Experts on the Far Right and Extremists Movements
If you want to understand the far right, violent extremists, White Supremacists, and Christian nationalists, these are the journalists, researchers, academics, and other experts that monitor, research, and provide analysis on all the flavors of the far right and extremist movements.
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@reportbywilson.bsky.social
@jmberger.com
Scholar of extremism, dystopia (fictional and otherwise) ► EXTREMISM @mitpress http://amzn.to/2BKXLgU ► OPTIMAL: A dystopian novel http://amzn.to/3aKYZ99 ► https://www.jmberger.com/ Commission on AMZ links PhD @ Swansea University Law School
@mikesenters.bsky.social
PhD Student at Virginia Tech researching the rhetoric and aesthetics of far-right online subcultures. MILR from Cornell. LGBTQ+ Ally. Former weeb. Militant defender of Democracy. The collapse of democratic rule is the sin of every citizen!
@leahsottile.bsky.social
Books: Blazing Eye Sees All, When The Moon Turns To Blood. Podcasts: Hush, Burn Wild, Two Minutes Past Nine, Bundyville. High Country News correspondent. Subscribe to Substack. www.leahsottile.com
@floragaramvolgyi.bsky.social
investigative reporter focusing on the links between the US far-right and Europe words @guardian @CBSnews @RFERL ex Budapest send me tips: floragaramvolgyi@protonmail.com or Signal: floragaramvolgyi.77
@michellelkahn.bsky.social
Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
@joemulhall.bsky.social
Director of Research @hopenothate. Writer, historian, journalist, anti-fascist. Latest book: Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance is out now!
@wendysiegelman.bsky.social
Independent journalist covering Trmp, kleptocracy, far-right networks, OSINT, bylines Daily Beast, Guardian, Buzzfeed, Byline Times, footnote in Senate Intel Russia report, subscribe to http://NewsTRACS.com, tips: wendy@newstracs.com
@jjmacnab.bsky.social
Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism. UC Berkeley alumna. Cats are badass.
@feolski.bsky.social
Dad. Political Theorist. Writes on white nationalism, the far right, critical theory. Author: The Rage of Replacement (2024, UMN Press). Words at The Washington Post, Slate, The Guardian.
@noellecook.com
Forthcoming book: The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging (Broadleaf Books, Jan 2026) | Associate Producer, TheConspiracistsFilm.com (2024)
@www.bugbeardispatch.com
Cofounder of The Flytrap (@theflytrapmedia.bsky.social). Senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches. Former weekly columnist for openDemocracy. Ball State (BA) and Stanford (PhD) alum. Pacific Northwest via a long, weird, winding road
@julieingersoll.bsky.social
Author: "Building God's Kingdom" (OUP). I teach and write about religion, politics, violence, and the far right. Providing updates from the Florida dystopia, I'd rather be in my camper.
@ajbauer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Journalism at University of Alabama. PhD in American Studies from NYU. Researching conservative news and right-wing media. News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX). He/him.
@3r1ng.bsky.social
Social media network analysis. Digital ethnography. Formerly: Technology & Social Change Project: https://shorensteincenter.org/programs/technology-social-change/ she/her
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://sethcotlar.substack.com/
@mattgertz.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman. Find me here: http://bio.site/mattgertz
@swin24.bsky.social
senior politics reporter @ Rolling Stone magazine // co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ // adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati (go Bearcats 🐻 🐱) // volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul - Cincinnati // Rolling Stones obsessive
@jordanuhl.com
Host on TYT & co-host of The Intercept Briefing. More at: instagram.com/jordanuhl_ 🎙️: InsurgentsPod.com
@ndrew.bsky.social
Deputy Director of rapid response at Media Matters, views here are my own
@aaronwinter.bsky.social
Sociologist at Lancaster University working on Racism,Terrorism & the Far Right. Co-ed of @identitiesjournal.bsky.social. Co-author of Reactionary Democracy: How Racism & the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream (Verso) with Aurelien Mondon
@andrew-whitehead.bsky.social
IU Indianapolis sociologist studying religion, culture, politics, disability | Books on Christian Nationalism http://linktr.ee/andrewwhitehead | Substack: https://andrewwhitehead.substack.com/ | Bio: https://tinyurl.com/42wspc8m
@bphaanshuus.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary media scholar and researcher at @crexuio.bsky.social, University of Oslo. Researching right-wing extremism, antisemitism, hate speech and digital media.
