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Two years on, we’re still failing the victims of the El Paso massacre

Two years ago today, a lone 21-year-old white man walked into a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, and opened fire. Shortly beforehand, he had posted a sick justification online, as so many…

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11 min

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Christianism: The Elephant in the Extremism Room

Religious extremism in not unfamiliar to other faiths but has yet to be named as such among mainstream Christian confessions. I contend that my subject matter is something of an…

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17 min

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Radical Right Terrorists Are Usually Self-Radicalized

With access to online resources and communities, “lone wolf” terrorist incidents are increasingly prevalent among radical right extremists. What is unhelpfully called “lone wolf terrorism” is rising by every metric,…

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10 min

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The Radical Right in Britain

The radical right has been small, fractious yet persistent in nearly a century of activism at the furthest reaches of the right-wing spectrum. As this collection of primary source documents…

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3 min

A Working Definition of Anti-Muslim Hatred – Summary

Drawing on qualitative interviews, scientific studies and Tell MAMA’s comprehensive database of anti-Muslim attacks, this REPORT provides the first substantive move towards a measurable and objective national definition of anti-Muslim…

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6 min

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The DFLA: a(nother) new UK far right movement?

Britain’s far-right undertow turns hostile currents against ethnic and religious minorities into a tsunami of hatred. Pause a moment to register two unloved anniversaries. This spring marks a decade since…

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5 min

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On lone wolf terrorism: past, present, and future

While the bodies of victims from the Christchurch shooting last Friday were still warm, including those of 3 and 4-year-old children, social media platforms were busily taking down livestreamed footage…

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8 min

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The Evolution of the Radical Right: An Interview with Matthew Feldman

Matthew Feldman, a specialist on fascist ideology, looks at how the radical right has changed over time. Q. As someone who has examined the history of radical right movements, how similar…

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4 min

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Pandering To The Far Right Is No Way To Counter Them

Placating radical right rhetoric will not stop the EDL, Pegida and the rest of the angry acronym brigade. If you want a definition of not being able to see the…

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4 min

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Paging Mr Aaronovitch: The Radical Right doesn’t need any more help from the mainstream

For anyone paying attention, the radical right is on the march. Recent years have been more favorable to their fortunes than at any time since the end of World War…

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Two years on, we’re still failing the victims of the El Paso massacre

Christianism: The Elephant in the Extremism Room

Radical Right Terrorists Are Usually Self-Radicalized

The Radical Right in Britain

A Working Definition of Anti-Muslim Hatred – Summary

The DFLA: a(nother) new UK far right movement?

The Evolution of the Radical Right: An Interview with Matthew Feldman

Pandering To The Far Right Is No Way To Counter Them

Paging Mr Aaronovitch: The Radical Right doesn’t need any more help from the mainstream

US Buffalo Shooting: The Depressing Predictability of Far-Right Terrorism and How to Stop It

Nasser Kurdy and David Tucker. A Reply to Hate: Forgiving My Attacker. Stuttgart: Ibidem, 2021.

Nathaniël D. B. Kunkeler. Making Fascism in Sweden and the Netherlands: Myth-Creation and Respectability, 1931-40. London: Bloomsbury, 2021.

CARR Reform Statement

Webinar Series: The Future of Ideologies (Michael Freeden)