Researchradicalizationwhite nationalismtelegramextremism
Active Clubs Promote Fitness-Based White Nationalism
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Researchers published in the journal Amnis in 2025 analyze 1,000 Telegram posts and internal media linked to Active Clubs, finding 187 clubs across 27 countries and 25% growth since 2023. They report the transnational network uses fitness and wellness rhetoric and decentralized training cells to normalize white-nationalist and accelerationist ideology, reframing radicalization as an everyday lifestyle and recruitment pathway.
Key Points
- 1Document Active Clubs network using 1,000 Telegram posts and internal materials, spanning 27 countries
- 2Show fusion of fitness and wellness rhetoric with white-nationalist, accelerationist ideology to normalize radicalism
- 3Warn practitioners to monitor gyms, social media, encrypted channels as vectors for recruitment
Scoring Rationale
Rigorous, peer-reviewed analysis with transnational data; limited to extremism research outside core data-science topics and audiences.
Sources
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