Paul Jackson

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Netflix’s Nail Bomber: Manhunt and understanding the lone actor terrorist

In May 2021, Netflix released a new true crime programme, Nail Bomber: Manhunt. The documentary focused on David Copeland, widely known as the London Nail Bomber. In sum, it told…

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6 min

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Charismatic Leadership and the Far Right

Horia Sima, a central figure within the interwar Romanian fascist organization the Iron Guard, once described his leader, Corneliu Codreanu, as follows: “What was most impressive, on first contact with…

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4 min

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Remembering the Holocaust Memorial Day in 2021

Despite the unique challenges Holocaust remembrance events face this year, it is also clear that the collective effort to remember the past remains crucial, as echoes of the Nazi era…

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7 min

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Understanding the Dynamics of the Far Right

The extreme right is not a single entity but rather is a highly diverse, polycratic movement set across countless small organizations, or groupuscules. While this article is not about the…

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11 min

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The New Man in Fascism Past and Present

The historical vision of the new man still animates many neo-fascist and neo-Nazi organizations that are rooted in the legacies of fascism. “The trenchocracy is the aristocracy of the trenches,”…

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6 min

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Remembering Auschwitz 75 through Sonderkommando Photography

Remembering the past is always complex. Remembering inevitably means we recall only selected sections of the past, and so in making any such selection we forget as much as we…

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10 min

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Totalitarianism in the twentieth century and beyond

A key under-studied area for analysis is how contemporary extreme right movements can also be seen as totalitarian. Indeed, it is not difficult to find examples of such. According to…

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9 min

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Political religions and fascism

The creation of new symbols and rituals to evoke belief in a higher cause are central to the concept, ‘political religion’, prevalent in fascism studies for at least two decades.…

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5 min

News

Extreme Right Aware Training Course, 20 September 2019

The extreme right in Britain has changed and developed in recent times, while its impact can be felt across a wide variety of professions. From policing to teaching, and from…

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4 min

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Holocaust Memorial Day in 2019 and Beyond

For the last ten years, I have been regularly involved in either contributing to, or running, events for Holocaust Memorial Day. As well as more formal talks and activities, every…

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Categories

Netflix’s Nail Bomber: Manhunt and understanding the lone actor terrorist

Charismatic Leadership and the Far Right

Remembering the Holocaust Memorial Day in 2021

Understanding the Dynamics of the Far Right

The New Man in Fascism Past and Present

Remembering Auschwitz 75 through Sonderkommando Photography

Totalitarianism in the twentieth century and beyond

Political religions and fascism

Extreme Right Aware Training Course, 20 September 2019

Holocaust Memorial Day in 2019 and Beyond

In Poland, public funding is given to those threatening liberal democracy

5 Years After The Munich Shooting: Why It Should Be Remembered As Right-Wing Terrorism

How January 6 Echoed Past Right-Wing Coup Attempts In The Western World

What links organised crime with the radical right?

The Radical Right Is Targeting Neurodivergent Groups