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#extremism

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de.hypotheses

Why are some communities more likely to experience violent extremism than others?

The PREVEX project looked at 18 countries in the Balkans, Middle East, North Africa, and Sahel and found that violent extremism rarely arises from religious or political ideologies. Instead, radicalization is fueled by economic conditions and especially youth unemployment 👇

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Global Dynamics“Most people are not radicalized” Global Perspectives on Resilience and Radicalization: Insights from the PREVEX ProjectBy Gilad Ben-Nun (Global and European Studies Institute) and Ulf Engel (Institute of African Studies) The PREVEX project, spanning 18 countries across the Balkans, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Sahel, reveals why the vast majority of individuals do not succumb to violent extremism despite facing significant economic and...
#extremism#violence#radicalization
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RonSupportsYou

Josh Kadish: "There is no limit to what the ADL* will justify under the pretext of Jewish safety. Israeli crimes are self-defense, criticism of those crimes is antisemitism, Nazi salutes are awkward gestures, and disappearing legal residents without any charge is countering campus antisemitism." #politics #extremism
* Anti-Defamation League

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Mx. Kit O'Connell — Hire me!

The @ProPublica / Frontline investigation into how "Terrorgram" chats groomed a teenager into murdering #LGBTQIA people is horrifying, but so important. This is why community self defense is important. propublica.org/article/telegra

ProPublicaHow a Global Online Network of White Supremacists Groomed a Teen to Kill
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#politics#USpol#news
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OccuWorld

Republicans target Medicaid and other social programs to pay for tax cuts for the rich

youtube.com/shorts/LokKH5uewYU

Anti-poverty campaigner Bishop William Barber says Republican budget plans that call for trillions in tax cuts can only be covered by cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

YouTubeRepublicans target Medicaid and other social programs to pay for tax cuts: William BarberBy Democracy Now!
#Racism#Medicaid#SocialPrograms
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ProPublica

How the Terrorgram Collective’s Neo-Nazi Influencers Groomed a Teen to Kill
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The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. A ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online extremists.
propublica.org/article/telegra

ProPublicaHow a Global Online Network of White Supremacists Groomed a Teen to Kill
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#News#Extremism#Terror
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AI6YR Ben

Media Matters: Charlie Kirk and TPUSA are fueled by far-right extremism mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/ #extremism #hate #Politics #Newsom

Media Matters for AmericaCharlie Kirk and TPUSA are fueled by far-right extremismRight-wing radio host and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has spent years attempting to establish himself and his organization as pillars of the conservative movement while maintaining extensive ties to far-right extremists, including election deniers, white nationalists, and antisemitic conspiracy theorists.  Kirk now appears to be engaged in a broader right-wing media revolt against Fox News, which remains the dominant media property among conservatives even after the network has faced a string of recent setbacks. Fox News didn’t air any of last weekend’s Turning Point Action Conference, or ActCon, unlike in previous years when the network has extensively covered TPUSA’s events. Fox Nation, the network’s fledgling streaming platform, posted only two ActCon speeches — those of former President Donald Trump and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, both Republican presidential candidates. Earlier TPUSA conferences frequently boasted Fox’s on-air talent as headliners, but ActCon’s 2023 speaker list was notably absent of any of the network’s stars.  This fracturing comes as Kirk and Turning Point Action, an affiliate of TPUSA, are set to spend as much as $108 million on early voting initiatives that the group referred to in promotional materials as a “BALLOT CHASING OPERATION,” according to The Washington Post. “The group is raising money to hire 500 full-time organizers in Arizona, 800 in Georgia and 350 in Wisconsin, at a cost of $99 million to compensate each staffer at a $60,000 salary, according to the fundraising materials,” the Post reports. TPUSA under Kirk’s leadership has a long history of employing racists, and there’s no reason to believe that dynamic will change with this new hiring surge. In 2017, The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer revealed that TPUSA National Field Director Crystal Clanton sent a text message to a colleague that read: “I HATE BLACK PEOPLE. Like fuck them all . . . I hate blacks. End of story.” Kirk had previously praised Clanton, but apparently fired her after the incident, replacing her with Shialee Grooman and Troy Meeker. As HuffPost reported shortly after the announcement, Grooman had posted numerous anti-LGBTQ and anti-Black tweets, and Meeker had posted at least one as well. Just last year, leaked texts from the TPUSA Towson University chapter showed members minimizing slavery and embracing an anti-LGBTQ slur. Researcher Ben Lorber has documented the many points of overlap between TPUSA and Nick Fuentes’ white nationalist “groyper” movement, despite the two groups’ history of conflict with one another. Kirk not only associates with extremists, but he frequently espouses far-right views himself. He regularly and inaccurately claims the 2020 election was stolen, as well as some races in the 2022 midterms, including Kari Lake’s failed gubernatorial run in Arizona. He also uses unambiguously racist, anti-LGBTQ, and sexist rhetoric on The Charlie Kirk Show, a product of Salem Media Group, and at his conferences. This bigotry unsurprisingly carries over to TPUSA, which has become increasingly oriented toward Christian nationalism. Kirk and TPUSA epitomize the larger trajectory of the conservative activist base, which has become increasingly radicalized over the last decade — from the Tea Party movement to the Trump campaign and administration, to the rise of QAnon, and now to Trump’s second presidential run. In that spirit, here are some of the extreme figures and organizations Kirk has surrounded himself with. (This post has been updated with additional examples. More will be added as they arise.)
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MediaFaro Analysis

