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Feb 4, 2023 · Christchurch video essayist Byron C. Clark researches and exposes far-right groups and conspiracy theories after the mosque terrorist attacks in 2019. He talks about his book, his threats and his views on the far-left and the far-right.
Feb 11, 2023 · Activist and researcher Byron C Clark joins Q+A to discuss his new book on political extremists in New Zealand, Fear.Subscribe to Q+A: https://bit.ly/QandASu...
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- Defining Our Terms
- What Is Extremism?
- Need For Evidence
- Careful Coverage Needed
Some aspects of the book might have been stronger, however. In particular, there was a need for clearer definitions of key terms, and much more evidence needed for many of its claims. The author uses three important terms – alt-right, far right and extremism – in the title and throughout the book. The various groups, ideologies and individuals disc...
The author also provides no definition of “extremism”, a word used both in the book and its promotion. Government definitionsrefer to extremist movements as those seen as “objectionable”, “holding views outside the mainstream” or “seeking radical changes to society”. But liberal democracy is predicated on the tolerance of views outside the mainstre...
This lack of definition and conflation of different groups, ideologies and goals is connected to my second concern: a lack of evidence. Many chapters focus on particular movements, parties or forms of “extremism” identified by the author as present or important in New Zealand. Unfortunately, the book fails either to show the movement is present in ...
There is even less evidence provided in the following chapters on the anti-mandate Outdoors Party, the farmers movement Groundswell, and the apparent presence in New Zealand of a racist Rhodesian pride movement. Even the chapter on disinformation provides no data or evidence to support the claims made. There is a tendency to focus on fragmented evi...
Oct 14, 2021 · Byron Clark is an activist who exposes the networks of white supremacy and Hindutva in Aotearoa. He will share his insights and strategies in online events hosted by CARE, a center for culture-centered research and evaluation.
When Byron Clark’s book Fearappeared on bookshop shelves, the researcher into New Zealand’s alt-right movements left his home and his work to disappear from sight amid talk of an assassination...
Feb 15, 2023 · This must-read new book maps New Zealand's alt-right underworld and unearths the roots of the occupation that ended in a violent protest on the grounds of Parliament.
