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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · 23d

New podcast episode with Vinicius Bivar, PhD, exploring the political, economic, and historical context of Trump's tariffs against Brazil. Enjoy!

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Trump's Brazil Tariffs in Historical Context w/ Prof. Vinicius Bivar

This episode covers the economic history of Brazil's relationship with the United States, as well as developmentalist economics in light of Trump's recent, punitive tariffs against Brazil.

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Jun 24

If you're in Milan next week, we hope you'll join us for this International Seminar at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore developed by Polidemos and featuring FRAN executive committee member @areidross.bsky.social on the discursive construction of the "fall of Rome" by the US far right.

DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE
POLIDEMOS - CENTRO PER LO STUDIO DELLA DEMOCRAZIA E DEI MUTAMENTI POLITICI
COLLAPSE:
THE FALL OF ROME VIEWED FROM THE RIGHT
Alexander Reid Ross
Portland State University
Far-Right Analysis Network (FRAN)
Dr. Alexander Reid Ross's expertise focuses mainly on white nationalist groups and their relation to the international fascist movement He has done extensive research on the development of fascist ideology and the growth of the fascist movement
since 2014.
International Seminar
Lunedì 30 giugno 2025
Aula G.041, ore 16.30
Largo A. Gemelli, 1 - Milano
POLIDEMOS
le dei mutamenti politici a derocraza
UNIVERSITAS
CORDIS
153t
MEDIOLANY
UNIVERSITÀ
CATTOLICA del Sacro Cuore

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Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thanks for the chat.

Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Mar 7

Podcast Relaunch!

FRAN's podcast Right Rising is back! Check out our latest podcast episode with Prof Mario Peucker talking about his efforts in Victoria, Australia.

rightrising.fireside.fm/55

Democracy Strikes Back

Dr. Mario Peucker joins the pod to discuss his efforts in developing robust institutions to combat hate and conspiracy theories alongside marginalized communities in Victoria, Australia

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Jun 19

New podcast episode on the roots of the modern "pro-family movement" and anti-abortion extremists like the alleged Minnesota assassin.

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The "Pro-Family" Movement: The Roots of the New Christian Right

This discussion covers the rise of the "pro-family movement" through the linking of "single issues" into an illiberal political movement with a long-range determination to restore a mythical past of ...

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Jun 11

New podcast episode featuring Bharath Ganesh of the University of Amsterdam on his work mapping disinformation and how it pertains to Trump's usage of the carnivalesque.

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Trump's Carnival: Far-Right Social Media and Symbolic Disorder, ft. Bharath Ganesh

This episode delves into a deeply philosophical analysis of far-right social media and the insurrectionary destabilization of symbolic hierarchies

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · May 30

amid the analyses of the far right rising, it's nice to have a story about the far right losing. this one adds some interesting, if unsettling, insight into how it happened, and why "claim no easy victories" remains a useful precept.

Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · May 30

New blog post from Roland Clark (University of Liverpool) highlights lessons that can be learned from Romania's recent, crucial victory against the populist far right.

www.farrightanalysisnetwork.com?p=655

A Sigh of Relief: How the Far-Right Lost Romania – Far Right Analysis Network

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · May 30

New blog post from Roland Clark (University of Liverpool) highlights lessons that can be learned from Romania's recent, crucial victory against the populist far right.

www.farrightanalysisnetwork.com?p=655

A Sigh of Relief: How the Far-Right Lost Romania – Far Right Analysis Network

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · May 20

Finnish teen who stabbed three girls at his school says that he used ChatGPT to prepare the attack ... ht @vorkoz.bsky.social

www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl...

Teen suspect stabs three in targeted school attack in Pirkkala

A 16-year-old student stabbed three female classmates at a school in Pirkkala, Finland. All victims survived. Police say the suspect may have planned the attack for months and targeted girls deliberat...

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Dr William Allchorn @willallchorn.bsky.social · May 13

Great to see part two of the @franetwork.bsky.social pod now up!

A rich discussion on different research methodologies 🔬 when studying the far right, extremist language online and counter-extremism interventions.

Check out part two below 👏👍👇

Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · May 12

Part 2 of the episode on research methodologies and counter-extremism with @willallchorn.bsky.social

rightrising.fireside.fm/59

The Far Right, Technology, and State Intervention, pt. 2, ft/ William Allchorn

In this wide-ranging discussion, Prof Allchorn elaborates on his work on the far-right's engagement in hybrid warfare, counter-messaging efforts, and the "crisis of social democracy."

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · May 12

Part 2 of the episode on research methodologies and counter-extremism with @willallchorn.bsky.social

rightrising.fireside.fm/59

The Far Right, Technology, and State Intervention, pt. 2, ft/ William Allchorn

In this wide-ranging discussion, Prof Allchorn elaborates on his work on the far-right's engagement in hybrid warfare, counter-messaging efforts, and the "crisis of social democracy."

rightrising.fireside.fm

Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · May 10

New episode with @willallchorn.bsky.social on technology and the far right, as well as counter-messaging using different media

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The Far Right, Technology, and State Intervention, pt. 1, ft/ William Allchorn

In this wide-ranging discussion, Prof Allchorn elaborates on his work on the far-right's engagement in hybrid warfare, counter-messaging efforts, and the "crisis of social democracy."

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Apr 29

CALL FOR PAPERS!!!!

