Far Right Extremism

The War on Terror can readily be compared to WWI.  The following analysis will compare and contrast these two important historical occurrences.  It will also examine just a few of the many consequences of both.

Ethnocentrism can be defined as an individual’s belief that an ethnic group or cultural with which they identify is superior to all others. There are many people throughout the United States that have this same belief. Whether it be racist conservatives that believe in white power or liberals that hate putting toys in happy meals (The). This is what I like to call a “Hate-first” mindset. In history there have been many group or organization with this type of mindset, such as, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, The Nazi party, Westboro Baptist Church, the list could go on and on. Many of these organizations are terror groups. Some of those groups are just hateful, arrogant, loud-mouthed people. The KKK is an example of a terrorist organization with a hate first mindset. The Alt-right is an example of a hateful, arrogant, and loud-mouthed groups. Many people believe that the Alt-right movement may be a “call-back” to the KKK. Though the KKK and the Alt-right may share some of the same ideology, I do not believe that the Alt-Right is a call back to the KKK.

On September 11th 2001, the United States was hit with a devastating blow when four commercial airplanes were hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorist who deliberately crashed two of the planes into the World Trade Center complex, and a third plane into the Pentagon. The fourth plane, headed for Washington D.C., instead crashed in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 lives were lost on this egregious day. In response, President George W. Bush waged the controversial “Global War on Terrorism” which turned out to be a self-inflicted wound for America, bleeding still today. Bush’s highly-criticized decision was inconsistent with the strategic principles of war.

On September 11, 2001, there was a terrorist attack against the United States. Hijackers flew a jetliner into each of New York’s World Trade Center towers. Simultaneously, a third jetliner crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia. Due to these horrific events, thousands of people were killed. In response to the attacks, the United States declared a “War on Terror.” However, the actions of the U.S. did not come without criticisms from the people of the nation.

So far, terrorism has been a key obstacle to many foreign nations, as they are struggling to prevent terrorist attacks. From the year of 1997 up to the year of 2003, international terrorist attacks have gone from less than 500 to almost 3000. Overall, global terrorism has grown by almost 1200% from 1997 to 2003. (Johnston 1). This massive increase in terrorism reflects on other nations' lack of control of the safety of their nation. These statistics also show that something needs to be done to protect the

A supremacist is a person who believes that he or she or their given “group” is supreme above other people. There are thousands of them in the US, they vary in state and their beliefs. There are 954 hate/supremacy groups recognized by the Southern Poverty Law Center. These hate groups range anywhere from neo-confederate to neo nazi and from white supremacy to black nationalists. Supremacy groups have caused many issues in modern day America especially in cases of racism. The issue of hate speech seems to be growing, as courts across America deal with new problems regarding the hatred of race, gender, sexuality and of country. The move to end hate speech has become large in the last few years, but as peaceful protests turn into violence, decisions

My understanding of extremism is that it’s a term used to describe the actions or ideologies of individuals or groups outside the perceived political center of a society; or otherwise claimed to violate common moral standards. In democratic societies, individuals or groups which advocate that democracy should be replaced with some kind of authoritarian regime are usually branded extremists.

My criminal Justice policy is counterterrorism against Extreme Right Terrorism groups (home grown). Extreme-Right Terrorism- “Domestic right-wing terrorist groups often adhere to the principles of racial supremacy and embrace antigovernment, antiregulatory beliefs. Generally, extremist right-wing groups engage in activity that is protected by constitutional guarantees of free speech and assembly” (Watson, 2002). The research is to focus on stopping people from joining extreme-right terror groups or becoming a “Lone Wolf terrorist”. Because my research is to prevent terrorism the key programs I want to study are the potential subject’s social environment, economic status, education and media to educate the public, better law enforcement training,

Throughout the history of the United States, many hate groups have emerged. Today, the oldest hate group, and the most well known, is the Ku Klux Klan. It was formed in 1865, and it soon turned into a strong, violent organization. Hundreds of other hate groups have been organized and remain active today. Most hate groups in the United States are anti-black, variations of the KKK, anti-Muslim, general hate, white nationalist, or “Neo-Nazi’s”. Hate groups have been involved in many criminal suits, including Brandenburg v. Ohio, National Socialist Party v. Skokie, Snyder v. Phelps, and, most recently, Matal v. Tam. All four of these cases further the idea that hate speech is protected under the First Amendment.

On September 11 2001, an attack was made on United States. Four systematic terrorist attacks were pulled off by the group al-Qaeda simultaneously bringing down the World Trade Centre in New York and damaging the Pentagon in Washington D.C. As extensive and in depth as the cause for the attack may have been, September 11 is an event that has undoubtedly left its mark in American history. A turning point, as some would call it, of the political, social, and economic systems of the United States. Quickly following the terrorist attack on 9/11, President George W. Bush called for a “war against terrorism.” Instead, what truly occurred was an act of counter terrorism. After 9/11, the political system of America took a turn for the worst;

When the September 11, 2001 attacks occurred the United States responded in a manner which was seen as a traditional reaction to such an attack; it used its overwhelming superior military to invade the nation of Afghanistan. As Afghanistan was the operating base of the terrorist group responsible for the attacks, Al Qaeda, the invasion all but destroyed the group's operating capacity. But in response to the United States' apparent victory the terrorists have re-organized themselves into a looser confederation and turned to alternative methods of finance and operation. One could say that the success of the American military's answer to the September 11th attacks have created a new environment in which terrorists currently operate. This includes the use of the internet, unconventional alliances with international criminal organizations, as well the inception of the "lone wolf" terrorist. Faced with these new type of threats, the United States and its allies must find a way to identify and deal with them.

As the aim of this thesis is to seek for the connections and structure of the online SMOs and how they are presenting themselves online to mobilize supporters, frames are a more suiting concept for this analysis. Wherein ideology as a concept can point to institutional understanding, framing can help us to see the contemporary action repertoire of these movements (Oliver). Extreme right ideology has existed for a long time in both Finland and Sweden, there is no doubt. However, it is not in the immediate interest of this research to see how the ideology evoked from the structural concerns. Many scholars have covered this area (See ), but using framing analysis to understand extreme right as a social movement can offer us something new and categorize

As a direct consequence of September 11, a number of substantial challenges lie ahead in the area of counter-terrorism..   The most prominent of these is the changing nature of the terrorism phenomenon.  In past years, when terrorism was largely the product of direct state sponsorship, policymakers were able to diminish prospects for the United States becoming a target using a combination of diplomatic and military instruments to deter potential state sponsors.  Today, however, many terrorist organizations and individuals act independently from former and present state sponsors, shifting to other sources of support, including the development of transnational networks.

The world has been changed forever since the tragic attack on September 11, 2001. An observer described the atrocity by saying, "It just went 'bam,' like a bomb went off. It was like holy hell (CNN 1). " The new world will be different from what any American has known before. A new war has arisen, not against a foreign country or a major region of the world, but rather against a select group of people who have the capabilities to destroy the lives of so many. The war against terrorism which the United States is now forced to wage will not be an easily won battle. This war will not be fought solely on scattered battlefields in certain countries. It will instead permeate through every aspect of life as we

Ever since the beginning of the terrorist attacks on American soil, the War on Terror has been involved in the lives of Americans and nations near us. The War on Terror’s background originated through conflicts between warring countries in the Middle East; U.S. involvement started when a terrorist guided plane crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 in New York City. The attack was suspected to be the work of the middle-eastern terrorist group Al-Qaeda. The U.S. military, under the leadership of then commander-in-chief George W. Bush, declared a “War on Terror” on the terrorist group and the fighting began.