Militant accelerationism
Militant accelerationism or simply accelerationism is a far-right and white supremacist movement which aims to cause societal collapse and the creation of white ethnostates through the use of violence.[1] Militant accelerationists believe that modern society is irredeemable for reasons such as liberalism and multiculturalism. As such, they promote and perform acts such as terrorism, murder, assassination, and infrastructure sabotage, with the belief that such actions will help destroy the current system and allow for the creation of a new one built on white nationalism.
Origins
The term accelerationism had been used previously to refer to a group of ideologies which sought to express certain aspects of capitalism to promote radical societal change,[2] with variants differing on which aspects and if it would lead further into or away from capitalism.[3] One of its thinkers was Nick Land, who viewed capitalism as bringing about a technological singularity and who later engaged with the neoreactionary movement, rejecting egalitarianism and democracy to help achieve the singularity. Zack Beauchamp of Vox pointed to Land's shift towards neoreactionarism, along with the neoreactionary movement crossing paths with the alt-right as another fringe right-wing internet movement, as the likely connection point between militant accelerationism and the term for Land's otherwise unrelated ideas. They cited a 2018 Southern Poverty Law Center investigation which found users on the neo-Nazi blog The Right Stuff who cited neoreactionarism as an influence.[4]
The origin of the movement's ideas is attributed to Siege, a collection of essays by Neo-Nazi James Mason.[1] Benjamin Noys also compared this form of accelerationism to the strategy of tension in 1970s Italy.[5]
Acts
Mass killings
Infrastructure sabotage
Far-right accelerationists have been known to attack critical infrastructure, particularly the power grid, attempting to cause a collapse of the system or believing that 5G was causing COVID-19. Some have encouraged the promotion of 5G conspiracy theories as easier than convincing potential recruits that the Holocaust never happened.[6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Upchurch, H. E. (22 December 2021). Cruickshank, Paul; Hummel, Kristina, eds. "The Iron March Forum and the Evolution of the "Skull Mask" Neo-Fascist Network" (PDF). CTC Sentinel. West Point, New York: Combating Terrorism Center. 14 (10): 27–37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "What is accelerationism?". New Statesman. 5 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Trafford, James; Wolfendale, Peter (12 Feb 2019). "Editorial Introduction". Angelaki. 24 (1): 4–13 – via Taylor & Francis.
- ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (18 November 2019). "Accelerationism: the obscure idea inspiring white supremacist killers around the world". Vox. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 10 February 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Noys, Benjamin (14 November 2025). "The Corpse of Accelerationism - Notes - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Ebrahimji, Alisha (8 November 2024). "What is accelerationism, the White supremacist ideology promoting power station attacks". CNN. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ↑ Hummel, Kristina (23 May 2023). "The Targeting of Infrastructure by America's Violent Far-Right". Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Archived from the original on 16 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025. Unknown parameter
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