@oliviainwood.com
Academic Literacy, Western Sydney University, Library | PhD Graduate UNSW | she/her | GenAI in education debates, linguistics (SFL, NLP), helping students, books Research: mis/dis info, social media www.oliviainwood.com | ORCID: 0000-0001-6678-888X
@leoniedejonge.bsky.social
Prof. of Research on Far-Right Extremism @IRex/UniTübingen; researching far-right political actors & ideologies; PhD from @Cambridge_Uni; member of DeJongeAkademie @KNAW 📚
@maureeneger.bsky.social
Political sociologist researching immigration, welfare states, (neo-)nationalism, democracy and more Associate Professor, Umeå University 2024-25 CASBS Fellow, Stanford University Incoming Associate Professor, USC https://www.maureeneger.com/
@tabouchadi.bsky.social
Professor of European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️🌈
@theondrakguy.bsky.social
Cultural intelligence, OSINT & digital policy ¦ human-digital flows; digital narratology; semantic threats; cognitohazards; extremism ¦ PhD on horror; creepypasta; digital fictions & how they shape our collective online experience.
@drkondor.bsky.social
Researching the extreme right | cultural production and aesthetics | food, music, fashion, fighting | FR in Hungary | punk rock & equal rights | proud dog mom | Senior Researcher at the Norwegian HL-Senteret | Affiliated @crexuio.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇭🇺🇧🇻
@ryanscrivens.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University; a criminologist mostly studying on- and offline behaviors and patterns of the extreme right. ryanscrivens.com
@ashkingdon.bsky.social
Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Southampton Researching all Things #OnlineExtremism #Terrorism #ClimateChange #Gaming #Ethics #VisualMethods #FarRight
@gerardagill.bsky.social
Extremism researcher, AVERT Research Network member, professional dilettante, bringing nonsense, tinsel and dirt. Twitter: @G_A_Gill
@ashkenaz89.bsky.social
Dancer. Proud Boys Subject Matter Expert. 👩💼 Applying Research to the Culture War since 2017 #nafo #fella 🇺🇦💪 Website: Proudboyswhisperer.com All my links: https://linktr.ee/samanthaqkutner (DM for Signal)
@cajohnson-craig.bsky.social
Research on the right-wing and conservative theology. Fifteen Minutes of Fascism: https://soundcloud.com/user-627234964 https://www.youtube.com/@fifteenminutesoffascism Author, How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism: https://shorturl.at/jjwZz DMs open.
@maik.machine-vs-rage.net
Head of Research on Digital Conflict Studies @idz-jena.bsky.social Research on right-wing extremism, protest, digital platforms and Greece Co-Editor of @machine-vs-rage.net
@dappergander.bsky.social
The dapperest of ducks. I mock and I know things. QAnon analysis featured in Vice, Newsweek, Daily Mail, CBS News.
@pinheiromachado.bsky.social
Professor of Global Studies, UCD 🇮🇪 | Director DeepLab labdeep.com | PI #WorkPoliticsBIP - ERC Consolidator Grantee | Far-right, digital economy, precarity | Global ethnographer 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇵🇭🇨🇳
@ozgeozduzen.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Media & Society/Research on media activism, visual politics, online radicalisation (e.g. digital racism/sexism)/She/her
@nicholaspotter.net
journalist/editor @taz.de • international correspondent: @stiftelsenexpo.bsky.social • winter 2024/25: IJP fellow at the jerusalem post • book: "judenhass underground"
@gretajasser.bsky.social
Researcher | Political Science | Researching the far-right and misogyny online | Co-founder of @theIRMS
@annelottejanse.bsky.social
Dr. | Historian of German, European, and transnational far-right extremism since 1945 | Currently also helping teachers discuss disruptive events with their pupils @ TerInfo, Utrecht University https://www.uu.nl/staff/JCJanse
@gerardomarti.bsky.social
William R Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology @ Davidson College | Race, Religion, Power, Social Change | Past Editor Soc of Rel Journal, President SSSR & ASR, Chair ASA Rel & AAR Rel and Soc Sci Unit | cv https://bit.ly/40mps8D | Schuller Bio 2025📚
@maximiliankreter.bsky.social
Researcher @hait-tud.bsky.social (Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Studies @ TU Dresden) | right-wing extremism, music, political violence, football
@gwensnyder.bsky.social
Organizer, writer, mom. Philly partisan. IIWFJU member. She/they.
@tamtagelashvili.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social / Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) @crexuio.bsky.social | studying far right in 🇬🇪&🇺🇦 | nationalism, far right, social movements, & methods and ethics
@sabinedvolk.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Institute for Research on Far-Right Extremism (IRex), University of Tübingen, Germany I Far right, populism, memory, social movements.
@scopelliti.bsky.social
Political scientist interested in Right-Wing, Euroscepticism, Populism, Text and data analytics
@madcan0.bsky.social
GNET Project Manager struggling to come to terms with using yet another social media platform | far-right, radicalisation, gender and youth | oh and also baked goods.
