Articles

Here is a selection of articles from the past few years…

Selected Articles on Politics, Disinformation, and Geography

Understanding perspectives on climate hazards, water management, and adaptive transformation in an exurban community,” with Heejun Chang & Alida Cantor, Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, Vol 7 (4), 2022.

On the Diseconomy of Memes: Stonks, Crypto and the Wager Against Democracy,” with Alex Goldenberg, Lydia Stark, Jogn Farmer, Jack Donohue, Adam Sohn, Joel Finkelstein, Christian Ramos, Prassidha Sudhakar, Tayler Glover, Kiana Perth, Malav Modi, Heath Newton, Ashlyn Kofford, Mark Hopkins, NCRI, 2022.

Case Studies in the Sociology of Absence and Emergence: Anarcho-Populism in Russia and Mexico,” with Andrew R. Smolski, Javier Sethness, Theory in Action, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2022.

Urbanization and Water Governance Dynamics in Bend and Hood River, Oregon,” with Alida Cantor, Urban Cascadia and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice, Edited by Nik Janos and Corina McKendry. Seattle: WA: Washington University Press, 2021.

Modeling the system dynamics of irrigators’ resilience to climate change in a glacier-influenced watershed,” with Heejun Chang, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Vol. 66 (12), September 22, 2021, 1743-1757.

Confronting the Rise of Eco-Fascism Means Grappling with Complex Systems,” with Emmi Bevensee, Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right: Research Insight Series, Vol. 3, July 7, 2020.

Socio-hydrology with hydrosocial theory: two sides of the same coin?” with Heejun Chang, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Vol. 65 (9), May 20, 2020, 1443-1457.

Fooling the Nation: Extremism and the pro-Russia Disinformation Ecosystem,” Boundary 2 Online, Special Issue: The New Extremism, November 8, 2019.

Lessons from exits foreclosed: An Exilic Interpretation of the Mexican and Russian Revolution: 1910-1924,” with Andrew Smolski and Javier Sethness-Castro, in Capital and Class, Vol. 42 (3), 2017, 453–488.

BOOK REVIEW: “No Gods, No Masters, No Peripheries,” in Annals of the Association of American Geographers Review of Books, Vol. 5 (4), October 16, 2017, 237-239.

“‘We are the inferno’: A Conversation on the Anarchist Roots of Geography,” with Simon Springer, CrimethInc. August 10, 2017.

Linguistics of Democracy,” Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, June 5, 2017.

Decolonize Earth Day!Earth First! Journal, April 22, 2013.

Selected Articles on Fascism and the Far Right

Into the Irrational Core of Pure Violence: On the Convergence of neo-Eurasianism and the Kremlin’s War in Ukraine,” March 4, 2022

The Big Business of Uyghur Genocide Denial,” with Courtney Dobson, January 18, 2022

How the Denver Shooter’s Digital Trail Exposes the Violent Fantasies of the ‘Manosphere,'” Bellingcat, January 6, 2022

White Supremacist “Patriot Front” Rally Exposes Splits On The Far-Right,” RANTT Media, December 20, 2021

Bolsonaro And Modi Are At A COVID Crossroads,” RANTT Media, August 2, 2021

Meet ‘Leftist’ Grayzone’s New Neo-fascist Allies in Denying China’s Genocide of Uyghurs,” Haaretz, July 27, 2021

FBI Investigating Russian Diaspora Group,” The Daily Beast, June 7, 2021

“On the comparative study of denialism and conspiracy theories (Parts I, II, III),” Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right, April 13-28, 2021

These ‘Dirtbag Left’ Stars Are Flirting With the Far Right,” The Daily Beast, March 8, 2021

Inside the Alt-Right Meltdown After Failed Capitol Putsch,” The Daily Beast, January 11, 2021 

As pro-Trump Extremists Converge on D.C., Will There Be ‘Bloody Civil War’ or More Bluster?” Haaretz, January 5, 2021

Proud Boys Are at War With Their Female Extremist Wing,” The Daily Beast, December 30, 2020

Another Blow for QAnon as Voat Announces a Christmas Shutdown,” The Daily Beast, December 24, 2020

German QAnon Groups Now Claim Trump’s Election Boogeyman Is Behind Coronavirus Tests,” The Daily Beast, November 19, 2020

Zwischen Memes und Realität: Das Internet als Spielfeld für rechtsextreme Attentäter,” MDR, September 23, 2020

Conspiracy Theories by Cops Fuel Far Right Attacks Against Antiracist Protesters,” with Shane Burley, TruthOut, September 18, 2020

America’s Armed, Antisemitic Far Right Is Prepping to Defend Trump in November,” Haaretz, August 18, 2020

Portland Is Trump’s Testing Ground for Authoritarian Rule,” with Shane Burley, Haaretz, July 22, 2020

Russia’s Disinformation War on America Takes Racist Aim at Black Lives Matter,” Haaretz, June 19, 2020

Remembering Kevin Coogan,” Centre for the Analysis of the Radical Right, April 29, 2020

America’s neo-Nazi Terrorists Have a Powerful New Patron: Vladimir Putin,” Haaretz, February 2, 2020

Transnational White Terror: Exposing Atomwaffen and the Iron March Networks,” Bellingcat, December 19, 2019

