Cynthia Miller-Idriss
sociologist @AmericanU, senior fellow @C4ARR; Words @washingtonpost @nytimes @CNNStyle @guardian @bostonglobe @salon @chronicle New book: Hate in the Homeland
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Eco-Nationalism: The Nature Within Our Borders
Although the transnational nature of radical-right environmentalism is often publicly overlooked, eco-nationalism seems to be resurfacing in this time of global climate change. The ongoing fires wreaking havoc in the Amazon appear as a painful...
House Committee on Oversight and Reform
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Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Oversight committee hearing on “Confronting Violent White Supremacy (Part III):Addressing the Transnational Threat” is love now at this link. @kathleen_belew about to give oral testimony.
House Committee on Oversight and Reform
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'It Gets To You.' Extremism Researchers Confront The Unseen Toll Of Their Work
Day after day, researchers are immersed in the propaganda of ISIS and neo-Nazi factions. But there's almost no discussion of the mental toll of examining the world's most dangerous extremists.
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Bravo @HannahAllam for this important piece, something we all struggle with- we need to mentor better on self care and mental heath for researchers of extremism
Extremism Researchers Struggle With The Mental Toll Of Their Work : NPR
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Foiled plots: the untapped data resource in terrorism studies - C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism
Petter Nesser's key note lecture on Society for Terrorism Research annual conference, Oslo, 21 June 2019
The great replacement theory: a historical perspective
Demographic conspiracies should not be seen as fringe enterprises restricted to gullible extremists – they have an increasingly mainstream appeal. Enoch Powell’s 1968 ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech has infamously seared itself into the British public’s...
CARR-Hedayah Far Right De-Radicalisation Webinar Series
What is deradicalisation? And what does it look like for individuals involved in radical right movements? As part of a new EU-STRIVE funded project with Hedayah, CARR will be unpicking these questions along with practitioners,...
Staatsanwaltschaft erhebt Anklage gegen "Nordkreuz"-Gründer Marko G.
Die Staatsanwaltschaft hat ein früheres SEK-Mitglied angeklagt. Der Polizist soll illegal Waffen und Munition gehortet und die rechte Prepper-Gruppe Nordkreuz auf den "Tag X" vorbereitet haben.
Colt suspends production of AR-15 for civilian market
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gunmaker Colt says it is suspending its production of rifles for the civilian market including the popular AR-15. Colt's chief executive officer, Dennis Veilleux,...
Fastest-growing UK terrorist threat is from far right, say police
Seven of 22 major plots since March 2017 driven by extreme rightwing ideology
American Airlines Mechanic Accused of Plane Sabotage May Have Ties to Terrorists, U.S. Says
A judge denied bail to the employee, who the authorities said told federal agents he had tampered with the plane because he was upset about an impasse over a union contract.
Fashion brand sparks outrage for school shooting-themed hoodies
American fashion brand Bstroy has received fierce criticism on social media after displaying school shooting-themed hoodies at a show during New York Fashion Week.
Meeting the Challenge of White Nationalist Terrorism at Home and Abroad (EventID=109964)
Location: 310 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 Subcommittee: Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism Joint hearing with the ...
Manifesto memes: the radical right’s new dangerous visual rhetorics
These memes frame violent mass murder as sanctified white male dominance and a pathway for disaffected young white men to recover their “proper” masculinity. A new series of memes are being shared on social media platforms, including 4Chan and the...
Oklahoma teen accused of threatening to shoot '400 people for fun'
Alexis Wilson was allegedly in possession of an AK-47 with six high-capacity magazines and several rounds of ammunition, along with a 12-gauge shotgun.
Why strong social media campaigns will not stop the spread of terrorism
Our approach risks focusing on countering violent extremism programs that are nothing but empty words.
Arizona students criticize university police response to alleged assault
Two white students are charged with assaulting a black student.
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Racist attack at Arizona, with arrests made only following campus protest when “university's police department initially referred Frazier and Rawlings to the dean of students' office, rather than charging them with assault.”
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