One hopes that Europe and in fact the entire world is reflecting upon the rise of the far right political parties in recent European and country (national) elections. The trend is growing and the discussions about it are not getting the full attention.
Europe today moves precariously near those points and factors that led to the Second World War. There are serious and significant traces of similar circumstances today as what led to the eventual holocaust that characterised the war. The Jews were the biggest casualties of the Second World War. We know that the previous holocaust through the slave trade that took place in Africa tore the continent apart and this sad historical occurrence has been largely undermined and underreported. No repatriations have been officially paid. The plights of Africans in the hands of the Nazis were also covered up.
In recent years several governments in Europe have come under fire. There are so many reasons for these developments. It is not very clear however how the introduction of the EURO as a common currency and the continuous expansion of the continent have contributed to this dilemma. In some countries the economic fortunes have declined to the extent that they’ve needed huge financial bailouts. Still in other countries the citizens have emigrated en-mass.
Flexible migrations in/within Europe are made possible by the enlargement or admission of new member countries into the EU. There is also no doubt that the cost of labour or hiring labour has had significant impact on the employment pattern. Economic migration and asylum-based migrations are worldwide today.
Meanwhile there has been a lot of funfair and pomp around the 70th anniversary of the D-Day that saw the allied forces landed in Normandy and the aftermath of this was what led to the defeat of the Germans-effectively marking the end of the Second World War. One man’s will to conquer the world was put to rest. Hitler and his Nazi party madly convinced their likes that people of other races are inferior and needed to be exterminated or subdued.
When the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day (which sadly excludes the role of our African soldiers) is weighed vis-à-vis the recent rise of far right political parties one wonders if the celebrations have not beclouded the reasoning of the various governments in Europe and the US. It appears that the gains of the D-day are suffering from serious erosions and will be wiped away in the future.
If the political trends and the so called nationalism or nativity going on in Europe keeps their momentum, it is not unlikely that the some of the conditions that led to the Second World War will be totally met in a couple of years. It may be 5 years, it may be 10 years, or it may even be 50 years. What is obvious is that if the pattern is not checked, the point will be reached sooner or later.
There are a lot of assertions that may be wrongly placed.
For example, some people cannot imagine that barbaric killings or holocaust of the 1930s can take place in the year 2014 or in the future say, 2020. But the signs tell us otherwise. Some people also cannot admit that the rise in the far right politics is partially or totally racially driven depending on the country. But it is, because even if one ignores the other reasons or factors, it is very difficult to separate (only) the politics of migration from racial discrimination and intolerance.
Others argue that people are engaging in “protest” votes against their governments because of lack of jobs, lack of social justice and downturns in the economic fortunes. One thing that was very easy to do in the 1930s was to preach similar arguments at rallies that eventually led to the rise of the Nazis. What is happening today in Europe is not different from what happened more than 70 years ago.
Therefore, it appears that Europe is returning to her past, very quickly.
In some countries in Europe, there are open campaigns against certain races of people. More specifically in Sweden the advert below sponsored by the Swedish Democrats targeted street beggars mainly from Eastern Europe. It states that it is time to stop organised begging on our streets. This type of advert was a very common method adopted by the Nazis.Read more
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