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Articles by Samuel Hodgson
Profit of Hate: How Domestic Extremists Are Embracing Cryptocurrency Original
America’s domestic extremists are flocking to cryptocurrency and have raised millions of dollars from crypto donations over the last several years. Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other extremist figures are not new to cryptocurrency – indeed, some of these individuals were among its early adopters, and have received cryptocurrency donations since at least 2016.
FDD | Crypto-Fascists
While there is no consensus definition of cryptocurrency, the law firm Latham & Watkins provides a useful description. It defines cryptocurrency as: a medium of exchange that functions like money (in that it can be exchanged for goods and services) but, unlike traditional currency, is untethered to, and independent from, national borders, central banks, sovereigns, or fiats. In other words, it exists completely in the virtual world, traded on multiple global platforms.
Skinheads, Saints, and (National) Socialists
It is important to note the limitations of applying an organization-focused analytical approach to the WSE movement. Many of the most violent attacks inspired by WSE ideology cannot be traced to specific groups and must instead be understood as phenomena emerging from the broader movement. The perpetrators of the deadliest WSE-linked mass-casualty attacks do not appear to have been members of specific WSE organizations.
Behind the Black Bloc
Illustration by Daniel Ackerman/FDD. Editorial images in background (clockwise from top left): Counter-protesters wear black clothes during an Antifa gathering in Portland, Oregon, on August 17, 2019. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images); Members of Antifa in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 11, 2018. (Photo by Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images); Members of Antifa line up during an alt-right rally in Portland, Oregon, on August 17, 2019.
Bordering on Hate: The Strategic Implications of White Supremacist Extremist Travel between the United States and Canada
Dr. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Dr. Colin P. Clarke, Samuel Hodgson 13 Apr 2021 White supremacist extremists travel across the border between the United States and Canada to perpetrate violent attacks, spread propaganda, recruit, and network. This cross-border activity threatens to strengthen extremist movements in both countries.
The Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) and its Links to the Transnational White Supremacist Extremist Movement
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Samuel Hodgson, Dr. Colin P. Clarke 24 Apr 2020 On April 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of State designated the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) entity. The Department also individually designated three of the group’s leaders: Stanislav Anatolyevich Vorobyev, Denis Valliullovich Gariyev, and Nikolay Nikolayevich Trushchalov.
The Growing Threat Posed by Accelerationism and Accelerationist Groups Worldwide
As the world is paralyzed by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), some violent non-state actors have welcomed the global pandemic as an opportunity to push their propaganda and ideology, and perhaps to strike at their perceived foes. White supremacist extremists see the pandemic as confirmation of many of the movement’s preexisting beliefs, and as an opportunity to pursue their violent aims, as the virus induces anxiety related to the economy, immigration, and uncertainty over the future.
Foreign Terrorist Fighters from Southeast Asia: What Happens Next?
Dr. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Dr. Colin P. Clarke, Samuel Hodgson 17 Feb 2020 Introduction The last stronghold of the Islamic State, the Syrian town of Baghouz, fell to a coalition of Kurdish and Arab soldiers (backed by American, French, and British commandos) in March 2019. Following the collapse of ISIS’s “caliphate,” there are still significant questions about the hundreds of fighters from Southeast Asia who traveled to Iraq and Syria to fight alongside ISIS and other militant groups.
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