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New far-right groups have emerged during the pandemic and existing groups have become more radicalised and increased their memberships.
Despite the government agreeing in principle to the royal commission’s recommendations, nothing is set in stone — including findings of fact.
The 800-page report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch terror attacks ultimately asks New Zealanders to look to themselves to prevent such an atrocity happening again.
The anti-fa movement gained momentum in the United States following the election of Donald Trump. However, its members do not constitute a threat in the sense of the American president.
Is right-wing violent extremism the new fifth wave of modern terrorism? If so, there’s no doubt the impacts of COVID-19 will only help accelerate the radicalization of its adherents.
People typically underestimate how much white nationalism goes on in the military, but when they learn the truth, they’re concerned.
Left-wing terrorism had its heyday in the 1960s-80s, and though some threats remain today, groups like Antifa are known more for low-level violence, not significant terrorist actions.
They’re not really protesting – they’re hoping to find an opportunity to spark violence and trigger a war between black and white Americans.
Militant far-right groups are always looking to appear legitimate and to recruit more Americans to their causes.
ASIO has warned that far-right groups pose an elevated threat to national security. Parliament needs more oversight of how Home Affairs decides which terror groups are listed on the national register.
The US, Russia and China haven’t backed the NZ-led Christchurch Call to crackdown on online extremism. Without them, and key non-western media, the initiative is unlikely to make enough difference.
My assessment is that there are about 150 to 300 core right-wing activists in New Zealand. This might sound modest – but proportionate to population, it’s similar to extremist numbers in Germany.
In the wake of last year’s Christchurch mosque attacks, New Zealand’s intelligence agencies must become more transparent in their reporting on the risk of right-wing terrorism.
We have entered a resurgent age of racism wherein discrimination is globalised, normalised and weaponised.
Extremism and terrorism should not be simply interlinked.
The process of radicalisation is a complex system that cannot be reduced to the brain, behaviour, or environment. It exists at the intersection of all these elements.
Michael Haneke’s allegorical 2009 film showed how a peaceful society can be shattered within a single generation. It’s a lesson for us now in a world drifting toward populism and violence.
Groups promoting right wing extremism, like the Antipodean Resistance and the Lads Society, have recently dominated headlines, but they are far from the sum of the extreme right in Australia.
The recent massacre at a New Zealand mosque is a traceable, direct outgrowth of an American white nationalist movement that insists immigrants and people of color are a threat to ‘white civilization.’
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Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Alabama
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester
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Senior Lecturer, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato
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Professor of International History, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Associate Professor, Terrorism and Security Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies, Georgia State University
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Professor of Communication, Baylor University
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Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Distinguished Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Lecturer in Gender, Women's Studies & Philosophy and Women's Studies Program Director, Department of Philosophy, University College Cork