Helpful Links

If you want to learn more about the way in which governments, organizations, and civil society groups are combating far-right extremism online, please see the following links:

Amadeu Antonio Foundation. Established in the wake of a racially-motivated murder in Germany, this foundation encourages local projects and initiatives to strengthen democratic values.
http://www.amadeu-antonio-stiftung.de/eng/

Bundesverfassungsschutz, or BfV. (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution)  http://www.verfassungsschutz.de/en/index_en.html

Demos.  A think-tank focused on power and politics. See especially their Violence and Extremism Programme headed up by Jamie Bartlett http://www.demos.co.uk/people/jamiebartlett also The New Face of Digital Populism (free for downloading) http://demos.co.uk/publications/thenewfaceofdigitalpopulism

Mut Gegen Rechte Gewalt (Courage Against Right-Wing Violence). Sponsored by the Amadeu Antonio Foundation and Stern  magazine
http://www.mut-gegen-rechte-gewalt.de/

no-nazi.net. An online resource for teenagers on how to counter online hate. (In German) http://no-nazi.net/

Serie Neue deutsche Nazis.  A news series by the German newspaper Die Zeit on far-right and neo-Nazi activity in Germany. (In German)
http://www.zeit.de/serie/neue-deutsche-nazis

Southern Poverty Law Center
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/

Storch Heinar. A clothing company that combats hate by parodying the “Thor Steinar” clothing line, popular with members of the far-right in Germany. (“Thor Steinar” is featured in Hate 2.0”s header).
http://www.endstation-rechts.de/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=3720&Itemid=482

 

Digital History, Digital Humanities and Media Studies links:

Carleton Centre for Public History.
http://ccph.carleton.ca/

Digital Humanities Now.  For recent information and discussions on the field.   http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/

Oxford Internet Institute. Inter-disciplinary research centre devoted to studies about the Internet.
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/

Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/

Truthy.
http://truthy.indiana.edu/gallery

Voyant. A data mining tool for digital texts.
http://voyant-tools.org/

 

Notekeeping and Data Storage:

Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/

Evernote
http://evernote.com/

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