Session Two: Extremism Realities

 Session Two: Extremism/Hate Realities

Music: "War/No More Trouble," Bono, Playing for Change, Link to Site

Essential Questions:

• Who are the active extremist/terrorist/hate groups in the US today?

• Why are individuals attracted to these groups?

•  What environments stimulate these groups? 

Rick's Rap: Homework, In the News

Speaker: Jon Lewis, Research Fellow, Project on Extremism, George Washington University

Homework

• Video, "60 in 6: Militarism in America Part 1," CBS News, 10/28/20 Link to Site

• For those with the SPLC "The Year in Hare and Extremism," read " Active Hate Groups," pp.34-47

• "For those without books, read, Frequently Asked Questions About Hate Groups," Southern Poverty Law Center,  Link to Article

• "Mainstream Presence of Proud Boys and other extreme groups creates mass radicalization fears,"PBS Newshour, 1/4/22 (start at 10:07), Link to Site

Resources:

• Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite, "Seething populist anger and lessons for U.S. in German elections," Havard Gazette, 1/6/22 Link to Site

•  Seth Jones, Catrina Doxsee, Nicholas Harrington, Grace Hwang & James Super,"The War Comes Home: The Evolution of Domestic Terrorism in the United States," Center for Strategic Studies,  October 2020 Link to Site

• video, "Documenting Hate: Charlottesville," Frontline, 8/7/18 Link to Site

• Michael J. Mooney, "The Boogaloo Bois Prepare for Civil War," The Atlantic, 1/15/21 Link to article

 • "The Decade'S Top 10 Incidents of Hate," Anti-Defamation League, Link to Site

• "A Timeline of Domestic Extremism in the US from Charlottesville to January 6," Frontline/PBS 4/21/21Linkt to Site

• Jane Lytvynenko, "The White Extremist Group Patriot Front is Preparing for a World After Donald Trump," BuzzFeed News, Link to Site

• Alejandro Beutel & Daryl Johnson, "The Three Percenters: A Look Inside an Anti-Government Militia," Start, University of Maryland, 2021 Link to article

• Michael Kenney and Colin Clarke, "What Antifa is, What It isn't, and Why It matters," War on the Rocks, 6/23/20 Link to Site

• Southern Poverty Law Center, Link to Site

• Anti Defamation League Link to Site

• George Washington University, Program on Extremism, Link to Site