After five years of research, my book "Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s 'Siege'" is finally out on Routledge! Will do a May 30 online book talk + IRL talks in Germany, Britain & Norway. (see below)
www.routledge.com/Neo-Nazi-Ter...
“Think Tories are Islamophobic? You don’t know the half of it – we have the figures
We’ve surveyed Conservative members, and it’s clear that the radical right is winning the battle for the party’s soul”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hitler salutes, white supremacy slogans and symbols of hate:
insiders say Nazi bands have become an open secret within Australia’s metal scene, as fans prepare for the return of major international event Knotfest next month
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary group says it has defied President Vladimir Putin's order to delete a social media post that called for the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war
www.newsweek.com/russian-neo-...
I Was Banned From CPAC, but the Extremists Weren’t
From the lobby, I watched neo-Nazis and other far-right figures waltz unimpeded into Conservative Political Action Conference
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Surprise: The GOP’s Favorite Gathering Was Full of Nazis
Despite denials from the conference's leaders, white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and racists did attend CPAC over the weekend
newrepublic.com/post/179282/...
Massachusetts GOP Candidate Is A Neo-Nazi Who Wants To ‘Expel’ Jews And ‘Overthrow The Government’
Via @eyesontheright.bsky.social
angrywhitemen.org/2024/02/27/m...
“None of these experiences is exactly equivalent. Antisemitism on the left and Islamophobia on the right can’t be formulated as a balanced string of political algebra. But there is a grim symmetry of blind spots, self-righteous denial and selective outrage.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
3 men have appeared in court accused of planning to attack an Islamic centre using a 3D-printed firearm
The trio are said to have been members of a neo-Nazi chat group on which they shared extreme right-wing propaganda & documents
news.sky.com/story/three-...
Pleased to see this out in J. of British Studies.
In it I try use Herbert Read's debate with Snow to explore shifts in anarchist thinking - esp. the vision of the state and the language they used to challenge it - between the 19th & mid-20th C.
Weapons of Mass Hate Dissemination: The Use of Artificial Intelligence by Right-Wing Extremists
gnet-research.org/2024/02/23/w...
Lee Anderson stripped of Tory whip over Sadiq Khan comments
Claim by Ashfield MP that London mayor had ‘given our capital away’ to Islamists prompted widespread outrage
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A gunman killed and injured protesters at a BLM march. Why did police blame the victims?
Survivors of a mass shooting have publicly shared video contradicting police claims that victims were armed and part of a ‘confrontation’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Neo-Nazis holding sign saying ‘Jews love genocide’ protest in Florida park
The group also held a placard calling for ‘a future for white children’
www.thejc.com/news/world/n...
Christchurch terrorist discussed attacks online a year before carrying them out, new research reveals
“For 4 years before his attack, Tarrant had been posting anonymously but publicly on the online message board 4chan about the need to attack people of colour”
theconversation.com/christchurch...
Judge clears charges against alleged white supremacists
“In his decision, Judge Carney granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss, agreeing that Rundo and Boman were being selectively prosecuted, while ‘far-left extremist groups, such as Antifa’ were not.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Topping up glass to toast the death of Holocaust Denier, Nazi sympathiser, and all round low life, David Irving.
This account also put a stop to his money-spinning ‘tours’ of Nazi extermination camps back in 2019.
www.thejc.com/news/anger-a...
White Warriors and Weak Women: Identifying Central Discourses of Masculinity in Neo-Nazi Telegram Channels
This study examines Australian neo-Nazis’ construction of hegemonic masculinity on Telegram
Callum Jones, Steven Roberts & Brady Robards
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A mural depicting Ilaria Salis breaking her chains painted on a wall in Rome
‘It is too dangerous’: father of Italian antifascist held in Hungary fears for her safety
Roberto Salis speaks out to emphasise the urgency of bringing his daughter Ilaria back to Italy.
She was arrested after a counter-demonstration against a neo-Nazi rally www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
About two dozen neo-Nazis marched through Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, chanting and wielding giant swastika flags www.thedailybeast.com/neo-nazis-ma...
Police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, blocked the holding of the evening Lukov March, an annual procession in honour of Hristo Lukov, who in the 1930s and 1940s was the leader of the neo-Nazi Union of Bulgarian National Legions
sofiaglobe.com/2024/02/17/b...
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says number of far-right extremists has been rising. In 2022, it reached 38,800, with 14,000 of them considered potentially violent.
The agency’s head, Thomas Haldenwang, said the numbers are believed to have risen again last year.
apnews.com/article/germ...
How France’s National Rally plans to take the European Parliament hostage
Marine Le Pen’s party eyes alliances with conservatives and the center-right after European election
www.politico.eu/article/how-...
How Trump phones in his support for far-right groups
Former President Trump has cut back on rallies and some campaigning to save money and attend court hearings, but he's making a habit of calling into live events to deliver messages to far-right supporters
www.axios.com/2024/02/18/t...
Hans-Georg Maassen, a former German spy chief who was sacked after being accused of averting his eyes to the threat posed by the far-right founded a new right-wing party The Werteunion, or Values Union on Saturday
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has lost his case against the state in his bid to end his isolation in prison.
The far-right fanatic, who killed 77 people in 2011, sued the state in January arguing his prison conditions violated his human rights.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Italian town in turmoil after far-right mayor bans Muslim prayers
Bangladeshi residents and others in Monfalcone say decisions to prohibit worship at cultural centres and banning burkinis at the beach is part of anti-Islam agenda
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
German government has announced a package of legal measures aimed at fighting right-wing extremism.
It comes after weeks of mass demonstrations against the far-right swept through German towns and cities.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...
The far and extreme right in documentaries: euphemisation, exceptionalisation, and humanisation
By Luke Shuttleworth, Kevin Okonkwo, Flo Bremner & Aurelien Mondon
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
