic-dictatorship/wcm/72d62ec4-e0f4-4720-bb18-d998f445630c</ref>

===Alberta===
Trudeau was criticized for failing to mention Alberta on Canada Day, which was considered an insult to Alberta.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/07/02/we-already-know-you-hate-alberta-how-justin-trudeau-managed-to-insult-an-entire-province/</ref> He later apologized, and admitted he was embarrassed for not doing so.<ref>http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/justin-trudeau-forgets-alberta-canada-day-1.4187656</ref>

===ISIS===
In an interview with [[CTV]], Trudeau called returning [[Islamic State|ISIS]] fighters an "extraordinarily powerful voice for preventing radicalization."<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/12/20/trudeau-returning-islamic-state-jihadists-extraordinarily-powerful-voice-canada/</ref> Throughout the Trudeau government, about sixty have returned to Canada.<ref>https://globalnews.ca/news/3871229/canada-concerned-returning-isis-fighters-justin-trudeau/</ref> He stated Canadians can be safe despite ISIS fighters returning at the Hamilton town hall.<ref>http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hamilton-trudeau-town-hall-1.4481025</ref> Trudeau compared ISIS fighters to immigrants such as [[Greeks]], Portuguese, and Italians, and also believing that they can be rehabilitated.<ref>https://canadafreepress.com/article/trudeau-compares-isis-fighters-to-greek-italian-portuguese-immigrants</ref> He also called on Canadians to welcome them and stated that they won't attack if they do.<ref>https://www.freespeechtime.net/2018/01/canadian-pm-calls-on-canadians-to.html</ref> Trudeau faced criticism when one of the fighters, Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi, returned to Canada, with conservatives calling for his arrest.<ref>http://www.news1130.com/2018/05/11/trudeau-isis-executing/</ref> However, Trudeau called questions about Abu Hazaifa "divisive."<ref>http://brianlilley.com/trudeau-worries-that-questions-about-a-violent-isis-fighter-are-divisive/</ref> Numerous documents showed that Trudeau stated that ISIS has a "right to return" to Canada and that he stated that the government must facilitate their return.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/05/15/documents-canada-paying-isis-fighters-return/</ref><ref>http://debatepost.com/2018/05/27/trudeau-says-the-government-must-facilitate-isiss-return/</ref> His government was also said to be opening the doors for them to join the Canada military.<ref>http://debatepost.com/2018/05/26/warning-trudeau-government-opening-door-for-isis-to-join-canadian-military/</ref>

==="Peoplekind"===
Trudeau was criticized after he telling a woman to say "peoplekind" instead of "mankind".<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/07/justin-trudeau-tells-woman-to-say-peoplekind-not-mankind</ref> Australian commentator Rita Panahi stated that Trudeau saying "peoplekind" was an attempt to "appease those desperate to find offence where none exists." He apologized by calling his "peoplekind" statement a "dumb joke".<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/07/justin-trudeau-apologises-joke-personkind-viral</ref>

===Climate change===
In May 2018, Trudeau compared those he derided as "climate change deniers" to supporters of female genital mutilation."<ref>Delingpole, James (May 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/17/delingpole-climate-change-deniers-are-like-supporters-of-fgm-claims-trudeau/ Delingpole: ‘Climate Change Deniers Are Like Supporters of FGM,’ Claims Trudeau]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 17, 2018.</ref>

===Immigration and hate crime hoaxes===
An 11-year-old girl reported that a man twice tried to cut off her [[hijab]] with scissors as she walked to school with her younger brother. Her story captured international attention and public condemnation from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory. Trudeau said, {{quotebox|"My heart goes out to the young girl who was attacked, seemingly for her [[religion]]. I can’t imagine how afraid she must have been, I want her and her family and her friends and community to know that that is not what Canada is, that is not who Canadians are… We are better than this."<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/until-it-was-found-to-be-a-hoax-toronto-girls-hijab-made-news-not-the-attack-on-her Until it was found to be a hoax, Toronto girl's hijab made news, not the attack on her], ''National Post'', 15 January 2018.</ref>}} Even after the [[police]] reported it was a [[hate crime hoax]], Trudeau doubled down on fearmongering: {{quotebox|"We have seen an unfortunate pattern of increased hate crimes in past months directed towards religious minorities, particularly towards women, a warning sign of increased intolerance."}} When Trudeau announced his plan to bring 25,000 [[Syrian]] immigrants into Canada, Trudeau stated, {{quotebox|"I will be personally responsible for harm that may come to any citizen of Canada. Any harm, from any refugee, brought into Canada by my Government, I stand personally responsible"<ref>https://me.me/i/october-16th-2016-trudeau-i-will-be-personally-responsible-for-d2d6e769f4184634b783ac3d42a71641</ref><ref>https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/trudeau-vows-to-keep-canadians-safe-as-he-rebuffs-provinces-concerns-over-plan-to-accept-25000-syrian-refugees</ref>}} Months later, after the hijab hate crime hoax, when Syrian "refugeee" Ibrahim Ali murdered 13 year old Marrisa Shen, Trudeau was silent.<ref>https://www.spencerfernando.com/2018/09/13/trudeau-was-so-quick-to-comment-on-the-hijab-hoax-yet-remains-silent-on-syrian-refugee-charged-with-killing-burnaby-girl/</ref>

==Opposition to free speech and religious liberty==
{{See also|Religious freedom|free speech}}
In January 2018, Trudeau claimed that [[pro-life]] speech is not protected speech under Canadian law. When asked on where the Canadian government limits free speech, Trudeau mentioned abortion, stating that "an organization that has the explicit purpose of restricting women’s rights by removing rights to abortion, the right for women to control their own bodies, is not in line with where we are as a government and quite frankly where we are as a society."<ref>Richardson, Bradford (January 13, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/13/justin-trudeau-canadian-prime-minister-scolds-pro-/ Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau scolds pro-lifers as ‘not in line’ with society]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref><ref>Laurence, Lianne (January 13, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trudeau-believe-what-you-want-but-we-draw-the-line-if-you-try-to-restrict-a Trudeau: Believe what you want, but ‘we draw the line’ if you try to restrict abortion]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref> This was despite Trudeau's associating himself with [[Fidel Castro]] and a convicted Indian terrorist.<ref>Van Maren, Jonathon (March 5, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/justin-trudeau-hangs-out-with-terrorists-and-dictators-but-demonizes-pro-li Justin Trudeau hangs out with terrorists and dictators, but demonizes pro-lifers]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved March 5, 2018.</ref>

Similarly, while Trudeau funded a left-wing group protesting a pipeline because of "free speech", he refused to fund any organizations opposed to abortion and the [[homosexual agenda]].<ref>Tennant, Michael (April 26, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/north-america/item/28927-trudeau-free-speech-demands-funding-pipeline-protesters-but-not-pro-lifers Trudeau: “Free Speech” Demands Funding Pipeline Protesters but Not Pro-Lifers]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 26, 2018.</ref> On May 10, 2018, thousands of Canadians protested against his abortion policies at the [[March For Life]] event.<ref>https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/thousands-to-protest-trudeaus-abortion-agenda-at-canadian-march-for-life</ref> In October 2018, Trudeau failed to directly condemn a physical attack on a pro-life woman because of her views.<ref>Risdon, James (October 4, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/justin-trudeau-refuses-to-condemn-attack-on-pro-life-woman-roundhouse-kicke Justin Trudeau refuses to directly condemn attack on pro-life woman]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved October 5, 2018.</ref> In 2018, the Canadian government under Trudeau gave $88,000 to pro-abortion organizations while giving none to Christian organizations.<ref>Risdon, James (October 31, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trudeau-gives-88k-to-abortion-groups-denies-funds-to-christian-orgs Trudeau gov’t gives $88k to abortion groups, denies funds to Christian orgs]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.</ref>

Trudeau stated in August 2018 that it is not enough simply to "tolerate" homosexuality, but that "acceptance" of it is necessary.<ref>Risdon, James (August 22, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/justin-trudeau-homosexuality-is-no-longer-about-tolerance-but-acceptance Justin Trudeau: homosexuality is no longer about ‘tolerance,’ but ‘acceptance’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved August 28, 2018.</ref>

Trudeau's government spent millions of dollars promoting "gay tourism,"<ref>Laurence, Lianne (May 24, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trudeaus-liberal-govt-sends-millions-of-taxpayer-dollars-to-promote-gay-tourism Trudeau’s Liberal govt sends millions of taxpayer dollars to promote ‘gay tourism’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved May 25, 2019.</ref> and he pledged to spend billions of dollars to fund abortions worldwide.<ref>Laurence, Lianne (June 6, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trudeau-pledges-billions-of-tax-dollars-to-fund-abortion-worldwide-for-ten-years Trudeau pledges billions of tax dollars to fund abortion worldwide for ten years]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved June 7, 2019.</ref>

==SNC–Lavalin scandal==
The SNC–Lavalin scandal, which was revealed in 2019, badly shook Trudeau's government and led to the resignation of several cabinet ministers.

==Promises==
A non-partisan website called [https://www.trudeaumetre.ca/ ''TrudeauMetre''] tracks Trudeau's campaign promises, and their fulfillment or lack thereof. It records, as of early 2017, 38 achieved promises, 29 broken, 66 in progress, and 90 not yet begun. On February 11, 2017, there were numerous protests against Trudeau for a broken promise he made on electoral reform.<ref>https://globalnews.ca/news/3243620/protests-held-across-canada-over-justin-trudeaus-broken-electoral-reform-promise/</ref>

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Wales

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Althouh politically controlled by England for 800 years, throughout the centuries, a sense of national identity in Wales has manifested itself in a variety of ways: aspirations to statehood, a unique language, cultural distinctiveness, religious affiliation, sporting achievement, and, most recently, political devolution.

===Geography===
Much of Wales is mountainous; the [[Cambrian Mountains]] run the length of the country, from [[Snowdon]]ia in the north. Several [[geological period]]s are named after the ancient Welsh tribes that lived in regions where strata characteristic of the period are to be found; the [[Ordovician]] (Ordovices), the [[Silurian]] (Silures), and the [[Cambrian]] period is named for Cambria, the [[Latin]] for Wales.
===Cities===
The largest city in Wales is [[Cardiff]], which was declared to be the capital city in 1955, against competition from [[Swansea]]. Other important locales include the ports of [[Holyhead]] and [[Milford Haven]]; the mining and industrial centres of Llanelli, Neath, Pontypridd, [[Rhondda]], Merthyr Tydfil and [[Wrexham]]; the ecclesiastical cities of [[St. Asaph]] and [[St. Davids]]; the resorts of Pwllheli, [[Llandudno]], Colwyn Bay, Rhyl and Prestatyn; the university towns of Bangor and [[Aberystwyth]]; and the villages of [[Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch]] (the longest place name in Britain) and [[Llanddewi Brefi]].
===Language===
see [[Welsh language]]

English is universally spoken in Wales - however, the ancestral Celtic language of [[Welsh Language|Welsh]] is still spoken as a first or second language by approximately a quarter of the population (In 2001, Approximately 600,000 people claimed some knowledge of Welsh). The long-term decline in Welsh-speakers has stabilised since the early 1990s owing to the introduction of compulsory Welsh language classes in schools.

The national emblems are the [[leek]] and the [[daffodil]]. The Welsh national day is March 1, [[Saint David]]'s day. The Welsh flag has a picture of a dragon, usually called Idris. The Welsh flag forms no part of the Union Flag as at the time the flag was first devised Wales was considered as part of the Kingdom of England.

==History==
===Medieval===
Wales emerged as a nation from the collapse of [[Romans|Romano]]-British Britannia following the invasions of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes from the fifth century AD onwards. What is now known as Wales was for a time known as 'North Wales', while [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]] (in SW England) were 'West Wales' until their conquest. The Mercian king [[Offa]] (Mercia equates roughly to the English Midlands) created an substantial earthwork, [[Offa's Dyke]] running between the [[Irish Sea]] and the [[River Severn|Severn]] estuary in the later eighth century to separate his kingdom from Welsh lands. The dyke broadly marks the Anglo-Welsh boundary to this day.

The [[Norman Conquest]] of England following 1066 gave rise to Norman attempts to occupy Wales; by the thirteenth century much of eastern and southern Wales were under Norman control in autonomous 'Marcher Lordships' owing loyalty to the English crown. What was left of independent Wales was not a unitary nation, but comprised a number of separate, often warring, principalities, and only late on, under English pressure, did these unite to acknowledge one 'Prince of Wales'. These princes were provided by the most powerful of the Welsh states, Gwynedd, in the mountainous NW of the country. Most notable was [[Llewelyn the Great]] (1173-1240; who unified the country, and gave it a code of laws).

===English conquest===
His grandson, [[Llewelyn ap Gruffydd]], was unable to resist a powerful invasion mounted by the English king [[Edward I]], and his death in battle in 1282 and the later execution of his brother Daffyd (executed for treason due to his betrayal of the English king, with whom he had previously been allied) marked the extinction of independent Wales.

A number of huge fortifications were built by Edward to pacify the country, notably that of [[Caernafon Castle]], and maintained by his successors. These castles wer known as the ''Iron Ring''.

A major revolt against English rule was mounted in the early fifteenth century led by [[Owain Glyndwr]], a member of the prosperous Welsh gentry who became embittered against the local English magnates for reasons which are uncertain, but probably owe as much to personal disputes as national sentiment. Glyndwr's rebellion achieved astonishing success, for a while. Beginning on Good Friday 1401, the rebels came to control much of the countryside and many Welsh towns, even advancing to [[Worcester]] in England. Glyndwr, who had been proclaimed Prince of Wales, held two parliaments at Machynlleth in mid Wales, and allied himself with the Duke of Northumberland and the Earl of Mortimer in a plan to dismember the English kingdom once Henry IV had been conclusively defeated. He made an alliance with [[France]], and created two (short-lived) universities, one each in north and South Wales. However, by 1408 the tide had turned. His Northumbrian allies had been defeated and English forces retook many Welsh towns. The rebels resorted to guerilla warfare but by 1410 Glyndwr was a fugitive and he disappears from history, his fate a mystery.

Much as Owain Glyndwr emerged from the ranks of the Welsh gentry, so too did Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, who in 1485, as a somewhat tendentious claimant to the throne of England through the Lancastrian line, led an army of disaffected English magnates to victory over the Yorkist king [[Richard III]] at the [[Battle of Bosworth Field]]. Henry became King [[Henry VII]] and the progenitor of the [[Tudor dynasty]], the first Welsh king of England. Henry's son, [[Henry VIII]], completed the absorption of Wales into England in 1536, when the remaining parts of Wales were formally annexed to England and 'shired' - that is, divided into counties (shires) with sheriffs and lords lieutenant, rather than being ruled as marcher lordships.

===Schools===
“Ragged schools” were schools for children in rags, that is for poor and destitute children. They were established in the newly industrialized towns of Wales in the mid-Victorian period, drawing widespread support from all levels of society and from all religious denominations. Promoters of ragged schools combined evangelical and charitable motives in an effort to rescue children from lives of immorality and crime, and, despite a lack of qualified teachers, they did provide an education for children denied opportunities because of poverty. The schools provided instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, and often some industrial training, and the movement achieved remarkable results before declining with the gradual introduction of compulsory free elementary schooling from 1870 onward.<ref>Russell Grigg, "The Origins and Growth of Ragged Schools in Wales, 1847-c.1900," ''History of Education'' 2002 31(3): 227-243</ref>
===Soccer===
Soccer became enormously popular in northeast Wales during 1870-90, a development that resembled the growth of the sport in England and reflected aspects of Welsh national identity. During this period, soccer transformed from an informal game enjoyed mostly by schoolchildren into a regulated, professional, and spectator-friendly sport. The growing popularity and interclass participation was seen as an agent of social cohesion and Victorian values of health, though frequent outbreaks of fighting during matches was frowned on by some religious groups. Soccer maintained its popularity in northeast Wales, but industrial decline generally meant that local teams could not as easily draw the same crowds and attract talented players as those in the English Midlands.<ref>Martin Johnes, and Ian Garland, "'The New Craze': Football and Society in North-east Wales, c. 1870-90," ''Welsh History Review'' 2004 22(2): 278-304</ref> Soccer was easily the most popular sport in Wales throughout the whole of the twentieth century.

===Religion===
Wales is known for the strength of Nonconformist denominations, especially the Methodists. Nonconformist social and political activism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was based more on moral and economic concerns than theological principles. Public controversy over publication of R. J. Campbell's ''The New Theology'' in 1907 sparked the development of a theology-based activism that strengthened Nonconformist ties with the radical labor movement and Socialism. It was similar to the [[Social Gospel]] in the United States, but more radical and more inclined toward socialism as promoted by the [[Labour Party]].<ref>Robert Pope, "From New Theology to Social Gospel," ''Welsh Journal of Religious History'' 2007 2: 87-104,</ref>

The major Nonconformist groups were the Baptists, Congregationalists, and three varieties of Methodists (the Calvinistic, Primitive, and Wesleyan). Each combined communal (largely involuntary involvement) and associational (voluntary involvement) aspects among their members and adherents. The membership declined during the early 20th century. To a large degree that decline is attributable to each church body becoming more associational, bureaucratic, and denominational. Connections to local communities broke down and promoted secularization although revivalism occurred to roll back the secularization process on occasion.<ref>Peter Yalden, "Association, Community and the Origins of Secularisation: English and Welsh Nonconformity, c. 1850-1930," ''Journal of Ecclesiastical History'' 2004 55(2): 293-324</ref>
====Revival of 1904-5====

''See also:'' [[Welsh Revival of 1904-1905]]

From 1904 to 1905 Wales experienced a religious revival with a strong tone of what became [[Pentecostalism]]. It was most famously associated with Evan Roberts (1878-1951), but the movement was broad based with many leaders. Begun as an effort to kindle nondenominational, nonsectarian spirituality, the Welsh revival of 1904-05 coincided with the rise of the labor movement, socialism, and a general disaffection with religion among the working class and youths. While Roberts heavily emphasized the need for individual prayer in his revival, he also engaged in considerable preaching and, like other evangelists, acted spontaneously. Roberts's mental health was a topic of discussion among his followers and detractors at the time of the revival, a debate that has continued ever since. Evidence indicates he was not particularly stable prior to the revival, and that during the revival he claimed to possess various spiritual and supernatural powers. Not merely a Welsh phenomenon, the movement also spread to other countries. The revival produced some lasting effects including the establishment of Pentecostalism in Wales. Revivalists at firct condemned all activities not related to religion, prayer, and the service of God, it temporarily crippled the growing sport of rugby, itself an increasingly powerful element of Welsh identity. Within months, however, extremist views waned and innocuous pastimes and sport returned to Welsh daily life. International success for Wales in rugby matches in 1905 restored the sport's earlier standing and reinforced its place in the self-image of modern Wales.<ref>Robert Pope, "Demythologising the Evan Roberts Revival, 1904-1905," ''Journal of Ecclesiastical History'' 2006 57(3): 515-534</ref>

The revival lasted less than a year, but in that period 100,000 converts were made. The revival spread from south Wales to north Wales, then to Britain, and eventually to Los Angeles, California, where [[Pentecostalism]] flourished.<ref>Edward J. Gitre, "The 1904-05 Welsh Revival: Modernization, Technologies, and Techniques of the Self," ''Church History'' 2004 73(4): 792-827</ref>

==Prince of Wales==
[[Prince Charles|Charles]], eldest son of [[Queen Elizabeth II]], is the current Prince of Wales, a title normally bestowed on the first-born son of the sovereign but implying no particular monarchical role in the Principality.

Even today in modern Wales, vestiges of anti-English sentiment remain strong in some parts; the Welsh Nationalist Party, [[Plaid Cymru]] typically returns several members to the British [[Parliament]], and with the unaffiliated Welsh terrorist group the [[Meibion Glyndwr]], ("the Sons of Glendower") conducting a sporadic campaign of arson against English-owned holiday homes in recent years.<ref>http://www.welshdragon.net/resources/Articles/arson.shtml</ref>

== Government ==

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|- bgcolor=cccccc
! Position || Current Holder
|-
| [[British monarchy|Monarch]] || Queen [[Elizabeth II]]
|-
| [[UK Prime Ministers|Prime Minister]] || [[David Cameron]] MP
|-
| [[Secretary of State for Wales|Secretary of State]] || [[Cheryl Gillan]] MP
|-
| [[First Minister of Wales|First Minister]] || [[Carwyn Jones]] AM
|}

Although constitutionally the United Kingdom is a unitary state with one sovereign, parliament and government - there has been moves to give power to national legislature in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, this has taken the form of devolution. Power for certain areas of government like education, health and the environment are fully the responsibility of their national governments. However, central government maintains the right to overturn any decision by a national assembly, as such the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] remains sovereign in the United Kingdom as a whole.

=== Devolution ===
[[File:Wales1.jpg|thumb|200px]]
A [[National Assembly for Wales]] as established under the ''Government of Wales Act of 1998''. The assembly consists of 60 ''Assembly Members'' or ''AM''s. The [[Welsh Assembly Government]] is the executive arm who have been delegated much of the powers of the Assembly.

== Industry ==

South Wales was formerly heavily industrialised, with [[coal]] mining and [[steel]]working, whereas North Wales is a pastoral area used mainly for [[sheep]]farming.

[[Coal]] mining in South Wales has undergone a recent resurgence due to the discovery of new energy resources, particularly in the Crumlin area.

== Sport ==

[[Soccer]] enjoys major popularity, with [[rugby union]] being particularly popular in South Wales. In addition, as is common with many universities, both Cardiff and Aberystwyth Universities have their own American Football teams (the Cardiff Cobras and the Tarannau Aberystwyth), and there are other American Football teams in Wales<ref>http://www.southwaleswarriors.co.uk/cgi-bin/swwarriors/baseweb2.exe?vid=82057&src=794</ref> (indeed there are many other American Football teams in the whole of the UK<ref>http://www.bafa.org.uk/</ref>). Ice hockey is also extremely popular; major teams include the Cardiff Devils.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Davies, John. ''A History of Wales'' (2007) [https://www.amazon.com/History-Wales-John-Davies/dp/0140284753/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260143161&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Evans, Chris. '''The Labyrinth of Flames': Work and Social Conflict in Early Industrial Merthyr Tydfil'' (1993). 237 pp.
* Fagge, Roger. ''Power, Culture and Conflict in the Coalfields: West Virginia and South Wales, 1900-1922'' (1996). 290 pp.
* Francis, Hywel and Smith, David. ''The Fed: A History of the South Wales Miners in the Twentieth Century'' (1980). 530 pp.
* Gilbert, David. ''Class, Community, and Collective Action: Social Change in Two British Coalfields, 1850-1926'' (1992). 293 pp.
* Jenkins, Geraint H. ''A Concise History of Wales'' (2007) [https://www.amazon.com/Concise-History-Wales-Cambridge-Histories/dp/0521530717/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260143161&sr=1-10 excerpt and text search]
* Jenkins, Philip. ''A History of Modern Wales, 1536-1990'' (1992). 451 pp.
* Jenkins, Geraint H. and Smith, J. Beverley, eds. ''Politics and Society in Wales, 1840-1922'' (1988). 201 pp.
* Jenkins, Geraint H. ''The Foundations of Modern Wales: Wales, 1642-1780'' (1988). 490 pp.
* Jones, J. Barry, and Denis Balsom, eds. ''The Road to the National Assembly of Wales'' (2000)
* Jones, Gareth Elwyn. ''Modern Wales: A Concise History, c. 1485-1979'' (1985). 364 pp.
* Jones, J. Gwynfor. ''Early Modern Wales, c. 1525-1640'' (1994).
* Jones, J. Gwynfor, ed. ''Class, Community, and Culture in Tudor Wales'' (1989). 300 pp.
* Morgan, Kenneth O. ''Wales in British Politics: 1868-1922'' (1963)
* Morgan, Kenneth O. ''Modern Wales: Politics, Places, and People'' (1995). 492 pp.
* Morgan, Kenneth O. ''Rebirth of a Nation: Wales 1880-1980 (History of Wales) (Vol 6)'' (1981)
* Neil Evans, "'When Men and Mountains Meet': Historians' Explanations of the History of Wales, 1890-1970," ''Welsh History Review'' 2004 22(2): 222-251
** The the thesis advanced by Owen Morgan Edwards c. 1900 stressed geographical determinism, and was similar to contemporary findings in the United States by [[Frederick Jackson Turner]]. TheEdwards model was augmented and revised by subsequent generations of historians, most notably by John Lloyd and William Stubbs in their work on preconquest Wales, which considered questions of race and political organization. In later decades, Edward A. Lewis and William Rees followed with similar approaches to modern Welsh social and economic history, while A. H. Dodd and Glanmor Williams focused on Welsh industrialization.
* Owen, Trefor. ''Customs and Traditions of Wales'' (1991) 108pp
* Pope, Robert, ed. ''Religion and National Identity: Wales and Scotland c. 1700-2000'' (2001)
* Smith, Dai. ''Aneurin Bevan and the World of South Wales.'' (1993). 359 pp. 20c coal mining and politics
* Stephens, Meic, ed. ''The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales.'' (1986). 682 pp.
* Wallace, Ryland. ''Organise! Organise! Organise! A Study of Reform Agitations in Wales, 1840-1886'' (1991). 267 pp.
* Weisser, Henry. ''Wales: An Illustrated History'' (2003) [https://www.amazon.com/Wales-Illustrated-History-Hippocrene-Histories/dp/0781809363/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260143161&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
* Williams, Glanmor. ''The History of Wales, Vol. 3: Recovery, Reorientation, and Reformation: Wales, c. 1415-1642'' (1987). 528 pp.

==See also==
* [[David Lloyd George]], powerful prime minister in World War I
* [[Welsh language]]
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[[Category:Wales| ]]
[[Category:British History]]

England

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[[Image:England.gif|right|thumb|300px|England (highlighted in light green), showing the boundaries of the ceremonial counties.]]
'''England''' is a constituent country of the [[United Kingdom]] located on the island of [[Great Britain]] in the north-west of [[Europe]].
It is home of the [[English]] language currently spoken by perhaps a billion people worldwide, and was the seat of an empire that spanned the globe.
England is the largest of the UK's constituent countries, both in terms of area and population. It is also home to the UK's capital and [[parliament]], making this area politically and economically important to the UK as a whole.

== History ==

From 43 AD, the [[Roman]]s invaded [[Britain]] and took control of the southern half of the islands, where they founded the fort of "Londinium", which later became [[London]].

[[File:England900.jpg|thumb|280px|England and its neighbours about 900 AD]]
As the [[Roman Empire]] abandoned Britain in AD410, nearby [[Germanic]] tribes, specifically the [[Angles]], [[Saxons]] and [[Jutes]], began to settle over the majority of the island. Kingdoms formed, such as Northumbria (Anglian) in the north east, Wessex (named after the West Saxons) in the south west and Kent (probably settled by Jutes, and now the name of a county) in the south east. The home nations of [[Wales]] and [[Scotland]], and the South West England county of Cornwall continued to be independent Celtic nations for some time after this. The Germanic invaders were still [[pagan]]s when they conquered part of Britain (e.g. [[Penda]] of Mercia was (allegedly) the last pagan King). The English peoples were converted to [[Christianity]], however, in the 7th Century AD. This happened from two directions: the mission of [[St. Augustine]], emissary of Gregory the Great came initially to Kent, while the (successful) mission to the Northumbrian Angles (and from there to peoples further south) was from the [[Celtic Church]] based in northern British monasteries such as [[Iona]] and [[Lindisfarne]]. The entire [[British Isles]] later came under the sway of [[Roman Catholicism]] as the powerful Northumbrian King, Oswy, chose in favour of Roman practice in AD 664 ('Synod of Whitby').
[[Image:London England.jpg|right|300px]]
Later, in 1066 AD, the [[Normans|Norman]] French Duke [[William the Conqueror]] defeated the last [[Anglo-Saxon]] King, [[Harold Godwinson]]. William established himself as king of England, and the Monarchy continued until the crowning of Stephen of Blois. However, Empress Matilda, with aid of relations and riots going around England caused the signing of the Treaty of Wallingford, where King Henry III became heir of England. The House of Plantagenets (the royal family at the time) Ruled from Aquitane, a county which, although in mordern France, had been English for a long period of time.

Amongst the privileged elite [[French]] language and customs became a part of English culture, however for the most part the common population continued to use their own language and customs. William retained significant territories on mainland Europe, in what is now France. For many hundreds of years England fought a series of wars (including the [[Hundred Years War]]) for possession of northern France. These did not end until 1588 with the loss of [[Calais]]. The [[Channel Islands]] are still a crown dependency to this day.

On the basis of their territories in England and France the Norman monarchs became influential in Europe. In 1215, rebellious nobles forced [[King John]] to sign the [[Magna Carta]], essentially a charter guaranteeing the rights of the king's subject nobles and the church, and setting forward the precedent that the monarch's powers were bound by law. In 1455-1487 a series of conflicts called the [[Wars of the Roses]] were fought between the noble families of York and Lancaster for control of the throne.

After the [[Wars of the Roses]] had been won by Henry of Lancaster, the reign of the [[Tudor dynasty|Tudors]] began. Henry VII, as he became, was more concerned with defending his crown and so concentrated mainly on domestic policies. While Henry VII is one of England's less famous kings he was one of the few monarchs ever to leave the crown solvent upon his death. Henry VIII, unlike his father, was obsessed with winning glory on the battlefield, preferably in France. Henry launched three major wars throughout his reign against France and in the process managed to capture the city of Boulogne as well as two minor towns, however all of these we're lost or returned by the end of Edwards VI reign. However Henry is most famous for his split with Rome, where he created the Protestant Church of England. When the current [[Pope]] refused to allow him to annul his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Henry passed the Statute of Restraint of appeals, declared himself head of the English Church and decreed that the Pope had no power over England. During his reign Henry had six wives, of which only three bore him children. Of these, only one was a son—a sickly child who reigned as Edward VI for just six years after his father's death. His daughter Elizabeth, however, was crowned Queen in 1558 and became perhaps England's greatest and best-loved monarch with her reign often being referred to as Englands Golden Age. Elizabeth was queen during some of England's greatest moments of the age, the founding of England's first (if unsuccessful) American colony, the defeat of the Spanish Armarda and solidifying The Church of England's beliefs and acceptance within the nation. Upon her death, King James VI of Scotland was crowned King James I, leading to an eventual unification of the two nations.

== Religion ==
In 1533 AD King [[Henry VIII]] formed the [[Church of England]] (CoE) after the [[pope]] refused to annul the marriage between the king and [[Catherine of Aragon]]; while originally the CoE followed a policy of [[Catholic]] without the pope, his successors [[Edward VI]] and [[Elizabeth I]] moved the church in a far more [[Protestantism|Protestant]] direction. Henry established himself as the head of the church and made it the state religion of England. This situation continues to this day, although in much modified form. The queen is still the nominal head of the church, although purely as a figurehead. Decisions technically taken by the queen are in fact done only on the advice of her ministers, who in matters of the church invariably act on the advice of the church leaders. Until recently certain bishops of the Church of England were automatically given seats in the House of Lords. The Church of England is closely involved with the ceremonies associated with England, for example at coronations or royal weddings and funerals.

Since the [[Reformation]] the country has remained primarily Anglican with the notable exception of the Catholic reigns of [[Mary I]] and [[James II]]. More recently, the number of [[Roman Catholics]] is poised to overtake the number of [[Anglicans]] in the country, a trend that is likely to continue with an influx of migrants from Catholic countries such as [[Ireland]] and recent [[EU]] accession countries such as [[Poland]][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article1386939.ece]. As with the UK as a whole, the significant minority religions include [[Hinduism]], [[Judaism]] and [[Islam]].

A 2001 census gave the following figures for religious affiliation: [[Christianity]]: 71.6%, [[Islam]]: 3.1%, [[Hindu]]: 1.1%, [[Sikh]]: 0.7%, [[Jewish]]: 0.5%, and [[Buddhist]]: 0.3%, No Faith: 22.3%. Approximately 7% of responders did not answer the question.<ref>http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/commentaries/ethnicity.asp</ref>

===Schools ===
Unlike American schools, state run Comprehensive schools in England have a daily act of Christian worship, although there have been efforts in recent times to remove this, to reflect the multifaith make-up of England.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/dec/26/scrap-compulsory-acts-of-worship</ref> There is support for some "faith schools", such as Peter Vardy's ''Emmanuel Schools Foundation'' through the Academies program.<ref>http://www.emmanuelschools.org/thefoundation/thefoundation/</ref>

== Influence ==

England is the home of the modern English language, which was later spread to all parts of the world by the [[British Empire]], along with traditional English concepts such as the rule of law, universal suffrage, parliamentary government, the jury system, and freedom of speech.

== References ==

<references/>

== See also ==
*[[English Bill of Rights]]
*[[English Civil War]]
*[[English Painting]]
*[[English coronation oath]]

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[[Category:European Countries]]
[[Category:British History]]

== External links ==

*[http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/ English Heritage] - English history website

European Union

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:''For the results of EU policies, see [[European migrant crisis]]''
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The '''European Union (EU)''' is an [[anti-democratic]]<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/brexits-in-trouble-the-us-can-help</ref> experiment in [[globalism]], combining very different cultures and nations into one legal, political and economic union of 28 [[European]] countries. It was formed in 1993 with the ratification of the [[Maastricht Treaty]], though its predecessor, the [[European Economic Community]], was founded in 1957. It is not the same as "[[Europe]]", though most nations from the continent have joined the EU.

As a set of institutions, the EU has more powers over its member states and their citizens than other international bodies; many of its competencies are supranational (above the member states) rather than intergovernmental (between them). Despite having a legal personality and sovereignty in agreed areas, it is not regarded as a federation or state in its own right: rather, it stands somewhere between these two points. Fifteen member states use a common currency, the '''[[euro]]'''.<ref>Five other states formally agree to use it, and four others use it without formal agreement.</ref> The EU is moving in the direction of eventually becoming a politically unified federation, something which many of its leaders consciously support.<ref>Newman, Alex (August 20, 2013). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/item/16343-the-eu-regionalization-trumps-sovereignty The EU: Regionalization Trumps Sovereignty]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 25, 2017.</ref>

There is no EU military. Each nation has its own forces, but nearly all are members of [[NATO]], in which the U.S. has a preponderant voice.

The EU is a driving force of global economic and political integration, but Hix (2008) sees three problems with the EU: policy gridlock, lack of popular legitimacy and the democratic deficit. He notes, "In substantive terms ... the EU is closer to a form of enlightened despotism than a genuine democracy."<ref>Hix (2008)</ref> In addition, on February 5, 2000, John Laughland indicated in ''The Spectator'' that the European Union's entire purpose was to subject Western Europe to Marxist–Leninist/Marxist-Trotskyist thought.<ref>THE [European ]UNION CAN MAKE A VITAL CONTRIBUTION to the reform of the international economic architecture and to the establishment of a mechanism for collective governance. 
*From: Commission of the European Communities
*Brussels 9.2.2000 [COM (2000) 154 final]
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, The Council, The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: 
*STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 2000-2005
*"SHAPING THE NEW EUROPE"

Writing in The Spectator (London) of 5th February 2000 John Laughland stated that "The West is now on the verge of achieving that of which Lenin and Trotsky dreamed in 1917. For the point is not to replace nation states with a European or world superstate. It is instead to achieve the old Marxist dream of abolishing statehood altogether"</ref>

With the EU's facilitation of the [[European migrant crisis]], [[Euroskeptic]]s and native [[populist]] movements regard the EU as a [[totalitarian]] [[bureaucracy]]. In 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU; a process termed [[Brexit]]. It will become the first nation to leave the EU in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39325561 |title=Article 50: Theresa May to trigger Brexit process |publisher=BBC News |date=20 March 2017|access-date=20 March 2017}}</ref>

==Politics==
Each nation elects members to the Parliament in proportion to population. The June 2009 elections saw sweeping gains by conservative and anti-immigration parties, as labor and socialist parties lost heavily. Since the 2004 elections the largest grouping has for the last five years been the centre-right European People's Party '''EPP''' (288 seats out of a current 785), followed by the centre-left '''PES''' (216) and the liberal '''ALDE''' (100). With the 2009 election EPP made gains and retains power in the parliament.

Conservative Jose Manuel Barroso, who will have a second term as European Commission president, thanked voters and assured them their voices would be heard.

In 2009 The British [[Labour Party]], Germany's [[SPD]] (Social Democrats) and France's Socialist Party suffered historic defeats—the worst defeat for Labour in Britain in a century..

Turnout was at an all-time low in some countries, including France (41%) and Germany (42%).

==Structure==

===The European Commission===
In September 2009 Jose Manuel Barroso, was re-elected as president of the [[European Commission]] after the European Parliament voted to give him a second term. This ended weeks of uncertainty during which Socialist, Green and Liberal critics tried to block Mr Barroso's candidacy on the grounds that he had yielded too much power to national governments and promoted the kind of free-market liberalism that led to the financial crisis.

The role and responsibilities of the European Commission place it at the centre of the EU's decision-making process. Acting as the EU's policy and executive engine, the Commission is composed of 28 Commissioners, one from each state, and is supported by a substantial staff located primarily in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]. In matters relating to economic integration ("First or 'Community' Pillar"), only the Commission has the right to propose legislation for approval by the EU Council and European Parliament. As "guardian of the Treaties," the Commission ensures that EU laws are applied and upheld throughout the EU, prosecuting member states and other institutions for failing to follow treaty precepts or otherwise apply Community law. The Commission has full authority to enforce Community competition policy, and its policing of implementation of Community legislation preserves the integrity of the EU single market. The Commission likewise manages and develops the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), implements the budget, and represents the European Community in its areas of competence, notably including international trade negotiations.

The Commission President is appointed by agreement of the EU heads of government and is subject to approval by the European Parliament. Commissioners serve for a renewable five-year term. New Commissioners are identified by member state governments in consultation with the President-designate of the Commission and are normally put in place at the beginning of the term of the Commission President. The entire Commission must be confirmed as a collective whole by the European Parliament before its formal appointment by common accord of EU governments.

===The European Council===
The European Council brings together EU heads of government and the President of the European Commission; foreign ministers of member states also participate. Finance ministers are normally included when the leaders discuss questions related to the euro and the economy. The European Council meets at least twice a year, usually quarterly, at the end of each Presidency, to review major EU projects, set guidelines for policies and provide necessary guidance. The Presidency of the Council rotates every six months among EU member states (January–June; July–December). Its role has become increasingly important with the expansion of EU responsibilities and competencies. The Presidency organises and presides over the meetings of the European Council and EU Council (ministerial) meetings, drafts compromises, and seeks solutions to problems submitted to the European Council.

===Council of Ministers===
The Council of Ministers of the European Union (the "EU Council") is the body in which representatives of the individual member state governments, usually ministers, legislate for the EU, set its political objectives, coordinate national policies and resolve differences among their governments and with other EU bodies. Legally speaking, there is only one Council, but it meets in nine different formations, depending on the matters on its agenda. Foreign ministers usually meet at least once a month in the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC), which deals with major foreign policy issues and plays a coordinating role. Ministers for the Economy and Finance (ECOFIN) and ministers responsible for agriculture also hold monthly meetings. Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) hold regular meetings to coordinate policies within their competence.

The Council holds formal sessions in its Brussels headquarters, except in April, June and October, when all sessions take place in Luxembourg. Most formations of the Council also meet informally (tasking no legally binding decisions) in the country holding the EU Presidency, usually once in the course of the Presidency's six-month term. The most prominent of these informal meetings is the so-called "Gymnich" meeting of foreign ministers, named for a town in Germany where the first such meeting took place.

The Council takes most decisions under the Community Pillar by qualified majority voting (QMV) but endeavours to reach the broadest possible consensus before approving legislation. Unanimity is required for a number of specific areas related to economic integration (e.g. taxation), constitutional matters such as amendments to the treaties, the launching of a new common policy, the accession of a new member state, and matters falling within the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy, European Security and Defence Policy, and aspects of law enforcement and judicial cooperation. The number of votes cast by each member state when the EU Council votes by qualified majority voting was determined by the Nice Treaty and roughly correlates to the size of its population.

===The [[European Parliament]]===
[[File:Conchita Wurst Ban Ki Moon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|UN Geneal Secretary Ban Ki-Moon with singer Conchita Wurst. In 2014 Wurst was invited to sing before the European Parliament.]]
The European Parliament is the largest trans-national parliament in the world, and the second-largest overall (behind [[India]]), with an electorate of almost half a billion. Members of the Parliament are directly elected by all EU citizens for five-year terms; elections follow national election procedures, except they have to be a form of proportional representation. Members do not sit in national delegations; rather, they sit in groups according to political affiliation (including Socialists, Christian Democrats/Conservatives, Liberals, Greens, et cetera).

Parliament's powers have gradually grown with the entry into force of the Single European Act (1986), the Maastricht Treaty (1993) and the Treaty of Amsterdam (1999). Parliament shares decision-making power on an equal footing with the Council in many areas under the Community Pillar to which the "co-decision procedure" applies. The European Parliament is one of the two branches with budgetary authority – the Council is the other. The signature of the EP president brings the overall EU budget into effect.

The European Parliament also plays a role in the process of selecting the President and other members of the Commission. The European Council's nomination of the President is subject to approval by the Parliament. The EP holds U.S.-style public hearings of Commission nominees before taking a formal vote to approve the nomination of the Commission as a body. Parliament has the power to censure the entire Commission, but not to dismiss individual Commissioners.

===The European Court of Justice===
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ensures uniform interpretation and application of both the Treaties establishing the European Communities and the secondary legislation and other law adopted under their authority. To enable it to carry out that task, the Court has wide jurisdiction to hear various types of cases. For example, the Court has the authority to hear and issue binding judgements in lawsuits that seek to annul a law adopted by the EU, to compel an EU institution to act, or to require that a member state comply with EU law. The ECJ may issue clarifications of EU law (in response to a request for a preliminary ruling from any member state court) and hears appeals on legal questions arising out of cases at the Court of First Instance. The ECJ currently has 28 justices and eight advocates-general, who are appointed by common accord of the governments of the member states and who hold office for six-year renewable terms.

==Sovereignty==
The member states of the European Union fall under the jurisdiction of the Union's legislative and judicial institutions (the Court of Justice, the Commission, the Council and the Parliament) in those competences that they have conferred to the Union (the principle of subsidiarity). Similar to Federal Law trumping State Law in United States politics, EU member states are obliged to follow the laws set forth by the European Court of Justice, even if their national laws are contradictory. This system of government pools sovereignty in those agreed areas from the nation, and rests it in the EU institutions. Some political theorists argue that the EU is thus the death of the nation, as by the [[Treaty of Westphalia]], nations are defined by their right of self-sovereignty; however, each member state has a legal right to cede from the EU, which non-sovereign components of states do not.

==Economy==

{{See also|Eurozone Crisis}}

The institutions of the European Union were originally created to oversee the operation of the several economic communities that later became the Single European Market. Even as the EU's political integration has continued, the area of greatest integration has always been in the economic sphere: goods, capital, and labour move freely between member states (with exceptions for goods which pose a public health risk), businesses in all member states are increasingly subject to common basic rules, and fifteen of the 28 member states use a common currency, the euro. The rest of the states are legally obliged to adopt the euro when their economies meet strict ''Convergence Criteria'' (except the UK and Denmark, which negotiated opt-outs). The fifteen euro-area countries share a common monetary policy administered by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. The EU strives to eliminate internal barriers to the free flow of goods, services, labour, and capital, and to promote the overall convergence of living standards. Internationally, the EU aims to strengthen Europe's trade position and capitalise on the political and economic leverage that a large, unified market brings.

===Growth===
The EU is the world's largest economic area (the U.S. is second) with a 2007 GDP of $16.6 trillion. Growth in many member states has been slow; between 2001 and 2003, the overall growth rate dropped from 1.8 percent to 1.0 percent, then recovered in 2004 to 2.4%, fell to 1.8 percent in 2005, then rose to 2.8% in 2006 and 2.4% in 2007. Within the euro area, growth varies as much as 4.5 percentage points between the fastest and slowest-growing economies: in 2005, the economies of Germany, France and Italy, grew by less than two percent. Growth remains strong in the new [[Central Europe]]an member states with rapidly industrialising economies.

In spring 2000, the EU committed to a ten-year strategic goal of transforming the EU into a more competitive, knowledge-based economy capable of sustaining higher levels of growth. Focusing on labour market reform, macroeconomic and fiscal policy, and promotion of e-commerce and entrepreneurship, the EU's "Lisbon Agenda" was an attempt to stimulate growth while remaining committed to the EU social model. Some suggest that it has so far failed to achieve its goals in large part because national governments (which retain authority over employment policy, immigration, large public sector workforces, entitlement programs and pensions) have not completed the necessary reforms, with unemployment at 6.9 percent in 2007. The European Commission re-launched the Lisbon Agenda in March 2005, promising three percent growth and six million new jobs by 2010. The revamped strategy focuses on developing political consensus within member states to make the changes necessary to complete elimination of barriers in the internal market, reduce the regulatory burden on business, improve labour market flexibility, provide incentives to work and increase investment in human capital.

===Fiscal and Monetary Policy===
Introduced in 1999, the euro is currently the official currency of fifteen of the 28 EU member states. The United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden chose to retain their national currencies, and some of the newer EU members have yet to meet the strict economic conditions required to adopt the euro. Prior to the euro's launch in 1999, national currency exchange rates of countries intending to join the euro were fixed within an Exchange Rate Mechanism. Following the January 2002 introduction of euro notes and coins into general circulation, national currencies were removed from circulation. Each of the euro area countries agreed to abide by a shared fiscal policy rule book known as the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). This agreement generally obliges national governments to limit government budget deficits to 3 percent of GDP and established a target debt-to-GDP ratio of below sixty percent. Although enforcement actions have been forgiving – France and Germany, for example, avoided sanctions despite missing SGP targets – countries violating the SGP are technically subject to sanctions by the European Commission. As of March 2005, national governments have been granted budget leeway to achieve structural reforms and to combat prolonged stagnation, negative growth or other factors, such as the cost of German reunification or state pensions. The revised standards still require deficits to remain close to the targets; they may only temporarily exceed the three percent limit.

The euro area's monetary policy is set by the European Central Bank (ECB), which must devise a monetary policy to accommodate a wide range of domestic policies and economic conditions within the euro area. The Treaties require that the ECB's primary objective be to maintain price stability (i.e., to keep inflation low). Euro area national governments have sometimes criticised the ECB for guarding against inflation at the expense of interest rate flexibility that could enable struggling economies to gain traction. The ECB's consistent overnight interest rate of two percent has been credited with creating favourable conditions for growth in Spain and Ireland, but has been blamed for hindering growth in France, Germany, Italy, and Portugal. Non-EU countries have also adopted the euro, including Andorra, United Kingdom base areas, Kosovo, Monaco, Montenegro, and the Vatican City. Additionally, several countries have currencies pegged to the euro, including French African states and those in the Exchange Rate Mechanism.

===Trade===
The EU is the world's largest exporter of goods and services. In 2003, the then fifteen EU members exported $987 billion worth of goods to non-EU countries. The EU's exports grew rapidly between 1996 and 2000 but have grown more slowly since. Except for 2002, the EU as a whole has posted a trade deficit every year since 1999; it was $62 billion in 2004. The EU is a major exporter of chemicals, transport equipment, and industrial machinery. The EU has large trade deficits in raw materials and energy, and a small deficit in food and drink.

The U.S. is the EU's main trading partner by a wide margin. U.S. goods and services exports to the EU reached $283 billion in 2004, while U.S. goods and services imports from the EU totalled $388 billion. Asian economies such as Japan and China, however, account for an increasingly important share of EU trade. The EU's two-way merchandise trade with China grew to $223 million in 2004, while merchandise trade with Japan was $149 million. Internal trade between euro area and non-euro area countries was down one percent in the first quarter of 2005, but the EU's external trade was up four percent, particularly with Russia and Norway.

Member states have given almost exclusive authority to the EU to negotiate binding international trade treaties. The European Community (EC) is a full member of the World Trade Organisation and plays an active role in the Doha Development Round to foster international trade in services and agricultural products. Bilaterally, the EC maintains framework agreements to facilitate trade flows with thirty-five countries worldwide, mostly elsewhere in Europe, in North Africa, and in the Middle East.

===Foreign Direct Investment===
The EU is both a major destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) and a major source of FDI. U.S. foreign direct investment in the EU totalled $83.3 billion in 2004; EU FDI into the U.S. totalled $46.6 billion. Following strong year-upon-year growth in the late 1990s, however, inward and outward flows of FDI have contracted since 2001. The EU is a net recipient of FDI from Japan, receiving $81 billion in 2003. Conversely, the EU is a net investor in Canada ($86 billion in outward investment in 2003), and China ($29 billion in outward investment in 2003). Growth of intra-EU FDI has increased rapidly in recent years and has increased much faster than FDI in non-EU countries.

The pattern of foreign investment by European firms reflects deep commercial ties with the United States. U.S. and EU businesses invest heavily and operate profitably on both sides of the Atlantic. U.S. affiliates in Europe accounted for 56 percent of the aggregate output of U.S. affiliates worldwide. European firms were the largest foreign investors in 44 U.S. states and the second largest foreign investor in the remaining six. Sales by U.S. affiliates in Europe totalled $1.5 trillion in 2002, more than double those of U.S. affiliates in the Asia/Pacific region. European affiliate sales in the U.S. were $1.2 trillion in 2002, more than three times the value of U.S. imports from Europe.

Intra-firm trade involving foreign affiliates is particularly important to the transatlantic trade and investment relationship. Approximately 58 percent of U.S. imports from the EU in 2004 involved trade between related parties, as did 30 percent of U.S. exports to Europe in 2003. This high level of intra-firm trade has contributed to the persistence of the U.S. trade deficit with Europe even as the dollar has lost value against the euro since 2002.

===Budget===
The EU's budget is composed of member state contributions. Equivalent to roughly one percent of the member states' combined gross national income (GNI), it was $123 billion in 2005. The UK receives a rebate for some of its contribution, as the CAP benefits the UK less than other states. In June 2005, the EU failed to agree on a budget plan for 2007 through 2013, due in part to a disagreement between the UK and France over the persistence of the UK budget rebate and the funding of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Costs attributable to the CAP constitute the EU's largest annual budget item, benefiting farmers across the EU, especially in France. Payments to net-recipient member states, designed to reduce economic and social disparities among EU countries and regions, are another budget item which has become more contentious with the accession of ten new states poorer than the EU average.

==Criticism==
[[File:No-EU.png|thumb|250px|Numerous people oppose the EU due to its [[socialist]] and [[globalist]] policies.]]
{{See also|Euroskepticism|European migrant crisis}}
A significant number of Europeans on the political right-of-center are opposed to the EU on the grounds that it undermines national sovereignty and identity.<ref>Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (August 20, 2013). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/item/16343-the-eu-regionalization-trumps-sovereignty The EU: Regionalization Trumps Sovereignty]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
*Newman, Alex (November 14, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30645-euro-globalists-pursue-eu-military-for-empire-of-peace Euro-Globalists Pursue EU Military for “Empire of Peace”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
*Byas, Steve (November 14, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30647-brexit-difficulty-best-course-is-not-to-get-into-globalist-deals-such-as-european-union Brexit Difficulty: Best Course Is Not to Get Into Globalist Deals Such as European Union]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (December 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/13/eu-none-member-states-big-enough-pursue-national-interest/ EU: ‘None of Our Member-States Is Big Enough to Pursue Their Own National Interests’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 14, 2018.</ref> The term "eurosceptic" has risen in popularity in Britain to describe these people, and among them are such members as the former British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] (although, while in power, she committed Britain to the 1986 Single European Act, a major integrationist measure). They also, however, include less well-respected politicians belonging to "far-right" or [[nationalism|nationalist]] parties, such as France's [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]]. There are also extreme left-wing opponents of the European Union, such as ''Die Linke'' in Germany, who regard it as constituting an anti-progressive "Fortress Europe", and claim that EU membership impedes countries from following socialist policies. However, compared to [[conservative]] critics, left-wing Euroskeptics usually take softer positions against the EU, as they still support many of its policies such as on immigration and nationalism.

The European Union has been described as "a culturally amorphous post-ideological world. A [[cosmopolitan]] easy going [[agnostic]] world where the European Parliament invites a long-haired bearded [[Transgender|shemale]] to perform in front of its building and announces him/her as 'The voice of Europe' singing for equality, without anyone batting an eye."<ref>https://gatestone.eu/eu-going-down/</ref>

A March 2019 Pew Research Center poll found that 54% of Europeans viewed the EU as "inefficient," 64% viewing it as "out of touch," and with majorities also finding it "intrusive" and pursuing harmful migration policies.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (March 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/22/europeans-say-brussels-is-intrusive-inefficient-and-out-of-touch/ Europeans Say Brussels Is ‘Intrusive, Inefficient, and Out of Touch’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2019.</ref>

From an economic perspective, while the EU has low unemployment on paper, many of those jobs are bad and low-paying.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/08/eu-not-working-workers-high-employment-but-pay-low-jobs-bad/ EU Not Working for Workers: High Employment, But Jobs Bad and Pay Low]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2019.</ref>

===Anti-Israel===
In 2013 the European Union forced their 28 members not to cooperate with Israeli entities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.<ref>http://frontpagemag.com/2013/noah-beck/the-eus-broken-mideast-compass/</ref> In 2015 the EU issued guidelines for the labeling of products from Israeli settlements.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/11/eu-sets-guidelines-on-labelling-products-from-israeli-settlements</ref>

==History==
Following World War II, traditional European rivals sought to solidify peace by bringing their nations together under a common institutional structure. Influenced by his compatriot [[Jean Monnet]], French Foreign Minister [[Robert Schuman]] officially tabled a plan on May 9, 1950 to pool French and German coal and steel production under an organisation that would be open to other European countries. German Chancellor [[Konrad Adenauer]] supported this proposal, and six founding countries – Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands – took an early step toward European integration by establishing the '''European Coal and Steel Community''' (ECSC) in 1951.

After failing to establish a European Defence Community in the 1950s, the six countries then decided to set up a common market. With the entry into force of the '''Treaty of Rome''' in 1957, they created the '''European Economic Community''' (EEC), with an objective of liberating the movement of goods, capital, workers and services. (The European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) was also established at this time.) The Treaty of Rome established the basic institutions and decision-making mechanisms still in place in today's European Union. in 1968, the EEC abolished customs duties between member states on manufactured goods. New policies, including a common agricultural policy (CAP) and a common trade policy, were in place by the end of the 1960s.

The success of the European integration project during a period of steady economic growth in the 1960s set the stage for a first enlargement – the accession of Britain, Ireland and Denmark – in 1973. Further "deepening" of European integration followed: the Community acquired executive authority in social, regional, and environment policies. The benefits of economic convergence became more evident in the context of the 1970s energy crisis and financial turmoil, which led to the launch of the European Monetary System in 1979. In the same year, the first direct elections to the European Parliament (EP) took place. Previously, delegates from national parliaments had represented their country's legislative bodies at the EP in Strasbourg, France.

The Community further expanded southward with the accession of Greece (1981, the second enlargement), followed by Spain and Portugal (1986, the third enlargement). These accessions led the EEC to adopt "structural programs" in order to reduce economic and social disparities among its regions.

During the 1960s and 1970s, the Community began to assert itself on the international scene with the conclusion of agreements with southern Mediterranean countries. Starting in 1963, the EEC signed four successive Lome Conventions, which guaranteed trading advantages and development aid for member states' former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific (ACP).

World recession and internal disputes over member states' financial burdens gave way, from 1985 onward, to renewed efforts for economic integration, enshrined in the 1985 "Single European Act" (SEA) and marked by the 1992 "Single Market Project." The SEA set January 1, 1993 as the date by which an internal single market was to be established and, by extending the practice of majority voting rather than unanimity in the EU Council, gave Community institutions the means of adopting the 300 Community-wide Directives required to abolish the remaining barriers and obstacles to intra-Community trade. In 1995, the Community entered into the "Barcelona" partnership with twelve southern Mediterranean countries. The partnership, reinforced by agreements on social, cultural, and human cooperation, was intended to lead to a free-trade area.

The collapse of the Berlin Wall and German unification prompted member states to negotiate the 1992 Treaty on European Union (the "Maastricht Treaty"). In addition to establishing the European Union, the Maastricht Treaty set an ambitious program of further integration: establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) by 1999 (part of the "First or 'Community' Pillar"), setting up of a Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) ("Second Pillar"); and cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) ("Third Pillar"). Shortly thereafter, in 1995, Austria, Finland and Sweden joined the EU – the fourth enlargement.

Signed in 1997 and entering into force on May 1, 1999, the '''Amsterdam Treaty''' partially streamlined the EU institutional structure. Its most significant effects were: (1) to transfer aspects of Justice and Home Affairs policy to the Community Pillar, enabling the Commission to propose decisions to be taken by the EU Council by qualified majority voting instead of by consensus, and (2) to establish a High Representative for the CFSP (who also serves as Secretary-General of the Council Secretariat). Ten countries in [[Central Europe]] and Cyprus began accession procedures in 1997, followed by Malta. The prospect of eastward enlargement raised significant resource concerns and prompted the adoption in March 1999 of the "Agenda 2000" package, which covered amendments to the CAP and EU structural policies, as well as a budgetary framework through 2006.

In May 1998, EU heads of government officially designated eleven member states eligible to adopt a single currency. Britain and Denmark "opted out." On January 1, 1999, the euro became the official currency of the EU, and the '''European Central Bank''' (ECB) put euro notes and coins into circulation in 2002. Today, fifteen countries use the euro: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain.

Streamlining the size and procedures of EU institutions to make the expanded EU more efficient was also an aim of the 2003 Treaty of Nice.

The EU adopted the Lisbon Treaty in 2009, further centralizing the organization.

In 2017 and 2018, the EU began pushing for a unified military.<ref>Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (November 21, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/27431-eu-super-state-agrees-to-plan-for-eu-military EU Super-state Agrees to Plan for EU Military]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
*Duke, Selwyn (June 26, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29395-eu-takes-major-step-toward-european-army EU Takes Major Step Toward “European Army”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
See also:
*Newman, Alex (November 14, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30645-euro-globalists-pursue-eu-military-for-empire-of-peace Euro-Globalists Pursue EU Military for “Empire of Peace”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 14, 2018.</ref>

===Expansion===
In 2004, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia joined the EU, and in 2007 Bulgaria and Romania acceded, bringing total membership to 27. Croatia joined in 2013, making the total number of members 28. Candidate countries currently include [[Turkey]], FYR [[Macedonia]] and [[Montenegro]], [[Serbia]], and potential candidates include the rest of the Western [[Balkans|Balkan]] states.

In October 2004, member states signed an EU Constitutional Treaty designed to replace all previous treaties. French and Dutch voters rejected the treaty through referendums in 2005, thereby suspending the ratification process. In 2007, a modified '''Treaty of Lisbon''' was agreed upon, which retains most of the reforms of the Constitution, but amends rather than replaces previous treaties.

At the late 2009 the [[Eurozone Crisis|European sovereign-debt crisis]] started. [[Greece]], [[Ireland]], [[Portugal]], [[Cyprus]], [[Spain]] and [[Italy]] are most affected.

The EU and other European countries were greatly affected by the [[European migrant crisis]] resulting from lax immigration standards due to EU policies.

==Candidates for membership==
There are four official candidates being considered for membership, [[Turkey]], [[Montenegro]], [[Serbia]] and [[Macedonia]]. The western Balkan states of Kosovo, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Albania are officially ''potential candidates''. A country that is expected to accede is required to make some economic, social and governmental changes to bring it in line with other member states.

The status of Turkey is highly controversial. It has repeatedly applied to join the EU but has been rejected each time on numerous grounds. Despite being one of the first countries to join the post-war Council of Europe and being a key regional power with a strong military, Turkey has a long list of obstacles to overcome before accession. Many nations have cited its poor relations with other countries such as Cyprus, as well as its views on the rights of women and the Turkish Penal Code which includes the notorious Article 301. Article 301 is a recent piece of legislation that provides that "a person who publicly insults the Turkish nation, the State of the Republic of Turkey, or the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, shall be punishable by imprisonment of between six months and two years". Turkey's population of 70 million would make it one of the largest states in the EU with the second-highest amount of MEPs, and would be the first Muslim-majority state in Europe. Britain under David Cameron supports admission while France is strongly against Turkey's membership.

