Graham Macklin
@grahammacklin.bsky.social
Historian @crexuio.bluesky.social University of Oslo. Interested in the far right, fascism & terrorism. I co-edit Routledge’s Fascism & the Far Right book series: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-Fascism-and-the-Far-Right/book-series/FFR
German man with alleged neo-Nazi links arrested over darknet assassination calls. Prosecutor says suspect ran platform with lists of politicians’ names and requests for crypto donations, to be offered as ‘bounties’.
German man with alleged neo-Nazi links arrested over darknet assassination calls
Prosecutor says suspect ran platform with lists of politicians’ names and requests for crypto donations, to be offered as ‘bounties’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
German man with alleged neo-Nazi links arrested over darknet assassination calls. Prosecutor says suspect ran platform with lists of politicians’ names and requests for crypto donations, to be offered as ‘bounties’.
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OpenAI’s Sora 2 is fueling a wave of AI-generated antisemitism. Videos denying the Holocaust and glorifying Hitler are going viral on Instagram, some racking up hundreds of thousands of likes — all with minimal safeguards in place.
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OpenAI’s Sora 2 Used To Spread Holocaust Denial and Glorify Hitler
OpenAI’s Sora 2, launched on September 30, faced backlash for generating controversial videos, including antisemitic and misogynistic content.
globalextremism.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is fueling a wave of AI-generated antisemitism. Videos denying the Holocaust and glorifying Hitler are going viral on Instagram, some racking up hundreds of thousands of likes — all with minimal safeguards in place.
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Latest from me on the Royal #Irish Constabulary commemoration fiasco a few years ago - thanks to everyone at @jich.bsky.social for their assistance.
#OpenAccess and recently published! Check out: 'Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020' by Shaun McDaid: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020
This article explores the Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration controversy of 2020. It argues that the Irish government’s attempts to separate the ‘good’ (Irish) recruits from ‘bad’ (British) rec...
doi.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Latest from me on the Royal #Irish Constabulary commemoration fiasco a few years ago - thanks to everyone at @jich.bsky.social for their assistance.
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“A Summit man, who was once accused of firing a gun during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, was taken into custody last month after he was wanted for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault in Utah.”
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Fugitive Nabbed On Kidnap, Sex Assault Charges Was Accused Of Firing Gun At Capitol Riot
Banuelos was charged last year for the Jan. 6, 2021, shooting at the U.S. Capitol riot, but charges were dropped after the Trump pardons.
patch.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“A Summit man, who was once accused of firing a gun during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, was taken into custody last month after he was wanted for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault in Utah.”
patch.com/illinois/lag...
patch.com/illinois/lag...
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#OpenAccess and recently published! Check out: 'Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020' by Shaun McDaid: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020
This article explores the Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration controversy of 2020. It argues that the Irish government’s attempts to separate the ‘good’ (Irish) recruits from ‘bad’ (British) rec...
doi.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#OpenAccess and recently published! Check out: 'Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020' by Shaun McDaid: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled.
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Brazil top-court panel majority rejects Bolsonaro's prison sentence appeal reut.rs/47N15Dk
Brazil top-court panel majority rejects Bolsonaro's prison sentence appeal
A majority of judges on a panel of Brazil's Supreme Court voted on Friday to reject former President Jair Bolsonaro's appeal challenging his 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup to remain in power after the 2022 presidential election.
reut.rs
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Brazil top-court panel majority rejects Bolsonaro's prison sentence appeal reut.rs/47N15Dk
'Violent' extremist group threatened to attack Galway mosque, court hears
Extremist group threatened to attack mosque, court hears
A "violent" right-wing extremist group threatened on video to attack a Galway mosque, IPAS centres and hotels housing migrants around Ireland, a court has heard.
www.rte.ie
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
'Violent' extremist group threatened to attack Galway mosque, court hears
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Are you studying, researching or teaching digital histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
www.history.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Are you studying, researching or teaching digital histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Tommy Robinson cleared of terror offence after not giving police access to his phone
Tommy Robinson not guilty of terror offence after not giving police access to phone
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was found not guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Tommy Robinson cleared of terror offence after not giving police access to his phone
Jewish exodus underway from Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism initiative over Tucker Carlson
Jewish exodus underway from Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism initiative over Tucker Carlson - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Project Esther, launched as a conservative strategy to fight antisemitism, appears to be unraveling after Heritage's president defended Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes...
www.jta.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Jewish exodus underway from Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism initiative over Tucker Carlson
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In Furious Minds, @lkatfield.bsky.social tells the story of the thinkers of the New Right—and their powerful assault on American freedoms, values, and ideals.
