Exposing The Philosophy Behind Neo-Nazism
So much has been said about the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the American white supremacist and founder of the Alt-Right, Richard Spencer. After Spencer said that he had been…
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Radical-Right Recruitment (Part II): A Proposal to Enhance Conceptual Clarity
Lede: In this second part of a two part series, Senior Fellow Dr Mario Peucker discusses the nature of radical-right recruitment in relation to ideologically explicit versus ideologically covert strategies…
The contemporary radical right’s inclusion of socially liberal and progressive positions: Should we trust them?
As of late, academic studies into the far right in Western society have acknowledged that some contemporary radical right (CRR) movements have abandoned the traditional values associated with the far…
“The Jew Is To Blame”: Young Neo-Fascists In Spain Spark Outrage
On February 13, an event that paid tribute to the División Azul soldiers (the Blue Division or the Volunteer Spanish Division) was held in the Almudena cemetery in Madrid. The honourees, a…
CARR Blog series on Golden Dawn – Part IV – The Future of Greece’s Radical Right
On October 7 2020, the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was declared a criminal organisation. For years Golden Dawn had made international headlines for blatant references to historic fascism through…
“Siege” Culture And The Radical Right
Although originally written and revised multiple times across the 1980s, James Mason’s Siege re-emerged as an influential force in 2015, when a neo-Nazi ideologue called ‘Alexander Slavros’ began to quote from and…
CARR Blog series on Golden Dawn – Part I – The Years of Purity
On October 7 2020, the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was declared a criminal organisation. For years, Golden Dawn had made international headlines for blatant references to historic fascism through…
Countering the Radical Right in the UK: Personal and Professional Experiences of Radical Right Extremism
Following the arrest of one of its UK based followers last year, an organisation described by the Home Secretary as a “vile white supremacist group” that targeted young and vulnerable…
We Can’t Combat Right-Wing Terrorism Until We Define It
There have been many definitions of the far-right, but it really comes down to three components: Cultural Nationalism, White Nationalism, and White Supremacy. To solve a problem, we must first…
The New Man in Fascism Past and Present
The historical vision of the new man still animates many neo-fascist and neo-Nazi organizations that are rooted in the legacies of fascism. “The trenchocracy is the aristocracy of the trenches,”…