Many people are concerned about far-right extremism. But they may not understand the real threat.
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A scholar of militia movements describes the ‘peculiar’ – and erroneous – principles that right-wing militias subscribe to, including believing themselves to be defenders of the Bill of Rights.
People typically underestimate how much white nationalism goes on in the military, but when they learn the truth, they’re concerned.
The Sept. 11 bombings killed almost 3,000 Americans. But if you exclude that unique event for the last two decades of terrorist activity, a different picture of US vulnerability appears.
Militant far-right groups are always looking to appear legitimate and to recruit more Americans to their causes.
The deepening geographic, racial, gender and educational divisions in America shows some striking parallels between the nation today and in the 1920s.
The belief in so-called ‘white genocide’, once an extreme-right view of neo-Nazis, is starting to gain ground in Australia and influence the rhetoric of politicians.
Gavin McInnes will be the latest in a string of provocative, right-wing speakers to visit Australia. Each tour pushes the public debate further to the right, with more scope for conflict.
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Alabama
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Director of Research, Academic Development and Innovation at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, Middlebury College
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Lecturer Asian Studies (2004 - 2020), University of Tasmania
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Spécialiste de la politique américaine, Sciences Po
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Visiting Research Scholar at the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Associate professor, Criminology, Simon Fraser University
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Postdoctoral associate in Classical and Civic Education, University of Florida
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Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Georgia State University
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Assistant Professor, Wheaton College
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Senior Research Fellow in Nonprofit Organizations, UMass Amherst
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University