Right-wing nationalism and scapegoating immigrants (Europe and America)

Nationalism and the relevance of nation-states are growing significantly in the EU and are gaining a consensus in public debates. And these debates are fundamentally dominated by right-wing themes.

Isolationism is a legitimate policy for some of the British conservatives and all the anti-EU movements elsewhere. For them, their countries' wealth must be reserved for their own populations.

We are all aware of how (de)colonisation and globalisation contributed to changing Western communities, as well as reframing the balance between national and global powers (while prompting an ongoing deterioration of nation-states) with an influence on some strata of European societies, and in particular, the white working class.

Cameron and others are simply playing their part in this game by exploiting popular opinion and giving voices to the nationalists most active in their parties. Naturally, in the British context, the rise of UK Independence Party and the Eurosceptic propaganda of some press outlets reinforce a vision of national life and UK-centric international policy.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/08/wing-nationalism-scapegoating-migrants-150815105304570.html

The article is focused on the immigration debate in Europe and the role of the far-right in it. It could just as easily apply to the US.