After five years of research, my book "Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s 'Siege'" is finally out on Routledge! Will do a May 30 online book talk + IRL talks in Germany, Britain & Norway. (see below)   www.routledge.com/Neo-Nazi-Ter...

“Think Tories are Islamophobic? You don’t know the half of it – we have the figures We’ve surveyed Conservative members, and it’s clear that the radical right is winning the battle for the party’s soul” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hitler salutes, white supremacy slogans and symbols of hate: insiders say Nazi bands have become an open secret within Australia’s metal scene, as fans prepare for the return of major international event Knotfest next month www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...

Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary group says it has defied President Vladimir Putin's order to delete a social media post that called for the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war www.newsweek.com/russian-neo-...

I Was Banned From CPAC, but the Extremists Weren’t From the lobby, I watched neo-Nazis and other far-right figures waltz unimpeded into Conservative Political Action Conference www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Surprise: The GOP’s Favorite Gathering Was Full of Nazis Despite denials from the conference's leaders, white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and racists did attend CPAC over the weekend newrepublic.com/post/179282/...

Massachusetts GOP Candidate Is A Neo-Nazi Who Wants To ‘Expel’ Jews And ‘Overthrow The Government’ Via @eyesontheright.bsky.social angrywhitemen.org/2024/02/27/m...

“None of these experiences is exactly equivalent. Antisemitism on the left and Islamophobia on the right can’t be formulated as a balanced string of political algebra. But there is a grim symmetry of blind spots, self-righteous denial and selective outrage.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

3 men have appeared in court accused of planning to attack an Islamic centre using a 3D-printed firearm The trio are said to have been members of a neo-Nazi chat group on which they shared extreme right-wing propaganda & documents news.sky.com/story/three-...

Pleased to see this out in J. of British Studies. In it I try use Herbert Read's debate with Snow to explore shifts in anarchist thinking - esp. the vision of the state and the language they used to challenge it - between the 19th & mid-20th C.

Weapons of Mass Hate Dissemination: The Use of Artificial Intelligence by Right-Wing Extremists gnet-research.org/2024/02/23/w...

Lee Anderson stripped of Tory whip over Sadiq Khan comments Claim by Ashfield MP that London mayor had ‘given our capital away’ to Islamists prompted widespread outrage www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A gunman killed and injured protesters at a BLM march. Why did police blame the victims? Survivors of a mass shooting have publicly shared video contradicting police claims that victims were armed and part of a ‘confrontation’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Neo-Nazis holding sign saying ‘Jews love genocide’ protest in Florida park The group also held a placard calling for ‘a future for white children’ www.thejc.com/news/world/n...

Christchurch terrorist discussed attacks online a year before carrying them out, new research reveals “For 4 years before his attack, Tarrant had been posting anonymously but publicly on the online message board 4chan about the need to attack people of colour” theconversation.com/christchurch...

Judge clears charges against alleged white supremacists “In his decision, Judge Carney granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss, agreeing that Rundo and Boman were being selectively prosecuted, while ‘far-left extremist groups, such as Antifa’ were not.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Topping up glass to toast the death of Holocaust Denier, Nazi sympathiser, and all round low life, David Irving. This account also put a stop to his money-spinning ‘tours’ of Nazi extermination camps back in 2019. www.thejc.com/news/anger-a...

White Warriors and Weak Women: Identifying Central Discourses of Masculinity in Neo-Nazi Telegram Channels This study examines Australian neo-Nazis’ construction of hegemonic masculinity on Telegram Callum Jones, Steven Roberts & Brady Robards www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A mural depicting Ilaria Salis breaking her chains painted on a wall in Rome

‘It is too dangerous’: father of Italian antifascist held in Hungary fears for her safety Roberto Salis speaks out to emphasise the urgency of bringing his daughter Ilaria back to Italy. She was arrested after a counter-demonstration against a neo-Nazi rally www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...

About two dozen neo-Nazis marched through Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, chanting and wielding giant swastika flags www.thedailybeast.com/neo-nazis-ma...

Police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, blocked the holding of the evening Lukov March, an annual procession in honour of Hristo Lukov, who in the 1930s and 1940s was the leader of the neo-Nazi Union of Bulgarian National Legions sofiaglobe.com/2024/02/17/b...

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says number of far-right extremists has been rising. In 2022, it reached 38,800, with 14,000 of them considered potentially violent. The agency’s head, Thomas Haldenwang, said the numbers are believed to have risen again last year. apnews.com/article/germ...

How France’s National Rally plans to take the European Parliament hostage Marine Le Pen’s party eyes alliances with conservatives and the center-right after European election www.politico.eu/article/how-...

