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Review of Eirikur Bergmann, Neo-Nationalism: The Rise of Nativist Populism (Springer, 2020), 235pp.

Storytelling is an Icelandic virtue. For anyone needing to understand why we today witness the return of an aggressive exclusionary political ideology, professor Eirikur Bergmann’s book (Bifröst University, Iceland) is…

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“Infamy! Infamy! They’ve All Got It Infamy!”* The Paranoid Delusions of Radical Right Conspiracism

*Kenneth Williams as Caesar in Carry On Cleo (1964) Numerous online networks serve radical-right conspiracy theories. One of the highest profiles is QAnon, which alleges a ‘deep state’ conspiracy run…

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What Happened to Trump’s Big, Beautiful Wall?

One of the best-known of Donald Trump’s many campaign promises in 2016 was that “he” would build a “big, beautiful wall” along America’s southern border with Mexico to prevent illegal…

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America Is No Longer One Nation

Another American election has come and gone. And, once again, enlightened pundits on both sides of the Atlantic are scratching their heads. How is it possible that some 70 million…

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Why Populists at the Helm Are Bad for the Economy

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a man on a mission. The goal: to make Turkey great again. Making Turkey great again, I guess, means wiping history clean of a series of…

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/K/ And The Visual Culture Of Weapons Boards

In recent years, the study of online radicalisation, particularly as it pertains to the far right, has increasingly begun to acknowledge the role of ‘chan culture’ – the influence of…

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The New Face of Terror in the US

When the FBI arrested five senior members of the Neo-Nazi Atomwaffen Divison early in 2020, it seemed that the terror cell was on its last legs. Under sustained pressure from law enforcement, effective…

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How Covid-19 Has Boosted The Radical Populist Right In Belgium

There are two things that hold Belgium together, or so the joke goes — the royal family and the national debt. For decades, supporters of the Belgian state have tried…

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Research Suggests Globalization Doesn’t Drive Nationalism

According to the backlash hypothesis, it is globalization that has fueled the resurgence of nationalism and electoral gains by the radical right. This explanation of contemporary politics is relatively uncontroversial.…

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Review of Eirikur Bergmann, Neo-Nationalism: The Rise of Nativist Populism (Springer, 2020), 235pp.

“Infamy! Infamy! They’ve All Got It Infamy!”* The Paranoid Delusions of Radical Right Conspiracism

What Happened to Trump’s Big, Beautiful Wall?

America Is No Longer One Nation

Why Populists at the Helm Are Bad for the Economy

/K/ And The Visual Culture Of Weapons Boards

The New Face of Terror in the US

How Covid-19 Has Boosted The Radical Populist Right In Belgium

Research Suggests Globalization Doesn’t Drive Nationalism

Review of Eirikur Bergmann, Neo-Nationalism: The Rise of Nativist Populism (Springer, 2020), 235pp.

CARR REPORT: FAR-RIGHT MOBILISATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN (FRGB DATASET) 2009-2019

“Infamy! Infamy! They’ve All Got It Infamy!”* The Paranoid Delusions of Radical Right Conspiracism

What Happened to Trump’s Big, Beautiful Wall?