Brenton Tarrant

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The Role of Conspiratorial Narratives in the Violent Radicalisation of Right-Wing Lone Actors

Conspiracy theories have been talked about a lot recently as a key ingredient in the radicalisation of right-wing lone actor (RWLA) terrorists. To some extent, all narratives and ideological propaganda issued by…

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8 min

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Right-Wing Extremist Manifestos Create A Blueprint For Transnational Terrorism

The Right-Wing Terrorist Threat Picture & Criteria for a Fifth Wave On February 22, 2021, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of the “transnational threat” posed by white supremacism and neo-Nazi ideologies,…

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5 min

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Génération Identitaire ban could rally supporters of the radical right in France

The Radical Right movement Génération Identitaire (GI) was banned by the French government on 3 March. Although the decision will be challenged in courts, it is very unlikely that it will be…

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6 min

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Remove or defend Kebab? Radical right, music of the Yugoslav wars, and the perils of simplifying narratives

“Karadžiću, vodi Srbe svoje vodi Srbe svojeee…” sang Tomas joyfully as we were entering the bus in a working-class suburb of Bratislava. A member of radical right’s Kotlebists – The…

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8 min

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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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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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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…

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7 min

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Lone actors with shared ideas

The Christchurch mass murderer acted alone, but the core ideas in his manifesto are widely shared by Islamophobic actors in Europe and beyond. Almost eight years since the Norwegian terrorist…

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5 min

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Making Sense of the Christchurch Terror Attack

For terrorists like Brenton Tarrant, acting in the name of “racial survival,” human life has no value unless it is the life of their own ethnic group. Very few people…

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Categories

The Role of Conspiratorial Narratives in the Violent Radicalisation of Right-Wing Lone Actors

Right-Wing Extremist Manifestos Create A Blueprint For Transnational Terrorism

Génération Identitaire ban could rally supporters of the radical right in France

Remove or defend Kebab? Radical right, music of the Yugoslav wars, and the perils of simplifying narratives

/K/ And The Visual Culture Of Weapons Boards

Does Norway have a neo-Nazi terrorist problem?

The Visual Culture of Far-Right Terrorism

Lone actors with shared ideas

Making Sense of the Christchurch Terror Attack

Free Speech – What’s not to like?

Is The Far-Right’s Praise Of The Taliban Indicative Of Something Bigger?

Polarization And Disinformation Spreading In Spain

How can we prevent acts of violence such as the mass shooting in Plymouth?

Third Rome: Will Russia Save Europe From Itself?