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Posts tagged with ‘Accelerationism’

  • May312023

    Accelerationism Meets Gamification: A Look at the Convergence in the Framing of Online Narratives

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    Petra Regeni is a member of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN). EGRN brings together world-leading counter-extremism organisations to develop insights…

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  • Apr272023

    The Lineage of Violence: Saints Culture and Militant Accelerationist Terrorism 

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    In the aftermath of the March 2019 Christchurch attack in New Zealand, shooter Brenton Tarrant was quickly ‘sainted’ by militant accelerationist…

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  • Apr052023

    Terrorwave: The Aesthetics of Violence and Terrorist Imagery in Militant Accelerationist Subcultures

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    Joshua Farrell Molloy is a research fellow of the Accelerationism Research Consortium (ARC). ARC is dedicated to a collaborative, empirical…

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  • Mar202023

    Frank James: The New York Subway Shooter’s Radical Discourse on Social Media

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    Introduction  On April 12, 2022, Frank R. James carried out a shooting in the New York City Subway, injuring ten…

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  • Dec212022

    ‘Tis the Season to Sell Extremism: Far-Right Christmas Ads and the Parallel Economy

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    During the Christmas period, most companies attempt to entice holiday shoppers with festive jingles and holiday sales. Gab, a social…

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  • Nov232022

    Cranking Out Violence: Conspiracies are Driving More Politically-Motivated Attacks 

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    In the early hours of October 28th, Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was awoken by an assailant…

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  • Nov102022

    ‘All my Heroes are Dead’: The Untimely Demise of The American Futurist – James Mason Partnership

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    On 30 October, the prominent accelerationist website The American Futurist announced: “We are cutting ties with James Mason effective immediately.”…

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  • Sep122022

    Analysing Terrorgram Publications: A New Digital Zine

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    Introduction “For every Accelerationist who contributed to this book, there are 10000 others who will download, read and become further…

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  • Aug312022

    The Time for e-Democracy is Now: How a Digitally Functional Democracy Could Prevent Extremist Accelerationism

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    Online hate communities view ongoing democratic backsliding as supportive of their accelerationist cause. Tech companies and governments must therefore seize…

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  • Jul182022

    Examining White Supremacist and Militant Accelerationism Trends on TikTok 

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    In the wake of the racially motivated terrorist attack at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York in May 2022,…

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