How Trump phones in his support for far-right groups Former President Trump has cut back on rallies and some campaigning to save money and attend court hearings, but he's making a habit of calling into live events to deliver messages to far-right supporters www.axios.com/2024/02/18/t...

Hans-Georg Maassen, a former German spy chief who was sacked after being accused of averting his eyes to the threat posed by the far-right founded a new right-wing party The Werteunion, or Values Union on Saturday www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has lost his case against the state in his bid to end his isolation in prison. The far-right fanatic, who killed 77 people in 2011, sued the state in January arguing his prison conditions violated his human rights. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Italian town in turmoil after far-right mayor bans Muslim prayers Bangladeshi residents and others in Monfalcone say decisions to prohibit worship at cultural centres and banning burkinis at the beach is part of anti-Islam agenda www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...

German government has announced a package of legal measures aimed at fighting right-wing extremism. It comes after weeks of mass demonstrations against the far-right swept through German towns and cities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...

The far and extreme right in documentaries: euphemisation, exceptionalisation, and humanisation By Luke Shuttleworth, Kevin Okonkwo, Flo Bremner & Aurelien Mondon www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hey @evansmithhist.bsky.social & @drjpersian.bsky.social Your book got reviewed www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Anti-Fascist Action (AFA), dominant antifascist group of the time, struck back with their own musical network: Cable Street Beat (CSB) This is story of how music became a battleground in 1980s and 1990s, as antifascists fought fascism with guitars & microphones theconversation.com/through-cabl...

“Publish Nazi newsletters on your platform, Substack, and you will rightly be damned” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Have read lots of stupid ahistorical & politically ill-informed guff about accelerationism but this has to be the worst

Australia is still reckoning with a shameful legacy: the resettlement of suspected war criminals after WWII By @drjpersian.bsky.social theconversation.com/australia-is...

The Polls Prove It: Many Republicans Love Fascism Trump keeps cranking up the Nazi-esque rhetoric because his supporters are eating it up newrepublic.com/article/1777...

“Our goal is to take a clear stand for a democratic and cosmopolitan society in times of rightwing extremist activities and attacks.” Residents of Hitler’s alpine home rise up against neo-Nazi visitors www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...

Russia’s War on Woke Putin Is Trying to Unite the Far Right and Undermine the West www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-fede...

Two "dedicated & unapologetic white supremacists" who targeted the Duke & Duchess of Sussex's son in a neo-Nazi podcast have now been jailed for terrorism offences Christopher Gibbons was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment, and Tyrone Patten-Walsh to 10 years www.lbc.co.uk/news/white-s...

“Today, white supremacist, anti-LGBTQ+, and even antisemitic conspiracy theories have become so prevalent that what was taboo even in 2018 is accepted by many as not only normal but acceptable.” @transform6789.bsky.social on current state of US far right newrepublic.com/article/1778...

The email newsletter service Substack is facing a user revolt after its chief executive defended hosting and handling payments for “Nazis” on its platform, citing anti-censorship reasons. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/j...

On our final episode of 'Yeah Nah Pasaran!' for 2023 we talk to Joan Braune about her new book 'Understanding & Countering Fascist Movements From Void to Hope' (Routledge, 2024). 4.30pm, Thurs DEC 14 /// 855AM, digital, streaming, Community Radio+ app, podcats slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=51372

My book is available for order, officially available tomorrow. Grateful to Routledge for providing affordable paperback and ebook versions right out the gate! Let me know if you want information on getting a free copy to write a book review. Eager to share my thoughts on resisting fascism today.

Trump's rhetoric is increasingly mirroring Nazi talking points, and nobody is paying attention, an expert on extremism warns www.businessinsider.com/trump-rhetor...

At Leading Anti-Hate Group, Boss’s Embrace of Elon Musk Raises Tensions Some staff at the Anti-Defamation League are wondering why, when antisemitism is on the rise, their CEO is treating the X owner with kid gloves www.vice.com/en/article/w...

A self-proclaimed white supremacist was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison Wednesday for making online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue news.yahoo.com/white-suprem...

It has been a busy year for conspiracy theories. @philofwrite.bsky.social and I give you an end-of-year roundup of some of the more consequential ones. For @religiondispatches.bsky.social religiondispatches.org/a-roundup-of...

With apologies to those who have already seen it on other platforms, here is my book on the comparative history of political responses to German and Japanese occupations during World War II. It appeared with Cambridge University Press in April of this year, after I had already quit Twitter. 🗃️

NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them. Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...

Roberto Fiore, leader of fascist group Forza Nuova, received a prison sentence of 8½ years for rampaging through headquarters of Italy’s most powerful labor confederation during 2021 protest against COVID-19 certification requirements for workplaces apnews.com/article/ital...