CTEC Publications
69 Items
A Wolf In New Age Clothing: Starseed beliefs, conspirituality, and a soft pathway to radicalization
| by Beth Daviess
Taken at face value, Starseed theology appears to fit within the strange, but generally seen-as-harmless, New Age milieu. But when we look deeper, undergirding Starseed beliefs are direct connections to esotericism and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
The Justification for Designating the Russian Imperial Movement as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
| by Taylor Chin
The white supremacist Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) and its leaders Stanislav Vorobyev and Denis Gariev pose an underestimated threat to the United States that may soon call for greater proactive vigilance, such as designating the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). RIM’s growing threat is evidenced by the group’s two-decade survival, incriminating activity on social media, and uncompromising ideological principles.
Lawful Extremism: The Chinese Exclusion Act
| by Beth Daviess and J.M. Berger
The first paper in the “Lawful Extremism” series considered whether the 1856 Dred Scott decision that denied Black people citizenship and constitutional rights functioned as an extremist ideological text. This paper uses the same framework to examine the Chinese Exclusion era, covering roughly 1870-1943, and the anti-Chinese movement that traveled from the fringes to the mainstream, becoming the driving force behind the enaction of the Act.
“Secure a future for Christian families:” the Gender Ideology and Accelerationism of the Society for American Civic Renewal
| by Beth Daviess
John Chrysostom: The Architect of Antisemitism
Two Harms of Hate Speech and the Limits of Counter-Speech
| by Sam Jackson
‘Not Flowers, but Flames’: the Women Behind the Hindu Nationalist Movement
Christian Nationalism in the Case of the Dilley Meme Team
| by Phoebe Jones
Trucking in Fear: Rental Trucks as a Terror Tactic
| by Amy Cooter