@samlovespossums@Rx.Gonzo Hello political scientists and historians! Would you have any literature recommendations for "Books on radical right, antifascism, history, politics, etc"? credit: @HLMenckenFan(edited)
This book is short but phenomenal, I cannot recommend it enough! It’s a great one to recommend to people who may not have the time to sit down and read very often, yet it still offers a really solid analysis of authoritarian politics and how they come to power.
I wasn’t really sure where to put this, but there’s a really cool podcast called “Sounds Like Hate.” They speak with people who have been involved in hate groups about how they got sucked in and all that. Really interesting listen!
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I wasn’t really sure where to put this, but there’s a really cool podcast called “Sounds Like Hate.” They speak with people who have been involved in hate groups about how they got sucked in and all that. Really interesting listen!
Another solid podcast that y’all have probably heard of is Behind the Bastards. Robert Evans is fantastic, and their friend of the show Margaret just started her podcast cool people who did cool things. Both are fantastic
This is a great book, i am currently half way through it and found a free audio book on YouTube if anyone is interested in it. https://youtu.be/Jo4-6lQraY0
Recently drove across the country with a history teacher that majored in US history and listened to the first half of this book. According to my friend there were a few parts that were not exactly right or details left out that he thought should have been included but no real issues of historical revisionism or false information. It gets the historians thumbs up from my friend. Its also a pretty good book and i only fell asleep listening to it once while going through Wyoming.
Just had this book recommended to me by a political scientist
Hate crimes. Misinformation and conspiracy theories. Foiled white-supremacist plots. The signs of growing far-right extremism are all around us, and communities across America and around the globe are struggling to understand how so many people are being radicalized and why they are increasingly attracted to violent movements. Hate in the Homeland shows how tomorrow's far-right nationalists are being recruited in surprising places, from college campuses and mixed martial arts gyms to clothing stores, online gaming chat rooms, and YouTube cooking channels.
Instead of focusing on the how and why of far-right radicalization, Cynthia Miller-Idriss seeks answers in the physical and virtual spaces where hate is cultivated. Where does the far right do its recruiting? When do young people encounter extremist messaging in their everyday lives? Miller-Idriss shows how far-right groups are swelling their ranks and developing their cultural, intellectual, and financial capacities in a variety of mainstream settings. She demonstrates how young people on the margins of our communities are targeted in these settings, and how the path to radicalization is a nuanced process of moving in and out of far-right scenes throughout adolescence and adulthood.
Hate in the Homeland is essential for understanding the tactics and underlying ideas of modern far-right extremism. This eye-opening book takes readers into the mainstream places and spaces where today's far right is engaging and ensnaring young people, and reveals innovative strategies we can use to combat extremist radicalization.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
same but audible allows you to make a note at given timestamps
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I wish i had more time to actually sit down and read because i would be able to get through books much faster and would be able to annotate and dogear important pages but its better than not getting through the books i want to read at all
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I wish i had more time to actually sit down and read because i would be able to get through books much faster and would be able to annotate and dogear important pages but its better than not getting through the books i want to read at all
I found a mini series on Netflix that's called "How to Become a Tyrant." The first episode discusses Hitler's rise to power and the part where they're discussing the Beer Hall Putsch just sent me over the edge. I had heard of it, but never read up on it in detail. History DOES repeat itself!
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I found a mini series on Netflix that's called "How to Become a Tyrant." The first episode discusses Hitler's rise to power and the part where they're discussing the Beer Hall Putsch just sent me over the edge. I had heard of it, but never read up on it in detail. History DOES repeat itself!
I found a mini series on Netflix that's called "How to Become a Tyrant." The first episode discusses Hitler's rise to power and the part where they're discussing the Beer Hall Putsch just sent me over the edge. I had heard of it, but never read up on it in detail. History DOES repeat itself!
I found a mini series on Netflix that's called "How to Become a Tyrant." The first episode discusses Hitler's rise to power and the part where they're discussing the Beer Hall Putsch just sent me over the edge. I had heard of it, but never read up on it in detail. History DOES repeat itself!
So cambridge analytica came up in here - something that's really interesting, and I think key, is that they basically did the following: They used the data facebook made available to basically any app to have people take a big 5 personality test. Then they scraped the profiles and built a model predicting big 5 traits from a profile.
