Insurrectionist Cookbook: Spectacular Violence
Insurrectionist Cookbook: Spectacular Violence
A.C. Thompson joins the podcast to talk about his documentary investigating the ideology of accelerationist neo-Nazis, and violent extremists involvement the January 6th.
Episode 5: Spectacular Violence
In this episode of the podcast, a conversation with A.C. Thompson, investigative reporter for ProPublica and correspondent for PBS Frontline. Thompson joins the podcast to talk about his documentary film investigating the ideology of accelerationist neo-Nazis, and the involvement of violent extremists in the January 6th Insurrection.
Source Notes:
"Encrypted chat logs obtained by ProPublica — some 250,000 messages spanning more than six months — offer a rare window into Atomwaffen Division that goes well beyond what has surfaced elsewhere about a group whose members have been implicated in a string of violent crimes." [ProPublica] (3:00)
"What defines white supremacist accelerationists is their belief that violence is the only way to pursue their political goals. To put it most simply, accelerationists embrace terrorism." [SPLC] (5:00)
"The Boogaloo movement’s ideology is anchored in the belief that a second U.S. civil war is coming. As the Boogaloo movement is nascent and has an evolving ideology, adherents endorse a range of views." [CSIS] (5:30)
"Mason’s involvement in the neo-Nazi movement dates to the 1960s. He first published Siege as a newsletter between 1980 and 1986. The text promoted a dystopian vision of racial terrorism that elevated serial killers, mass murderers and guerrilla warfare." [SPLC] (6:45)
"While Active Clubs are not the first example of decentralized extremist networks—skinhead movements and far-right football hooliganism in Europe shared many of the same traits—the fact that the groups continue to operate in some form without their founder and leading influencer underscores the concerning evolution of fascist fight clubs." [Sports Politika] (9:15)
"Krajčík may have been helped – possibly even piloted – by an older extremist based in the US who has yet to be identified and could even now be working with a new potential attacker." [The Guardian] (10:15)
"In the aftermath of the March 2019 Christchurch attack in New Zealand, shooter Brenton Tarrant was quickly ‘sainted’ by militant accelerationist subcultures online, who depicted him in visual propaganda as a Christian saint in the style of a religious painting." [GNET] (10:30)
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