How the AFD tries to divide Germany
Germany is in a fight against racism since the second world war. However, the increasing popularity of the right party AFD is challenging the goal of achieving equality. Neo-racism and banal nationalism aggravate the political and social climate.
The algorithmic populism of Alice Weidel
Technical developments and the growth of social media have caused politicians to start using social media as a tool for their political campaigns. This is also the case for Alice Weidel: the leader of the AfD. What are the consequences?
Alice Weidel: the lesbian against gay rights
This article investigates how Alice Weidel, co-leader of the extreme-right AfD party and also a lesbian, is able to make her personal identity beneficial to the party.
Alice Weidel and the AfD
This article discusses the way Alternative für Deutschland’s party leader Alice Weidel constructs her online and offline messages as a speaker for the party, and whether her personal persona aligns with the party’s agenda.
AfD’s online movements: activism or slacktivism?
This article provides a detailed and analytical look at online movements related to the AfD. It shows how these movements take action and what the results of these actions are.
Alice Weidel, the mask of AfD’s ‘rational voice’
Alice Weidel is known as the 'rational voice' of Germany’s far right AfD party. But how rational is her message underneath the moderate veneer?