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Jacob Ware on far-right terrorism in the US

This is a discussion of an interview 2024-10-01 with Jacob Ware.[1] After the interview, a video of it will be posted here followed a few days later by a 29:00 mm:ss audio file, prepared for distribution as the fortnightly "Media & Democracy" show[2] syndicated for the Pacifica Radio[3] Network of over 200 community radio stations.[4]
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Jacob Ware on far-right terrorism in the US
29:00 mm:ss extract from interview recorded 2024-10-01 with Jacob Ware on far-right terrorism in the US.

Jacob Ware[1] discusses far-right extremism in the US with Doug Samuelson[7] and Spencer Graves[8] originally produced 2024-10-01 for Radio Active Magazine[9] on KKFI, Kansas City Community Radio. This is based in part on his new (2024) book with Bruce Hoffman, God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America.[10]

Ware co-authored an op end that appeared September 17 in the Los Angeles Times claiming that, "Trump assassination attempts are just the beginning. Imagine what is coming after the election".[11] They wrote, "If Trump is elected, many expect a visceral reaction from segments of the far left, including some who may resort to violence. Trump’s election could also embolden any followers prone to violence ... against immigrants, people of color, women, LGBTQ+ people and others. If he continues to praise the Jan. 6 terrorists and even pardons those who were convicted, Trump would be inviting continued vigilantism." As President, Trump pardoned Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven, two of the leaders of the 2016 Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, of arson on federal land for fires they had set in 2001 and 2006. Another of the leaders of that occupation, Robert LaVoy Finicum, had been shot and killed by law enforcement after he reached for a handgun concealed in his pocket while vigorously trying to evade arrest. Many people living near there felt threatened by large numbers of outsiders, often dressed in military-style attire carrying firearms aggressively approaching them in local stores and asking their opinions about the Hammonds. Locals responded by calling public meetings and encouraging law enforcement to take appropriate action against the occupiers.

Ware is a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

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Internet company executives have knowingly increased political polarization and violence including the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, because doing otherwise might have reduced their profits. Documentation of this is summarized in Category:Media reform to improve democracy.

Discussion

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Notes

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jacob Ware, Wikidata Q130315296
  2. ↑ Media & Democracy, Director: Spencer Graves, Pacifica Radio, Wikidata Q127839818{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ↑ Pacifica Radio, Wikidata Q2045587
  4. ↑ List of Pacifica Radio stations and affiliates, Wikidata Q6593294
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The rules of writing from a neutral point of view citing credible sources may not be enforced on other parts of Wikiversity. However, they can facilitate dialog between people with dramatically different beliefs
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wikiversity asks contributors to assume good faith, similar to Wikipedia. The rule in Wikinews is different: Contributors there are asked to "Don't assume things; be skeptical about everything." That's wise. However, we should still treat others with respect while being skeptical.
  7. ↑ Douglas A. Samuelson, Wikidata Q89781201
  8. ↑ Spencer Graves, Wikidata Q56452480
  9. ↑ Radio Active Magazine, Presenter: Spencer Graves, KKFI, Wikidata Q57451712{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ↑ Hoffman and Ware (2024).
  11. ↑ Ware and Clarke (2024).

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