How Extremists Weaponize Community To Recruit During The Pandemic
Far-right extremism, like all forms of extremism, is driven in part by social needs deprivation. As human beings, we all have social needs. A need for a sense of identity,…
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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…
QAnon has gone from fringe conspiracy to full-blown cult
On 12 August, Donald Trump endorsed a congressional candidate from Georgia, the victor in a Republican primary runoff held the previous day. Like an alarmingly increasing number of congressional hopefuls…
Incels: Alienated Men And Violence In The Digital Age
The online subcultures driving “incels” grew more concerning after Canada pursued terrorism charges for incel-related violence. We must analyze them. As the world was forced into lockdown at the start…
Does Norway have a neo-Nazi terrorist problem?
A young man, Philip Manshaus, who carried out the terror attack in Norway on 10 August 2019 has now been sentenced to 21 years ‘preventative detention’. He was charged with…
The Visual Culture of Far-Right Terrorism
Since 2019, with the attacks in Christchurch, Poway, El Paso, Bærum and Halle, a new form of right-wing terrorism has taken off. Its modus operandi consists of three inseparably linked…
Manifesto memes: the radical right’s new dangerous visual rhetorics
These memes frame violent mass murder as sanctified white male dominance and a pathway for disaffected young white men to recover their “proper” masculinity. A new series of memes are…