NCJ Number
182060
Journal
Intelligence Report Issue: 97 Dated: Winter 2000 Pages: 40-49
Editor(s)
Mark Potok
Date Published
2000
Length
10 pages
Annotation
This article outlines what could be the shape of extremism in the new millennium--the convergence of anti-globalist forces from the far left and far right.
Abstract
Seattle in November 1999 saw so-called anarchists and other left-wingers leading a large riot to protest capitalist globalism. Right beside them were the hard-edged soldiers of neofascism decrying “The New World Order Agenda,” denouncing “Jewish media plus big capital” and fighting with black youths. More and more, people on both ends of the traditional political spectrum--particularly those who are young--find that their world views overlap. They oppose what they see as the homogenizing forces of globalism and they despise capitalism, with its tendency to concentrate wealth and to make people and economies more and more alike. In many ways the descendants of the “back-to-the-land” hippies of the 1960s, they above all favor decentralization. Concerns about the environment have also brought traditional leftists into bizarre coalitions with right-wing extremists. The article contains World Wide Web sites for a number of organizations devoted to “Third Position” ideology--a mix of left and right ideas with strong neofascist overtones.