🎧📕 The #audiobook, read by the author herself, is now available.
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
#ListenUP
🎧📕 The #audiobook, read by the author herself, is now available.
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
#ListenUP
November 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In Furious Minds, @lkatfield.bsky.social tells the story of the thinkers of the New Right—and their powerful assault on American freedoms, values, and ideals.
🎧📕 The #audiobook, read by the author herself, is now available.
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
#ListenUP
🎧📕 The #audiobook, read by the author herself, is now available.
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
#ListenUP
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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
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FBI fires four more agents who investigated Trump, sources say reut.rs/3XevQfi
FBI fires four more agents who investigated Trump, sources say
The Trump administration has fired four additional FBI agents who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith's team investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
reut.rs
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
FBI fires four more agents who investigated Trump, sources say reut.rs/3XevQfi
Today in history: On Nov. 3, 1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Today in History: November 3, KKK, neo-Nazis kill five in Greensboro
1957: Sputnik 2 carries first animal into orbit 1992: Bill Clinton wins presidency 2014: One World Trade Center opens in New York
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Today in history: On Nov. 3, 1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Backstab the blue. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Backstab the blue. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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New article on violent escalation and inhibition of far protest by C-REX scholar @grahammacklin.bsky.social and colleagues!
New article on “The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves” by Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris and myself in the latest issue of “American Behavioral Scientist”:
The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves - Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris, Graham Macklin, 2025
This article examines how interactions between far-right protestors, counter-protestors and other actors, including the police, lead towards and away from viole...
journals.sagepub.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
New article on violent escalation and inhibition of far protest by C-REX scholar @grahammacklin.bsky.social and colleagues!
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New article on “The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves” by Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris and myself in the latest issue of “American Behavioral Scientist”:
The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves - Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris, Graham Macklin, 2025
This article examines how interactions between far-right protestors, counter-protestors and other actors, including the police, lead towards and away from viole...
journals.sagepub.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
New article on “The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves” by Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris and myself in the latest issue of “American Behavioral Scientist”:
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It's always nice when a physical book copy hits your hands, especially when your work is alongside so many great scholars' contributions.
www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
(Given the date, I was tempted to wear my vampire teeth, but that, uh, seemed like a mixed message)
www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
(Given the date, I was tempted to wear my vampire teeth, but that, uh, seemed like a mixed message)
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It's always nice when a physical book copy hits your hands, especially when your work is alongside so many great scholars' contributions.
www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
(Given the date, I was tempted to wear my vampire teeth, but that, uh, seemed like a mixed message)
www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
(Given the date, I was tempted to wear my vampire teeth, but that, uh, seemed like a mixed message)
New article on “The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves” by Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris and myself in the latest issue of “American Behavioral Scientist”:
The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves - Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris, Graham Macklin, 2025
This article examines how interactions between far-right protestors, counter-protestors and other actors, including the police, lead towards and away from viole...
journals.sagepub.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
New article on “The Relational Dynamics of Violence Escalation and Inhibition During Far-Right Protest Waves” by Joel Busher, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Gareth Harris and myself in the latest issue of “American Behavioral Scientist”:
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It's new article day! So excited that this piece with @luccousineau.bsky.social and @iamryanhopkins.bsky.social is out in the world. In it we work through our experiences studying the far-right & propose some ways universities can better support students.
journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
Scholar and Student Wellness while Confronting Violence and Ignorance: Can we Trust our Institutions when we are Targeted?
| Studies in Social Justice
journals.library.brocku.ca
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It's new article day! So excited that this piece with @luccousineau.bsky.social and @iamryanhopkins.bsky.social is out in the world. In it we work through our experiences studying the far-right & propose some ways universities can better support students.
journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
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🚨 New Blog Post Alert! Check out our latest piece by Daniel Nikolaj Madsen, "The Worrisome Hybridization of School Shooters and the Extreme Right." This thought-provoking article examines the alarming intersections of these critical issues. #SchoolShooters #ExtremeRight www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
The Worrisome Hybridization of School Shooters and the Extreme Right
- C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism
Recent developments suggest a deepening and more systematic convergence between school shooter culture and extreme right ideologies. These developments risk a broadening of the demographic profile, mo...
www.sv.uio.no
October 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🚨 New Blog Post Alert! Check out our latest piece by Daniel Nikolaj Madsen, "The Worrisome Hybridization of School Shooters and the Extreme Right." This thought-provoking article examines the alarming intersections of these critical issues. #SchoolShooters #ExtremeRight www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...