Prosecuting Historians – Last Refuge of the Illiberals?
In his latest CARR Insight blog, Senior Fellow, Professor Dan Stone, examines a troubling episode of two historians being prosecuted for a short passage in their latest book and its…
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Reciprocal Radicalisation and the Right-Left Divide
What is Reciprocal Radicalisation? Reciprocal radicalisation, cumulative extremism, tit for tat extremism: these recent terms all relate to a symbiotic political relationship whereby the extremism of one group fuels the…
The Only Certainty This Election Is That There Will Be Chaos
President Trump is laying the groundwork for a drawn-out contestation of the election and won’t commit to a peaceful transition of power. This will spark unrest. At the moment, the…
Is America Edging Toward a “Racial Holy War”?
Since the Vietnam War era in the United States, radical-right groups have articulated an apocalyptic vision under which white people would be restored to their “rightful place” of dominance on…
The Selective Iconoclasm Of The Far-Right
On May 25th, a great part of the world was shaken after watching how the 46-year-old US citizen George Floyd was killed at the hands of four local police agents while he…
The ‘silent majority’: populist cliché or warning?
In the run-up to the EU referendum in Britain in June 2016, at a time when the Remain vote was apparently enjoying a modest but clear advantage, one of the…
GOP Lawmaker’s Celebration Of KKK Leader Forces Racial Reckoning In Alabama
The backlash to Alabama State Rep. Will Dismukes’s celebration of the 1st KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest marks a shift in the state — or at least a beginning.…
We need to talk about what is driving the Radical Right
Over the last two months we have seen an increase in the scale and frequency of street protests across Britain. Those that have taken place under the banner of the…
How The Radical Right Is Mansplaining Black Lives Matter
The Black Lives Matter movement is monumental not only because it has challenged the significance of material monuments to historical racism, but also because it has sparked multiple globalized campaigns…
Two Deaths Raise the Specter of Lynching in California
Given the current heightened atmosphere in the United States, it is hard not to be suspicious of the recent deaths by hanging of two African American men in California. On…