Gateway to the European Union (EU official website) <ref>http://europa.eu/</ref>

==Member states==
*[[Austria]]
*[[Belgium]]
*[[Bulgaria]]
*[[Croatia]]
*[[Cyprus]]
*[[Czech Republic]]
*[[Denmark]]
*[[Estonia]]
*[[Finland]]
*[[France]]
*[[Germany]]
*[[Greece]]
*[[Hungary]]
*[[Ireland]]
*[[Italy]]
*[[Latvia]]
*[[Lithuania]]
*[[Luxembourg]]
*[[Malta]]
*[[Netherlands]]
*[[Poland]]
*[[Portugal]]
*[[Romania]]
*[[Slovakia]]
*[[Slovenia]]
*[[Spain]]
*[[Sweden]]
*[[United Kingdom]] (until 31 October 2019)

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Cini, Michelle, and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, eds. ''European Union Politics'' (2009)
* Craig, Paul and Gráinne de Búrca. ''EU Law, Text, Cases and Materials'' (4th ed. 2007)
* Dinan, Desmond. '' Europe Recast: A History of European Union' '(2004).
* Hix, Simon. ''What's Wrong with the Europe Union and How to Fix It'' (2008) [https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Wrong-Europe-Union-How/dp/0745642055/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1263576617&sr=1-10-spell excerpt and text search]
* Kaiser, Wolfram. ''Christian Democracy and the Origins of European Union'' (2007)
* Peterson, John, and Michael Shackleton eds. ''The Institutions of the European Union'' (2nd ed. 2006)
* McCormick, John. ''The European Union: Politics and Policies'' (2007)
* Pinder, John, and Simon Usherwood. ''The European Union: A Very Short Introduction'' (2008) [https://www.amazon.com/European-Union-Short-Introduction-Introductions/dp/0199233977/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263575844&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
*Podmore, Will & Nicholls, Doug (2006), The EU: bad for Britain - a [[trade union]] view. Bread Books, ISBN 0-942112-5-1.
* Staab, Andreas. ''The European Union Explained: Institutions, Actors, Global Impact'' (2008) [https://www.amazon.com/European-Union-Explained-Institutions-Actors/dp/0253220181/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263575844&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
* Yesilada, Birol A. and David M. Wood. ''The Emerging European Union'' (5th ed. 2009)

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The '''European Union (EU)''' is an [[anti-democratic]]<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/brexits-in-trouble-the-us-can-help</ref> experiment in [[globalism]], combining very different cultures and nations into one legal, political and economic union of 28 [[European]] countries. It was formed in 1993 with the ratification of the [[Maastricht Treaty]], though its predecessor, the [[European Economic Community]], was founded in 1957. It is not the same as "[[Europe]]", though most nations from the continent have joined the EU.

As a set of institutions, the EU has more powers over its member states and their citizens than other international bodies; many of its competencies are supranational (above the member states) rather than intergovernmental (between them). Despite having a legal personality and sovereignty in agreed areas, it is not regarded as a federation or state in its own right: rather, it stands somewhere between these two points. Fifteen member states use a common currency, the '''[[euro]]'''.<ref>Five other states formally agree to use it, and four others use it without formal agreement.</ref> The EU is moving in the direction of eventually becoming a politically unified federation, something which many of its leaders consciously support.<ref>Newman, Alex (August 20, 2013). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/item/16343-the-eu-regionalization-trumps-sovereignty The EU: Regionalization Trumps Sovereignty]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 25, 2017.</ref>

There is no EU military. Each nation has its own forces, but nearly all are members of [[NATO]], in which the U.S. has a preponderant voice.

The EU is a driving force of global economic and political integration, but Hix (2008) sees three problems with the EU: policy gridlock, lack of popular legitimacy and the democratic deficit. He notes, "In substantive terms ... the EU is closer to a form of enlightened despotism than a genuine democracy."<ref>Hix (2008)</ref> In addition, on February 5, 2000, John Laughland indicated in ''The Spectator'' that the European Union's entire purpose was to subject Western Europe to Marxist–Leninist/Marxist-Trotskyist thought.<ref>THE [European ]UNION CAN MAKE A VITAL CONTRIBUTION to the reform of the international economic architecture and to the establishment of a mechanism for collective governance. 
*From: Commission of the European Communities
*Brussels 9.2.2000 [COM (2000) 154 final]
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, The Council, The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: 
*STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 2000-2005
*"SHAPING THE NEW EUROPE"

Writing in The Spectator (London) of 5th February 2000 John Laughland stated that "The West is now on the verge of achieving that of which Lenin and Trotsky dreamed in 1917. For the point is not to replace nation states with a European or world superstate. It is instead to achieve the old Marxist dream of abolishing statehood altogether"</ref>

With the EU's facilitation of the [[European migrant crisis]], [[Euroskeptic]]s and native [[populist]] movements regard the EU as a [[totalitarian]] [[bureaucracy]]. In 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU; a process termed [[Brexit]]. It will become the first nation to leave the EU in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39325561 |title=Article 50: Theresa May to trigger Brexit process |publisher=BBC News |date=20 March 2017|access-date=20 March 2017}}</ref>

==Politics==
Each nation elects members to the Parliament in proportion to population. The June 2009 elections saw sweeping gains by conservative and anti-immigration parties, as labor and socialist parties lost heavily. Since the 2004 elections the largest grouping has for the last five years been the centre-right European People's Party '''EPP''' (288 seats out of a current 785), followed by the centre-left '''PES''' (216) and the liberal '''ALDE''' (100). With the 2009 election EPP made gains and retains power in the parliament.

Conservative Jose Manuel Barroso, who will have a second term as European Commission president, thanked voters and assured them their voices would be heard.

In 2009 The British [[Labour Party]], Germany's [[SPD]] (Social Democrats) and France's Socialist Party suffered historic defeats—the worst defeat for Labour in Britain in a century..

Turnout was at an all-time low in some countries, including France (41%) and Germany (42%).

==Structure==

===The European Commission===
In September 2009 Jose Manuel Barroso, was re-elected as president of the [[European Commission]] after the European Parliament voted to give him a second term. This ended weeks of uncertainty during which Socialist, Green and Liberal critics tried to block Mr Barroso's candidacy on the grounds that he had yielded too much power to national governments and promoted the kind of free-market liberalism that led to the financial crisis.

The role and responsibilities of the European Commission place it at the centre of the EU's decision-making process. Acting as the EU's policy and executive engine, the Commission is composed of 28 Commissioners, one from each state, and is supported by a substantial staff located primarily in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]. In matters relating to economic integration ("First or 'Community' Pillar"), only the Commission has the right to propose legislation for approval by the EU Council and European Parliament. As "guardian of the Treaties," the Commission ensures that EU laws are applied and upheld throughout the EU, prosecuting member states and other institutions for failing to follow treaty precepts or otherwise apply Community law. The Commission has full authority to enforce Community competition policy, and its policing of implementation of Community legislation preserves the integrity of the EU single market. The Commission likewise manages and develops the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), implements the budget, and represents the European Community in its areas of competence, notably including international trade negotiations.

The Commission President is appointed by agreement of the EU heads of government and is subject to approval by the European Parliament. Commissioners serve for a renewable five-year term. New Commissioners are identified by member state governments in consultation with the President-designate of the Commission and are normally put in place at the beginning of the term of the Commission President. The entire Commission must be confirmed as a collective whole by the European Parliament before its formal appointment by common accord of EU governments.

===The European Council===
The European Council brings together EU heads of government and the President of the European Commission; foreign ministers of member states also participate. Finance ministers are normally included when the leaders discuss questions related to the euro and the economy. The European Council meets at least twice a year, usually quarterly, at the end of each Presidency, to review major EU projects, set guidelines for policies and provide necessary guidance. The Presidency of the Council rotates every six months among EU member states (January–June; July–December). Its role has become increasingly important with the expansion of EU responsibilities and competencies. The Presidency organises and presides over the meetings of the European Council and EU Council (ministerial) meetings, drafts compromises, and seeks solutions to problems submitted to the European Council.

===Council of Ministers===
The Council of Ministers of the European Union (the "EU Council") is the body in which representatives of the individual member state governments, usually ministers, legislate for the EU, set its political objectives, coordinate national policies and resolve differences among their governments and with other EU bodies. Legally speaking, there is only one Council, but it meets in nine different formations, depending on the matters on its agenda. Foreign ministers usually meet at least once a month in the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC), which deals with major foreign policy issues and plays a coordinating role. Ministers for the Economy and Finance (ECOFIN) and ministers responsible for agriculture also hold monthly meetings. Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) hold regular meetings to coordinate policies within their competence.

The Council holds formal sessions in its Brussels headquarters, except in April, June and October, when all sessions take place in Luxembourg. Most formations of the Council also meet informally (tasking no legally binding decisions) in the country holding the EU Presidency, usually once in the course of the Presidency's six-month term. The most prominent of these informal meetings is the so-called "Gymnich" meeting of foreign ministers, named for a town in Germany where the first such meeting took place.

The Council takes most decisions under the Community Pillar by qualified majority voting (QMV) but endeavours to reach the broadest possible consensus before approving legislation. Unanimity is required for a number of specific areas related to economic integration (e.g. taxation), constitutional matters such as amendments to the treaties, the launching of a new common policy, the accession of a new member state, and matters falling within the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy, European Security and Defence Policy, and aspects of law enforcement and judicial cooperation. The number of votes cast by each member state when the EU Council votes by qualified majority voting was determined by the Nice Treaty and roughly correlates to the size of its population.

===The [[European Parliament]]===
[[File:Conchita Wurst Ban Ki Moon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|UN Geneal Secretary Ban Ki-Moon with singer Conchita Wurst. In 2014 Wurst was invited to sing before the European Parliament.]]
The European Parliament is the largest trans-national parliament in the world, and the second-largest overall (behind [[India]]), with an electorate of almost half a billion. Members of the Parliament are directly elected by all EU citizens for five-year terms; elections follow national election procedures, except they have to be a form of proportional representation. Members do not sit in national delegations; rather, they sit in groups according to political affiliation (including Socialists, Christian Democrats/Conservatives, Liberals, Greens, et cetera).

Parliament's powers have gradually grown with the entry into force of the Single European Act (1986), the Maastricht Treaty (1993) and the Treaty of Amsterdam (1999). Parliament shares decision-making power on an equal footing with the Council in many areas under the Community Pillar to which the "co-decision procedure" applies. The European Parliament is one of the two branches with budgetary authority – the Council is the other. The signature of the EP president brings the overall EU budget into effect.

The European Parliament also plays a role in the process of selecting the President and other members of the Commission. The European Council's nomination of the President is subject to approval by the Parliament. The EP holds U.S.-style public hearings of Commission nominees before taking a formal vote to approve the nomination of the Commission as a body. Parliament has the power to censure the entire Commission, but not to dismiss individual Commissioners.

===The European Court of Justice===
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ensures uniform interpretation and application of both the Treaties establishing the European Communities and the secondary legislation and other law adopted under their authority. To enable it to carry out that task, the Court has wide jurisdiction to hear various types of cases. For example, the Court has the authority to hear and issue binding judgements in lawsuits that seek to annul a law adopted by the EU, to compel an EU institution to act, or to require that a member state comply with EU law. The ECJ may issue clarifications of EU law (in response to a request for a preliminary ruling from any member state court) and hears appeals on legal questions arising out of cases at the Court of First Instance. The ECJ currently has 28 justices and eight advocates-general, who are appointed by common accord of the governments of the member states and who hold office for six-year renewable terms.

==Sovereignty==
The member states of the European Union fall under the jurisdiction of the Union's legislative and judicial institutions (the Court of Justice, the Commission, the Council and the Parliament) in those competences that they have conferred to the Union (the principle of subsidiarity). Similar to Federal Law trumping State Law in United States politics, EU member states are obliged to follow the laws set forth by the European Court of Justice, even if their national laws are contradictory. This system of government pools sovereignty in those agreed areas from the nation, and rests it in the EU institutions. Some political theorists argue that the EU is thus the death of the nation, as by the [[Treaty of Westphalia]], nations are defined by their right of self-sovereignty; however, each member state has a legal right to cede from the EU, which non-sovereign components of states do not.

==Economy==

{{See also|Eurozone Crisis}}

The institutions of the European Union were originally created to oversee the operation of the several economic communities that later became the Single European Market. Even as the EU's political integration has continued, the area of greatest integration has always been in the economic sphere: goods, capital, and labour move freely between member states (with exceptions for goods which pose a public health risk), businesses in all member states are increasingly subject to common basic rules, and fifteen of the 28 member states use a common currency, the euro. The rest of the states are legally obliged to adopt the euro when their economies meet strict ''Convergence Criteria'' (except the UK and Denmark, which negotiated opt-outs). The fifteen euro-area countries share a common monetary policy administered by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. The EU strives to eliminate internal barriers to the free flow of goods, services, labour, and capital, and to promote the overall convergence of living standards. Internationally, the EU aims to strengthen Europe's trade position and capitalise on the political and economic leverage that a large, unified market brings.

===Growth===
The EU is the world's largest economic area (the U.S. is second) with a 2007 GDP of $16.6 trillion. Growth in many member states has been slow; between 2001 and 2003, the overall growth rate dropped from 1.8 percent to 1.0 percent, then recovered in 2004 to 2.4%, fell to 1.8 percent in 2005, then rose to 2.8% in 2006 and 2.4% in 2007. Within the euro area, growth varies as much as 4.5 percentage points between the fastest and slowest-growing economies: in 2005, the economies of Germany, France and Italy, grew by less than two percent. Growth remains strong in the new [[Central Europe]]an member states with rapidly industrialising economies.

In spring 2000, the EU committed to a ten-year strategic goal of transforming the EU into a more competitive, knowledge-based economy capable of sustaining higher levels of growth. Focusing on labour market reform, macroeconomic and fiscal policy, and promotion of e-commerce and entrepreneurship, the EU's "Lisbon Agenda" was an attempt to stimulate growth while remaining committed to the EU social model. Some suggest that it has so far failed to achieve its goals in large part because national governments (which retain authority over employment policy, immigration, large public sector workforces, entitlement programs and pensions) have not completed the necessary reforms, with unemployment at 6.9 percent in 2007. The European Commission re-launched the Lisbon Agenda in March 2005, promising three percent growth and six million new jobs by 2010. The revamped strategy focuses on developing political consensus within member states to make the changes necessary to complete elimination of barriers in the internal market, reduce the regulatory burden on business, improve labour market flexibility, provide incentives to work and increase investment in human capital.

===Fiscal and Monetary Policy===
Introduced in 1999, the euro is currently the official currency of fifteen of the 28 EU member states. The United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden chose to retain their national currencies, and some of the newer EU members have yet to meet the strict economic conditions required to adopt the euro. Prior to the euro's launch in 1999, national currency exchange rates of countries intending to join the euro were fixed within an Exchange Rate Mechanism. Following the January 2002 introduction of euro notes and coins into general circulation, national currencies were removed from circulation. Each of the euro area countries agreed to abide by a shared fiscal policy rule book known as the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). This agreement generally obliges national governments to limit government budget deficits to 3 percent of GDP and established a target debt-to-GDP ratio of below sixty percent. Although enforcement actions have been forgiving – France and Germany, for example, avoided sanctions despite missing SGP targets – countries violating the SGP are technically subject to sanctions by the European Commission. As of March 2005, national governments have been granted budget leeway to achieve structural reforms and to combat prolonged stagnation, negative growth or other factors, such as the cost of German reunification or state pensions. The revised standards still require deficits to remain close to the targets; they may only temporarily exceed the three percent limit.

The euro area's monetary policy is set by the European Central Bank (ECB), which must devise a monetary policy to accommodate a wide range of domestic policies and economic conditions within the euro area. The Treaties require that the ECB's primary objective be to maintain price stability (i.e., to keep inflation low). Euro area national governments have sometimes criticised the ECB for guarding against inflation at the expense of interest rate flexibility that could enable struggling economies to gain traction. The ECB's consistent overnight interest rate of two percent has been credited with creating favourable conditions for growth in Spain and Ireland, but has been blamed for hindering growth in France, Germany, Italy, and Portugal. Non-EU countries have also adopted the euro, including Andorra, United Kingdom base areas, Kosovo, Monaco, Montenegro, and the Vatican City. Additionally, several countries have currencies pegged to the euro, including French African states and those in the Exchange Rate Mechanism.

===Trade===
The EU is the world's largest exporter of goods and services. In 2003, the then fifteen EU members exported $987 billion worth of goods to non-EU countries. The EU's exports grew rapidly between 1996 and 2000 but have grown more slowly since. Except for 2002, the EU as a whole has posted a trade deficit every year since 1999; it was $62 billion in 2004. The EU is a major exporter of chemicals, transport equipment, and industrial machinery. The EU has large trade deficits in raw materials and energy, and a small deficit in food and drink.

The U.S. is the EU's main trading partner by a wide margin. U.S. goods and services exports to the EU reached $283 billion in 2004, while U.S. goods and services imports from the EU totalled $388 billion. Asian economies such as Japan and China, however, account for an increasingly important share of EU trade. The EU's two-way merchandise trade with China grew to $223 million in 2004, while merchandise trade with Japan was $149 million. Internal trade between euro area and non-euro area countries was down one percent in the first quarter of 2005, but the EU's external trade was up four percent, particularly with Russia and Norway.

Member states have given almost exclusive authority to the EU to negotiate binding international trade treaties. The European Community (EC) is a full member of the World Trade Organisation and plays an active role in the Doha Development Round to foster international trade in services and agricultural products. Bilaterally, the EC maintains framework agreements to facilitate trade flows with thirty-five countries worldwide, mostly elsewhere in Europe, in North Africa, and in the Middle East.

===Foreign Direct Investment===
The EU is both a major destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) and a major source of FDI. U.S. foreign direct investment in the EU totalled $83.3 billion in 2004; EU FDI into the U.S. totalled $46.6 billion. Following strong year-upon-year growth in the late 1990s, however, inward and outward flows of FDI have contracted since 2001. The EU is a net recipient of FDI from Japan, receiving $81 billion in 2003. Conversely, the EU is a net investor in Canada ($86 billion in outward investment in 2003), and China ($29 billion in outward investment in 2003). Growth of intra-EU FDI has increased rapidly in recent years and has increased much faster than FDI in non-EU countries.

The pattern of foreign investment by European firms reflects deep commercial ties with the United States. U.S. and EU businesses invest heavily and operate profitably on both sides of the Atlantic. U.S. affiliates in Europe accounted for 56 percent of the aggregate output of U.S. affiliates worldwide. European firms were the largest foreign investors in 44 U.S. states and the second largest foreign investor in the remaining six. Sales by U.S. affiliates in Europe totalled $1.5 trillion in 2002, more than double those of U.S. affiliates in the Asia/Pacific region. European affiliate sales in the U.S. were $1.2 trillion in 2002, more than three times the value of U.S. imports from Europe.

Intra-firm trade involving foreign affiliates is particularly important to the transatlantic trade and investment relationship. Approximately 58 percent of U.S. imports from the EU in 2004 involved trade between related parties, as did 30 percent of U.S. exports to Europe in 2003. This high level of intra-firm trade has contributed to the persistence of the U.S. trade deficit with Europe even as the dollar has lost value against the euro since 2002.

===Budget===
The EU's budget is composed of member state contributions. Equivalent to roughly one percent of the member states' combined gross national income (GNI), it was $123 billion in 2005. The UK receives a rebate for some of its contribution, as the CAP benefits the UK less than other states. In June 2005, the EU failed to agree on a budget plan for 2007 through 2013, due in part to a disagreement between the UK and France over the persistence of the UK budget rebate and the funding of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Costs attributable to the CAP constitute the EU's largest annual budget item, benefiting farmers across the EU, especially in France. Payments to net-recipient member states, designed to reduce economic and social disparities among EU countries and regions, are another budget item which has become more contentious with the accession of ten new states poorer than the EU average.

==Criticism==
[[File:No-EU.png|thumb|250px|Numerous people oppose the EU due to its [[socialist]] and [[globalist]] policies.]]
{{See also|Euroskepticism|European migrant crisis}}
A significant number of Europeans on the political right-of-center are opposed to the EU on the grounds that it undermines national sovereignty and identity.<ref>Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (August 20, 2013). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/item/16343-the-eu-regionalization-trumps-sovereignty The EU: Regionalization Trumps Sovereignty]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
*Newman, Alex (November 14, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30645-euro-globalists-pursue-eu-military-for-empire-of-peace Euro-Globalists Pursue EU Military for “Empire of Peace”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
*Byas, Steve (November 14, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30647-brexit-difficulty-best-course-is-not-to-get-into-globalist-deals-such-as-european-union Brexit Difficulty: Best Course Is Not to Get Into Globalist Deals Such as European Union]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (December 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/13/eu-none-member-states-big-enough-pursue-national-interest/ EU: ‘None of Our Member-States Is Big Enough to Pursue Their Own National Interests’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 14, 2018.</ref> The term "eurosceptic" has risen in popularity in Britain to describe these people, and among them are such members as the former British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] (although, while in power, she committed Britain to the 1986 Single European Act, a major integrationist measure). They also, however, include less well-respected politicians belonging to "far-right" or [[nationalism|nationalist]] parties, such as France's [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]]. There are also extreme left-wing opponents of the European Union, such as ''Die Linke'' in Germany, who regard it as constituting an anti-progressive "Fortress Europe", and claim that EU membership impedes countries from following socialist policies. However, compared to [[conservative]] critics, left-wing Euroskeptics usually take softer positions against the EU, as they still support many of its policies such as on immigration and nationalism.

The European Union has been described as "a culturally amorphous post-ideological world. A [[cosmopolitan]] easy going [[agnostic]] world where the European Parliament invites a long-haired bearded [[Transgender|shemale]] to perform in front of its building and announces him/her as 'The voice of Europe' singing for equality, without anyone batting an eye."<ref>https://gatestone.eu/eu-going-down/</ref>

A March 2019 Pew Research Center poll found that 54% of Europeans viewed the EU as "inefficient," 64% viewing it as "out of touch," and with majorities also finding it "intrusive" and pursuing harmful migration policies.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (March 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/22/europeans-say-brussels-is-intrusive-inefficient-and-out-of-touch/ Europeans Say Brussels Is ‘Intrusive, Inefficient, and Out of Touch’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2019.</ref>

From an economic perspective, while the EU has low unemployment on paper, many of those jobs are bad and low-paying.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (May 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/08/eu-not-working-workers-high-employment-but-pay-low-jobs-bad/ EU Not Working for Workers: High Employment, But Jobs Bad and Pay Low]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2019.</ref>

===Anti-Israel===
In 2013 the European Union forced their 28 members not to cooperate with Israeli entities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.<ref>http://frontpagemag.com/2013/noah-beck/the-eus-broken-mideast-compass/</ref> In 2015 the EU issued guidelines for the labeling of products from Israeli settlements.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/11/eu-sets-guidelines-on-labelling-products-from-israeli-settlements</ref>

==History==
Following World War II, traditional European rivals sought to solidify peace by bringing their nations together under a common institutional structure. Influenced by his compatriot [[Jean Monnet]], French Foreign Minister [[Robert Schuman]] officially tabled a plan on May 9, 1950 to pool French and German coal and steel production under an organisation that would be open to other European countries. German Chancellor [[Konrad Adenauer]] supported this proposal, and six founding countries – Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands – took an early step toward European integration by establishing the '''European Coal and Steel Community''' (ECSC) in 1951.

After failing to establish a European Defence Community in the 1950s, the six countries then decided to set up a common market. With the entry into force of the '''Treaty of Rome''' in 1957, they created the '''European Economic Community''' (EEC), with an objective of liberating the movement of goods, capital, workers and services. (The European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) was also established at this time.) The Treaty of Rome established the basic institutions and decision-making mechanisms still in place in today's European Union. in 1968, the EEC abolished customs duties between member states on manufactured goods. New policies, including a common agricultural policy (CAP) and a common trade policy, were in place by the end of the 1960s.

The success of the European integration project during a period of steady economic growth in the 1960s set the stage for a first enlargement – the accession of Britain, Ireland and Denmark – in 1973. Further "deepening" of European integration followed: the Community acquired executive authority in social, regional, and environment policies. The benefits of economic convergence became more evident in the context of the 1970s energy crisis and financial turmoil, which led to the launch of the European Monetary System in 1979. In the same year, the first direct elections to the European Parliament (EP) took place. Previously, delegates from national parliaments had represented their country's legislative bodies at the EP in Strasbourg, France.

The Community further expanded southward with the accession of Greece (1981, the second enlargement), followed by Spain and Portugal (1986, the third enlargement). These accessions led the EEC to adopt "structural programs" in order to reduce economic and social disparities among its regions.

During the 1960s and 1970s, the Community began to assert itself on the international scene with the conclusion of agreements with southern Mediterranean countries. Starting in 1963, the EEC signed four successive Lome Conventions, which guaranteed trading advantages and development aid for member states' former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific (ACP).

World recession and internal disputes over member states' financial burdens gave way, from 1985 onward, to renewed efforts for economic integration, enshrined in the 1985 "Single European Act" (SEA) and marked by the 1992 "Single Market Project." The SEA set January 1, 1993 as the date by which an internal single market was to be established and, by extending the practice of majority voting rather than unanimity in the EU Council, gave Community institutions the means of adopting the 300 Community-wide Directives required to abolish the remaining barriers and obstacles to intra-Community trade. In 1995, the Community entered into the "Barcelona" partnership with twelve southern Mediterranean countries. The partnership, reinforced by agreements on social, cultural, and human cooperation, was intended to lead to a free-trade area.

The collapse of the Berlin Wall and German unification prompted member states to negotiate the 1992 Treaty on European Union (the "Maastricht Treaty"). In addition to establishing the European Union, the Maastricht Treaty set an ambitious program of further integration: establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) by 1999 (part of the "First or 'Community' Pillar"), setting up of a Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) ("Second Pillar"); and cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) ("Third Pillar"). Shortly thereafter, in 1995, Austria, Finland and Sweden joined the EU – the fourth enlargement.

Signed in 1997 and entering into force on May 1, 1999, the '''Amsterdam Treaty''' partially streamlined the EU institutional structure. Its most significant effects were: (1) to transfer aspects of Justice and Home Affairs policy to the Community Pillar, enabling the Commission to propose decisions to be taken by the EU Council by qualified majority voting instead of by consensus, and (2) to establish a High Representative for the CFSP (who also serves as Secretary-General of the Council Secretariat). Ten countries in [[Central Europe]] and Cyprus began accession procedures in 1997, followed by Malta. The prospect of eastward enlargement raised significant resource concerns and prompted the adoption in March 1999 of the "Agenda 2000" package, which covered amendments to the CAP and EU structural policies, as well as a budgetary framework through 2006.

In May 1998, EU heads of government officially designated eleven member states eligible to adopt a single currency. Britain and Denmark "opted out." On January 1, 1999, the euro became the official currency of the EU, and the '''European Central Bank''' (ECB) put euro notes and coins into circulation in 2002. Today, fifteen countries use the euro: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain.

Streamlining the size and procedures of EU institutions to make the expanded EU more efficient was also an aim of the 2003 Treaty of Nice.

The EU adopted the Lisbon Treaty in 2009, further centralizing the organization.

In 2017 and 2018, the EU began pushing for a unified military.<ref>Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (November 21, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/27431-eu-super-state-agrees-to-plan-for-eu-military EU Super-state Agrees to Plan for EU Military]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
*Duke, Selwyn (June 26, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29395-eu-takes-major-step-toward-european-army EU Takes Major Step Toward “European Army”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
See also:
*Newman, Alex (November 14, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30645-euro-globalists-pursue-eu-military-for-empire-of-peace Euro-Globalists Pursue EU Military for “Empire of Peace”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 14, 2018.</ref>

===Expansion===
In 2004, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia joined the EU, and in 2007 Bulgaria and Romania acceded, bringing total membership to 27. Croatia joined in 2013, making the total number of members 28. Candidate countries currently include [[Turkey]], FYR [[Macedonia]] and [[Montenegro]], [[Serbia]], and potential candidates include the rest of the Western [[Balkans|Balkan]] states.

In October 2004, member states signed an EU Constitutional Treaty designed to replace all previous treaties. French and Dutch voters rejected the treaty through referendums in 2005, thereby suspending the ratification process. In 2007, a modified '''Treaty of Lisbon''' was agreed upon, which retains most of the reforms of the Constitution, but amends rather than replaces previous treaties.

At the late 2009 the [[Eurozone Crisis|European sovereign-debt crisis]] started. [[Greece]], [[Ireland]], [[Portugal]], [[Cyprus]], [[Spain]] and [[Italy]] are most affected.

The EU and other European countries were greatly affected by the [[European migrant crisis]] resulting from lax immigration standards due to EU policies.

==Candidates for membership==
There are four official candidates being considered for membership, [[Turkey]], [[Montenegro]], [[Serbia]] and [[Macedonia]]. The western Balkan states of Kosovo, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Albania are officially ''potential candidates''. A country that is expected to accede is required to make some economic, social and governmental changes to bring it in line with other member states.

The status of Turkey is highly controversial. It has repeatedly applied to join the EU but has been rejected each time on numerous grounds. Despite being one of the first countries to join the post-war Council of Europe and being a key regional power with a strong military, Turkey has a long list of obstacles to overcome before accession. Many nations have cited its poor relations with other countries such as Cyprus, as well as its views on the rights of women and the Turkish Penal Code which includes the notorious Article 301. Article 301 is a recent piece of legislation that provides that "a person who publicly insults the Turkish nation, the State of the Republic of Turkey, or the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, shall be punishable by imprisonment of between six months and two years". Turkey's population of 70 million would make it one of the largest states in the EU with the second-highest amount of MEPs, and would be the first Muslim-majority state in Europe. Britain supports admission while France is strongly against Turkey's membership.

Gateway to the European Union (EU official website) <ref>http://europa.eu/</ref>

==Member states==
*[[Austria]]
*[[Belgium]]
*[[Bulgaria]]
*[[Croatia]]
*[[Cyprus]]
*[[Czech Republic]]
*[[Denmark]]
*[[Estonia]]
*[[Finland]]
*[[France]]
*[[Germany]]
*[[Greece]]
*[[Hungary]]
*[[Ireland]]
*[[Italy]]
*[[Latvia]]
*[[Lithuania]]
*[[Luxembourg]]
*[[Malta]]
*[[Netherlands]]
*[[Poland]]
*[[Portugal]]
*[[Romania]]
*[[Slovakia]]
*[[Slovenia]]
*[[Spain]]
*[[Sweden]]
*[[United Kingdom]] (until 31 October 2019)

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Cini, Michelle, and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, eds. ''European Union Politics'' (2009)
* Craig, Paul and Gráinne de Búrca. ''EU Law, Text, Cases and Materials'' (4th ed. 2007)
* Dinan, Desmond. '' Europe Recast: A History of European Union' '(2004).
* Hix, Simon. ''What's Wrong with the Europe Union and How to Fix It'' (2008) [https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Wrong-Europe-Union-How/dp/0745642055/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1263576617&sr=1-10-spell excerpt and text search]
* Kaiser, Wolfram. ''Christian Democracy and the Origins of European Union'' (2007)
* Peterson, John, and Michael Shackleton eds. ''The Institutions of the European Union'' (2nd ed. 2006)
* McCormick, John. ''The European Union: Politics and Policies'' (2007)
* Pinder, John, and Simon Usherwood. ''The European Union: A Very Short Introduction'' (2008) [https://www.amazon.com/European-Union-Short-Introduction-Introductions/dp/0199233977/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263575844&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
*Podmore, Will & Nicholls, Doug (2006), The EU: bad for Britain - a [[trade union]] view. Bread Books, ISBN 0-942112-5-1.
* Staab, Andreas. ''The European Union Explained: Institutions, Actors, Global Impact'' (2008) [https://www.amazon.com/European-Union-Explained-Institutions-Actors/dp/0253220181/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263575844&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
* Yesilada, Birol A. and David M. Wood. ''The Emerging European Union'' (5th ed. 2009)

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[[File:United Kingdom EU referendum 2016 area results.svg.png|thumb|250px|Brexit results. Blue-shaded areas stand for council areas that voted "Leave". Orange stands for "Remain".]]
:''For the political philosophy in favor of Brexit, see [[Euroskepticism]]''
'''Brexit''' is a repudiation of [[globalism]] and the campaign slogan for "Britain's Exit" from the [[European Union]]. The British people became the first nation to vote on a referendum whether or not to remain in membership to the EU, on June 23, 2016. The historic vote shocked the world as the Leave campaign won by a 52–48% margin. Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] campaigned to remain in the EU and was humiliated by the outcome, whereupon he resigned his position. Former London Mayor [[Boris Johnson]] was a leader of the Leave camp, though previously supporting Remain. Among the reasons for leaving the EU, regaining [[self-governance]] and [[sovereignty]] were the top reasons.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/brexit-is-at-bottom-about-self-rule Brexit is, at bottom, about self-rule]. ''Washington Examiner''. March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2019.</ref>

On May 24, 2019, this issue caused the resignation of the prime minister of the [[United Kingdom]], as [[Theresa May]] tearfully announced she would step down due to her inability to negotiate an agreement on how to implement Brexit. [[Boris Johnson]], an advocate of a "no-deal Brexit" (i.e., leaving the EU without any agreement), emerged as the front-runner to replace Mrs. May.

Polling indicated a tight race, with 44% preferring to stay (anti-Brexit) and 42% supporting leaving the EU (Brexit), as of April 17, 2016.<ref>https://ig.ft.com/sites/brexit-polling/</ref> Two weeks after [[Barack Obama]] gave his support to Cameron and chided Britain to stay in the EU, a survey says Brexit gained 3% who want out.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-poll-idUSKCN0XP0PO? Obama fails to swing Britain behind EU as 'Out' takes poll lead, Reuters, April 28, 2016]</ref> Final results showed "Leave" with 52% of the vote to "Remain" with 48%, a margin that was 5 points better than polling. This was despite the fact that the "Remain" side was fined several times for cheating and lack of transparency, and despite the British government sending fliers to every citizen to urge them to vote "Remain."<ref>Kassam, Raheem (March 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/25/5-ways-brexit-remain-camp-cheated-still-lost/ 5 Ways the Remain Camp Cheated During Brexit…. And Still Lost!] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 25, 2018.</ref> After the election, many British voters felt betrayed by their politicians who undermined and threatened Brexit.<ref>Kilcoyne, Clodagh; Ledwith, Sara (April 4, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-coast-insight/in-brexit-on-sea-the-left-behind-still-want-out-idUSKCN1RG0GZ In Brexit-on-Sea, the left-behind still want Out]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 4, 2019.</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/britain-eu-coast/</ref>

The British High Court ruled on November 3, 2016, that the British government could not unilaterally begin formal exit negotiations with the EU, but rather that parliamentary approval via an Act of Parliament is needed to permit the British Government to trigger Article 50 and begin the withdrawal process.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37857785 Brexit court defeat for UK government]. ''BBC''. November 3, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016.</ref> The British government appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, skipping the Court of Appeal. On the 1st of February 2017, the British House of Commons approved beginning Brexit negotiations.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38833883 Brexit: MPs overwhelmingly back Article 50 bill]. ''BBC''. February 1, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.</ref> Amendments were later made in the House of Lords, and each amendment was refused by the House of Commons. The bill eventually became law and on the 29th of March, Theresa May triggered Article 50 and began the withdrawal process from the [[European Union]].

Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] officially initiated Brexit on March 29, 2017.<ref>Suarez Sang, Lucia I. (March 29, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/03/29/brexit-triggered-u-k-prime-minister-sends-letter-to-european-union-to-begin-exit.html Brexit triggered: UK prime minister sends letter to European Union to begin divorce]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 29, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/29/triggered/ TRIGGERED: Britain Invokes Article 50 to Begin Brexit Process]. ''Breitbart News''. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.</ref> In the Brexit negotiations, the EU parliament has a very powerful role, and has ruled out certain things the British Government was hoping to achieve (such as trade agreements with individual nation-states, rather than the European Union as an entity), thus acting as a bully to Britain.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/05/eu-legislators-tell-uk-on-brexit-no-parallel-talks.html EU legislators tell UK on Brexit: no parallel talks]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.</ref> Run by weak [[establishment]] and [[globalist]] politicians, the UK had serious trouble agreeing to leave the EU as voters demanded.

Conservatives pushed back against the establishment attempt to nullify Brexit, with [[Nigel Farage]] forming the [[Brexit Party]] in April 2019.

== Eligible voters ==
*Voters must have been 18 or older
*British, Commonwealth or Irish citizen who resided in Britain.
*British nationals who lived overseas for less than 15 years could also vote.

==Economic impact==
Prior to the referendum, the Left and establishment claimed that approving Brexit would lead to terrible economic ruin for the UK. Pro-Brexiteers labeled this hysteria "Project Fear." Financial giants warned the British of credit downgrades. The British Pound dropped significantly as results started pouring in showing Leave doing better than expected.

Contrary to claims by anti-Brexit activists, the British economy did well, and it even improved after the referendum.<ref>Kim, Anthony B.; Devlin, Bradley (June 21, 2019). [https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/06/21/3-years-after-brexit-vote-dire-warnings-for-uk-economy-have-proved-wrong/ 3 Years After Brexit Vote, Dire Warnings for UK Economy Have Proved Wrong]. ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved June 22, 2019.</ref> In early 2017, the chief economist of the Bank of England admitted that hysteric [[establishment]] predictions of economic gloom from a pro-Brexit result were wrong and inaccurate.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/06/bank-england-economist-brexit-predictions-were-wrong.html Bank of England economist: Brexit predictions were wrong]. ''Fox News''. January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> The British finance ministry admitted the same in January 2018.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/26/reuters-treasury-says-pre-referendum-brexit-economy-forecasts-no-longer-valid/ Reuters: Treasury Says Pre-Referendum ‘Project Fear’ Forecasts No Longer Valid]. ''Breitbart News''. January 26, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.</ref> In 2017, British manufacturing grew at its fastest rate since early 2008.<ref>Deacon, Liam (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/11/uk-manufacturing-growing-fastest-rate-decade-brexit-vote/ UK Manufacturing Growing at Fastest Rate in a Decade After Brexit Vote]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.</ref> Despite contrary claims by "Remain" campaigners, the British Pound climbed to pre-Brexit vote levels in January 2018.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/23/sterling-climbs-1-40-new-post-brexit-vote-high/ Sterling Climbs Above $1.40 to New Post-Brexit-Vote High]. ''Breitbart News''. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.</ref> Employment also rose.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/24/reuters-uk-employment-surges-record-high-wages-increase/ REUTERS: UK Employment Surges to Record High, Wages Increase]. ''Breitbart News''. January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2018.</ref> By 2018, British export levels reached the highest level since 2010.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (March 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/03/08/british-exports-strongest-since-2010-pre-referendum-recession-threats/ Brexit Boom: British Exports Strongest Since 2010, Defying Pre-Referendum Recession Threats]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 8, 2018.</ref> Car manufacturing and investment also increased significantly in 2018.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (February 4, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/04/uk-enjoys-surge-car-manufacturing-millions-invested-new-factories/ Brexit-pocalypse? Surge in UK Car Manufacturing, Huge Investment in Research Centres, New Factories]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 4, 2019.</ref> The Office for National Statistics found in February 2019 that the British economy was growing faster than that of the [[Eurozone]].<ref>Montgomery, Jack (February 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/15/british-economy-defies-anti-brexiteers-outpace-europe/ British Economy Defies Anti-Brexiteers to Outpace Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 15, 2019.</ref> European investment more than doubled in nearly three years after the vote.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (March 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/05/brexit-boost-european-investment-in-uk-more-than-doubles-since-brexit-vote/ Brexit Boost: European Investment in UK More Than Doubles Since Brexit Vote]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 5, 2019.</ref>

Despite the economic growth, anti-Brexit activists continued to predict "doom-and-gloom" economic scenarios.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/11/project-fear-redux-economy-surges-khan-predict-disaster/ Project Fear Redux: As Economy Surges, Anti-Brexit Economists Predict Disaster in Report Funded by Sadiq Khan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2018.</ref> However, former prime minister [[David Cameron]], who supported the "Remain" campaign, admitted in January 2018 that Brexit "turned out less badly than we first thought" despite continuing to voice displeasure about it.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (January 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/24/david-cameron-davos-brexit-turned-less-badly-first-thought/ David Cameron at Davos: ‘Brexit Has Turned Out Less Badly Than We First Thought’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 24, 2018.</ref>

Anti-Brexit advocates continued promoting Project Fear, or "Project Hysteria," regarding a potential no-deal "Hard Brexit."<ref>Friedman, Victoria (September 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/17/project-hysteria-dire-predictions-no-deal-brexit-sandwiches-space-debris-falling-sky/ ‘Project Hysteria’: Dire No-Deal Brexit Predictions from the End of Sandwiches to the Sky Falling in]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.</ref><ref>Delingpole, James (November 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/29/uk-establishment-ramps-up-brexit-hysteria-more-lies/ Delingpole: Brexit Project Fear Gives Way to Project Hysteria]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 29, 2018.</ref>

Crawford Falconer, the UK's main trade negotiator, admitted in July 2019 that Britain had very little influence in international trade policy as an member of the European Union.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/16/britains-chief-trade-negotiator-admits-very-little-influence-world-trade-eu-member/ Britain’s Chief Trade Negotiator: UK Has ‘Very Little Influence’ on World Trade While an EU Member]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 16, 2019.</ref>

== Secular leftists, Brexit and mental illness ==

''See also:'' [[Secular leftists and psychogenic illness]]

There is a considerable amount of scientific evidence that suggests that [[theism]] is more conducive to mental and physical health than [[atheism]] (See:[[Atheism and health]]).<ref>Multiple references:
*Mueller, Dr. Paul S. et al. (December 2001). [http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196%2811%2962799-7/fulltext "Religious involvement, spirituality, and medicine: implications for clinical practice"]. ''Mayo Clinic Proceedings'' vol. 76:12, pp. 1225-1235. Retrieved from Mayo Clinic Proceedings website on July 20, 2014.
*[http://www.spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/index.php/research/research-library "Research library"]. Duke University Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health. Retrieved on July 24, 2014.
*McCullough, Michael E. et al. (2000). [http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/Papers/rel_mort_meta.pdf "Religious involvement and mortality: a meta-analytic review"]. ''Health Psychology''. vol. 19:3. pp. 211-222. Retrieved from University of Miami, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology website on July 24, 2014.
*Casey, Professor Patricia (April 3, 2009). [http://www.ionainstitute.ie/pdfs/Religion-Exec_summary.pdf "The psycho-social benefits of religious practise" [executive summary]]. Iona Institute for Religion and Society [Ireland] website. Retrieved on July 24, 2014.
*McCullough, Michael E. and Willoughby, Brian L. B. (2009). [http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/Papers/Relig_self_control_bulletin.pdf "Religion, self-regulation, and self-control: associations, explanations, and implications"]. ''Psychological Bulletin'', vol. 135: 1, pp. 69–93. Retrieved from University of Miami, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology website on July 24, 2014.
*University of Colorado at Boulder (May 17, 1999). [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/05/990517064323.htm "Research shows religion plays a major role in health, longevity"]. ScienceDaily. Retrieved on July 24, 2014.
*Dervic, Kanita, et al. (December 2004). [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15569904 "Religious affiliation and suicide attempt" [abstract]]. ''The American Journal of Psychiatry'', vol. 161:12, pp. 2303-8. Abstract retrieved from National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Pub Med on July 24, 2014.
*University of Warwick (December 2003). [http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2003/A/20037338.html "Psychology researcher [Dr. Stephen Joseph] says spiritual meaning of Christmas brings more happiness than materialism"]. Scienceblog. Retrieved on July 24, 2014.</ref> In addition, atheists have higher suicide rates (see: [[Atheism and suicide]] and [[Atheism and depression]]).

Politically, most atheists fall on the left side of the political spectrum (see: [[Atheism and politics]] and [[Secular left]]).

The [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] was against Brexit.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-39218108 Richard Dawkins: Brits have not spoken on Brexit], BBC</ref> Dawkins is a liberal/leftist.<ref>[https://richarddawkins.net/2013/08/religion-and-politics/ Religion and Politics], Richard Dawkins' website</ref> Most leftists were against Brexit.

A Eurobarometer poll in 2010 reported that 37% of UK citizens "believed there is a God", 33% believe there is "some sort of spirit or life force" and 25% answered "I don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force".<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf Special Eurobarometer, biotechnology, p. 204"]. Fieldwork: Jan-Feb 2010.</ref> See also: [[British atheism]]

''[[The Guardian]]'' reported about Brexit:
{{Cquote|In shrinks’ offices across the country, just as in homes, pubs and offices, people are trying to come to terms with the surprise and shock of the Brexit result. Strangers gather together to talk of how “the world is falling apart”.

Many people feel transported into a dystopian Britain that they “do not recognise, cannot understand”. Thousands are hatching plans to leave the country. Social media are full of suddenly violent flaming between former friends.

Therapists everywhere are reporting shockingly elevated levels of anxiety and despair, with few patients wishing to talk about anything else. Mental health referrals have already begun to mushroom. Why is the Brexit vote affecting us so personally? And, what does this tell us about the make-up of our psyches?<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/29/eu-referendum-mental-health-vote The EU referendum has caused a mental health crisis] by Jay Watts, The Guardian</ref>}}

The columnist Patrick West wrote in his article ''The Post-Brexit Ugliness of the left'':
{{Cquote|The liberal-left couldn’t understand why people would vote in the name of abstract principles such as ‘democracy’ or ‘freedom’ or ‘self-determination’, because they view everything in terms of their own money and their own public image.

There was a time when it was Tories who sneered at the poor, who deplored them as stupid and feckless. This was in the loadsamoney era of the 1980s, during which the market ruled and we were beholden to the whims of capitalists and the sainted market. There was even a time, many years ago, when the left spoke of principles, of democracy and liberty. How the roles have been reversed. How strange that it’s mostly conservatives who now talk in abstractions, and it’s the left that obsesses about the markets and worry about the FTSE 100, about their own money.<ref>[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-post-brexit-ugliness-of-the-left/18538 ''The Post-Brexit Ugliness of the left''] by Patrick West</ref>}}

==Process for leaving the EU==
Even before the process for leaving the EU began, globalists planned on sabotaging Brexit in the hope that the UK would retain much of its vassalage to the EU or even remain in the EU outright.<ref>Jasper, William F. (August 16, 2016). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/23880-is-new-brit-pm-theresa-may-sabotaging-brexit-with-endless-delays Is New Brit PM Theresa May Sabotaging Brexit With Endless Delays?] ''The New American''. Retrieved June 1, 2019. See also:
*Jasper, William F. (May 31, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/32487-as-smoke-clears-on-eu-elections-cfr-highlights-nationalist-globalist-clash As Smoke Clears on EU Elections: CFR Highlights Nationalist-Globalist Clash]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 1, 2019.</ref>

Despite British leaders' reluctance for achieving a "no deal" hard Brexit, Professor Patrick Minford of Cardiff University estimated that such an exit would actually cost the EU £507 billion with the UK gaining £641 billion.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (January 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/15/study-no-deal-cost-eu-507bn-britain-gains-641bn/ Study: ‘No Deal’ Will Cost the EU £507bn, While Britain Gains £641bn]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> The British establishment claimed that a "no deal" Brexit would have disastrous consequences for Britain, similar to "Project Fear" prior to the referendum, despite the lack of evidence.<ref>Multiple references:
*Jasper, William F. (December 24, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31015-will-no-deal-brexit-cause-horrible-chaos-as-globalist-elites-claim Will “No Deal” Brexit Cause “Horrible Chaos” as Globalist Elites Claim?] ''The New American''. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (December 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/26/brexit-project-fears-best-scare-stories/ Brexit: Project Fear’s Best ‘No Deal’ Scare Stories of 2018]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
*Jasper, William F. (January 3, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31081-project-fear-intensifies-with-cumberbatch-brexit-film-andy-serkis-mock-video Project Fear Intensifies With Cumberbatch Brexit Film, Andy Serkis Mock Video]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 7, 2019.</ref>

The UK parliament passed a bill implementing the referendum decision, becoming law on June 27, 2018, about a year after being introduced.<ref>Gaydos, Ryan (June 26, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/06/26/brexit-bill-becomes-law-allowing-uk-to-leave-european-union.html Brexit bill becomes law, allowing UK to leave European Union]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 27, 2018.</ref><ref>Manchester, Julia (June 26, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/394124-british-brexit-bill-becomes-law British Brexit bill becomes law]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 27, 2018.</ref> [[Globalist]]s of the EU<ref>Jasper, William F. (January 7, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31129-brexit-betrayal-and-the-eu-liars-club Brexit Betrayal and the EU Liars Club]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 7, 2019.</ref> and in the UK refused to admit their defeat in the referendum by trying to undermine and even reverse Brexit – thus undermining democracy.<ref>Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (June 27, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29398-brexit-is-now-law-but-globalists-refuse-to-surrender Brexit Is Now Law, but Globalists Refuse to Surrender]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
*Hannan, Dan (December 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/how-the-europhiles-are-blowing-up-britain How the Europhiles are blowing up Britain]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
*Murphy, James (January 13, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31176-uk-in-brexit-turmoil-as-calls-for-a-new-referendum-grow UK in Brexit Turmoil as Calls for a New Referendum Grow]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
*Hannan, Daniel (April 8, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/the-uks-remainers-will-tear-down-democracy-and-all-its-rules-to-get-their-way The UK's 'Remainers' will tear down democracy and all its rules to get their way]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
*Davies, Andrew (April 22, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/the-great-brexit-con The great Brexit con]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
See also:
*Woodfinden, Benjamin (February 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/no-deal-brexit-might-be-bad-but-remaining-in-the-eu-would-be-worse No-deal Brexit might be bad, but remaining in the EU would be worse]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 7, 2019.</ref> By July 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May had hurt her country's chances of securing a real Brexit because of several poor decisions and refusal to stand firm against the EU in negotiations.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (July 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/11/five-things-know-about-may-bungled-brexit/ Concessions, Threats, No Confidence: Five Ways ‘Zombie May’ Bungled Brexit]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 11, 2018. See also:
*Murphy, James (October 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30389-what-obstacles-remain-with-brexit What Obstacles Remain With Brexit?] ''The New American''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (November 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/05/brexit-where-negotiations-stand-deal-deadline-looms/ The State of Brexit: Where EU Negotiations Stand as Deal Deadline Looms]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
*Jasper, William F. (November 28, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30770-theresa-may-betray-delay-fritter-the-brexit-victory-away Theresa May: Betray, Delay, Fritter the Brexit Victory Away]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
*Murphy, James (December 5, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30826-brexit-in-peril-as-may-struggles-to-keep-her-deal-alive Brexit in Peril as May Struggles to Keep Her Deal Alive]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 5, 2018.</ref> The UK parliament voted to make a clean Brexit more difficult to achieve, increasing the chance of no Brexit.<ref>Multiple references:
*Murphy, James (January 9, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31148-more-speed-bumps-on-the-road-to-brexit More Speed Bumps on the Road to Brexit]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
*McTague, Tom (January 9, 2019). [https://www.politico.eu/article/second-defeat-in-2-days-for-theresa-may-at-hands-of-anti-brexit-mps/ Theresa May suffers second Brexit defeat in 24 hours]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
*Piper, Elizabeth; James, William; MacLellan, Kylie (January 9, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu/britains-may-suffers-parliament-defeat-as-brexit-debate-resumes-idUSKCN1P30ML Britain's May suffers parliament defeat as Brexit debate resumes]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 10, 2019.</ref>

On November 14, 2018, May announced the UK had reached an agreement with the EU.<ref>Multiple references:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (November 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/14/brexit-live-theresa-may-addresses-country-after-crunch-cabinet-meeting-over-worst-deal-in-history/ Brexit Live: Theresa May Addresses Country After Crunch Cabinet Meeting over ‘Worst Deal in History’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
*James, William; MacLellan, Kylie (November 14, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu/my-deal-no-deal-or-no-brexit-uk-pm-may-says-after-winning-ministers-backing-idUSKCN1NJ0WE My deal, no deal or no Brexit, UK PM May says after winning ministers' backing]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
*Colchester, Max (November 14, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/theresa-mays-brexit-deal-faces-first-crucial-hurdle-her-closest-allies-1542195881 U.K.’s May Gets Cabinet’s Go-Ahead on Brexit Deal]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
See also:
*Byas, Steve (November 14, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30647-brexit-difficulty-best-course-is-not-to-get-into-globalist-deals-such-as-european-union Brexit Difficulty: Best Course Is Not to Get Into Globalist Deals Such as European Union]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
*Jasper, William F. (December 22, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31000-theresa-may-s-brexit-betrayal-why-her-deal-has-britain-in-turmoil Theresa May’s Brexit Betrayal — Why Her “Deal” Has Britain In Turmoil]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
*Douglas, Jason (November 1, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/northern-irelands-stormy-past-haunts-u-k-efforts-to-leave-eu-1541064601 Northern Ireland’s Stormy Past Haunts U.K. Efforts to Leave EU]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
*Delingpole, James (January 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/11/theresa-mays-brexit-deal-is-a-trap/ Delingpole: Deep Throat Insider on Theresa May’s Brexit Deal – ‘It’s a Trap’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 11, 2019.</ref> The agreement was very poorly received by Brexit supporters.<ref>Multiple references:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (November 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/15/a-damning-verdict-theresa-mays-brexit-minister-dominic-raab-quits-over-her-brexit-deal/ A Damning Verdict: Ministers Quit Over Theresa May’s Brexit ‘Deal’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
*Cooper, Charlie (November 15, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-theresa-may-eu-brexit-deal/ 10 things you need to know about the Brexit deal]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
*Piper, Elizabeth; MacLellan, Kylie; James, William (November 15, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu/british-pm-may-battles-to-save-brexit-deal-as-ministers-quit-idUSKCN1NK0QJ British PM May battles to save Brexit deal as ministers quit]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
*Colchester, Max; Douglas, Jason (November 15, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/european-officials-to-meet-to-approve-draft-brexit-deal-1542269504 U.K.’s Brexit Deal in Jeopardy as Senior Ministers Resign]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
*Anapol, Avery (November 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/416850-mays-brexit-ministers-quit-in-protest-of-draft-agreement May’s Brexit ministers quit in protest of draft agreement]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (November 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/15/uk-remain-non-voting-eu-member-december-20xx/ Betrayal Agreement: Deal Text Says UK Could Remain Non-Voting EU Member Until ‘31 December 20XX’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
*Plackett, Benjamin (December 5, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/5/theresa-may-brexit-plan-gets-little-popular-suppor/ Theresa May's last-ditch Brexit plan pitch meets cold reception]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
See also:
*Kuenssberg, Laura (November 15, 2018). [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46221896 Raab resignation: A damning verdict on the PM's deal]. ''BBC News''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
*Timothy, Nick (November 14, 2018). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/11/14/not-compromise-capitulation-prime-minister/ This is not a compromise - it's a capitulation by our Prime Minister]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.</ref> Not only was May a weak negotiator, but she also advocated for a bad deal. For example, she requested that a "backstop" be added to the final Brexit deal that would keep the UK in the customs union with no exit.<ref>Deacon, Liam (November 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/19/revealed-may-requested-brexit-customs-union-backstop-with-no-exit/ Revealed: May Requested Brexit Customs Union ‘Backstop’ With No Exit, Not EU]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 19, 2018.</ref> Despite the major concessions to the EU, European countries were still not satisfied and wanted yet more concessions.<ref>Deacon, Liam (November 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/20/eu-wants-more-concessions-france-demands-fishing-rights-spain-gibraltar-veto/ EU Wants MORE Concessions: France Demands Fishing Rights and Spain Calls for Gibraltar Veto]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 20, 2018.</ref> While May claimed that her deal was the only possible one that the UK could achieve, pro-Brexit MPs [[Jacob Rees-Mogg]] and [[David Davis (British politician)|David Davis]] released their own Brexit plan that would respect British sovereignty.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (November 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/20/jacob-rees-mogg-brexit-group-publishes-full-brexit-antidote-theresa-may-betrayal-deal/ Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Brexit Group Publishes Full Brexit Antidote to Theresa May’s Betrayal Deal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 20, 2018.</ref> In December 2018, the British government was forced to release legal advice it had received that stated the agreement would be worse for Britain than the government claimed.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (December 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/05/british-government-publishes-full-brexit-legal-advice/ Full Scale of Brexit Betrayal Revealed After British Government Forced to Publish Legal Advice]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 5, 2018.</ref> After the UK surrendered to additional Spanish demands regarding [[Gibraltar]],<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/24/spanish-pm-brexit-impasse-on-gibraltar-cleared-after-uk-accepted-conditions-imposed-by-spain/ Spanish PM: Brexit Impasse on Gibraltar Cleared After UK ‘Accepted Conditions Imposed by Spain’]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). November 24, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (November 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/26/spain-wins-madrid-brags-mays-eu-deal-offers-chance-grab-gibraltar-sovereignty/ ‘Spain Wins’ – Madrid Brags May’s EU ‘Deal’ Offers Chance to Grab Gibraltar Sovereignty]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 26, 2018.</ref> the EU approved the agreement.<ref>Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (November 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/25/mays-betrayal-agreement-signed-britain-on-the-road-to-brexit-in-name-only/ May’s Betrayal Agreement Signed: Britain on the Road to Brexit in Name Only]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
*Cook, Lorne; Lawless, Jill (November 25, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/25/eu-approves-brexit-deal-its-tragedy/ EU approves Brexit deal: 'It's a tragedy']. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved November 25, 2018.
See also:
*Montgomery, Jack (November 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/25/theresa-may-writes-letter-to-the-nation-begging-support-for-worst-deal-in-history/ Theresa May Writes ‘Letter to the Nation’ Begging Support for ‘Worst Deal in History’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (November 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/25/fishermen-betrayed-macron-gloats-uk-will-be-forced-into-backstop-unless-british-waters-are-surrendered/ Fishermen Betrayed: Macron Gloats UK Will Be Forced Into ‘Backstop’ Unless British Waters are Surrendered]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 25, 2018.</ref>

