Spencer Sunshine is an American writer and activist, primarily known for his writings on right-wing extremism.[1] He describes himself as a "libertarian socialist".[2] He is an associate fellow at Political Research Associates[3] and has written for The New Republic,[4] the Jewish Telegraphic Agency,[5] The Daily Beast[6] the Southern Poverty Law Center,[7] Fifth Estate[8] and other publications. He has a doctorate in Sociology.[1]
Sunshine grew up in rural Georgia in the 1970s and 1980s, where he was threatened for having a Jewish father.[1]
He co-organized a YIVO conference on Yiddish Anarchism in 2019.[9]
His book Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s ‘Siege’ was published by Routledge in 2024.[10]
Selected bibliography
edit- Unorthodox Fascism. Taylor & Francis. 2019.
- Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism. Routledge. 2024.
References
edit- ^ a b c https://jweekly.com/2024/09/12/very-fine-people-neo-nazis-are-still-a-menace-to-americas-future-author-says/
- ^ https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-forgotten-chapter-when-jewish-america-spoke-yiddish-and-was-anarchist/
- ^ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/2/12/fashmaps-website-tracks-neo-nazis-in-the-us
- ^ https://newrepublic.com/authors/spencer-sunshine
- ^ https://www.jta.org/author/spencer-sunshine
- ^ https://www.thedailybeast.com/amazons-still-selling-lots-of-nazi-books/
- ^ https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/03/28/how-mainstream-racist-group-revived-terroristic-tome-siege
- ^ https://www.fifthestate.org/fe_author/spencer-sunshine/
- ^ https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-yivo-conference-finds-a-new-audience-for-yiddish-anarchism/
- ^ https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-definitive-history-of-neo-nazi-edgelords/
External links
edit- I’m the Victim of a Far Right Conspiracy Theory | Super Users Short Vice video about Sunshine.