From there, they could, with just a profile, guess at personality traits and tailor advertising based on those traits.
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This is somewhat tangential. But personality is fascinating. If you want to understand why manipulative people are how they are, you want to learn about "social dominance orientation" (SDO), or the dark triad. They correlate with each other. Dark triad is used in personality research, while SDO is more political personality.
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At one time we were trying to both target and message people who were high in SDO to not vote Trump, as part of a anti-russian advertising campaign i ran
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As high SDO is a huge Trump cohort. And if they're high in SDO, but not alt right, then you've probably got yourself a tankie or an an cap.
I listen to a lot of history podcasts but wonder if there are some good books or materials on the original Iron Front's activities and any other anti-fascist resistance movements.
I know this is a literature thread but there is no podcast thread so I would recommend the podcasts "Behind the Bastards" and "It Could Happen Here"
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I listen to a lot of history podcasts but wonder if there are some good books or materials on the original Iron Front's activities and any other anti-fascist resistance movements.
I know this is a literature thread but there is no podcast thread so I would recommend the podcasts "Behind the Bastards" and "It Could Happen Here"
The American experiment is reaching its closure, despite the screaming denials of sheltered Americans. We are almost out of time, but it is not hopeless.
Both of these books do a fantastic job at looking at the evils done in the name of advancing US Foreign Policy. The first book, Gangsters is about the first phase of modern US imperialism starting from 1898 to the 1930s, multiple invasions of mostly Latin American nations explicitly for corporate interests. The Business Plot is also examined and the role of the foreign policy in inculcating a sense that such a coup would be in line with American values.
The Jakarta Method details coups that happened from 1945-80, the role of anti communism and the mass murder program conducted through things like the CIA, Operation Condor and the World Anticommunist League.(edited)
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The people we are up against are largely not driven my isolationism. Particularly if DeSantis takes the WH and the Pink Tide we are seeing in LatAm continues, we could very well see a revival of these imperialist tactics that ultimately support fascism internationally
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I think the 2020 Election is to MAGA what this bullshit communist blood libel was to Suharto and the Brazilian dictatorship respectively
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I recommend the book Antifa: The Anti-Facist Handbook by Mark Bray if you want a general history of antifascist movements
My most recent read: while its not relevant to antifascism specifically, it has some interesting insights into tactical defense, weaponry, etc., and also offers a balanced look at the negative aspects of policing, as well as offering solutions based on what works.
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My most recent read: while its not relevant to antifascism specifically, it has some interesting insights into tactical defense, weaponry, etc., and also offers a balanced look at the negative aspects of policing, as well as offering solutions based on what works.
As long as those work forces etc. it’s relevant to fascism. Also connects to Foucault’s Boomerang: the methods of repression that are developed in the imperial periphery end up being used in the metropol
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Policing is a really good example of this, where we have trained the security forces of tons of different regimes. A particularly good one is how American cops go to Israel for training
Probably already been posted, but Steal This Book is very good for general knowledge. It does have some cringe shit in it (in country names, every c is replaced with a k) but also has good tips on surviving demonstrations if things go south, making safe firearms, etc.
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Probably already been posted, but Steal This Book is very good for general knowledge. It does have some cringe shit in it (in country names, every c is replaced with a k) but also has good tips on surviving demonstrations if things go south, making safe firearms, etc.
In German, many country names remain unchanged but the C's are switched for K's. The implication is that the US is a Nazi country. Again, cringe, but not entirely without a point I suppose.
In German, many country names remain unchanged but the C's are switched for K's. The implication is that the US is a Nazi country. Again, cringe, but not entirely without a point I suppose.
Found a few good books on understanding the fascist insurgents. Both this one and “Underground’s in Insurgent, Revolutionary and Resistance Warfare” talk about a lot of what we’re seeing in the current fascist groups
https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SSRN-id2911177.pdf
Great study on how extreme protest actions reduce popular support for social movements. Long story short, extreme actions are great for attracting attention to a cause, but actually decrease popular support by eroding bystanders identification with the movement
https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SSRN-id2911177.pdf
Great study on how extreme protest actions reduce popular support for social movements. Long story short, extreme actions are great for attracting attention to a cause, but actually decrease popular support by eroding bystanders identification with the movement
“How Fascism Works” was a great book. Terrifying, because of how so many aspects of fascism are actively occurring, but informative.
