Law & Disorder

Far-Right Extremism & White Supremacy; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Janesta Edmonds

Despite over a hundred deadly acts by far-right militants since the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, and the far right’s attempts to obstruct transfer of power to a duly elected president on January 6, the FBI continues to deprioritize investigations into white supremacist violence, instead targeting marginalized groups such as environmentalists and Black Lives Matter. In 2005, for example, the FBI labeled eco-terrorists as the top domestic threat, despite not a single fatal attack in the United States. We spend this hour in conversation with author and former FBI agent Mike German about his research and insights into organized far-right extremism.

Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is Janesta Edmonds, a Black nonbinary multi-discplinary artist whose work includes dance, performance art, analogue/multimedia collage, film, photography, poetry, ritual and magic.

Check out Janesta Edmonds website: https://janestaedmonds.wixsite.com/

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