On January 15, 2019, the UK Parliament rejected the deal by a vote of 202 for and 432 against, making it the largest government defeat since World War I.<ref>Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (January 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/15/mays-day-parliament-holds-meaningful-vote-on-prime-ministers-brexit-deal/ CRUSHED: Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Defeated by Record-Breaking Margin in Parliament]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
*Murphy, James (January 15, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31198-theresa-mays-brexit-plan-goes-down-in-flames-brexit-future-unclear Theresa May’s Brexit Plan Goes Down in Flames; Brexit Future Unclear]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
*Birnbaum, Emily (January 15, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/425463-uk-parliament-votes-against-mays-brexit-deal UK Parliament votes against May's Brexit deal]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
*Shaw, Adam (January 15, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/british-prime-minister-theresa-may-suffers-devastating-defeat-on-key-brexit-vote British Prime Minister Theresa May suffers devastating defeat on key Brexit vote]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
*Colchester, Max; Douglas, Jason (January 15, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-parliament-roundly-rejects-mays-brexit-plan-11547581277 U.K. Parliament Roundly Rejects May’s Brexit Plan]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
*Cooper, Charlie (January 15, 2019). [https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-deal-rejected-by-432-votes-to-202-2/ Historic defeat for Theresa May on Brexit vote]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
See also:
*Friedman, Victoria (January 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/15/eu-sources-rule-out-reopening-deal-talks-brexiteers-reaction-may-defeat/ EU Sources Rule out Reopening Deal Talks, Brexiteers React to May Defeat]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
*Hilton, Steve (January 16, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/steve-hilton-original-intent-of-brexit-restoring-freedom-and-sovereignty-buried-by-inept-bureaucrats Steve Hilton: Original intent of Brexit - restoring freedom and sovereignty - buried by inept bureaucrats]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
*Murphy, James (January 16, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31208-chance-of-new-brexit-referendum-increases-with-defeat-of-may-s-deal Chance of New Brexit Referendum Increases With Defeat of May’s Deal]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 16, 2019.</ref> The British establishment, nonetheless, opposed any meaningful Brexit, if any at all.<ref>Davies, Andrew (March 8, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/brexit-dreams-and-broken-promises Brexit dreams and broken promises]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved March 8, 2019.</ref> On March 12, 2019, Parliament again rejected May's Brexit deal.<ref>Multiple references:
*Colchester, Max; Douglas, Jason (March 12, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-parliament-votes-down-mays-brexit-deal-11552418563 U.K. Parliament Votes Down May’s Brexit Deal]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
*Shaw, Adam (March 13, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/british-pm-theresa-may-suffers-another-major-defeat-on-revised-brexit-deal-as-clock-ticks-down British PM Theresa May suffers another major defeat on revised Brexit deal, as clock ticks down]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (March 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/12/uk-parliament-votes-on-theresa-mays-brexit-deal-for-second-and-probably-final-time/ UK Parliament Votes on Theresa May’s Brexit Deal For Second and Probably Final Time]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
See also:
*Delingpole, James (March 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/12/mps-reject-mays-latest-meaningful-vote-good/ Delingpole: Good Riddance to May’s Withdrawal Agreement – a Turd Rolled in Glitter]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
*Montgomery, Jack (March 13, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/13/brexiteers-glad-mays-deal-defeated-fear-remainers-vote-down-no-deal/ Brexiteers Glad to See May’s Deal Fall, But Fear Her Move to Let Remainers Vote Down No Deal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref> May tried to bully pro-Brexit MPs to vote for her bad deal by claiming that Brexit would not happen if they did not vote her way,<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/08/may-warns-if-parliament-rejects-her-brexit-betrayal-deal-uk-may-never-leave-eu/ May Warns if Parliament Rejects Her Brexit Betrayal Deal, UK May Never Leave EU]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
*Murphy, James (February 26, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31577-theresa-may-floats-the-idea-of-a-brexit-delay-to-parliament Theresa May Floats the Idea of a Brexit Delay to Parliament]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
*Delingpole, James (March 6, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/06/claim-mays-secret-brexit-betrayal-pact-with-merkel/ Delingpole: Bombshell Claim — May’s Secret Brexit Betrayal Pact with Merkel]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
*Montgomery, Jack (March 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/17/may-back-my-deal-we-will-not-leave-eu-for-many-months-if-ever/ May: Back My Deal or ‘We Will Not Leave the EU for Many Months, if Ever’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 17, 2019.</ref> and she later announced she would vote against a no-deal Brexit despite originally claiming to prefer no-deal over a bad deal.<ref name="RuleOut">Schaart, Eline (March 13, 2019). [https://www.politico.eu/article/theresa-may-confirms-she-will-vote-to-rule-out-a-no-deal-brexit/ Theresa May confirms she will vote to rule out a no-deal Brexit]. ''Politico''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref> The following day, Parliament – along with May<ref name="RuleOut"/> – voted against a no-deal Brexit.<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (March 13, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/british-lawmakers-reject-no-deal-brexit-take-step-closer-to-delaying-departure UK lawmakers reject 'no deal' Brexit, take step closer to delaying departure]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
*Friedman, Victoria (March 13, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/13/parliament-no-longer-represents-people-may-loses-control-own-motion/ ‘Parliament No Longer Represents the People’: May Loses Control of OWN MOTION Hijacked by Hardline Remainers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
*Fidler, Stephen; Douglas, Jason (March 13, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-lawmakers-rule-out-any-no-deal-brexit-11552504751 U.K. Lawmakers Vote Against Leaving EU Without a Deal]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
See also:
*Jasper, William F. (March 14, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31750-brexit-chaos-as-war-of-the-elites-against-brit-independence-intensifies Brexit Chaos as War of the Elites Against Brit Independence Intensifies]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
*Jasper, William F. (March 14, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31742-nigel-farage-slams-theresa-may-eu-and-tories-over-brexit-betrayal-urges-eu-to-veto-brexit-extension Nigel Farage Slams Theresa May, EU, and Tories Over Brexit Betrayal, Urges EU to Veto Brexit Extension]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 14, 2019.</ref> The day after that, Parliament voted to delay Brexit,<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (March 14, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/british-parliament-votes-in-favor-of-brexit-delay-unclear-if-eu-leaders-will-accept British Parliament votes in favor of Brexit delay, unclear if EU leaders will accept]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (March 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/14/uk-parliament-votes-on-cancelling-march-29th-brexit-day/ UK Parliament Votes on Cancelling March 29th Brexit Day]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
*Fidler, Stephen; Norman, Laurence (March 14, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-lawmakers-set-to-delay-brexit-as-political-turmoil-drags-on-11552571318 U.K. Parliament Votes to Delay Brexit as Turmoil Drags On]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved March 14, 2019.</ref> even though May had repeatedly promised that such a delay would not happen.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (March 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/14/as-pm-may-moves-to-delay-brexit-heres-all-times-she-promised-march-29th/ As PM May Moves to Delay Brexit, Here’s All the Times She Promised it On Time]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 14, 2019.</ref><ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (March 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/20/after-promising-brexit-on-march-29th-108-times-may-now-requests-delay-to-june/ After Promising Brexit on March 29th 108 Times, May Now Requests Delay to June]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 20, 2019.</ref> Not content with all this, May chose to have Parliament vote once again on her Brexit deal,<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (March 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/15/parliament-to-vote-third-time-on-brexit-deal/ Wrong Answer, Try Again: Parliament to Vote on May’s Brexit Deal For Third Time]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 15, 2019.</ref> and the third vote on March 29, 2019, also failed.<ref>Multiple references:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (March 29, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/29/brexit-betrayal-day-parliament-votes-on-theresa-mays-last-ditch-fight-for-eu-approved-deal/ Brexit Betrayal Day: Parliament Rejects Theresa May’s Last Ditch Fight For EU-Approved ‘Deal’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
*Colchester, Max; Douglas, Jason (March 29, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/mays-brexit-deal-is-rejected-for-a-third-time-by-lawmakers-11553870628 May’s Brexit Deal Is Rejected for a Third Time by Lawmakers]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
*Frazin, Rachel (March 29, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/europe/436457-may-brexit-deal-suffers-third-defeat Theresa May's Brexit deal suffers third defeat in Parliament]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
*Murphy, James (March 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31881-brexit-bedlam-may-s-deal-defeated-a-third-time-future-is-unclear Brexit Bedlam: May’s Deal Defeated a Third Time; Future is Unclear]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 29, 2019.</ref> Not content, May wanted parliament to vote on her deal a fourth time.<ref>Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (March 30, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/30/night-living-deal-may-wants-fourth-vote-brexit-agreement/ Night of the Living Deal: May Wants Fourth Vote on Rejected Brexit Agreement]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
*Murphy, James (April 1, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31898-may-ponders-fourth-vote-on-her-brexit-deal May Ponders Fourth Vote on Her Brexit Deal]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 1, 2019.</ref>

May then began negotiations with the far-left [[Jeremy Corbyn]] on a Brexit agreement.<ref>Carbone, Christopher (April 7, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/may-defends-approaching-labour-on-brexit-deal-as-clock-ticks-down May makes last-ditch Brexit effort with Labour as clock ticks down]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 7, 2019.</ref> Her government also announced the UK would participate in the [[European Parliament]] elections,<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (April 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/05/theresa-may-confirms-brits-will-vote-in-eu-elections-despite-having-voted-to-leave-bloc-three-years-earlier/ Theresa May Confirms Brits Will Vote in EU Elections, Despite Having Voted to Leave Bloc Three Years Earlier]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 5, 2019.</ref><ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (April 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/08/despite-brexit-referendum-and-endless-promises-uk-govt-lays-legal-groundwork-to-host-eu-elections/ Despite Brexit Referendum And Endless Promises, UK Govt Lays Legal Groundwork to Host EU Elections]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2019.</ref> something anti-Brexit [[deep state]] officials set aside money for in 2018.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/05/flashback-uk-deep-set-aside-cash-eu-elections-may-2018/ FLASHBACK: UK Deep State Set Aside Cash for EU Elections in May 2018]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 5, 2019.</ref> May even threatened to keep the UK in the EU.<ref>Hervey, Ginger (April 7, 2019). [https://www.politico.eu/article/theresa-may-warns-of-stark-choice-between-a-deal-and-no-brexit/ Theresa May warns of ‘stark choice’ between a deal and no Brexit]. ''Politico''. Retrieved April 7, 2019.</ref> This came even though her own government had prepared extensively for a "no deal."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 6, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/06/britain-officially-ready-no-deal-reveals-govt-minister-responsible-plans/ Britain ‘Officially Ready’ for No Deal Brexit, Reveals Govt Minister Responsible for Plans]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 6, 2019.</ref> In April 2019, the EU and May government agreed to further extend Brexit to October 31 of that year.<ref>Multiple references:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (April 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/11/halloween-brexit-departure-delayed-until-october-31st2/ Zombie May’s Halloween Brexit: Establishment Stitch-up Delays Departure Until October 31st]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
*Chamberlain, Samuel (April 10, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/britain-eu-agree-to-delay-brexit-deadline-until-oct-31 Britain, EU agree to delay Brexit deadline until Oct. 31]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
*Gray, Jane (April 11, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/eu-sets-halloween-deadline-for-mays-brexit-plan-warns-dont-wast-time-this-time_2875919.html EU Sets Halloween Deadline for May’s Brexit Plan, Warns UK to ‘Not Waste This Time’]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved April 11, 2019.</ref> Anti-Brexit members of May's government then stated that parliament would consider a second referendum,<ref>Milliken, David (April 12, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-hammond/uk-parliament-very-likely-to-consider-new-brexit-referendum-hammond-idUSKCN1RO1EF UK parliament very likely to consider new Brexit referendum: Hammond]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 13, 2019.</ref> and her government even ended its Brexit "no deal" planning.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 13, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/13/ex-cabinet-minister-says-end-no-deal-prep-proves-brexit-process-stitch-up/ Ex-Cabinet Minister Says End of ‘No Deal’ Prep Proves Brexit Process a Stitch-up]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 13, 2019.</ref> Despite claiming to oppose a second referendum, May announced on May 21, 2019, that she would offer such a referendum as a condition of approving her exit plan.<ref>Multiple references:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (May 21, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/21/brexit-betrayal-may-opens-door-to-second-referendum/ Democratic Disconnect: While British Voters Flock to ‘No Deal’ Brexit Party, PM May Offers Second Referendum]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
*Lawless, Jill (May 21, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/182c02c75bcb4c128e8326864874f049 Seeking Brexit support, May offers vote on new referendum]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
See also:
*Friedman, Victoria (May 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/22/betrayal-people-may-deal-demand-ousting/ ‘Betrayal of 17.4m People’: Brexiteer MPs Pan Deal, Demand May’s Ousting]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 22, 2019.</ref>

Despite voting to leave the EU, the UK's payments to the globalist organization increased by 20% by 2019.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/22/eu-extracts-eye-popping-20-per-cent-rise-budget-payments-uk/ EU Extracts Billions More from UK with ‘Eye-popping’ 20 Per Cent Increase to Budget Contribution]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 22, 2019.</ref>

Some Tory MPs opposed achieving Brexit so much that they even supported far-left socialist [[Jeremy Corbyn]] becoming prime minister in place of [[Boris Johnson]].<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-labour-reaction/some-conservative-lawmakers-open-to-corbyn-brexit-talks-sky-idUSKCN1V50TL Some Conservative lawmakers open to Corbyn Brexit talks: Sky]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 15, 2019.</ref>

=== Article 50 ===

The Article 50 document was signed by the Prime Minister of the UK, Theresa May, on the 29th March 2017. It was delivered to Donald Tusk (President of The European Council) who commented there was "no reason to pretend this was a happy day" especially as the UK had been integral to the European Union for 44 years.

Following the acceptance of article 50 there will be two years of intense negotiation to finalise agreements over:

* current UK and EU nationals living in each other's territories
* financial liabilities and responsibilities to each other
* trade and legal agreements

If this is not completed within two years then it is likely that [[World Trade Organization]] rules would apply to any future trade unless all EU member nations agree to extend the negotiating period by up to one year.

In December 2018, the European Court of Justice, which always rules in favor of the EU's preferred position, stated that a country could unilaterally reverse Article 50.<ref>Multiple references:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (December 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/04/remainers-mobilise-after-european-court-opens-door-to-cancelling-brexit-altogether/ Remainers Mobilise After European Court Opens Door to Cancelling Brexit Altogether]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (December 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/10/eu-court-confirms-britain-has-sovereign-right-to-stay-in-the-eu/ EU Court Confirms Britain Has Sovereign Right… to Stay in the EU]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
*Sinner, Michele; Macdonald, Alastair (December 10, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-court/eu-court-cites-union-goal-to-let-uk-stop-brexit-idUSKBN1O90QH EU court cites union goal to let UK stop Brexit]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved December 10, 2018.</ref>

===Negotiations===
The main concern of the British government is to ensure access to the single market for its banking and manufacturing sectors - both major income streams for the UK. Along with this the UK business sector are very concerned about the potential loss of EU (especially Eastern European) labour for many agricultural and low paid roles. Negotiations are proceeding very slowly because of the obstructive tactics of the EU negotiators. They are insisting that Britain must agree to an "exit fee" of over £50 billion before they will start trade talks.<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/797852/Brexit-news-EU-expand-Britain-exit-fee-bill-budget-black-hole</ref> They also wanted to discuss the "rights" of EU citizens before such talks.

In July 2018, [[Theresa May]] and her cabinet agreed to a very weak negotiating position that would leave the country under the European Court of Justice, effectively in the single market, and under the jurisdiction of many of the EU's regulations.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (July 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/06/total-capitulation-theresa-may-proposes-sub-norway-brexit-deal/ TOTAL CAPITULATION: May Proposes Sub-Norway Brexit Deal – Concedes on Goods, Rules, EU Court, and More]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 7, 2018.</ref> Anti-Brexit [[Europhile]]s applauded the negotiating position.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (July 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/09/remainers-congratulate-may-brexit-betrayal/ Remainers Congratulate May’s Brexit Betrayal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 9, 2018.</ref> In opposition to such a weak agreement, several of her pro-[[sovereignty]] ministers resigned,<ref>Piper, Elizabeth; James, William; MacAskill, Andrew (July 8, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-davis/uk-brexit-secretary-david-davis-has-resigned-source-close-to-davis-idUSKBN1JY10K British eurosceptic ministers quit in blow to May's Brexit plan]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 9, 2018.</ref><ref>Murphy, James (July 10, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/29501-uk-government-reels-in-the-wake-of-brexit-related-resignations U.K. Government Reels in the Wake of Brexit-related Resignations]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 10, 2018.</ref> including Brexit Minister David Davis<ref>Multiple references:
*Montgomery, Jack (July 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/08/rebellion-brexit-secretary-david-davis-resigns-over-mays-turd-deal-couldnt-sell-out-his-own-country/ REBELLION: Brexit Secretary David Davis Resigns Over May’s ‘Turd’ Deal, ‘Couldn’t Sell Out His Own Country’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
*[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/08/top-uk-official-in-charge-brexit-quits-in-fresh-blow-to-may.html Top UK official in charge of Brexit quits in fresh blow to May]. ''Associated Press''. July 8, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
See also:
*Montgomery, Jack (July 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/10/ex-brexit-minister-slams-may-establishment-dont-want-to-leave-eu-exit-plan-led-by-fear-and-supplication/ Ex-Brexit Minister Slams May: Establishment ‘Don’t Want to Leave EU’, Exit Plan Led by ‘Fear and Supplication’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (July 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/09/brexit-supporting-dominic-raab-chosen-as-new-brexit-secretary-after-david-davis-resignation/ Brexit-Supporting Dominic Raab Chosen as New Brexit Secretary After David Davis Resignation]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 9, 2018.</ref> and Foreign Minister [[Boris Johnson]].<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (July 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/09/british-foreign-secretary-boris-johnson-resigns-government-amid-brexit-rebellion/ British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Resigns Government Amid Brexit Rebellion]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 9, 2018. See also:
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-johnson-resignation/former-foreign-minister-johnson-warns-britain-will-end-up-like-colony-to-the-eu-after-brexit-idUSKBN1JZ2AH Former foreign minister Johnson warns Britain will end up like colony to the EU after Brexit]. ''Reuters''. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
*Montgomery, Jack (July 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/09/boris-speaks-brexit-is-dying-white-flags-are-fluttering-may-deal-will-make-britain-an-eu-colony/ BORIS SPEAKS: ‘Brexit is Dying, White Flags Are Fluttering, May Deal Will Make Britain an EU Colony’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 9, 2018.</ref> Several other officials also resigned.<ref>Multiple references:
*Friedman, Victoria (July 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/16/theresa-may-government-implodes-9th-mp-resigns-soft-brexit-plan/ Theresa May’s Government Implodes as 9th MP Resigns over Soft Brexit Plan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
*Sang, Lucia I. Suarez (July 16, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/16/theresa-may-dismisses-calls-for-2nd-brexit-vote-as-ninth-parliament-member-resigns.html Theresa May dismisses calls for 2nd Brexit vote as ninth parliament member resigns]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
*Mikhailova, Anna (July 15, 2018). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/07/15/theresa-may-faces-eighth-resignation-brexit-plans-nine-days/ Theresa May hit by her eighth resignation over Brexit plans in nine days, as ministerial aide quits]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.</ref> Pro-"Remain" officials in May's government consolidated their influence over the exit negotiations.<ref>Deacon, Liam (July 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/17/power-grab-may-brexit-bureaucrat-purges-50-brexit-department-staff/ Power Grab: May’s Brexit Bureaucrat Purges 50 Brexit Department Staff]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.</ref><ref>Deacon, Liam (July 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/24/pms-bureaucrats-officially-take-charge-brexit-talks-brexit-department-snubbed/ PM’s Bureaucrats Officially Take Charge of Brexit Talks, Brexit Department Snubbed]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref> The UK government also gave the [[Europhile]] European Court of Justice the final say over any Brexit issue in the negotiations.<ref>Deacon, Liam (July 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/30/eu-courts-have-final-say-brexit-divorce-bill-millions-migrants/ EU Courts to Have Final Say on Brexit ‘Divorce Bill’ and Millions of Migrants]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 30, 2018.</ref>

The House of Commons approved May's negotiating position as official UK policy on July 16, 2018, though it also added four amendments to the bill created by pro-Brexit MPs.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44854597 Brexit: Government scrapes through Customs Bill votes]. ''BBC News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
*Piper, Elizabeth; James, William; MacAskill, Andrew (July 15, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu/parliament-vote-to-reveal-extent-of-anger-over-mays-brexit-plan-idUSKBN1K514U May wins parliament vote after bowing to Brexit pressure]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
*McTague, Tom; Dickson, Annabelle (July 16, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/theresa-may-caves-in-on-brexiteer-amendments-to-head-off-rebellion/ Theresa May narrowly avoids House of Commons defeat as Tory split worsens]. ''Politico''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.</ref> The following day, it approved a trade bill while rejecting an anti-Brexit amendment to the bill that would have required the government to enter a customs agreement with the EU if free trade negotiations failed, though parliament also voted to require the government to remain under the EU's medicine regulations.<ref>Multiple references:
*Cooper, Charlie (July 17, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-government-wins-vote-on-customs-union-amendment/ UK government wins vote on customs union amendment]. ''Politico''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44864496 Brexit vote: Government defeats EU customs union bid]. ''BBC News''. July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
*Sparrow, Andrew; Rawlinson, Kevin (July 17, 2018). [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/jul/17/brexit-trade-bill-vote-referendum-result-branded-dodgier-than-ever-after-vote-leave-found-to-have-broken-election-spending-law-politics-live May wins key customs union vote by six after surprise Brexit loss on medicines agency – as it happened]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
*James, William; MacAskill, Andrew; Piper, Elizabeth (July 17, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu/may-narrowly-avoids-defeat-in-parliament-on-trade-laws-idUSKBN1K72CT May narrowly avoids defeat in parliament on EU trade laws]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
*Douglas, Jason; Horner, Will (July 17, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-efforts-to-rewrite-government-plan-imperil-mays-brexit-strategy-1531844466 May’s Brexit Plan Narrowly Survives in Parliament]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.</ref>

== See also ==
* [[United Kingdom Independence Party]]
* [[Grexit]]
* [[Examples of EU regulations on Britain]]
* [[European migrant crisis]]

== External links ==
* [http://eureferendum.blogspot.co.uk/ EU Referendum]
* [http://youtu.be/eYqzcqDtL3k Brexit The Movie]

== References ==
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Loving v. Virginia

2019-08-30T23:12:53Z

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'''''Loving v. Virginia''''' was a [[Supreme Court]] Case dealing with [[interracial marriage]].

== [[Miscegenation]] Laws, and the Facts of the Case ==
Laws against interracial marriage were still in effect in sixteen US states as recently as 1967. Similar laws in other states had been repealed by then.

Richard and Mildred Loving were married in 1958. He was a white man, and she was a woman of mixed black and [[American Indian]] heritage. They got married in Washington D.C. because in their home state of Virginia the law still forbade interracial marriages, known in those days as 'miscegenation'. After their marriage, they lived together in Caroline County, Virginia. In 1959 they were found guilty of violating the law and both were sentenced to one year in jail, although they were promised a suspended sentence if they left the state and did not return for 25 years.<ref>http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kdown/loving.html</ref>

Mr. and Mrs. Loving returned to Washington D.C. and in 1963 they brought a lawsuit that challenged the constitutional basis of Virginia's anti-miscegenation law. The Virginia Supreme Court upheld the law in March 1966, but in June 1967 the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled it unconstitutional. Because of this, all the states which still had such laws could not enforce them.

== Holding of the Court ==
The Court invalidated the ban on interracial marriages, and compelled Virginia to recognize interracial marriages, on equal protection grounds. Virginia argued that the ban was one of equal application - that is, blacks cannot marry whites and whites cannot marry blacks - and therefore not "discriminatory" under the [[Fourteenth Amendment]], since the law did not classify on the basis of race ''per se''. The Court found this formalist appeal unpersuasive, recognizing that a facially sound classification may have an invidious discriminatory intent. In other words, the Court would inquire not ''just'' as to formal soundness, but as to subordinative or racist effect as well, to vindicate the intent of the framers of the [[Fourteenth Amendment]]. This functionalist reading of the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] is characteristic of the functionalist ''zeitgeist'', following [[Brown v. Board of Education]], and the Court's continued insistence to this day that statutory equal application is not a saving grace if it is subordinative.

Importantly, the Court also noted that the long tradition of anti-miscegenation laws would not save it from constitutional scrutiny. In other words, a measure's long tradition is not a guarantee of its justice.

Finally, the Court made an overture to [[substantive due process]] in the closing notes of the case, stating that a fundamental right to marry may have been implicated by the ban on miscegenation. Rather than revive [[substantive due process]], though, the Court merely noted its willingness to consider such a plan of attack on discriminatory measures in the future. This was perhaps an attempt at "tipping off" civil rights lawyers as to another way to attack facially equal-application, yet discriminatory, measures.

== Significance of the Case ==

The case is partly significant because it is about how the United States defined people in terms of their race. The Virginia law, as well as prohibiting marriages between people of different races, also categorized multiracial people according to a set of arbitrary definitions of their 'race'. A white person was defined as someone who had only "Caucasian blood", excepting only people who had no more than one great-grandparent Native American ancestry and no other non-white ancestry. This exception was to make allowance for a long-established group of descendants of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. A person was defined as black if they had any "negro" ancestry, as the people of that time expressed it. A person with at least one Native American grandparent, or one Native American grandparent and one "Negro" great-grandparent and who was also a member of an Indian tribe, was defined as "American Indian".<ref>http://www.ameasite.org/loving.asp</ref>

The case is also significant because it is about how the United States defined marriage. Before 1967, a legal marriage could not be contracted in states with anti-miscegenation laws if the partners were of different races. Thus the case redefined what constituted a marriage. Some proponents of [[homosexual rights]] have cited this case in support of a right to marriage,<ref>Coolidge, David O, Playing the Loving Card: Same-Sex Marriage and the Politics of Analogy, BYU Journal of Public Law, 1998, 12 BYU.</ref><ref>Pamela S. Karlan, "Loving ''Lawrence''", Stanford Law School.</ref> although opponents argue that this is not viable as the 'Loving' marriage was still between a man and a woman.

Here is an alternate view from a Catholic writer:
:The definition of marriage was not at stake in Loving. Everyone agreed that [[interracial marriage]]s were marriages. Racists just wanted to ban them as part of the evil regime of [[white supremacy]] that the [[equal protection clause]] was designed to destroy. [http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/marriage/mf0123.htm]

==Original Intent==
''Loving v. Virginia'' was a living constitutionalist decision, which codified the moral views of nine lawyers on the Supreme Court into U.S. constitutional law. The decision focused on the Fourteenth Amendment, yet those who ratified that amendment did not intend to legalize interracial marriage, and instead leave it up to the people of each state. While the result may fit in with modern sensibilities, the way the Court arrived at it, and the precedent it set, set the groundwork for the Court's later recognition of a constitutional right to [[same-sex "marriage"]].

==Text of the Supreme Court decision: ''Loving v. Virginia''==
'''LOVING ET UX. v. VIRGINIA'''

'''SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES'''

388 U.S. 1

June 12, 1967, Decided

'''MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN''' delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a constitutional question never addressed by this Court: whether a statutory scheme adopted by the State of Virginia to prevent marriages between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. For reasons which seem to us to reflect the central meaning of those constitutional commands, we conclude that these statutes cannot stand consistently with the Fourteenth Amendment.

In June 1958, two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a Negro woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, were married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. Shortly after their marriage, the Lovings returned to Virginia and established their marital abode in Caroline County. At the October Term, 1958, of the Circuit Court of Caroline County, a grand jury issued an indictment charging the Lovings with violating Virginia's ban on interracial marriages. On January 6, 1959, the Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail; however, the trial judge suspended the sentence for a period of 25 years on the condition that the Lovings leave the State and not return to Virginia together for 25 years. He stated in an opinion that:

"Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."
After their convictions, the Lovings took up residence in the District of Columbia. On November 6, 1963, they filed a motion in the state trial court to vacate the judgment and set aside the sentence on the ground that the statutes which they had violated were repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment....
The two statutes under which appellants were convicted and sentenced are part of a comprehensive statutory scheme aimed at prohibiting and punishing interracial marriages. The Lovings were convicted of violating § 20-58 of the Virginia Code:

"Leaving State to evade law. -- If any white person and colored person shall go out of this State, for the purpose of being married, and with the intention of returning, and be married out of it, and afterwards return to and reside in it, cohabiting as man and wife, they shall be punished as provided in § 20-59, and the marriage shall be governed by the same law as if it had been solemnized in this State. The fact of their cohabitation here as man and wife shall be evidence of their marriage."

Section 20-59, which defines the penalty for miscegenation, provides:

"Punishment for marriage. -- If any white person intermarry with a colored person, or any colored person intermarry with a white person, he shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years."

Other central provisions in the Virginia statutory scheme are § 20-57, which automatically voids all marriages between "a white person and a colored person" without any judicial proceeding, and §§ 20-54 and 1-14 which, respectively, define "white persons" and "colored persons and Indians" for purposes of the statutory prohibitions. The Lovings have never disputed in the course of this litigation that Mrs. Loving is a "colored person" or that Mr. Loving is a "white person" within the meanings given those terms by the Virginia statutes.

Virginia is now one of 16 States which prohibit and punish marriages on the basis of racial classifications. The present statutory scheme dates from the adoption of the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, passed during the period of extreme nativism which followed the end of the First World War. The central features of this Act, and current Virginia law, are the absolute prohibition of a "white person" marrying other than another "white person," a prohibition against issuing marriage licenses until the issuing official is satisfied that the applicants' statements as to their race are correct, certificates of "racial composition" to be kept by both local and state registrars, and the carrying forward of earlier prohibitions against racial intermarriage.

===I.===
In upholding the constitutionality of these provisions in the decision below, the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia referred to its 1955 decision in Naim v. Naim as stating the reasons supporting the validity of these laws. In Naim, the state court concluded that the State's legitimate purposes were "to preserve the racial integrity of its citizens," and to prevent "the corruption of blood," "a mongrel breed of citizens," and "the obliteration of racial pride," obviously an endorsement of the doctrine of White Supremacy. The court also reasoned that marriage has traditionally been subject to state regulation without federal intervention, and, consequently, the regulation of marriage should be left to exclusive state control by the Tenth Amendment.

The State does not contend in its argument before this Court that its powers to regulate marriage are unlimited notwithstanding the commands of the Fourteenth Amendment. Nor could it do so. Instead, the State argues that the meaning of the Equal Protection Clause, as illuminated by the statements of the Framers, is only that state penal laws containing an interracial element as part of the definition of the offense must apply equally to whites and Negroes in the sense that members of each race are punished to the same degree. Thus, the State contends that, because its miscegenation statutes punish equally both the white and the Negro participants in an interracial marriage, these statutes, despite their reliance on racial classifications, do not constitute an invidious discrimination based upon race. The second argument advanced by the State assumes the validity of its equal application theory. The argument is that, if the Equal Protection Clause does not outlaw miscegenation statutes because of their reliance on racial classifications, the question of constitutionality would thus become whether there was any rational basis for a State to treat interracial marriages differently from other marriages. On this question, the State argues, the scientific evidence is substantially in doubt and, consequently, this Court should defer to the wisdom of the state legislature in adopting its policy of discouraging interracial marriages.

Because we reject the notion that the mere "equal application" of a statute containing racial classifications is enough to remove the classifications from the Fourteenth Amendment's proscription of all invidious racial discriminations, we do not accept the State's contention that these statutes should be upheld if there is any possible basis for concluding that they serve a rational purpose. The mere fact of equal application does not mean that our analysis of these statutes should follow the approach we have taken in cases involving no racial discrimination where the Equal Protection Clause has been arrayed against a statute discriminating between the kinds of advertising which may be displayed on trucks in New York City or an exemption in Ohio's ad valorem tax for merchandise owned by a nonresident in a storage warehouse. In these cases, involving distinctions not drawn according to race, the Court has merely asked whether there is any rational foundation for the discriminations, and has deferred to the wisdom of the state legislatures. In the case at bar, however, we deal with statutes containing racial classifications, and the fact of equal application does not immunize the statute from the very heavy burden of justification which the Fourteenth Amendment has traditionally required of state statutes drawn according to race.

The State argues that statements in the Thirty-ninth Congress about the time of the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment indicate that the Framers did not intend the Amendment to make unconstitutional state miscegenation laws. Many of the statements alluded to by the State concern the debates over the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which President Johnson vetoed, and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, enacted over his veto. While these statements have some relevance to the intention of Congress in submitting the Fourteenth Amendment, it must be understood that they pertained to the passage of specific statutes and not to the broader, organic purpose of a constitutional amendment. As for the various statements directly concerning the Fourteenth Amendment, we have said in connection with a related problem, that although these historical sources "cast some light" they are not sufficient to resolve the problem; "[at] best, they are inconclusive. The most avid proponents of the post-War Amendments undoubtedly intended them to remove all legal distinctions among 'all persons born or naturalized in the United States.' Their opponents, just as certainly, were antagonistic to both the letter and the spirit of the Amendments and wished them to have the most limited effect." We have rejected the proposition that the debates in the Thirty-ninth Congress or in the state legislatures which ratified the Fourteenth Amendment supported the theory advanced by the State, that the requirement of equal protection of the laws is satisfied by penal laws defining offenses based on racial classifications so long as white and Negro participants in the offense were similarly punished....

The Equal Protection Clause requires the consideration of whether the classifications drawn by any statute constitute an arbitrary and invidious discrimination. The clear and central purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to eliminate all official state sources of invidious racial discrimination in the States.

There can be no question but that Virginia's miscegenation statutes rest solely upon distinctions drawn according to race. The statutes proscribe generally accepted conduct if engaged in by members of different races. Over the years, this Court has consistently repudiated "distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry" as being "odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality." At the very least, the Equal Protection Clause demands that racial classifications, especially suspect in criminal statutes, be subjected to the "most rigid scrutiny," Korematsu v. United States (1944), and, if they are ever to be upheld, they must be shown to be necessary to the accomplishment of some permissible state objective, independent of the racial discrimination which it was the object of the Fourteenth Amendment to eliminate. Indeed, two members of this Court have already stated that they "cannot conceive of a valid legislative purpose . . . which makes the color of a person's skin the test of whether his conduct is a criminal offense."

There is patently no legitimate overriding purpose independent of invidious racial discrimination which justifies this classification. The fact that Virginia prohibits only interracial marriages involving white persons demonstrates that the racial classifications must stand on their own justification, as measures designed to maintain White Supremacy. We have consistently denied the constitutionality of measures which restrict the rights of citizens on account of race. There can be no doubt that restricting the freedom to marry solely because of racial classifications violates the central meaning of the Equal Protection Clause.

===II.===
These statutes also deprive the Lovings of liberty without due process of law in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.

Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental to our very existence and survival. To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discriminations. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State.

These convictions must be reversed.

'''MR. JUSTICE STEWART''', concurring.

I have previously expressed the belief that "it is simply not possible for a state law to be valid under our Constitution which makes the criminality of an act depend upon the race of the actor." Because I adhere to that belief, I concur in the judgment of the Court.

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==Quotations==

''I believe all Americans, no matter their race, no matter their sex, no matter their sexual orientation, should have that same freedom to marry. Government has no business imposing some people’s religious beliefs over others. Especially if it denies people’s civil rights.''—Letter by Mildred Loving, December, 2007.<ref>[http://www.positiveliberty.com/2007/06/mildred-lovings-statement.html Mildred Loving's Statement]</ref>

==References==
<references/>
*[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/loving.html Text of the decision]

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The O'Reilly Factor

2019-08-30T01:45:04Z

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[[File:Oreilly.JPG|200px|thumb|right|An example of O'Reilly's ''Talking Points Memo'']]
'''''The O'Reilly Factor''''' (also often known as ''The Factor'' or ''The No-Spin Zone'') was a [[Fox News]] television show hosted by political commentator [[Bill O'Reilly]]. This show was the highest-rated show in [[cable news]]. The show featured O'Reilly (or a guest host, usually [[Greg Gutfeld]], [[Eric Bolling]], [[Jesse Watters]], [[Laura Ingraham]], [[Mike Huckabee]], or [[Juan Williams]]) and guests discussing major issues of that day.

The median age of viewers of the O'Reilly Factor was 72 years old, with half his audience even older than that.

Despite claims that O'Reilly was a conservative, a 2011 study showed that compared to the American population as a whole (which actually was relatively conservative), O'Reilly's views were actually in the political center of the population.<ref name="Pollak">Pollak, Joel B. (April 19, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/04/19/bill-oreilly-secret-centrist-not-conservative/ Bill O’Reilly’s Secret: He Was a Centrist, Not a Conservative]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 19, 2017.</ref> Interestingly, this was likely the reason this show was so popular.<ref name="Pollak"/>

On April 19, 2017, Fox News broke ties with O'Reilly due to an alleged sex abuse scandal revolving around him.<ref>Steel, Emily; Schmidt, Michael S. (April 19, 2017). [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/business/media/bill-oreilly-fox-news-allegations.html?_r=0 Bill O’Reilly Is Forced Out at Fox News]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 19, 2017.</ref> The show was renamed ''The Factor'' until April 21, 2017, after the final episode starring guest host Gutfeld aired. The show was replaced by ''[[Tucker Carlson Tonight]]'', which was in the 9PM EST slot and was moved to the 8PM EST slot formerly held by O'Reilly. ''The Five'', with newly minted co-host Jesse Watters, replaced Carlson in the 9PM slot, and former ''Five'' co-host Bolling was given a solo show in the 5PM EST slot.

==Segments==
The show had many segments; some of them were eventually discontinued in favor of other segments.
*Talking Points Memo—A daily segment where O'Reilly discussed a key issue in current events with his words appearing as a side note on the screen.
*Top Story—Usually, O'Reilly had guests discuss the issue brought up in the previous Talking Points Memo section
*Personal Story—O'Reilly invited someone who wrote a bestselling book, or had made the news in some way, or who had interviewed a newsmaker
*Miller Time—A Wednesday segment where O'Reilly invited regular guest comedian Dennis Miller on the show. The discussion was generally a lighthearted one on several issues, accompanied with visual gags and movie clips.
*Barack and a Hard Place—Monica Crowley and the late [[Alan Colmes]] discussed issues related to [[Barack Obama]] with O'Reilly
*Watter's World— [[Jesse Watters]] went out every other Monday and interviewed younger people on a current issue
*Pinheads and Patriots—Daily segment at the end of the program where people in the news were called out fot doing something good (patriot) or bad (pinhead).
*Tip of the Day—It replaced Pinheads and Patriots, and in it O'Reilly gave a helpful tip to the audience
*Factor Viewer Mail—O'Reilly read bits of emails at the end of the program, often ones that have contrasting viewpoints on the last show
*Word of the Day—At the last minute of the program, O'Reilly picked an obscure word to challenge the viewer to know or look up

== See also ==
*[[Bill O'Reilly]]
*[[Fox News]]
*[[Hannity (TV show)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Debatable Whether Conservative]]

Jussie Smollett

2019-08-30T00:53:15Z

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[[File:Smollett Obama.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[President Obama]] with Jussie Smollett.]]
'''Jussie Smollett''' (b. 1982) is a [[Hollywood]] actor, singer, director and photographer. Since 2015 Smollett starred in the Fox drama series ''Empire''. He began his career as a child actor in 1987 starring in commercials and films, including ''The Mighty Ducks'' (1992) and [[Rob Reiner]]'s ''North'' (1994). Smollett has also appeared in [[Ridley Scott]]'s science fiction film ''Alien: Covenant'' (2017) and in ''Marshall'' (2017) as the [[communist]] author [[Langston Hughes]].

In 2007, Smollett was convicted of giving false information to law enforcement.<ref>Morton, Victor (February 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/19/jussie-smollett-was-convicted-providing-false-info/ Jussie Smollett was convicted of providing false information to law enforcement in 2007]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 20, 2019.</ref><ref>Caralle, Katelyn (February 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jussie-smollett-lied-to-police-during-dui-stop-in-2007 Jussie Smollett lied to police during DUI stop in 2007]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 20, 2019.</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (February 22, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/31544-smollett-lied-to-cops-in-2007-could-face-federal-mail-fraud-charges Smollett Lied to Cops in 2007, Could Face Federal Mail-fraud Charges]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 22, 2019.</ref> In 2019 Smollett was charged with 16 [[felon]]ies in connection with an elaborate [[hate crime hoax]]. In a surprise on March 26, 2019, prosecutors in [[Democrat]]-controlled [[Chicago]] dropped all the charges against Smollett,<ref>Caplan, Joshua (March 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/03/26/jussie-smollett-has-all-charges-dropped-against-him/ Jussie Smollett Has All Charges Dropped Against Him]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019. See also:
*Sager, Jason (March 27, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-hoax-charges-dropped-but-federal-investigation-lawsuits-could-benext Jussie Smollett hoax charges dropped, but federal investigation, lawsuits could be next]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
*Berger, Judson (March 28, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-doj-fbi-to-review-outrageous-decision-to-drop-charges-in-jussie-smollett-case DOJ, FBI to review ‘outrageous’ Jussie Smollett case, Trump says]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
*Spiering, Charlie (March 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/28/donald-trump-dropped-jussie-smollett-charges-an-embarrassment-to-our-nation/ Donald Trump: Dropped Jussie Smollett Charges ‘An Embarrassment to Our Nation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.</ref> prompting Mayor [[Rahm Emanuel]] to take the unusual step of decrying Chicago corruption. Despite the public interest in the case the judge granted a motion to seal the records and thereby prevent public scrutiny – the Chicago police released the files regardless.<ref>Chakraborty, Barnini (March 27, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-police-release-files-in-empire-star-jussie-smollett-case-day-after-charges-were-dramatically-dropped Chicago police release files in 'Empire' star Jussie Smollett case, day after charges dramatically dropped]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.</ref> This incident highlighted the connections between the prosecutor and [[George Soros]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Patrick, William (March 27, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/george-soros-backed-jussie-smolletts-prosecutor-kim-foxx_2856314.html Smollett Case Highlights Prosecutor’s Ties to Billionaire Donor Soros]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
*Pollak, Joel B. (March 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/26/george-soros-donated-408k-to-kim-foxx-prosecutor-who-let-jussie-smollett-walk/ George Soros Spent $408k on Kim Foxx, Prosecutor in Jussie Smollett Case]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
*[https://www.oann.com/prosecutor-who-dropped-smollett-charges-was-given-400k-by-george-soros/ Prosecutor Who Dropped Smollett Charges Was Given $400K By George Soros]. ''One America News Network''. March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
*Rchardson, Valerie (March 27, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/27/jussie-smollett-indefensible-deal-lands-kim-foxx-s/ 'Indefensible' Jussie Smollett deal lands Soros-backed prosecutor Kim Foxx on hot seat]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
See also:
*Caplan, Joshua (March 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/28/kim-foxx-spoke-at-fundraiser-hosted-by-george-soros-son-this-month/ Kim Foxx Spoke at Fundraiser Hosted by George Soros Son this Month]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 29, 2019.</ref>

==Alleged attack==
[[File:Kamala and Jussie.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Kamala and Jussie. Kamala introduced legislation to make lynching a federal crime; Jussie allegedly faked his own lynching threat to draw attention to the bill.<ref>https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1096974254392762368</ref>]]
According to Jussie Smollett, he was out grabbing a sandwich at 2 am in seven degrees temperature at a Subway sandwich shop in the Windy City when he was set upon by two white thugs. The attackers, allegedly called him a "f****t", "n****r", and told him "This is MAGA country!" before punching him, kicking him, dousing him with bleach and putting a noose around his neck. [[Kamala Harris]] immediately tweeted that the attack was a "modern day lynching." (More than one news outlet claimed Smollett reported the alleged assailants were wearing MAGA hats, but Smollett denied ever alleging this.<ref name=ABCvideo>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXLx5OY21Bk "Jussie Smollett FULL Interview on alleged attack | ABC News Exclusive"] (February 15, 2019). YouTube video, 16:35, posted by ABC News.</ref>) The attackers wore red hats.

Sen. Kamala Harris, who is running for the [[Democratic party]] nomination in the [[2020 presidential election]], sponsored an "anti-lynching bill" in the Senate to make lynching a new federal crime in late December 2018. The bill had always previously stalled in the Senate, because it was seen as an unnecessary political gimmick, meant to remind people of historical black oppression in [[the South]]. Murdering people with a rope has always been a crime under state law. In the wake of Smollett's faked "noose assault" in Chicago on January 29, Harris's anti-lynching bill unanimously passed the Senate on February 14, 2019.<ref>Marshall, William (February 19, 2019). [https://townhall.com/columnists/williammarshall/2019/02/19/jussie-smollett-a-case-study-in-modern-liberalism-n2541670 "Jussie Smollett: A case study in modern liberalism"]. Townhall website.</ref> Harris finally laid claim to a legislative accomplishment, but the bill has yet to pass the House of Representatives.

Chicago Police determined that Jussie Smollett paid two Nigerian-American (''i.e.'', black – not white) brothers, acquaintances $3,500 to "assault" Jussie in a rehearsed "attack." The brothers produced a receipt for purchase of the rope with money they got from Smollett.

Smollett claims victim status in two liberal identity groups; those within blacks and those within people of bisexual orientation. [[Mainstream media]] bought the [[hoax]] hook-line-and-sinker. [[ABC News]]'s Robin Roberts of ''[[Good Morning America]]'' proved the most gullible (among dozens of others).<ref name=ABCvideo/>

==Arrest==
On February 21, 2019 Smollett was arrested by Chicago Police for what others claimed as potentially attempting to instigate a race war.<ref>''the Blaze'', Civil rights activist calls for Jussie Smollett's arrest, claims he could have triggered "race war", https://www.theblaze.com/news/jussie-smollett-civil-rights-arrest, February 19, 2019</ref> Following calls for his arrest for allegedly staging a hate crime, Smollett hired the public relations firm of Sunshine Sachs, whom [[liberal]] Hollywood mogul [[Harvey Weinstein]] hired to help defend him amid claims that he sexually assaulted multiple women.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/43451/jussie-smollett-hires-harvey-weinsteins-pr-firm-emily-zanotti</ref>

The motivation cited by police was [[greed]]. Smollett evidently was not satisfied with his salary in Hollywood, and by claiming to be a victim of Trump supporters would guarantee a raise in Hollywood.

After being mugshot and fingerprinted, Smollett was released on $100,000 bail where he returned to work on the set of ''Empire''. Co-workers were reported to be furious and demanded his firing.<ref>https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/22/several-empire-cast-members-want-jussie-smollett-fired-report-says/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Charles Manson]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External link==
*[http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/ fake hate crimes: a database of hate crime hoaxes in the usa]
*[https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/was_kamala_harris_part_of_the_jussie_smollett_hoax.html Was Kamala Harris part of the Jussie Smollett hoax?], By Monica Showalte, ''[[American Thinker]]'', February 18, 2019.

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Owen Jones

2019-08-30T00:24:41Z

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'''Owen Jones''', born 1984, is a British [[socialist]] political columnist, who writes for the left-wing newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]''. A [[homosexual]] and ardent proponent of the [[homosexual agenda]], he has been described as [[Marxist]], [[Trotskyite]], [[Communist]], and [[Far-left|left-wing extremist]].

==Background==
Jones went to a comprehensive (state-run) school in Stockport, then to [[Oxford University]]. He joined the UK [[Labour Party]], worked as a parliamentary researcher and supported the selection of far-left [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as leader.

==Opinions on Economics==
In March 2012 Jones was interviewed on the political discussion program "This Week" and displayed a lack of knowledge of economic matters. He claimed that the Budget, by raising tax bands in line with inflation, and freeing low earners from tax altogether, would "hand Cabinet ministers £40,000 per year" because they were "millionaires". When the show host, Andrew O'Neil, queried this as only someone earning a million pounds per year would gain £40,000, Jones continued to prevaricate, bluster, waffle and say things like "It depends". He did not admit his error in confusing £1 million net worth with £1 million per year earnings. He then asserted that all cabinet ministers should have to declare their incomes, only to be told by the show host that this was already the law. O'Neil turned to another guest, the veteran Labour advisor Alastair Campbell, to confirm it, which Campbell did, while the expression on his face indicated severe embarrassment.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSC3RMstJl8</ref>

Jones has written a succession of articles defending the record of the socialist government of [[Hugo Chávez]] in Venezuela. As Venezuela has lurched into more and more severe economic crisis, with government repression and high crime rates, Jones has never retreated from his position. Even when the inflation rate in Venezuela reached 13,000 per cent in February 2018, prompting a mass exodus of citizens, Jones continued to praise the success of the government's socialist policies.
<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/owen-jones-socialism-s-critics-look-at-venezuela-and-say-we-told-you-so-but-they-are-wrong-9155295.html</ref>
<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/hugo-chavez-was-a-democrat-not-a-dictator-and-showed-a-progressive-alternative-to-neo-liberalism-is-8522329.html</ref>
<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/918564/venezuela-economy-weak-currency-inflation-banknotes-value-latest</ref>

==Erratic Behavior==
In June 2016 Jones walked out of a live television interview about the mass killing in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in protest at his interviewer's refusal to name the shooting an attack on homosexuals and [[bisexual]]s. He insisted it was “a homophobic hate crime and it has to be called out."
When Sky News host Mark Longhurst said Mr. Jones could not suggest the Orlando attack was “worse” than the Bataclan terror attack in Paris, Jones became increasingly exasperated, insisting, “This was a deliberate attack on LGBT people.” Finally, saying. “I’ve had enough of this,” he took off his microphone and left the set, admitting he was "upset".<ref>
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/owen-jones-walks-off-sky-news-after-presenters-deflect-homophobia-behind-orlando-shooting-a7078891.html
</ref>

==Anti-Establishment credentials==
Jones has written a book called ‘The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It’ (a grammatically flawed title). He frequently castigates politicians for being part of "the self-serving, mutual appreciation society – otherwise known as the British establishment".
He was nonplussed when in September 2016 on the Today program, veteran BBC interviewer John Humphrys asked him if he was not himself part of the establishment. Jones denied it.<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/850165/Owen-Jones-BBC-Today-establishment-video-Brexit-European-Union-video</ref>

==Attack on Nick Clegg==
In December 2017, when it was announced that the former UK deputy Prime minister [[Nick Clegg]] has been nominated to a knighthood (an honorary title that confers no stipend or political power), Jones wrote a lengthy and vitriolic diatribe denouncing Clegg, who in his role as an MP and leader of the Coalition government had always exerted himself to do everything to further the homosexual agenda. Clegg took the lead in introducing same-sex "marriage" in the UK in 2012 and always did his utmost to comply with homosexual demands. Nevertheless, Jones did not have one grateful word to say about him but castigated Clegg as an "architect of our crisis-stricken nation."
<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/28/knighthood-nick-clegg-george-osborne-britain-elite</ref>

==Popularity==
In 2018 Jones booked a large hall in Leeds, UK for a speaking event, a one-man show where he was billed as talking about "Building a New Britain". The event had to be cancelled as hardly any tickets were sold.
<ref> https://order-order.com/2018/10/01/owen-jones-cancels-building-new-britain/ </ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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Elton John

2019-08-30T00:21:53Z

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[[Image:Elton John Cher Show 1975.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Elton John performing on the Cher television show in 1975]]
Sir '''Elton Hercules John''' (born Reginald Dwight in [[London]], 1947) is an English singer/pianist who achieved prominence in the early 1970s. He was made a CBE in 1996 and a Knight Bachelor in 1998. In 2005 he and his long-term partner David Furnish entered a Civil Partnership.

==Musical Style and Voice==
In his early years, his classical-influenced piano melodies, combined with lyrics by Bernie Taupin and a set of orchestral arrangements by Paul Buckmaster, and his rich tenor voice set him apart from the other singer-songwriters of the time. For many years, John would switch from his normal tenor to a falsetto in most of his songs. In most cases, soft rock is his main genre, but he often sings songs in the genre of country rock, hard rock, and emotional, moving ballads.

In 1986, John received surgery to remove polyps from his vocal cords, which was brought upon by heavy marijuana abuse, which started while he was living in Australia with then-wife Renate Blauel.<ref>http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/elton.%20.cannabis%20behind%20throat%20op.</ref> After the surgery, he discovered that he could not sing falsetto anymore, and he now has a lower vocal register.

==Offensive Views on Religion==
*In 2006, John stated that he would support "ban[ning] organized religion completely". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6140710.stm]
*In 2010 he made the bizarre claim that Jesus was homosexual, "I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/02/18/elton-john-says-jesus-christ-was-gay#ixzz0gIcYaenN Elton John Says Jesus Christ Was Gay, February 18, 2010]</ref>

==Criticism of a suggestive performance==
Elton John is an outspoken [[liberal]] and [[homosexual]] activist. In December 1999, he performed at a concert celebrating the tenth anniversary of [[Stonewall]]. At some point in the show, he introduced a number of male dancers dressed as Cub Scouts, who then proceeded to strip to the tune of "It's A Sin" by the Pet Shop Boys. As part of their routine, they were seen to kneel on the stage and grab their crotches.

The Cub Scouts is for boys aged 7–12, so by wearing the uniform, they were suggesting sexual activity between such boys and adults. The event caused adverse comment in the British press and at that date, before LGBT propaganda had completely saturated British society, and Stonewall apologized as described by the British newspaper the ''Independent'' as follows:

{{cquote|“THE GAY rights group Stonewall has apologised after Sir Elton John caused outrage by performing a dance act with male teenage strippers dressed as boy scouts at a benefit concert.
The Scout Association described the show as "deplorable and in bad taste" and is asking Sir Elton for a formal apology and a charitable donation by way of redress.
Sir Elton, 52, introduced the dancers, who peeled off their uniforms and caps to the tune of "It's A Sin" by the Pet Shop Boys. The 18- and 19-year-old dancers knelt on the floor, grabbed their groins, and stripped down to skimpy shorts."
...
A letter outlining the concerns of the Scout Association's chief executive, Derek Twine, was sent to Stonewall's chief executive, Angela Mason, yesterday urging the group to seek to "educate and inform, and avoid the reinforcing of stereotypes."
Mr Fogg said the association had made the difficult decision formally to allow homosexuals to become troop leaders four years ago amid much controversy, and the dance routine was a major setback. "Many of our members will be upset by the mickey-taking aspect of the dance, but the issue is more serious - it gave out the wrong message about homosexuality and paedophilia," he said.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/gay-group-apologises-for-sir-eltons-camp-act-with-cub-scout-strippers-1124299.html</ref>}}

==Civil partnership and adoption==
In 2005 he entered into a civil partnership with his partner David Furnish in a ceremony in Windsor, [[United Kingdom]].
Furnish has publicly described John as "pathologically selfish...unreasonable, demanding, irascible and has the filthiest of tempers" <ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1213505/AMANDA-PLATELL-Sorry-Elton-John-selfish-father.html</ref>

In December 2011, when John was aged 62, he and Furnish acquired a son using a surrogate mother. Another son followed in early 2013. The high-profile status of the couple means that the children will be under intense media scrutiny and will be under huge pressure to act as advertising mascots for homosexual parenting.
In March 2016 Elton John was sued by a male former bodyguard for sexual harassment. The bodyguard Jeffrey Wenninger alleged that Elton had groped and tried to seduce him three times in 2014, sometimes in a car, and had argued with him when he said he was heterosexual and married.<ref>http://www.ebalsblog.com/2016/03/elton-johns-is-being-sued-by-former.html</ref>
The case was eventually settled out of court.

In 2016 Elton John took out a court injunction in the UK to prevent media reporting the sexual behaviour of David Furnish with whom he has an "open" relationship. Furnish was reported in a foreign newspaper as taking part in group homosexual behaviour of various "Kinky" sorts with partners he met through the homosexual dating App [[Grindr]]. One of these partners sold the story to a newspaper and reported that Furnish did not use a condom.<ref>https://www.mercatornet.com/conjugality/view/the-air-brushed-portrait-of-a-perfect-marriage/18108</ref><ref>http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/100954525.html?page=2</ref>

Since the relationship of John and Furnish has been held up as a model of cosy single-sex family life, suitable for bringing up children, some have questioned the integrity of John in wishing to suppress the true picture.

==Attack on Dolce and Gabbana==
In 2015, John publicly displayed his fury when the Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana expressed their support for the natural family, regardless of the fact that they are homosexuals themselves.
In an interview with the Italian magazine ''Panorama'', Dolce & Gabbana, said (translation follows)“We oppose gay adoptions.” In fact, they said that they oppose gay ‘marriage’ and adoption and that they find in vitro fertilization unnatural. They said that procreation “must be an act of love.”

Dolce said, “You are born to a mother and a father – or at least that’s how it should be.” Gabbana added, “The family is not a fad. In it, there is a supernatural sense of belonging.” Dolce stated, furthermore, that he opposed changing nature to create “children of chemistry, synthetic children, uteri for rent, semen chosen from a catalog.”

All of this outraged Elton John, who called for a boycott of Dolce & Gabbana’s clothing. He said they had insulted his IVF children. However, a few days later in Las Vegas he seemed to recant and said that he and his band were all wearing D&G clothing. There was little sign of the boycott catching on and the business of the pair of Italian designers continued to boom globally. They even chose to do a "mother-and-child" themed fashion collection.
<ref>http://acutemania.net/elton-john-surrenders-in-gay-boycott-declares-love-of-dolce-and-gabbana/</ref>
<ref>https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/fashion-article</ref>
<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3003025/Sarcastic-Elton-John-declares-love-Dolce-Gabbana.html</ref>

==Ambassadorial status==
In 2016 Elton John was the victim of a hoax when two comedians telephoned him pretending to be [[Vladimir Putin]], President of the [[Russian Federation]] and invited him to meet for a talk about homosexual rights when in Russia. John was very proud to accept and the supposed ambassadorial role was reported duly in all the press outlets for homosexuals. Even when the hoax was revealed, left-wing newspapers continued to claim that John had received a genuine call from Putin. During John's subsequent tour of Russia no meeting with Putin took place.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36386926</ref>

==Rush Limbaugh's wedding==
In June 2010, John was criticized by homosexual rights activists for performing at the wedding of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. John reportedly received $1 million for his participation.[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/06/rush-limbaugh-gets-married-and-elton-john-is-the-wedding-singer-poll.html]

==Discography==
*1969 - ''Empty Sky''
*1970 - ''Elton John''
*1971 - ''Tumbleweed Connection''
*1971 - ''Friends'' Soundtrack
*1971 - ''11-17-10'' (''17-11-70'' in [[Britain]])
*1972 - ''Madman Across the Water''
*1972 - ''Honky Chateau''
*1973 - ''Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player''
*1973 - ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road''
*1974 - ''Caribou''
*1974 - ''Greatest Hits''
*1975 - ''Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy''
*1975 - ''Rock of the Westies''
*1975 - ''Here and There''
*1976 - ''Blue Moves''
*1977 - ''Greatest Hits Vol. 2''
*1978 - ''A Single Man''
*1979 - ''Victim of Love''
*1980 - ''21 at 33''
*1981 - ''The Fox''
*1982 - ''Jump Up!''
*1983 - ''Too Low For Zero''
*1984 - ''Breaking Hearts''
*1985 - ''Ice on Fire''
*1986 - ''Leather Jackets''
*1987 - ''Live in Australia With the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra''
*1988 - ''Reg Strikes Back''
*1989 - ''Sleeping With the Past''
*1990 - ''The Very Best of Elton John''
*1992 - ''The One''
*1993 - ''Rare Masters''
*1993 - ''Duets''
*1994 - ''The Lion King'' Soundtrack
*1995 - ''Made in England''
*1995 - ''Love Songs''
*1997 - ''The Big Picture''
*1999 - ''Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida''
*1999 - ''The Muse'' Soundtrack
*2000 - ''The Road to El Dorado'' Soundtrack
*2000 - ''One Night Only''
*2001 - ''Songs From the West Coast''
*2004 - ''Peachtree Road''
*2006 - ''The Captain and the Kid''
*2010 - ''The Union''
*2012 - ''Good Morning to the Night''
*2013 - ''The Diving Board''

===Track listing of ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road''===
''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' is widely regarded as his best album. All songs written by Elton John and [[Bernie Taupin]].

*1. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (11.08)
*2. Candle in the Wind (3.50)
*3. Bennie and the Jets (5.23)
*4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (3.34)
*5. This Song Has no Title (2.23)
*6. Grey Seal (3.58)
*7. Jamaica Jerk-Off (3.39)
*8. I've Seen That Movie Too (5.59)
*9. Sweet Painted Lady (3.52)
*10. The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–34) (4.24)
*11. Dirty Little Girl (5.01)
*12. All the Girls Love Alice (5.08)
*13. Your Sister Can't Twist (But she Can Rock 'n Roll) (2.42)
*14. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting (4.54)
*15. [[Roy Rogers]] (4.08)
*16. Social Disease (3.44)
*17. Harmony (2.45)

==Elton John Band==
*Elton John - [[piano]]/keyboards, vocals
*Bernie Taupin - lyrics
*Davey Johnstone - electric guitars, acoustic guitars, mandolins, banjos, backing vocals
*Bob Birch - bass guitar, backing vocals
*Nigel Olsson - drums, backing vocals
*John Mahon - percussion, backing vocals
*Guy Babylon - keyboards

===Past members===
*Dee Murray - bass guitar, backing vocals
*Caleb Quaye - guitars, backing vocals
*Ray Cooper - percussion
*Roger Pope - drums
*Kenny Passarelli - bass, backing vocals
*James Newton-Howard - keyboards

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Owen Jones

2019-08-30T00:09:07Z

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Owen Jones

2019-08-30T00:05:43Z

Ukimmoral: /* Erratic Behavior */

'''Owen Jones''', born 1984, is a British [[socialist]] political columnist, who writes for the left-wing newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]''. A [[homosexual]] and ardent proponent of the [[homosexual agenda]], he has been described as [[Marxist]], [[Trotskyite]], [[Communist]], and [[Far-left|left-wing extremist]].

==Background==
Jones went to a comprehensive (state-run) school in Stockport, then to [[Oxford University]]. He joined the UK [[Labour Party]], worked as a parliamentary researcher and supported the selection of far-left [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as leader.