After Richard Spencer’s anti-Semitic Tirade, Will the U.S. Media Now Stop Glamorizing Well-dressed White Nationalists?” Haaretz, November 6, 2019

I was the target of alt-right death threats across the internet – here’s what happened next,” with Shane Burley, The Independent, June 19, 2019

Fascism and the Far Left: A Grim Global Love Affair,” Haaretz, May 27, 2019

We built an algorithm to track bots during the European elections – what we found should scare you,” with Emmi Bevensee and Sabrina Nardin, The Independent, May 22, 2019

Die faschistische Internationale,” with Patricia Zhubi, Die Zeit, March 24, 2019

How to defeat the cretinous ‘great replacement’ theory at the heart of the Christchurch mosque attack,” with Shane Burley, The Independent, March 18, 2019

The anti-Semitism Fest Where Russian Spies, Code Pink, David Duke and the Nation of Islam Make Friends and Influence People,” Haaretz, March 10, 2019 

From Exile to Dirtbag: Edgelord geopolitics and the rise of ‘National Bolshevism’ in the U.S.,” Medium, January 20, 2019 [Translated into Portuguese at El Coyote]

Apocalypse in America: The Smell of Fascism in the pro-Trump QAnon Conspiracy,” Haaretz, January 8, 2019

Even After the FBI Declared His Proud Boys Extremists, Gavin McInnes’ ‘Hip’ Fascism Retains Its Toxic Appeal,” Haaretz, November 26, 2018

Hitler in Brasilia: The U.S. Evangelicals and Nazi Political Theory Behind Brazil’s President-in-waiting,” Haaretz, October 28, 2018 [Translated into Portuguese at El Coyote]

As the Far Right Descends on Portland, Police Target Counter-Protestors,” with Shane Burley, WagingNonviolence, August 14, 2018

A Popular Mobilization Is Forming in Portland to Stop the Growth of Hate Groups,” with Shane Burley, TruthOut, August 1, 2018.

In Portland, I Witnessed the Violence of White Pride in Trump’s America,” Haaretz, July 5, 2018

How Trump’s Foreign Policy is Making Russia Great Again,” Haaretz, June 13, 2018

How Assad’s War Crimes Bring Far Left and Right Together – Under Putin’s Benevolent Gaze,” Haaretz, April 17, 2018

A Nihilist Speaks with the Devil: Rejoinder on the 25 Theses on Fascism,” Anti-Fascist News, December 18, 2017

Slavoj Žižek: The Bannon of the Left or Trumpism Lite?” AlexanderReidRoss.info, November 28, 2017 [Translated into Portuguese at Anarkomidia]

Will the Alt Right Produce the Next Timothy McVeigh?” with Shane Burley, Alternet, November 28, 2017

White Nationalists Terrorize Houston Book Fair in Largest Show of Force Since Charlottesville,” Alternet, September 28, 2017

A Brief But Very Informative History of How Fascists Infiltrated Punk and Metal,” Vice Noisey, August 19, 2017 [Translated into French, GreekItalian]

5 Things the Mainstream Media Missed About Charlottesville,” with Shane Burley, In These Times, August 19, 2017

Has the Liberal Media Enabled a Nationwide Crackdown on Trump’s Political Enemies?” Alternet, August 18, 2017

What will it take to stop alt-right efforts to ‘unite the right?” with Shane Burley, Waging Nonviolence, August 11, 2017

Nothing New Under the Fascist Sun,” with Shane Burley, Jacobin, June 5, 2017

Trump’s Remark on Andrew Jackson Was a Dog Whistle for White Nationalists,” Truth-Out, May 10, 2017.

Egomania!: A response to my critics on the post-left,” Anti-Fascist News, April 5, 2017.

The Left-Overs: How Fascists Court the Post-Left,” Anti-Fascist News, March 29, 2017

Beyond the Acid-Filled Jacuzzi: The Sinister Truths About Bannon’s Fascism,”  Truth-Out, March 15, 2017

Antifa Worldwide: A Brief History of International Anti-Fascism,” Anti-Fascist News, February 13, 2017

Responding to the Fascist Creep: An Interview with Alexander Reid Ross,” Anti-Fascist News, January 23, 2017

Fascism, SB-1070, and the Arizonafication of the US,” Truth-Out, December 31, 2016

With Enemies at the Gate,” with Shane Burley, Gods and Radicals, December 7, 2016

Trump’s First Hundred Days and the Fascist Agenda,” Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, November 21, 2016

The Campaign to Save Pepe the Frog,” with Shane Burley, ThinkProgress, November 4, 2016

How the Alt Right is trying to create a ‘safe space’ for racism on college campuses,” with Shane Burley, Waging Non-Violence, October 6, 2016

Death to the Klan and Armed Antifascist Community Defense in the US,” It’s Going Down, June 26, 2016

How Students for Trump Terrorized Portland State University,” with Shane Burley, ThinkProgress, June 9, 2016

Trumpism,” It’s Going Down, 2016

Unhinged in Burns: Inside the Malheur Rebellion,” with Ben Jones, CounterPunch, January 8, 2016

About Schmidt: How a White Nationalist Seduced Anarchists Around the World,” with Joshua Stephens, Medium, 2015