The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) centers its work on countering the threat from far-right movements and antidemocratic forces, while emphasizing human rights and progressive values. GPAHE views far-right movements as existential threats to human rights and inclusive democracy, and thus uniquely needing to be countered. We work to expose and disrupt far-right extremism, white supremacy, and other hateful transnational movements, with a specific focus on the export of extremism by Americans into other countries.
GPAHE disrupts and documents the alarming spread and normalization of white supremacist and extremist movements across borders, with particular attention to the ways in which U.S.-based ideologies are fueling global threats. Our investigations have tracked how networks like the Active Club movement are expanding their physical presence and online propaganda from North America to Europe and Latin America, while U.S. political currents such as Christian nationalism, election denialism, and anti-immigrant conspiracies are being adopted by far-right governments around the world. Our reporting has revealed how far-right extremism continues to bleed into the mainstream—from extremist narratives spreading on major platforms like TikTok and Fortnite to the rise of reactionary candidates and policy proposals that now shape the U.S. government like those behind Project 2025.
Far-right extremism is a growing problem, both in the US and abroad. Even before the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, every federal law enforcement agency in the U.S. had declared white supremacy the number one domestic terrorist threat. Similar conclusions have been drawn by intelligence agencies in European countries, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. In the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Germany, neo-Nazis have been found in the ranks of police departments and the military. Far-right political figures have agressively mainstreamed anti-immigrant ideas, particularly the white supremacist “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory. Unsurprisingly, at the same time, hate crimes have been rising globally. Perhaps most disturbing is the growing and more open connections between those who call for bigoted violence and those who run governments.
Far-right extremist and hate movements motivated by white supremacy, xenophobia, anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs, antisemitism, religious discrimination, and gender bias are spreading and being being normalized in right-wing politics. This is happening quickly in the U.S. due to President Donald Trump’s implementing of the authoritarian and Christian nationalist plan, Project 2025, which is underming human rights and democracy and leading to growing authoritarianism. Far-right movements and political parties in many parts of the globe are “mainstreaming” previously unnaceptable ideas rooted in racism, xenophobia and other exclusionist philosophies. Europe, South Asia, Latin America, and other parts of the globe, are also seeing far-right and authoritarian ideas seep into governing policies, which are increasingly openly embraced by the politically powerful. With hate speech and dehumanising rhetoric dominating political and online discourse, while content moderation is abandoned by major tech platforms, the threat of political and hate-based violence grows every day.
The forces propelling the rise of the far right are rooted in these movements’ bigotry and fear of demographic change and growing diversity across Western countries. Their growth is unlikely to slow any time soon if left unchallenged, especially with encouragement from politically powerful far-right movements, influencers, and political figures. Additionally, racist groups like the Proud Boys and Patriot Front, and the antigoverment militia movement, have been emboldened by Trump and his polices, particularly his pardons of those that participated in the January 6 insurrection.
In a way never seen before, blatantly anti-democratic, racist, and Christian Nationalist ideas are being mainstreamed in the U.S. and made reality by the autocratic polices of the Trump administration. Disturbingly, U.S. groups and influencers are sharing their hateful and anti-democratic ideology and tactics with other countries and forming partnerships with autocratic regimes like Hungary.
The attacks on the LGBTQ+ community and women, often originating from the US or Trump’s close allies abroad, are producing bigoted and harmful policies and laws that restrict gender rights in the U.S. and around the world. The groups behind the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, removing a woman’s constitutional right to bodily autonomy, are the same groups that are choosing our judges and political leaders, and winning cases that allow schools, businesses, adoption agencies, and more to discriminate under the guise of religious freedom, all of it undermining democracy and human rights. The plan to destroy this rights is starkly outlined in Project 2025, which GPAHE has been a leader in educating the public, press and policymakers about. These movements operate transnationally, as does GPAHE, as teh battle against far-right extremism and to protect democracy is no longer confined by borders.
In addition to compromising fairness, equity, and civil discourse in our daily lives, the growth of these far-right movements is tragically inspiring violence and harassment, both online and in the streets, targeting individuals and communities across the globe.
By tracking and exposing white supremacist and other far-right activities—both online and, importantly, offline—and their links to broader political, media, and financial ecosystems, GPAHE brings increased public awareness to the growing crisis of hate and the global web in which it exists. Public education about the dangers of far-right extremism and growing authoritarianism is crucial to effecting change, reducing bigotry, and shifting culture toward a more inclusive society. Together we can combat the spread of global hate and extremism.
The White House has turned anti-immigrant rhetoric into a video game. A new arcade.gov website features games that depict migrants as targets to be stopped, rounded up, or imprisoned, bringing the racist propaganda long associated with extremist gaming communities onto an official government platform.
A new GPAHE country report finds that New Zealand’s far right remains active despite efforts to disrupt extremist networks following the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks. The report documents the rise of neo-Nazi and white nationalist groups, their growing international connections, and the spread of “remigration.” It shows how extremist movements are adapting and repackaging racist ideas as mainstream political demands.
An updated GPAHE country report examines how Australia’s far right is gaining political ground while extremist networks adapt and persist. The report tracks One Nation’s growing influence, the continued activity of neo-Nazi and anti-LGBTQ+ groups, and the movement’s expanding ties to far-right networks across the globe.
Pressure tech companies to prohibit extremist and hateful movements from using their platforms to organize, propagandize, and recruit followers.