==Opinions on Economics==
In March 2012 Jones was interviewed on the political discussion program "This Week" and displayed a lack of knowledge of economic matters. He claimed that the Budget, by raising tax bands in line with inflation, and freeing low earners from tax altogether, would "hand Cabinet ministers £40,000 per year" because they were "millionaires". When the show host, Andrew O'Neil, queried this as only someone earning a million pounds per year would gain £40,000, Jones continued to prevaricate, bluster, waffle and say things like "It depends". He did not admit his error in confusing £1 million net worth with £1 million per year earnings. He then asserted that all cabinet ministers should have to declare their incomes, only to be told by the show host that this was already the law. O'Neil turned to another guest, the veteran Labour advisor Alastair Campbell, to confirm it, which Campbell did, while the expression on his face indicated severe embarrassment.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSC3RMstJl8</ref>

Jones has written a succession of articles defending the record of the socialist government of [[Hugo Chávez]] in Venezuela. As Venezuela has lurched into more and more severe economic crisis, with government repression and high crime rates, Jones has never retreated from his position. Even when the inflation rate in Venezuela reached 13,000 per cent in February 2018, prompting a mass exodus of citizens, Jones continued to praise the success of the government's socialist policies.
<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/owen-jones-socialism-s-critics-look-at-venezuela-and-say-we-told-you-so-but-they-are-wrong-9155295.html</ref>
<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/hugo-chavez-was-a-democrat-not-a-dictator-and-showed-a-progressive-alternative-to-neo-liberalism-is-8522329.html</ref>
<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/918564/venezuela-economy-weak-currency-inflation-banknotes-value-latest</ref>

==Erratic Behavior==
In June 2016 Jones walked out of a live television interview about the mass killing in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in protest at his interviewer's refusal to name the shooting an attack on homosexuals and [[bisexual]]s. He insisted it was “a homophobic hate crime and it has to be called out."
When Sky News host Mark Longhurst said Mr. Jones could not suggest the Orlando attack was “worse” than the Bataclan terror attack in Paris, Jones became increasingly exasperated, insisting, “This was a deliberate attack on LGBT people.” Finally, saying. “I’ve had enough of this,” he took off his microphone and left the set, admitting he was "upset".<ref>
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/owen-jones-walks-off-sky-news-after-presenters-deflect-homophobia-behind-orlando-shooting-a7078891.html
</ref>

==Anti-Establishment credentials==
Jones has written a book called ‘The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It’ (a grammatically flawed title). He frequently castigates politicians for being part of "the self-serving, mutual appreciation society – otherwise known as the British establishment".
He was nonplussed when in September 2016 on the Today program, veteran BBC interviewer John Humphrys asked him if he was not himself part of the establishment. Jones denied it.<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/850165/Owen-Jones-BBC-Today-establishment-video-Brexit-European-Union-video</ref>

==Attack on Nick Clegg==
In December 2017, when it was announced that the former UK deputy Prime minister [[Nick Clegg]] has been nominated to a knighthood (an honorary title that confers no stipend or political power), Jones wrote a lengthy and vitriolic diatribe denouncing Clegg, who in his role as an MP and leader of the Coalition government had always exerted himself to do everything to further the [[LGBT agenda]]. Clegg took the lead in introducing same-sex "marriage" in the UK in 2012 and always did his utmost to comply with homosexual demands. Nevertheless, Jones did not have one grateful word to say about him but castigated Clegg as an "architect of our crisis-stricken nation."
<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/28/knighthood-nick-clegg-george-osborne-britain-elite</ref>

==Popularity==
In 2018 Jones booked a large hall in Leeds UK for a speaking event, a one-man show where he was billed as talking about "Building a New Britain". The event had to be cancelled as hardly any tickets were sold.
<ref> https://order-order.com/2018/10/01/owen-jones-cancels-building-new-britain/ </ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Owen}}
[[Category:Liberals]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Homosexuals]]

Pedophilia

2019-08-29T22:44:15Z

Ukimmoral: /* Links to Homosexuality */

A '''pedophile''' or '''paedophile''' (non-US spelling) is an adult or adolescent 16 years or older, who is mainly or only sexually attracted to [[children]] who have not started puberty. The child must be at least 5 years younger than the adult in the case of adolescent pedophiles for the attraction to be diagnosed as pedophilia. A pedophile who acts out his wishes in the form of viewing child [[pornography]] or sexually abusing children is committing a [[crime]]. Most moral codes; and in particular, the [[Bible]] explicitly forbid it.<ref>[http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Gal&c=5&t=NIV#16 Galatians 5:16-21 (NIV)]</ref> It is closely linked to [[immorality]] and [[sociopathy]]. The term pedophilia is sometimes incorrectly used to mean sexual attraction by adults to any minor.<ref>Seto, Michael (2008). Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. p. vii.</ref><ref>Fagan PJ, Wise TN, Schmidt CW, Berlin FS (November 2002). "Pedophilia". JAMA 288 (19): 2458–65. doi:10.1001/jama.288.19.2458. PMID 12435259.</ref> Scientists state incorrect uses like this should be avoided, because they fail to distinguish sexual attraction to prepubescent children from sexual attraction to pubescent or post-pubescent minors.<ref>Ames MA, Houston DA (August 1990). "Legal, social, and biological definitions of pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav 19 (4): 333–42. doi:10.1007/BF01541928. PMID 2205170.</ref>

==Diagnosis and treatment==
Pedophilia is a mental illness according to the ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]''. Although some survey and [[penile plethysmograph]] results suggest that double-digit percentages of the adult male population may be capable of being sexually aroused by children,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Is Pedophilia a Mental Disorder?|author=Green, Richard|journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior|volume=31|number=6|date=December 2002|pages=467–471|url=http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1020699013309}}</ref> the best estimates are that only between 1% and 5% of men are full-blown pedophiles. 30% of pedophiles are left-handed or ambidextrous, triple the general rate. Pedophiles are nearly an inch shorter on average than non-pedophiles and lag behind the average IQ by 10 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/14/local/la-me-pedophiles-20130115|title=Many researchers taking a different view of pedophilia|date=14 January 2013|author=Zarembo, Alan|publisher=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> It may be possible to identify potential pedophiles using [[magnetic resonance imaging]] of the [[brain]] as they tend to have less [[white matter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2220818/Paedophiles-spotted-cured-MRI-scans-detect-brain-activity-low-IQs.html|title=Paedophiles could be 'spotted and cured' through MRI scans to detect brain abnormalities and low IQs|publisher=Daily Mail Reporter|date=20 October 2012}}</ref> Some evidence suggests that pedophilia results from cross-wiring in which the stimuli that usually evoke nurturing and protective reactions in adults instead evokes sexual reactions in pedophiles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/12/22/is_pedophilia_a_sexual_orientation.html|title=Is pedophilia a sexual orientation?|author=Kane, Laura|date=22 December 2013|publisher=The Star}}</ref> There is no cure for pedophilia; even [[castration]] does not completely eliminate a pedophile's sexual interest in children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Expert-says-castration-no-cure-for-pedophilia-1913426.php|title=Expert says castration no cure for pedophilia|author=Crowe, Robert|date=10 May 2005|publisher=Houston Chronicle}}</ref>

==Claims that pedophilia is a sexual orientation==
Pedophilia is sometimes described as a [[sexual orientation]] by researchers who claim it has a similar age of onset, correlations with sexual and romantic behavior, and stability over time as homosexuality. Michael C. Seto proposes a two-axis "modular person preferences system" in which [[asexual]] persons would be placed at the [[Origin (mathematics)|origin]] and the X and Y axes would range from infant to senior and from male to female, respectively. Other axes could be added for body shape, body size, and other characteristics of interest. Seto concludes that "[a]ccepting that pedophilia is a sexual orientation akin to heterosexuality or homosexuality, rather than a preference that is chosen or somehow learned, may" create a culture in which pedophiles feel safer seeking clinical and assist "efforts to better understand this sexual orientation and thereby prevent child sexual exploitation."<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-011-9882-6|title=Is Pedophilia a Sexual Orientation?|author=Seto, Michael C.|date=February 2012|volume=41|issue=21|pages=231–236|journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior}}</ref> In 2013, the [[American Psychiatric Association]] issued a statement clarifying that it does not regard pedophilia as a sexual orientation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/31/apa-correct-manual-clarification-pedophilia-not-se/|title=APA to correct manual: Pedophilia is not a ‘sexual orientation’|author=Wetzstein, Cheryl|publisher=The Washington Times|date=31 October 2013}}</ref>

== Frontal lobe injury and pedophilia ==

''See also:'' [[Homosexuality and frontal lobe injury]] and [[Religiosity and larger frontal lobes]] and [[Atheism and the brain]]

The frontal lobe plays a role in controlling sexual behavior.<ref>[http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/frontal-lobe/male Frontal lobe], Healthline.com</ref>

According to the 2007 medical journal article (and its abstract) entitled ''Neurological control of human sexual behaviour: insights from lesion studies'' which was published in the ''Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry'':
{{cquote|We review the human literature examining the effects of neurological insult on human sexual behaviour. We provide a synthesis of the findings to date, and identify key brain regions associated with specific aspects of human sexual behaviour. These include subcortical and cortical regions, with the mesial temporal lobe and the amygdala in particular being a crucial structure in the mediation of human sexual drive...

Disinhibited sexual behaviour has been reported following damage to the frontal lobes, particularly the orbitofrontal region of the limbic system.

Kolarsky and colleagues54 examined the relationships between “sexual deviation”, age of lesion onset and localisation of lesion (temporal vs extratemporal). The authors defined two diagnostic categories: (1) “sexual deviation”, involving a deviation of sexual object (for example, paedophilia). [[Homosexuality]] was included in this category, which would now be considered inappropriate, and (2) “sexual disturbances other than deviations”, including orgasm in response to stimuli unrelated to the subject's sexual preference, hypersexuality and hyposexuality...

An association between temporal lobe abnormalities and paedophilia has been reported by Mendez and colleagues.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2117556/ Neurological control of human sexual behaviour: insights from lesion studies],J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 Oct; 78(10): 1042–1049.</ref>}}

=="Pedosexual"==
There is some dispute about the difference (if any) between "pedophilia" and "pedosexuality". [[Urban Dictionary]] describes "pedosexual" as a "non-existent word invented by [[pedophile activist]]s as part of their ongoing effort to legitimize and legalize the sexual exploitation of children."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pedosexual&defid=1011956|title=pedosexual|author=Ed|publisher=Urban Dictionary|date=21 January 2005}}</ref> dont-offend.org, a website of the Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine, directed by Klaus M. Beier,<ref>{{cite book|isbn=978-1461444206|date=6 November 2012|title=Sexual Medicine in Clinical Practice|author=Beier, Klaus M. and Loewit, Kurt K.|pages=xv}}</ref> states that pedosexuality "as a clinical term denotes a sexual behaviour towards children and is the equivalent to ‘child sexual abuse’. The expressions ‘pedosexuality’ and ‘pedophilia’ are related but are not identical and cannot be used synonymously."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dont-offend.org/story/88/3888.html|title=FAQ|author=dont-offend.org|publisher=Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine}}</ref>

== Atheism, pedophilia and NAMBLA ==

See: [[Atheism, pederasty and NAMBLA|Atheism, pedophilia and NAMBLA]]

==Moral Pedophilia==
Although it is more strongly stigmatized by most cultures than other sins, pedophilia can be resisted and overcome through sincere repentance just like homosexuality and all other forms of sexual immorality. Once the struggling pedophile recognizes their inclinations as a problem, they must abstain from things which can trigger their tendencies such as child pornography, or isolation with children. It is also because of this heavy stigma that many pedophiles do not publicly admit to their issue, more so than even recovering pornography addicts or ex-homosexuals. Some, who have likely found redemption through a strong faith, will usually only confess such past sins in private. Therefore, it is hard to say statistically how many have achieved true recovery from their desires. It is often thought that reformed pedophiles are rare in society. Nevertheless, some notable exceptions have come to light. Actor Stephen Collins created a storm of controversy when he confessed his past involvement of child sexual abuse. He was known for playing a father and priest character on the family show Seventh Heaven. As a practicing Episcopalian, however, he took himself to account for his mistakes and apologized to one of his prior victims in person.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/12/17/stephen-collins-admits-sexual-abuse-terribly-wrong-katie-couric/20524835/</ref><ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/7th-heaven-dad-stephen-collins-admits-sexually-abusing-girl-article-1.1965747</ref>

== Pedophilia and hard-core Star Trek fans ==

[[Star Trek]] is a science fiction television series produced by [[Atheism|atheist]] [[Gene Roddenberry]] (1966–69), and includes four other TV series and several movies.

Ellen Ladowsky wrote in ''Huffington Post'':
{{Cquote|The ''LA Times'' recently ran a story about the Child Exploitation Section of the Toronto Sex Crimes Unit, which contained a mind-boggling statistic: of the more than 100 offenders the unit has arrested over the last four years, "all but one" has been "a hard-core Trekkie." Blogger Ernest Miller thought this claim was improbable. "I could go to a science fiction convention," he explained "and be less likely to find that 99+ percent of the attendees were hard-core Trekkies." While there may be quibbling about the exact numbers, the Toronto detectives claim that the connection is undeniable.

In fact, Star Trek paraphernalia has so routinely been found at the homes of the pedophiles they've arrested that it has become a gruesome joke in the squad room. (On the wall, there is a Star Trek poster with the detectives' faces replacing those of the crew members). This does not mean that watching Star Trek makes you a pedophile. It does mean that if you're a pedophile, odds are you've watched a lot of Star Trek.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-ladowsky/pedophilia-and-star-trek_b_5857.html Pedophilia and Star Trek fans]</ref>}}

===Links to Homosexuality===

There is overwhelming evidence that homosexuals are more likely than heterosexuals to be pedophiles. Homosexuals and [[LGBT]] groups in the United States and worldwide campaign vigorously to legalize and normalize pedophilia. Almost of the founders and members of the UK [[Pedophile Information Exchange|Paedophile Information Exchange]] (PIE) were homosexual. In 1981 the book ''The Age Taboo, Gay Male Sexuality, Power and Consent,'' appeared, “a collection of writings about intergenerational (and especially man-boy relationships)". All the contributors were prominent homosexual and lesbian activists, indicating how the pedophile movement has never been merely allied to the homosexual movement - it is a central part of it. The pedophiles and the homosexuals are the same people. As the book appeared just before the identification of AIDS nobody commented on the prospect of spreading this to children. Contents: -
"Introduction," Daniel Tsang.
"Loving men," Sylvère Lotringer and Mark Moffett.
Cultural analyst Sylvère Lotringer interviews 15-year-old Mark Moffett about his relationships with men.
"Loving boys," Tom Reeves.
"Men and boys: the Boston conference," Daniel Tsang.
Tsang reports on the 1978 Boston conference.
"Children and sex," Youth Liberation.
"Happy families? Pedophilia examined," Gay Left Collective.
"Childhood sexuality and pedophilia," Jamie Gough.
"Whose power? Whose consent?," Eric Presland*.
"Sexual revolution and the liberation of children," Mark Blasius and Kate Millett.
Mark Blasius questions feminist Kate Millett on the sexual freedom of children.
"I know what I am: gay teenagers and the law," Joint Council for Gay Teenagers.
"The case for abolishing age of consent laws," North American Man/Boy Love Association.* An editorial originally published in NAMBLA News.
"Sexual politics, the New Right and the sexual fringe," Gayle Rubin.
"Recipe for a witchhunt," John Mitzel.Mitzel reviews the history of America's pedophile witchhunt.
"'Lesbians Rising' editors speak out," Editors of Lesbians Rising.
"A militant young dyke’s feminist perspective on the age of consent question," anonymous.
"Man/boy love and the lesbian/gay movement," Pat Califia&. Califia opines against the age-of-consent in an abridged version of her article for The Advocate.
"Man/boy love and the Left," Roger Moody*.
"Confronting ageism," Michael Alhonte. An 18-year-old who began having relationships with men at 13 criticizes ageism in both the mainstream and the boylove community.
"Struggling against racism," Daniel Tsang.
"Resources: an annotated guide to the literature," Daniel Tsang.<ref>''The Age Taboo, Gay Male Sexuality, Power and Consent,'' edited by Daniel Tsang, Alyson Publications, 1981.</ref>

== See also ==

*[[Atheism and child pornography]]

*[[Atheism, pederasty and NAMBLA]]

*[[Bernie Ward]]

== External links ==
*[https://archive.is/SXZYk Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland.]

==Notes==
<references/>

{{Ten Commandments}}

[[Category:Sin]]
[[Category:Crime]]
[[Category:Sexual Immorality]]

Pedophilia

2019-08-29T22:41:46Z

Ukimmoral: /* Links to Homosexuality */

A '''pedophile''' or '''paedophile''' (non-US spelling) is an adult or adolescent 16 years or older, who is mainly or only sexually attracted to [[children]] who have not started puberty. The child must be at least 5 years younger than the adult in the case of adolescent pedophiles for the attraction to be diagnosed as pedophilia. A pedophile who acts out his wishes in the form of viewing child [[pornography]] or sexually abusing children is committing a [[crime]]. Most moral codes; and in particular, the [[Bible]] explicitly forbid it.<ref>[http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Gal&c=5&t=NIV#16 Galatians 5:16-21 (NIV)]</ref> It is closely linked to [[immorality]] and [[sociopathy]]. The term pedophilia is sometimes incorrectly used to mean sexual attraction by adults to any minor.<ref>Seto, Michael (2008). Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. p. vii.</ref><ref>Fagan PJ, Wise TN, Schmidt CW, Berlin FS (November 2002). "Pedophilia". JAMA 288 (19): 2458–65. doi:10.1001/jama.288.19.2458. PMID 12435259.</ref> Scientists state incorrect uses like this should be avoided, because they fail to distinguish sexual attraction to prepubescent children from sexual attraction to pubescent or post-pubescent minors.<ref>Ames MA, Houston DA (August 1990). "Legal, social, and biological definitions of pedophilia". Arch Sex Behav 19 (4): 333–42. doi:10.1007/BF01541928. PMID 2205170.</ref>

==Diagnosis and treatment==
Pedophilia is a mental illness according to the ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]''. Although some survey and [[penile plethysmograph]] results suggest that double-digit percentages of the adult male population may be capable of being sexually aroused by children,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Is Pedophilia a Mental Disorder?|author=Green, Richard|journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior|volume=31|number=6|date=December 2002|pages=467–471|url=http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1020699013309}}</ref> the best estimates are that only between 1% and 5% of men are full-blown pedophiles. 30% of pedophiles are left-handed or ambidextrous, triple the general rate. Pedophiles are nearly an inch shorter on average than non-pedophiles and lag behind the average IQ by 10 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/14/local/la-me-pedophiles-20130115|title=Many researchers taking a different view of pedophilia|date=14 January 2013|author=Zarembo, Alan|publisher=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> It may be possible to identify potential pedophiles using [[magnetic resonance imaging]] of the [[brain]] as they tend to have less [[white matter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2220818/Paedophiles-spotted-cured-MRI-scans-detect-brain-activity-low-IQs.html|title=Paedophiles could be 'spotted and cured' through MRI scans to detect brain abnormalities and low IQs|publisher=Daily Mail Reporter|date=20 October 2012}}</ref> Some evidence suggests that pedophilia results from cross-wiring in which the stimuli that usually evoke nurturing and protective reactions in adults instead evokes sexual reactions in pedophiles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/12/22/is_pedophilia_a_sexual_orientation.html|title=Is pedophilia a sexual orientation?|author=Kane, Laura|date=22 December 2013|publisher=The Star}}</ref> There is no cure for pedophilia; even [[castration]] does not completely eliminate a pedophile's sexual interest in children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Expert-says-castration-no-cure-for-pedophilia-1913426.php|title=Expert says castration no cure for pedophilia|author=Crowe, Robert|date=10 May 2005|publisher=Houston Chronicle}}</ref>

==Claims that pedophilia is a sexual orientation==
Pedophilia is sometimes described as a [[sexual orientation]] by researchers who claim it has a similar age of onset, correlations with sexual and romantic behavior, and stability over time as homosexuality. Michael C. Seto proposes a two-axis "modular person preferences system" in which [[asexual]] persons would be placed at the [[Origin (mathematics)|origin]] and the X and Y axes would range from infant to senior and from male to female, respectively. Other axes could be added for body shape, body size, and other characteristics of interest. Seto concludes that "[a]ccepting that pedophilia is a sexual orientation akin to heterosexuality or homosexuality, rather than a preference that is chosen or somehow learned, may" create a culture in which pedophiles feel safer seeking clinical and assist "efforts to better understand this sexual orientation and thereby prevent child sexual exploitation."<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-011-9882-6|title=Is Pedophilia a Sexual Orientation?|author=Seto, Michael C.|date=February 2012|volume=41|issue=21|pages=231–236|journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior}}</ref> In 2013, the [[American Psychiatric Association]] issued a statement clarifying that it does not regard pedophilia as a sexual orientation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/31/apa-correct-manual-clarification-pedophilia-not-se/|title=APA to correct manual: Pedophilia is not a ‘sexual orientation’|author=Wetzstein, Cheryl|publisher=The Washington Times|date=31 October 2013}}</ref>

== Frontal lobe injury and pedophilia ==

''See also:'' [[Homosexuality and frontal lobe injury]] and [[Religiosity and larger frontal lobes]] and [[Atheism and the brain]]

The frontal lobe plays a role in controlling sexual behavior.<ref>[http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/frontal-lobe/male Frontal lobe], Healthline.com</ref>

According to the 2007 medical journal article (and its abstract) entitled ''Neurological control of human sexual behaviour: insights from lesion studies'' which was published in the ''Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry'':
{{cquote|We review the human literature examining the effects of neurological insult on human sexual behaviour. We provide a synthesis of the findings to date, and identify key brain regions associated with specific aspects of human sexual behaviour. These include subcortical and cortical regions, with the mesial temporal lobe and the amygdala in particular being a crucial structure in the mediation of human sexual drive...

Disinhibited sexual behaviour has been reported following damage to the frontal lobes, particularly the orbitofrontal region of the limbic system.

Kolarsky and colleagues54 examined the relationships between “sexual deviation”, age of lesion onset and localisation of lesion (temporal vs extratemporal). The authors defined two diagnostic categories: (1) “sexual deviation”, involving a deviation of sexual object (for example, paedophilia). [[Homosexuality]] was included in this category, which would now be considered inappropriate, and (2) “sexual disturbances other than deviations”, including orgasm in response to stimuli unrelated to the subject's sexual preference, hypersexuality and hyposexuality...

An association between temporal lobe abnormalities and paedophilia has been reported by Mendez and colleagues.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2117556/ Neurological control of human sexual behaviour: insights from lesion studies],J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 Oct; 78(10): 1042–1049.</ref>}}

=="Pedosexual"==
There is some dispute about the difference (if any) between "pedophilia" and "pedosexuality". [[Urban Dictionary]] describes "pedosexual" as a "non-existent word invented by [[pedophile activist]]s as part of their ongoing effort to legitimize and legalize the sexual exploitation of children."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pedosexual&defid=1011956|title=pedosexual|author=Ed|publisher=Urban Dictionary|date=21 January 2005}}</ref> dont-offend.org, a website of the Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine, directed by Klaus M. Beier,<ref>{{cite book|isbn=978-1461444206|date=6 November 2012|title=Sexual Medicine in Clinical Practice|author=Beier, Klaus M. and Loewit, Kurt K.|pages=xv}}</ref> states that pedosexuality "as a clinical term denotes a sexual behaviour towards children and is the equivalent to ‘child sexual abuse’. The expressions ‘pedosexuality’ and ‘pedophilia’ are related but are not identical and cannot be used synonymously."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dont-offend.org/story/88/3888.html|title=FAQ|author=dont-offend.org|publisher=Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine}}</ref>

== Atheism, pedophilia and NAMBLA ==

See: [[Atheism, pederasty and NAMBLA|Atheism, pedophilia and NAMBLA]]

==Moral Pedophilia==
Although it is more strongly stigmatized by most cultures than other sins, pedophilia can be resisted and overcome through sincere repentance just like homosexuality and all other forms of sexual immorality. Once the struggling pedophile recognizes their inclinations as a problem, they must abstain from things which can trigger their tendencies such as child pornography, or isolation with children. It is also because of this heavy stigma that many pedophiles do not publicly admit to their issue, more so than even recovering pornography addicts or ex-homosexuals. Some, who have likely found redemption through a strong faith, will usually only confess such past sins in private. Therefore, it is hard to say statistically how many have achieved true recovery from their desires. It is often thought that reformed pedophiles are rare in society. Nevertheless, some notable exceptions have come to light. Actor Stephen Collins created a storm of controversy when he confessed his past involvement of child sexual abuse. He was known for playing a father and priest character on the family show Seventh Heaven. As a practicing Episcopalian, however, he took himself to account for his mistakes and apologized to one of his prior victims in person.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/12/17/stephen-collins-admits-sexual-abuse-terribly-wrong-katie-couric/20524835/</ref><ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/7th-heaven-dad-stephen-collins-admits-sexually-abusing-girl-article-1.1965747</ref>

== Pedophilia and hard-core Star Trek fans ==

[[Star Trek]] is a science fiction television series produced by [[Atheism|atheist]] [[Gene Roddenberry]] (1966–69), and includes four other TV series and several movies.

Ellen Ladowsky wrote in ''Huffington Post'':
{{Cquote|The ''LA Times'' recently ran a story about the Child Exploitation Section of the Toronto Sex Crimes Unit, which contained a mind-boggling statistic: of the more than 100 offenders the unit has arrested over the last four years, "all but one" has been "a hard-core Trekkie." Blogger Ernest Miller thought this claim was improbable. "I could go to a science fiction convention," he explained "and be less likely to find that 99+ percent of the attendees were hard-core Trekkies." While there may be quibbling about the exact numbers, the Toronto detectives claim that the connection is undeniable.

In fact, Star Trek paraphernalia has so routinely been found at the homes of the pedophiles they've arrested that it has become a gruesome joke in the squad room. (On the wall, there is a Star Trek poster with the detectives' faces replacing those of the crew members). This does not mean that watching Star Trek makes you a pedophile. It does mean that if you're a pedophile, odds are you've watched a lot of Star Trek.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-ladowsky/pedophilia-and-star-trek_b_5857.html Pedophilia and Star Trek fans]</ref>}}

===Links to Homosexuality===

There is overwhelming evidence that homosexuals are more likely than heterosexuals to be pedophiles. Homosexuals and [[LGBT]] groups in the United States and worldwide campaign vigorously to legalize and normalize pedophilia. Almost of the founders and members of the UK [[Paedophile Information Exchange]] (PIE) were homosexual. In 1981 the book ''The Age Taboo, Gay Male Sexuality, Power and Consent,'' appeared, “a collection of writings about intergenerational (and especially man-boy relationships)". All the contributors were prominent homosexual and lesbian activists, indicating how the pedophile movement has never been merely allied to the homosexual movement - it is a central part of it. The pedophiles and the homosexuals are the same people. As the book appeared just before the identification of AIDS nobody commented on the prospect of spreading this to children. Contents: -
"Introduction," Daniel Tsang.
"Loving men," Sylvère Lotringer and Mark Moffett.
Cultural analyst Sylvère Lotringer interviews 15-year-old Mark Moffett about his relationships with men.
"Loving boys," Tom Reeves.
"Men and boys: the Boston conference," Daniel Tsang.
Tsang reports on the 1978 Boston conference.
"Children and sex," Youth Liberation.
"Happy families? Pedophilia examined," Gay Left Collective.
"Childhood sexuality and pedophilia," Jamie Gough.
"Whose power? Whose consent?," Eric Presland*.
"Sexual revolution and the liberation of children," Mark Blasius and Kate Millett.
Mark Blasius questions feminist Kate Millett on the sexual freedom of children.
"I know what I am: gay teenagers and the law," Joint Council for Gay Teenagers.
"The case for abolishing age of consent laws," North American Man/Boy Love Association.* An editorial originally published in NAMBLA News.
"Sexual politics, the New Right and the sexual fringe," Gayle Rubin.
"Recipe for a witchhunt," John Mitzel.Mitzel reviews the history of America's pedophile witchhunt.
"'Lesbians Rising' editors speak out," Editors of Lesbians Rising.
"A militant young dyke’s feminist perspective on the age of consent question," anonymous.
"Man/boy love and the lesbian/gay movement," Pat Califia&. Califia opines against the age-of-consent in an abridged version of her article for The Advocate.
"Man/boy love and the Left," Roger Moody*.
"Confronting ageism," Michael Alhonte. An 18-year-old who began having relationships with men at 13 criticizes ageism in both the mainstream and the boylove community.
"Struggling against racism," Daniel Tsang.
"Resources: an annotated guide to the literature," Daniel Tsang.<ref>''The Age Taboo, Gay Male Sexuality, Power and Consent,'' edited by Daniel Tsang, Alyson Publications, 1981.</ref>

== See also ==

*[[Atheism and child pornography]]

*[[Atheism, pederasty and NAMBLA]]

*[[Bernie Ward]]

== External links ==
*[https://archive.is/SXZYk Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland.]

==Notes==
<references/>

{{Ten Commandments}}

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[[Category:Crime]]
[[Category:Sexual Immorality]]

Owen Jones

2019-08-29T22:30:35Z

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'''Owen Jones''', born 1984, is a British [[socialist]] political columnist, who writes for the left-wing newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]''. A [[homosexual]] and ardent proponent of the [[homosexual agenda]], he has been described as [[Marxist]], [[Trotskyite]], [[Communist]], and [[Far-left|left-wing extremist]].

==Background==
Jones went to a comprehensive (state-run) school in Stockport, then to [[Oxford University]]. He joined the UK [[Labour Party]], worked as a parliamentary researcher and supported the selection of far-left [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as leader.

==Opinions on Economics==
In March 2012 Jones was interviewed on the political discussion program "This Week" and displayed a lack of knowledge of economic matters. He claimed that the Budget, by raising tax bands in line with inflation, and freeing low earners from tax altogether, would "hand Cabinet ministers £40,000 per year" because they were "millionaires". When the show host, Andrew O'Neil, queried this as only someone earning a million pounds per year would gain £40,000, Jones continued to prevaricate, bluster, waffle and say things like "It depends". He did not admit his error in confusing £1 million net worth with £1 million per year earnings. He then asserted that all cabinet ministers should have to declare their incomes, only to be told by the show host that this was already the law. O'Neil turned to another guest, the veteran Labour advisor Alastair Campbell, to confirm it, which Campbell did, while the expression on his face indicated severe embarrassment.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSC3RMstJl8</ref>

Jones has written a succession of articles defending the record of the socialist government of [[Hugo Chávez]] in Venezuela. As Venezuela has lurched into more and more severe economic crisis, with government repression and high crime rates, Jones has never retreated from his position. Even when the inflation rate in Venezuela reached 13,000 per cent in February 2018, prompting a mass exodus of citizens, Jones continued to praise the success of the government's socialist policies.
<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/owen-jones-socialism-s-critics-look-at-venezuela-and-say-we-told-you-so-but-they-are-wrong-9155295.html</ref>
<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/hugo-chavez-was-a-democrat-not-a-dictator-and-showed-a-progressive-alternative-to-neo-liberalism-is-8522329.html</ref>
<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/918564/venezuela-economy-weak-currency-inflation-banknotes-value-latest</ref>

==Erratic Behavior==
In June 2016 Jones walked out of a live television interview about the mass killing in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in protest at his interviewer's refusal to name the shooting an attack on homosexuals and [[bisexual]]s. He insisted it was “a homophobic hate crime and it has to be called out."
When Sky News host Mark Longhurst said Mr. Jones could not suggest the Orlando attack was “worse” than the Bataclan terror attack in Paris, Jones became increasingly exasperated, insisting, “This was a deliberate attack on LGBT people.” Finally, saying. “I’ve had enough of this,” he took off his microphone and left the set, admitting he was "upset".<ref>
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/owen-jones-walks-off-sky-news-after-presenters-deflect-homophobia-behind-orlando-shooting-a7078891.html
</ref>

It was later revealed that the Orlando terrorist, Omar Mateen, was a homosexual himself, and had long been a familiar client of the club he attacked.

==Anti-Establishment credentials==
Jones has written a book called ‘The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It’ (a grammatically flawed title). He frequently castigates politicians for being part of "the self-serving, mutual appreciation society – otherwise known as the British establishment".
He was nonplussed when in September 2016 on the Today program, veteran BBC interviewer John Humphrys asked him if he was not himself part of the establishment. Jones denied it.<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/850165/Owen-Jones-BBC-Today-establishment-video-Brexit-European-Union-video</ref>

==Attack on Nick Clegg==
In December 2017, when it was announced that the former UK deputy Prime minister [[Nick Clegg]] has been nominated to a knighthood (an honorary title that confers no stipend or political power), Jones wrote a lengthy and vitriolic diatribe denouncing Clegg, who in his role as an MP and leader of the Coalition government had always exerted himself to do everything to further the [[LGBT agenda]]. Clegg took the lead in introducing same-sex "marriage" in the UK in 2012 and always did his utmost to comply with homosexual demands. Nevertheless, Jones did not have one grateful word to say about him but castigated Clegg as an "architect of our crisis-stricken nation."
<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/28/knighthood-nick-clegg-george-osborne-britain-elite</ref>

==Popularity==
In 2018 Jones booked a large hall in Leeds UK for a speaking event, a one-man show where he was billed as talking about "Building a New Britain". The event had to be cancelled as hardly any tickets were sold.
<ref> https://order-order.com/2018/10/01/owen-jones-cancels-building-new-britain/ </ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Owen}}
[[Category:Liberals]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Homosexuals]]

Owen Jones

2019-08-29T22:29:00Z

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'''Owen Jones''', born 1984, is a British [[socialist]] political columnist, who writes for the left-wing newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]''. A [[homosexual]] and ardent proponent of the [[homosexual agenda]], he has been described as [[Marxist]], [[Trotskyite]], [[Communist]], and [[Far-left|left-wing extremist]].

==Background==
Jones went to a comprehensive (state-run) school in Stockport, then to [[Oxford University]]. He joined the UK [[Labour Party]], worked as a parliamentary researcher and supported the selection of far-left [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as leader.

==Opinions on Economics==
In March 2012 Jones was interviewed on the political discussion program "This Week" and displayed a lack of knowledge of economic matters. He claimed that the Budget, by raising tax bands in line with inflation, and freeing low earners from tax altogether, would "hand Cabinet ministers £40,000 per year" because they were "millionaires". When the show host, Andrew O'Neil, queried this as only someone earning a million pounds per year would gain £40,000, Jones continued to prevaricate, bluster, waffle and say things like "It depends". He did not admit his error in confusing £1 million net worth with £1 million per year earnings. He then asserted that all cabinet ministers should have to declare their incomes, only to be told by the show host that this was already the law. O'Neil turned to another guest, the veteran Labour advisor Alastair Campbell, to confirm it, which Campbell did, while the expression on his face indicated severe embarrassment.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSC3RMstJl8</ref>

Jones has written a succession of articles defending the record of the socialist government of [[Hugo Chávez]] in Venezuela. As Venezuela has lurched into more and more severe economic crisis, with government repression and high crime rates, Jones has never retreated from his position. Even when the inflation rate in Venezuela reached 13,000 per cent in February 2018, prompting a mass exodus of citizens, Jones continued to praise the success of the government's socialist policies.
<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/owen-jones-socialism-s-critics-look-at-venezuela-and-say-we-told-you-so-but-they-are-wrong-9155295.html</ref>
<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/hugo-chavez-was-a-democrat-not-a-dictator-and-showed-a-progressive-alternative-to-neo-liberalism-is-8522329.html</ref>
<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/918564/venezuela-economy-weak-currency-inflation-banknotes-value-latest</ref>

==Erratic Behavior==
In June 2016 Jones walked out of a live television interview about the mass killing in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in protest at his interviewer's refusal to name the shooting an attack on homosexuals and bisexuals. He insisted it was “ a homophobic hate crime and it has to be called out."
When Sky News host Mark Longhurst said Mr. Jones could not suggest the Orlando attack was “worse” than the Bataclan terror attack in Paris, Jones became increasingly exasperated, insisting, “This was a deliberate attack on LGBT people.” Finally, saying. “I’ve had enough of this,” he took off his microphone and left the set, admitting he was "upset".<ref>
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/owen-jones-walks-off-sky-news-after-presenters-deflect-homophobia-behind-orlando-shooting-a7078891.html
</ref>

It was later revealed that the Orlando terrorist, Omar Mateen, was a homosexual himself, and had long been a familiar client of the club he attacked.

==Anti-Establishment credentials==
Jones has written a book called ‘The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It’ (a grammatically flawed title). He frequently castigates politicians for being part of "the self-serving, mutual appreciation society – otherwise known as the British establishment".
He was nonplussed when in September 2016 on the Today program, veteran BBC interviewer John Humphrys asked him if he was not himself part of the establishment. Jones denied it.<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/850165/Owen-Jones-BBC-Today-establishment-video-Brexit-European-Union-video</ref>

==Attack on Nick Clegg==
In December 2017, when it was announced that the former UK deputy Prime minister [[Nick Clegg]] has been nominated to a knighthood (an honorary title that confers no stipend or political power), Jones wrote a lengthy and vitriolic diatribe denouncing Clegg, who in his role as an MP and leader of the Coalition government had always exerted himself to do everything to further the [[LGBT agenda]]. Clegg took the lead in introducing same-sex "marriage" in the UK in 2012 and always did his utmost to comply with homosexual demands. Nevertheless, Jones did not have one grateful word to say about him but castigated Clegg as an "architect of our crisis-stricken nation."
<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/28/knighthood-nick-clegg-george-osborne-britain-elite</ref>

==Popularity==
In 2018 Jones booked a large hall in Leeds UK for a speaking event, a one-man show where he was billed as talking about "Building a New Britain". The event had to be cancelled as hardly any tickets were sold.
<ref> https://order-order.com/2018/10/01/owen-jones-cancels-building-new-britain/ </ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Owen}}
[[Category:Liberals]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Homosexuals]]

Owen Jones

2019-08-29T22:24:25Z

Ukimmoral:

'''Owen Jones''', born 1984, is a British [[socialist]] political columnist, who writes for the left-wing newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]''. A [[homosexual]] and ardent proponent of the [[homosexual agenda]], he has been described as [[Marxist]], [[Trotskyite]], [[Communist]], and [[Far-left|left-wing extremist]].

==Background==
Jones went to a comprehensive (state-run) school in Stockport, then to [[Oxford University]]. He joined the UK [[Labour Party]], worked as a parliamentary researcher and supported the selection of far-left [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as leader.

==Opinions on Economics==
In March 2012 Jones was interviewed on the political discussion program "This Week" and displayed a lack of knowledge of economic matters. He claimed that the Budget, by raising tax bands in line with inflation, and freeing low earners from tax altogether, would "hand Cabinet ministers £40,000 per year" because they were "millionaires". When the show host, Andrew O'Neil, queried this as only someone earning a million pounds per year would gain £40,000, Jones continued to prevaricate, bluster, waffle and say things like "It depends". He did not admit his error in confusing £1 million net worth with £1 million per year earnings. He then asserted that all cabinet ministers should have to declare their incomes, only to be told by the show host that this was already the law. O'Neil turned to another guest, the veteran Labour advisor Alastair Campbell, to confirm it, which Campbell did, while the expression on his face indicated severe embarrassment.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSC3RMstJl8</ref>

Jones has written a succession of articles defending the record of the socialist government of [[Hugo Chávez]] in Venezuela. As Venezuela has lurched into more and more severe economic crisis, with government repression and high crime rates, Jones has never retreated from his position. Even when the inflation rate in Venezuela reached 13,000 per cent in February 2018, prompting a mass exodus of citizens, Jones continued to praise the success of the government's socialist policies.
<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/owen-jones-socialism-s-critics-look-at-venezuela-and-say-we-told-you-so-but-they-are-wrong-9155295.html</ref>
<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/hugo-chavez-was-a-democrat-not-a-dictator-and-showed-a-progressive-alternative-to-neo-liberalism-is-8522329.html</ref>
<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/918564/venezuela-economy-weak-currency-inflation-banknotes-value-latest</ref>

==Erratic Behavior==
In June 2016 Jones walked out of a live television interview about the mass killing in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in protest at his interviewer's refusal to name the shooting an attack on LGBT people. He insisted it was “ a homophobic hate crime and it has to be called out."
When Sky News host Mark Longhurst said Mr. Jones could not suggest the Orlando attack was “worse” than the Bataclan terror attack in Paris, Jones became increasingly exasperated, insisting, “This was a deliberate attack on LGBT people.” Finally, saying. “I’ve had enough of this,” he took off his microphone and left the set, admitting he was "upset".<ref>
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/owen-jones-walks-off-sky-news-after-presenters-deflect-homophobia-behind-orlando-shooting-a7078891.html
</ref>

It was later revealed that the Orlando terrorist, Omar Mateen, was a homosexual himself, and had long been a familiar client of the club he attacked.

==Anti-Establishment credentials==
Jones has written a book called ‘The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It’ (a grammatically flawed title). He frequently castigates politicians for being part of "the self-serving, mutual appreciation society – otherwise known as the British establishment".
He was nonplussed when in September 2016 on the Today program, veteran BBC interviewer John Humphrys asked him if he was not himself part of the establishment. Jones denied it.<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/850165/Owen-Jones-BBC-Today-establishment-video-Brexit-European-Union-video</ref>

==Attack on Nick Clegg==
In December 2017, when it was announced that the former UK deputy Prime minister [[Nick Clegg]] has been nominated to a knighthood (an honorary title that confers no stipend or political power), Jones wrote a lengthy and vitriolic diatribe denouncing Clegg, who in his role as an MP and leader of the Coalition government had always exerted himself to do everything to further the [[LGBT agenda]]. Clegg took the lead in introducing same-sex "marriage" in the UK in 2012 and always did his utmost to comply with homosexual demands. Nevertheless, Jones did not have one grateful word to say about him but castigated Clegg as an "architect of our crisis-stricken nation."
<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/28/knighthood-nick-clegg-george-osborne-britain-elite</ref>

==Popularity==
In 2018 Jones booked a large hall in Leeds UK for a speaking event, a one-man show where he was billed as talking about "Building a New Britain". The event had to be cancelled as hardly any tickets were sold.
<ref> https://order-order.com/2018/10/01/owen-jones-cancels-building-new-britain/ </ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Owen}}
[[Category:Liberals]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Homosexuals]]

Labour Party (UK)

2019-08-29T22:21:46Z

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The '''Labour Party''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] Social Democratic<ref>http://www.labour.org.uk/labour_policies</ref> political party. The party still pays lip service to many typical [[left-wing]] values and, along with all the main political parties in the UK, is [[pro-abortion]], pro-homosexual "rights" and pro-[[gun control]]. Typically the Labour Party is in favour of greater spending on public services via higher taxation relative to its main political rivals.

The Labour Party was founded in 1900, and currently forms [[Leader of the Opposition|Her Majesty's Opposition]], being the largest party in the UK not currently in government. The new leader since September 2015 is [[Jeremy Corbyn]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34223157</ref> The Labour Party holds non-voting observer status in the [[Socialist International]].

==History==
===Origins===
The Labour Party was formed out of an alliance of several prominent left-wing and socialist movements that existed in Britain at the turn of the century. Chief amongst them the were the [[Trades Union Congress]], the [[Fabian Society]], and the [[Independent Labour Party]]. The group took the name [[Labour Representation Committee]], later adopting the name Labour Party after achieving seats in the [[House of Commons]] at the 1906 election. Much of the intellectual energy came from the [[Fabian Socialism|Fabians, an informal group of intellectual socialists.]] [[Keir Hardie]] was the first leader of the party.

The rise of [[Marxist]] socialism in the late 19th century in the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) (1881-1911) did not create a militantly atheistic and anti-religious force. From its beginnings, circa 1881, the SDF contained [[Christian socialists]], non-Christians, and anti-Christians. These groups generally coexisted in a state of compromise. The membership of the SDF was generally secularist and freethinking but religion was not a central issue. For all parties in the SDF, the central issue was commitment to socialism.

[[File:Labour1910.jpg|thumb|290px|Labour called for abolition of the [[House of Lords]] in 1910; when elected, they kept it and appointed their own favourites to peerages. Later posters dropped the violent imagery and called for peaceful change.]]

===Interwar period===
In its early years the Labour Party benefited from an alliance with the other main left-wing party in Britain, the [[Liberal Party]]; from a growth in working class consciousness; and from dissatisfaction with both the Liberal and [[Conservative Party|Conservative]] parties in the wake of what were perceived to be their mistakes in the handling of the [[First World War]]. Winning growing numbers of seats at each election, the Labour Party was finally able to form a government in 1924 under the leadership of [[Ramsay MacDonald]]. However this was short-lived. The party did not have an outright majority, and in fact only had about one third of the total seats within the House. After just nine months the Party lost an important vote, and the government resigned. Four days before the election the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' published the "[[Zinoviev Letter]]", a forgery that seemed to indicate that the Communist Party of Great Britain was planning subversion or even a violent revolution in cooperation with Labour. The letter was leaked by the Foreign Ministry. The Labour Party was badly defeated in the 1924 general election, even though its vote increased by one million. The Conservative vote was up by two million as the Liberal party was rapidly collapsing. Historians agree the Zinoviev Letter was a forgery but their consensus is that it made little difference in the election. What is more important, after the election Labour leaders used it as an excuse for their failure; it became a roadblock to needed internal reforms in the Labour party.

[[File:Labour1929.jpg|thumb|300px|Despite the deliberate appeal to middle class voters in this 1929 poster, most Labour voters were working class blokes who did not wear white collars and ties.]]
The Labour Party briefly formed a government again in 1929, but this did not survive the effects of the [[Great Depression]]. In a dispute over the best way to handle the economic consequences of the global financial crash, the Party leadership fractured. A new "National Government" drawn from all parties was formed, with [[Ramsay MacDonald]] still as Prime Minister. However this was dominated by the other parties, particularly the Conservatives, who went on to dominate the British political scene for the rest of the interwar period.

===Victory in 1945===
The [[Second World War]] saw a major shift in political attitudes within Britain, and led to a landslide victory for [[Clement Attlee]] in 1945. The modest, unassuming intellectual Attlee named a cabinet that included all elements of the party. Of 37 ministers, eight were former coal miners, and eleven had been active trade unionists.

This government introduced sweeping reforms of industry and the creation of the [[welfare state]]. Attlee's government nationalised major industries, founded the [[National Health Service]], and developed the idea of welfare from cradle to grave paid for out of taxation and available to everyone free of charge. Much of the welfare state is still in force today.

The Labour government was fiercely anti-Communist, but the economy was so weak it had to relinquish a leadership role to the United States. Despite not having much of a personal relationship, Atlee pushed President [[Harry Truman]] to take over Britain's historic roles, especially in Greece, and indeed helped push the U.S. into the [[Cold War]] against the [[Soviet Union]]. Ernest Bevin, the foreign secretary, was instrumental in setting up [[NATO]].

Although it won the first General Election in 1951, Clement Atlee did not believe he had a large enough parliamentary majority to continue his radical reforms so he called a second election. However, he timed it badly, as James Callaghan did in 1979, so his party lost.

The Labour Party spent the next 13 years out of office and achieved little during the governments of Wilson (1964-1970 and 1974-1976) and his successor James Callaghan (1976–79), although Denis Healey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, started adopting broadly monetary policies from 1976 on.. Their failures set the stage for the renewal of British energy and leadership under [[Margaret Thatcher]], beginning in 1979.

===Socialism===
Despite its historic commitment to socialism, the British Labour Party has been flexible and reformist in its doctrine ever since it was founded in 1900. After the crisis of 1931, the party adopted a broadly social democratic program in which socialism was linked with the idea of economic planning and social welfare. The Attlee government of 1945-51 was very moderate in its commitment to socialism. The years of opposition saw violent arguments in the party between left-wing Bevanites and the center-right supporters of [[Hugh Gaitskell]]. But the main differences concerned foreign and defense policy. On domestic issues, the party was now broadly revisionist, committed to the mixed economy and social equality.
[[File:Atlee45.jpg|thumb|370px|Atlee defeats Churchill in 1945, and becomes bowler for the British cricket team; he faces difficult issues like housing and finance which are coming to bat.]]

In the 1950s, General Secretary Morgan Phillips noted that: "Socialism in Britain owed more to Methodism than Marx."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RxxiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT241 Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century], Chapter 5 footnote 12</ref>

==New Left==
Wilson, on becoming prime minister in 1964, tried to bypass old doctrinal arguments by harnessing nationalized industry to ideas of scientific modernization. But his government was a great failure, not least in its relations with the trade unions, the linchpin of the party since its founding. Wilson represented the older traditions of the Labour Party and never understood the emerging "New Left" with new social roots, new ideas and new styles of political behaviour in the late 1970s. Following the disillusion and demoralization of traditional Labour Party activists with Wilson's government, a more radical and well-educated local Labour leadership appeared at the local level. This bred much disillusionment and launched a new left-wing socialism in the 1970s. The Labour government of 1974-79 added to this division. The left-wing pressure reached its climax in the early 1980s when Thatcher was in power but resulted only in heavy defeats for Labour in 1983 and 1987. The general impression in 1989 is of a loss of political and intellectual confidence, with British socialism trapped between a cherished past and an uncertain future.<ref>Kenneth O. Morgan, ''Britain since 1945: The People's Peace'' (2001)</ref>

===Social issues===
The Labour Party has also been a strong proponent of social reform. Under [[Harold Wilson]] in the late 60s, abortion and homosexuality were decriminalized, the death penalty abolished and divorce was made easier. Unease from a perceived large number of immigrants from Commonwealth countries in Asia, the Caribbean and Africa also led to four Race Relations Acts, all of which were passed under Labour governments.

===Industrial Strife===
see [[Winter of Discontent]]

The Labour Party always prided itself on strong links with [[Labor union|trade unions]], but by the late 1960s there was growing industrial unrest. Inflation was becoming a growing problem and unemployment began to rise. Harold Wilson was elected for a third time in February 1974, taking over from Conservative [[Edward Heath]] whose government was brought to its knees by oil shortages and a crippling coal miners' strike in 1973. Throughout the late 1970s strikes were commonplace, tight controls on pay rises, known as incomes policy, was struggling to curb inflation which reached a high of 28%. A series of devastating strikes in the winter of 1978/79 which became known as the [[Winter of Discontent]] led to the government of [[James Callaghan]] being defeated in a vote of no confidence and a general election which was won by the Conservative Party led by [[Margaret Thatcher]].

===A swing to the left===
Michael Foot became leader of the Labour Party in 1980 and took the party in a far left direction. The 1983 manifesto pledged to reverse all Thatcher's economic reforms; renationalise all privatised businesses, return taxes on the rich to the punitive level of the 1970s (98% in some cases), restore trade union powers, leave the European Economic Community, unilaterally surrender Britain's nuclear weapons and campaign for a united Ireland as a solution to the paramilitarism and terrorism that had beset the province of Northern Ireland throughout the 70s. The manifesto became known as the "longest suicide note in history" and was defeated by Thatcher's Conservatives in a landslide. Pro-EEC Labour Party members who formed their own party, the SDP, nearly polled more votes than the Labour Party. If not for the SDP's poorly thought-out electoral strategy (which gained plenty of votes, but almost no seats in the Commons), Labour could have been reduced to third party status in this election.

Foot was succeeded by [[Neil Kinnock]], who ditched much (but not all) of the [[far-left]] baggage from 1983. Under Kinnock, Labour was again defeated in a landslide in 1987 but, crucially, Labour came well ahead of the SDP (in alliance with the Liberal Party which merged to form the Social and [[Liberal Democrats]]).

===Tony Blair and "New Labour"===
The term New Labour didn't come into being until [[Tony Blair]] became leader in 1994, but the reform of the Labour Party took place long before then. By 1992, it was clear that Thatcher's reforms had struck a chord with voters and the Labour party were no longer promising to renationalise industries or restore trade union powers. Only the top rate of income tax would be raised from 40 to 50%. Opinion polls during the election campaign predicted a very close result, but the Conservative party won a narrow victory of 23 seats after an unusually high turnout.

John Smith became leader in 1992, but his sudden death in 1994 led to Tony Blair to become leader and the term "New Labour" was born. Blair started by reforming Clause IV. Clause IV dealt with the purpose of the Party and referred direct to its erstwhile desire for public ownership of the means of production; the current version instead calls for 'a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many, not the few'.
The revised version mentions "socialism" as a sop to the old timers:
:The Labour Party is a democratic socialist party. It believes that by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create for each of us the means to realise our true potential and for all of us a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many, not the few.’

Blair promised no increases in income tax and pledged to run a stable economy. He scored landslide victories in 1997, and again in 2001.

One of Blair's most controversial decisions was to [[Iraq War|invade Iraq]] in 2003 alongside the Americans and other allies. Britain became the second largest contributor of armed forces to [[George W. Bush]]'s "Coalition of the Willing", and Blair staunchly defended the position, and won supporting votes in parliament. Partly due to the war's unpopularity, and partly to a perception that the Government had raised taxes on business and individuals to unacceptable levels, the Labour party won a much smaller majority in 2005 and has seen key bills defeated by backbench revolts such as the plan to hold terrorist suspects for up to 90 days without charge.

Blair had lost his momentum, so he retired in mid-2007 and was replaced per prior arrangement by his long-time Chancellor, [[Gordon Brown]]. The worldwide [[Recession of 2008]], continuing into 2009, hit Britain hard and has yet to bottom out. Labour took much of the blame, and its polling rates dropped to levels not seen since the early 1980s. Labour's popularity continued to decline in 2009, as the party made its worst electoral showing in a hundred years in the EU elections in June 2009. Brown, however, beat back his disunited critics, reorganized his cabinet, and stumbled onward. The Conservatives maintained a large lead for the next general election, which was held in 2010 and resulted in a coalition government formed by the [[Conservative Party]] and the Liberal Democrats. The leader of the Labour Party was [[Ed Miliband]], who was elected by Labour party members on September 25, 2010, after a crushing defeat four months earlier in the UK's [[general election]]. He resigned after being defeated in a landslide in the 2015 United Kingdom general election.

==PR and spin==

With the formation of New Labour under the leadership of [[Tony Blair]] and along with the support of spin doctors such as [[Peter Mandelson]], the modern Labour Party has been accused of being an extremely deceptive PR machine; being highly dishonest in its dealings with the public and media.

==Sharia Infiltration==
A 2010 newspaper report repeated a claim by Jim Fitzpatrick, the MP for Poplar and Canning Town that the Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE) had effectively created a party within the party in east London. The IFE seeks to make Britain and the whole of [[Europe]] an Islamic state. In covert investigations by the media it was determined that the IFE were expressing opposition to democracy, support for sharia law or mocking black people and organized meetings with extremists, including [[Taliban]] allies.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/7333420/Islamic-radicals-infiltrate-the-Labour-Party.html Islamic radicals 'infiltrate' the Labour Party, TelegraphUK, February 27, 2010]</ref>

{{cquote| [They are] placing people within the political parties, recruiting members to those political parties, trying to get individuals selected and elected so they can exercise political influence and power, whether it's at local government level or national level.}}

==Anti-Semitism==
{{See also|Left-wing Anti-Semitism}}
The Labour Party has seen a large surge of anti-Semitism inside its ranks in the early 21st century.<ref>Multiple references:
*Friedman, Victoria (July 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/18/corbyn-anti-semite-racist-anti-semitism-scandals-labour-far-left/ ‘Anti-Semite and a Racist’: The Scandals Following Labour’s Shift to the Far Left]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
*Shaw, Adam (March 31, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/03/31/uks-left-wing-labour-party-engulfed-by-anti-semitism-crisis.html UK's left-wing Labour Party engulfed by anti-Semitism crisis]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
*Zeronian, Sarkis (May 3, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/05/03/50-labour-party-members-suspended-for-anti-semitism-and-racism-those-named-are-tip-of-the-iceberg/ 50 Labour Party Members Suspended For Anti-Semitism And Racism, Those Named Are ‘Tip Of The Iceberg’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
*Kent, Simon (March 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/03/30/british-parliament-debate-anti-semitism-allegations-continue-labour-party/ UK Parliament to Debate Anti-Semitism as Fresh Allegations Engulf Labour Party]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-politics/uk-labour-leader-corbyn-apologizes-for-anti-semitism-in-his-party-idUSKBN1H10VR UK Labour leader Corbyn apologizes for anti-Semitism in his party‍]. ''Reuters''. March 25, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
*Kent, Simon (July 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/07/29/party-is-a-sewer-more-anti-semitism-claims-rock-uk-labour/ Party Is a ‘Sewer’: More Anti-Semitism Claims Rock UK Labour]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
See also:
*Kent, Simon (April 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/04/03/tony-blair-warns-uk-labour-root-out-anti-semitism-completely/ Tony Blair Warns UK Labour: ‘Root Out Anti-Semitism Completely, Totally’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 3, 2018.</ref> In April 2018, the [[Labour Party (Israel)|Israeli Labour Party]] cut ties with the UK Labour Party due to the latter's anti-Semitism.<ref>Multiple references:
*Stoddart, Michelle (April 10, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/israeli-labor-party-suspends-ties-with-british-uk-jeremy-corbyn-over-anti-semitism/ Israeli Labor Party suspends ties with Corbyn, citing anti-Semitism]. ''Politico''. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-britain-labour/israeli-labour-party-breaks-off-relations-with-britains-corbyn-idUSKBN1HH27U Israeli Labour party breaks off relations with Britain's Corbyn]. ''Reuters''. April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
*Kent, Simon (April 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/04/11/israeli-labor-party-severs-ties-with-jeremy-corbyn-over-hostility-to-jewish-community/ Israeli Labor Party Severs Ties with Jeremy Corbyn over ‘Hostility’ to Jewish Community]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.</ref> The party adopted a definition of anti-Semitism in response to these developments, but this definition was criticized as "toothless" as it held a much narrower definition of anti-Semitism than that of Jewish groups, such as still allowing Israel-Nazi comparisons and accusing Israel of racism.<ref>Kent, Simon (July 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/07/06/anger-as-uk-labour-party-adopts-toothless-definition-of-anti-semitism/ Anger as UK Labour Party Adopts ‘Toothless’ Definition of Anti-Semitism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 6, 2018.</ref><ref>Friedman, Victoria (July 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/07/17/uk-jewish-leaders-condemn-labour-party-altering-definition-anti-semitism/ UK Jewish Leaders Condemn Labour Party for Watering Down Definition of Anti-Semitism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 17, 2018.</ref> In August 2018, veteran MP Frank Field resigned from the party, as it had become "a force for anti-Semitism."<ref>Multiple references:
*Deacon, Liam (August 30, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/30/veteran-labour-mp-frank-field-resigns-slams-anti-semitism-racist-party/ Veteran Labour MP Frank Field Resigns, Slams Anti-Semitism and ‘Racist Party’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
*Friedman, Victoria (August 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/31/labour-mp-condemns-party-where-anti-semitism-is-more-than-tolerated/ Labour MP Condemns Party Where ‘Anti-Semitism Is More than Tolerated’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-politics-labour/veteran-uk-labour-lawmaker-brands-party-leadership-a-force-for-anti-semitism-idUSKCN1LF214 Veteran UK Labour lawmaker brands party leadership a 'force for anti-Semitism']. ''Reuters''. August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
*Dickson, Annabelle (August 30, 2018). [https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-labour-veteran-frank-field-quits-over-anti-semitism-crisis-jeremy-corbyn/ UK Labour veteran Frank Field quits over anti-Semitism crisis]. ''Politico''. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
See also:
*Delingpole, James (August 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/31/delingpole-frank-field-is-right-modern-left-is-nasty-vicious-anti-semitic/ Delingpole: Frank Field Is Right – the Modern Left Is Nasty, Vicious, Anti-Semitic]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 31, 2018.</ref> In 2018, the Simon Wiesenthal Center mentioned Corbyn in its list of top ten worst anti-Semitism incidents that year.<ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (December 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/28/uk-opposition-leader-corbyn-makes-simon-wiesenthal-anti-semitism-list/ UK Opposition Leader Corbyn Makes Simon Wiesenthal Anti-Semitism List]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 28, 2018.</ref> In February 2019, seven Labour MPs left the party, partially because of its anti-Semitism,<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/02/18/7-lawmakers-quit-uk-labour-party-over-brexit-anti-semitism/2903147002/ 7 lawmakers quit UK Labour Party over Brexit, anti-Semitism]. ''USA Today'' (from the ''Associated Press''). February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (February 18, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/18/as-uk-labour-splits-over-anti-semitism-jewish-group-warns-corbyn-take-action-on-hate/ As UK Labour Splits Over Anti-Semitism, Jewish Group Warns Corbyn: Take Action on Hate]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 18, 2019.</ref> and more MPs subsequently left because of anti-Semitism.<ref>Multiple references:
*Lane, Oliver JJ (February 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/19/eighth-mp-defects-from-corbyns-labour-to-centrist-group-citing-anti-semitism/ Eighth MP Defects From Corbyn’s Labour to Centrist Group, Citing Anti-Semitism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
*McTague, Tom (February 20, 2019). [https://www.politico.eu/article/joan-ryan-8th-mp-quits-uk-labour-joins-independent-group-over-anti-semitism-jeremy-corbyn/ 8th MP quits UK Labour, joins Independent Group over anti-Semitism]. ''Politico''. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
*Lane, Oliver JJ (February 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/22/ninth-labour-mp-quits-broken-party-over-culture-of-anti-semitism/ Ninth Labour MP Quits ‘Broken’ Party Over ‘Culture of Anti-Semitism’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-labour-austin/ninth-lawmaker-quits-britains-opposition-labour-party-idUSKCN1QB0XI Ninth lawmaker quits Britain's opposition Labour Party]. ''Reuters''. February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
See also:
*Heath, Ryan (February 24, 2019). [https://www.politico.eu/article/tom-watson-uk-opposition-in-crisis-deputy-leader-admits-jeremy-corbyn-anti-semitism/ UK opposition in crisis, deputy leader admits]. ''Politico''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.</ref> In April 2019, Corbyn admitted that the Labour Party may have "ignored" evidence of anti-Semitism.<ref>Kent, Simon (April 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2019/04/14/jeremy-corbyn-concedes-uk-labour-may-have-ignored-evidence-of-anti-semitism/ Jeremy Corbyn Concedes UK Labour May Have ‘Ignored’ Evidence of Anti-Semitism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 14, 2019.</ref> In July 2019, three Labour Party lords resigned the party whip because of its anti-Semitism.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (July 9, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/09/three-labour-lords-resign-whip-antisemitism/ ‘Institutionally Antisemitic’: Three Labour Lords Resign Whip over Antisemitism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 9, 2019.</ref>

In 2011, Corbyn wrote the forward of a book claiming that Jews control the banking and media industries.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (May 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/01/labour-leader-corbyn-criticised-endorsing-book-claiming-jews-control-banks-press/ Corbyn Criticised for Endorsing Book Claiming Jews Control Banks, Media]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref>

In May 2019, the Equality and Human Rights Commission began an investigation into the Labour Party over its anti-Semitism allegations.<ref>Klar, Rebecca (May 29, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/news/445974-uk-watchdog-launches-investigation-into-allegations-of-institutional-anti UK watchdog launches probe into allegations of anti-Semitism by Labour Party]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 29, 2019.</ref> In July 2019, over 60 members of the [[House of Lords]] condemned Corbyn for anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-politics-labour/more-than-60-british-lords-criticize-labours-corbyn-over-anti-semitism-idUSKCN1UC0UO More than 60 British lords criticize Labour's Corbyn over anti-Semitism]. ''Reuters''. July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.</ref>

In June 2019, the Labour Party readmitted an MP who had been suspended for anti-Semitic comments.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-politics-labour-antisemitism/british-labour-party-readmits-lawmaker-suspended-over-anti-semitism-comments-idUSKCN1TR2XN British Labour Party readmits lawmaker suspended over anti-Semitism comments]. ''Reuters''. June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019. See also:
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-politics-labour-antisemitism/uk-labour-politicians-slam-party-for-re-admitting-lawmaker-in-anti-semitism-dispute-idUSKCN1TS2H8 UK Labour politicians slam party for re-admitting lawmaker in anti-Semitism dispute]. ''Reuters''. June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.</ref>

==Prime Ministers==

* [[Ramsay MacDonald]] (1924 and 1929–1935) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page136.asp]

[[File:Labour45.jpg|thumb|270px|Labour won an unexpected landslide in 1945]]
* [[Clement Attlee]] (1945–1951) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page133.asp]

* [[Harold Wilson]] (1964–1970 and 1974–1976) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page129.asp]

* [[James Callaghan]] (1976–1979) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page127.asp]

* [[Tony Blair]] (1997–2007) [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page4.asp]

* [[Gordon Brown]] (2007–2010)
[[File:Labour45b.jpg|thumb|275px|left|Iconic 1945 election poster]]

==See also==
* [[Fabian Society]]
* [[Industrial Democracy]]
* [[Scottish Labour Party]]

==Further reading==

* Davies, Andrew. ''To Build a New Jerusalem: The British Labour Party from Keir Hardie to Tony Blair'' (1996)
* Favretto, Ilaria."'Wilsonism' Reconsidered: Labour Party Revisionism, 1952-64." ''Contemporary British History'' 2000 14(4): 54-80 in [[EBSCO]]
* Morgan, Austen. ''Harold Wilson'' (1992), 625pp; negative appraisal
* Morgan, Kenneth O. ''Britain since 1945: The People's Peace'' (2001)
* Pimlott, Ben. ''Harold Wilson'' (1992). Pimlott tries to rehabilitate Wilson's political reputation, revealing that he was the prisoner rather than the master of various domestic and international dilemmas.
* Swift, John. ''Labour in Crisis: Clement Attlee and the Labour Party in Opposition, 1931-1940'' (2001)
* Worley, Matthew. ''Labour inside the Gate: A History of the British Labour Party between the Wars'' (2005),

==External links==
*[http://www.labour.org.uk/home Official site]

==References==
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[[Category:British History]]
[[Category:British Politics]]
[[Category:Labor Unions]]
[[Category:Socialism]]
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Harvey Milk

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Ukimmoral:

[[File:Jones and Milk.jpg|right|350px|thumb|''Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, and 10 Days That Shook San Francisco'' documents the relationship between two of America's Progressive pioneers, one the first openly homosexual candidate for office, the other America's biggest [[mass murder]]er.<ref>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/jim-jones-harvey-milk-cult-city-secret-history/</ref>]]
'''Harvey Bernard Milk''' (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was a [[Progressive]] [[Democrat]] [[politician]] and the first openly [[homosexual]] man to be elected to public office in [[California]]. He was elected to the [[San Francisco]] Board of Supervisors with the endorsement and active door-knocking campaign by the [[Peoples Temple]].

