It’s Halloween, and I’ve got an episode that’s straight out of your nightmares ready today.
Because there’s nothing scarier than a true spooky story. And today, we’re breaking down something very terrifying: far-right culture.
See, there are actually secret ways these guys signal to each other that they’re part of the far-right. They also have their own in-group jokes, art, music, and day-to-day practices.
Saying or doing a lot of this stuff doesn’t inherently mean you’re part of the far-right. But if you’re part of the far right, you’re probably saying or doing some of this stuff.
Luckily, we’ve got a rosetta stone to translate it all. A new book was just published called “Contemporary Far-Right Culture: the Art, Music, and Everyday Practices of Violent extremism”
And I got my grubby little paws on it. It’s a fascinating read that tells you all about the actual culture of the far-right today, from the QAnon group chats to tradwife influencers to christgram, far-right fiction and fashwave.
Who better to help us dig into all of this than one of men who edited this new book, and another top expert on the far right.
Amarnath Amarasingam is one of the country’s top experts on extremism. He’s an associate professor at Queen’s university and is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
Our other iconic expert voice is Amy Mack. She’s a Canada Research Chair in Digital Extremism, an assistant professor in new media at the University of Lethbridge AND she’s co-director of research at the Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies.
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