Far left to far right - Germany's election shows how "extreme" politics really works.

The Left (Die Linke) and the far-right AfD party scored big in Germany's federal election on Sunday.

But their success has less to do with the fact that they offer more or less radical alternatives to other parties than in their style of political discourse - and more moderate parties would be wise to learn a thing or two from this.

mediafaro.org/article/20250306

Two red hands surrounding planet earth. | © Tyler Spangler
Die Zeit · Far left to far right - Germany's election shows how "extreme" politics really works.By Bernd Ulrich
#Germany#Politics#FarLeft
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ABC Feeds

'Christchurch 2.0' comment didn't breach Instagram user guidelines
By Max Walden

An alleged threat of mass violence against a Sydney mosque sparked the arrest of a WA teenager, but did not breach Instagram's community guidelines.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-07/met

ABC News · Meta deems 'Christchurch 2.0' comment didn't breach Instagram user guidelinesBy Max Walden
#Extremism#Terrorism#InternetSafety
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MediaFaro Analysis

AfD hate goes viral: how the German far right mastered TikTok.

Germany's AfD has leveraged TikTok as a key tool in its political strategy, flooding the platform with catchy, populist posts whose virality has strengthened the party's far-right discourse among a younger demographic.

mediafaro.org/article/20250306

A selection of AfD videos on TikTok. | © ZEIT ONLINE
Die Zeit · AfD hate goes viral: how the German far right mastered TikTok.By Philip-Johann Moser,Benja Zehr
#Germany#TikTok#FarRight
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Texas Observer

New today from Joelle DiPaolo: This Fort Worth state rep spends another session waging a “spiritual battle” in the Texas House, with bad bills and incessant posting. Part of an occasional series profiling the #Texas lawmakers who make up the fringe of an already woefully fringe-y lege. texasobserver.org/nate-schatzl

#NorthTexas #politics #USpol #TXlege #Republicans #SocialMedia #extremism #transphobia #LGBTQIA+

The Texas Observer · What a Drag: Nate SchatzlineThe Fort Worth state rep spends another session waging a “spiritual battle” in the Texas House, with bad bills and incessant posting. 
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Steve Thompson PhD

‘They worship death’: Trump ‘border czar’ reveals extremist views in interview

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The ‘great replacement’ theory, human sacrifice and torture videos: Tom Homan’s talk with Tucker Carlson offered a grab bag of far-right talking points.

While the interview has been fleetingly reported previously, the details of Homan’s conspiracy theory-laden conversation with Carlson have not.

#TOMHOMAN#TUCKERCARLSON#EXTREMISM
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ma𝕏pool

Difference between far-right, radical-right, and extreme-right.

right = { mainstream-right ∪ far-right }

far-right = {radical-right ∪ extreme-right }

"We can distinguish between radical and extreme versions of both the far left and far right, where radical movements work for change within the framework of democracy
whereas extremists reject democracy and are willing to use violence or other non-conventional means to achieve their goals."

Many far-right parties have members from both radical and extreme right.

Extreme-Right Violence and
Terrorism: Concepts, Patterns, and
Responses
Authors: Tore Bjørgo & Jacob Aasland Ravnda
icct.nl/sites/default/files/im

#politicalScience#politics#terminology
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