==People's Temples==
:{{Main article|San Francisco values}}
Milk first became acquainted with the [[Peoples Temple]] while running for the California State Assembly. Temple member Sharon Amos organized the Temple's leafleting campaign for Milk. Amos requested the delivery of 30,000 pamphlets and Milk's campaign delivered them to the Temple.<ref>Shilts, Randy, ''The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk'', St. Martin's Press. 1982 ISBN|978-0-312-52330-5, page 234</ref>

Milk and Gov. [[Jerry Brown]] spoke at several People's Temple events.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919893-1,00.html "Another Day of Death."] ''Time Magazine''. 11 December 1978 {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybWre0B?url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919893-1,00.html |date=24 January 2011 }}</ref>.<ref>Johnson, Tom, "Politicians Try to Explain Ties To Jones, Washington Star Ledger (Time-Life News Service), November 23, 1978</ref> Milk, a perennial candidate for office until he finally won a supervisor's seat in 1977, aggressively sought Jones's political blessing. "Our paths have crossed," Milk wrote Jones during an earlier campaign for supervisor, in a letter filled with the kind of awed reverence that the cult leader demanded from his followers. "They will stay crossed. It is a fight that I will walk with you into . . . The first time I heard you, you made a statement: 'Take one of us, and you must take all of us.'"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eGxKhxJ_lCEC&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=milk+They+will+stay+crossed.+It+is+a+fight+that+I+will+walk+with+you+into+.+.+.+The+first+time+I+heard+you,+you+made+a+statement:+%E2%80%9CTake+one+of+us,+and+you&source=bl&ots=3PBYi9a51h&sig=ACfU3U0om-zW5FxztgeNmnnE2teoUj7fhQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNyMfTtKPgAhXq6YMKHVIRC8kQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=milk%20They%20will%20stay%20crossed.%20It%20is%20a%20fight%20that%20I%20will%20walk%20with%20you%20into%20.%20.%20.%20The%20first%20time%20I%20heard%20you%2C%20you%20made%20a%20statement%3A%20%E2%80%9CTake%20one%20of%20us%2C%20and%20you&f=false A Lavender Look at the Temple: A Gay Perspective of the Peoples Temple], Michael Bellefountaine, Dora Bellefountaine, iUniverse, 2011.</ref>

Milk was enthusiastically received at the Temple, and he always sent glowing thank-you notes to [[Jim Jones]] after visits. Milk ally Richard Boyle recalls "[b]oth Milk and I spoke at the temple to the cheers of thousands of Jones' followers and won their support." <ref>Boyle, Richard David, [http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_11257530 ''Local writer tells inside story of "Milk"''], Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, December 17, 2008 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybY8AXh?url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_11257530 |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref> Boyle explained that it was vital for both his campaign and Milk's that they be received well at the Temple "because Jones was not only Moscone's appointed head of the Housing Authority but also could turn out an army of volunteers."

Following one visit, Milk wrote to Jones: "Rev Jim, It may take me many a day to come back down from the high that I reach today. I found something dear today. I found a sense of being that makes up for all the hours and energy placed in a fight. I found what you wanted me to find. I shall be back. For I can never leave."<ref>VanDeCarr, Paul "Death of dreams: in November 1978, Harvey Milk's murder and the mass suicides at Jonestown nearly broke San Francisco's spirit.", The Advocate, November 25, 2003</ref><ref>Sawyer, Mary [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=16594 ''My Lord, What a Mourning:’ Twenty Years Since Jonestown''], Jonestown Institute at SDSU {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybZ6bzy?url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Articles/sawyer.htm |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>

When investigations into the Temple's activities began, [[Willie Brown]] said at a rally in support of Jones attended by Milk and others,<ref>Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''[[Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People]]''. Dutton, 1982. {{ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2}}. page 327</ref> "[h]e is a rare human being" and "he cares about people...Rev. Jim Jones is that person who can be helpful when all appears to be lost and [[hope]] is just about gone."<ref>Richardson, James, [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ ''Willie Brown A Biography''], University of California Press, 1996, p. 251 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybaoie8?url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>

Milk wrote a letter in support of the Temple's founder to [[President Jimmy Carter]], defending the Rev. [[Jim Jones]] "as a man of the highest character," and stating that Temple critics were trying to "damage Rev. Jones' reputation" with "apparent bold-faced lies."<ref>Milk, Harvey [http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/milk.jpg ''Letter Addressed to President Jimmy Carter, Dated February 19, 1978''] {{Webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybbC0i4?url=http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/milk.jpg |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>

Milk remained popular among temple members. Two months before the tragedy Temple members sent over fifty letters of sympathy to Milk following the suicide of Milk's gay lover, Jack Lira, hung himself on the back porch. One letter ended, "You have our deepest sympathy in your loss and we would be glad to have you with us [in Jonestown], even for only a short visit." Temple member Sharon Amos wrote "I had the opportunity in San Francisco when we were there to get to know you and thought very highly of your commitment to social actions and the betterment of your community." She also wrote "I hope you will be able to visit us here sometime in Jonestown. Believe it or not, it is a tremendously sophisticated community, though it is in a jungle." Amos later murdered her children with a knife at the behest of Jones in Georgetown, Guyana and subsequently committed suicide.<ref>(Tim Reiterman (1982) "Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People" ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2 pp. 544-5)</ref>

===Assassination===
After the tragedy, Mayor [[George Moscone]] initially defended his appointment of Jones, stating that, in 1975, Jones' reputation was that of a man who believed in [[social justice]] and [[racial equality]], and that there was evidence that the Peoples Temple had initiated programs for drug and alcohol rehabilitation. When asked by a reporter whether he felt in any way culpable for the events, Moscone became angry at the reporter and stated "I'm not taking any responsibility, it's not mine to shoulder."<ref>Burns, Jerry, "Willie Brown Defends Former Ties to Rev. Jones", San Francisco Chronicle, November 21, 1978</ref> Milk stated that "Guyana was a great experiment that didn't work. I don't know, maybe it did." <ref>Crewdson, John, "Harvey Milk, Led Coast Homosexual Right Fight", New York Times, November 28, 1978</ref>

On November 27, 1978, nine days after the [[Jonestown Massacre]], Milk and Mayor George Moscone were shot and killed by [[Dan White]], a disgruntled, [[Democratic]] former Supervisor in the [[Left-wing]] internecine warfare.

At his trial, Dan White's [[lawyers]] insisted that his [[Diminished Responsibility|judgment had been impaired]] by [[depression]] caused by a poor diet. This argument (dubbed the "[[twinkies|twinkie]] defense" by the media) led to a lenient sentence, provoking the White Night riots.<ref>''[https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=35371 What are White Nights? How many of them were there?]'' Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University </ref>

===White Night riots===
:{{See also|Jonestown_Massacre#The_white_night}}
In May 1978, Deborah Layton, a Temple financial secretary and one of Jim Jones’ most trusted aides, traveled from Jonestown to Georgetown, Guyana and went to the American Embassy, where she sought refuge. An airline ticket from her family was waiting for her, and after giving a statement to Embassy Consul Richard McCoy about conditions in Jonestown, Layton left for the United States. About a month later, she issued a longer [[affidavit]] with more details on her earlier allegations.

The affidavit became an important document in the campaign of the [[Concerned Relatives]] to bring attention to their cause, and helped Congressman [[Leo Ryan]] in his decision to go to Guyana six months later. For the same reason, the affidavit – and its author – became anathema in the Jonestown community.<ref>https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=13072</ref> Layton attested:
:''"At least once a week, Rev. Jones would declare a "white night", or state of emergency. The entire population of Jonestown would be awakened by blaring sirens. Designated persons, approximately fifty in number, would arm themselves with rifles, move from cabin to cabin, and make certain that all members were responding. A mass meeting would ensue. Frequently during these crises, we would be told that the jungle was swarming with mercenaries and that death could be expected at any minute. During one "white night", we were informed that our situation had become hopeless and that the only course of action open to us was a mass suicide for the glory of [[socialism]]."''<ref>[https://full-english-books.net/english-books/full-book-seductive-poison-read-online-chapter-48 Deborah Layton, ''Seductive Poison'', p.48]</ref>

After the verdict of Milk's assassin was announced, a crowd of 5,000 gathered before City Hall. Violence erupted. Protestors shouted "Kill Dan White!", tore gilded ornamental work from the building's wrought iron doors, used it to break first floor windows, and set more than a dozen police cars and 8 other automobiles on fire. The crowd threw tear gas stolen from police vehicles. Electric trollies were disabled when their overhead wires were torn down. Violence broke out against the police officers, who were outnumbered. Mayor [[Dianne Feinstein]] and Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver, "the biggest snake of them all" whom Dan White intended to kill,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sW-0ApN9WYwC&pg=PA387&lpg=PA387&dq=Silver+the+biggest+snake+of+them+all+Dan+White+intended+to+kill&source=bl&ots=0ZAiAgqaZS&sig=ACfU3U11eitvP4_Vmls880fbGfx5jZz5Rg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj57rmCh6XgAhUKooMKHf12CnAQ6AEwGHoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=Silver%20the%20biggest%20snake%20of%20them%20all%20Dan%20White%20intended%20to%20kill&f=false Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love]'',
David Talbot, Simon and Schuster, May 8, 2012, p. 387.</ref> tried to address the crowd. Silver said, "Dan White has gotten away with murder!", and was injured by a flying object.

==Gay teachers==
Milk authored one ordinance in his 11 months in office—ordering dog owners to clean up the mess their pets leave.

Milk's biggest victory was a few weeks before his death-defeating a referendum that would have barred open homosexuals from teaching in schools. Although public opinion polls predicted its passage, he mobilized enough people to vote no. Then-governor [[Ronald Reagan]] publicly opposed the Proposition which progressives used to rally support for its defeat.

==Sexual Predator==
Milk was working to help at-risk youths. At age 33, he sodomized a 16-year-old boy named Jack McKinley.<ref>[http://www.politicsforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137713 Would Meghan's Law Apply To Harvey Milk, Politicsforum.org]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sexual Predator Honored With U.S. Postage Stamp |author=Matt Barber |publisher=Americans for Truth |date=28 Oct 2013 |url=http://americansfortruth.com/2013/10/28/barber-sexual-predator-harvey-milk-honored-with-postage-stamp/ |quote=As a 33-year-old homosexual man, Harvey Milk entered into a homosexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy, according to his late biographer. The age-of-consent in California was 18. |accessdate=31 Jul 2017}}</ref>

==Progressive legacy==
In a hand written note, Milk wrote to [[Jim Jones]], "my name is cut into stone in support of you - and your people" the day that Jones left San Francisco for [[Jonestown]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=24taDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT254&lpg=PT254&dq=%22my+name+is+cut+into+stone+in+support+of+you+-+and+your+people.%22&source=bl&ots=ynq76x7v9F&sig=ACfU3U1baSHsO8-hnZ5MVbDiNeBbUn9TbQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz8vLNi6XgAhWG1IMKHfWVCZQQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22my%20name%20is%20cut%20into%20stone%20in%20support%20of%20you%20-%20and%20your%20people.%22&f=false Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death], Lillian Faderman, Yale University Press, May 22, 2018, p.</ref> On the anniversary of Milk's assassination, [[President Barack Obama]] awarded Milk the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] posthumously.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvKOv8HA76o President Obama Honors Harvey Milk With Presidential Medal of Freedom], youtube.</ref> In 2014 the Obama [[White House]] dedicated a Harvey Milk stamp.<ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/white-house-to-dedicate-harvey-milk-stamp/</ref> May 22 is designated Harvey Milk day by the state of California.

==References==
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Kamala Harris

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'''Kamala Harris''' ( pron. ''comma-la'') is a [[racist]] [[Democrat]] Senator from [[California]] who publicly stereotyped all [[Jamaica]]ns as pleasure-seeking [[marijuana|pot]] smokers. Harris is one-quarter black Jamaican, one-quarter [[white]] descendant of slave owners, and half South Asian.<ref>[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?pid=125330757 Obituary for Kalama Harris's mother which describes her background]</ref> She is not ADOS (American [United States] Descendants of Slavery). Harris announced her candidacy for the [[2020 presidential election]] in early 2019, with [[Marc Elias]] of the [[Perkins Coie]] law firm serving as her general counsel.

Harris' rise came about by having a sexual affair with a powerful Democrat four decades her senior earning her the nickname, "Spank me." Ethnically, Harris has half as much [[Africa]]n blood as President Obama, who was only half black. Like Obama, Harris has no relationship to slave descendants in the United States. Harris has no children, and according to the ''New Yorker'', had no meaningful or longterm [[heterosexual]] relationships with men for twenty years after terminating her affair with a man old enough to be her grandfather who bought her a [[BMW]] and promoted her from a low-level clerk to several six figure income government jobs in the California Democrat political machine.

Harris' qualifications consist of checking off multiple [[intersectional]] boxes in the [[Democrat party]]'s program of [[identity politics]], divisiveness, and [[demonization]] of white males. Harris is an articulate spokesperson for the unhinged mob. She is doggedly committed to free goodies and social programs such as free healthcare for illegal aliens, free daycare, female [[affirmative action]] quotas, more single-parent families<ref>https://www.city-journal.org/html/black-family-40-years-lies-12872.html</ref> and its affect on high juvenile offender rates.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756061616300957</ref> To cultivate a "get tough" image as California Attorney General, Harris imprisoned parents for the truancy of their children, which was widespread, leaving the children without a breadwinner and in state custody subject to sexual abuse by [[civil service system]] employees. Harris endorses the [[Green New Deal]] based on the [[pseudoscientific]] claim that [[global warming]] and carbon emissions can be reduced by [[slave]] [[reparation]]s, a guaranteed [[universal basic income]], and [[Medicare for All]]. Harris maintains that the United States can afford the cost estimated at 120% of [[World GDP]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZpmsBm3u9g</ref><ref>[https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2019/01/10/039green_new_deal039_would_cost_more_than_gdp_of_most_countries_40543.html 'Green New Deal' Would Cost More Than GDP of Most Countries], Tyler O'Neil, PJ Media January 10, 2019.</ref>

In 2018 Harris was the leading fundraiser bred by elite party donors to challenge [[Donald Trump]] in the [[2020 presidential election]]. Harris is a product of the [[progressive]] [[far-left]] excrement capital of the United States,<ref>https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/08/san-franciscos-sidewalk-poop-problem/566621/</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/18/san-francisco-poop-problem-inequality-homelessness</ref> the [[San Francisco values|San Francisco political machine]] of [[Willie Brown]], [[Nancy Pelosi]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zbAJykg_ncAC&pg=PT81&lpg=PT81&dq=Brown-burton+machine&source=bl&ots=3EW4AnMCyu&sig=ACfU3U0AVUlcPhkGIcv6cgvEiLgw58CDdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwistJPIvpPgAhWW94MKHZCRAAMQ6AEwBnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Brown-burton%20machine&f=false She's the Boss: The Disturbing Truth About Nancy Pelosi], Rochelle Schweizer, Penguin, Sep 23, 2010.</ref> [[Harvey Milk]] and [[Jim Jones]].<ref>''[https://calwatchdog.com/2013/12/18/actually-jim-jones-cult-was-bay-area-democrats/ Actually, Jim Jones cult was Bay Area Democrats]'', by John Seiler, 18 Dec, 2013. https://calwatchdog.com/</ref> Harris's refusal to defend [[Proposition 8]] in court led to the legalization of [[gay marriage]] in California. She announced her candidacy for president on January 21, 2019,<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 21, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31248-lying-leftist-harris-i-ll-fight-for-american-values-as-president Leftist Kamala Harris: I’ll Fight For "American Values" as President]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 21, 2019. See also:
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31325-will-harris-get-a-pass-on-her-past Will Harris Get a Pass on Her Past?] ''The New American''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.</ref> and is aligned with socialist [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]].<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31324-harris-i-m-an-ocasio-cortez-socialist-cultural-marxism-foes-will-be-dealt-with Harris: I’m an Ocasio-Cortez Socialist; Cultural Marxism Foes Will Be Dealt With]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.</ref> Harris has used vulgar and profane language in public.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (May 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/07/video-sen-kamala-harris-uses-f-word-public-event-health-care/ VIDEO: Sen. Kamala Harris Uses the F-Word at Public Event About Health Care]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2017.</ref> This was despite her condemning Republican's values.

==Family==
[[File:Donald Trump with Snoop Dogg.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Donald Trump keepin' it real with Snoop Dogg. Meanwhile Kamala Harris claimed she used to listen to Snoop Dogg when she was in college (during the 1980s). Snoop Dogg hadn't released his first album until 1993.]]
Harris is a child of privilege. She was born in [[Oakland]] in 1964. Her father is from [[Jamaica]] and her mother from [[India]]. Her father, who is of mixed race, is a descendant of Jamaican plantation slave owners. She has less than half African ancestry. Her mother is from the rich class of [[India]]'s [[caste]] system. Both were research scientists at the University of California at Berkeley. She grew up in a privileged neighborhood. Like Obama, her family has no connection to the historical and cultural experiences of American Blacks who lived under slavery and segregation.

While contemplating a run for the presidency. Harris married Doug Emhoff in 2014, a Los Angeles-based managing partner of a law firm. According to ''[[The New Yorker]]'', between her break-up with Willie Brown in the mid-1990s and her first marriage at the age of 50 she had no longterm [[heterosexual]] relationships with [[men]].<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/kamala-harriss-choices</ref> Another July 2019 ''New Yorker'' profile portrays Willie Brown as a major influence on Harris while her husband is portrayed as a political prop and nuisance. The author quotes a longtime donor to Harris who suggests she would have stayed single if it weren't for her presidential ambitions, saying, "When she married Doug, I knew she was running for President."<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/22/kamala-harris-makes-her-case</ref>

Harris, who has been pre-occupied with her career and has used sex to advance her ambitions, has no children.

Her sister is Maya Harris, an [[MSNBC]] political analyst. Maya's husband worked on the [[Biden Crime Bill of 1994]] which led to the mass incarceration of 2.5 million blacks.<ref>Tony West is married to Maya Harris, Kamala Harris's sister and campaign chair. West, a former [[Obama administration]] official, also chaired Kamala Harris's transition team after she was elected to the Senate in 2016. West featured his work on the crime bill in 2012 when he was nominated to be Associate Attorney General. It was the chief achievement he listed for his two years working as a special assistant under former attorney general [[Janet Reno]].

"From 1993 through 1994, I served as a Special Assistant in the U.S. Department of Justice," West wrote in his official questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Under the direction of U.S. Deputy Attorneys General Philip Heymann and [[Jamie Gorelick]], as well as Attorney General Janet Reno, I worked on the development of national crime policy, including the [[The New Jim Crow|1994 Omnibus Crime Bill]]."

The work was also featured in his biography when former attorney general [[Eric Holder]] hired him in 2009. "West worked on the development of national crime policy, including the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill," a DOJ press release stated. https://freebeacon.com/politics/kamala-harriss-brother-in-law-helped-write-1994-crime-bill/</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Willie Brown and Jim Jones.jpg|left|300px|thumb|At a September 1976 testimonial dinner honoring [[Jim Jones]], Willie Brown is at the far left and Jones is at the far right.<ref>http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/</ref>]]
Harris began her career in politics at the age of 29 by having an extra-marital affair with the corrupt 60-year-old California politician [[Willie Brown]].<ref>https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Sure-I-dated-Kamala-Harris-So-what-13562972.php?t=c1bc437ba8</ref> As [[San Francisco]] mayor, when they were having their affair, Brown was dogged by conflict of interest accusations, and as speaker of the California Assembly was investigated by the [[FBI]]. When the tryst began, she was a low level clerk in a city office of Mayor Brown's political machine.<ref>http://www.citireport.com/2012/04/inside-the-willie-l-brown-money-machine/</ref> Mayor Brown gave her a brand new 1994 [[BMW]]. As Speaker, Brown appointed her to high paying jobs on the California Medical Assistance Commission and Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.<ref>https://amgreatness.com/2018/04/21/poontronage-when-kamala-met-willie/</ref> These positions paid more than $400,000 over five years. During her first bid for electoral office as [[district attorney]] of [[San Francisco]] in 2003, which Speaker Brown assisted by raising money and introducing her to deep-pocketed donors, she excused the gift of a brand new BMW away, telling reporters she traded it in for a 1997 BMW which she then drove.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170805043948/http://www.sfweekly.com/news/kamalas-karma/</ref> After dumping Harris, having a child with a lobbyist he awarded a multi-milliondollar contract to, and divorcing his wife, 84 year old Willie Brown took up with [[Russia]]n model Sonya Molodetskaya.<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/sonya-molodetskaya-willie-brown-partner/</ref>

Like [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Michelle Obama]], Harris failed her bar examination.<ref>https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/often-unqualified-affirmative-action-students-like-kamala-harris-fail-the-bar-exam/72088040/</ref>

===Bay Area Democrats===
[[File:When Willie met Kamala.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Kamala Harris with [[Willie Brown]]. Brown authored the 1975 law making homosexuality legal in California and compared the Rev. Jim Jones of the [[People's Temple]] to Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. Harris made [[gay marriage]] legal in California by not defending [[Proposition 8]] in federal court.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], youtube</ref>]]
''[[The New York Times]]'' describes Harris as "rooted in the Bay Area Democratic establishment."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/kamala-harris-2020-president.html Kamala Harris Declares Candidacy, Evoking King and Joining Diverse Field], By Astead W. Herndon, ''The New York Times'', Jan. 21, 2019.</ref> CalWatchdog.com<ref>[https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/calwatchdog-com/ MediaBias Factcheck: CalWatchdog.com].</ref> which describes itself as "an independent, [[Sacramento]]-based journalism venture providing original investigative reports and news stories" that "adheres to traditional journalistic standards and focuses on improving government transparency,"<ref>[https://calwatchdog.com/about-calwatchdog/ About CalWatchdog]</ref> reports ''"Actually, Jim Jones cult was Bay Area Democrats."''<ref>''[https://calwatchdog.com/2013/12/18/actually-jim-jones-cult-was-bay-area-democrats/ Actually, Jim Jones cult was Bay Area Democrats]'', by John Seiler, 18 Dec, 2013. https://calwatchdog.com/</ref> According to a 2012 article on ''[[Salon]]'', a [[liberal]] website:
{{quotebox|"Jones could be counted on to deliver busloads of obedient, well-dressed disciples to demonstrations, campaign rallies, and political precincts. The city’s liberal Burton machine — run by congressional powerhouse Phil Burton — quickly identified the Peoples Temple juggernaut as a potentially game-changing ally in its long battle to take over city hall. “It was Burton ally Willie Brown – a rising force in California’s state capital — who first recognized that Jones’s organization could play a pivotal role in his friend [[George Moscone]]’s run for mayor…. “In the December runoff between Moscone and [conservative Republican John] Barbagelata, [[Peoples Temple]] went even further to secure victory for its candidate. On the eve of the election, Jones filled buses with temple members in Redwood Valley and [[Los Angeles]] and shuttled them to San Francisco. Security at polling places was lax on Election Day, and many nonresidents were able to cast their ballots for Moscone, some more than once. ‘You could have run around to 1200 precincts and voted 1200 times,’ said a bitter Barbagelata later, after losing by a whisper of a margin. But he was not the only one who claimed that the Peoples Temple stole the election for George Moscone. Temple leaders also claimed credit. “Moscone at first tried to appease him with a harmless post on the human rights commission. But the temple leader insisted on a position that had more clout, and the mayor decided he was in no position to alienate Jones. In October 1976 Moscone announced that he was naming Jones to the San Francisco Housing Authority, which oversees the operation of the city’s public housing. The agency, the largest landlord in the city, was a notorious maze of corruption, and it provided Jones’s organization with ample opportunity for shady self-dealing."<ref>''[https://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/ Jim Jones' sinister grip on San Francisco:] How the Peoples Temple cult leader ensnared Harvey Milk and other progressive icons, David Talbot, ''[[Slate]]'', May 1, 2012.</ref>}} And [[Harvey Milk]], later assassinated with Moscone:
{{quotebox|“But no political figures were more gushing in their praise of Jones than Willie Brown and Harvey Milk, San Francisco’s rising tribune of gay freedom. Milk, a perennial candidate for office until he finally won a supervisor’s seat in 1977, aggressively sought Jones’s political blessing. ‘Our paths have crossed,’ Milk wrote Jones during an earlier campaign for supervisor, in a letter filled with the kind of awed reverence that the cult leader demanded from his followers. ‘They will stay crossed. It is a fight that I will walk with you into . . . The first time I heard you, you made a statement: “Take one of us, and you must take all of us.” Please add my name.’”<ref>''[https://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/ Jim Jones' sinister grip on San Francisco:] How the Peoples Temple cult leader ensnared Harvey Milk and other progressive icons, David Talbot, ''[[Slate]]'', May 1, 2012.</ref>}}

===San Francisco district attorney===
Harris was elected San Francisco District Attorney in 2003.

In April 2004, San Francisco Police Department Officer Isaac Espinoza was shot and killed in the line of duty. Three days later, Harris announced she would not seek the [[death penalty]], infuriating the San Francisco Police Officers Association. During Officer Espinoza's funeral Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] rose to the pulpit and called on Harris, who was sitting in the front pew, to secure the death penalty, prompting a standing ovation from the 2,000 uniformed police officers in attendance. Harris still refused. Officer Espinoza's killer was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{cite news | last = Bazelon | first = Emily | title = Kamala Harris, a ‘Top Cop’ in the era of Black Lives Matter | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/magazine/kamala-harris-a-top-cop-in-the-era-of-black-lives-matter.html?_r=0 | work = The New York Times Magazine | date = May 25, 2016}}</ref>

Harris refused to seek the death penalty for an [[illegal alien]] and alleged [[MS-13]] gang member accused of a triple [[homicide]].<ref>Finnegan, Michael. [http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/22/local/me-harris22 San Francisco D.A.'s program trained illegal immigrants for jobs they couldn't legally hold], ''Los Angeles Times'', June 22, 2009.</ref><ref>Van Derbeken, Jaxon. [https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/11/BAM819L7NE.DTL "Edwin Ramos won't face death penalty"], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', September 11, 2009.</ref>

In 2012, a Superior Court Judge ruled that San Francisco District Attorney Harris's office violated defendants' rights by hiding damaging information about a police crime lab technician, and was indifferent to demands that it account for its failings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/21/BAN01DHVMU.DTL#ixzz0od05q8Qb|title=Judge rips Harris' office for hiding problems|last=Van Derbeken|first=Jaxon|date=May 21, 2010|work=SF Gate|accessdate=}}</ref>

Harris opposed San Francisco's Proposition K ballot initiative to legalize [[prostitution]]. Harris said, {{quotebox|“I think it’s completely ridiculous, just in case there’s any ambiguity about my position. It would put a welcome mat out for pimps and prostitutes to come on into San Francisco.”}} Harris argued prostitution exposes girls and women to drug, gun and sexual crimes, and “compromises the quality of life in a community.” Harris noted that 65 percent of cases handled by her department's sexual assault unit involved sex workers as victims.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/us/01prostitute.html?_r=0</ref>

Harris filed an [[amicus brief]] in ''District of Columbia v. Heller'', arguing that the [[Washington, D.C.]], gun law at issue did not violate the [[Second Amendment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/07-290_amicus_district_attorneys.pdf|title=''D.C. v. Heller'' Amici Curiae brief of District Attorneys in support of Petitioners|accessdate=|author=Kamala D. Harris|display-authors=etal}}</ref>

==California attorney general==
Harris was elected [[Attorney General]] in 2010.

===Prison overcrowding===
After the [[United States Supreme Court]] in ''Brown v. Plata'' (2011) declared California's prisons so overcrowded they violated prisoners' [[Eighth Amendment]] right against [[cruel and unusual punishment]], Harris fought federal court supervision. When California failed to fully implement the court's order to reduce overcrowding, and was ordered to implement new parole programs, the State of California appealed the decision, and in court filings Harris's office argued that if forced to release these inmates early, prisons would lose an important source of [[slave]] labor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=St. John|first1=Paige|title=Federal judges order California to expand prison releases|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ff-federal-judges-order-state-to-release-more-prisoners-20141114-story.html|access-date=October 12, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 14, 2014}}</ref> Prisoners in California earn between 8 and 37 cents per hour in maintenance and kitchen jobs; prisoner firefighters receive $1 per hour.<ref>Annika Neklason, [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/how-much-longer-will-inmates-fight-californias-wildfires/547628/ California Is Running Out of Inmates to Fight Its Fires], ''The Atlantic'' (December 7, 2017).</ref>

===Direct democracy===
In 2008 the people of California passed [[Proposition 8]], the state's [[referendum]] on [[same-sex marriage]] by an overwhelming popular vote. Harris refused to defend the Proposition 8 in court. The decision was significant. In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that proponents of the measure did not have the legal standing to defend Proposition 8 on appeal after Harris refused to do so. The case was dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court, removing the ban on same-sex marriage in California.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-senate-harris-milestones-20160706-snap-htmlstory.html</ref> These actions were a blow to direct [[democracy]].<ref>https://www.ocregister.com/2013/06/26/editorial-prop-8-ruling-blow-to-direct-democracy/</ref>

She supported the [[Obama administration]]'s [[Executive Order]]s on [[transgender]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/10/25/kamala-harris-rises-as-lgbt-favorite-for-2020-theres-just-one-thing/|title=Kamala Harris rises as LGBT favorite for 2020 — there's just one thing|date=2017-10-25|website=Washington Blade: Gay News, Politics, LGBT Rights|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-29}}</ref>

===Jessica's Law===
Harris refused to enforce [[Jessica's Law]], requiring residency restrictions on [[sex offender]]s.<ref>https://nielsen.cssrc.us/content/ag-harris-orders-cdcr-not-enforce-jessicas-law</ref>

===Inmate sex change operations===
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In 2015 a male inmate of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was paroled early. The inmate had sued the state in federal court claiming he was being denied a [[sex change operation]]. The court ordered the state to provide the inmate with the requested medical services. Harris represented the Department of Corrections and appealed the decision. The [[Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals]] opined the inmate was released early while the case was on appeal to render the case [[moot]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://story.californiasunday.com/michelle-lael-norsworthy-sex-reassignment-prison|title=Michelle's Case|date=May 17, 2016|work=The California Sunday Magazine|author=Brown, Annie|accessdate=}}</ref>

===Three Strikes Law===
Daniel Larsen, found innocent by a federal judge, had been in prison for 13 years. In 1999, when two police officers claimed they saw Larsen, who had earlier in his life been convicted for burglary, pull a six-inch-long knife from his waistband and throw it under a car, he was sentenced to twenty-seven years to life under the three-strikes law supported by Harris.

Police wrongly targeted Larsen in the first place, and witnesses reported that it wasn't Larsen but the man he was with who had thrown the knife. In trial, Larsen's incompetent lawyer (who would later be disbarred) didn't investigate a single witness, nor present one in trial.

Eleven years later, a judge reversed the conviction due to the lack of evidence and incompetence of Larson's attorney's. Yet two years later, Larsen was still in jail. Harris appealed the decision on the basis that Larsen had filed his paperwork too late.<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/20/daniel-larsen-innocent-federal-judge-prison-13-years_n_1813819.html</ref>

Tens of thousands of people petitioned Harris to release Larsen, and numerous civil rights groups similarly called on her to do the right thing. But even when he was eventually released from custody after fourteen years, Harris challenged his release, and five months later Larsen was back in court, fighting to stay out of prison for a crime he didn't commit.

===Foreclosure crisis===
:{{See also|Financial Crisis of 2008}}
When Harris took office in 2011, California was still reeling from the effects of the subprime mortgage crisis. In 2012, she participated in the National Mortgage Settlement against five banks, securing for homeowners weighed down by average debt of close to $65,000 each — around $1,500 to $2,000 each. One called it “a slap in the face for a lot of us.”<ref>https://www.scpr.org/news/2016/05/27/61049/california-foreclosures-ripple-even-after-major-se/</ref> Under the deal, loans owned by [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]] didn't qualify for the debt relief. Given they were the country's biggest [[mortgage]] holders, this meant even fewer homeowners stood to benefit from the deal. Only 84,102 California families had any mortgage debt forgiven — far short of the 250,000 originally predicted.

Writing in the ''[[LA Times]]'', Michael Hiltzik savaged the deal and what he called the “rosy self-congratulation” that followed it, particularly the new foreclosure standards it imposed, which he called a “big whoop.” “The provisions mostly require mortgage lenders and servicers to comply with what I would have thought was already the law, which prohibits, you know, criminal fraud,” he wrote.<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/11/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120212</ref>

Harris opened her Mortgage Fraud Strike Force to much fanfare in 2011. It employed twenty-five Department of Justice lawyers and investigators with a budget of more than $2 million to go after foreclosure fraud. The strike force managed to prosecute just ten cases in three years, an ''East Bay Express'' investigation in 2014 found.<ref>https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-strike-force-that-never-struck/Content?oid=3933743&showFullText=true</ref>

The paper found that not only had the strike force prosecuted less foreclosure fraud cases than many other states, but it had filed fewer lawsuits than attorneys general in smaller states with fewer victims, and even fewer than some county district attorneys. Yet California led the country in terms of such scam operations, with many thousands of complaints since 2010. One housing rights activist who had lost his home in a fraud called the strike force a “public relations effort.”

''The Intercept'' obtained a 2013 memo to Harris from prosecutors in the attorney general's office saying they had “uncovered evidence suggestive of widespread misconduct” at OneWest bank, and urging Harris to “conduct a full investigation of a national bank’s misconduct and provide a public accounting of what happened.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2017/01/03/treasury-nominee-steve-mnuchins-bank-accused-of-widespread-misconduct-in-leaked-memo/|title=Treasury Nominee Steve Mnuchin's Bank Accused of "Widespread Misconduct" in Leaked Memo|author=David Dayen|website=The Intercept}}</ref> Yet Harris never did. In 2016, [[Steven Mnuchin]] donated $2,000 to Harris's campaign,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=steven+mnuchin&order=desc&sort=D|title=Donor Lookup|publisher=}}</ref> making her the only 2016 Senate Democratic candidate to get cash from Mnuchin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/harris-was-the-only-democrat-in-2016-to-receive-cash-from-mnuchin|title= Harris Was Only 2016 Senate Democratic Candidate to Get Cash From Mnuchin |date= February 14, 2017|work=[[Roll Call]]|author= Garcia, Eric|accessdate=}}</ref>

===Refused to investigate police sex trafficing ring===
An underage sex-trafficking scandal implicated dozens of police officers and other local authorities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. [[Oakland]] went through two police chiefs trying to address it, with a third doing only questionably better. People were pleading for Harris's office to step in and oversee an independent investigation,<ref>https://www.change.org/p/kamala-harris-demand-an-investigation-of-the-bay-area-police-sex-scandal</ref> since local governments seemed more motivated to quash a public relations nightmare than punish public officials. Harris and her office refused to intervene.<ref>https://reason.com/blog/2018/01/11/the-performative-feminism-of-kamala-h</ref>

===Prosecutorial misconduct===
In 2015, Harris defended convictions obtained by county prosecutors who had inserted a false confession into an interrogation transcript, committed perjury, and withheld evidence. Federal appeals court threw out the convictions, telling Harris's lawyers, "Talk to the [[attorney general]] and make sure she understands the gravity of the situation."

Harris appealed the dismissal of an indictment when it was discovered a Kern County prosecutor perjured in submitting a falsified confession as court evidence. Harris asserted that prosecutorial perjury was not sufficient to demonstrate prosecutorial misconduct.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2781830/people-v-velasco-palacios-ca5/|title=People v. Velasco-Palacios CA5, F068833|date=February 24, 2015|website=Court Listener|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://observer.com/2015/03/california-prosecutor-falsifies-transcript-of-confession/|title=California Prosecutor Falsifies Transcript of Confession|date=March 4, 2015|website=The Observer|accessdate=}}</ref>

===Religious discrimination===
A [[Sikh]] man was barred from working as a prison guard because of his [[religious]]ly mandated beard. Harris argued that his beard prevented him from being properly fitted with a gas mask, thus disqualifying him from the job, despite California's corrections and rehabilitation department's regulations allowing guards to have beards for certain medical reasons. A number of [[civil rights]] and legal organizations wrote Harris a letter pointing out this inconsistency. She argued that the medical exemption only applied to guards who passed the mask fitting before the policy took effect, although the man's attorney said this was untrue.<ref>https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-calif-sikh-barred-from-job-over-beard-settles-2011oct27-story.html</ref>

==U.S. Senate==
Harris was elected to the [[Senate]] in 2016. She serves on the Senate Committee on the Budget, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, [[Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Select Committee on Intelligence]] and Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Senate Harris has earned a reputation for her rudeness and [[bullying]]. Harris was the very first Democratic operative to initiate the orchestrated disruptions of the Kavanaugh Hearings. During the hearings she referred to a pocket-sized version of the [[U.S. Constitution]] as "that book you carry" while addressing another Senator.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (September 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/07/watch-kamala-harris-calls-kavanaughs-pocket-constitution-that-book-you-carry/ Watch: Kamala Harris Calls Kavanaugh’s Pocket Constitution ‘That Book You Carry’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref> Harris earned the distinction as Most Dishonest Senator.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/kamala-harris-earns-title-as-most-dishonest-senator/?utm=pushnami</ref>

===2nd Amendment===
Harris earned an "F" rating from the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kamala Harris on Gun Control|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Domestic/Kamala_Harris_Gun_Control.htm|website=www.ontheissues.org|accessdate=}}</ref>

=== Illegal immigration ===
Harris supports San Francisco's [[sanctuary city]] policy.<ref>Jesse McKinley (November 16, 2006), [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/us/12sanctuary.html "Immigrant Protection Rules Draw Fire"], ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 28, 2010.</ref>

On October 25, 2017, Harris stated she would not support a spending bill and promised a government shutdown until Congress addressed the [[DACA]] program.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-sen-kamala-harris-wont-back-federal-1508949513-htmlstory.html|title=Sen. Kamala Harris won't back federal spending bill without DACA fix |first=Sarah D.|last=Wire|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> She did not support a February 2018 proposal by some Democrats to provide President Trump with $25 billion in funding for a border wall in exchange for giving DREAMers a pathway to citizenship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-18/kamala-harris-s-early-no-on-wall-may-give-her-an-edge-in-2020|title=Kamala Harris’s Early ‘No’ on Wall May Give Her an Edge in 2020|last=|first=|date=2019|website=www.bloomberg.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=January 19, 2019}}</ref>

In a January 2018 interview, when asked by Hiram Soto about her ideal version of a bipartisan deal on DACA, Harris stated the need to focus on comprehensive immigration reform."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/hoy-san-diego/noticias/san-diego/sdhoy-sen-kamala-harris-talks-daca-future-run-for-president-20180112-story.html|title=Senator Kamala Harris talks DACA amid heated negotiations |date=January 12, 2018|first=Hiram|last=Soto|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune}}</ref>

=== Taxes ===
Harris opposed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 which has spawned the current recovery,<ref>https://www.conservativereview.com/news/the-tax-cut-economy-is-booming-but-kamala-harris-wants-tax-hikes-and-welfare/</ref> and has proposed her own set of alternative [[socialist]] tax increases.<ref>https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article220495795.html</ref>

===National security===
Immigration and Customs Enforcement ([[ICE]]) agency was created by a [[bipartisan]] Congress on a recommendation of the 9/11 Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and [[9/11 attacks|murdered 3,000 Americans]]. In November 2018 Harris compared ICE to the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. The suggestion sparked horror and outrage.<ref>Piccolo, Jason (November 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/kamala-harris-hateful-comparison-of-ice-to-the-kkk-is-even-more-unjust-than-it-seems Kamala Harris' hateful comparison of ICE to the KKK is even more unjust than it seems]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 23, 2018.</ref>

===Democratic Socialism===
In early 2013, mainly [[Democratic Socialists of America]] aligned activists, together with many elected officials across the United States came together to urge President Obama to award posthumously the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] to the legendary organizer, Fred Ross, Sr. The [[Saul Alinsky]] trained radical was the first to organize people through house meetings, a mentor to both [[Cesar Chavez]] and [[DSA]]er [[Dolores Huerta]], and a pioneer in Latino voter outreach since 1949 when he helped elect [[Communist Party USA]] affiliate Ed Roybal<ref>DSA organizer Peter Dreier wrote in ''[[HuffPo]]'', [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/from-organizer-to-elected_b_124971.html From Organizer To Elected Official], September 8, 2008.</ref> as Los Angeles’s first Latino council member, "Ross’ influence on social change movements remains strong two decades after his death in 1992".

Endorsers of the proposal included Kamala Harris.<ref>[http://quartz.he.net/~beyondch/news/nucleus/plugins/print/print.php?itemid=11057 Momentum Builds for Honoring Legendary Organizer Fred Ross], by Randy Shaw, 2013-03-05</ref>

===Kavanaugh smear===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear}}
Staff members for Sen. Harris submitted an undated handwritten letter to committee investigators that her California office had received signed under the alias “Jane Doe from Oceanside, California.” Three days before Kavanaugh's confirmation vote, Judy Munro-Leighton wrote an email to the committee claiming, “I am Jane Doe from Oceanside CA — Kavanaugh raped me.”''

Under questioning, Munro-Leighton admitted she was a [[left-wing]] [[activist]] who never met Kavanaugh. After Kavanaugh's confirmation, the Senate Judiciary Committee referred her to the DOJ and FBI for criminal [[prosecution]] because she lied to Congress.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (November 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/02/brett-kavanaugh-rape-accuser-admits-she-made-up-her-story-doj-fbi/ Brett Kavanaugh Rape Accuser Admits She Made Up Her Story]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
*Richardson, Matt (November 2, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kavanaugh-accuser-referred-to-doj-for-false-statements-grassleys-office-announces Kavanaugh accuser referred to DOJ for false statements, Grassley’s office announces]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
*Dinan, Stephen (November 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/3/another-kavanaugh-accuser-admits-fabricating-rape-/ Another Kavanaugh accuser admits to fabricating rape story]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
See also:
*Shaw, Adam (November 3, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-challenges-democrats-after-kavanaugh-accuser-admits-to-making-false-rape-accusation-where-are-the-dems-on-this Trump challenges Democrats after Kavanaugh accuser admits to making false rape accusation: ‘Where are the Dems on this?’] ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (November 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30532-grassley-seeks-fbi-probe-of-another-kavanaugh-rape-liar Grassley Seeks FBI Probe of Another Kavanaugh Rape Liar]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
*https://www.westernjournal.com/kavanaugh-accuser-admits-made/</ref>

===Medicare for All===
:{{See also|Green New Deal}}
On August 30, 2017, Harris announced that she would co-sponsor Sen. [[Bernie Sanders]]' [[Medicare for All]] bill, creating a [[single-payer]] system.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weigel|first1=David|title=Sen. Kamala Harris backs Bernie Sanders's single-payer bill|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/08/31/sen-kamala-harris-backs-bernie-sanderss-single-payer-bill/|website=The Washington Post|accessdate=|date=August 30, 2017}}</ref>

In April 2018, Harris co-sponsored the Choose Medicare Act that increased government spending on [[ObamaCare]] and rendered higher income individuals eligible for subsidized assistance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/383764-dem-senators-unveil-expanded-public-option-for-health-insurance|title=Dem senators unveil expanded public option for health insurance|date=April 18, 2018|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>

==2020 presidential campaign==
[[File:Annotation 2019-07-05 135356.png|right|350px|thumb|Tweet sent out in a coordinated media attack 30 seconds after Harris' First Round knockout punch of former VP Joe Biden.]]
:{{Main article|2020 Presidential election}}
Harris gained the financial backing of [[Marxist]] and [[socialist]] supporters of [[Bernie Sanders]] early as a 2020 [[Democratic party]] hopeful.<ref>https://medium.com/voices/kamala-harris-has-a-hamptons-problem-b6583cf29d41</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00036915</ref> When she made her announcement in January 2019, she broke Sanders 24 hour record for fundraising.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kamala-harris-ties-bernie-sanders-24-hour-fundraising-record</ref> The crowd of 20,000 that attended her announcement speech was larger than the crowd of 7,000 Barack Obama attracted in 2007 but not as big as the 100,000 that attended Donald Trump's campaign announcement event. Harris made at least ten false statements in her announcement speech.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 28, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31322-harris-lied-at-least-10-times-in-announcement-speech-and-got-away-with-it Harris Lied At Least 10 Times in Announcement Speech and Got Away With It]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.</ref> The establishment pick, weeks after her announcement supposed "independent" [[mainstream media]] [[journalist]]s accompanied Harris to a boutique and helped her pick out a rainbow jacket (Caitlan Hurley-Burns of [[CBS News]]).<ref>https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1096821175701983233</ref>

Harris refused to walk back her claims in the Jussie Smollett case when Smollett was exposed as having paid for and staged a [[hate crime]] hoax to spark racial animosity. Harris alleged MAGA supporters had engaged in a "modern day lynching."<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/kamala-harris-modern-day-lynching.jpg</ref>

Harris promoted a racist stereotype that Jamaicans smoke marijuana,<ref>Morton, Victory (February 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/19/kamala-harris-jamaican-father-donald-harris-rips-2/Kamala Harris' Jamaican father rips her for pushing pot stereotype 'in pursuit of identity politics']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 20, 2019.</ref><ref>Starr, Penny (February 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/20/kamala-harriss-dad-calls-her-out-for-perpetuating-pot-smoking-jamaicans-stereotype/ Kamala Harris’s Dad Calls Her Out for Perpetuating Pot-Smoking Jamaicans Stereotype]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 21, 2019.</ref> and is the recipient of tens of thousands of dollars from elite Hollywood liberal donors arrested in the College Admissions scandal.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/democratic-donors-charged-in-college-admissions-scam/</ref>

Harris thinks the entire [[Colin Kaepernick]] fiasco is a Russian plot.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIuoaDJSwps</ref>

In the First Debate Harris confronted former Obama VP [[Joseph Biden]] over his role in repealing sections of the [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] that restored funding to schools refusing to integrate with [[Black]]s after the 1954 ''[[Brown vs. Board of Education]]'' desegregation order.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kamala-harris-says-she-was-a-victim-of-bidens-racial-policies 'That little girl was me': Kamala Harris says she was a victim of Biden's anti-busing racial policies], by Ellie Bufkin, ''Washington Examiner'', June 27, 2019.</ref> The Biden Amendment,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/joe-biden-integration-school-busing-120968_full.html How a Young Joe Biden Turned Liberals Against Integration], By JASON SOKOL, ''[[Politico]]'', August 04, 2015.</ref> originally written by segregationist Democrat Sen. James Eastland, but with Biden's name on it with few modifications, restored federal funding for schools that refused to comply with court ordered desegregation and busing.<ref>[http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/joe-biden-record-on-busing-incarceration-racial-justice-democratic-primary-2020-explained.html Will Black Voters Still Love Biden When They Remember Who He Was?], By Eric Levitz, ''Intelligencer'', Mar. 12, 2019.</ref> Harris told [[MSNBC]]'s [[Chris Matthews]]: {{quotebox|If those segregationists would have had their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate, and I certainly would not be a serious candidate for President of the United States. ... Barack Obama would not have been in a position to appoint Joe Biden Vice President of the United States. So the consequences of their actions were very real, and on the shoulders of the history of our country of really a very bad, awful, dark, dangerous, and lethal time.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p23VyNxnOQ&feature=youtu.be</ref>}}
After her First Debate performance, Kamala's ex-lover, 85 year old Willie Brown,<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/sonya-molodetskaya-willie-brown-partner/</ref> wrote an op-ed saying that no Democrat could beat Trump.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFlDgiytgrQ</ref> After wiping the floor with Biden, Harris' poll numbers were cut in half from 20& to 12% to 7% in the space of two weeks, with only 1% of black Democrats supporting her,<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2019/08/06/hoo-boy-new-national-poll-shows-harris-sliding-second-dem-debate/</ref> her chosen group to identify with.

===Staff===
The Harris campaign announced on January 21, 2019 that DNC election lawyer [[Marc Elias]], will be the general counsel; Lily Adams, Clinton's Iowa communications director and daughter of former [[Planned Parenthood]] president Cecile Richards, will be its national communications director; Angelique Cannon, Clinton's deputy national finance director and national finance director for Senate Majority PAC, will be its national finance director; and David Huynh, Clinton's director of delegate operations and ballot access, will be its senior adviser.

As of 2019, Elias is general counsel for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group led by former Attorney General [[Eric Holder]], who is actively considering his own run for president.

Harris began stacking her Washington, D.C. congressional office with former [[Hillary Clinton]] campaign veterans almost immediately after making her way to Capitol Hill.

In addition to Lily Adams, who was top press aide in the D.C. office, Harris brought in Sergio Gonzales as senior policy adviser. Gonzales was a regional director for [[Hillary for America]].

Kate Waters, who worked as the deputy press secretary for Clinton's campaign during the Iowa caucus and as press secretary during the [[West Virginia]] primary, Iowa primary, and [[Nebraska]] caucus, was brought in as press secretary early in Harris's tenure, among other Clinton vets.

In July 2017 Harris's Senate campaign was renting office space from a small travel agency on Capitol Hill just a few minutes away from the Capitol and congressional offices. Harris's campaign never answered inquiries on why they were renting the office space 2,800 miles away from her home state.

As Harris tapped Clinton campaign vets to her D.C. office—and now presidential campaign—she has used progressive public relations firms to project her message.
[[File:Harris El Paso Dayton.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Harris sent out a fundraising email after the [[Dayton nightclub shooting|Dayton nightclub]] and [[El Paso Walmart shooting]]s. The Dayton shooter was a member of [[Antifa]] and the Walmart shooter was a socialist who feared legal immigration was slowing down adoption of a [[universal basic income]]. The fundraising letter was sent out before the [[Leftwing violence in the Trump era|31 victims of leftist violence]] were buried.]]
Harris's presidential campaign's digital arm is run by Authentic Campaigns, a D.C.-based full-service digital strategy company that was founded by Mike Nellis, former vice president of campaigns of Revolution Messaging LLC. Revolution Messaging was considered instrumental in propelling Sen. [[Bernie Sanders]]'s candidacy against Clinton during the 2016 elections. Harris has already paid Authentic Campaigns and Revolution Messaging millions of dollars from her Senate campaign committee for advertising and consulting services since entering Congress.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/politics/kamala-harris-stacks-presidential-campaign-with-hillary-clinton-alums/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=fb5b59762f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_22_10_12_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-fb5b59762f-45956325 Kamala Harris Stacks Presidential Campaign With Hillary Clinton Alums], BY: Brent Scher and Joe Schoffstall, ''Washington Free Beacon,'', January 22, 2019 1:55 pm</ref>

===Fundraising===

====Shomik Dutta and the 1MDB scandal====
[[File:Kamal dutta.jpg|right|300px]]
From 2011 – 2012 Shomik Dutta served as the National Finance Consultant to President Obama's re-election campaign. In 2013 he became Managing Director of DuSable Capital Management, founded by [[Frank R. White, Jr.]], Vice-Chair of Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160722205357/http://www.dusablecapital.com/our-team/</ref> DuSable had only one client, 1Malaysian Development Berhad (1MDB), whose global network of conspirators face indictment in the United States for [[money laundering]] in what the Justice Department calls the "largest single action ever brought by the department’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative" (''kleptocracy'' is defined as a government of thieves).<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-loretta-e-lynch-delivers-remarks-press-conference-announcing-significant</ref> 1MDB was wholly owned by the Malaysian government's Ministry of Finance, and cut a deal on paper to partner with DuSable in green technology and a photovoltaic electric power plant. DuSable, through a [[front group]] called Yurus, sold it's 49% share ''which it had invested no money in'',<ref>"The crucial evidence from the records available (illustrated above) shows that the Private Equity fund Yurus, set up by White, registered the entire US$69 million it received from 1MDB as additional profit, implying it had not invested any of its original US$505 million fund in the venture." [https://medium.com/@sarawakreport/1mdb-sleaze-casts-shadow-over-us-democrats-on-eve-of-obama-visit-investigation-1MDB Sleaze Casts Shadow Over US Democrats On Eve Of Obama Visit], ''Sarawak Report'', 15 November 2015.</ref> to 1MDB for $69 million six months after the paper agreement was made. Some of the proceeds of the $69 million sale ended up as foreign [[dark money]] contributions to Democratic candidates.

Overall, 1MDB embezzled $4.5 Billion from the [[poverty|impoverish]]ed people of [[Malaysia]] in possibly the largest [[globalism|globalist]] investment scam to date.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/suspect-malaysian-fund-tied-to-lobbying-of-white-house-1476403764 Malaysian Fund 1MDB Linked to White House Visit], By Bradley Hope and Colleen McCain Nelson, ''Wall Street Journal'', Oct. 13, 2016.</ref>

In March 2019, a $2800-a-plate fundraiser was held by the Malibu Democrat Club in a private residence with Shomik Dutta as a featured guest. The event notice was taken down from the Malibu Democrat Club after inquires were made to the Harris campaign if Harris was aware of DuSable and Dhutta's involvement in a global money laundering scandal.<ref>https://statuscoup.com/does-kamala-harris-fundraiser-cohost-connection-global-money-laundering-scandal/</ref>

====Connor Betts and Patrick Crasius====
:{{See also|Leftwing violence in the Trump era}}
Harris used the murder of 31 people by two violent [[leftist]]s to solicit funds for her 2020 presidential campaign.<ref>https://twitter.com/BrentScher/status/1158088968707198977</ref> [[Connor Betts]] was a member of [[Antifa]] who murdered nine people in Dayton, including 6 [[African American]]s, and Patrick Crasius was a socialist who killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso he blamed for impeding passage of [[universal healthcare]] and a [[universal basic income]], tuition debt, underemployment and not re-cycling plastics.<ref>https://www.paypervids.com/alleged-el-paso-texas-walmart-shooter-manifesto/</ref>

===Endorsements===
The Harris campaign proudly announced an endorsement from Democratic Rep. [[Alcee Hastings]] (Fla.), who was at the center of a $220,000 taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlement. The $220,000 sexual harassment settlement was paid in 2014. ''Roll Call'' obtained documents showing a former staffer said Hastings "touched her, made unwanted sexual advances, and threatened her job." Hastings also employed a convicted [[money laundering|money launderer]], is paying his girlfriend the maximum congressional salary, and is known as one of the top ethics violators in Congress. While on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Hastings was charged with soliciting a $150,000 bribe from undercover FBI officers. Hastings was acquitted after his alleged conspirator refused to testify despite a promise of immunity, but he was instead successfully [[impeach]]ed by a Democrat-controlled Congress. Harris said she is proud to have Hasting's endorsement.

Harris was endorsed by Rep. [[Al Green]] (D., Texas), who was made Texas co-chairman of her campaign and has also been accused of [[sexual harassment]] by a staffer.

