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📢 Exciting news! Check out the new publication by C-REX director @arjupskas.bsky.social and affiliate @jacravn.bsky.social: "Extremism and Counter-Extremism in Norway" featured in The Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics! #NorwegianPolitics #Extremism global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Foreign Fighters and the Extreme Right | Tracking Far-Right Volunteers Foreign Fighters and the Extreme Right is the first comprehensive academic study taking an in-depth look at white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other right-wing

📢 Publication alert! C-REX scholar @grahammacklin.bsky.social & former postdoc Kacper Rekawek have contributed to the new book "Foreign Fighters and the Extreme Right," exploring the dynamics of far-right volunteers beyond the Ukraine War. A must-read! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

Far-Right Normalization and Democratic Erosion: A Pre-Election Update from the Netherlands - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism Just a month ahead of the Dutch elections, Léonie de Jonge and Iris B. Segers raise concerns about the growing normalization of extreme-right ideologies and actions, highlighted by the unprecedented v...

📢 New Blog Post! 🚨 Just a month before the Dutch elections, Iris Beau Segers and @leoniedejonge.bsky.social highlight the troubling normalization of far-right ideologies, the democratic erosion, and the recent violence at an anti-immigration demo in The Hague. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

The Complex Relationship Between Gender and Violent Extremism - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism The authors outline the many ways in which gender has relevance for violent extremism and propose seeing prevention work through a gender lens.

📢 New blog post: "The Complex Relationship Between Gender and Violent Extremism." @katrif.bsky.social & Inger Skjelsbæk explore how gender influences violent extremism and advocate for viewing prevention efforts through a gender lens. #Gender #Extremism #Prevention www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

RightNow! - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism Welcome to RightNow! Explore insights from C-REX researchers and other experts on contemporary far-right politics, including party dynamics, cultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism.

📢 Subscribe to our new mailing list for the RightNow! blog! by clicking this link: shorturl.at/Frz6a. Get insights from C-REX researchers and other experts on contemporary far-right politics, including party dynamics, cultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Don’t miss this event on how to research the far right safely with former C-REX postdoc @audreygagnon.bsky.social👇

Man arrested at outside Mass marking start of Supreme Court term had 200 explosive devices: Police A man arrested outside the annual Red Mass ceremony held at St. Matthew’s Cathedral had over 200 explosive devices in a tent on the church’s stairs, according to police.  Louis Geri, 41, tout…

Man arrested at outside Mass marking start of Supreme Court term had 200 explosive devices: Police

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New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally. HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

Police have arrested a 46 year old man in connection with the East Sussex mosque arson

Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...

This week the Society also launched the call for its First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.

Eligible titles, published in 2025, should be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v

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Peacehaven: Police release photos of mosque arson suspects The images are of two people in balaclavas seen outside the mosque before the large blaze spread.

Police investigating a suspected arson at a mosque in East Sussex have issued images of two people they wish to identify.

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62

UK Jewish groups condemn Israeli minister’s invite to Tommy Robinson Far-right activist described as ‘thug who represents worst of Britain’ after invitation to Israel sparks outrage

UK Jewish groups condemn Israeli minister’s invite to Tommy Robinson

Elon Musk, the Anti-Defamation League and the right: what’s behind the latest blow-up? The Jewish advocacy and anti-hate group is at the center of a rightwing backlash campaign led by Musk over the ADL’s online database on extremism

Elon Musk, the Anti-Defamation League and the right: what’s behind the latest blow-up?

London Palestine Action protest: Met Police make more than 400 arrests Demonstrations went ahead despite calls from politicians and police leaders for the protests to be postponed in wake of the Manchester synagogue attack.

Now more than 400 arrests at Palestine Action protests in London

London Pro-Palestine protest: Met Police make 355 arrests Demonstrations went ahead despite calls from politicians and police leaders for the protests to be postponed in wake of the Manchester synagogue attack.

Police make 355 arrests at protest in London today in support of Palestine Action

‘More to the story’: Emotionless NJ teen charged with killing girls goes live on YouTube In Cranford, a 17-year-old has been charged with the murders of two girls, causing shock as he livestreamed his thoughts.

Spoiler, the guy who did it is an Andrew Tate fan who was apparently stalking one of the victims.
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I am Excited to be Editing a Special Journal Issue Titled Terrorism, Radicalisation and Social Order: Perspectives on Emerging Threats and Responses. If You Have Something to Say about the Future of Terrorism/Extremism Research Check Out The CFP 👇https://www.nature.com/collections/ejdcaehbha

Police are at the scene of a reported stabbing at a synagogue in English city of Manchester Police are at the scene of a reported stabbing at a synagogue in Manchester, northwest England. Andy Burnham, the mayor of the Greater Manchester Area, said Thursday that the “immediate danger appears to be over” after reports of the incident in Crumpsall, north of the city.

British police say the man believed to be responsible for a Manchester synagogue attack is a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent.

Greater Manchester Police says two people have died following the attack at a Manchester synagogue earlier today

Manchester synagogue: Four people injured in car and stabbing attack in Crumpsall Mayor Andy Burnham says the suspect is believed to be dead. Keir Starmer says the attack happening on Yom Kippur - the holiest day in the Jewish calendar - makes it

Four people injured in car and stabbing attack at Manchester synagogue - suspect shot by police

FBI cuts ties with Anti-Defamation League, FBI director says The FBI said on Wednesday it had cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish group that tracks antisemitism, after Republicans criticized the group for including slain activist Charlie Kirk's organization in a glossary on extremism.

FBI cuts ties with the Anti-Defamation League

David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People - RHS Launched in 2023, the David Berry Fellowship provides an annual award of up to £2,500 to undertake research on the history of Scotland and the Scottish people worldwide. Applications for the 2026 Fell...

RHS funding opportunity: David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.

The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj

Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026

Met officers suspended over alleged abuse of suspects and support for Tommy Robinson BBC’s Panorama to broadcast allegations about Charing Cross station after sending evidence to police chiefs

The Metropolitan police are braced for an undercover documentary showing officers and staff allegedly being supportive of the far-right activist Tommy Robinson, making anti-Muslim comments and using excessive force against suspects in custody.

Nicolò Miotto, Tommasso Zorzini, @amycooter.bsky.social, Matt Bastin, Barrett Gay, Daniel Koehler, @mattkriner.bsky.social, Jamie R. Noulty, Scott Burnett, @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social, & Logan Macnair

Thank you to our contributors: @philofwrite.bsky.social , Michael Lodenthal, Rebecca Wilson, Jakob Guhl, Allie Wong, Kaitlyn Tierney, @evianeleidig.com, Emily Traynor Mayrand, Jillian Hunchak, Vincent Boucher, @grahammacklin.bsky.social, @christinakcliff.bsky.social,

The book further examines pivotal issues such as female far-right influencers, paranoia, and accelerationism. It is essential reading for scholars, researchers, and activists interested in the contemporary far right and its subcultures.