A/Prof Josh Roose
@joshroose.bsky.social
Extremism and Terrorism
Political and Religious Violence
Ideology
Masculinity / Masculinities
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)
Counter Terrorism
Law and Society
and…
Rugby Union, Wallabies
Political and Religious Violence
Ideology
Masculinity / Masculinities
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)
Counter Terrorism
Law and Society
and…
Rugby Union, Wallabies
Reposted by A/Prof Josh Roose
From Wieambilla to Porepunkah, violent ‘anti-government extremists’ are a growing threat
From Wieambilla to Porepunkah, violent ‘anti-government extremists’ are a growing threat
Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train were not ‘sovereign citizens’, but they shared a deep hatred of police with the Porepunkah suspect Dezi Freeman
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When the Queensland authorities wanted to understand the motivation of the Wieambilla killers, they turned to Josh Roose.
The political sociologist and associate professor of politics at Deakin University was given access to the killers’ writings, to paint a picture of the process of radicalisation that led Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train to shoot three police officers and a neighbour in cold blood in a 2022 ambush at a remote property about 350km west of Brisbane. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
From Wieambilla to Porepunkah, violent ‘anti-government extremists’ are a growing threat
On ABC News Breakfast this morning discussing the attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue, its designation as a likely terror attack, the Avalite antisemitism taskforce, political leadership and the need to rebuild dialogue.
December 9, 2024 at 9:44 PM
On ABC News Breakfast this morning discussing the attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue, its designation as a likely terror attack, the Avalite antisemitism taskforce, political leadership and the need to rebuild dialogue.
Reposted by A/Prof Josh Roose
FWIW, last year, @joshroose.bsky.social and I pointed to Ukraine as "[demonstrating] the importance of rejecting the hypermasculine chest-beating about the role of women in Western militaries that has become pervasive in some political quarters." irregularwarfare.org/articles/put...
Putin’s Mobilization of Masculinity in the Invasion of Ukraine—and the Role of Ukrainian Women in Stopping Him - Irregular Warfare Initiative
Ukraine is showing the world how to mobilize women effectively.
irregularwarfare.org
November 26, 2024 at 3:58 PM
FWIW, last year, @joshroose.bsky.social and I pointed to Ukraine as "[demonstrating] the importance of rejecting the hypermasculine chest-beating about the role of women in Western militaries that has become pervasive in some political quarters." irregularwarfare.org/articles/put...