How #BIG a #THREAT is #White_Nationalism? | UpFront (Arena) |
A year ago this week a white #supremacist #massacred 51 #Muslims in #mosques in #Christ_Church, #New_Zealand in an attack that #shocked the #world and put the #spotlight on the #rise of ##racist_attacks occuring #Worldwide.
“The level of #violence, the number of people #killed, the way it was #live_streamed...I think was really #shocking,” said Christian Picciolini, a former #Neo_Nazi who founded the #Free_Radicals_Project, which works to #de_radicalise individuals.
In recent months there have been a number of attacks fueled by #white_nationalism in places like #Germany, #France and the #United_States.
Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a senior fellow at the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right says that the #phenomenon is in part #caused_by a #legitimization of the #ideology by #mainstream_politicians.
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“You do see mainstream politicians here and overseas echoing the same kind of anti-immigrant, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic kinds of ideas or conspiracy theories,” Miller-Idris said.
“And if these people feel legitimized and like they can just walk around in public or enact violence, that is a problem,” she added.
Connections between violent far-right groups from various countries have been known for decades, but the rise of social media platforms and increased connectivity have facilitated the ideology spreading across borders.
“When I was involved in the white supremacist movement in the U.S., from '87 to '96, we were already forging those connections in places like Germany. So I think that it's ramping up. I think that these connections overseas are starting to get more violent,” Picciolini said.
“The last couple of attacks in Germany, either the live-streaming or the manifestos were in English for a reason, right?...They were designed to communicate to a larger audience and trying to speak to people outside of the country,” explained Miller-Idriss.
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