This week Jeremy is joined by very special guest Dr Spencer Sunshine, author of Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason's Siege. This delightful book covers some of the lesser known movers and shakers of the Neo-Nazi movement before becoming the online terrorism-loving, capital-building storming movement we know it as today. Spencer’s book looks at James Mason’s progression through numerous Neo-Nazi groups and his connections to countercultural publishers in the music scene in the late 80’s that led to his Neo-Nazi writings getting published and spread, eventually leading to its adoption by terrorist group Atomwaffen. Jeremy and Spencer talk about the winding interactions between Nazis, Christians, Satanists, punk rockers, and of course Charles Manson. The book is fascinating and Jeremy and Spencer cover a lot of what it talks about, of course with a look at the various aspects of mental health present in writing a book like this.
You can pick up a copy of the book over at Routledge, and be sure to follow and support Spencer’s work! You can support his work directly at Patreon, find some of his writings and his other appearances posted on his website, and be sure to follow on socials with Bluesky, Instagram, and YouTube.
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