Right Rising
Understanding Radical Right Extremism
Displaying Episode 11 - 20 of 39 in total of Right Rising with the tag “extremism”.
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White Evangelicals and the Radical Right
November 24th, 2021 | Season 2 | 25 mins 36 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Sophie Bjork-James join Right Rising to discuss the unique relationship between white evangelicals and radical right politics. Sophie breaks down the history of the U.S. religious right and how white evangelicals organized against racial integration in the 1970s as a precursor to their current activism. What, we ask, is the unique role Christianity plays in right-wing extremism?
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Alt-Tech and the Far Right
November 10th, 2021 | Season 2 | 23 mins 26 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guests Greta Jasser and Ed Pertwee join Right Rising to discuss alt-tech - the digital infrastructure of the far-right. Greta and Ed break down the particular way far-right actors avoid deplatforming on alt-tech platforms and circulate racist, sexist, and xenophobic content. What, we ask, can be done about these alt-tech platforms?
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The Evolving Political Agenda of the Radical Right
October 27th, 2021 | Season 2 | 34 mins 2 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Alessio Scopelliti joins Right Rising to discuss the programmatic flexibility of the radical right. Alessio breaks down the particular way radical right political party agendas evolve through the case studies of the National Front in France and the Northern League in Italy. What, we ask, forces far-right parties to change their political platforms?
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The Ethics of Studying the Far Right
October 13th, 2021 | Season 2 | 35 mins 22 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guests Ashton Kingdon and Ashley Mattheis join Right Rising to discuss the ethical implications of studying the far right. Ashton and Ashley break down the particular burdens scholars face researching extremism online, including researcher safety and mental wellbeing. How, we ask, do we rethink the responsibilities institutions hold for protecting their reachers?
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The White Power Music Scene - Funding the Extreme Right
September 29th, 2021 | Season 2 | 18 mins 22 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Maximilian Kreter joins Right Rising to discuss how the white power music scene funds and sustains the extreme right. Maximilian breaks down the various financial strategies within the white power music scene. He explains how concerts become crucial meet-ups that feed radical right organizing.
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Youth Gangs and the White Power Movement
September 15th, 2021 | Season 2 | 31 mins 34 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Shannon Reid joins Right Rising to discuss youth gang activism within the white power movement in the U.S. Shannon breaks down how ingrained white supremacy within the criminal justice system makes studying and tracking these youth groups more complex and what drives white youth into these gangs.
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Welcome Back to Right Rising: Season 2
September 1st, 2021 | Season 2 | 30 mins 10 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guest Matthew Feldman joins Right Rising to kick off Season Two of the podcast and catch us up on what CARR's been up to this summer. Matthew breaks down how CARR's sought to bring specialist insights to policymakers, practitioners, and interested observers, specifically through the organization's broad church approach to combatting the radical right.
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The Year in Review
May 25th, 2021 | Season 1 | 57 mins 34 secs
extremism, history, populism, right-wing
Guests Eviane Leidig, Ashley Mattheis, and William Allchorn rejoin Right Rising for a roundtable discussion of the radical right's activities throughout the past year of the podcast. Eviane, Ashley, and William analyze some of the key trends in the far right's development over the past year and speculate on the future development of these movements as the COVID-19 pandemic slows in the U.S. and Europe.
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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.