Critical perspectives on transnational deviance: seeking the invisible behind the visible
In the early 2010s a new political movement, the alternative right (alt-right) came to the fore of mainstream discourse. Members of this group primarily operate in an online setting. Scholars have used various words to describe this movement, but at its very core, it is a racist movement (Hawley, 2017). Ever since its inception, the … Continue reading Male supremacy and misogyny of the far-right
On 3rd of November 2020 the 59th US presidential election took place. This presidential election was dubbed by many as being the most important presidential election since the inception of the United States by its founding fathers in 1776. 2020 was a tumultuous year and this was especially the case in the United States. Throughout … Continue reading Stand back and Stand by: What the presidential election means to the American far-right
Over the course of a six year period, from 2013 until 2019, Europe experienced a dramatic rise in irregular arrivals entering Europe in order to seek refuge and attempt to make a better life for themselves and their families. This “crisis” reached its peak in 2015, when just over one million immigrants were reported to have … Continue reading You Will Not Replace Us: Making Sense of the ‘Great Replacement’ Conspiracy Theory.
The date is the 13th of March 2019. The New York Police Department had just received a call of a confrontation that had occurred in Staten Island. The responding officers were quick to the scene, where they saw a man that had just been fatally shot. The deceased was a well-known man to local law … Continue reading Where we go one, we go all: Conspiracy Theories as a threat to democracy
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