Harris's husband headlined a fundraiser by the law firm that defended [[Jeffrey Epstein]] hours before Harris criticized the firm for defending Epstein.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/kamala-harris-criticized-epsteins-law-firm-while-her-campaign-fundraised-off-it/</ref>

===Identity politics===
Harris, who is running on a platform of [[identity politics]], criticized identity politics when Sen. Bernie Sanders attacked her and suggested that candidates should be evaluated on the basis of qualifications and ideas, not identity politics. {{quotebox|"They bring this term up when you talk about issues that are about [[race]], about sexual orientation, about [[religion]]. They’ll bring it up when we are talking about [[civil rights]] issues as a way to marginalize the issue, as a way to frankly try to silence you or shut you up. We need to call it what it is, which is to try and divert away from a conversation that needs to happen in America. Why? One, because we must speak truth. Racism, [[sexism]], [[homophobia]], [[transphobia]], [[anti-Semitism]] are all real in this country, so we need to have that conversation and address it. Two, and this is equally important, how America deals with the issues and the disparities, and also the [[hate]] that can be — that causes these issues to become lethal in proportion — how America deals with these issues is a matter of American identity. This is not about identity politics, and if it is, it’s about the identity of the United States of America. How we handle the issues will be about our [[collective]] identity.”}}

===Racism===
Harris compared the men and women serving in [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE) to the [[Ku Klux Klan]],<ref>https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/18/backlash-kamala-harris-ronald-vitiello-ice-questioning-cuomo-vpx.cnn</ref> while more than half of all ICE agents are [[Hispanic]].<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/26/fact-check-are-half-of-all-border-patrol-agents-hispanic</ref> Harris has been confronted by Hispanic women for her racist exploitation of Hispanic women and children for votes.<ref>https://twitter.com/i/status/1122294504621518849</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/kamala-harris-stunned-and-speechless-after-conservative-chicana-confronts-her-at-airport-for-exploiting-hispanic-children-video/</ref>

====Father rejects her racial stereotypes====
Donald J. Harris, a [[civil rights]] [[activist]] and the father of Kamala, severely rebuked Kamala after she was asked on a radio broadcast if she had ever smoked [[marijuana]]. Kamala invoked a vulgar and [[racist]] stereotype of [[Jamaica]]ns: {{quotebox|"look, half my family is from Jamaica. Are you kidding me?”}} Her father responded: {{quotebox|"My dear departed grandmothers, as well as my deceased parents, must be turning in their grave right now to see their family’s name, reputation and proud Jamaican identity being connected, in any way, jokingly or not, with the fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker and in the pursuit of [[identity politics]]. Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty."<ref>http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20190217/dad-blasts-harris-stereotyping-jcans-presidential-aspirant-criticised</ref>}}

====Jussie Smollett====
[[File:Kamala and Jussie.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Kamala and Jussie. Kamala introduced legislation to make lynching a federal crime; Jussie allegedly faked his own lynching threat to draw attention to the bill.]]
:{{See also|Hate crime hoax}}
According to [[Jussie Smollett]], he was out grabbing a sandwich at 2 am in 7 degrees temperature at a Subway sandwich shop in the Windy City when he was set upon by two white thugs. The attackers, wearing red baseball caps (the type of hat upon which MAGA hats portray their printed slogan to convey their political message) in uber-blue [[Chicago]], allegedly called him a "f****t", "n****r", and told him "This is MAGA country!" before punching him, kicking him, dousing him with bleach and putting a noose around his neck. Harris immediately tweeted that the attack was a "modern day lynching."

Kamala Harris sponsored an "anti-lynching bill" in the Senate in late December 2018 to make lynching a new federal crime. The bill had always previously stalled in the Senate, because it was seen as an unnecessary political gimmick, meant to remind people of historical black oppression in [[the South]]. Murdering people with a rope has always been a crime under state law. In the wake of Smollett's faked "noose assault" in Chicago on January 29, Harris's anti-lynching bill unanimously passed the Senate on February 14, 2019.<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/williammarshall/2019/02/19/jussie-smollett-a-case-study-in-modern-liberalism-n2541670 Jussie Smollett: A Case Study in Modern Liberalism], William Marshall, ''Townhall'', Feb 19, 2019</ref> Harris finally laid claim to a legislative accomplishment, though no matching bill has passed the House of Representatives.

Chicago Police determined that Jussie Smollett paid two Nigerian-American (i.e., black – not white) brothers, acquaintances $3,500 to "assault" Jussie in a rehearsed "attack." The brothers produced a receipt for purchase of the rope with money they got from Smollett, and later a video recording of them purchasing items used in the attack was located.

Smollett claims victim status in two groups: black and [[gay]]. [[Mainstream media]] bought the [[hoax]] hook-line-and-sinker. [[ABC News]]'s Robin Roberts of ''[[Good Morning America]]'' proved the most gullible (among dozens of others).<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXLx5OY21Bk</ref>

====War on Cops====
Harris claims Michael Brown, who spawned the [[Obama riots]], was "murdered by a white police officer,"<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/11/sharyl-attkisson-fact-check-2020-democrats-murder-michael-brown/</ref> provoking widespread criticism. Even the far left ''Wadhington Post'' fact checkers awarded her four Pinocchios for lying.

===Women's rights and sex crimes===
====Protected a known sexual predator on staff for 14 years====
A longtime top staff member of Harris resigned after ''The Sacramento Bee'' inquired about a $400,000 harassment and retaliation settlement resulting from his time working for Harris at the California Department of Justice.<ref>https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article223053155.html</ref>

Larry Wallace, who served as the director of the Division of Law Enforcement under Attorney General Harris, was accused by his former executive assistant in December 2016 of “gender harassment” and other demeaning behavior, including frequently asking her to crawl under his desk to change the paper in his printer.

The lawsuit was filed on Dec. 30, 2016, when Harris was still attorney general but preparing to be sworn in as California's newly elected Democratic senator. It was settled less than five months later, in May 2017, by [[Xavier Becerra]], who was appointed to replace her as attorney general.

Harris, who has known Wallace for 14 years, then hired him in March 2017 as a senior adviser in her Sacramento U.S. Senate constituent services office.

A misconduct claim naming Wallace arrived at the California Department of Justice three months before Harris left the attorney general's office in early 2017. An intake form from the Equal Employment Rights and Resolution Office, which oversees discrimination investigations and compliance at the Department of Justice, shows that the department was first notified on Oct. 3, 2016, of Danielle Hartley's intent to pursue legal action.<ref>https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272256/senator-kamala-harris-aide-sexual-harassment-claim-daniel-greenfield</ref>

Wallace resigned 6 weeks before Harris announced her candidacy for president.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/sen-kamala-harris-aide-resigns-400000-sexual-harassment-settlement-emerges</ref>

According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', the amount of money paid out to settle sexual harassment claims during Harris' tenure as California Attorney General was nearly three times more than previously reported. Total sexual harassment claims between 2011 and 2017 were $1.1 million, including several payments to men who apparently were victims of [[homosexual]] harassers at work in the states highest law enforcement bureau.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-kamala-harris-attorney-general-settlements-20190301-story.html</ref>

====Bob Filner====
Harris drew considerable criticism in 2013 for allowing [[San Diego]] mayor and former Democrat congressman [[Bob Filner]] to plead guilty to charges of false imprisonment and battery against three women in exchange for a light sentence. 20 women accused Filner of sexual harassment and misconduct. Some said he put them in “Filner headlocks.” Filner could have faced up to five years in prison, but the plea bargain instead gave him three months of house arrest, three years' probation, and partial loss of his mayoral pension. The plea deal let him escape registering as a sex offender. Filner was allowed to keep his [[civil service system]] pension.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/plea-deal-by-kamala-harris-ag-office-for-sexual-harassing-san-diego-mayor-was-too-lenient-critics-say</ref>

====No equal pay ever in her office====
Harris has never practiced gender pay equity with either her Senate staff or her Presidential campaign.

In her Senate office's most recent six-month disclosure, covering the period from April 1, 2018, through Sept. 31, 2018, the median male salary disbursement was $34,999 and the median female salary disbursement was $32,999, leaving women with just 94 cents of every dollar paid to men.

The gender pay gap for the previous six-month period, during which the median male salary was $27,167 and the median female salary was $25,749.97, was a nearly identical 6 percent.

The pay gap was even greater during the first full month of Harris's presidential campaign in February—the median female salary disbursement for the month, $5,763.97, was about 87 percent of the median male salary disbursement, $6,632.23, a further analysis of her campaign filing found.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/men-paid-more-than-women-in-kamala-harriss-senate-office-and-campaign/</ref>

==="Keep your hands off our Medicare"===
Harris' so-called "healthcare plan" places a balloon payment on Americans' healthcare, i.e. "kicks the can down the road" past the next election to solve the "crisis" in this years election cycle. It's another "get more, pay less" scheme, not really possible under basic laws of mathematics, science, logic, rational argument or reasoning.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/30/kamala-harriss-health-plan-put-balloon-mortgage-american-taxpayers-wallets/</ref>

While campaigning Harris encountered a senior voter. The elder woman asked "you are advocating health care for everyone … who's going to pay for it?" Harris said, "Well, we're going to pay for it" The woman responded, "No we're not. Leave our health care system alone. We don't want you to mess with it."<ref>https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1161010740821577728</ref>

===Immigration and human trafficking===
Kamala Harris refused to stand, applaud, and sat motionless, shaking her head "no" during the 2019 [[State of the Union Address]] when President Trump called upon Congress to take action to end [[human trafficking]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/kamala-harris-trump-stop-drug-cartels-human-trafficking/</ref> Harris was a staunch fighter of human trafficking as San Francisco DA. Harris proposes taking away American's private health insurance and making them pay for illegal immigrants healthcare.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/13/kamala-harris-take-away-americans-health-insurance-make-pay-illegal-immigrants-health-care/</ref>

As presidential candidate, Harris flip-flopped on the issue of legalizing prostitution to appeal to the Democrat's criminal element.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/on-prostitution-another-kamala-harris-reversal/</ref>

===Crime===
====Biden Crime Bill====
Harris openly criticized [[Joe Biden]], who authored the 1994 Crime Bill. Harris said the bill contributed to "mass incarceration in our country," established the "federal three strikes law," and "funded the building of more prisons in the states." Harris' brother-in-law, Tony West,<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-eric-holder-welcomes-assistant-attorneys-general-antitrust-civil-and</ref> along with [[Joe Biden]], helped author the 1994 Crime Bill that incarcerated 2.5 million Blacks, one-tenth of the Black male population.<ref>https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/biden-accountable-for-bad-crime-bill/article_a48d5523-61d0-5123-bd7f-cc010883c4cf.html</ref>

====Marijuana====
In the Second Debate, Harris was called for joking about her smoking marijuana while having locked up over 1,500 people for the same crime. The ''Washington Free Beacon''' later issued a correction of its finding that Harris had locked up at least 1,560 people for marijuana-related offenses. According to California's Department of Corrections, the figure now is at least 1,974 were admitted to prison under Harris for marijuana offenses.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/correction-kamala-locked-up-more-people-for-weed-than-we-thought/</ref>

====Prisoners voting====
Harris is for convicted murderers, rapists, child molesters, drug dealers and terrorists to vote while in prison.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bernie-sanders-kamala-harris-want-to-give-terrorists-the-right-to-vote/?utm_campaign=TPINews4232019morning&utm_source=criticalimpact&utm_medium=email&utm_content=51e4d80098622be6a6473c7b9fa19141&source=CI</ref>

===Education===
Harris claims {{quotebox|"the schools of America are as segregated if not more segregated today than they were when I was in elementary school. And we need to put every effort including busing into play to desegregate the schools.”<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-30/harris-stands-by-decision-to-speak-the-truth-on-race-matters</ref>}} On federally mandated busing, she replied: “I believe that any tool that is in the toolbox should be considered by a school district.”<ref>https://apnews.com/586b1e81cb684654b0cf689b9074c1cb</ref> Harris’ old Berkeley school district has today, despite its high level of integration, the worst test-score racial gap in the United States, with its median black student testing at only the fifth percentile of its white students.<ref>https://www.takimag.com/article/san-francisco-vs-frisco/#.XR6_Cs8PAv4.twitter</ref>

A vast database at Stanford's Center for Education Policy Analysis demonstrates that the biggest racial divides in school achievement are found in highly [[liberal]] districts. Blacks students achieve less in school in highly Democratic places, whether poor or rich. Anechoic Media's analysis of the Stanford database found that: {{quotebox|Black students in counties that voted Trump significantly overperform their socioeconomic status baseline. Going from a strong blue county, to a strong red county increases expected district black NAEP score by an effect roughly similar to a ~3.17 percentage point reduction in black poverty.<ref>https://twitter.com/AnechoicMedia_/status/1145209471502888960</ref>}}

===Housing===
Harris boasts, "as attorney general of California, I took on the big banks who preyed on the homeowners." Harris and several other state attorneys general negotiated a $25 billion nationwide settlement with five of the top U.S. mortgage lenders to provide debt relief and other financial services to struggling homeowners. But in 2012 then-California Gov. [[Jerry Brown]] illegally diverted $331 million from California’s portion of the settlement to pay off state budget deficits incurred before the 2008 housing crisis. The beleaguered homeowners never got he funds.

Harris remained silent on the court battles raging since 2014 as attorney general, Senator and presidential candidate.
:''“She’s running for president of the United States, saying she took on the big banks and looked out for the little guys – this has become a platform for her -- and she won’t even meet with us or deal with us,”'' Faith Bautista, president and chief executive of the National Asian American Coalition, or NAAC, told RealClearPolitics.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/14/harris_silence_on_diverted_funds_rankles_housing_advocates_141005.html?utm_source=rcp-today&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mailchimp-newsletter Harris' Silence on Diverted Funds Rankles Housing Advocates], Susan Crabtree, RCP, August 14, 2019.</ref>

California courts deemed the diversion of funds illegal three times already. Gov. [[Gavin Newsom]] has not complied with court orders, and Sen. Harris remained silent.

===Reparations===
Harris originally opposed slave reparations and in its place offered a tax credit for all families earning under $100,000.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwq41Sm0QZE</ref> Harris moved toward reparations as the Democrats' strategy of promoting and emphasizing racial divisiveness in the 2020 elections took shape.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/us/politics/2020-democrats-race-policy.html</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/430999-warren-harris-back-reparations-for-black-americans-affected-by-slavery</ref> Harris has not elaborated on whether the descendants of people who did not own slaves such as [[Native American]]s, [[Republican]]s, [[Italian]]s, [[Polish|Pole]]s, [[Jew]]s, [[Hispanic]]s and other [[ethnic group]]s that migrated to the United States after the [[American Civil War]] would be granted an exemption from paying reparations, or if Americans such as [[Barack Obama]] and herself, who have no ancestry connected to North American slaves, would qualify.

Harris is 50% South Asian (India), 25% African, and 25% [[Irish]]. Under Harris' reparations proposal, if it were based on any notion of justice, she would be exempt; her mother immigrated from India and her father from Jamaica. Even if an argument could be made that she were entitled to reparations based on her father's African heritage, it would be cancelled out by her father's other one-half Irish heritage. At best she'd be entitled to one-half the standard benefit, of which she'd be liable to pay to herself (plus administrative overheard costs).

===Bullying===
Harris is noted for her nasty wit and [[bullying]] in Senate hearings with Chairman [[Chuck Grassley]],<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/09/04/kamala_harris_challenges_and_interrupts_judiciary_committee_chairman_grassley_a_charade_and_a_mockery.html</ref> Judge [[Brett Kavanaugh]],<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsm1GPnlqmU</ref> Attorney General [[Bill Barr]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHd_UlebyoM</ref> and the Immigration and Custom Enforcement head.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxunaTHh8QM</ref>

After Rep. [[Tulsi Gabbard]] eliminated Harris from the top tier of candidates with series of questions about her record during the Second Debate, Harris press spokesmen claimed it was a Russian plot to end her presidential bid.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/01/kamala-harris-campaign-claims-russians-are-behind-tulsi-gabbard-after-hawaii-democrat-lands-attack/</ref> Shortly after, it was reported the California Attorney general's office removed arrest records during Kamala's tenure, making it difficult to research her claims.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/california-removes-arrest-reports-from-kamala-years/</ref>

==Further reading==
*[https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/23/18184192/kamala-harris-president-campaign-criminal-justice-record Kamala Harris’s controversial record on criminal justice, explained]. As she launches her presidential campaign, Harris is characterizing herself as a reformer. Critics disagree. By German Lopez, ''[[Vox]]'', Jan 28, 2019.
*[https://filtermag.org/2019/01/23/presidential-hopeful-kamala-harris-has-helped-make-sex-workers-lives-more-dangerous/ Presidential Hopeful Kamala Harris Has Helped Make Sex Workers’ Lives More Dangerous], by Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard / January 23, 2019.
*[https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/kamala-harris-trump-obama-california-attorney-general The Two Faces of Kamala Harris], By Branko Marcetic, ''Jocobin''.
*[https://statuscoup.com/does-kamala-harris-fundraiser-cohost-connection-global-money-laundering-scandal/ Does Kamala Harris Fundraiser Co-Host Have Connection to Global Money-Laundering Scandal?], Jordan Chariton, StatusCoup, Mar 13, 2019.
*[https://www.jamaicaglobalonline.com/kamala-harris-jamaican-heritage/ Reflections of a Jamaican Father], By Donald J. Harris, January 13, 2019. www.jamaicaglobalonline.com

==See also==
*[[Misandry]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=35em}}

==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001075 Profile] at the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], YouTube

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Kamala Harris

2019-08-29T22:00:24Z

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'''Kamala Harris''' ( pron. ''comma-la'') is a [[racist]] [[Democrat]] Senator from [[California]] who publicly stereotyped all [[Jamaica]]ns as pleasure-seeking [[marijuana|pot]] smokers. Harris is one-quarter black Jamaican, one-quarter [[white]] descendant of slave owners, and half South Asian.<ref>[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?pid=125330757 Obituary for Kalama Harris's mother which describes her background]</ref> She is not ADOS (American (United States) Descendants of Slavery). Harris announced her candidacy for the [[2020 presidential election]] in early 2019, with [[Marc Elias]] of the [[Perkins Coie]] law firm serving as her general counsel.

Harris' rise came about by having a sexual affair with a powerful Democrat four decades her senior earning her the nickname, "Spank me." Ethnically, Harris has half as much [[Africa]]n blood as President Obama, who was only half black. Like Obama, Harris has no relationship to slave descendants in the United States. Harris has no children, and according to the ''New Yorker'', had no meaningful or longterm [[heterosexual]] relationships with men for twenty years after terminating her affair with a man old enough to be her grandfather who bought her a [[BMW]] and promoted her from a low-level clerk to several six figure income government jobs in the California Democrat political machine.

Harris' qualifications consist of checking off multiple [[intersectional]] boxes in the [[Democrat party]]'s program of [[identity politics]], divisiveness, and [[demonization]] of white males. Harris is an articulate spokesperson for the unhinged mob. She is doggedly committed to free goodies and social programs such as free healthcare for illegal aliens, free daycare, female [[affirmative action]] quotas, more single-parent families<ref>https://www.city-journal.org/html/black-family-40-years-lies-12872.html</ref> and its affect on high juvenile offender rates.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756061616300957</ref> To cultivate a "get tough" image as California Attorney General, Harris imprisoned parents for the truancy of their children, which was widespread, leaving the children without a breadwinner and in state custody subject to sexual abuse by [[civil service system]] employees. Harris endorses the [[Green New Deal]] based on the [[pseudoscientific]] claim that [[global warming]] and carbon emissions can be reduced by [[slave]] [[reparation]]s, a guaranteed [[universal basic income]], and [[Medicare for All]]. Harris maintains that the United States can afford the cost estimated at 120% of [[World GDP]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZpmsBm3u9g</ref><ref>[https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2019/01/10/039green_new_deal039_would_cost_more_than_gdp_of_most_countries_40543.html 'Green New Deal' Would Cost More Than GDP of Most Countries], Tyler O'Neil, PJ Media January 10, 2019.</ref>

In 2018 Harris was the leading fundraiser bred by elite party donors to challenge [[Donald Trump]] in the [[2020 presidential election]]. Harris is a product of the [[progressive]] [[far-left]] excrement capital of the United States,<ref>https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/08/san-franciscos-sidewalk-poop-problem/566621/</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/18/san-francisco-poop-problem-inequality-homelessness</ref> the [[San Francisco values|San Francisco political machine]] of [[Willie Brown]], [[Nancy Pelosi]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zbAJykg_ncAC&pg=PT81&lpg=PT81&dq=Brown-burton+machine&source=bl&ots=3EW4AnMCyu&sig=ACfU3U0AVUlcPhkGIcv6cgvEiLgw58CDdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwistJPIvpPgAhWW94MKHZCRAAMQ6AEwBnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Brown-burton%20machine&f=false She's the Boss: The Disturbing Truth About Nancy Pelosi], Rochelle Schweizer, Penguin, Sep 23, 2010.</ref> [[Harvey Milk]] and [[Jim Jones]].<ref>''[https://calwatchdog.com/2013/12/18/actually-jim-jones-cult-was-bay-area-democrats/ Actually, Jim Jones cult was Bay Area Democrats]'', by John Seiler, 18 Dec, 2013. https://calwatchdog.com/</ref> Harris's refusal to defend [[Proposition 8]] in court led to the legalization of [[gay marriage]] in California. She announced her candidacy for president on January 21, 2019,<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 21, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31248-lying-leftist-harris-i-ll-fight-for-american-values-as-president Leftist Kamala Harris: I’ll Fight For "American Values" as President]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 21, 2019. See also:
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31325-will-harris-get-a-pass-on-her-past Will Harris Get a Pass on Her Past?] ''The New American''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.</ref> and is aligned with socialist [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]].<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31324-harris-i-m-an-ocasio-cortez-socialist-cultural-marxism-foes-will-be-dealt-with Harris: I’m an Ocasio-Cortez Socialist; Cultural Marxism Foes Will Be Dealt With]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 29, 2019.</ref> Harris has used vulgar and profane language in public.<ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (May 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/07/video-sen-kamala-harris-uses-f-word-public-event-health-care/ VIDEO: Sen. Kamala Harris Uses the F-Word at Public Event About Health Care]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2017.</ref> This was despite her condemning Republican's values.

==Family==
[[File:Donald Trump with Snoop Dogg.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Donald Trump keepin' it real with Snoop Dogg. Meanwhile Kamala Harris claimed she used to listen to Snoop Dogg when she was in college (during the 1980s). Snoop Dogg hadn't released his first album until 1993.]]
Harris is a child of privilege. She was born in [[Oakland]] in 1964. Her father is from [[Jamaica]] and her mother from [[India]]. Her father, who is of mixed race, is a descendant of Jamaican plantation slave owners. She has less than half African ancestry. Her mother is from the rich class of [[India]]'s [[caste]] system. Both were research scientists at the University of California at Berkeley. She grew up in a privileged neighborhood. Like Obama, her family has no connection to the historical and cultural experiences of American Blacks who lived under slavery and segregation.

While contemplating a run for the presidency. Harris married Doug Emhoff in 2014, a Los Angeles-based managing partner of a law firm. According to ''[[The New Yorker]]'', between her break-up with Willie Brown in the mid-1990s and her first marriage at the age of 50 she had no longterm [[heterosexual]] relationships with [[men]].<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/kamala-harriss-choices</ref> Another July 2019 ''New Yorker'' profile portrays Willie Brown as a major influence on Harris while her husband is portrayed as a political prop and nuisance. The author quotes a longtime donor to Harris who suggests she would have stayed single if it weren't for her presidential ambitions, saying, "When she married Doug, I knew she was running for President."<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/22/kamala-harris-makes-her-case</ref>

Harris, who has been pre-occupied with her career and has used sex to advance her ambitions, has no children.

Her sister is Maya Harris, an [[MSNBC]] political analyst. Maya's husband worked on the [[Biden Crime Bill of 1994]] which led to the mass incarceration of 2.5 million blacks.<ref>Tony West is married to Maya Harris, Kamala Harris's sister and campaign chair. West, a former [[Obama administration]] official, also chaired Kamala Harris's transition team after she was elected to the Senate in 2016. West featured his work on the crime bill in 2012 when he was nominated to be Associate Attorney General. It was the chief achievement he listed for his two years working as a special assistant under former attorney general [[Janet Reno]].

"From 1993 through 1994, I served as a Special Assistant in the U.S. Department of Justice," West wrote in his official questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Under the direction of U.S. Deputy Attorneys General Philip Heymann and [[Jamie Gorelick]], as well as Attorney General Janet Reno, I worked on the development of national crime policy, including the [[The New Jim Crow|1994 Omnibus Crime Bill]]."

The work was also featured in his biography when former attorney general [[Eric Holder]] hired him in 2009. "West worked on the development of national crime policy, including the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill," a DOJ press release stated. https://freebeacon.com/politics/kamala-harriss-brother-in-law-helped-write-1994-crime-bill/</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Willie Brown and Jim Jones.jpg|left|300px|thumb|At a September 1976 testimonial dinner honoring [[Jim Jones]], Willie Brown is at the far left and Jones is at the far right.<ref>http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/</ref>]]
Harris began her career in politics at the age of 29 by having an extra-marital affair with the corrupt 60-year-old California politician [[Willie Brown]].<ref>https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Sure-I-dated-Kamala-Harris-So-what-13562972.php?t=c1bc437ba8</ref> As [[San Francisco]] mayor, when they were having their affair, Brown was dogged by conflict of interest accusations, and as speaker of the California Assembly was investigated by the [[FBI]]. When the tryst began, she was a low level clerk in a city office of Mayor Brown's political machine.<ref>http://www.citireport.com/2012/04/inside-the-willie-l-brown-money-machine/</ref> Mayor Brown gave her a brand new 1994 [[BMW]]. As Speaker, Brown appointed her to high paying jobs on the California Medical Assistance Commission and Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.<ref>https://amgreatness.com/2018/04/21/poontronage-when-kamala-met-willie/</ref> These positions paid more than $400,000 over five years. During her first bid for electoral office as [[district attorney]] of [[San Francisco]] in 2003, which Speaker Brown assisted by raising money and introducing her to deep-pocketed donors, she excused the gift of a brand new BMW away, telling reporters she traded it in for a 1997 BMW which she then drove.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170805043948/http://www.sfweekly.com/news/kamalas-karma/</ref> After dumping Harris, having a child with a lobbyist he awarded a multi-milliondollar contract to, and divorcing his wife, 84 year old Willie Brown took up with [[Russia]]n model Sonya Molodetskaya.<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/sonya-molodetskaya-willie-brown-partner/</ref>

Like [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Michelle Obama]], Harris failed her bar examination.<ref>https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/often-unqualified-affirmative-action-students-like-kamala-harris-fail-the-bar-exam/72088040/</ref>

===Bay Area Democrats===
[[File:When Willie met Kamala.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Kamala Harris with [[Willie Brown]]. Brown authored the 1975 law making homosexuality legal in California and compared the Rev. Jim Jones of the [[People's Temple]] to Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. Harris made [[gay marriage]] legal in California by not defending [[Proposition 8]] in federal court.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], youtube</ref>]]
''[[The New York Times]]'' describes Harris as "rooted in the Bay Area Democratic establishment."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/kamala-harris-2020-president.html Kamala Harris Declares Candidacy, Evoking King and Joining Diverse Field], By Astead W. Herndon, ''The New York Times'', Jan. 21, 2019.</ref> CalWatchdog.com<ref>[https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/calwatchdog-com/ MediaBias Factcheck: CalWatchdog.com].</ref> which describes itself as "an independent, [[Sacramento]]-based journalism venture providing original investigative reports and news stories" that "adheres to traditional journalistic standards and focuses on improving government transparency,"<ref>[https://calwatchdog.com/about-calwatchdog/ About CalWatchdog]</ref> reports ''"Actually, Jim Jones cult was Bay Area Democrats."''<ref>''[https://calwatchdog.com/2013/12/18/actually-jim-jones-cult-was-bay-area-democrats/ Actually, Jim Jones cult was Bay Area Democrats]'', by John Seiler, 18 Dec, 2013. https://calwatchdog.com/</ref> According to a 2012 article on ''[[Salon]]'', a [[liberal]] website:
{{quotebox|"Jones could be counted on to deliver busloads of obedient, well-dressed disciples to demonstrations, campaign rallies, and political precincts. The city’s liberal Burton machine — run by congressional powerhouse Phil Burton — quickly identified the Peoples Temple juggernaut as a potentially game-changing ally in its long battle to take over city hall. “It was Burton ally Willie Brown – a rising force in California’s state capital — who first recognized that Jones’s organization could play a pivotal role in his friend [[George Moscone]]’s run for mayor…. “In the December runoff between Moscone and [conservative Republican John] Barbagelata, [[Peoples Temple]] went even further to secure victory for its candidate. On the eve of the election, Jones filled buses with temple members in Redwood Valley and [[Los Angeles]] and shuttled them to San Francisco. Security at polling places was lax on Election Day, and many nonresidents were able to cast their ballots for Moscone, some more than once. ‘You could have run around to 1200 precincts and voted 1200 times,’ said a bitter Barbagelata later, after losing by a whisper of a margin. But he was not the only one who claimed that the Peoples Temple stole the election for George Moscone. Temple leaders also claimed credit. “Moscone at first tried to appease him with a harmless post on the human rights commission. But the temple leader insisted on a position that had more clout, and the mayor decided he was in no position to alienate Jones. In October 1976 Moscone announced that he was naming Jones to the San Francisco Housing Authority, which oversees the operation of the city’s public housing. The agency, the largest landlord in the city, was a notorious maze of corruption, and it provided Jones’s organization with ample opportunity for shady self-dealing."<ref>''[https://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/ Jim Jones' sinister grip on San Francisco:] How the Peoples Temple cult leader ensnared Harvey Milk and other progressive icons, David Talbot, ''[[Slate]]'', May 1, 2012.</ref>}} And [[Harvey Milk]], later assassinated with Moscone:
{{quotebox|“But no political figures were more gushing in their praise of Jones than Willie Brown and Harvey Milk, San Francisco’s rising tribune of gay freedom. Milk, a perennial candidate for office until he finally won a supervisor’s seat in 1977, aggressively sought Jones’s political blessing. ‘Our paths have crossed,’ Milk wrote Jones during an earlier campaign for supervisor, in a letter filled with the kind of awed reverence that the cult leader demanded from his followers. ‘They will stay crossed. It is a fight that I will walk with you into . . . The first time I heard you, you made a statement: “Take one of us, and you must take all of us.” Please add my name.’”<ref>''[https://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/ Jim Jones' sinister grip on San Francisco:] How the Peoples Temple cult leader ensnared Harvey Milk and other progressive icons, David Talbot, ''[[Slate]]'', May 1, 2012.</ref>}}

===San Francisco district attorney===
Harris was elected San Francisco District Attorney in 2003.

In April 2004, San Francisco Police Department Officer Isaac Espinoza was shot and killed in the line of duty. Three days later, Harris announced she would not seek the [[death penalty]], infuriating the San Francisco Police Officers Association. During Officer Espinoza's funeral Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] rose to the pulpit and called on Harris, who was sitting in the front pew, to secure the death penalty, prompting a standing ovation from the 2,000 uniformed police officers in attendance. Harris still refused. Officer Espinoza's killer was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{cite news | last = Bazelon | first = Emily | title = Kamala Harris, a ‘Top Cop’ in the era of Black Lives Matter | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/magazine/kamala-harris-a-top-cop-in-the-era-of-black-lives-matter.html?_r=0 | work = The New York Times Magazine | date = May 25, 2016}}</ref>

Harris refused to seek the death penalty for an [[illegal alien]] and alleged [[MS-13]] gang member accused of a triple [[homicide]].<ref>Finnegan, Michael. [http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/22/local/me-harris22 San Francisco D.A.'s program trained illegal immigrants for jobs they couldn't legally hold], ''Los Angeles Times'', June 22, 2009.</ref><ref>Van Derbeken, Jaxon. [https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/11/BAM819L7NE.DTL "Edwin Ramos won't face death penalty"], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', September 11, 2009.</ref>

In 2012, a Superior Court Judge ruled that San Francisco District Attorney Harris's office violated defendants' rights by hiding damaging information about a police crime lab technician, and was indifferent to demands that it account for its failings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/21/BAN01DHVMU.DTL#ixzz0od05q8Qb|title=Judge rips Harris' office for hiding problems|last=Van Derbeken|first=Jaxon|date=May 21, 2010|work=SF Gate|accessdate=}}</ref>

Harris opposed San Francisco's Proposition K ballot initiative to legalize [[prostitution]]. Harris said, {{quotebox|“I think it’s completely ridiculous, just in case there’s any ambiguity about my position. It would put a welcome mat out for pimps and prostitutes to come on into San Francisco.”}} Harris argued prostitution exposes girls and women to drug, gun and sexual crimes, and “compromises the quality of life in a community.” Harris noted that 65 percent of cases handled by her department's sexual assault unit involved sex workers as victims.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/us/01prostitute.html?_r=0</ref>

Harris filed an [[amicus brief]] in ''District of Columbia v. Heller'', arguing that the [[Washington, D.C.]], gun law at issue did not violate the [[Second Amendment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/07-290_amicus_district_attorneys.pdf|title=''D.C. v. Heller'' Amici Curiae brief of District Attorneys in support of Petitioners|accessdate=|author=Kamala D. Harris|display-authors=etal}}</ref>

==California attorney general==
Harris was elected [[Attorney General]] in 2010.

===Prison overcrowding===
After the [[United States Supreme Court]] in ''Brown v. Plata'' (2011) declared California's prisons so overcrowded they violated prisoners' [[Eighth Amendment]] right against [[cruel and unusual punishment]], Harris fought federal court supervision. When California failed to fully implement the court's order to reduce overcrowding, and was ordered to implement new parole programs, the State of California appealed the decision, and in court filings Harris's office argued that if forced to release these inmates early, prisons would lose an important source of [[slave]] labor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=St. John|first1=Paige|title=Federal judges order California to expand prison releases|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ff-federal-judges-order-state-to-release-more-prisoners-20141114-story.html|access-date=October 12, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 14, 2014}}</ref> Prisoners in California earn between 8 and 37 cents per hour in maintenance and kitchen jobs; prisoner firefighters receive $1 per hour.<ref>Annika Neklason, [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/how-much-longer-will-inmates-fight-californias-wildfires/547628/ California Is Running Out of Inmates to Fight Its Fires], ''The Atlantic'' (December 7, 2017).</ref>

===Direct democracy===
In 2008 the people of California passed [[Proposition 8]], the state's [[referendum]] on [[same-sex marriage]] by an overwhelming popular vote. Harris refused to defend the Proposition 8 in court. The decision was significant. In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that proponents of the measure did not have the legal standing to defend Proposition 8 on appeal after Harris refused to do so. The case was dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court, removing the ban on same-sex marriage in California.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-senate-harris-milestones-20160706-snap-htmlstory.html</ref> These actions were a blow to direct [[democracy]].<ref>https://www.ocregister.com/2013/06/26/editorial-prop-8-ruling-blow-to-direct-democracy/</ref>

She supported the [[Obama administration]]'s [[Executive Order]]s on [[transgender]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/10/25/kamala-harris-rises-as-lgbt-favorite-for-2020-theres-just-one-thing/|title=Kamala Harris rises as LGBT favorite for 2020 — there's just one thing|date=2017-10-25|website=Washington Blade: Gay News, Politics, LGBT Rights|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-29}}</ref>

===Jessica's Law===
Harris refused to enforce [[Jessica's Law]], requiring residency restrictions on [[sex offender]]s.<ref>https://nielsen.cssrc.us/content/ag-harris-orders-cdcr-not-enforce-jessicas-law</ref>

===Inmate sex change operations===
:{{Main article|Transgenderism}}
In 2015 a male inmate of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was paroled early. The inmate had sued the state in federal court claiming he was being denied a [[sex change operation]]. The court ordered the state to provide the inmate with the requested medical services. Harris represented the Department of Corrections and appealed the decision. The [[Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals]] opined the inmate was released early while the case was on appeal to render the case [[moot]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://story.californiasunday.com/michelle-lael-norsworthy-sex-reassignment-prison|title=Michelle's Case|date=May 17, 2016|work=The California Sunday Magazine|author=Brown, Annie|accessdate=}}</ref>

===Three Strikes Law===
Daniel Larsen, found innocent by a federal judge, had been in prison for 13 years. In 1999, when two police officers claimed they saw Larsen, who had earlier in his life been convicted for burglary, pull a six-inch-long knife from his waistband and throw it under a car, he was sentenced to twenty-seven years to life under the three-strikes law supported by Harris.

Police wrongly targeted Larsen in the first place, and witnesses reported that it wasn't Larsen but the man he was with who had thrown the knife. In trial, Larsen's incompetent lawyer (who would later be disbarred) didn't investigate a single witness, nor present one in trial.

Eleven years later, a judge reversed the conviction due to the lack of evidence and incompetence of Larson's attorney's. Yet two years later, Larsen was still in jail. Harris appealed the decision on the basis that Larsen had filed his paperwork too late.<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/20/daniel-larsen-innocent-federal-judge-prison-13-years_n_1813819.html</ref>

Tens of thousands of people petitioned Harris to release Larsen, and numerous civil rights groups similarly called on her to do the right thing. But even when he was eventually released from custody after fourteen years, Harris challenged his release, and five months later Larsen was back in court, fighting to stay out of prison for a crime he didn't commit.

===Foreclosure crisis===
:{{See also|Financial Crisis of 2008}}
When Harris took office in 2011, California was still reeling from the effects of the subprime mortgage crisis. In 2012, she participated in the National Mortgage Settlement against five banks, securing for homeowners weighed down by average debt of close to $65,000 each — around $1,500 to $2,000 each. One called it “a slap in the face for a lot of us.”<ref>https://www.scpr.org/news/2016/05/27/61049/california-foreclosures-ripple-even-after-major-se/</ref> Under the deal, loans owned by [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]] didn't qualify for the debt relief. Given they were the country's biggest [[mortgage]] holders, this meant even fewer homeowners stood to benefit from the deal. Only 84,102 California families had any mortgage debt forgiven — far short of the 250,000 originally predicted.

Writing in the ''[[LA Times]]'', Michael Hiltzik savaged the deal and what he called the “rosy self-congratulation” that followed it, particularly the new foreclosure standards it imposed, which he called a “big whoop.” “The provisions mostly require mortgage lenders and servicers to comply with what I would have thought was already the law, which prohibits, you know, criminal fraud,” he wrote.<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/11/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120212</ref>

Harris opened her Mortgage Fraud Strike Force to much fanfare in 2011. It employed twenty-five Department of Justice lawyers and investigators with a budget of more than $2 million to go after foreclosure fraud. The strike force managed to prosecute just ten cases in three years, an ''East Bay Express'' investigation in 2014 found.<ref>https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-strike-force-that-never-struck/Content?oid=3933743&showFullText=true</ref>

The paper found that not only had the strike force prosecuted less foreclosure fraud cases than many other states, but it had filed fewer lawsuits than attorneys general in smaller states with fewer victims, and even fewer than some county district attorneys. Yet California led the country in terms of such scam operations, with many thousands of complaints since 2010. One housing rights activist who had lost his home in a fraud called the strike force a “public relations effort.”

''The Intercept'' obtained a 2013 memo to Harris from prosecutors in the attorney general's office saying they had “uncovered evidence suggestive of widespread misconduct” at OneWest bank, and urging Harris to “conduct a full investigation of a national bank’s misconduct and provide a public accounting of what happened.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2017/01/03/treasury-nominee-steve-mnuchins-bank-accused-of-widespread-misconduct-in-leaked-memo/|title=Treasury Nominee Steve Mnuchin's Bank Accused of "Widespread Misconduct" in Leaked Memo|author=David Dayen|website=The Intercept}}</ref> Yet Harris never did. In 2016, [[Steven Mnuchin]] donated $2,000 to Harris's campaign,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=steven+mnuchin&order=desc&sort=D|title=Donor Lookup|publisher=}}</ref> making her the only 2016 Senate Democratic candidate to get cash from Mnuchin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/harris-was-the-only-democrat-in-2016-to-receive-cash-from-mnuchin|title= Harris Was Only 2016 Senate Democratic Candidate to Get Cash From Mnuchin |date= February 14, 2017|work=[[Roll Call]]|author= Garcia, Eric|accessdate=}}</ref>

===Refused to investigate police sex trafficing ring===
An underage sex-trafficking scandal implicated dozens of police officers and other local authorities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. [[Oakland]] went through two police chiefs trying to address it, with a third doing only questionably better. People were pleading for Harris's office to step in and oversee an independent investigation,<ref>https://www.change.org/p/kamala-harris-demand-an-investigation-of-the-bay-area-police-sex-scandal</ref> since local governments seemed more motivated to quash a public relations nightmare than punish public officials. Harris and her office refused to intervene.<ref>https://reason.com/blog/2018/01/11/the-performative-feminism-of-kamala-h</ref>

===Prosecutorial misconduct===
In 2015, Harris defended convictions obtained by county prosecutors who had inserted a false confession into an interrogation transcript, committed perjury, and withheld evidence. Federal appeals court threw out the convictions, telling Harris's lawyers, "Talk to the [[attorney general]] and make sure she understands the gravity of the situation."

Harris appealed the dismissal of an indictment when it was discovered a Kern County prosecutor perjured in submitting a falsified confession as court evidence. Harris asserted that prosecutorial perjury was not sufficient to demonstrate prosecutorial misconduct.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2781830/people-v-velasco-palacios-ca5/|title=People v. Velasco-Palacios CA5, F068833|date=February 24, 2015|website=Court Listener|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://observer.com/2015/03/california-prosecutor-falsifies-transcript-of-confession/|title=California Prosecutor Falsifies Transcript of Confession|date=March 4, 2015|website=The Observer|accessdate=}}</ref>

===Religious discrimination===
A [[Sikh]] man was barred from working as a prison guard because of his [[religious]]ly mandated beard. Harris argued that his beard prevented him from being properly fitted with a gas mask, thus disqualifying him from the job, despite California's corrections and rehabilitation department's regulations allowing guards to have beards for certain medical reasons. A number of [[civil rights]] and legal organizations wrote Harris a letter pointing out this inconsistency. She argued that the medical exemption only applied to guards who passed the mask fitting before the policy took effect, although the man's attorney said this was untrue.<ref>https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-calif-sikh-barred-from-job-over-beard-settles-2011oct27-story.html</ref>

==U.S. Senate==
Harris was elected to the [[Senate]] in 2016. She serves on the Senate Committee on the Budget, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, [[Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Select Committee on Intelligence]] and Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Senate Harris has earned a reputation for her rudeness and [[bullying]]. Harris was the very first Democratic operative to initiate the orchestrated disruptions of the Kavanaugh Hearings. During the hearings she referred to a pocket-sized version of the [[U.S. Constitution]] as "that book you carry" while addressing another Senator.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (September 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/07/watch-kamala-harris-calls-kavanaughs-pocket-constitution-that-book-you-carry/ Watch: Kamala Harris Calls Kavanaugh’s Pocket Constitution ‘That Book You Carry’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 8, 2018.</ref> Harris earned the distinction as Most Dishonest Senator.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/kamala-harris-earns-title-as-most-dishonest-senator/?utm=pushnami</ref>

===2nd Amendment===
Harris earned an "F" rating from the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kamala Harris on Gun Control|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Domestic/Kamala_Harris_Gun_Control.htm|website=www.ontheissues.org|accessdate=}}</ref>

=== Illegal immigration ===
Harris supports San Francisco's [[sanctuary city]] policy.<ref>Jesse McKinley (November 16, 2006), [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/us/12sanctuary.html "Immigrant Protection Rules Draw Fire"], ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 28, 2010.</ref>

On October 25, 2017, Harris stated she would not support a spending bill and promised a government shutdown until Congress addressed the [[DACA]] program.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-sen-kamala-harris-wont-back-federal-1508949513-htmlstory.html|title=Sen. Kamala Harris won't back federal spending bill without DACA fix |first=Sarah D.|last=Wire|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> She did not support a February 2018 proposal by some Democrats to provide President Trump with $25 billion in funding for a border wall in exchange for giving DREAMers a pathway to citizenship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-18/kamala-harris-s-early-no-on-wall-may-give-her-an-edge-in-2020|title=Kamala Harris’s Early ‘No’ on Wall May Give Her an Edge in 2020|last=|first=|date=2019|website=www.bloomberg.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=January 19, 2019}}</ref>

In a January 2018 interview, when asked by Hiram Soto about her ideal version of a bipartisan deal on DACA, Harris stated the need to focus on comprehensive immigration reform."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/hoy-san-diego/noticias/san-diego/sdhoy-sen-kamala-harris-talks-daca-future-run-for-president-20180112-story.html|title=Senator Kamala Harris talks DACA amid heated negotiations |date=January 12, 2018|first=Hiram|last=Soto|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune}}</ref>

=== Taxes ===
Harris opposed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 which has spawned the current recovery,<ref>https://www.conservativereview.com/news/the-tax-cut-economy-is-booming-but-kamala-harris-wants-tax-hikes-and-welfare/</ref> and has proposed her own set of alternative [[socialist]] tax increases.<ref>https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article220495795.html</ref>

===National security===
Immigration and Customs Enforcement ([[ICE]]) agency was created by a [[bipartisan]] Congress on a recommendation of the 9/11 Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and [[9/11 attacks|murdered 3,000 Americans]]. In November 2018 Harris compared ICE to the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. The suggestion sparked horror and outrage.<ref>Piccolo, Jason (November 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/kamala-harris-hateful-comparison-of-ice-to-the-kkk-is-even-more-unjust-than-it-seems Kamala Harris' hateful comparison of ICE to the KKK is even more unjust than it seems]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 23, 2018.</ref>

===Democratic Socialism===
In early 2013, mainly [[Democratic Socialists of America]] aligned activists, together with many elected officials across the United States came together to urge President Obama to award posthumously the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] to the legendary organizer, Fred Ross, Sr. The [[Saul Alinsky]] trained radical was the first to organize people through house meetings, a mentor to both [[Cesar Chavez]] and [[DSA]]er [[Dolores Huerta]], and a pioneer in Latino voter outreach since 1949 when he helped elect [[Communist Party USA]] affiliate Ed Roybal<ref>DSA organizer Peter Dreier wrote in ''[[HuffPo]]'', [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/from-organizer-to-elected_b_124971.html From Organizer To Elected Official], September 8, 2008.</ref> as Los Angeles’s first Latino council member, "Ross’ influence on social change movements remains strong two decades after his death in 1992".

Endorsers of the proposal included Kamala Harris.<ref>[http://quartz.he.net/~beyondch/news/nucleus/plugins/print/print.php?itemid=11057 Momentum Builds for Honoring Legendary Organizer Fred Ross], by Randy Shaw, 2013-03-05</ref>

===Kavanaugh smear===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear}}
Staff members for Sen. Harris submitted an undated handwritten letter to committee investigators that her California office had received signed under the alias “Jane Doe from Oceanside, California.” Three days before Kavanaugh's confirmation vote, Judy Munro-Leighton wrote an email to the committee claiming, “I am Jane Doe from Oceanside CA — Kavanaugh raped me.”''

Under questioning, Munro-Leighton admitted she was a [[left-wing]] [[activist]] who never met Kavanaugh. After Kavanaugh's confirmation, the Senate Judiciary Committee referred her to the DOJ and FBI for criminal [[prosecution]] because she lied to Congress.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pollak, Joel B. (November 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/02/brett-kavanaugh-rape-accuser-admits-she-made-up-her-story-doj-fbi/ Brett Kavanaugh Rape Accuser Admits She Made Up Her Story]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
*Richardson, Matt (November 2, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kavanaugh-accuser-referred-to-doj-for-false-statements-grassleys-office-announces Kavanaugh accuser referred to DOJ for false statements, Grassley’s office announces]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
*Dinan, Stephen (November 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/3/another-kavanaugh-accuser-admits-fabricating-rape-/ Another Kavanaugh accuser admits to fabricating rape story]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
See also:
*Shaw, Adam (November 3, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-challenges-democrats-after-kavanaugh-accuser-admits-to-making-false-rape-accusation-where-are-the-dems-on-this Trump challenges Democrats after Kavanaugh accuser admits to making false rape accusation: ‘Where are the Dems on this?’] ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (November 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30532-grassley-seeks-fbi-probe-of-another-kavanaugh-rape-liar Grassley Seeks FBI Probe of Another Kavanaugh Rape Liar]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
*https://www.westernjournal.com/kavanaugh-accuser-admits-made/</ref>

===Medicare for All===
:{{See also|Green New Deal}}
On August 30, 2017, Harris announced that she would co-sponsor Sen. [[Bernie Sanders]]' [[Medicare for All]] bill, creating a [[single-payer]] system.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weigel|first1=David|title=Sen. Kamala Harris backs Bernie Sanders's single-payer bill|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/08/31/sen-kamala-harris-backs-bernie-sanderss-single-payer-bill/|website=The Washington Post|accessdate=|date=August 30, 2017}}</ref>

In April 2018, Harris co-sponsored the Choose Medicare Act that increased government spending on [[ObamaCare]] and rendered higher income individuals eligible for subsidized assistance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/383764-dem-senators-unveil-expanded-public-option-for-health-insurance|title=Dem senators unveil expanded public option for health insurance|date=April 18, 2018|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>

==2020 presidential campaign==
[[File:Annotation 2019-07-05 135356.png|right|350px|thumb|Tweet sent out in a coordinated media attack 30 seconds after Harris' First Round knockout punch of former VP Joe Biden.]]
:{{Main article|2020 Presidential election}}
Harris gained the financial backing of [[Marxist]] and [[socialist]] supporters of [[Bernie Sanders]] early as a 2020 [[Democratic party]] hopeful.<ref>https://medium.com/voices/kamala-harris-has-a-hamptons-problem-b6583cf29d41</ref><ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00036915</ref> When she made her announcement in January 2019, she broke Sanders 24 hour record for fundraising.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kamala-harris-ties-bernie-sanders-24-hour-fundraising-record</ref> The crowd of 20,000 that attended her announcement speech was larger than the crowd of 7,000 Barack Obama attracted in 2007 but not as big as the 100,000 that attended Donald Trump's campaign announcement event. Harris made at least ten false statements in her announcement speech.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 28, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31322-harris-lied-at-least-10-times-in-announcement-speech-and-got-away-with-it Harris Lied At Least 10 Times in Announcement Speech and Got Away With It]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.</ref> The establishment pick, weeks after her announcement supposed "independent" [[mainstream media]] [[journalist]]s accompanied Harris to a boutique and helped her pick out a rainbow jacket (Caitlan Hurley-Burns of [[CBS News]]).<ref>https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1096821175701983233</ref>

Harris refused to walk back her claims in the Jussie Smollett case when Smollett was exposed as having paid for and staged a [[hate crime]] hoax to spark racial animosity. Harris alleged MAGA supporters had engaged in a "modern day lynching."<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/kamala-harris-modern-day-lynching.jpg</ref>

Harris promoted a racist stereotype that Jamaicans smoke marijuana,<ref>Morton, Victory (February 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/19/kamala-harris-jamaican-father-donald-harris-rips-2/Kamala Harris' Jamaican father rips her for pushing pot stereotype 'in pursuit of identity politics']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 20, 2019.</ref><ref>Starr, Penny (February 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/20/kamala-harriss-dad-calls-her-out-for-perpetuating-pot-smoking-jamaicans-stereotype/ Kamala Harris’s Dad Calls Her Out for Perpetuating Pot-Smoking Jamaicans Stereotype]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 21, 2019.</ref> and is the recipient of tens of thousands of dollars from elite Hollywood liberal donors arrested in the College Admissions scandal.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/democratic-donors-charged-in-college-admissions-scam/</ref>

Harris thinks the entire [[Colin Kaepernick]] fiasco is a Russian plot.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIuoaDJSwps</ref>

In the First Debate Harris confronted former Obama VP [[Joseph Biden]] over his role in repealing sections of the [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] that restored funding to schools refusing to integrate with [[Black]]s after the 1954 ''[[Brown vs. Board of Education]]'' desegregation order.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kamala-harris-says-she-was-a-victim-of-bidens-racial-policies 'That little girl was me': Kamala Harris says she was a victim of Biden's anti-busing racial policies], by Ellie Bufkin, ''Washington Examiner'', June 27, 2019.</ref> The Biden Amendment,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/joe-biden-integration-school-busing-120968_full.html How a Young Joe Biden Turned Liberals Against Integration], By JASON SOKOL, ''[[Politico]]'', August 04, 2015.</ref> originally written by segregationist Democrat Sen. James Eastland, but with Biden's name on it with few modifications, restored federal funding for schools that refused to comply with court ordered desegregation and busing.<ref>[http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/joe-biden-record-on-busing-incarceration-racial-justice-democratic-primary-2020-explained.html Will Black Voters Still Love Biden When They Remember Who He Was?], By Eric Levitz, ''Intelligencer'', Mar. 12, 2019.</ref> Harris told [[MSNBC]]'s [[Chris Matthews]]: {{quotebox|If those segregationists would have had their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate, and I certainly would not be a serious candidate for President of the United States. ... Barack Obama would not have been in a position to appoint Joe Biden Vice President of the United States. So the consequences of their actions were very real, and on the shoulders of the history of our country of really a very bad, awful, dark, dangerous, and lethal time.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p23VyNxnOQ&feature=youtu.be</ref>}}
After her First Debate performance, Kamala's ex-lover, 85 year old Willie Brown,<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/sonya-molodetskaya-willie-brown-partner/</ref> wrote an op-ed saying that no Democrat could beat Trump.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFlDgiytgrQ</ref> After wiping the floor with Biden, Harris' poll numbers were cut in half from 20& to 12% to 7% in the space of two weeks, with only 1% of black Democrats supporting her,<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2019/08/06/hoo-boy-new-national-poll-shows-harris-sliding-second-dem-debate/</ref> her chosen group to identify with.

===Staff===
The Harris campaign announced on January 21, 2019 that DNC election lawyer [[Marc Elias]], will be the general counsel; Lily Adams, Clinton's Iowa communications director and daughter of former [[Planned Parenthood]] president Cecile Richards, will be its national communications director; Angelique Cannon, Clinton's deputy national finance director and national finance director for Senate Majority PAC, will be its national finance director; and David Huynh, Clinton's director of delegate operations and ballot access, will be its senior adviser.

As of 2019, Elias is general counsel for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group led by former Attorney General [[Eric Holder]], who is actively considering his own run for president.

Harris began stacking her Washington, D.C. congressional office with former [[Hillary Clinton]] campaign veterans almost immediately after making her way to Capitol Hill.

In addition to Lily Adams, who was top press aide in the D.C. office, Harris brought in Sergio Gonzales as senior policy adviser. Gonzales was a regional director for [[Hillary for America]].

Kate Waters, who worked as the deputy press secretary for Clinton's campaign during the Iowa caucus and as press secretary during the [[West Virginia]] primary, Iowa primary, and [[Nebraska]] caucus, was brought in as press secretary early in Harris's tenure, among other Clinton vets.

In July 2017 Harris's Senate campaign was renting office space from a small travel agency on Capitol Hill just a few minutes away from the Capitol and congressional offices. Harris's campaign never answered inquiries on why they were renting the office space 2,800 miles away from her home state.

As Harris tapped Clinton campaign vets to her D.C. office—and now presidential campaign—she has used progressive public relations firms to project her message.
[[File:Harris El Paso Dayton.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Harris sent out a fundraising email after the [[Dayton nightclub shooting|Dayton nightclub]] and [[El Paso Walmart shooting]]s. The Dayton shooter was a member of [[Antifa]] and the Walmart shooter was a socialist who feared legal immigration was slowing down adoption of a [[universal basic income]]. The fundraising letter was sent out before the [[Leftwing violence in the Trump era|31 victims of leftist violence]] were buried.]]
Harris's presidential campaign's digital arm is run by Authentic Campaigns, a D.C.-based full-service digital strategy company that was founded by Mike Nellis, former vice president of campaigns of Revolution Messaging LLC. Revolution Messaging was considered instrumental in propelling Sen. [[Bernie Sanders]]'s candidacy against Clinton during the 2016 elections. Harris has already paid Authentic Campaigns and Revolution Messaging millions of dollars from her Senate campaign committee for advertising and consulting services since entering Congress.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/politics/kamala-harris-stacks-presidential-campaign-with-hillary-clinton-alums/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=fb5b59762f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_22_10_12_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-fb5b59762f-45956325 Kamala Harris Stacks Presidential Campaign With Hillary Clinton Alums], BY: Brent Scher and Joe Schoffstall, ''Washington Free Beacon,'', January 22, 2019 1:55 pm</ref>

===Fundraising===

====Shomik Dutta and the 1MDB scandal====
[[File:Kamal dutta.jpg|right|300px]]
From 2011 – 2012 Shomik Dutta served as the National Finance Consultant to President Obama's re-election campaign. In 2013 he became Managing Director of DuSable Capital Management, founded by [[Frank R. White, Jr.]], Vice-Chair of Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160722205357/http://www.dusablecapital.com/our-team/</ref> DuSable had only one client, 1Malaysian Development Berhad (1MDB), whose global network of conspirators face indictment in the United States for [[money laundering]] in what the Justice Department calls the "largest single action ever brought by the department’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative" (''kleptocracy'' is defined as a government of thieves).<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-loretta-e-lynch-delivers-remarks-press-conference-announcing-significant</ref> 1MDB was wholly owned by the Malaysian government's Ministry of Finance, and cut a deal on paper to partner with DuSable in green technology and a photovoltaic electric power plant. DuSable, through a [[front group]] called Yurus, sold it's 49% share ''which it had invested no money in'',<ref>"The crucial evidence from the records available (illustrated above) shows that the Private Equity fund Yurus, set up by White, registered the entire US$69 million it received from 1MDB as additional profit, implying it had not invested any of its original US$505 million fund in the venture." [https://medium.com/@sarawakreport/1mdb-sleaze-casts-shadow-over-us-democrats-on-eve-of-obama-visit-investigation-1MDB Sleaze Casts Shadow Over US Democrats On Eve Of Obama Visit], ''Sarawak Report'', 15 November 2015.</ref> to 1MDB for $69 million six months after the paper agreement was made. Some of the proceeds of the $69 million sale ended up as foreign [[dark money]] contributions to Democratic candidates.

Overall, 1MDB embezzled $4.5 Billion from the [[poverty|impoverish]]ed people of [[Malaysia]] in possibly the largest [[globalism|globalist]] investment scam to date.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/suspect-malaysian-fund-tied-to-lobbying-of-white-house-1476403764 Malaysian Fund 1MDB Linked to White House Visit], By Bradley Hope and Colleen McCain Nelson, ''Wall Street Journal'', Oct. 13, 2016.</ref>

In March 2019, a $2800-a-plate fundraiser was held by the Malibu Democrat Club in a private residence with Shomik Dutta as a featured guest. The event notice was taken down from the Malibu Democrat Club after inquires were made to the Harris campaign if Harris was aware of DuSable and Dhutta's involvement in a global money laundering scandal.<ref>https://statuscoup.com/does-kamala-harris-fundraiser-cohost-connection-global-money-laundering-scandal/</ref>

====Connor Betts and Patrick Crasius====
:{{See also|Leftwing violence in the Trump era}}
Harris used the murder of 31 people by two violent [[leftist]]s to solicit funds for her 2020 presidential campaign.<ref>https://twitter.com/BrentScher/status/1158088968707198977</ref> [[Connor Betts]] was a member of [[Antifa]] who murdered nine people in Dayton, including 6 [[African American]]s, and Patrick Crasius was a socialist who killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso he blamed for impeding passage of [[universal healthcare]] and a [[universal basic income]], tuition debt, underemployment and not re-cycling plastics.<ref>https://www.paypervids.com/alleged-el-paso-texas-walmart-shooter-manifesto/</ref>

===Endorsements===
The Harris campaign proudly announced an endorsement from Democratic Rep. [[Alcee Hastings]] (Fla.), who was at the center of a $220,000 taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlement. The $220,000 sexual harassment settlement was paid in 2014. ''Roll Call'' obtained documents showing a former staffer said Hastings "touched her, made unwanted sexual advances, and threatened her job." Hastings also employed a convicted [[money laundering|money launderer]], is paying his girlfriend the maximum congressional salary, and is known as one of the top ethics violators in Congress. While on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Hastings was charged with soliciting a $150,000 bribe from undercover FBI officers. Hastings was acquitted after his alleged conspirator refused to testify despite a promise of immunity, but he was instead successfully [[impeach]]ed by a Democrat-controlled Congress. Harris said she is proud to have Hasting's endorsement.

Harris was endorsed by Rep. [[Al Green]] (D., Texas), who was made Texas co-chairman of her campaign and has also been accused of [[sexual harassment]] by a staffer.

