Robert Futrell | Source | Sociology Professor at University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)
Robert Futrell
Robert Futrell specializes in social movements and social change, environmental sociology, urban sustainability, and science and technology. His environmental scholarship focuses on sustainability, climate change, and urban life in the United States' desert Southwest. His current social movement scholarship focuses on the cultural and organizational dynamics of social movement persistence and political extremism. His co-authored book, "American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement's Hidden Spaces of Hate" (2015, Rowman & Littlefield) explains white supremacy in the U.S.
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The Michigan Militia grew out of that and became (for a time) the largest in the country.
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From memes to race war: How extremists use popular culture to lure recruits | Washington Post
It’s community and culture, more than ideology, that attracts most followers, experts say.
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Columbus Circle without Columbus? New York's statue debate hits Italian-Americans hard | Christian Science Monitor
The famous memorial, donated to the city by immigrants in 1892, the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s first voyage, has been caught up in the nationwide controversy over the meaning of history and the purpose of public monuments.
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Paramilitary movement: Welcome to the militia
We have all seen them before – armed, military-like figures like those showing up at the state capitol building this past spring to protest the pandemic lockdo
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University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)
Sociology Professor