FRAN is launching a new peer-reviewed research series for studies on the New Right. Check out the link below, and feel free to send in your abstracts if you have relevant research.

www.farrightanalysisnetwork.com?page_id=648

Research Series – Far Right Analysis NetworkCall for Papers

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Scott Burnett @burscott.bsky.social · Apr 29

Had a lovely chat about hard men, hard times, and the funny little manosphere guys who’ve taken over the US govt — with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social and Alexander Reid Ross from @franetwork.bsky.social — check it out below!

Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Apr 29

New podcast episode is out with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social and Scott Burnett

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The New Hard Right: Linguistic Anthropology and Far-Right Gender Trouble with Cat Tebaldi and Scott Burnett

Drs Cat Tebaldi and Scott Burnett join the pod to discuss gender and the far right through the lens of linguistic anthropology. We discuss the "moral flavor" of hardness apropos their recent, in-depth...

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Apr 29

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Apr 29

New podcast episode is out with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social and Scott Burnett

rightrising.fireside.fm/57

The New Hard Right: Linguistic Anthropology and Far-Right Gender Trouble with Cat Tebaldi and Scott Burnett

Drs Cat Tebaldi and Scott Burnett join the pod to discuss gender and the far right through the lens of linguistic anthropology. We discuss the "moral flavor" of hardness apropos their recent, in-depth...

rightrising.fireside.fm

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · Apr 12

I got to chat with FRAN fellow Jason Luger about his work analyzing the interweaving of far-right online/irl worlds in everyday spaces from gyms and boozy flotillas in North Carolina to graffiti wars in eastern Germany. Enjoy!

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Apr 12

New episode of Right Rising is up featuring geographer Jason Luger.

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Geographic Analysis of the Far Right, ft. Jason Luger

Dr. Jason Luger is a Human Geographer and a member of the Social and Cultural Geographies Research Group at Northumbria. His research focuses on the cultures, politics, contestations, and textures of ...

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Apr 12

New episode of Right Rising is up featuring geographer Jason Luger.

rightrising.fireside.fm/56

Geographic Analysis of the Far Right, ft. Jason Luger

Dr. Jason Luger is a Human Geographer and a member of the Social and Cultural Geographies Research Group at Northumbria. His research focuses on the cultures, politics, contestations, and textures of ...

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Dr. Ashley Mattheis @draamattheis.bsky.social · Apr 2

Very pleased to share my new article exploring how institutional disregard for researcher safety online produces structural failures of care. Early view, open access here 👇👇👇 doi.org/10.1332/2515...

Structural failures of care: institutional disregard for researcher safety online

Online harassment has become an almost ubiquitous, though often institutionally unacknowledged, reality for academics globally, whether they study the online milieu or use digital media to publicise t...

doi.org

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Mar 28

"This is an international fight. It’s more valuable to work in an international context. There’s not an atmosphere of fear."

www.chronicle.com/article/no-n...

‘No Noncitizen Professor at My Institution Can Speak About Politics Ever Again’

Why Jason Stanley, a scholar of fascism, is leaving Yale for Canada.

www.chronicle.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Mar 26

Texas prosecutors will no longer seek the death penalty against the gunman who killed 23 people in a mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart six years ago, the local district attorney announced on Tuesday.

Texas Prosecutors Will No Longer Pursue Death Penalty in El Paso Shooting

The gunman, who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019, was previously sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms after pleading guilty to federal hate crimes.

www.nytimes.com

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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · Mar 25

Tracing Violent White Supremacists and Online Radicalization from Charlottesville to Today

Tracing Violent White Supremacists & Online Radicalization from Charlottesville to Now | FRONTLINE

In connection with "The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram," explore a selection of FRONTLINE and ProPublica’s past documentaries and podcasts tracing the evolution of violent white supremacists and online r...

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Mar 21

If you could not make it to last week's thrilling webinar on the German far right after the elections, you can watch a recording—posted here along with previous webinars:

www.farrightanalysisnetwork.com?page_id=470

Webinars – Far Right Analysis Network

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Dr William Allchorn @willallchorn.bsky.social · Mar 15

How to Respond to the Resurgent Far Right Threat? A new episode of the @franetwork.bsky.social Right Rising Podcast has landed. Check it out 👏👍👇 rightrising.fireside.fm/55

Democracy Strikes Back

Dr. Mario Peucker joins the pod to discuss his efforts in developing robust institutions to combat hate and conspiracy theories alongside marginalized communities in Victoria, Australia

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Mar 17

The Trump administration is testing the limits of the federal court system to constrain the president, brushing aside court orders, harshly attacking judges and, in some cases, finding ways to circumvent adverse rulings.

Trump officials test limits of courts’ power to constrain their actions

Several legal experts said the deportation episode marks a dramatic — and troubling — escalation in the Trump administration’s pushback against the courts.

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Mar 11

Don't forget about this awesome event coming up in a couple of days! Hope to see you there.

March 13, 2025, 6pm CET / 1pm ET / 10am PT
Registration link: forms.gle/E8jyrTr931kX...

FRAN
NETWORK
Sophie Schmalenberger, on the far right's "Peaceful Revolution"
Sabine Volk on memory regimes and
"foundations for the present"
Polina Zavershinskaia, on civil society and the "mimetic crises"
March 13, 2025, 6pm CET / 1pm ET / 10am PT
Registration link: https://forms.gle/E8jyrTr931kXJjvS6
FRAN WEBINAR:
ANALYZING THE FAR RIGHT IN GERMANY
AFTER THE ELECTIONS

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