Harris's husband headlined a fundraiser by the law firm that defended [[Jeffrey Epstein]] hours before Harris criticized the firm for defending Epstein.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/kamala-harris-criticized-epsteins-law-firm-while-her-campaign-fundraised-off-it/</ref>

===Identity politics===
Harris, who is running on a platform of [[identity politics]], criticized identity politics when Sen. Bernie Sanders attacked her and suggested that candidates should be evaluated on the basis of qualifications and ideas, not identity politics. {{quotebox|"They bring this term up when you talk about issues that are about [[race]], about sexual orientation, about [[religion]]. They’ll bring it up when we are talking about [[civil rights]] issues as a way to marginalize the issue, as a way to frankly try to silence you or shut you up. We need to call it what it is, which is to try and divert away from a conversation that needs to happen in America. Why? One, because we must speak truth. Racism, [[sexism]], [[homophobia]], [[transphobia]], [[anti-Semitism]] are all real in this country, so we need to have that conversation and address it. Two, and this is equally important, how America deals with the issues and the disparities, and also the [[hate]] that can be — that causes these issues to become lethal in proportion — how America deals with these issues is a matter of American identity. This is not about identity politics, and if it is, it’s about the identity of the United States of America. How we handle the issues will be about our [[collective]] identity.”}}

===Racism===
Harris compared the men and women serving in [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE) to the [[Ku Klux Klan]],<ref>https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/18/backlash-kamala-harris-ronald-vitiello-ice-questioning-cuomo-vpx.cnn</ref> while more than half of all ICE agents are [[Hispanic]].<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/26/fact-check-are-half-of-all-border-patrol-agents-hispanic</ref> Harris has been confronted by Hispanic women for her racist exploitation of Hispanic women and children for votes.<ref>https://twitter.com/i/status/1122294504621518849</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/kamala-harris-stunned-and-speechless-after-conservative-chicana-confronts-her-at-airport-for-exploiting-hispanic-children-video/</ref>

====Father rejects her racial stereotypes====
Donald J. Harris, a [[civil rights]] [[activist]] and the father of Kamala, severely rebuked Kamala after she was asked on a radio broadcast if she had ever smoked [[marijuana]]. Kamala invoked a vulgar and [[racist]] stereotype of [[Jamaica]]ns: {{quotebox|"look, half my family is from Jamaica. Are you kidding me?”}} Her father responded: {{quotebox|"My dear departed grandmothers, as well as my deceased parents, must be turning in their grave right now to see their family’s name, reputation and proud Jamaican identity being connected, in any way, jokingly or not, with the fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker and in the pursuit of [[identity politics]]. Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty."<ref>http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20190217/dad-blasts-harris-stereotyping-jcans-presidential-aspirant-criticised</ref>}}

====Jussie Smollett====
[[File:Kamala and Jussie.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Kamala and Jussie. Kamala introduced legislation to make lynching a federal crime; Jussie allegedly faked his own lynching threat to draw attention to the bill.]]
:{{See also|Hate crime hoax}}
According to [[Jussie Smollett]], he was out grabbing a sandwich at 2 am in 7 degrees temperature at a Subway sandwich shop in the Windy City when he was set upon by two white thugs. The attackers, wearing red baseball caps (the type of hat upon which MAGA hats portray their printed slogan to convey their political message) in uber-blue [[Chicago]], allegedly called him a "f****t", "n****r", and told him "This is MAGA country!" before punching him, kicking him, dousing him with bleach and putting a noose around his neck. Harris immediately tweeted that the attack was a "modern day lynching."

Kamala Harris sponsored an "anti-lynching bill" in the Senate in late December 2018 to make lynching a new federal crime. The bill had always previously stalled in the Senate, because it was seen as an unnecessary political gimmick, meant to remind people of historical black oppression in [[the South]]. Murdering people with a rope has always been a crime under state law. In the wake of Smollett's faked "noose assault" in Chicago on January 29, Harris's anti-lynching bill unanimously passed the Senate on February 14, 2019.<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/williammarshall/2019/02/19/jussie-smollett-a-case-study-in-modern-liberalism-n2541670 Jussie Smollett: A Case Study in Modern Liberalism], William Marshall, ''Townhall'', Feb 19, 2019</ref> Harris finally laid claim to a legislative accomplishment, though no matching bill has passed the House of Representatives.

Chicago Police determined that Jussie Smollett paid two Nigerian-American (i.e., black – not white) brothers, acquaintances $3,500 to "assault" Jussie in a rehearsed "attack." The brothers produced a receipt for purchase of the rope with money they got from Smollett, and later a video recording of them purchasing items used in the attack was located.

Smollett claims victim status in two groups: black and [[gay]]. [[Mainstream media]] bought the [[hoax]] hook-line-and-sinker. [[ABC News]]'s Robin Roberts of ''[[Good Morning America]]'' proved the most gullible (among dozens of others).<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXLx5OY21Bk</ref>

====War on Cops====
Harris claims Michael Brown, who spawned the [[Obama riots]], was "murdered by a white police officer,"<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/11/sharyl-attkisson-fact-check-2020-democrats-murder-michael-brown/</ref> provoking widespread criticism. Even the far left ''Wadhington Post'' fact checkers awarded her four Pinocchios for lying.

===Women's rights and sex crimes===
====Protected a known sexual predator on staff for 14 years====
A longtime top staff member of Harris resigned after ''The Sacramento Bee'' inquired about a $400,000 harassment and retaliation settlement resulting from his time working for Harris at the California Department of Justice.<ref>https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article223053155.html</ref>

Larry Wallace, who served as the director of the Division of Law Enforcement under Attorney General Harris, was accused by his former executive assistant in December 2016 of “gender harassment” and other demeaning behavior, including frequently asking her to crawl under his desk to change the paper in his printer.

The lawsuit was filed on Dec. 30, 2016, when Harris was still attorney general but preparing to be sworn in as California's newly elected Democratic senator. It was settled less than five months later, in May 2017, by [[Xavier Becerra]], who was appointed to replace her as attorney general.

Harris, who has known Wallace for 14 years, then hired him in March 2017 as a senior adviser in her Sacramento U.S. Senate constituent services office.

A misconduct claim naming Wallace arrived at the California Department of Justice three months before Harris left the attorney general's office in early 2017. An intake form from the Equal Employment Rights and Resolution Office, which oversees discrimination investigations and compliance at the Department of Justice, shows that the department was first notified on Oct. 3, 2016, of Danielle Hartley's intent to pursue legal action.<ref>https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272256/senator-kamala-harris-aide-sexual-harassment-claim-daniel-greenfield</ref>

Wallace resigned 6 weeks before Harris announced her candidacy for president.<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/sen-kamala-harris-aide-resigns-400000-sexual-harassment-settlement-emerges</ref>

According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', the amount of money paid out to settle sexual harassment claims during Harris' tenure as California Attorney General was nearly three times more than previously reported. Total sexual harassment claims between 2011 and 2017 were $1.1 million, including several payments to men who apparently were victims of [[homosexual]] harassers at work in the states highest law enforcement bureau.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-kamala-harris-attorney-general-settlements-20190301-story.html</ref>

====Bob Filner====
Harris drew considerable criticism in 2013 for allowing [[San Diego]] mayor and former Democrat congressman [[Bob Filner]] to plead guilty to charges of false imprisonment and battery against three women in exchange for a light sentence. 20 women accused Filner of sexual harassment and misconduct. Some said he put them in “Filner headlocks.” Filner could have faced up to five years in prison, but the plea bargain instead gave him three months of house arrest, three years' probation, and partial loss of his mayoral pension. The plea deal let him escape registering as a sex offender. Filner was allowed to keep his [[civil service system]] pension.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/plea-deal-by-kamala-harris-ag-office-for-sexual-harassing-san-diego-mayor-was-too-lenient-critics-say</ref>

====No equal pay ever in her office====
Harris has never practiced gender pay equity with either her Senate staff or her Presidential campaign.

In her Senate office's most recent six-month disclosure, covering the period from April 1, 2018, through Sept. 31, 2018, the median male salary disbursement was $34,999 and the median female salary disbursement was $32,999, leaving women with just 94 cents of every dollar paid to men.

The gender pay gap for the previous six-month period, during which the median male salary was $27,167 and the median female salary was $25,749.97, was a nearly identical 6 percent.

The pay gap was even greater during the first full month of Harris's presidential campaign in February—the median female salary disbursement for the month, $5,763.97, was about 87 percent of the median male salary disbursement, $6,632.23, a further analysis of her campaign filing found.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/men-paid-more-than-women-in-kamala-harriss-senate-office-and-campaign/</ref>

==="Keep your hands off our Medicare"===
Harris' so-called "healthcare plan" places a balloon payment on Americans' healthcare, i.e. "kicks the can down the road" past the next election to solve the "crisis" in this years election cycle. It's another "get more, pay less" scheme, not really possible under basic laws of mathematics, science, logic, rational argument or reasoning.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/30/kamala-harriss-health-plan-put-balloon-mortgage-american-taxpayers-wallets/</ref>

While campaigning Harris encountered a senior voter. The elder woman asked "you are advocating health care for everyone … who's going to pay for it?" Harris said, "Well, we're going to pay for it" The woman responded, "No we're not. Leave our health care system alone. We don't want you to mess with it."<ref>https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1161010740821577728</ref>

===Immigration and human trafficking===
Kamala Harris refused to stand, applaud, and sat motionless, shaking her head "no" during the 2019 [[State of the Union Address]] when President Trump called upon Congress to take action to end [[human trafficking]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/kamala-harris-trump-stop-drug-cartels-human-trafficking/</ref> Harris was a staunch fighter of human trafficking as San Francisco DA. Harris proposes taking away American's private health insurance and making them pay for illegal immigrants healthcare.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/13/kamala-harris-take-away-americans-health-insurance-make-pay-illegal-immigrants-health-care/</ref>

As presidential candidate, Harris flip-flopped on the issue of legalizing prostitution to appeal to the Democrat's criminal element.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/on-prostitution-another-kamala-harris-reversal/</ref>

===Crime===
====Biden Crime Bill====
Harris openly criticized [[Joe Biden]], who authored the 1994 Crime Bill. Harris said the bill contributed to "mass incarceration in our country," established the "federal three strikes law," and "funded the building of more prisons in the states." Harris' brother-in-law, Tony West,<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-eric-holder-welcomes-assistant-attorneys-general-antitrust-civil-and</ref> along with [[Joe Biden]], helped author the 1994 Crime Bill that incarcerated 2.5 million Blacks, one-tenth of the Black male population.<ref>https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/biden-accountable-for-bad-crime-bill/article_a48d5523-61d0-5123-bd7f-cc010883c4cf.html</ref>

====Marijuana====
In the Second Debate, Harris was called for joking about her smoking marijuana while having locked up over 1,500 people for the same crime. The ''Washington Free Beacon''' later issued a correction of its finding that Harris had locked up at least 1,560 people for marijuana-related offenses. According to California's Department of Corrections, the figure now is at least 1,974 were admitted to prison under Harris for marijuana offenses.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/correction-kamala-locked-up-more-people-for-weed-than-we-thought/</ref>

====Prisoners voting====
Harris is for convicted murderers, rapists, child molesters, drug dealers and terrorists to vote while in prison.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bernie-sanders-kamala-harris-want-to-give-terrorists-the-right-to-vote/?utm_campaign=TPINews4232019morning&utm_source=criticalimpact&utm_medium=email&utm_content=51e4d80098622be6a6473c7b9fa19141&source=CI</ref>

===Education===
Harris claims {{quotebox|"the schools of America are as segregated if not more segregated today than they were when I was in elementary school. And we need to put every effort including busing into play to desegregate the schools.”<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-30/harris-stands-by-decision-to-speak-the-truth-on-race-matters</ref>}} On federally mandated busing, she replied: “I believe that any tool that is in the toolbox should be considered by a school district.”<ref>https://apnews.com/586b1e81cb684654b0cf689b9074c1cb</ref> Harris’ old Berkeley school district has today, despite its high level of integration, the worst test-score racial gap in the United States, with its median black student testing at only the fifth percentile of its white students.<ref>https://www.takimag.com/article/san-francisco-vs-frisco/#.XR6_Cs8PAv4.twitter</ref>

A vast database at Stanford's Center for Education Policy Analysis demonstrates that the biggest racial divides in school achievement are found in highly [[liberal]] districts. Blacks students achieve less in school in highly Democratic places, whether poor or rich. Anechoic Media's analysis of the Stanford database found that: {{quotebox|Black students in counties that voted Trump significantly overperform their socioeconomic status baseline. Going from a strong blue county, to a strong red county increases expected district black NAEP score by an effect roughly similar to a ~3.17 percentage point reduction in black poverty.<ref>https://twitter.com/AnechoicMedia_/status/1145209471502888960</ref>}}

===Housing===
Harris boasts, "as attorney general of California, I took on the big banks who preyed on the homeowners." Harris and several other state attorneys general negotiated a $25 billion nationwide settlement with five of the top U.S. mortgage lenders to provide debt relief and other financial services to struggling homeowners. But in 2012 then-California Gov. [[Jerry Brown]] illegally diverted $331 million from California’s portion of the settlement to pay off state budget deficits incurred before the 2008 housing crisis. The beleaguered homeowners never got he funds.

Harris remained silent on the court battles raging since 2014 as attorney general, Senator and presidential candidate.
:''“She’s running for president of the United States, saying she took on the big banks and looked out for the little guys – this has become a platform for her -- and she won’t even meet with us or deal with us,”'' Faith Bautista, president and chief executive of the National Asian American Coalition, or NAAC, told RealClearPolitics.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/14/harris_silence_on_diverted_funds_rankles_housing_advocates_141005.html?utm_source=rcp-today&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mailchimp-newsletter Harris' Silence on Diverted Funds Rankles Housing Advocates], Susan Crabtree, RCP, August 14, 2019.</ref>

California courts deemed the diversion of funds illegal three times already. Gov. [[Gavin Newsom]] has not complied with court orders, and Sen. Harris remained silent.

===Reparations===
Harris originally opposed slave reparations and in its place offered a tax credit for all families earning under $100,000.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwq41Sm0QZE</ref> Harris moved toward reparations as the Democrats' strategy of promoting and emphasizing racial divisiveness in the 2020 elections took shape.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/us/politics/2020-democrats-race-policy.html</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/430999-warren-harris-back-reparations-for-black-americans-affected-by-slavery</ref> Harris has not elaborated on whether the descendants of people who did not own slaves such as [[Native American]]s, [[Republican]]s, [[Italian]]s, [[Polish|Pole]]s, [[Jew]]s, [[Hispanic]]s and other [[ethnic group]]s that migrated to the United States after the [[American Civil War]] would be granted an exemption from paying reparations, or if Americans such as [[Barack Obama]] and herself, who have no ancestry connected to North American slaves, would qualify.

Harris is 50% South Asian (India), 25% African, and 25% [[Irish]]. Under Harris' reparations proposal, if it were based on any notion of justice, she would be exempt; her mother immigrated from India and her father from Jamaica. Even if an argument could be made that she were entitled to reparations based on her father's African heritage, it would be cancelled out by her father's other one-half Irish heritage. At best she'd be entitled to one-half the standard benefit, of which she'd be liable to pay to herself (plus administrative overheard costs).

===Bullying===
Harris is noted for her nasty wit and [[bullying]] in Senate hearings with Chairman [[Chuck Grassley]],<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/09/04/kamala_harris_challenges_and_interrupts_judiciary_committee_chairman_grassley_a_charade_and_a_mockery.html</ref> Judge [[Brett Kavanaugh]],<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsm1GPnlqmU</ref> Attorney General [[Bill Barr]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHd_UlebyoM</ref> and the Immigration and Custom Enforcement head.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxunaTHh8QM</ref>

After Rep. [[Tulsi Gabbard]] eliminated Harris from the top tier of candidates with series of questions about her record during the Second Debate, Harris press spokesmen claimed it was a Russian plot to end her presidential bid.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/01/kamala-harris-campaign-claims-russians-are-behind-tulsi-gabbard-after-hawaii-democrat-lands-attack/</ref> Shortly after, it was reported the California Attorney general's office removed arrest records during Kamala's tenure, making it difficult to research her claims.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/california-removes-arrest-reports-from-kamala-years/</ref>

==Further reading==
*[https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/23/18184192/kamala-harris-president-campaign-criminal-justice-record Kamala Harris’s controversial record on criminal justice, explained]. As she launches her presidential campaign, Harris is characterizing herself as a reformer. Critics disagree. By German Lopez, ''[[Vox]]'', Jan 28, 2019.
*[https://filtermag.org/2019/01/23/presidential-hopeful-kamala-harris-has-helped-make-sex-workers-lives-more-dangerous/ Presidential Hopeful Kamala Harris Has Helped Make Sex Workers’ Lives More Dangerous], by Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard / January 23, 2019.
*[https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/kamala-harris-trump-obama-california-attorney-general The Two Faces of Kamala Harris], By Branko Marcetic, ''Jocobin''.
*[https://statuscoup.com/does-kamala-harris-fundraiser-cohost-connection-global-money-laundering-scandal/ Does Kamala Harris Fundraiser Co-Host Have Connection to Global Money-Laundering Scandal?], Jordan Chariton, StatusCoup, Mar 13, 2019.
*[https://www.jamaicaglobalonline.com/kamala-harris-jamaican-heritage/ Reflections of a Jamaican Father], By Donald J. Harris, January 13, 2019. www.jamaicaglobalonline.com

==See also==
*[[Misandry]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001075 Profile] at the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], YouTube

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U2

2019-08-29T21:46:09Z

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:''This article is about the Irish rock band; for the reconnaissance aircraft see [[U-2]].''
'''U2''' is a rock band from [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]], composed of four members:

* [[Paul David Hewson]] (stage name Bono) - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
*David Evans (stage name The Edge) - Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
*Adam Clayton - Bass Guitar
*Larry Mullen, Jr. - Drums and Percussion

The band was formed in September 1976 by the four, who were still schoolboys. Since the release of their debut album ''Boy'' in 1980, the band has gone on to become one of the most successful and popular bands in the world. They have also been considered by many critics to be one of the most innovative live bands in music, specifically with revolutionary tours such as the 1992-1993 Zoo TV Tour. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, its first year of eligibility.

Three members of the band (Bono, The Edge, Mullen) profess to be [[Christianity|Christians]]. Early in the band's career, the three worshiped regularly, though it is not known if the band has maintained such levels. Specifically, the band's ''October'' album has many references to God. Adam Clayton, who is an [[atheist]], stated that during the recording of ''October'' he felt a bit isolated from the group, but has not since. However, in addition to regularly using vulgar language, U2 has made statements denying that Jesus is the only way to salvation.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkozK_uNMjs Bono Said WHAT About Jesus?!] ''Living Waters -- YouTube''. June 13, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2018. See also:
*Beuving, Mark (September 28, 2012). [http://archives.eternitybiblecollege.com/2012/09/28/u2-can-we-trust-someone-who-tells-us-to-coexist/ U2: Can We Trust Someone Who Tells Us to Coexist?] ''Archives – Eternity Bible College''. Retrieved October 20, 2018.</ref>

==Famous Performances==
In 2002 at the [[Super Bowl]] halftime show, U2 performed a ''MLK''/''Where the Streets Have No Name'' combination (in addition to reciting [http://bible.cc/psalms/51-15.htm Psalm 51:15]), with a list of [[9/11]] victims in the background. Bono also revealed the [[American flag]] under his jacket at the end of the performance.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq08ouOwiqQ Video]</ref>

==Activism==
Beginning in the late 1990s, Bono began campaigning for [[social justice]] for the impoverished, specifically focusing on the continent of [[Africa]]. In 2006 he and Bobby Shriver co-founded the (RED) product line with The Gap, Motorola, Apple and other retailers, donating a portion of the proceeds to [[The Global Fund]] which helps women and children affected by [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] in [[Africa]].<ref>http://www.joinred.com/red/</ref> Bono has also appeared in front of the [[United Nations]] numerous times, and has met with many world leaders, including U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the Liberty Medal, nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, and being named one of ''Time'' magazine's Persons of the Year for 2005 (with Melinda and [[Bill Gates]]).<ref>http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa050400a.htm</ref>

In 2006 there was criticism of U2 for moving some of their publishing company from Ireland to the Netherlands to avoid newly created taxes for music groups in the country.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/08/nbono08.xml</ref>

In 2018, U2 endorsed repealing a constitutional amendment in Ireland that protected the [[right to life]] for [[unborn]] Irish children.<ref>Richardson, Bradford (May 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/3/u2-comes-out-support-ireland-abortion-ban-repeal/ U2 comes out in support of Ireland abortion ban repeal]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 3, 2018. See also:
*Williams, Thomas D. (May 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/06/christian-fans-devastated-u2-backing-abortion-ireland/ Christian Fans ‘Devastated’ with U2 for Backing Abortion in Ireland]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 6, 2018.</ref>

==Albums==
They have released the following albums:

* ''Boy'' (1980)
* ''October'' (1981)
* ''War'' (1983)
* ''Under a Blood Red Sky'' (1983) [Live recordings from the band's tour in support of the ''War'' album]
* ''The Unforgettable Fire'' (1984)
* ''The Joshua Tree'' (1987)
* ''Rattle and Hum'' (1988) [Partially consisting of new tracks, partially of live recordings from the ''Joshua Tree'' Tour]
* ''Achtung Baby'' (1991)
* ''Zooropa'' (1993)
* ''Pop'' (1997)
* ''All That You Can't Leave Behind'' (2000)
* ''How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'' (2004)
* ''No Line on the Horizon'' (2009)

==Hit U.S. Singles==

* "I Will Follow" (81)
* "New Year's Day" (53)
* "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (33)
* "With or Without You" (1)
* "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (1)
* "Where the Streets Have No Name" (13)
* "Desire" (3)
* "Angel of Harlem" (14)
* "The Fly" (61)
* "Mysterious Ways" (9)
* "One" (10)
* "Discotheque" (10)
* "Staring at the Sun" (26)
* "Beautiful Day" (21)
* "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of" (52)
* "Vertigo" (31)
* "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (97)

(#) denotes highest position on Billboard Hot 100.

== References ==
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[[Category:Rock Bands]]
[[Category:Abortion Advocates]]

Wikipedia

2019-08-29T21:33:25Z

Ukimmoral: /* Unreliability of Wikipedia */

[[Image:Wpp.png|thumb|right|200px|The multilingual Wikipedia home page]]
'''Wikipedia''' is an [[internet|online]] [[wiki]]-based [[encyclopedia]] hosted and owned by the non-profit organization [[Wikimedia Foundation]] and financially supported by grants from left-leaning foundations plus an aggressive annual online fundraising drive.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180527010133/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_announces_tenth_annual_fundraising_campaign</ref> Most of Wikipedia's articles can be edited publicly by both registered and anonymous editors,<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=wMhBQ0WdjF4C&pg=PA199#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> mostly consisting of teenagers and the unemployed.<ref name="theregister.co.uk">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/18/sanger_forks_wikipedia/</ref> As such, it tends to project a [[liberal]]—and, in some cases, even [[socialist]], [[Communist]], and [[Nazi]]-sympathising—worldview, which is totally at odds with [[conservative]] [[reality]] and rationality.

Wikipedia was co-founded by [[Jimbo Wales]] (an [[Atheism|atheist]], [[libertarian]], and [[objectivist]]), and atheist philosophy professor [[Larry Sanger]] in 2001. The website was originally created to complement the now defunct peer-reviewed online encyclopedia [[Nupedia]] as a way for collaboration on articles. However, Wikipedia overtook Nupedia and became an independent project hosted by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]], which also hosts various related websites, known as "sister projects", such as ''Wikinews'' and ''Wikibooks''. Co-founder Larry Sanger later acknowledged that Wikipedia does not follow its own neutrality policy.<ref name="SangerNeutrality">[https://uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/larry-sanger-co-founder-of-wikipedia-agrees-that-it-does-not-follow-its-own-neutrality-policy/ Uncommon Descent, December 1, 2016, Posted by Barry Arrington]</ref>

Critics of Wikipedia state that Wikipedia's articles contain [[Examples of bias in Wikipedia|systemic bias]],<ref name=howtheleft>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2011/david-swindle/how-the-left-conquered-wikipedia-part-1/</ref> and that the information included within its articles are a mixture of truths, [[half-truth]]s, and falsehoods.<ref name=hnn>http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/125437</ref> The nature of Wikipedia also makes it subject to spin and [[bias]], examples of which include paid public relations advocacy and inserting libelous content into the biographies of politicians for a political purpose.<ref name=hnn/> Wikipedia was also criticized for having a [[liberal bias]] in its articles about politics, despite Wikipedia's "neutral point of view" policy.<ref name=howtheleft/>

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== Continuing loss of influence ==

Wikipedia's traffic level stems from its high placement in Google searches, and that many people rely upon it for quick research regarding trivial facts. However, users are turning to alternatives such as the voice-based iPhone application [[Siri]] or the Knowledge Graph display on Google search result pages of key facts about search targets.<ref name=timesindia>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Google-eating-into-Wikipedia-page-views/articleshow/29072825.cms?referral=PM|title=Google eating into Wikipedia page views?|work=Times of India|first=Subodh |last=Varma|date=January 20, 2014|accessdate=March 20, 2014}}</ref> Wikipedia page-views dropped by 2 billion between December 2012 and December 2013. Wikipedia's most popular versions are leading the decline: page-views of the English Wikipedia dropped by 12 per cent, those of German version slid by 17 per cent and the Japanese version lost 9 per cent.<ref name=timesindia/>

In addition to the number of visitors declining, there continues to be a drop in active editors as well. In August 2012, it was reported that Wikipedia has a shrinking base of editors.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/08/pro-evolution-wikipedia-has-shrinking.html Pro-evolution Wikipedia has a shrinking base of editors plus [[Quora]] is Wikipedia's worst nightmare]</ref> At the same time, ''Business Insider'' indicated [[Quora]] was "Wikipedia's worst nightmare".<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/08/pro-evolution-wikipedia-has-shrinking.html Pro-evolution Wikipedia has a shrinking base of editors plus Quora is Wikipedia's worst nightmare]</ref>

== Unreliability of Wikipedia ==
Wikipedia relies on self-selected "editors" to write and compile articles, with no preference given for scholars in the fields about which they are writing. This fact may disqualify Wikipedia from being considered a genuine encyclopedia, ironically even by its own standards. An encyclopedia is supposed to be a collection of articles by "well-educated, well-informed content experts."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia</ref> Theoretically, Wikipedia is supposed to compensate for this weakness by requiring references to reputable secondary sources. But editors can delete, without collaboration, any text or entry they dislike, citing one of the many Wikipedia guidelines for doing so. Entries posted by scholars in the field, based on peer-reviewed, academic articles are deleted by editors with an ideological bias. Wikipedia, then, only represents the majority view of its editors.

As the contribution of volunteer editors has declined, some of the void has been replaced by paid public relations professionals. These paid editors seek to present their client companies or individuals in the best possible light. This has resulted in many articles being transformed into paid advertising pieces that take advantage of the English Wikipedia's high placement on Google search results. This chronic problem has become so severe that the Wikimedia Foundation has proposed amending its terms of service to require disclosures of paid editing conflicts of interest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/Paid_contributions_amendment|title=Terms of use/Paid contributions amendment|date=February 21, 2014|accessdate=March 20, 2014}}</ref> In the competition to control content, the paid PR editors win out because they are monitoring pages as a full-time job, while editors seeking to keep content more balanced are only part-time volunteers.

In 2008, the ''American Journalism Review'' declared concerning Wikipedia:
{{cquote|"An even more blunt assessment appears in the encyclopedia's "Ten things you may not know about Wikipedia" posting: "We do not expect you to trust us. It is in the nature of an ever-changing work like Wikipedia that, while some articles are of the highest quality of scholarship, others are admittedly complete rubbish." It also reminds users not to use Wikipedia as a primary source or for making "critical decisions."<ref>http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4461</ref>}}
Despite its official "neutrality policy," [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia|Wikipedia has a strong liberal bias.]] In an article entitled "Wikipedia Lies, Slander Continue," [[journalism|journalist]] [[Joseph Farah]] stated Wikipedia "is not only a provider of inaccuracy and bias. It is wholesale purveyor of lies and slander unlike any other the world has ever known."<ref name="wnd.com">http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83640</ref> Mr. Farah has repeatedly been the victim of defamation on Wikipedia.<ref name="wnd.com"/> In December 2010, [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[JP Holding]] called Wikipedia "the abomination that causes misinformation".<ref>http://tektonticker.blogspot.com/search/label/Wikipedia</ref>

Some say that Wikipedia's unreliability is systemic, citing Douglas Adams: "''In other words—and this is the rock-solid principle on which the whole of the Corporation’s Galaxywide success is founded—their fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their superficial design flaws.'' Wikipedia, which is written by anyone, still struggles to solve the need for traditional quality controls characteristic of conventional [[encyclopedia]]s. The self-policing practices have produced results and accuracy some claim is far better than originally expected but still widely questioned. Research released in April 2012 claimed 60% of Wikipedia articles contain "inaccuracies", leading the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' to dub it "Iffy-pedia".<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2131458/Up-articles-Wikipedia-contain-factual-errors.html</ref> The lack of consistency and uniform supervision leaves an ever-present shadow over any given piece of information. Many in the [[College|academy]] insist that it is unreliable source for [[research]] and an unacceptable reference in many classrooms. However, Wikipedia steers people to original [[Source|source material]], and with the use of hyperlinks and [[search engine]]s, it has become the most widely used intermediary reference tool on the [[Internet]].

According to the style manual for the [[Associated Press]], the largest news agency in the United States, Wikipedia should not be used as a primary source, but the hyperlinks in articles may be helpful as sources.

Wikipedia has millions of entries on trivia and mundane topics ranging from an explanation for "duh"<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duh (only after Conservapedia criticized the entry on the English word "duh" did Wikipedia eventually remove it)</ref> to singles by obscure rock bands<ref>such as ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honk_If_You_Love_Fred_Durst Honk If You Love Fred Durst]'' (accessed April 1, 2007)</ref> to arcane British nobility.<ref>Part of the article about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Liddell Henry Liddell], a 19th-century Vice-chancellor of Oxford University and author, includes that his grandfather was the youngest son of the 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and that his daughter was the child ''Alice in Wonderland'' was written for (accessed April 1, 2007)</ref> There are editions of Wikipedia in 250 languages, and 130 have more than 1000 articles.<ref>[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias - Wikimedia], accessed April 1, 2007.</ref> After about four years Wikipedia had about 450,000 entries,<ref>Aaron Weiss, The Unassociated Press, N.Y. Times, Feb. 10, 2005, at G5.</ref> and after six years it had about 1.7 million entries.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics English Wikipedia statistics] accessed April 1, 2007</ref> Four years later this number had more than doubled again: in November 2011, there were more than 3.8 million content pages.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics English Wikipedia statistics] accessed May 6, 2011</ref> As of February 2014, there are more than 4.4 million "content" pages, many of which lack educational value. On important topics, the information is often misleading due to the unchecked, [[Wikipedia#Leftist bias|systematic liberal bias]] that dominates Wikipedia.

The quality of Wikipedia articles can vary greatly. Some articles, particularly about narrow topics and those of little interest, are well written and appear to have input from one or more subject matter experts. Articles about broader topics and with high viewership naturally have more editors, many of whom are not well versed in the subject matter. In determining the quality of an article it is helpful to check the sources or references to see if one or more of the standard references for the topic is frequently cited. Often the most valuable feature of an article will be to direct the reader to good quality references, if they exist.

==Origins==
Initially, Wikipedia was hosted on servers operated by Bomis, Inc., a company that also sold pornographic pictures.<ref>Martin Hickman and Genevieve Roberts, "WIKIPEDIA," The Independent (London) p. 12 (Feb 13, 2006)</ref> The majority owner of Boomis had lost his fortune in a lawsuit, and the Wikipedia volunteers feared that if all of Boomis' assets were seized, ownership of Wikipedia would be transferred. In 2003, Jimbo Wales addressed this risk by founding the Wikimedia Foundation to take control of Wikipedia's assets. The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides support for Wikipedia and other similar projects,<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home Wikimedia Foundation] accessed April 7, 2007</ref> and also the free MediaWiki software that runs Wikipedia and Conservapedia.<ref>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki home] accessed April 7, 2007</ref> It also gives out millions of dollars in grants each year to liberal causes that recruit liberals to edit Wikipedia so as to reflect their biases.

== Leftist bias ==

{{See also|Leftist roots of Wikipedia}}

''See also:'' [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia]]

Wikipedia shows a systematic bias in the proportion of articles which treat controversial issues. It ignores its own [[NPOV]] policy when it allows contributors to "delete well-referenced information" merely because it comes from a [[scientist]] who holds a minority view. It would only be a violation, if the article used the information to give a false impression of the proportion of scientists adhering to that view, but liberals use "undue weight" like a sledge hammer. They are either unaware or unconcerned about their bias.

This is not surprising, given this [[Zogby]] poll:

While 97% of [[Republican]]s surveyed said the media are [[liberal]], two-thirds of [[political independent]]s feel the same, but fewer than one in four independents (23%) said they saw a "conservative bias". [[Democrat]]s, while much more likely to perceive a conservative bias than other groups, were not nearly as sure the [[media]] was against them as were the Republicans. While Republicans were unified in their perception of a [[left-wing]] media, just two-thirds of Democrats were certain the media skewed [[right-wing|right]] – and 17% said the bias favored the left.<ref>http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1262</ref>

David Swindle writes at [[FrontPage Magazine]]:
{{cquote|There was not a single ideological vision driving Wikipedia’s founders and core contributors as they launched the project. Jimmy Wales, who would become the face of the project and its “benevolent dictator,” according to Andrew Lih’s ''The Wikipedia Revolution'', is a libertarian and [[Ayn Rand|Ayn Randian]] [[Objectivism|Objectivist]]. Also important in shaping Wikipedia was the so-called “hacker ethos,” the culture that has developed amongst computer programmers over the last 40 years and been shaped by the Left, the counterculture, popular culture, and [[anarchism|anarchist]] thought.

What binds together these ideologies is a [[utopia]]n ideal that human beings are more prone to [[altruism]] rather than self-interest. In Wikipedia Revolution Wales is quoted as saying, “Generally we find most people out there on the internet are good… It’s one of the wonderful humanitarian discoveries in Wikipedia, that most people only want to help us and build this free nonprofit, charitable resource.” Ward Cunningham was the programmer who created the wiki concept and software. According to Lih, he believed in the Wiki because “People are generally good.”

Lih explains how this philosophy is embedded within Wikipedia’s rules:

A core idea Wikipedia embraced.. was to assume good faith when interacting with others. The guideline promoted optimistic production rather than pessimistic nay-saying, and reads, “Unless there is strong evidence to the contrary, assume that people who work on the project are trying to help it, not hurt it; avoid accusing others of harmful motives without particularly strong evidence.

But as it worked out, Wikipedia in practice has strayed from these utopian ideas because of the ease with which political and social bias trumps altruism.

After almost a decade of rapid growth and free-wheeling experimentation the situation at the site by the Summer of 2009 was chaos. Political operatives would sabotage one another in electoral contests by vandalizing pages. More malicious misinformation filtered in freely, with living historical figures accused of involvement in conspiratorial plots.<ref>http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/23/how-the-left-conquered-wikipedia-part-1/</ref>}}

Wikipedia co-founder [[Larry Sanger]], who left the site, later acknowledged that Wikipedia does not follow its own neutrality policy.<ref name="SangerNeutrality"/>

[[File:Peter-Singer.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|The atheist philosopher [[Peter Singer]] defends the practice of [[bestiality]] (as well as [[abortion]], infanticide and [[euthanasia]]). Despite holding these immoral views the [[liberal]] and pro-[[evolution]] academic establishment rewarded his views with a bioethics chair at [[Princeton University]].<ref>
*[https://creation.com/the-basis-of-a-christian-worldview The Basis of a Christian Worldview - Creation Ministries International]
*[https://creation.com/answer-to-philosophy-religion-professor-on-biblical-exegesis-and-the-problem-of-evil CMI answers philosophy/religion professor on biblical exegesis and the problem of evil]
*[http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/06/the-dangerous-mind-of-peter-singer ''The Dangerous Mind''] by Joe Carter, ''[[First Things]]''</ref> See: [[Atheism and bestiality]] and [[Wikipedia on bestiality]] ]]

Wikipedia also has an automatic Wikimedia Commons editing software called "Commonist," which allows the user to upload multiple files at once. The symbol of [[communism]] - the "hammer and sickle" of the leftist ideology which murdered millions in the former [[Soviet Union]] - is featured prominently on the instruction page as well as the tags that mark each uploaded image.<ref>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Commonist</ref>

=== Research ===

On August 23, 2011, David Swindle published an article at ''[[FrontPage Magazine]]'' detailing how Wikipedia has been taken over by the [[Leftist|political left]] and he cited statistics relating to Wikipedia's articles on [[Anne Coulter]], [[Michael Moore]], [[Glenn Beck]] and [[Keith Olbermann]] which helped demonstrate the Wikipedia has a leftist/liberal bias plus he discussed the liberal/leftist cultural foundations of Wikipedia.<ref name="frontpagemag.com">[http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/23/how-the-left-conquered-wikipedia-part-1/ How the left conquered Wikipedia - Part 1]</ref>

For example, Swindle wrote:

<blockquote>"Consider Ann Coulter versus Michael Moore. Coulter’s entry (on August 9, 2011) was 9028 words long.* Of this longer-than-usual entry, 3220 words were devoted to “Controversies and criticism” in which a series of incidents involving Coulter and quotes from her are cited with accompanying condemnations, primarily from her opponents on the Left. That’s 35.6 percent of Coulter’s entry devoted to making her look bad. By contrast, Moore’s entry is 2876 words (the more standard length for entries on political commentators), with 130 devoted to “Controversy.” That’s 4.5% of the word count, a fraction of Coulter’s. Does this mean that an “unbiased” commentator would find Coulter eight times as “controversial” as Moore?"<ref name="frontpagemag.com"/></blockquote>

=== Talk Pages ===

A lot of Wikipedia's leftist bias is clearly evident from their talk pages.

For example, when an article about the Barcelona May Days<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:May_Days&oldid=903699178</ref> (an event during the Spanish Civil War where hundreds of anti-Stalinist Trotskyists and anarchists were gunned down by the pro-Stalin Republican government) portrayed the anti-Stalinist side, which contained author George Orwell, in a generally favourable light, Stalinists filled the talk page with childish attacks on the authors of the article, including expletives, as is characteristic of Wikipedia.

==Purported "Tertiary" Source and Arbitrary Standards==
Wikipedia purports to be a "tertiary" source, relying on edited work from reputable sources. The policy is meant to build on the work of qualified editors of secondary sources. Some accuse Wikipedia, therefore, of relying on [[hearsay]], and discouraging the application of [[logic]] and new development of new insights. The result is an agglomeration of reheated "consensus" with little or no intellectual merit of its own; in particular, it is impossible to challenge orthodoxy, received wisdom or commonly held misconceptions through the Wikipedia system, no matter how factually incorrect those orthodoxies might be.

Supporters of Wikipedia would claim that relying on secondary sources encourages reliability and objectivity. However, there are cases of Wikipedia applying it's standards arbitrarily. For example, the case of Wikipedia editor "Yeoberry" (user ID 3606936), an editor with a Ph.D. in church history who first posted materials about "Icons" on August 6, 2012, with multiple citations to historical documents. The material was removed and Yeoberry was told that Wikipedia is a "tertiary" source and so he needed to find reliable secondary sources. On April 4, 2013, Yeoberry again added largely the same material, this time citing a newly published academic paper in a peer-reviewed journal. The information was again removed, with editors, at least some of whom religiously affiliated with the organization supporting icons, claiming the editor had a "COI" (conflict of interest). Neither time did the editors removing Yeoberry's material consult Yeoberry. But when Yeoberry reverted to his edition, he was charged with "edit warring." When Yeoberry challenged the arbitrary use of Wikipedia criteria he was blocked from editing indefinitely and then his access to his own talk page was also blocked.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=548948980#Proposal:_Indefinite_Block</ref>

Wikipedia articles, especially on controversial or political and religious topics, are often guarded by editors who have an interest in slanting the content of the article, may have no formal education on the topic, and can find a so-called reason for suppressing the information they want to suppress. Editors can claim the source is unreliable (as they interpret that); that information gives "UNDUE" weight to the topic the information is about; peer-reviewed, academic articles written by scholars can be removed by editors if, in the opinion of an editor, the view expressed is "Fringe" or if the contributor has a "COI" (conflict of interest) if he's the author of the secondary source or has an advanced education or other interest in the topic; etc. Editors with advanced education in a topic, citing sources from peer-reviewed journals, can have their contributions deleted and their participation prohibited if a few other editors, without such qualification but with enough knowledge of the Wikipedia jargon, decide to suppress him or her.

Originally, encyclopedias were written by scholars, either by one or a few whose knowledge is considered "encyclopedic" (i.e. very broad) or each article is written by an expert in the field. But in Wikipedia, expertise in a given field can disqualify one from contributing in that field resulting in Wikipedia being accused of being a "[[idiocracy]]".

==Economics==

Though Wikipedia is non-profit, the [[Wikia]] project of its co-founder is very much for-profit and has raised millions of dollars in [[venture capital]]. Already Wikipedia has been criticized for favoring Wikia. When Wikipedia community voted 61-39% percent to treat all links to other sites equally by removing nofollow (Google-ignored) tags for all of them, the Wikipedia co-founder overruled this decision and Wikipedia now favors Wikia in its treatment of nofollow tags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/28/wikipedia-special-treatment-for-wikia-and-other-wikis/|title=Wikipedia: Special Treatment for Wikia and some other Wikis|author=Nik Cubrilovic|date=April 28, 2007|accessdate=July 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-January/061137.html</ref>

''The Register'' said:<ref name="theregister.co.uk"/>
:Wikipedia has tried to balance the Utopian goal of "an encyclopedia anyone can edit" with the more utilitarian goal of "a website anyone would want to read". With over a million articles, and a rulebook almost as dense, Wikipedia has demonstrated an insatiable desire to participate, create lists and generate procedures. The result is a huge silo of recorded trivia, and perhaps the world's largest, most distributed bureaucracy - mostly manned by a casual staff of teenagers and the unemployed.

For the past few years, Wikipedia has added banners begging for money from its viewers. The site claims to be in need of more funding, but in fact it is "awash with cash - and raises far more money each year than it needs to keep operating."<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/20/cash_rich_wikipedia_chugging/ Wikipedia doesn't need your money - so why does it keep pestering you?], 20 December 2012</ref>

Wikipedia, a registered trademark of Wikimedia Foundation, is used also by services like WikiExperts.us, which is declared as not being affiliated with it.
WikiExperts.us accepts money to write Wikipedia entries for businesses and is included in American business ventures of Alex Konanykhin, the Former Russian oligarch, who has been wanted in Russia since Yeltsin's days to face charges relating to embezzlement and financial fraud.<ref>{{cite web |title='Not terrorists': Hysteria over MH17 fails to take account of both law and facts |author=Roslyn Fuller |date=July 25, 2014 |accessdate=July 26, 2014 |url=http://rt.com/op-edge/175496-hysteria-mh17-ukraine-facts-terrorists/}}</ref>

==Scandals and decline==

[[Image:Wikipedia scandals.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Decline in Wikimedia Foundation donations.<ref>[http://centiare.com/Wikipedia_scandals Wikipedia scandals]. Retrieved from centiare.com October 10, 2007.</ref> Graph courtesy [http://www.centiare.com/Directory:Gregory_J._Kohs Gregory Kohs]. Used with Permission.]]The cumulative effect of multiple scandals and revelations has led to declining activity on the English Wikipedia. The rate of new account creation peaked in early 2007 and has declined ~30% since. Overall editing activity showed a steady decline beginning in February 2007. An independent analysis reported, "The rate at which edits were being made to Wikipedia articles appears to have peaked in February to April 2007 and declined since. This decline is unprecedented in Wikipedia's history.... Though it may be purely coincidental, this time frame also corresponds to the Essjay controversy appearing in the press."<ref>[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-October/033661.html Statistical Decline of the English Wikipedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dragons_flight/Log_analysis Dragons flight/Log analysis], October 9, 2007.</ref>

Even after the hoax was revealed of high level intimates promoted by the Wikimedia Foundation as experts in fields that they were not, to persuade college professors to allow students to cite Wikipedia as a reliable source, and entrusted with the ability to invade users privacy which could affect, in their words, "life and death," Wikipedia still appealed to students with a Jim and Tammy Faye Baker-style fundraising slogan across one million project space pages that read, "OMG! Wikipedia is gone! I’ll flunk my exams!" [http://whygive.wikimedia.org/2007/11/24/omg-wikipedia-is-gone-ill-flunk-my-exams/]

Further evidence of the decline in Wikipedia is that the number of editors who voted in the 2012 Arbitration Committee elections has dropped to 858.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2012#Turnout|title=Arbitration Commitee Elections December 2012|accessdate=December 18, 2012}}</ref> For a website that claims to have thousands of active editors, this is very low. Active editors are discouraged from voting because all voters are subject to automatic investigation and invasion of their privacy to determine if they are "sockpuppets" of other voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.is/6tiF8|title=Wikipedia's "scrutineers" snoop on living arrangements of contributors|work=Examiner|first=Greg|last=Kohs|date=December 11, 2013|accessdate=December 15, 2014}}</ref>

==Shane Fitzgerald Hoax==

After the death of composer Maurice Jarre, a Wikipedia editor named Shane Fitzgerald attached a quote to Jarre's page: "One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head, that only I can hear."<ref>http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_maurice_jarre_wikipedia_hoax/</ref> The words are poetic, yet were never spoken by Jarre, and meant to appeal to news journalists seeking information. It was cited in many newspapers as a genuine quote before its removal.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/id/30699302/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/student-hoaxes-worlds-media-wikipedia/#.WLNTW5ArLrc</ref>

Had Fitzgerald not confessed to the lie and informed major newspapers, it is likely that the quote would have been cited to one of them. In the days following, only one newspaper (''[[The Guardian]]'') publicly apologized for the use of a source that can be a tool for duping the public.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/may/04/journalism-obituaries-shane-fitzgerald</ref> Other newspapers, such as the [[Washington Post]], simply deleted their articles from online archives.

==False claim about Brent Bozell==

In March 2007, Brent Bozell described this falsehood in Wikipedia:<ref>http://www.creators.com/opinion/brent-bozell/not-your-father-s-encyclopedia.html</ref>

:The other day, Bernie Goldberg emailed me, upset. He pointed me to his Wikipedia entry. To read what was written was to conclude that apparently I must hate his guts. But we are friends. He is a man for whom I have profound respect, professional and personal. He knew there was foul play.

:Right there on the screen, under the heading "Criticism," it stated that I had attacked him, "claiming that Goldberg merely lifted material he had been producing for years, and only published the book because he had an ax to grind with his former employers and was attempting to make a 'quick buck,' noting that Goldberg never mentioned the alleged liberal bias of the media until it was 'convenient' and 'profitable' for him to do so." ...

:In fact, those words have never been uttered by me. The accusation would be false. Back in 1996, Goldberg used the op-ed pages of The Wall Street Journal publicly to castigate his own network for its one-sided oafish bashing of Steve Forbes. It was anything but "convenient" or "profitable" for him. It ruined his friendship with Dan Rather and put him on a path to the outer fringes of CBS "News. Ultimately, it ruined his newscaster career.

:My attorney contacted Wikipedia by email demanding the removal of this false entry. No response. So we edited out the offensive material ourselves, after which in writing counsel alerted Wikipedia to the legal action that might befall them should this be repeated. Here's full disclosure, Wikipedia-style: You can see how each article is altered, sometimes hour by hour, in its "History" section. But there is no mention of the attorney's complaints. In the Goldberg article's history, an editor simply now scolds: "Bozell's article is a mock-jealous swipe at Goldberg's opportunism. PLEASE REREAD IT." (Capitals theirs.)

:Goldberg and I are not alone. The website Conservapedia.com has a [[Bias in Wikipedia|long list]] of 41 allegations of bias and factual errors at Wikipedia. You can add to that the problem with the credentials of its staff. One of its editors, named only "Essjay" online and described on his user profile "as a tenured professor of religion at a private university with expertise in canon law," was recently exposed as a 24-year-old college kid in Kentucky. He resigned in disgrace — even though Wikipedia tried to retain him, claiming he'd edited thousands of articles with flair.

Instead of apologizing to Brent Bozell, '''Wikipedia instead says "Bozell points to Conservapedia as a resource that documents Wikipedia's faults in this regard, presumably holding it as a more authoritative reference less vulnerable to vandalism."'''<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Bozell accessed April 1, 2007</ref>

==Rewriting its own history==

The Associated Press and others credit Larry Sanger as the co-founder of Wikipedia.<ref>http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2007/mar/25/032502465.html
</ref> But the Associated Press quotes Jimmy Wales as denying it:<ref>''id.''</ref>

:"When you write this up please do not uncritically repeat Sanger's absurd claim to be the co-founder of Wikipedia."

:"I know of no one who was there at the company at the beginning who would think it anything other than laughable," he added. This is an interesting comment, considering that Larry Sanger takes credit for coining the name, "Wikipedia."<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_20#Sorry.2C_Jimbo.2C_but_not_buying_it. User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 20, Larry Sanger 03:26, 5 March 2007 (UTC)]</ref>

:"I am not bent out of shape about it," he wrote. "The facts are on my side, which is why I bother so little about it."

According to the Associated Press, Jimmy Wales "has repeatedly tried to address this - even going so far as editing his own Wikipedia biography to tone down credit for Sanger. Such autobiographical contributions are frowned upon in Wikipedia's community, and Wales apologized after his changes were noticed and publicized by blogger Rogers Cadenhead in 2005."<ref>''id.''</ref> Wales' booking agent for speaking engagements claims that Wales is "the founder" of Wikipedia, which results in surprised clients when that claim is challenged. The false "founder" claim is on Wales' webpage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jimmywales.com/about-jimmy/|title=About Jimmy|accessdate=February 6, 2015}}</ref>

Jimmy Wales has admitted that certain administrators, contrary to their own rules, have at times completely removed editing evidence.

== Seigenthaler scandal ==

In early October 2005, a prominent and respected journalist [[John Seigenthaler Sr.]], contacted Wikipedia founder [[Jimmy Wales]] about false and libelous content in his biographical entry. Essjay, a 24 year old Wikipedia Administrator who was advancing rapidly in the organization, was dispatched to handle the situation.<ref name="User:Essjay/Letter">[http://www.wikitruth.info/index.php?title=User:Essjay/Letter User:Essjay/Letter]. Retrieved from WikiTruth, November 3, 2007.</ref> An anonymous contributor added to Seigenthaler's biography the previous May,
:"John Seigenthaler Sr. was the assistant to Attorney General [[Robert Kennedy]] in the early 1960s. For a short time, he was thought to have been directly involved in the Kennedy assassinations of both [[John F. Kennedy|John]], and his brother, Bobby. Nothing was ever proven," and "John Seigenthaler moved to the [[Soviet Union]] in 1971, and returned to the [[United States]] in 1984. He started one of the country's largest public relations firms shortly thereafter."

Wales told Seignethaler that Wikipedia is "accountable" and corrects mistakes immediately, but that the internet service provider of the anonymous user probably would not be helpful in identifying who placed the content.<ref name="Seigenthaler's Op-Eds">[http://www.journalism.org/node/1673 Seigenthaler's Op-Eds], October 1, 2005. Retrieved from http://www.journalism.org November 12, 2007.</ref> Accountability activist [[Daniel Brandt]], a victim of a spurious biographical entry by Wikipedia Administrators, identified the place of employment of the anonymous user, and from there the person accountable was identified.<ref>http://www.journalism.cf.ac.uk/2006/online/index.php?id=parse-195-0-0-251&article=336&author=India+Camm</ref>

Seigenthaler returned to the editorial pages of ''USA Today'' from which he retired as its first editorial manager to write an Op-Ed piece critical of Wikipedia and the threat it poses to free speech due of its overt provocation of government regulation, its irresponsible self-regulation and lack of accountability.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm A false Wikipedia 'biography'], By John Seigenthaler, ''USA Today'', 11/29/2005.</ref>

=== CNN interview ===

On December 5, 2005 Wales and Seigenthaler appeared on [[CNN]]. An exchange between CNN moderator [[Kyra Phillips]] and Wales went like this:
{{Cquote|PHILLIPS:...I ran my name. I was shocked to see what was under my name. ...I'm telling you right now, Jimmy, that's not how I want people to see me and understand me. And what I'm about and what I write about in my interviews, et cetera. So, you know, it's not just individuals like John, but me and many other people, that just have concerns that this is creating gossip that can be very harmful. And people go to these sites thinking that this is the truth.}}
{{Cquote|WALES: Well, I mean, I think the real key is that the site matures over time, the -- all of the articles are edited over and over and over, and improved. Anyone's free to contribute. You're free to go and contribute.}}

This in fact is not the case. Phillips was not free to remove objectionable content within her biographical entry, as Daniel Brandt at that exact moment was discovering. Not four days prior, Wales told ''Editor & Publisher'' magazine regarding Brandt's objections to a false Wikipedia biography created by Wikipedia Administrators about him, "I find it hard to take him very seriously at all," and libelous slanders remained in Brandt's biography for a year and half. Wales told CNN, "we are very, very responsive to complaints and concerns."

Seigenthaler told the audience "with accountability comes credibility" and expressed fear that, "I'm afraid we're going to get regulated media as a result."<ref>http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/05/lol.02.html</ref>

On December 9, Seigenthaler appeared on C-SPAN's ''Washington Journal'' with Brian Lamb and articulated his concern that members of Congress or other powerful figures in government may likewise be targeted. On November 2, 2006, days before the mid-term Congressional elections, an anonymous IP address traced to the ''[[New York Times]]'' changed [[U.S. House of Representatives]] [[Majority Leader]] [[Tom DeLay]]'s Wikipedia biographical entry from "a prominent member of the [[Republican Party]]" to "Grand Dragon of the Republican Party."<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_DeLay&diff=prev&oldid=85320018 Wikipedia/Tom DeLay, Revision as of 20:19, 2 November 2006, IP 199.181.174.146]</ref><ref>[http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/name2ip.php?orgname=New+York+Times&location= WikiScanner]</ref>

Seigenthaler wrote a more expansive column in the ''The Tennessean'' after the November 30 ''USA Today'' piece appeared,
{{Cquote|a sudden stream of invective — homophobic, anti-Semitic and racist — spilled, as if from a sewer, onto the Wikipedia page under my name. ..It identified me as ...a "Nazi," "fascist-oriented" ....murderer ...there also was the profile picture of Adolf Hitler over the caption, "Press photo of Seigenthaler." The accompanying line: "He is secretly responsible for killing all the Jews." }}

=== Accountability and Section 230 ===
[[Image:Wikifascists.JPG|thumb|275px|right|From Wikipedia Watch. [http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/] The inscription reads, ''"Two wikifascists find someone without a biography."'']]
Upon his retirement from ''USA Today'', Seigenthaler founded of the First Amendment Center, an organization dedicated to a national dialogue about [[First Amendment]] rights and values. Seigenthaler criticized passage of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Section 230 states that "no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker." Unlike print and broadcast companies, internet service providers (ISP's) cannot be sued for disseminating defamatory attacks on citizens posted by others. Seigenthaler noted [[Jimbo Wales]] told [[Brian Lamb]] in a [[C-SPAN]] interview that Wikipedia is accountable and that mistakes are corrected within minutes, but the false information remained in Seigenthaler's biography for five months. Seigenthaler concluded,
{{Cquote|And so we live in a universe of new media with phenomenal opportunities for worldwide communications and research — but populated by volunteer vandals with poison-pen intellects.<ref>A false Wikipedia 'biography', By John Seigenthaler, ''USA Today'', 11/29/2005.</ref>}}

In the case of ''Zeran v. AOL'', Zeran sued AOL for refusing to screen and remove defamatory messages, even after Zeran notified the ISP of their existence. The lower court ruled for the service provider and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the decision, noting that the intent of Section 230 was to (1) remove incentives on service providers to restrict speech on the Internet and (2) encourage self-regulation by service providers.<ref>http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=916529</ref><ref>http://www.adl.org/Civil_Rights/newcyber.pdf</ref>

An American citizen who posts material on the Internet that is illegal in a foreign country could be prosecuted if he subjected himself to the jurisdiction of that country. Internet users who export material that is illegal, that is to say, post material that is accessible and illegal in some foreign countries may be subject to prosecution in that country. However, under American law, the United States will not extradite a person for engaging in a constitutionally protected activity even if that activity violates a criminal law elsewhere.<ref>http://www.rjayco.com/obrien/nazism.pdf</ref>

=== Essjay given oversight ===
:''See Main article: [[Wikipedia:The Essjay scandal]]

Essjay wrote a professor to persuade her to allow her students to use Wikipedia as a viable source of information and posted a verbatim copy of the email for others to use. Essjay stated, "I was the administrator who deleted the inappropriate revisions when Mr. Seigenthaler contacted our founder, [[Jimmy Wales]]; it is quite unfortunate that a relatively minor issue on a relatively minor figure has provided so much negative publicity.<ref name="User:Essjay/Letter"/> Seigenthaler noted in his Op-Ed piece, "The motive for the salacious stuff directed at me is reasonably obvious," and quoted some comments, "We all at Wikipedia think he (Seigenthaler) is a horrible, stupid p...k for complaining about small inaccuracies in his biography."<ref name="Seigenthaler's Op-Eds"/>

Others said, "Mr. Seigenthaler's attitude and actions are reprehensible and ill-formed," and “if there is an error whether large or small, he can correct it.” This again, was not true. Even prior to the Wikipedia policy, '''Biographies of Living Persons''', [[conflict of interest]] restrictions existed on the subject of an article editing their own entry. Another wrote: "Rather than fixing the article himself, he made a legal threat."<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/02/12/bias_sabotage_haunt_wikipedias_free_world/?page=3</ref>
[[Image:Seigraph.gif|400px|thumb|right|The Seigenthaler scandal was viewed as "the best thing that ever happened to Wikipedia" as curiosity seekers to view the [[misinformation]] skyrocketed Alexa rankings.]]
Despite the damage to an innocent person and divulgence of Wikipedia's precarious claim as a viable source, the Seigenthaler scandal was viewed as a triumph and considered "the best thing that ever happened to Wikipedia,"<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:John_Seigenthaler,_Sr.#The_best_thing_that_ever_happened_to_Wikipedia Talk:John Seigenthaler Sr.#The best thing that ever happened to Wikipedia], retrieved 23 March 2007.</ref> catapulting it into a top ten most visited website as curiosity seekers responded to the negative publicity.<ref>[http://wikipediareview.com/lofiversion/index.php?t1100.html Wikipedia: A Nightmare Of Libel and Slander], Joel Leyden, Israel News Agency, 8 May 2006.</ref>

The scandal was originally billed as a "hoax", then "controversy," then downgraded to "incident," and now re-upgraded to "controversy," evidently in response to criticism. The Wikipedia entry on "Seigenthaler controversy" contains [[disinformation]], making the claim, "After the incident, Wikipedia took steps to prevent a recurrence, including barring unregistered users from creating new pages." No actions were ever taken to require disclosure of the real life identities of contributors. Barring unregistered users from creating new pages had nothing to do with the Seigenthaler scandal—the page already existed when an anonymous IP added the false information. Registration of accounts requires no accountability of the real life identity of the contributor. Indeed, many experienced Wikipedia editors and Administrators have dozens of registered accounts, called "sockpuppet accounts." Protecting the identities of anonymous high-level Administrators has always been more of a priority to the WikiMedia Foundation than the propagation of false information about real life persons whose identities are known. Wales was asked by ''BusinessWeek'' magazine, “Why do you feel it is important to allow contributors and site administrators to remain anonymous?” Wales responded, “there are definitely people working in Wikipedia who may have privacy reasons for not wanting their name on the site….there are lots of reasons for privacy online that aren’t nefarious.”<ref>http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2005/tc20051214_441708.htm</ref> In the Seigenthaler case, it was the odd circumstance that a victim of false information had a large enough platform to respond, coupled with the welcome fact that the victim fundamentally opposes government regulation of internet speech.

Wikipedia's "Seigenthaler controversy" also states, "The Foundation added a new level of "oversight" features to the MediaWiki software,[12] accessible as of 2006 to around 20 experienced editors nominated by Wales,"<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler_Sr._Wikipedia_biography_controversy#Wikimedia_Foundation_reaction Seigenthaler controversy#Wikimedia Foundation reaction].</ref> one of whom was Essjay.

This ban on anonymous page creation “reform” was abandoned less than two years later as Wikipedia's usage and ratings slumped in the wake of yet more scandals and questions about Wikipedia's culture, core content policies, and endemic lack of accountability.<ref>http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-October/084292.html</ref>

==Brandt / Berlet feud==
:''See Main article: [[Wikipedia:The Daniel Brandt controversy]]
An ugly [[far-left]] sectarian dispute<ref>[http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/wilcox/5.html Laird Wilcox], ''The Watchdogs: A Close Look at Anti-Racist "Watchdog" Groups'', Second Edition, Part 2, Editorial Research Service, 1999, p. 21. ISBN 0-993592-96-5.</ref> reared its head in 2005 with disastrous consequences for the site's credibility. The feud had been dormant for many years until the need to elevate a “controversial and notable expert” above the level of “partisan and extreme” defined by its own policies became apparent which would have precluded the so-called “expert” as "a source for anything other than himself,” as Wikipedia's ever fluid policies dictate.

