Alt-Right

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The Cult of Kek: An Archaic Belief System for an Alt-Right “New Age”

Pepe the Frog, the green character in Matt Furie’s “Boy’s Club” cartoons, is familiar on the internet. The alt-right started to use it to symbolize their battle against political correctness…

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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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6 min

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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…

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5 min

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Remembering Kevin Coogan

The recently deceased Kevin Coogan helped create the scholarly groundwork for preventative measures against the rise of the Alt Right. Born on October 8, 1952, Coogan was raised in an…

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6 min

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The Radical Right’s Violent Hatred of Women

While bigotry and white supremacy are core tenets of the radical right, underlying it all is a deeply ingrained misogyny that has manifested in violence. Once upon a time, almost…

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4 min

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Framing Far Cry 5: The Gamification of White Separatist Propaganda

As contemporary society becomes immersed in visual culture, extremist imagery is becoming progressively organised around a network of symbols, rituals, and collective meanings. Therefore, it is particularly informative to examine…

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3 min

News

Call for Chapters: New Routledge Handbook on Non-Violent Extremism

Call for Chapters Routledge Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism: Groups, Perspectives and New Debates Background For a long-time overshadowed by jihadi extremism, non-violent (or vocal) extremism has been the centre of…

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5 min

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Jekyll-and-Hyde: What Creates a Far-Right Supporter? Part 1.

Much has been written about the development of the personalities and other psychological characteristics of Alt-Right/far-right leaders such as Donald Trump (e.g. authors in Cruz and Buser, 2017; Waring &…

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5 min

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Why It’s So Important For Us To Discuss White Privilege

White privilege isn’t about guilt or blame, it is about identifying how racist social structures perpetuate inequality so that we can dismantle them. Concepts, such as white privilege, white fragility,…

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4 min

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Great Little Men: Why the Alt-Right Begs for Money

Begging for money is a well-known device of far-right agitators, and it by far exceeds the simple request to donate a few dollars every once in a while. In September,…

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Categories

The Cult of Kek: An Archaic Belief System for an Alt-Right “New Age”

Understanding the Dynamics of the Far Right

Does Norway have a neo-Nazi terrorist problem?

Remembering Kevin Coogan

The Radical Right’s Violent Hatred of Women

Framing Far Cry 5: The Gamification of White Separatist Propaganda

Call for Chapters: New Routledge Handbook on Non-Violent Extremism

Jekyll-and-Hyde: What Creates a Far-Right Supporter? Part 1.

Why It’s So Important For Us To Discuss White Privilege

Great Little Men: Why the Alt-Right Begs for Money

Part Four: Hegel and Fascism

CARR Policy Insight Series: Deciphering the Second Wave of the American Militia Movement

Are Poland’s football ultras really supporting the Women’s Strike?

Farrakhan Calls the Vaccine the White Man’s ‘Death Plan’

Trump’s Incompetent Authoritarianism Failed, But A Smarter Trump Looms