Crikey Talks

Is the right side winning?

9 September 2021. 1pm AEST

Inside the world of extremist thought.

Society’s fringe dwellers are on the march. Armed by social media, private messaging apps and dog whistles from the rich and powerful, many forms of right-wing extremism are growing.

How to stop them? How do you convert a neo-Nazi, kill-off a conspiracy theory? What can authorities and concerned citizens do to make democracy more robust and resilient?

Crikey’s Peter Fray chatted with:

Former neo-Nazi Jeff Schoep, from Beyond Barriers
Lecturer in Terrorism Studies from Macquarie Uni Lise Waldek
Extremist watcher and journalist Tom Ravlic

Have we learned anything about approaches to countering extremism? Who are the most dangerous extremists? Are governments and social media platforms doing enough to counter the spread of their dangerous ideas.

For a breakdown of the highlights take a look at Charlie Lewis‘s article – Crikey Talks: Is the right side winning?

Speakers

Peter Fray

Former editor-in-chief @PeterFray

Peter is Crikey's editor-in-chief and managing editor of Private Media. He is formerly the editor-in-chief of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald, the editor of the SMH, The Sunday Age and The Canberra Times and the deputy editor of The Australian and The Sun-Herald.

Jeff Schoep

Founder of Beyond Barriers @SchoepJeff

Jeff is the Founder of Beyond Barriers, a non-profit organization committed to a new approach of countering and preventing extremism.

Lise Waldek

Lecturer in Terrorism Studies

Lise is a Lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University. She currently convenes courses on terrorism and political violence, counter terrorism, and the modern intelligence practitioner.

Tom Ravlic

Extremist watcher and journalist @TRAVLIC

Tom is an investigative journalist, author and academic with more than 22 years experience in reporting on and analysing politics and regulatory affairs.

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