From Bombs to Books, and Back Again? Mapping Strategies of Right-Wing Revolutionary Resistance

Ravndal, Jacob Aasland

doi:10.1080/1057610x.2021.1907897

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“…It is a fact that a greater number of violent attacks inspired by the extreme-right have taken place in Western democracies since 1990 than by any other ideology including religious extremism. 76 Research also suggests that there are distinct variations in the modus operandi of the lone actors of religious terrorism compared to those of the extreme-right, with the latter not being socially, culturally or ethnically different from the majority of the population, thereby making their detection more difficult. 77 Right wing extremists were not only the first to instrumentalise the internet in 1988, but have also displayed a persistent online presence since then.…”

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Modelling Radicalisation: Applying Situational Action Theory to the Christchurch Attacks

Desai

2023

NSJ

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The March 2019 Christchurch terror attacks were something of a turning point for both law enforcement agencies in New Zealand and for terrorism studies scholars. The growth of religious terrorism, the rise of right-wing extremism, and the imaginative use of the internet by violent extremists pose new security challenges today. This article examines the merits of a criminological radicalisation model for lone actors of terrorism specific to the New Zealand setting. The article examines the concept of radicalisation in the terrorism literature and argues for a clear distinction between the cognitive and behavioural stages of radicalisation. It analyses some of the unique domestic factors which affect radicalisation in New Zealand and provides a brief threat evaluation of extremism. The article proceeds to identify some of the reasons behind ‘why out of millions of people facing similar conditions, only the few become terrorists’ by applying the Situational Action Theory of Crime to the Christchurch terror attacks. Finally, the article recommends some specific interventions for law enforcement agencies to try and thwart future terrorists.

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Modelling Radicalisation: Applying Situational Action Theory to the Christchurch Attacks

Desai

2023

NSJ

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“…Second, attempts to reach out beyond the electoral arena correspond to the metapolitics-strategies of 'new right' ideology, which emphasises the importance of being embedded into broader society to be able to achieve lasting political change. This ideology arose from French far-right intellectuals' adoption of the Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci, which was subsequently employed by their German counterparts who also wanted to promote efforts to achieve political influence beyond electoral politics and state institutions (Ravndal, 2021). Third, and not to be underestimated, cooperation with activists is also important for individual AfD politicians trying to increase their personal standing inside the party.…”

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No Strong Leaders Needed? AfD Party Organisation Between Collective Leadership, Internal Democracy, and “Movement-Party” Strategy

Heinze

Weisskircher

2021

PaG

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This article analyses the formal and lived organisation of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD, Alternative for Germany). We show that the party is exceptional among what is usually understood as the populist radical right (PRR) party family, at least from an organisational perspective: The AfD sharply contradicts the “standard model” of PRR party organisation, which emphasises “charismatic” leadership and the centralisation of power as key features. Instead, studying the AfD’s efforts to adopt some elements of a mass-party organisation and its relatively decentralised decision-making underlines the importance of “movement-party” strategy, collective leadership, and internal democracy—concepts that are usually associated with Green and left-wing parties. Our analysis shows how the party’s organisation is essential for understanding its development more broadly as it reflects and reinforces sharp intra-party conflict. From this perspective, the case of the AfD sheds new light on the relationship between PRR party organisation and electoral success, indicating the importance of strong ties to parts of society over effective internal management as long as demand for anti-immigration parties is high. We conclude that even though AfD quickly built up a relatively inclusive organisational structure, the role of both its leadership and its rank-and-file is still a matter of controversy.

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“…As Jacob Ravndal has recently argued, the far right in western countries has during recent decades increasingly turned from violence towards metapolitics, in other words, trying to influence cultural and intellectual domains and thereby pave the way for the revolutionary struggle in the future. 16 Even if violent tendencies exist within the Nordic far right, the Capitol attack may rather feed into the long-standing metapolitical dreams within the milieu. What happened on January 6 was, after all, that many such people showed up who did not consider themselves revolutionaries, walked together to the Congress and made the world's most powerful country tremble for a while.…”

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We Have All Been Warned: Public Debate on the Capitol Attack in Finland and Sweden

Malkki

2021

Terrorism and Political Violence

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The Capitol attack has provoked intensive debate and reflection far beyond the United States. These debates and their repercussions will be part of the legacy of the event. The article looks at the public debate on the Capitol attack in Finland and Sweden. In both countries, the Capitol attack was interpreted as a warning about the powerful consequences of sowing distrust towards democracy. The attack may inspire far-right actors to attempt to shake the democratic system in these countries too. Whether such mobilisation could succeed and gain support from within the political system seems unlikely, but not entirely impossible.

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From Bombs to Books, and Back Again? Mapping Strategies of Right-Wing Revolutionary Resistance

Cited by 10 publications

References 1 publication

Modelling Radicalisation: Applying Situational Action Theory to the Christchurch Attacks

Modelling Radicalisation: Applying Situational Action Theory to the Christchurch Attacks

No Strong Leaders Needed? AfD Party Organisation Between Collective Leadership, Internal Democracy, and “Movement-Party” Strategy

We Have All Been Warned: Public Debate on the Capitol Attack in Finland and Sweden

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