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The Dark Truth About Cats and Dogs: The Xenophobic Underbelly of the Springfield Conspiracy Theory
Introduction ‘Please keep a close eye on these animals’. This is the last line of the original Facebook post behind the furore surrounding allegations of Haitian residents of Springfield, Ohio, abducting and killing local pets and wildlife. Notably, after the user tells a (third-hand) tale of the skinning of a neighbourhood cat in graphic detail, they leave ample ambiguity in these final words. Whose vigilance are they calling upon and who, exactly, are they referring to when they say ‘animals’?
Racists Ridicule ‘Zion Don’ After Foiled Assassination
Content Warning: This Insight contains antisemitic, racist, and hateful imagery. Introduction Given right-wing extremists’ love of political spectacle and tendency to see politics in terms of life and death, the 13 July assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump had all the makings of a legendary sea-change in American history in their eyes.
Occult Features of Anarchism
Occult Features of Anarchism, with Attention to the Conspiracy of Kings and the Conspiracy of the Peoples Erica Laglisse PM Press ISBN: 978-1-62963-579-8 We live in an age of conspiracy theories. In the last decade, millions of messages on social media, interviews on YouTube or on podcasts and references in political speeches tell tales of QAnon and the American ‘deep state’, of the British royal family as shape-shifting lizards and of how terrorist attacks are the work of governments or faked.
‘Tis the Season to Sell Extremism: Far-Right Christmas Ads and the Parallel Economy
During the Christmas period, most companies attempt to entice holiday shoppers with festive jingles and holiday sales. Gab, a social networking and blog site popular among those on the radical right, instead promoted their holiday sales with: “don’t spend your money with people who hate you.” Gab hopes to convert Christmas spenders into patrons of its ‘Parallel Economy’.
How Dangerous Are COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories In Italy?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theories caused protests and violent attacks in Italy. This is not exactly a new phenomenon. Conspiracy theories have always existed. While some can be harmless, others can be extremely dangerous. During the pandemic, the dissemination of dangerous conspiracies increased dramatically.
How Puppies and Kittens Feature in National Socialist Propaganda
Circulating on Telegram channels lately has been a 12-second video of a Chihuahua puppy snuggling up to a tiny, chirping chick, eventually resting its head upon the chick and falling asleep. The caption reads, “Love Animals, Hate Antifa.” If such a politicized caption to an innocuous video proves a surprise to readers, the purveyor of the content will come as a shock: WAP1488, an unabashed neo-Nazi community with more than 1,000 subscribers.
Does The Radical Right Thrive In Two-Party Or Multi-Party Systems?
Carson Markley and Bethan Johnson analyze the effects democratic structures have on the appeal of Alt-Right political movements across the world. Trump insurrectionists launch a terrorist attack on the Capitol building – January 6, 2021.
Inspiring Generations of Neo-Nazis
For one of the first times in history, an individual has been designated as a terrorist entity. Late in June, Canada added a 68-year-old resident of Denver, Colorado, to its list of proscribed terrorist entities. The individual in question is James Mason; he is a thrice-convicted jailbird with a felonious “interest in underage girls,” a former greeter at K-Mart now reduced to referring to his receipt of free meals at a soup kitchen for the needy as “guerrilla warfare.” So why bother?
Terrorism Outlawed: Why The UK’s Ban Of Neo-Nazi Group The Base Is Important
‘Führer, you were only the beginning. We will finish what you started. It’s not over yet—We carry the torch.’ So swore Norman Spear, the alleged leader of international white supremacist group, The Base. On July 12, the UK Home Office announced that the group, which has been subject to intense law enforcement scrutiny at home and abroad, merited proscription as a terrorist organization.
From Opera to MMA: Nationalist Symbolism and the German Far Right
Monument to Richard Wagner, Berlin, Germany, 08/01/2008 © ArTono / Shutterstock The German far right is awash with allusion. Like elsewhere, coded communication is the rule among far-right German organizations and activists.
Terrorism Outlawed: Why The UK's Ban Of Neo-Nazi Group The Base Is Important
This is the fifth white supremacist group banned in the UK under their terrorism laws. Dr. Bethan Johnson is the Head of Strategic Planning and Advancement for the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right. Her doctoral research studied the pseudo-intellectual underpinnings of violent separatist movements in the Cold War West. ‘Führer, you were only the beginning. We will finish what you started.
Siege Culture After Siege: Anatomy of a Neo-Nazi Terrorist Doctrine
Bethan Johnson, Matthew Feldman 21 Jul 2021 Download Since the end of 2016, Britain and the US have taken unprecedented steps to proscribe post-war radical right groups; National Action, Sonnenkrieg Division, and Feuerkrieg Division by the former, and the Russian Imperial Movement by the latter.
Bethan Johnson on youth, the stock market and rock & roll on Apple Podcasts
On this week’s episode we talk to Bethan Johnson [Twitter] about Buddhism, reich and/or roll, stock markets and yoof. Top Podcasts In News
New Partnership Plans Give Merchants More Options
April 27, 2021 8 min read Christopher Payne, COO Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest restaurant news and trends! As the needs of restaurants and small businesses continue to change and a post-pandemic world opens up, DoorDash is also evolving and growing. In order to better serve our business partners and local stakeholders — and inspired by their feedback — we are changing how we do business so merchants can choose exactly how they work with us.
The radical right is weaponising COVID-19 online
Isolation and fear are being used by the radical right to connect and indoctrinate people by spreading racist narratives about the virus. In the last four months, Coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread across every populated continent and infected more than two million people, with estimates of many more to come. More than just a tragic outbreak of an infectious disease, COVID-19 is proving to be something of a social and political Rorschach Test.
The Radical Right Seeks To Recruit Among Anti-Corporate Activists
Right-wing white nationalists are co-opting the language used by left-wing anti-corporate activists in order to expand their racist movement. Left: Steve Bannon, May 9, 2019 (Source: Jarle H. Moe/Nordiske Mediedager) Right: Richard Spencer at the Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, D.C., on November 19, 2016 (Source: Richard Spencer) ‘Corporate America doesn’t need to be destroyed, but just shown that they are on the wrong side of history.
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