Daniel Brandt, founder of Namebase,<ref>http://www.namebase.org/</ref> Google Watch, and Wikipedia Watch, removed Chip Berlet from his Board of Advisors in 1991 when Berlet refused to sit on the same Board which included Fletcher Prouty." Prouty, a retired Air Force colonel whose intelligence career stretched back to accompanying President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] to the [[Teheran conference]], was allegorically portrayed as the mysterious “Man X”<ref>[http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/lfprouty.htm Leroy Fletcher Prouty, Jr., Colonel, United States Air Force], [[Arlington National Cemetery]] Website, Retrieved November 4, 2007.</ref> by Donald Southerland in [[Oliver Stone]]'s film, [[JFK]]. A Brandt biographical page was created using Berlet as the source for unsavory attacks on Brandt. Brandt describes himself as an "accountability activist"<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2006/04/your_take_roundupbelievers_neg.html Believers, Negativists Debate Wikipedia’s Trustworthiness], by Mark Glaser, 20 April 2006. Retrieved from pbs.org October 29, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Daniel_Brandt Wikiquote/Daniel Brandt#Sourced]</ref> and claims he originally began working with Wikipedia editors in good faith during October 2005 but any biographical information he revealed was spun against him to depict him in a negative light. Brandt states,
{{Cquote|I soon realized that it was also about Berlet, who was still bent on undermining me. Berlet was using Wikipedia as part of his political agenda, and he was successful in this.<ref>http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=5641&st=40&p=21441&mode=linear#entry21441</ref>}}
Berlet's biography underwent an extensive revision with most of the substantive NPOV criticism cut out. The revising editor commented, "I kept Daniel Brandt, not because I feel he's a credible source, but because there's so little published criticism of Berlet, that I felt I had to retain something."<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Chip_Berlet&diff=prev&oldid=9161554 Chip Berlet/Talk, SlimVirgin 00:19, 7 January 2005].</ref> This is an extraordinary statement and raises the question why the same high-level Administrator and author of several of Wikipedia's core content and citation policies, including '''Wikipedia:Reliable Sources''' and '''Wikipedia:Biographies of Living Persons''' ('''BLP'''),<ref name="en.wikipedia.org">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons&diff=31947681&oldid=31753956</ref> would use a source she did not consider credible.

===Biographies of living persons===

Wikipedia:Biographies of Living Persons (WP:BLP) policy did not come into being because of the Seigenthaler scandal, but rather over the Brandt controversy, as the originating editor noted in an edit summary.<ref name="en.wikipedia.org"/> Brandt requested Wikipedia delete his biographical entry, and ceased working with editors he suspected of working to further the propagation of false information about him.

''Editor & Publisher'' magazine bills itself as the nation's oldest trade journal serving the newspaper industry with roots dating back to 1884. Wikipedia founder [[Jimmy Wales]] responded to questions from ''Editor & Publisher'' in a prepared statement on December 1, 2005 about Daniel Brandt saying,
{{Cquote|I don't regard him as a valid source about anything at all<ref>[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/article_brief/eandp/1/1001612839 Wikipedia Founder, Readers Respond to Seigenthaler Article], Jay DeFoore, ''Editor & Publisher'', December 01, 2005.</ref>}}

Wales comments added '''undue weight'''<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:UNDUE#Undue_weight</ref> ('''WP:UNDUE''') to criticism of Brandt when placed within his biographical entry. Brandt demanded accountability from the army of unidentified Wikipedia Administrators furthering Chip Berlet's agenda to destroy Brandt's credibility, and elevate Berlet's own as a Wikipedia "expert."
[[Image:294577483 90fd22f5cd m.jpg|thumb|300px|right|From '''WikiTruth''', the inscription reads, 
"''The Big Bad Brandt is Gonna Getcha!'']]
Brandt became known as the scourge of the Wikipedia Admin community. WikiTruth says in its ''Brandt the Boogeyman'' entry,
{{Cquote|he dates back to a time when people would look up facts in books and would verify information without just doing a copy and paste from an AP news article and thinking they were done. He compares writing styles, he calls government agencies, and he writes letters. And when he's done, he tends to know. Or at least, he knows where he stands in terms of information. He's rather tenacious about getting stuff right.

Wikipedia, of course, doesn't do this much at all: depending on the day, they'll laud a link to a website as being absolutely useless (it's on the WEB, of course) and then the next minute link to a different website to back a "fact" up. Citing books and printed materials is often a no-go, because nobody can read the original citation, so it gets swept away as well. Really, you have no idea what's good and what's bad, and it's all one big happy soup-hug.

Therefore, guys like Daniel Brandt are horrible for Wikipedia: he researches. He finds laws that pertain to situations. He asks the tough questions that could upset the whole Wiki-cart.}}

Wikipedia continues to publish inaccurate and defamatory articles about living persons, written by anonymous contributors, based on other unreliable sources, and refuses to withdraw or change them. The victims of its libels have no legal means of compelling Wikipedia to make any changes. It is not answerable to any court or libel laws and simply behaves as if it is above the law.

==The Wordbomb Saga==
[[Image:Patrick byrne overstock small.jpg|thumb|right|Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne [http://www.overstock.com/Patrick-Byrne-and-naked-short-selling/7371/static.html]]]
One of Wikipedia's most bitter and drawn-out disputes, chronicled in ''The Register,''<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/06/wikipedia_and_overstock/</ref> centers around the assertion by representatives of Overstock.com<ref>http://www.overstock.com/community</ref> that a [[Mainstream media|mainstream financial journalist]] Gary Weiss had been editing Wikipedia to impose his point of view on a series of articles relevant to the company. Weiss was once a reporter with BusinessWeek, in 2007 became a columnist with Forbes, and had for over 10 years been posting under fake names to confuse, distort, hijack Usenet groups, stock message boards, and Wikipedia, to prevent the public from understanding criminal activity.<ref>http://www.deepcapture.com/gary-weiss-scaramouch-psychopath/</ref> Weiss was notorious around the Internet for his public feud with Overstock<ref>http://garyweiss.blogspot.com/2007/05/overstockcoms-ethical-dilemma.html</ref> and its CEO [[Patrick Byrne]],<ref>http://allantyoung.com/2008/09/22/patrick-byrne-vindicated/</ref> ridiculing their campaign against the controversial practice of [[Naked Short Selling]].

In 2006, Judd Bagley, an ally of Overstock's Patrick Byrne having interviewed the CEO for a personal project, began editing Wikipedia to counter what was perceived to be a skewed representation of Naked Short Selling and Overstock.com. He was swiftly dispatched by influential Wikipedia administrators.

Shortly after, Bagley became Overstock's Director of Communications, and embarked on an aggressive campaign to publicize the dispute on various websites, aiming to expose the administrators he held responsible for protecting Weiss. Using the moniker “Wordbomb”, Bagley presented evidence<ref>http://antisocialmedia.net/final-word-on-weiss/</ref> suggesting that not only was Gary Weiss editing Wikipedia using the name “User:Mantanmoreland“,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mantanmoreland</ref> but that he was operating other accounts to manipulate consensus and protect his interests in the dispute. Mantanmoreland violated Wikipedia policies against Conflict of Interest and No Self Promotion by creating an article about himself.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_Weiss&diff=prev&oldid=48341962</ref> Bagley proved Weiss had edited Wikipedia from one of two main IPs used by the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC),<ref>http://www.dtcc.com/about/business/index.php</ref> the organization charged with settling about a quadrillion stock trades each year. The DTCC is also the organization Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne said acts an enabler of perpetrators of illegal naked short selling of many public companies.<ref>http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=10360&st=0&p=36485&mode=linear#entry36485</ref>

Wikipedia responded to Bagley's campaign in typical schoolyard fashion. The dispute was escalated by a small clique of powerful Wikipedians who seemed less interested in the truth of Bagley's assertions, and more concerned with attacking perceived threats to the status quo at Wikipedia. With the approval of [[Jimbo Wales]], administrators sided with “Mantanmoreland” / Gary Weiss, and anointed Bagley / Wordbomb an “Enemy Of The Wiki” who needed to be silenced — a “stalker” and a “harasser” for publicizing the details of the person who had been editing relevant articles on Wikipedia, and the people who had been stopping him from doing the same.

For nearly two years, Bagley's name was invoked to inspire paranoia in the Wikipedia Admin Community to keep questioning editors in line. It became a textbook case for analysis of the intense group-think Wikipedia has become notorious for.
[[Image:Judd bagley overstock.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Judd Bagley was made a target at the highest levels of Wikipedia and became a victim of a global [[witchhunt]] by the Wikipedia Admin Community for daring to expose an unholy alliance of abuse and [[corruption]] on [[Wall Street]] and in the Wikipedia cabal. [http://antisocialmedia.net/] ]]
Bagley was repeatedly disparaged<ref>http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=15897</ref> by a cabal of out-of-control administrators such as Guy Chapman, who denounced Bagley as “lunatic” and “evil” when it suited. UK Wikimedia representative David Gerard banned an entire area of Utah to prevent Bagley raising his issues and made personally disparaging remarks.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:David_Gerard/archive_5#User:204.15.84.2</ref> Wikipedia Arbitrator Fred Bauder claimed that Bagley's blog AntiSocialMedia.net showed “moral depravity”<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Attack_sites/Proposed_decision&diff=158954587&oldid=158809362</ref> for challenging the Wiki-elite. Administrator Phil Sandifer dismissed Bagley in highly personal and offensive language while boasting<ref>http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-October/083509.html</ref> that he himself had become a “powerful and trusted administrator on the 9th biggest website in the world.”

Other editors who raised Overstock's quite legitimate complaints were banned as proxies of Judd Bagley. Paranoia had taken such a hold that editors with productive records from all over the US, and as far afield as Europe and Asia found themselves accused of being Bagley. When the editor Cla68<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Mantanmoreland/Evidence#Evidence_presented_by_Cla68</ref> questioned the issue of Gary Weiss editing Wikipedia, he was swiftly blocked by administrator Durova on the orders of Jimbo Wales who wrote,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Gary_Weiss&diff=165916446&oldid=165916313</ref> “Durova and Guy have my full support here. No nonsense, zero tolerance, shoot on sight. No kidding, this has gone on long enough”.

A study<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SirFozzie/Investigation</ref> undertaken by concerned administrators into the editing patterns of “Mantanmoreland” came to fruition. Despite the “Mantanmoreland” account ceasing edits on Overstock / Naked Short Selling articles in September 2007, the study revealed evidence beyond reasonable doubt that the same person had been operating several accounts to “control” articles. Thus affirming Bagley's claims.

More worryingly for good faith Wikipedians was the revelation<ref>http://www.wikback.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2762#Post2757</ref><ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/01/wikipedia_and_naked_shorting/print.html</ref> that Jimbo Wales, alongside leading administrators, had considered that this person was almost certainly Gary Weiss in a private discussion as long ago as September 2007 (the same month the “Mantanmoreland” account quit editing the relevant articles). Meaning that behind the scenes, they were admitting that Bagley was probably right all along, yet in public were vilifying or blocking anyone who publicly stated so.

After the [[financial meltdown of 2008]], the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] issued directives aimed at curbing abusive naked short selling.<ref>[http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20090728_SEC_short-selling_rule_is_permanent.html]</ref> Patrick Byrne has been widely recognized as in the forefront of the movement aimed at curbing such abuses.<ref>http://www.investigatethesec.com/drupal-5.5/?q=node/425</ref>

==Michael Moore==
[[Image:Moorecagan.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Moore with [[Leslie Cagan]] [[United For Peace and Justice]] [http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=629] ]]
The website MichaelMoore.com, dissatisfied with a Wikipedia editor's edits to ''[[Sicko]]'', published an image of a Wikipedia user on its main page. This was combined with links to edit both ''Sicko'' and the editor's user page.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Attack_sites/Proposed_decision#Michael_Moore] Several Wikipedia editors and Administrators regarded this action on the part of [[Michael Moore]]'s official website as an egregious violation of a well publicized ruling to protect Wikipedia editors from outside harassment. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Attack_sites/Evidence#Michael_Moore][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Attack_sites/Evidence#Michael_Moore_2] The consensus, per Wikipedia's policy was to remove links from Wikipedia to Michael Moore's attack site which was urging vengeance and reprisals against an editor who posted criticism of Moore's film.

In Arbitration, Wikipedia's internal policy making and dispute resolution arm, the Arbitration chairman publicly admitted,
{{Cquote|No question it contained an attack, including a link to edit our user's page. The problem is that many of us like Michael Moore very much and don't care much for the viewpoint of the user involved. Applying our policy in a rote manner (Without consideration of '''the unwritten rule that we support prominent subjects that we like''') yields removal of the link (At least while it contained the personal attack).<ref>Wikien-1 [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-October/082980.html Harassment sites], Fred Bauder, Sun Oct 14 19:03:28 UTC 2007.</ref>}}

Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View (NPOV), laid down by founder Jimbo Wales allegedly is "absolute and non-negotiable." Few people find the claim convincing.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#_note-0] The ArbCom chairman further stated, "Obviously we need to make an exception for prominent people whose viewpoint we support." [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-October/082987.html] When asked, "How, then, is this remotely compatible with NPOV?", the ArbCom chairman responded, "Not at all." [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-October/082993.html] The editor whom Michaelmoore.com was urging its viewers to attack and harass is described as "a Fellow at the [[American Enterprise Institute]], a [[conservative]] [[think tank]]."[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-October/083230.html]

==Sinbad hoax==
On March 16, 2007, Wikipedia entry on the 50-year old entertainer Sinbad, born David Adkins, stated: "He succumbed to a fatal heart attack on the morning of March 14, 2007." This hoax was widely reported in the media.<ref>http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2891&iArticleId=3734818</ref>

==Robert Clark Young revenge edits==
From 2006 to 2013, Robert Clark Young, an author who had only published one novel to mixed reviews, edited Wikipedia extensively with 13,000 edits under username "Qworty." He engaged in aggressive behavior making revenge edits to biographical articles of his rival authors and other people against whom he held grudges. He also puffed up his own Wikipedia autobiography, and repeatedly denied that he was connected to Young. He also created other single purpose accounts to further his campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Geri_Litton|title=Geri Litton sockpuppet investigation|date=2007|accessdate=July 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Qworty/Archive|title=Quorty sockpuppet inviestigant|date=2013|accessdate=July 11, 2013}}</ref> Only after his true identity was revealed in a salon.com article,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2013/05/17/revenge_ego_and_the_corruption_of_wikipedia/|title=Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia|date=May 17, 2013|work=salon.com|accessdate=July 9, 2013}}</ref> was Young banned<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive797#User:Qworty|title=Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive797|accessdate=July 9, 2013}}</ref> and efforts made to reverse his vindictive edits. In essence, he would remove favorable items from the biographies of his enemies or nominate them for deletion. The salon.com article concluded,
<blockquote>But Qworty’s example tells us that even when people call attention to a rogue editor, even when that editor’s temper tantrums come to the attention of the founder of Wikipedia, it’s quite possible that no action will be taken.</blockquote>

==Rutgers-Ivy League hoax==
A Wikipedia entry falsely stated that Rutgers was once invited to join the Ivy League. Although that false statement was eventually removed from Wikipedia, it was not removed before the ''Daily News'' relied on it in this story:

:You don't have to define your college with your football team, but Rutgers long ago decided to give it a try. Back in 1954, when it was considered a 'public Ivy,' Rutgers might have joined the fledgling Ivy League and altered its destiny. But the school declined the offer - arguably the dumbest mistake in its history. Ever since then, Rutgers has scrambled to prove itself worthy of playing football with the big boys."<ref>Bondy, Filip. "They Can Finally Say They Belong Here", New York Daily News, 2006-11-10, p. 92. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.</ref>

==Barbara Bauer vs. Wikimedia Foundation==
Wikimedia Foundation is one of 17 defendants in a lawsuit suit filed in New Jersey, by Barbara Bauer and her literary agency. Her Wikipedia article was deleted on March 25, 2007 by Wikipedia administrator Doc Glasgow as a "bloody disgrace".<ref name="wikipedia-watch.org">http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/bauertc.html</ref>{{dead link}}<ref name="wikipedia-watch.org"/><ref>http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/bauert1.html</ref><ref>http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/bauert2.html</ref>{{dead link}}

==GFDL License Issue==
Wikipedia's practice of complete deletion of articles<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Brian+Peppers</ref> without reference to the original article, the author(s)/publisher(s) of the article, and the history and title(s) of the article, including modification history, description and appropriate dates, is a direct violation of at least GFDL version 1.2. Additionally, the GFDL License states that if the article/document contains Copyright notices, that said notices must be preserved at all times. If those notices are removed, then they are in violation of Copyright Law, as well as the terms of the GFDL license. Furthermore, the question of them removing anything outright at all comes into quite a grey area. If one reads the GFDL License literally, then it implies that once the article document is posted, it is in distribution, and technical measures are not allowed to be taken to prevent the use of the document in question, and that no other conditions whatsoever can be added by the user to those of the GFDL license.<ref>http://www.wikitruth.info/index.php?title=Wikipocalypse:GF'DL</ref><ref>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html#TOC1</ref>

However, beginning June 15, 2009, the Wikimedia Foundation began transitioning content on Wikipedia to be dual licensed under both the GFDL and Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-06-15/News_and_notes</ref>

==Cyberbullying==
The press have reported on incidents of [[cyberbullying]] on Wikipedia.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/29/local/me-wikipedia29 | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Molly | last=Hennessy-Fiske | title=Wikipedia threats went unchecked – Los Angeles Times | date=29 April 2008}}</ref><ref name="ABCLocal">[http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local&id=6087243 Hacienda Heights school receives possible threat | abc7.com]</ref><ref name="LATimes2">{{cite news |title=Student arrested for violent threats on Wikipedia |first= |last= |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/04/wiki.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef011571abd811970b |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=29 April 2008}}</ref> An editor threatened an Asian student at the Glen A. Wilson High School in 2008,<ref name="LATimes" /><ref name="ABCLocal" /><ref name="LATimes2" /> and a 14-year-old boy was arrested for making a threat against Niles West High School on Wikipedia in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pantagraph.com/news/article_baef01f3-e56f-52e1-b9af-e90eb83e811b.html|title=Teen charged after threat to school on Wikipedia|date=31 October 2006|agency=Associated Press |publisher=Pantagraph.com|accessdate=26 January 2011|location=Bloomington, IL}}</ref>

The female Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Directors is married to Laura Hale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canberra.edu.au/researchrepository/items/d2d1d08e-20c3-4781-9072-57c8960c6c91/1/introductory_pages.pdf?attachment.uuid=a046d5df-9395-4700-a345-ebda1f122cc6|title=Thesis Acknowledgements|page=4|accessdate=July 15, 2019}}</ref> Ms. Hale has a long history, dating back to 2011 of incompetent edits and abusing male editors. A long-time male administrator, Fram, followed Ms. Hale around making corrections to her problematic edits. In turn, Ms. Hale complained to the Trust & Security staff of the Wikimedia Foundation, rather than to the volunteer-staffed complaint mechanisms on Wikipedia. Although the Trust & Security staff has previously banned a few editors for problems involving illegal conduct such as pedophilia, in June 2019, for the first time, they suspended Fram for one year for "incivility". In response, an English Wikipedia administrator lifted the block and was in turn stripped of his administratorship, and several other administrators resigned in protest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_response_to_the_Wikimedia_Foundation%27s_ban_of_Fram|title=Wikipedia:Community response to the Wikimedia Foundation's ban of Fram|accessdate=June 24, 2019}}</ref> In response to a Buzzfeed article about the controversy,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/wikipedia-ban-editor-culture-war|title=The Culture War Has Finally Come For Wikipedia|date=July 27, 2019|accessdate=July 28, 2019|work=Buzzfeed News}}</ref> Maher sent a tweet calling the article "s***ty.".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/krmaher/status/1144394019893460993|title=tweet|accessdate=June 28, 2019}}</ref> As more Wikipedia Administrators and Bureaucrats resign or go on strike, the crisis has also been reported by Breitbart.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/06/28/wikipedia-editors-revolt-over-sites-ban-of-veteran-administrator/|title=Wikipedia Editors Revolt over Site’s Ban of Veteran Administrator|date=July 28, 2019|work=Breitbart|accessdate=July 28, 2019}}</ref>

== Wikipedia on bestiality ==

''See also:'' [[Wikipedia on bestiality]] and [[Atheism and bestiality]]

As noted earlier, the Wikipedia project was initiated by [[atheism|atheists]] and [[entrepreneur]] Jimmy Wales and the [[agnosticism|agnostic]] [[philosophy]] [[professor]] [[Larry Sanger]] on January 15, 2001.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/lists/288/000092012/</ref>

[[Bestiality]] is the act of engaging in sexual relations with an animal. As of July 18, 2012, Wikipedia's article on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia zoophilia/bestiality] has an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia as well as a section on "arguments against zoophilia". As of September 24, 2011, Wikipedia has a "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia_and_the_law Zoophilia and the law"] article which has a section on the impact of zoophilia laws where eight alleged negative impacts of zoophilia laws are given, but no positive impacts of the laws are given.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia_and_the_law#Impact_of_laws|title=Impact of laws section of "Zoopilia and the law"|date=July 17, 2012|accessdate=July 18, 2012}}</ref>

See also: [[Atheism and bestiality]] and [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]
== Trademarks and domain names ==
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) uses the licensing of its trademarks as a tool to control local chapters. Although each local chapter is in theory an autonomous organization, each chapter signs an contract with the WMF as a condition for using its trademarks. The WMF also tried to stake out control over many domain names that contain the word "wiki" including "[[wikileaks]]". WikiLeaks and Wikipedia have no affiliation with each other. ("Wiki" describes a type of website and is not a trademark.)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiLeaks_is_not_part_of_Wikipedia |title=Wikipedia:WikiLeaks is not part of Wikipedia |work=Wikipedia |publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] |accessdate=September 17, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/wiki-giants-on-a-collision-course-over-shared-name-2065561.html |title=Wiki giants on a collision course over shared name |last1=Rawlinson |first1=Kevin |first2=Tom |last2=Peck |date=30 August 2010 |work=The Independent |location=London |accessdate=September 17, 2012}}</ref> Wikia did purchase several WikiLeaks-related domain names (including wikileaks.com and wikileaks.net) as a "protective brand measure" in 2007.<ref name=wikia>{{cite web |url=http://www.wikia.com/Press:Wikia_Does_Not_Own_Wikileaks_Domain_Names |title=Press:Wikia Does Not Own Wikileaks Domain Names |work=[[Wikia]] |publisher=[[Wikia]] |accessdate=September 17, 2012}}</ref> Wikia started to transfer those domain names to wikileaks on June 14, 2007, but the transfer was never completed, and Wikia held those domain names when the "Wikileaks scandal" broke.<ref name=wikia/>

== Humorous quotes concerning Wikipedia ==

"...dealing with the Wikipedians is like walking into a mental hospital: the floors are carpeted, the walls are nicely padded, but you know there’s a pretty good chance at any given moment one of the inmates will pick up a knife.” - quote from a ''[[New York Times]]'' article on Wikipedia written by the journalist and author Judith Newman<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/fashion/Wikipedia-Judith-Newman.html?smid=pl-share Wikipedia-Mania: Wikipedia, What Does Judith Newman Have to Do to Get a Page?]</ref>

An article entitled ''Wikipedia Gridlocked by Wikipedia Nerds'' declared:
{{Cquote|So who are these Gatekeepers to all the internet's knowledge?

A survey the foundation conducted last year determined that the average age of an editor is 26.8 years, and that 87% of them are men.

As you suspected: [[nerd]]s.<ref>http://gawker.com/5410917/wikipedia-gridlocked-by-wikipedia-nerds</ref>}}

Jimmy Wales said the typical profile of a Wikipedia contributor is "a 26-year-old geeky male" who moves on to other ventures, gets married and leaves the website.<ref>[http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/5397593/Wikipedia-losing-contributors-founder-says Wikipedia losing contributors, founder says]</ref>

Seth Meyers noted on his ''Late Night'' program, "Wikipedia is now accepting donations using the online currency Bitcoin. So now you can support information you're not sure is true with currency you're not sure is money."<ref>http://www.thespec.com/living-story/4733681-tuesdayfile/ Retrieved August 8, 2014</ref>

When obscure author Patrick Modiano was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in October 2014, few journalists knew much about him. The person updating his Wikipedia biography to reflect the prize added this warning to the article, "To the Reporter Now Copying From Wikipedia: Be careful boy. Primary sources are still best for journos."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/10/09/nobel_prize_winner_patrick_modiano_s_wikipedia_page_changed_to_add_note.html|title=A Reminder to Journalists Writing About the New Nobel Prize Winner, From Wikipedia|first=Forrest |last=Wickman|date=October 9, 2014|work=Slate|accessdate=October 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Modiano&diff=prev&oldid=628920987</ref>

==Unbiased editor recruitment==
Wikipedia claims that anyone can edit it. That is true to an extent,but its editor pool is self-selecting. However, on January 25–29, 2012, the Wikimedia Foundation paid for Gregory Varnum and others to attend and staff a booth at the "24th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change" conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The purpose of the Wikimedia booth was to recruit more LGBT activists to edit Wikipedia. Although Wikimedia has outreach efforts at other conferences, there has been no outreach at conservative events.

Wikipedia editor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch Sarah Stierch] was the volunteer moderator of the Gender Gap email list where she departed from discussing Wikipedia to freely share her negative experiences with men in her life. In fall 2011, she was hired by the WMF as a Community Fellow to work on creating a "Teahouse" for newer Wikipedia editors. The report on the Teahouse Pilot Project<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Research:Teahouse/Pilot_Report&oldid=3832292|title=Teahouse: Pilot Report|date=June 14, 2012}}</ref> explained, "If you click through to the Teahouse, it’s clearly aiming to broaden female participation - just look at the pastel background and references to tea." Stierch tried to use Twitter to recruit more female editors into Teahouse and the English Wikipedia. The report concluded, "Because so much time and energy needed to be spend during the pilot on setting up and maintaining the space, we weren't able to focus as much as we'd have liked on gender-targeted strategies for recruiting female guests and hosts. There are clearly more experiments that need to be run in order to better integrate the space with other gender gap efforts and WikiWomen's calls to actions." The WMF terminated Stierch on January 9, 2014 following complaints of her moonlighting as a paid editor.<ref>http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-January/129466.html</ref>

On August 18, 2014, during the Congressional summer recess, the [[Cato Institute]] and Wikimedia DC jointly conducted a seminar to encourage Congressional staff members to edit Wikipedia about pending legislation and policy issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/08/18/a-call-to-edit-congress-and-wikipedia-told-to-peacefully-co-exist/|title=A call to edit: Congress and Wikipedia told to peacefully co-exist|first=Nancy|last=Scola|date=August 18, 2014|accessdate=August 22, 2014|work=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?321030-1/discussion-wikipedia-government-transparency|date=August 18, 2014|accessdate=August 22, 2014|title=Wikipedia and Congress|work=C-SPAN}}</ref> The panel discussion included Michelle Newby, a full-time Cato employee who edits Wikipedia as a part of her job. She promised to work with any Congressional Staff that would be interested in editing.

==Flaws in governance structure==
Perhaps Wikipedia's greatest structural problem is Jimmy Wales' inability to remove himself from the process. He calls himself a "God-King" and rules the site with the style of [[monarchy]], robbing it of its potential to achieve some form of [[Jeffersonian]] [[democracy]] and accountability. Wales once speculated that all significant productivity emerged from his circle of a few hundred personal friends while the rest of the world groped along doing only spelling and punctuation mark corrections and other trivial modifications. The computer programmer and activist Aaron Swartz did a proper analysis and showed that the productivity was the results of many, many thousands of anonymous users. Swartz later committed [[suicide]].

Wales delegated the run-of-the-mill decision-marking to a hand-picked group he called the Arbitration Committee. They take months to make any decisions and dole out multi-month to multi-year or permanent intervention solutions. A reputable encyclopedia usually simply chooses an Editor-in-Chief, i.e. one reputable, mature and experienced person with one mind to make high-quality decisions rapidly and perhaps dispense moderate penalties when needed. Sanger served as such, but Wales, an [[Objectivist]] economics major and former stock options trader, opted to drastically reduce his salary when it became clear that the project would be a success, thus forcing him out. Wales has since been making a living, in part, by promoting his notions of governance of Internet-based projects, often emphasizing that users should remain anonymous and thus without any serious form of credential or reputation.

The problems are in the structure and in the personality flaws of Wales himself. Wales takes advantage of this vast pool of free labor to hunt his perceived enemies, somewhat in the style of [[L. Ron Hubbard]] or other such supposed founders of movements.{{fact}}

Equally important are the flawed steps that Wales took to separate the community of volunteer Wikipedia editors from the financial control of the enterprise. The servers and software are owned by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF), a non-profit organization that at first was set up as a membership organization, but quickly changed to a non-membership organization so that members would not have any legal say regarding the organization. Although people who have made a required minimum number of edits per year can vote for members of the Arbitration Committee and for a minority of the WMF Board seats, at least one community-elected Board member was removed because he did not agree with the majority of the Board. Of course, Wales is guaranteed a perpetual WMF Board seat as a co-founder.

Originally, revenue from fundraising banners in the United States went to the WMF, but banner revenue in foreign countries went to the chapters located in those countries. In recent years, the WMF has consolidated all fundraising revenues, with national chapters being forced to apply for specific grants from the WMF.

To further complicate the financial controls, the WMF established a separate endowment at the [[Tides Foundation]] which is controlled by that foundation in consultation with an advisory board. Instead of having a community-selected advisory board or the entire WMF Board serving as the advisory board, the Tides Foundation appointed a new group with Wales and large donors serving. When the endowment reaches its fundraising target, the advisory board decides whether the funds should stay at the Tides Foundation, be transferred to the WMF, or used in some other way. So, if Wales has a falling out with the WMF Board over the next ten years, he and his hand-picked advisory board could take the Wikipedia endowment somewhere else. The editing community has no say in the endowment—who manages it or how the income will be spent.

==See also ==
*[[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia]]
*[[Previous Breaking News/Wikipedia|Articles about '''Wikipedia''' from previous "Breaking News"]]
*[[Essay:The Protocols of Ritual Defamation]]
*[[Wikipedia prejudice and KAL 007]] (Wikipedia deletion material related to [[New World Order]] and [[Larry McDonald]], touching [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]])
*[[Deletionpedia]]
*[[Essay:Wikipedia and Citizendium]]

==Further reading==
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/21/conservatives-miss-wikipedias-threat/ SHEFFIELD: Conservatives miss Wikipedia's threat] by [[Washington Times]], August 21, 2008
*[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/06/wikipedia_and_overstock/print.html Wikipedia black helicopters circle Utah's Traverse Mountain], By Cade Metz, ''The Register'', 6 December 2007.
*[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/15/wikipedia_can_damage_your_grades/ Avoid Wikipedia, warns Wikipedia chief - It can seriously damage your grades] by Andrew Orlowski, ''The Register'', June 15, 2006
*[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/18/wikipedia_quality_problem/ Wikipedia founder admits to serious quality problems] by Andrew Orlowski, ''The Register'', October 18, 2005
*[http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowriteswikipedia Who Writes Wikipedia?] by Aaron Swartz, 2006
*[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/07/05/wikipedias-seven-worst-moments/ Wikipedia’s Seven Worst Moments] by Charlie Nash, ''Breitbart News'', July 5, 2016.
*[https://evolutionnews.org/2017/11/wikipedia-and-astroturf/ Wikipedia and “Astroturf”] Sarah Chaffee, Evolution News. November 30, 2017 (Journalist [[Sharyl Attkisson]]).

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
*[https://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]
*[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/01/2013-is-starting-off-to-be-bad-year-for.html Study shows that the world's biggest pro-evolution website is driving away newcomer editors! Also, video shows evolutionists at Wikipedia are clowns!]
*[http://www.wikipediocracy.com Wikipediocracy]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedia_controversies Wikipedia's List of Wikipedia controversies]
*[http://www.mises.org/story/2704 Wikipedia: What Is It Good For?], By Dick Clark, 9/19/2007. Retrieved from The Ludwig von Mises Institute, http://www.mises.org/ November 5, 2007.
{{Liberalism}}
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[[Category:Featured articles]]
[[Category:Encyclopedias]]
[[Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]]

Homosexual rights advocacy

2019-08-28T19:43:32Z

Ukimmoral: /* Opposition to Gay "Rights" */

{{Homosexuality}}
The '''gay "rights"''' movement seeks to promote [[homosexuality]] and give it special consideration or favoritism.

The gay "rights" movement demands new rights or entitlements for homosexuality by arguing that either,
# Homosexuality is somehow an immutable trait, and discriminating against immutable traits is wrong (e.g., race discrimination);
# Homosexuality, if not immutable, is highly correlated with personality, and criticism of it is to be censored and labeled as somehow being bigotry; or
# Homosexuality is somehow perfectly normal and should be respected, despite [[God]]'s laws against it in the [[Bible]] and scientific device of [[gedankenexperiment|thought experiment]] showing otherwise.

So called 'Gay rights' are a favored topic of [[liberal]]s, and are based on [[moral relativity]], the idea that there is no absolute Right or Wrong. Although people should be free to label themselves as they choose<ref name="Rainbow">{{cite book |title=Redeeming the Rainbow: A Christian Response to the "Gay" Agenda |author=Scott Lively |url=http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09b/Redeeming_rainbow/Redeeming%20the%20Rainbow%20smaller%20file%20for%20e-mail.pdf |pages=47, 161 |quote=We should not, however, discriminate against persons who define themselves as homosexuals. They should be free to label themselves as they choose, no less so than other groups whose beliefs or goals are disapproved by the majority. Indeed, we can compare homosexuals to their chief adversaries, the radical nationalists. Both groups hate each other, and would like to do away with the other.
Neither side is embraced by the majority, but both deserve the right to freedom of their beliefs and to freedom of speech within reasonable limits. The rest of us must be willing to tolerate these difficult neighbors to preserve civility for society as a whole.
}}</ref>, from perspective of [[human rights]], assertions about human nature must be empirically provable and they cannot be based on fundamentals and instances that are not methodologically verifiable<ref>{{cite book |title=Menschenrechte: Ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch |author=Bernd Ladwig et al. |editors=Arnd Pollmann & Georg Lohmann |publisher=J.B. Metzler |place=Stuttgart, Weimar |chapter=2.3 Anthropologie und Naturalismus |year=2012 |url=http://www.springer.com/de/book/9783476022714 |pages=220 |isbn=978-3476022714 |quote=page indication is from Slovak 2017 translation |language=German}}</ref>. The self-identification as so called "LGBT+ person" fails this criterion<ref name="Rainbow"/> and is in fact a manifestation of [[Göring's syndrome]].

==History==
[[Harry Hay]] is regarded as the father of the modern homosexual liberation movement. As a [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) organizer, he turned out "essays, position papers, critical studies, and manifestos concerning what it means to be gay in the world."<ref>[http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/A269_0_2_0_C/ Red Roots Of Gay Movement], Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy in Media, September 10, 2003.</ref>

The first step Hay took in organizing the homosexual rights movement was to recommend to the CPUSA that he be expelled. In
light of his 18 years of service to the party<ref>[http://www.sojournertruth.net/ipp.html#i In Partial Payment Class Struggle, Sexuality and Gay Liberation (1978)], by A. Rausch. Retrieved from ''Urgent Tasks: [[Leftist|Journal of the Revolutionary Left]]'', Sojourner Truth Organization Digital Archive , 10 May 2007.</ref> they released him as "a security risk but a life-long friend of the people." The early leadership of the Foundation shaped the organization to reflect the cell structure of the Communist Party, in which "secrecy, hierarchical structures, and centralized leadership predominated." <ref>John D'Emilio, ''Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983), quoted in Martin Meeker, Behind the Mask of Respectability, ''Journal of the History of Sexuality'', (2001) 78-116.</ref>
Hay and his fellow homosexual rights activists began circulating the [[USSR]] and the East European Communist parties sponsored anti-war [[Stockholm Peace petition]] against the [[Korean War]]<ref>[http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/germberia.htm New Russian Evidence on the Korean War Biological Warfare Allegations: Background and Analysis,] Milton Leitenberg, Cold War International History Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.</ref> at a beach frequented by homosexual men in Los Angeles. The first months produced hundreds of members.

Amid growing public focus on gays and lesbians, 91 homosexuals were found to be employed in the [[U.S. State Department]]. Congressional investigators discovered homosexuals employed in 36 of 53 branches of Government, as well as in the armed forces. Between Jan. 1, 1947 and April 1950, 4,954 cases had come to light among some three and a half million people in Government service. Most were in the armed services. 574 cases were found involving civilian Government employees; in all the other cases the accused had either quit, been cleared or fired. The investigators found the greatest batch of civilian cases—143—in the U.S. State Department. State had cleared or gotten rid of all but a dozen whose cases were still pending. The Veterans Administration was found to have 101 cases. Others included the Atomic Energy Commission, 8; EGA, 27; Congress' legislative agencies (Library of Congress, congressional employees, etc.), 19. One Senator remarked, "It follows that if blackmailers can extort money from a homosexual under threat of disclosure, [[espionage]] agents can use the same type of pressure to extort confidential information."<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,859060,00.html Object Lesson], ''TIME magazine'', Dec. 25, 1950.</ref>

The [[Human Rights Campaign]] referred to Hay as "founder and architect of the modern movement for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights" and "Harry was one of the first to realize that the dream of equality for our community could be attained through visibility and activism".<ref>[http://www.hrc.org/Content/ContentGroups/News_Releases/20021/HRC_Mourns_the_Death_of_Gay_Rights_Pioneer_Harry_Hay.htm Human Rights Campaign Mourns the Death of Gay Rights Pioneer Harry Hay], Press Release, Oct. 24, 2002.</ref> Hay not only promoted homosexual rights, he actively campaigned for the "rights" of pedophiles. ''The Boston Phoenix'' noted that nowhere was this more evident than in Hay's persistent support of the right of the North American Man-Boy Love Association, [[NAMBLA]], to march in [[gay pride|gay-pride]] parades.<ref>''The Boston Phoenix'', [http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511115.htm The real Harry Hay], Michael Bronski, October 31 - November 7, 2002.</ref> NAMBLA maintains a website with a body of Hay's work and a tribute to Harry Hay on its homepage. The Human Rights Campaign and other homosexual rights organizations, while revering Hay for his contributions to homosexual rights, do not support NAMBLA or communism.

== Timeline ==

* Henry Gerber starts Society for Human Rights under a State of Illinois charter for a non-profit organization for people with "mental abnormalities" on December 25, 1924. Several issues of ''Friendship and Freedom'', the first American publication for homosexuals were printed but the organization was shut down by Chicago police. Gerber was arrested but not convicted of any crime. As a result of his efforts, Gerber lost his job as a post office clerk, his life savings, and found himself abandoned by his friends.<ref>[http://www.gayhistory.com/rev2/factfiles/ff1924.htm "Gay History"]. ''gayhistory.com''.</ref>

* [[Alfred Kinsey]] publishes ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'' in 1948, allegedly the first scientific body of work that examined the subject of homosexuality. Mainstream publications started printing their opinions about this formerly taboo subject.<ref>[http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey/library/mediaresponses.html "The Kinsey Institute - [Library & Special Collections]"]. ''indiana.edu''.</ref><ref>[http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey/library/kinsey.html "The Kinsey Institute - [Library & Special Collections]"]. ''indiana.edu''.</ref>

* Rev. Elder Troy Perry founded the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches in 1968 which served as a specific outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.<ref>http://www.mcccharleston.org/about/troyperry.htm</ref>

*[[Stonewall Riots]] of 1969 marked a turning point within the Civil Rights Era of the United States. New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn and for the first time the homosexual patrons fought back which started several days of rioting.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/sw25/case1.html "Stonewall 25: Cases 1-2"]. ''columbia.edu''.</ref> This bar had been operating illegally by bribing the police and was owned by the [[mafia]]. The riots occurred when the police finally came to shut down the illegal activities occurring at the site.

* American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses in 1973.<ref>http://archive.psych.org/edu/other_res/lib_archives/archives/197308.pdf</ref>

* 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy as crafted by Gen. Colin Powell and approved by Pres. Clinton takes affect in 1993. This measure allows homosexuals to serve in the US military. Sexual orientation will not prohibit anyone from serving though they must not engage in homosexual conduct or openly say they are gay.<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5D81F30F933A15754C0A965958260</ref>

* Same-sex "marriage" became legal in Massachusetts on May 17, 2004 when homosexual couples were granted the same right as heterosexual couples. This right was preceded by years of legal wrangling in the state courts.<ref>http://www.hrc.org/issues/5489.htm</ref>

== Legal Success ==
Courts, including the Supreme Court, have accepted either one or both of these rationales. In ''[[Romer v. Evans]]'', the Court found that discriminating against homosexuals could only be explained by a rational of animus laid bare, which was not enough even to allow state condemnation of homosexuality under the [[rational basis review]] test. ''Romer'', then, protects the status of homosexuality from undue discrimination that occurs without a rational basis.<ref>Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620</ref>

Homosexual conduct was formerly illegal in many states.<ref>See generally ''Bowers v. Hardwick'', 478 U.S. 186</ref> In the last decade of the twentieth century, although these laws existed, they were rarely (if ever) enforced.<ref>''Lawrence v. Texas,'' 539 U.S. 558, Justice Anthony Kennedy, in the Opinion of the Court, found this in his historical analysis.</ref> Without disclosing whether it saw homosexuality as a status protected from discrimination at as high of a level as gender and race, the Court struck down bans on homosexual conduct, framing it as an expansion of its privacy jurisprudence.<ref>''Lawrence v. Texas'', 539 U.S. 558</ref>

The status of homosexuality before the law, then, is in some degree of flux. While bare discrimination against homosexual status is facially unconstitutional lacking a rational basis, and while preventing homosexual conduct is similarly unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has held in these landmark cases that the state may discriminate against homosexuals to preserve an "institution that the law protects" - namely, [[marriage]].<ref>''Lawrence v. Texas''; Kennedy & O'Connor both reached this conclusion explicitly.</ref> As such, the standard to be applied in deciding if discrimination against homosexuals is wrong is somewhere in between [[rational basis review]] and [[strict scrutiny review]]. Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] thinks that this uncertainty will surely be resolved in the favor of gay rights, and he warns that such a legal erosion will result in the downfall of the law's moral authority.<ref>''Lawrence v. Texas'', Scalia, J., dissenting.</ref>

In 2006, [[Catholic Charities]] of Boston closed their adoption program after more than a century of finding homes for [[orphans]] and [[unwanted children]] when it was reported by the ''Boston Globe'' that homosexual couples had received children placed from the agency.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/03/11/catholic_charities_stuns_state_ends_adoptions/ Catholic Charities stuns state, ends adoptions], By Patricia Wen, ''The Boston Globe'', March 11, 2006.</ref> Massachusetts law, barring "orientation discrimination", prohibited one of the nations oldest adoption agencies from refusing service to homosexual activists, and a mass resignation of the agency's Board in protest followed.<ref>[https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/191kgwgh.asp Banned in Boston], by Maggie Gallagher, ''The Weekly Standard'', 05/15/2006, Volume 011, Issue 33.</ref>

== Opposition to Gay "Rights" ==
A poll reveals that a majority of US citizens<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031800484.html Clinton, Obama Slow to Respond to Questions on Homosexuality] Washington Post, March 18, 2007</ref> disapprove of homosexuality, or at least consider it less than ideal, and prefer that public policy does not encourage it. They also believe that accepting homosexuality would require the loss of rights to free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, and traditional [[marriage]].<ref>Traditional Values Coalition - [http://www.traditional values.org/modules.php?sid=2963 Homosexual "Marriage" In Canada Killing Free Speech]</ref>
Conservatives criticize attempts by homosexual rights activists to prohibit any statements which are critical of homosexuality, such as the idea that it is "unnatural" or "sinful", using [[hate crime]]s statutes and anti-[[discrimination]] laws. These laws violate the rights of those against homosexuality to continue trying to restrict the rights of homosexuals.

Conservatives also oppose attempts by homosexual activists to indoctrinate children by using liberal tactics such as ''tolerance'' or forcing ''diversity'' programs onto children in schools which strongly encourage the acceptance of homosexual behavior. Notable figures including [[Tony Perkins]] have expressed concerns. As any logical examination of the world would have one conclude, tolerance is an insidious construct which breeds relativism and lack of judgment.

*The [[European Union|EU]] parliament called on [[Poland|Polish]] authorities to publicly condemn and take measures against declarations by officials "inciting discrimination and hatred based on sexual orientation."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OOFTCO5&show_article=1]</ref>

== Support for Gay "Rights" ==
An April 2009 CNN poll showed the public evenly divided over the US military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, with 48% in favor and 47% opposed.<ref>Polling Report http://www.pollingreport.com/civil.htm</ref> Polls consistently show that most people are opposed to same-sex marriage. Thirty states have had a public referendum on same-sex marriage, and all thirty have voted against it.

==Tactics==

*Kirk and Madsen, in their LGBTI [[Mein Kampf]] titled "[[After the Ball]]," predicted a mass public change of heart would follow, even among opponents, "if we can actually make them like us."<ref>[http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/socarides.html How America Went Gay], by Charles W. Socarides, M.D., ''America'', November 18, 1995.</ref>

Advocates routinely use [[deceit]], notably pursuing various goal while pretending not to. For example, some advocates will claim:
*The movement does not seek to convince others that homosexuality is ''right''

Yet clearly the drive for "[[tolerance]]" is only one step toward the ultimate goal of "[[approval]]."

Blurring distinctions: Advocates routinely fail to distinguish between [[homosexual behavior]] and homosexuality as an "identity."

===Presenting outstanding homosexuals as contributors to society===

Turing was arrested in 1952 for [[homosexuality|homosexual acts]] and subsequently lost his security clearance. He was allowed to stay out of prison by agreeing to be injected with female hormones (which would supposedly decrease his sex drive). He later confided to a friend that the hormones caused him to grow breasts.<ref>''Oddballs and Eccentrics''. Shaw, Karl. Edison, New Jersey: Castle Books, 2004</ref> This may have contributed to his suicide by [[cyanide]] poisoning in 1954.<ref>[http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/index.html "Alan Turing: the enigma"]. ''turing.org.uk''.</ref> The British Government issued a formal, official apology for the way Alan Turing and other homosexuals were treated in the past.<ref>http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20571</ref>

==See also==
* [[Liberal values]] and the "Gay Culture" of:
** [[Hollywood values]]
** [[San Francisco values]]
** [[Fashion industry values]]
* [[ACT-UP]]
* [[Anti-Defamation League]]
* [[H.R. 1592: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007]]
* [[Human Rights Watch]]
* [[Liberal Catholic Church]]
*[[Hate crime hoax]]es

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_2_queering_the_schools.html Queering the Schools]

[[Category:Homosexual Agenda]]
[[Category:Homosexuality]]
[[Category:Hollywood Values]]
[[Category:Snowflakes]]

Homosexual rights advocacy

2019-08-28T19:25:05Z

Ukimmoral: /* History */

{{Homosexuality}}
The '''gay "rights"''' movement seeks to promote [[homosexuality]] and give it special consideration or favoritism.

The gay "rights" movement demands new rights or entitlements for homosexuality by arguing that either,
# Homosexuality is somehow an immutable trait, and discriminating against immutable traits is wrong (e.g., race discrimination);
# Homosexuality, if not immutable, is highly correlated with personality, and criticism of it is to be censored and labeled as somehow being bigotry; or
# Homosexuality is somehow perfectly normal and should be respected, despite [[God]]'s laws against it in the [[Bible]] and scientific device of [[gedankenexperiment|thought experiment]] showing otherwise.

So called 'Gay rights' are a favored topic of [[liberal]]s, and are based on [[moral relativity]], the idea that there is no absolute Right or Wrong. Although people should be free to label themselves as they choose<ref name="Rainbow">{{cite book |title=Redeeming the Rainbow: A Christian Response to the "Gay" Agenda |author=Scott Lively |url=http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09b/Redeeming_rainbow/Redeeming%20the%20Rainbow%20smaller%20file%20for%20e-mail.pdf |pages=47, 161 |quote=We should not, however, discriminate against persons who define themselves as homosexuals. They should be free to label themselves as they choose, no less so than other groups whose beliefs or goals are disapproved by the majority. Indeed, we can compare homosexuals to their chief adversaries, the radical nationalists. Both groups hate each other, and would like to do away with the other.
Neither side is embraced by the majority, but both deserve the right to freedom of their beliefs and to freedom of speech within reasonable limits. The rest of us must be willing to tolerate these difficult neighbors to preserve civility for society as a whole.
}}</ref>, from perspective of [[human rights]], assertions about human nature must be empirically provable and they cannot be based on fundamentals and instances that are not methodologically verifiable<ref>{{cite book |title=Menschenrechte: Ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch |author=Bernd Ladwig et al. |editors=Arnd Pollmann & Georg Lohmann |publisher=J.B. Metzler |place=Stuttgart, Weimar |chapter=2.3 Anthropologie und Naturalismus |year=2012 |url=http://www.springer.com/de/book/9783476022714 |pages=220 |isbn=978-3476022714 |quote=page indication is from Slovak 2017 translation |language=German}}</ref>. The self-identification as so called "LGBT+ person" fails this criterion<ref name="Rainbow"/> and is in fact a manifestation of [[Göring's syndrome]].

==History==
[[Harry Hay]] is regarded as the father of the modern homosexual liberation movement. As a [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) organizer, he turned out "essays, position papers, critical studies, and manifestos concerning what it means to be gay in the world."<ref>[http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/A269_0_2_0_C/ Red Roots Of Gay Movement], Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy in Media, September 10, 2003.</ref>

The first step Hay took in organizing the homosexual rights movement was to recommend to the CPUSA that he be expelled. In
light of his 18 years of service to the party<ref>[http://www.sojournertruth.net/ipp.html#i In Partial Payment Class Struggle, Sexuality and Gay Liberation (1978)], by A. Rausch. Retrieved from ''Urgent Tasks: [[Leftist|Journal of the Revolutionary Left]]'', Sojourner Truth Organization Digital Archive , 10 May 2007.</ref> they released him as "a security risk but a life-long friend of the people." The early leadership of the Foundation shaped the organization to reflect the cell structure of the Communist Party, in which "secrecy, hierarchical structures, and centralized leadership predominated." <ref>John D'Emilio, ''Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983), quoted in Martin Meeker, Behind the Mask of Respectability, ''Journal of the History of Sexuality'', (2001) 78-116.</ref>
Hay and his fellow homosexual rights activists began circulating the [[USSR]] and the East European Communist parties sponsored anti-war [[Stockholm Peace petition]] against the [[Korean War]]<ref>[http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/germberia.htm New Russian Evidence on the Korean War Biological Warfare Allegations: Background and Analysis,] Milton Leitenberg, Cold War International History Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.</ref> at a beach frequented by homosexual men in Los Angeles. The first months produced hundreds of members.

Amid growing public focus on gays and lesbians, 91 homosexuals were found to be employed in the [[U.S. State Department]]. Congressional investigators discovered homosexuals employed in 36 of 53 branches of Government, as well as in the armed forces. Between Jan. 1, 1947 and April 1950, 4,954 cases had come to light among some three and a half million people in Government service. Most were in the armed services. 574 cases were found involving civilian Government employees; in all the other cases the accused had either quit, been cleared or fired. The investigators found the greatest batch of civilian cases—143—in the U.S. State Department. State had cleared or gotten rid of all but a dozen whose cases were still pending. The Veterans Administration was found to have 101 cases. Others included the Atomic Energy Commission, 8; EGA, 27; Congress' legislative agencies (Library of Congress, congressional employees, etc.), 19. One Senator remarked, "It follows that if blackmailers can extort money from a homosexual under threat of disclosure, [[espionage]] agents can use the same type of pressure to extort confidential information."<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,859060,00.html Object Lesson], ''TIME magazine'', Dec. 25, 1950.</ref>

The [[Human Rights Campaign]] referred to Hay as "founder and architect of the modern movement for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights" and "Harry was one of the first to realize that the dream of equality for our community could be attained through visibility and activism".<ref>[http://www.hrc.org/Content/ContentGroups/News_Releases/20021/HRC_Mourns_the_Death_of_Gay_Rights_Pioneer_Harry_Hay.htm Human Rights Campaign Mourns the Death of Gay Rights Pioneer Harry Hay], Press Release, Oct. 24, 2002.</ref> Hay not only promoted homosexual rights, he actively campaigned for the "rights" of pedophiles. ''The Boston Phoenix'' noted that nowhere was this more evident than in Hay's persistent support of the right of the North American Man-Boy Love Association, [[NAMBLA]], to march in [[gay pride|gay-pride]] parades.<ref>''The Boston Phoenix'', [http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511115.htm The real Harry Hay], Michael Bronski, October 31 - November 7, 2002.</ref> NAMBLA maintains a website with a body of Hay's work and a tribute to Harry Hay on its homepage. The Human Rights Campaign and other homosexual rights organizations, while revering Hay for his contributions to homosexual rights, do not support NAMBLA or communism.

== Timeline ==

* Henry Gerber starts Society for Human Rights under a State of Illinois charter for a non-profit organization for people with "mental abnormalities" on December 25, 1924. Several issues of ''Friendship and Freedom'', the first American publication for homosexuals were printed but the organization was shut down by Chicago police. Gerber was arrested but not convicted of any crime. As a result of his efforts, Gerber lost his job as a post office clerk, his life savings, and found himself abandoned by his friends.<ref>[http://www.gayhistory.com/rev2/factfiles/ff1924.htm "Gay History"]. ''gayhistory.com''.</ref>

* [[Alfred Kinsey]] publishes ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'' in 1948, allegedly the first scientific body of work that examined the subject of homosexuality. Mainstream publications started printing their opinions about this formerly taboo subject.<ref>[http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey/library/mediaresponses.html "The Kinsey Institute - [Library & Special Collections]"]. ''indiana.edu''.</ref><ref>[http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey/library/kinsey.html "The Kinsey Institute - [Library & Special Collections]"]. ''indiana.edu''.</ref>

* Rev. Elder Troy Perry founded the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches in 1968 which served as a specific outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.<ref>http://www.mcccharleston.org/about/troyperry.htm</ref>

*[[Stonewall Riots]] of 1969 marked a turning point within the Civil Rights Era of the United States. New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn and for the first time the homosexual patrons fought back which started several days of rioting.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/sw25/case1.html "Stonewall 25: Cases 1-2"]. ''columbia.edu''.</ref> This bar had been operating illegally by bribing the police and was owned by the [[mafia]]. The riots occurred when the police finally came to shut down the illegal activities occurring at the site.

* American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses in 1973.<ref>http://archive.psych.org/edu/other_res/lib_archives/archives/197308.pdf</ref>

* 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy as crafted by Gen. Colin Powell and approved by Pres. Clinton takes affect in 1993. This measure allows homosexuals to serve in the US military. Sexual orientation will not prohibit anyone from serving though they must not engage in homosexual conduct or openly say they are gay.<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5D81F30F933A15754C0A965958260</ref>

* Same-sex "marriage" became legal in Massachusetts on May 17, 2004 when homosexual couples were granted the same right as heterosexual couples. This right was preceded by years of legal wrangling in the state courts.<ref>http://www.hrc.org/issues/5489.htm</ref>

== Legal Success ==
Courts, including the Supreme Court, have accepted either one or both of these rationales. In ''[[Romer v. Evans]]'', the Court found that discriminating against homosexuals could only be explained by a rational of animus laid bare, which was not enough even to allow state condemnation of homosexuality under the [[rational basis review]] test. ''Romer'', then, protects the status of homosexuality from undue discrimination that occurs without a rational basis.<ref>Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620</ref>

Homosexual conduct was formerly illegal in many states.<ref>See generally ''Bowers v. Hardwick'', 478 U.S. 186</ref> In the last decade of the twentieth century, although these laws existed, they were rarely (if ever) enforced.<ref>''Lawrence v. Texas,'' 539 U.S. 558, Justice Anthony Kennedy, in the Opinion of the Court, found this in his historical analysis.</ref> Without disclosing whether it saw homosexuality as a status protected from discrimination at as high of a level as gender and race, the Court struck down bans on homosexual conduct, framing it as an expansion of its privacy jurisprudence.<ref>''Lawrence v. Texas'', 539 U.S. 558</ref>

The status of homosexuality before the law, then, is in some degree of flux. While bare discrimination against homosexual status is facially unconstitutional lacking a rational basis, and while preventing homosexual conduct is similarly unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has held in these landmark cases that the state may discriminate against homosexuals to preserve an "institution that the law protects" - namely, [[marriage]].<ref>''Lawrence v. Texas''; Kennedy & O'Connor both reached this conclusion explicitly.</ref> As such, the standard to be applied in deciding if discrimination against homosexuals is wrong is somewhere in between [[rational basis review]] and [[strict scrutiny review]]. Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] thinks that this uncertainty will surely be resolved in the favor of gay rights, and he warns that such a legal erosion will result in the downfall of the law's moral authority.<ref>''Lawrence v. Texas'', Scalia, J., dissenting.</ref>

In 2006, [[Catholic Charities]] of Boston closed their adoption program after more than a century of finding homes for [[orphans]] and [[unwanted children]] when it was reported by the ''Boston Globe'' that homosexual couples had received children placed from the agency.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/03/11/catholic_charities_stuns_state_ends_adoptions/ Catholic Charities stuns state, ends adoptions], By Patricia Wen, ''The Boston Globe'', March 11, 2006.</ref> Massachusetts law, barring "orientation discrimination", prohibited one of the nations oldest adoption agencies from refusing service to homosexual activists, and a mass resignation of the agency's Board in protest followed.<ref>[https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/191kgwgh.asp Banned in Boston], by Maggie Gallagher, ''The Weekly Standard'', 05/15/2006, Volume 011, Issue 33.</ref>

== Opposition to Gay "Rights" ==
A poll reveals that a majority of US citizens<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031800484.html Clinton, Obama Slow to Respond to Questions on Homosexuality] Washington Post, March 18, 2007</ref> disapprove of homosexuality, or at least consider it less than ideal, and prefer that public policy does not encourage it. They also believe that accepting homosexuality would require the loss of rights to free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, and traditional [[marriage]].<ref>Traditional Values Coalition - [http://www.traditional values.org/modules.php?sid=2963 Homosexual Marriage In Canada Killing Free Speech]</ref>
Conservatives criticize attempts by gay rights activists to prohibit any statements which are critical of homosexuality, such as the idea that it is "unnatural" or "sinful", using [[hate crime]]s statutes and anti-[[discrimination]] laws. These laws violate the rights of those against homosexuality to continue trying to restrict the rights of homosexuals.

Conservatives also oppose attempts by homosexual activists to indoctrinate children by using liberal tactics such as ''tolerance'' or forcing ''diversity'' programs onto children in schools which strongly encourage the acceptance of homosexual behavior. Notable figures including [[Tony Perkins]] have expressed concerns. As any logical examination of the world would have one conclude, tolerance is an insidious construct which breeds relativism and lack of judgment.

*The [[European Union|EU]] parliament called on [[Poland|Polish]] authorities to publicly condemn and take measures against declarations by officials "inciting discrimination and hatred based on sexual orientation."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OOFTCO5&show_article=1]</ref>

== Support for Gay "Rights" ==
An April 2009 CNN poll showed the public evenly divided over the US military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, with 48% in favor and 47% opposed.<ref>Polling Report http://www.pollingreport.com/civil.htm</ref> Polls consistently show that most people are opposed to same-sex marriage. Thirty states have had a public referendum on same-sex marriage, and all thirty have voted against it.

==Tactics==

*Kirk and Madsen, in their LGBTI [[Mein Kampf]] titled "[[After the Ball]]," predicted a mass public change of heart would follow, even among opponents, "if we can actually make them like us."<ref>[http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/socarides.html How America Went Gay], by Charles W. Socarides, M.D., ''America'', November 18, 1995.</ref>

Advocates routinely use [[deceit]], notably pursuing various goal while pretending not to. For example, some advocates will claim:
*The movement does not seek to convince others that homosexuality is ''right''

Yet clearly the drive for "[[tolerance]]" is only one step toward the ultimate goal of "[[approval]]."

Blurring distinctions: Advocates routinely fail to distinguish between [[homosexual behavior]] and homosexuality as an "identity."

===Presenting outstanding homosexuals as contributors to society===

Turing was arrested in 1952 for [[homosexuality|homosexual acts]] and subsequently lost his security clearance. He was allowed to stay out of prison by agreeing to be injected with female hormones (which would supposedly decrease his sex drive). He later confided to a friend that the hormones caused him to grow breasts.<ref>''Oddballs and Eccentrics''. Shaw, Karl. Edison, New Jersey: Castle Books, 2004</ref> This may have contributed to his suicide by [[cyanide]] poisoning in 1954.<ref>[http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/index.html "Alan Turing: the enigma"]. ''turing.org.uk''.</ref> The British Government issued a formal, official apology for the way Alan Turing and other homosexuals were treated in the past.<ref>http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20571</ref>

==See also==
* [[Liberal values]] and the "Gay Culture" of:
** [[Hollywood values]]
** [[San Francisco values]]
** [[Fashion industry values]]
* [[ACT-UP]]
* [[Anti-Defamation League]]
* [[H.R. 1592: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007]]
* [[Human Rights Watch]]
* [[Liberal Catholic Church]]
*[[Hate crime hoax]]es

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_2_queering_the_schools.html Queering the Schools]

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