Extremism • Crikey

Yes, division is Dutton’s business model. But so is damaging national security.

Bernard Keane — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 01:58:39 +0000

Peter Dutton rarely uses the phrase social cohesion — because it's the last thing he wants. His political business model relies on division and poor national security.

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Ideological attack or deluded defence? Wieambilla ‘terrorism’ label questioned

Cam Wilson — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 01:44:53 +0000

'If this was a Salafi-Jihadist case, I don't think we'd be having a lot of these questions asked,’ said extremism expert Josh Roose.

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‘Meat suits’, Freemasons and suicide pacts: The chain reaction that set off the Wieambilla killers

Cam Wilson — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:14:36 +0000

At the Wieambilla inquest, a forensic clinical psychology traced the shadows of the Trains to find out how a tragedy like this could have been prevented.

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Do the Wieambilla attackers’ delusions complicate its classification as a terrorist attack?

Cam Wilson — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 01:58:39 +0000

These classifications can have real world legal and political ramifications.

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The corporate media is far more powerful than social media in inciting extremism

Bernard Keane — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 01:32:33 +0000

Everyone is blaming social media for a rise in extremism, but the mainstream media, with its wider reach and legitimacy, is doing more to drive extremism than the likes of Twitter.

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No, Europe’s far right has not lost momentum, two key battles don’t make a war

Benjamin Clark — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 23:18:14 +0000

Arguing in the negative in this week's Friday Fight: Crikey columnist Benjamin Clark.

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Yes, recent votes have shown us Europe’s far-right movement has lost momentum

Caitlin Powell — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 23:13:47 +0000

Arguing for the affirmative in this week's Friday Fight: freelance journalist Caitlin Powell.

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Why are Europeans — including the young — being pushed to the far right?

Matt Fitzpatrick — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 23:56:12 +0000

Young Europeans have been screaming into the void for several elections now. Is it any wonder they're rushing to vote on the fringes?

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Wieambilla shooter Gareth Train’s online history is quietly disappearing from the internet

Cam Wilson — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:41:53 +0000

Obscure websites that Gareth Train frequented claim the Wieambilla terrorist attack was a conspiracy. But his comments on their blogs have been removed.

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Bondi, Wakeley and what the ‘terrorism’ label does to us

Bernard Keane — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:19:19 +0000

Were the events at Bondi and Wakeley 'terrorism', the result of mental illness, or both? And what does it mean to decide which?

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