Kristy MilliganThe Wieambilla Siege and Conspiracy-Fuelled Violent Extremism in Australia
Read moreIntroduction Gun violence is rare in Australia. In response to the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, Australia implemented strict gun…
Dr. Gerard GillMillenarianism in Australia’s ‘Freedom Movement’
Read moreIntroduction In December 2022, a six-hour siege in Wieambilla, Queensland, ended with six people dead. Police had attended a property…
Sarah CammarataMainstreaming Far-Right Conspiracies: Éric Zemmour’s Discourse as a Case Study
Read moreIntroduction Once relegated to the ‘fringe,’ conspiracies and narratives promulgated by members of the far-right movement have now moved into…
Justin GrandinettiPolitical Outrage Machines: Exploring the Algorithms Structuring Conspiracy TikTok
Read moreThe short-form streaming audio-video app TikTok has become near-synonymous with controversy—in no small part because of the spread of conspiratorial…
Julia KupperThe Reichsbürger Coup: How the German COVID-19 Denier Scene and Anti-Lockdown Movement Became a Breeding Ground for Terrorism
Read moreIntroduction In the early hours of 7 December 2022, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in Germany (der Generalbundesanwalt) arrested twenty-four…
Munira MustaffaRage Clicks, Hatebomb and the New World Order: How Hard-Right Politics and Conspiracy Theories Overlapped to Undermine Malaysia’s Elections
Read moreIntroduction In the wake of Malaysia’s 15th General Election (GE15) on November 19, 2022, hate content and conspiracy theories concerning…
Erica BarbarossaCranking Out Violence: Conspiracies are Driving More Politically-Motivated Attacks
Read moreIn the early hours of October 28th, Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was awoken by an assailant…
Joshua MolloyThe Emerging Raw Food Movement and the ‘Great Reset’
Read moreIntroduction Food has become an increasingly visible topic across far-right digital subcultures as well as the broader right-wing online ecosystem.…
Mike RainsHow QAnon is Dealing With The FBI Raid on Trump
Read moreWhen the FBI executed their search warrant on Mar-A-Lago on August 8th, QAnon was all over the news. Their first…
Matthew KrinerUnderstanding Accelerationist Narratives: The Great Replacement Theory
Read moreOn 14 May 2022, an 18-year-old white male allegedly perpetrated a carefully planned mass shooting targeting Black Americans. He opened…
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