Far-right extremists in the US have the potential to mount a coordinated, low-intensity campaign of political violence. It wouldn't be the country's first experience with domestic terror.
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Banning extremists from social media platforms can reduce hate speech, but the deplatforming process has to be handled with care – and it can have unintended consequences.
Millions of supporters of Donald Trump flocked to the far-right social media platform, where hate speech and calls for violence thrive. The US Capitol insurrection could be the platform's undoing.
Millions of supporters of Donald Trump have flocked to the far-right social media platform Parler, where hate speech thrives.
Many people are concerned about far-right extremism. But they may not understand the real threat.
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.
Many militia members have championed the importance of individual rights, but have also backed a president who is now threatening the kind of crackdown they fear.
They're not really protesting – they're hoping to find an opportunity to spark violence and trigger a war between black and white Americans.
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.
Australia is under increasing threat from right-wing terrorism, and to properly combat it we need to understand it and offer better alternatives for those drawn to it.
Trump will survive the impeachment process in 2020, no matter what malfeasance comes to light. The Republicans will protect their man at all costs.
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.'
Globally, Muslims have been by far the most victimised group by terrorism in the post-9/11 era.
Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing congressman and former army captain, is Brazil's next president, with 56 percent of votes. Critics see a threat to democracy in his scathing attacks on Brazilian society.
Britain is experiencing a moment of great cultural tension. The US president isn't helping.
A life sentence for the neo-Nazi who murdered ten people. But questions remain about how she evaded authorities for more than a decade.
More than 70-years after World War II, is Auschwitz still relevant to children today?
As Canadians, we shouldn't blame U.S. President Donald Trump for the rise of hatred here. He may have emboldened the so-called alt-right in Canada, but it was flourishing long before his election.
It's not just the US which is seeing a rise in support for neo-Nazi organisations and right-wing politics. In Scandinavia it's infiltrating the mainstream.
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Research Lead, Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Hate Studies, University of Leicester
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Cardiff University
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Distinguished Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University
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Professor of Sociology, Rutgers 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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Senior Lecturer Criminology, Murdoch University
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Professeur émérite de science politique, Sciences Po Grenoble, Auteurs fondateurs The Conversation France
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Health and Social Care, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of International Politics, School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication, University of East Anglia
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Lecturer, National Security College , Australian National University
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Director of Security Studies and Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
