Anyway I’m very grateful to the two men who took it upon themselves to make sure we weren’t run off the Newtownards Road last night www.cbsnews.com/news/belfast...

Violent anti-immigration protests erupt in Belfast after brutal stabbing attack

Despite calls for calm, masked anti-immigration protesters in Belfast set a bus, vehicles and some homes on fire in what one politician called "a race-based pogrom."

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Glad to get the chance to present some of my ongoing research at IREX at the beautiful University of Tübingen last week. Very grateful to @leoniedejonge.bsky.social and @marcokrueger.bsky.social for the invitation and hospitality!

Here’s a working link! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Pseudoscience and Extremism book

CALL FOR PAPERS Title: Doing Your Own Research: The Extremist use of Pseudoscience Editor: Amarnath Amarasingam and Graham Macklin Extremist movements across the ideological spectrum routinely mobiliz...

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Graham Macklin@grahammacklin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨CALL FOR CHAPTERS!🚨 @amaramarasingam.bsky.social and I are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i...

My recap of the past week's momentous developments, with the government's offensive on SDF-held Deir Hafir taking it all the way to al-Ya'rubiyah. Brittle US-facilitated agreements threaten to break down, bringing Syria further into dangerous ethnic warfare. akmckeever.substack.com/p/this-week-...

This Week in Northern Syria [3.2026]

January 14 - 20: Mass defection of Arabs from SDF ranks results in rapid advance of pro-government forces across eastern Syria

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New blog post! Joshua Farrell-Molloy explains how Irish #far-right groups use #masculinity and republican symbols to frame themselves as defenders of #Ireland. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Masculinity and Militant Traditions: The Shaping of a Home-Grown Irish Far-Right - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism

Joshua Farrell-Molloy elucidates how masculinity helps explain performances of militant republican aesthetics by Irish far-right actors, who bind a revolutionary past to contemporary opposition to imm...

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Few things absolutely throw me off more than the Irish far right co-opting symbols of Irish republicanism for their own anti-immigrant fanaticism — a good read

C-REX@crexuio.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New blog post! Joshua Farrell-Molloy explains how Irish #far-right groups use #masculinity and republican symbols to frame themselves as defenders of #Ireland. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Check out my latest for the @crexuio.bsky.social blog. I look at how a politically maturing Irish far right is increasingly leveraging Irish republicanism through masculinity to build a home-grown ideology.

C-REX@crexuio.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New blog post! Joshua Farrell-Molloy explains how Irish #far-right groups use #masculinity and republican symbols to frame themselves as defenders of #Ireland. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Check out my latest for the @crexuio.bsky.social blog. I look at how a politically maturing Irish far right is increasingly leveraging Irish republicanism through masculinity to build a home-grown ideology.

C-REX@crexuio.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New blog post! Joshua Farrell-Molloy explains how Irish #far-right groups use #masculinity and republican symbols to frame themselves as defenders of #Ireland. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

🚨NEW PAPER The Logic of Connective Faction: How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social & @mikecowburn.bsky.social Online radicalization doesn't just affect the public. It also reshapes how elites & parties behave. doi.org/10.1080/1058...

The Logic of Connective Faction: How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics

Across democratic systems, ideological cleavages increasingly emerge not only between but also within political parties. At the same time, hyperpartisan and digitally networked media ecosystems amp...

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Kyiv’s GUR ‘faked Russian-ordered killing [of Denis Kapustin] and bagged $500k Kremlin reward’

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv’s GUR ‘faked Russian-ordered killing and bagged $500k Kremlin reward’

‘I congratulate you on returning to life’ says spy chief Budanov to Denis Kapustin, commander of a Russian unit fighting on the Ukrainian side. What we know on day 1,409

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Denis Kapustin, founder and commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, was killed overnight on the Zaporizhzhia front. According to the unit, he died while carrying out a combat mission, preliminary reports point to an FPV drone strike.

Interesting article on the role of Groyper follower accounts in manufacturing the rise of Fuentes on X. Much of this is also quite visible on Instagram recently, with a noticeable push of Fuentes edits and clips from supporters. Article here: www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-manufa...

The Manufactured Rise of Nick Fuentes

How artificial virality tricked the platforms—and the press—into elevating a fringe voice.

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“Espanola’s members, including Orlov, are far-right Russian soccer hooligans….broadcaster RTVI, citing anonymous sources, reported on Dec. 10 that Orlov had been killed by return fire during an arrest on arms trafficking charges the previous day.”