@clivehenry.bsky.social
phd student researching post-war fascism/history of emotions at uni of Northampton; proud enjoyer of all the musics; diy or die; new puritan est domini; shivering winner/moody brooder.
@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social
Deciphering misinformation and disinformation on Fox JulietJeske #🟦 Newsletter/Podcast at Substack http://linktr.ee/DecodingFoxNews http://decodingfoxnews.substack.com http://patreon.com/decodingfoxnews
@micheleprado.bsky.social
Baiana. 🇧🇷 Writer, independent researcher, and founder of Stop Hate Brasil. Focus: far-right radicalization, extremism and online terrorism. Fellow @sci-belfast.bsky.social
@tristanl.ee
Data scientist @bellingcat.com, interested in far-right networks and conspiracy theories
@cassiemiller.bsky.social
Senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Historian.
@jphillll.bsky.social
Earthseed | Abolition | Anti-capitalism Read my writing, if you want 👇🏻 www.jphilll.com
@travisview.bsky.social
Father. Husband. Tap water goblin. QAnon Anonymous podcast host. QAnon, conspiracy theories, disinfo, and other signs of the dystopia. Email: travis @ Qanonanonymous.com
@melissaryan.bsky.social
I want to help build a world where we can all do our work, share our stories, and live our lives free from hate, harassment, and harm. Newsletter: https://www.altrightdelete.news/ Work with me: hello@inviolablegroup.com
@andykopsa.bsky.social
Tired most of the time. May or may not be notable. Jsem farmářské dítě z Iowa nyní NYer slova: NYTimes, FP, Atlantic, Cosmo, Al Jazeera, Guardian, Playboy, etc. Iowa on the Hudson. http://linktr.ee/andykopsa Andy at Andy Kopsa dot com www.andykopsa.com
@angeladenker.bsky.social
author of DISCIPLES OF WHITE JESUS March '25 | RED STATE CHRISTIANS '22 + '19 | https://angeladenker.substack.com | mom of 2 boys | columnist @startribune | Lutheran Pastor | Here for the Truth
@fredclarkson.bsky.social
Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates. Writer about religion & politics for four decades. Author. Editor. Public speaker. Occasional commentator. Former caregiver to my late parents. Backyard denizen. Not necessarily in that order.
@drsarteschi.bsky.social
Full Professor of SW & Criminology | Extreme violence researcher. Books about #Sovereigncitizens | Support my work: https://ko-fi.com/drsarteschi | Opinions own & RPs not endorsements
@kassandraseven.bsky.social
@willallchorn.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow @ipppriataru.bsky.social, Assoc Prof @richmondunildn.bsky.social, & Gbl Far Right Co-Editor @manchesterup.bsky.social, researching Far-Right Movements and CVE Responses. https://www.aru.ac.uk/people/william-allchorn
@johnshuntington.bsky.social
Historian of 20th century U.S. politics. Author of Far-Right Vanguard: The Radical Roots of Modern Conservatism. Community college prof. Fan of soccer, baseball, and black labs. You can follow my leukemia journey here: https://johnshuntington.substack.com
@brucewilson.bsky.social
Studying, writing on, & warning about the Christian Supremacist right since 2004. Before that, in late 90s I warned of global warming. Now, I'm hunkering down to weather the storm, also scheming with the Leguminati for our eventual world conquest.
@drdrbrockman.bsky.social
PhD, Religion. Non-Resident Scholar, Baker Institute. Adjunct Lecturer, TCU, Brite. Byline @TexasObserver, others. RT =/= endorse. Ravenclaw. d.r.brockman@tcu.edu He/his
@regularpete.bsky.social
Extremism, Democracy, Peace | PERIL at American University | Punk Stuff and Cats
@wtfis2bdone.bsky.social
Prof @ U. Toronto. Political theory, postcolony, the end of days, demon sperm. utoronto.academia.edu/RuthMarshall
@cgallaher.bsky.social
Academic grumpy cat in DC. Marylander 🦀. Geographer 🌎. Research US militias, Christian Right, Northern Ireland, & #DC metro. Write 4 Political Research Associates/Public Eye, Greater Greater Washington, and Streetsense DC. Love ocean creatures 🐳🦈🐙
@willcarless.bsky.social
@derekberes.bsky.social
🎙Co-host: Conspirituality ⚕️Founder, Siris Health ✍️ Writer (bylines: Time, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, NatGeo)
@transform6789.bsky.social
political analyst & independent scholar. Author of “Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins & Afterlife of James Mason's ‘Siege’” (Routledge, 2024) www.patreon.com/spencersunshine
@benlorber8.bsky.social
Senior Research Analyst @PRAEyesRight. I write and train on antisemitism, white Christian nationalism, the MAGA Right, Israel/Palestine, Christian Zionism. Co-author Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism. benlorber.com