2 big ideas I got from the book were eroding fascist support in rural areas is imperative, as that where the majority of supporters will be, and supporting trade unions. Any union formation, protest, rally, etc, the AIF must support.
On Forming Alliances, in “The Anatomy of Fascism”
Several types of conservative complicity in fascism’s rise to power:
1. Complicity in fascist violence against the left, and double standard of judging Fascist/Left violence
2. The gift of respectability
3. Second best power sharing; better the fascists in power or coalition than the Left in power
Add that to the attainable goal of power with a mass base, and conservatives seeking to win the support of fascists, then current events are rather similar to the Nazis rise to power in 1932-1933
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What the fascists offered the conservatives in 1933 was a recipe for governing with popular support but without sharing power with the left, and without threat to conservative social/economic privileges and political dominance
Again, sound familiar?
This is a summary of the basic ideas of "Undergrounds in Insurgent, Revolutionary and Resistance Warfare." Hopefully this can provide some useful information.
“How Fascism Works” was a great book. Terrifying, because of how so many aspects of fascism are actively occurring, but informative.
2 big ideas I got from the book were eroding fascist support in rural areas is imperative, as that where the majority of supporters will be, and supporting trade unions. Any union formation, protest, rally, etc, the AIF must support.
So, all this stuff I hope to put more organized on the new public wiki, if people would like to help. The wiki's on Github, so you'll need a Github account.(edited)
alright, funni oppinion time, the whole 'Putin is just like vauldemort' is not good
i'd like to give a more interesting take, Putin reminds me more of Meursault, from the novel L'Etranger, a utterly emotionally detatched man who see's human life as completely unimportant, being worth less than dirt
he kills a man in the novel out of petty reasons and feels nothing about it
not anger, pleasure, remorse etc, although i wouldn't doubt if he felt pleasure in death
what are your thoughts?
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i am open for criticism and opinions you guys may have
No offensive, but I hate the whole "let's compare current events to Harry Potter and Star Wars" thing because it's so damn cringey. I have no issue with other valid literary criticisms though, but the Voldemort thing has become something of a meme since like 2015-16 with Trump comparisons. I probably sound like an asshole by saying this, but it's all I can think of.
Idk about L'Etanger. I don't think Putin feels nothing or is emotionally detached though. He is merely a Machiavellian politician, doing what he can to achieve wealth, power and fame at the expense of others. It is not very different from what many other world leaders have done before. Spilling blood like it's nothing just for some money or some historical claim.
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I think these types of people either keep themselves isolated from the reality of the wars they start in order to cope, like escapism, or they have some kind of sociopathy or psycopathy
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Able to feel emotions, but not able to feel true empathy for those who aren't like their immediate family
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No offensive, but I hate the whole "let's compare current events to Harry Potter and Star Wars" thing because it's so damn cringey. I have no issue with other valid literary criticisms though, but the Voldemort thing has become something of a meme since like 2015-16 with Trump comparisons. I probably sound like an asshole by saying this, but it's all I can think of.
Idk about L'Etanger. I don't think Putin feels nothing or is emotionally detached though. He is merely a Machiavellian politician, doing what he can to achieve wealth, power and fame at the expense of others. It is not very different from what many other world leaders have done before. Spilling blood like it's nothing just for some money or some historical claim.
As much as I despise JKR for being a piece of shit terf, the Voldermort comments....isn't admittedly off. Both are bald, heads of a group that commits terrorist acts on their own people, view themselves as superiors to their neighboring people (Russia vs Ukrainians, Pureblood wizards vs "Mudblood" or Wizards from otherwise normal humans.) and both are using genocide tactics but overt and subtle. Its just people forget Voldermort was based off of Hitler
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As somone who read L'Etranger, Meursault is just a jackass who needs a assbeating imo
awesome, although tbh I feel this needs to be at every anti-fasc place and adjusted for local gangs/threats too
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know Atomwuffen are a issue here in CA but trying to find them is tricky given they're online. And considering CA water situation, smoking them out of the mountains they practice in is a bad idea atm
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