“Far-Right Newspeak and the Future of Liberal Democracy” – Marlene Laruelle, A. James McAdams, Sarah Shurts, Laura Field, Samuel Piccolo | Illiberalism Studies Program ▶️

March 7, 2024 | A presentation of the ways in which contemporary far-right politicians, intellectuals, and pundits use and abuse traditional liberal concepts and ideas to justify positions that threaten democratic institutions and liberal principles. In post-Bolsonaro Brazil, neocon philosopher Luiz Felipe Pondé is a remarkable example of such far-right newspeak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXurE2lOQKs&ab_channel=IlliberalismStudiesProgram This edited volume,…

The far right and neo-Nazis: an increasing terrorist threat | DW documentary ▶️

May 1st, 2024 | Here comes a long and harsh winter of 21st century neo-Nazism, which may turn out to be even more vicious, even more criminal than the original phenomenon. Across Europe, the next generation of white supremacists are being radicalized. They fantasize about an ethnically pure Europe and are taking action. The threat…

German far-right members who allegedly wanted to seize power face trial | DW News ▶️

April 29, 2024 | In Germany, nine people suspected of being part of a violent far-right group which allegedly plotted to overthrow the government, are going on trial. Prosecutors say the ringleader was a businessman and German aristocrat called Heinrich Prince Reuss. The alleged conspirators face charges of terrorism and high treason. It's claimed their…

“Why young Jewish Americans are turning on Israel” – Simone Zimmerman | Middle East Eye ▶️

"What could be more dangerous to Jewish people right now than lumping us all in with this genocidal campaign of the Israeli government?" Simone Zimmerman April 25, 2024 | “I was definitely raised to be a Jewish leader of some kind.” With college campuses all over the US gripped by intense battles around free speech,…

Why is White Supremacy growing in the United States? | Al Jazeera ▶️

October 8, 2021 | For centuries, there was no significant challenge to the supremacy of white people in the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJm6K3MSHg&ab_channel=AlJazeeraEnglish White nationalists speak of “saving America” - but who are they saving it for? And who are they saving it from? In the last few years, demographic shifts and changing attitudes have brought…

‘Unsavable disaster’: son of Oath Keepers founder on why he’s running for office as a Democrat | CNN ▶️

March 26, 2024 | CNN's Laura Coates speaks with Dakota Adams, the son of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, about his upbringing and his new mission to run for office in Montana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GybvlbI7PP0&ab_channel=CNN Elmer Stewart Rhodes III is an American former attorney and convicted seditionist. He founded the Oath Keepers, an American far-right anti-government militia…

Trump is making America hyperfascist – Jeff Sharlet | The Chris Hedges Report

Jeff Sharlet has spent two decades covering the intersection of extreme Christian nationalism and the far-right. In his new book, Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, he gives snapshots of a country rapidly devolving into a Christian fascism state. He captures the rage, the despair, the dislocation, the alienation, the aesthetic of violence, and…

“The threat of White Christian Nationalism (pt I): piety not required” – Jeff Sharlet | The Lincoln Project ▶️

In the first episode of “The Threat of White Christian Nationalism”, host Reed Galen is joined by journalist and bestselling author Jeff Sharlet. They discuss the religious and cultural landscape of present-day American evangelicalism, how white Christian nationalism is not "old-time religion" but a rapidly mutating political theology, and how white Christian nationalism isn't synonymous…

Spiritual Warriors: Decoding Christian Nationalism at the Capitol Riot | Institute for Islamic, Christian & Jewish Studies ▶️

From the point of view of effectiveness alone, a Calvin or a Luther, having launched conflicts still unresolved today, quite eclipse a Charles V or a Philip II. Spiritual Caesarism is more refined and richer in upheavals than Caesarism proper: if you would leave a name, attach it to a Church rather than to an…

“God & Country: dictators, democracy, and the new documentary on Christian Nationalism” – Katherine Stewart | The Thinking Atheist ▶️

Investigative reporter Katherine Stewart joins us to talk about the upcoming Rob Reiner-produced documentary on Christian nationalism titled, God & Country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UebwQkjYYPc&t=170s&ab_channel=TheThinkingAtheist Katherine Stewart is an American journalist and author who often writes about issues related to the separation of church and state, the rise of religious nationalism, and global movements against liberal democracy. Her…