Returning Nuance to Nostalgic Group Studies: Understanding White Supremacy as a Hegemonic Force
| by Amy Cooter
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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.
John Chrysostom: The Architect of Antisemitism
‘Not Flowers, but Flames’: the Women Behind the Hindu Nationalist Movement
The Democracy Dilemma: An Examination of Soft Domestic Terrorism in Democratic Systems
| by Muskan Agrawal
The Democracy Dilemma: An Examination of Soft Domestic Terrorism in Democratic Systems
| by Muskan Agrawal
The Oath Keepers and COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories
CTEC Digital Research Lead Alex Newhouse and Researcher Sean Kitson recently published a brief investigating the activity of far-right militia group the Oath Keepers in the time of COVID-19.
From Classifieds to Crypto: How White Supremacist Groups Have Embraced Crowdfunding
Alex Newhouse - MIIS ’18 grad, online extremism researcher, and data governance analyst at Playstation - penned this paper for CTEC on the topic of evolving American Far Right fundraising methods.