The Moscow Times@themoscowtimes.com · 9mo ago

Espanola, an ultranationalist paramilitary group made up of far-right soccer hooligans fighting on Russia’s side in Ukraine, confirmed on Friday the death of its leader, Stanislav Orlov, under unclear circumstances.

"Investigators said the soldiers beat and tortured him to death, then tried to hide the crime by blowing up his body in a car" ‘Donbas Cowboy’ – Russians jailed for killing US volunteer on their side www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Ukraine war briefing: ‘Donbas Cowboy’ – Russians jailed for killing US volunteer on their side

Russell Bentley, 63, was grabbed and tortured by soldiers who thought he was spying for Ukraine; $800m US arms shortfall, says Zelenskyy. What we know on day 1,385

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I see Elon Musk is personally suing (along with X Holdings Corp) the Irish media regulator Coimisiún na Meán, in High Court proceedings filed yesterday. Hearing is due January 23rd.

Suspected members of neo-Nazi terror group arrested in Spain. Three people are accused of belonging to the Base, an ‘accelerationist’ white power organisation founded in the US

Suspected members of neo-Nazi terror group arrested in Spain

Three people are accused of belonging to the Base, an ‘accelerationist’ white power organisation founded in the US

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Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity, leaving the Church in a dilemma www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity

The Church of England is grappling with what to do about followers of the far-right figure embracing faith.

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I spoke with France 24 about the rise of far-right ‘Active Clubs,’ following the recent hate-crime convictions of four members in Sweden who brutally assaulted several immigrants in Stockholm this summer: f24.my/BZHW

Les "Active clubs" : de "fight clubs" d'extrême droite à milices néonazies prêtes à l'action ?

En Suède, quatre néonazis liés à la mouvance des "Active Clubs" ont été condamnés mardi à des peines de prison pour avoir tabassé des immigrés. Souvent présentés comme des "fights clubs" pour fasciste...

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New article on “The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves” by Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris and myself in the latest issue of “American Behavioral Scientist”:

The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves - Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris, Graham Macklin, 2025

This article examines how interactions between far-right protestors, counter-protestors and other actors, including the police, lead towards and away from viole...

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Happy Halloween! @maargentino.com Available: www.routledge.com/Contemporary...

✨ I’m thrilled to be joining the Center for the Study of Organized Hate as their new Director of Research and Outreach. ✨ In this pivotal moment, advancing research and building partnerships across policy and civil society to combat hate, extremism & digital harms is vital. www.csohate.org

Center For The Study Of Organized Hate (CSOH)

CSOH is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. dedicated to understanding, preventing, and combating multifaceted phenomena of organized hate.

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NEW: Revisiting Terrorist Motivation - A Critical Appraisal and New Directions for Research Our special issue launches shortly. Here's the primer: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Revisiting Terrorist Motivation: A Critical Appraisal and New Directions for Research

Published in Terrorism and Political Violence (Vol. 37, No. 7, 2025)

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Pleased to have had the opportunity to contribute to this research with Human Digital and @vox-pol.bsky.social. The ongoing proliferation of illegal content on gore sites is undermining broader efforts to counter terrorism and other harms online. Among the key findings of the research:

🧵 I spoke to FRANCE 24 for their piece on The Base, a transnational neo-Nazi terrorist organisation now being used as a tool in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Earlier this month, a cell affiliated with The Base claimed responsibility for an assassination in Kyiv. www.france24.com/fr/europe/20...

The Base : ces néonazis américains, agents du chaos de la guerre en Ukraine

Le récent assassinat d’un agent des services des renseignements ukrainiens a été revendiqué par un groupuscule néonazi américain baptisé The Base. Ce mouvement, inscrit en 2024 sur la liste des organi...

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Gardaí fear drug gangs in Ireland have made connections with a gun supplier who's providing criminals with lethal 'throw away' 3D-printed plastic guns, The Journal has learned. Read more here: http://jrnl.ie/6745392t

Gardaí rush to seize 3D-printed guns made for the price of a box of cigarettes

The devices can be constructed with 3D printers which cost between €300 to €2,000 for basic models.

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“White House has recommended terminating U.S. funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in Myanmar, Syria and on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine” www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Exclusive: White House wants deep cut in US funding for war crimes investigations, sources say

The White House on Wednesday recommended terminating U.S. funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in Myanmar, Syria and on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine, according to two U.S. sources familiar with the matter and internal government documents reviewed by Reuters.

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Happy to join the European Commission's EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation's Thematic Panel "Management of Foreign Terrorist Fighter, Volunteers and their Families". Earlier this week, we met in Berlin, to discuss varying approaches to returnees across EU and priority third countries.