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Spencer Sunshine

Spencer Sunshine is an American writer and activist, primarily known for his writings on right-wing extremism.[1] He is an associate fellow at Political Research Associates.[2]

Life

Sunshine grew up in rural Georgia in the 1970s and 1980s, where he was threatened for having a Jewish father.[1] He has a doctorate in Sociology from the City University of New York, where he wrote a dissertation on post-1960s American anarchism.[3][1][4] He describes himself as a "libertarian socialist."[5] Sunshine's writing has prompted death threats. He does not publicly disclose where he lives.[1]

He co-organized a YIVO conference on Yiddish Anarchism in 2019.[6]

His book Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s ‘Siege’ was published by Routledge in 2024.[7]

Selected bibliography

  • Unorthodox Fascism. Taylor & Francis. 2019.
  • Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s ‘Siege’. Routledge. 2024.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Pine, Dan. "'Very fine people': Neo-Nazis are still a menace to America's future". The Jewish News of Northern California.
  2. ^ Strickland, Patrick. "'Nazis in your neighbourhood': Site maps US fascists". Al Jazeera.
  3. ^ https://search.worldcat.org/title/Post-1960-U.S.-anarchism-and-social-theory/oclc/873626873
  4. ^ Pickens, Miriam (2018-08-27). "An Anarchism of the Working-Class: A Review of Whither Anarchism?, by Kristian Williams (To the Point/AK Press, 2018), Reviewed by Miriam Pickens". The Institute for Anarchist Studies. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  5. ^ Grudo, Gideon. "A forgotten chapter: When Jewish America spoke Yiddish -- and was anarchist". The Times of Israel.
  6. ^ Silow-Carroll, Andrew. "A YIVO conference finds a new audience for Yiddish anarchism". The Times of Israel.
  7. ^ Carroll, Jordan S (October 9, 2024). "The Definitive History of Neo-Nazi Edgelords". Los Angeles Review of Books.