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With the influx of public interest on the #ProudBoys and other #RightWingExtremist groups, we at ICCT wanted to highlight some crucial analysis done by past contributors on political violence and the far-right (1/6 of a thread on #RWEX research)
Samantha Kutner ( @ashkenaz89) wrote an in-depth analysis of the Proud Boys, to provide insight on how broader themes of self-categorization, precarity, and deliberate provocation in crypto-fascist extremist organisations manifest themselves (2/6) https://icct.nl/publication/swiping-right-the-allure-of-hyper-masculinity-and-cryptofascism-for-men-who-join-the-proud-boys/
Jacob Ware's ( @Jacob_A_Ware) detailed and comparative analysis of terrorist manifestoes used by the violent Far-Right highlights common themes and key implications for counterterrorism scholars and practitioners (3/6) https://icct.nl/publication/testament-to-murder-the-violent-far-rights-increasing-use-of-terrorist-manifestos/
Tim Wilson ( @TimWilsonCSTPV) provides a historical analysis of the evolution of Right Wing Extremist Violence from the late nineteenth century onwards. Crucially, his research answers: How tactically innovative is today’s right-wing violence? (4/6) https://icct.nl/publication/rightist-violence-an-historical-perspective/
Sam Jackson ( @sjacks26) provides a useful schema of the three main forms of Right-Wing Extremism in the United States in order to more clearly understand the landscape of extremism: racist extremism, nativist extremism, and anti-government extremism. (5/6) https://icct.nl/publication/a-schema-of-right-wing-extremism-in-the-united-states/
Ana-Maria Bluic et al provide a systematic study of the psychological processes underpinning the formation and transformation of online communities of the extreme right, and the role they play in radicalisation processes (6/6) https://icct.nl/publication/the-growing-power-of-online-communities-of-the-extreme-right-deriving-strength-meaning-and-direction-from-significant-socio-political-events-in-real-life/
