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The Write Stuff: U.S. Serial Print Culture from Conservatives out to Neo-Nazis
Insufficient scholarly attention has been devoted to alternative or
"oppositional" serials from the political right, even though a number
of scholars have used these materials as primary sources for studies in
several academic disciplines. This overview reviews some of the terms
used to describe these serials, explores the development of distinct
post???WWII right-wing ideologies, and proposes that these serials
usefully can be analyzed through a sociological lens as movement
literature that both reflects and shapes different sectors through
frames and narratives. How oppositional serials can play a role in constructing
rhetorical pipelines and echo chambers to take movement
grievances and push them into mainstream political policy initiatives
is explored. The sectors defined and examined are the secular right,
religious right, and xenophobic right. Examples from each sector are
provided, with selected periodicals highlighted in detail.published or submitted for publicatio
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On Turkish elections and the political economy of state-orchestrated violence
The results of the snap elections in Turkey have taken everybody by surprise. This is not because observers with a critical eye have failed to read the script correctly. Rather, it is because of the extent to which state-sponsored terror has proved effective in cajoling the electorate in Turkey to give their oppressors a mandate to rule in return for a ābreathing spaceā. At the end, the āus or hellā threat has worked because the āsurprisedā observers have failed to react in time to the ruthless elimination of institutional checks and balances by the ruling AKP and its president
The Supreme Court, CAFA, and \u3cem\u3eParens Patriae\u3c/em\u3e Actions: Will it be Principles or Biases?
The Supreme Court will hear a case during its 2013-2014 term that will test the principles of both its conservative and liberal wings. In Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp., Justices from each wing of the Court will be forced to choose between the modes of statutory interpretation they usually have favored in the past and their previously displayed pro-business or anti-business predispositions. The issue is whether the defendant-manufacturers can remove an action brought by a state attorney general suing as parens patriae to federal court. Beginning with their actions against tobacco manufacturers in the mid-1990s, state attorneys general often sued as parens patriae in litigation of nationwide significance. In Hood, the Supreme Court considers whether mass plaintiffsā attorneys, by partnering with state attorneys general in parens patriae actions, will be able to circumvent the requirements of the Class Action Fairness Act that allow defendants to remove class actions and other forms of mass actions to the typically more defendant-friendly confines of federal courts. Resolution will turn on the Courtās interpretation of the statutory term āmass action.ā A textualist interpretation, usually favored by Justice Scalia and his conservative colleagues, would not allow such removalāa decidedly anti-business result. At the same time, a purposive approach to interpreting the statutory provision, promoted by Justice Breyer, possibly would allow such removal. For each group of Justices, the conflict is clear: Will they follow their previously articulated principles of statutory interpretation or their ideological biases
āItās not paranoia when they are really out to get youā:the role of conspiracy theories in the context of heightened security
Conspiracy theories have been seen as important supporting components in extreme political beliefs. This paper considers conspiracy theories in the counter jihad movement, an international network combining cultural nationalism with xenophobia towards Muslims. This paper evaluates the nature of conspiracy belief through the analysis of several key texts published by counter jihad activists, and of content published on a daily basis by three core websites. The findings show the Islamisation conspiracy theory to be highly modular, with authors able to mix and match villains. The analysis of daily published content demonstrates that, at the routine level, conspiracy theory is rarely used openly as a call to action. This is in keeping with other examples of conspiracy theory in extreme right wing movements in which conspiracy is seen as justification for existing prejudices. However, the political and security context the counter jihad operates in also affords the movement opportunities to support some of their claims, often by reproducing or reinterpreting mainstream or quasi-mainstream reporting, without reverting openly to conspiracy tropes. In the case of the counter jihad movement, as well as potentially other far-right movements, conspiracy theory may be taking a back seat to a more sophisticated public relations approac
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