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Recent Splits & Spills in the American Radical Right

The American radical right has almost always been fractured, riven by red-hot splits over ideology, raw power, and an unrelieved series of petty fights revolving around sex, drugs, money, and…

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4 min

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Spain First: The Return of the Falange

After 1975, the remnants of Franco’s Falange Española de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista were scattered across Spain, and found minimal support – despite attempts to consolidate power during…

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The Role of Ideology in Radical Right Violence: Lessons from America

In the world of political extremism, we often make assumptions about the relationship between extreme ideology and political violence. We assume that extremist views lead to violence, and that those…

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6 min

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From The Plantation To The Caravan: America’s History Of White Nationalism

The false anxiety that whiteness is under siege fueled the rise of Trump, but it isn’t new. You can trace white supremacist culture throughout American history. In the context of…

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6 min

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Book Review: Roger Griffin (2018) Fascism – An Introduction to Comparative Fascist Studies

Roger Griffin, Fascism: An Introduction to Comparative Fascist Studies (Cambridge: Polity, 2018) £14.99 paperback and ebook, £45.00 hardback What is ‘fascism’? This question has driven the work of Professor Roger…

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3 min

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Topsy-Turvy: The other side of 1968 activism, 50 years on

During the strife-ridden decade of the 1960s, the call for ‘law and order’ became a major demand of conservative journalists and politicians. In part, they were reacting to the surge…

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3 min

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Two Cheers for Democracy

So Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. – E. M. Forster Importance! What is it, sir after all? The respect of…

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populism, radical right, extremism, Europe, violence, rage, political activism

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7 min

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What Drives the Politics of Rage?

In the past, emotions in politics were too often negatively defined, dismissed as symptoms of immaturity and irrationality. “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”…

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Recent Splits & Spills in the American Radical Right

Spain First: The Return of the Falange

The Role of Ideology in Radical Right Violence: Lessons from America

From The Plantation To The Caravan: America’s History Of White Nationalism

Book Review: Roger Griffin (2018) Fascism – An Introduction to Comparative Fascist Studies

Topsy-Turvy: The other side of 1968 activism, 50 years on

Two Cheers for Democracy

What Drives the Politics of Rage?

Ten Factors that Encourage Extremism

The CARR Interview Series

How the German far Right appropriates ideals of non-violent resistance

The White Supremacist Insurgency Was Always America’s Biggest Threat

Right Rising Podcast (Season One, Episode Nineteen): Memes and Chan Culture