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No Silver Bullets
Feb 19, 2021
De-radicalizing people from far-right ideology is a challenge humanity has seen before. How can government and others take it on now?
www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/otm/otm021921_cms1090013_pod.mp3
An Ex-Neo-Nazi on De-radicalization
Neutralizing Hateful Propaganda
Redirecting Extremism's Recruits
The Checkered History of "Deradicalization"
Militia members, white supremacists, paramilitary organizations and fervent supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump converging on the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.
( Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo )
In a reversal of the past four years, President Biden has vowed to take on the violent threat posed by the far-right. But how? On this week’s On the Media, a look at the techniques and tactics used to undermine extremism, here and abroad.
1. Brad Galloway [@bjgalloway1717], a former neo-Nazi and now case manager with Life After Hate and ExitUSA and coordinator at the Center on Hate, Bias and Extremism at Ontario Tech University, on how he and his colleagues work to get far-right extremists to accept responsibility for their choices and move beyond hate. Listen.
www.lifeafterhate.org/
www.lifeafterhate.org/exitusa
socialscienceandhumanities.ontariotechu.ca/centre-on-hate-bias-and-extremism/
2. Kurt Braddock [@kurtbraddock], professor of communications at American University, and the author of Weaponized Words: The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization, on messaging campaigns designed to neutralize rightwing propaganda, conspiracy theories, and calls to action. Listen.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/weaponized-words/639A9461172E65F653455C5F9F06731B
3. Ross Frenett [@rossfrenett], co-founder of Moonshot CVE, on redirecting people away from extremist search results online. Listen.
moonshotcve.com/
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/redirecting-extremisms-recruits-on-the-media
4. Stig Jarle Hansen [@stigjarlehansen], co-editor of the Routledge Handbook for Deradicalisation and Disengagement on the long, checkered history of global de-radicalization efforts, and Michael German [@rethinkintel], fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty & National Security Program, and author of Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How the New FBI Damages Democracy, on how the term "radical" has always swayed in the wind of power and the perils of the "de-radicalization" framing. Listen.
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Deradicalisation-and-Disengagement/Hansen-Lid/p/book/9781138229969
www.brennancenter.org/
thenewpress.com/books/disrupt-discredit-divide
WNYC Studios
Produced by WNYC Studios
Feb 19, 2021
De-radicalizing people from far-right ideology is a challenge humanity has seen before. How can government and others take it on now?
www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/otm/otm021921_cms1090013_pod.mp3
An Ex-Neo-Nazi on De-radicalization
Neutralizing Hateful Propaganda
Redirecting Extremism's Recruits
The Checkered History of "Deradicalization"
Militia members, white supremacists, paramilitary organizations and fervent supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump converging on the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.
( Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo )
In a reversal of the past four years, President Biden has vowed to take on the violent threat posed by the far-right. But how? On this week’s On the Media, a look at the techniques and tactics used to undermine extremism, here and abroad.
1. Brad Galloway [@bjgalloway1717], a former neo-Nazi and now case manager with Life After Hate and ExitUSA and coordinator at the Center on Hate, Bias and Extremism at Ontario Tech University, on how he and his colleagues work to get far-right extremists to accept responsibility for their choices and move beyond hate. Listen.
www.lifeafterhate.org/
www.lifeafterhate.org/exitusa
socialscienceandhumanities.ontariotechu.ca/centre-on-hate-bias-and-extremism/
2. Kurt Braddock [@kurtbraddock], professor of communications at American University, and the author of Weaponized Words: The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization, on messaging campaigns designed to neutralize rightwing propaganda, conspiracy theories, and calls to action. Listen.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/weaponized-words/639A9461172E65F653455C5F9F06731B
3. Ross Frenett [@rossfrenett], co-founder of Moonshot CVE, on redirecting people away from extremist search results online. Listen.
moonshotcve.com/
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/redirecting-extremisms-recruits-on-the-media
4. Stig Jarle Hansen [@stigjarlehansen], co-editor of the Routledge Handbook for Deradicalisation and Disengagement on the long, checkered history of global de-radicalization efforts, and Michael German [@rethinkintel], fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty & National Security Program, and author of Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How the New FBI Damages Democracy, on how the term "radical" has always swayed in the wind of power and the perils of the "de-radicalization" framing. Listen.
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Deradicalisation-and-Disengagement/Hansen-Lid/p/book/9781138229969
www.brennancenter.org/
thenewpress.com/books/disrupt-discredit-divide
WNYC Studios
Produced by WNYC Studios