Right Rising
Understanding Radical Right Extremism
We found 10 episodes of Right Rising with the tag “extremism”.
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New Book Spotlight - Homegrown Hate
May 11th, 2021 | Season 1 | 27 mins 22 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Dr. Sara Kamali joins Right Rising to discuss her new book Homegrown Hate: Why White Nationalists and Militant Islamists Are Waging War against the United States. Sara takes us through the basics of understanding white nationalism - breaking down who partakes, its targets, and what we can do to counter this threat.
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Germany's PEGIDA and Historical Memory on the Far Right
April 27th, 2021 | Season 1 | 23 mins 12 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Sabine Volk joins Right Rising to discuss PEGIDA - a German far-right organization with a distinctly pan-European agenda. Sabine breaks down how PEGIDA manages to continue organizing mass rallies amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically through the organization's use of historical memory and mobilization rituals.
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The Anti-Gender Movement
April 13th, 2021 | Season 1 | 29 mins 28 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Haley McEwen joins Right Rising to walk us through the anti-gender movement, a transnational coalition of conservative activists and civil society organizations working to counter political and social gains made by local and international feminists and LGBTQI+ movements. Haley breaks down how the anti-gender movement operates in Southern and Eastern Africa and how local African organizers connect to U.S. and European right-wing organizations.
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Memes and Chan Culture
March 30th, 2021 | Season 1 | 24 mins 25 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guests Blyth Crawford and Florence Keen join Right Rising to give us a deep dive into Chan culture and the particular media - and memes - created by Chan users. Blyth and Florence discuss how the Chan sphere's memes have malleable meanings, quickly dispersing the violent and misogynist messaging into mainstream platforms.
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The Australian Radical Right
March 16th, 2021 | Season 1 | 29 mins 11 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Mario Peucker joins Right Rising to walk us through the history of the radical right in Australia. Mario discusses some of the critical issue areas of the radical right in Australia - Islamophobia, opposition to marriage equality, COVID-19 restrictions - and how they organized after the Christchurch attacks.
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What is 'white multiculturalism' in Canada?
March 10th, 2021 | Season 1 | 10 mins 26 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Bàrbara Molas joins Right Rising to dive into her research on Canada's modern nation-building to discuss what she has termed 'white multiculturalism'. Bàrbara's episode kicks off a new segment of Right Rising - Fact Files, short deep dives into a historical topic, hosted by Louie Dean Valencia.
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Understanding the Geography of the Radical Right
March 2nd, 2021 | Season 1 | 25 mins 58 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Alexander Reid Ross joins Right Rising to breakdown the geography of the radical right. Alexander answers, where are the hot spots of the radical right, and what can these far-right organizations' location tell us about their historical and contemporary development?
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Ideology and Far Right Ecologism
February 16th, 2021 | Season 1 | 30 mins 48 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Balsa Lubarda joins Right Rising to walk us through the basics of what scholars mean by "ideology" and how it relates to far-right ecologism. Unpacking the differences between "ecofascism" and what Balsa calls "far-right ecologism," Balsa dives into the movement's different ideological strands - and its links to the radical right.
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The Prevent Duty and the United Kingdom's Counter-Terrorism Strategy
February 2nd, 2021 | Season 1 | 32 mins 54 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Natalie James joins Right Rising to breakdown the Prevent Duty, a controversial counter-terrorism program created by the United Kingdom. Unpacking the historical context that led to the Prevent Duty's passage, Natalie dives into how "everyone becomes an agent of the state" under the policy - and the implications for the United Kingdom's counter-terrorism strategy.
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The Far Right on the March - Understanding Demonstrations
January 19th, 2021 | Season 1 | 28 mins 13 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Michael Zeller joins Right Rising to unpack why it's so important not just to study the online presence of far right groups, but also their demonstrations and mobilizations. Breaking down the importance of demonstrations to far right groups, Michael helps us understand the various ways this mass mobilization ends.