@grza.bsky.social
Host of the Did Nothing Wrong Podcast/Politics at the intersection of extremists, propaganda and Cold War 2.0 BJJ Faixa Preta 1 Grau Griff@didnothingwrongpod.com grzabjj on Discord www.didnothingwrongpod.com
@bjornih.bsky.social
Founder & CEO of Revontulet & The Khalifa Ihler Institute - preventing terrorism and keeping people safe by rendering extremists incapable of abusing tech to recruit, organize and coordinate attacks. Primarily operating in 🇬🇧🇳🇴🇸🇪
@mattshuham.bsky.social
Senior reporter, HuffPost national desk Member @huffpostunion.bsky.social Reach me on Signal: mattshuham.01 (don’t use a work device/network) ❁ matt.shuham@huffpost.com ❁ mattshuham@protonmail.com 📷 Victor Jeffreys II
@amycooter.bsky.social
Militia expert. Sociologist. Research Director ARC (@arcglobal) and exciting news soon Nostalgia, Nationalism & the US Militia Movement: http://tinyurl.com/yvme26ad
@kathrynajoyce.bsky.social
Investigative editor @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social & journalist covering the right. Author of The Child Catchers & Quiverfull. Writing in various places. kathrynajoyce@gmail.com Signal: kathrynajoyce.01
@awinston.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter. Criminal Justice/Privacy/XRW. Book: THE RIDERS COME OUT AT NIGHT. WIRED/Guardian/Vanity Fair/BBC/Popular Front/Rolling Stone/elsewheres https://bleeding-edge.ghost.io/ Ali.winston@protonmail.com Awinston.17 on Signal
@karma2023.bsky.social
Michael Protzman aka -48 cult researcher. Conspiracy theories/QAnon researcher.
@dianabutlerbass.bsky.social
Author - faith, culture, politics, history. Duke PhD. 11 books - 2 more on the way! Tons of bylines. The Cottage newsletter: https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com Website: www.dianabutlerbass.com. Struggling gardener, foe of Theocracy, and dog mom
@dburghart.bsky.social
Executive Director, Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. Co-author, Breaching the Mainstream. Old school anti-fascist. Hockey fan. he/him.
@jtischauser.bsky.social
I research the white power movement and far right media; member @splcunion.bsky.social; @uwsjmc.bsky.social PhD; tips at jtischauser@protonmail.com Chicago-style always and forever https://wisc.academia.edu/JeffTischauserPhD
@sjacks26.bsky.social
Researching right-wing extremism in the U.S, conspiracy theories, extremist language, etc. Professing in Albany, NY Black Lives Matter he/him My Oath Keepers book: bit.ly/2DOUuh7 CV: https://tinyurl.com/meyy6xpd
@wihorne.bsky.social
Writer. Radical. Historian at UMD. PhD in History from GW. In Case of Emergency: https://tinyurl.com/mvmrcuvk. (he/him)
@timescarcass.bsky.social
Writer, IDSGpod co-host, antifascist, Gothic Marxist. He/Him. patreon.com/jackgraham idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/author/jack
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us
@kkdumez.bsky.social
Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Next up: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
@danielharper.bsky.social
One half of the I Don't Speak German podcast. I follow white nationalist assholes so you don't have to. He/him.
@colborne.bsky.social
@bellingcat.com journalist etc focused on the transnational far right. i give trainings. i take pictures of stickers.
@seamushughes.bsky.social
I read a lot of court records because I like a good story. Won a Pulitzer that one time. “A well-known PACER watcher” - Justice Department
@jasonaw.bsky.social
I'm a reporter covering the far right. jason.a.wilson@protonmail.com Formerly @jason_a_w on twitter
@zdroberts.bsky.social
writer/photojournalist/loves movies Member: NPPA, NWU and NPC Writing: VisuNews.substack.com Portfolio: ZDRoberts.com Movie Talk: ECVPodcast.com Signal: @ZDRoberts.81
@robertpjones.bsky.social
President and founder, PRRI. NYT Bestselling author of The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future; White Too Long; The End of White Christian America. Writing at https://www.whitetoolong.net.
@rothschildmd.bsky.social
Conspiracy theory journalist, expert witness, author of JEWISH SPACE LASERS and THE STORM IS UPON US. "Little chicken-neck guy" - Alex Jones. Contact: rothschildmd@protonmail.com. Website: TheMikeRothschild.com.
@laurajedeed.bsky.social
Freelance Journalist, allegedly. She/her. Bylines: Politico, New Republic, NYMag, Rolling Stone. I have a newsletter and you should read it: https://bannedinyourstate.com/ laura.jedeed@gmail.com Signal: laurajedeed.55