Alexander Ritzmann
@alexRitzmann
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Democracyworker / Demokratiearbeiter: Open Society/Extremism/Terrorism @FightExtremism - Views are mine.
Berlin, Deutschland
Joined June 2009
🎙️NEW EPISODE | OSINT has reshaped the fight against extremism, helping expose and inform. Yet that same open data is increasingly being weaponized by extremist actors. 🎧Listen to @CEPschindler, @alexRitzmann & guest Elena Martynova: https://t.co/pVVpvrEQBa
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🎙️New Episode of Counter Extremism Perspectives Co-hosts @CEPschindler & @alexRitzmann speak with Sean McCafferty about his research into the evolution of al-Qassam Brigades' online propaganda. 🎧 via Spotify, Apple, or on Red Circle🔴: https://t.co/u5dridoabd
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🗨️Remarks from Ms. Gabriele Scheel (@GermanyDiplo, @AuswaertigesAmt) 🖥️With presentations from: 👉Dr. Neven Vukić, @tcddublin 👉Dr. Matthias J. Becker Center for the Study of Antisemitism (CSA) @nyuniversity, et al. 👉@alexRitzmann & @CEPSchindler, @CEP_Germany/ @FightExtremism
📣Mark your calendars! The final webinar in a series on how extremists groups are strategically exploiting antisemitism, brought to you by @FightExtremism with support from @GermanyDiplo. 🗓️Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 9:00am ET 15:00 CET 📲Info & RSVP:
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Drug trafficking, firearms smuggling, and extortion? Not just criminal activities by your run-of-the-mill organized crime. Right-wing extremist organizations are in the mix. Watch @AlexRitzmann's full presentation & more, from last week's CEP webinar on the antisemitic actors x
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https://t.co/UsLxWHtFjD ▶️Die neue Neonazi-Jugend? Eine Bestandsaufnahme nach 18 Monaten "Party, Prügel und Postings" Tiefgehende CEP Germany Webinar Präsentation unser Senior Advisors Alexander Ritzmann (@alexRitzmann)
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EU report spotlights the deepening links between antisemitic narratives and extremist recruitment and features contributions from @fightextremism, Coordinated action between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers is urgently needed. Report here👇 https://t.co/pA0NqQy8Xm
home-affairs.ec.europa.eu
This edition is dedicated to exploring the multifaceted nature of antisemitism, examining its manifestations in different spheres of life, both offline and online.
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Upcoming CEP webinar brings together experts to analyze how antisemitic extremist groups utilize criminal structures & illicit economies to finance their activities, access logistics, & expand their influence. 📲More info: https://t.co/mfpVyF4ptE ✍️RSVP: https://t.co/RIoPe5KCH7
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"If active clubs are allowed to continue to operate and multiply, the likelihood for targeted political violence and terrorism by their members against supposed enemies of the ‘white race’...will increase". @alexRitzmann tells @guardian
https://t.co/8wbPxqhOVA
theguardian.com
Members of white supremacist ‘active clubs’ spearheaded a US expansion of a Russian fighting group that has raised money for the Kremlin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine
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📢@EUPreventionHub publishes timely report: "Unpacking Contemporary Antisemitism and Radicalisation" We're proud to have contributions by @CEP_Germany, @ARCHERatHouse88, @alexRitzmann, @jacekpurski included in this 2nd issue of "The Hub. Insights" 🔗 https://t.co/V7E46MqXzs
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🔽CEP-WEBINAR am 23.10.2025: "Die neue Neonazi-Jugend – Eine Bestandsaufnahme nach 18 Monaten "Party, Prügel und Postings"" Mit Vorträgen von @glr_berlin und @alexRitzmann. Moderiert von @CEPschindler. 🔽Alle Infos & RSVP: https://t.co/a4NnjjF6Yx
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Hiding in plain sight and blending combat sports culture and brotherhood to radicalize young men - see @fightextremism's resources on the Active Clubs network 👇 https://t.co/pmIuQNhUeo
counterextremism.com
Active Clubs use fitness, gyms and training sessions as recruitment gateways—wrapping white supremacist ideology in a guise of “health and discipline.” Dana Taylor for @USATODAY
https://t.co/ILr6syMjMG
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From our latest webinar | @alexRitzmann takes us through CEP's work on antisemitism and transnational extremist networks. Full presentation: https://t.co/OG2iu0ya9z Read CEP's report on antisemitism's role in the mobilization to violence: https://t.co/FobplizKsf
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To support the German foreign ministry in its efforts to increase the effectiveness of the fight against antisemitism, @FightExtremism and @ARCHERatHouse88 are working together to: 👁️ Focus on transnational organized networks; 🚫 Disrupt their activities by focusing on their
Powerful and necessary: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s vow that “antisemitism will not be tolerated even when disguised as freedom, art, culture, or science” sets a high but crucial standard. By @MathildaHeller in @Jerusalem_Post
@_FriedrichMerz
https://t.co/g2Dn4Ra7sj
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🔍Upcoming CEP Webinar examines how antisemitic actors from across the ideological spectrum interact transnationally to amplify antisemitic narratives & actions. 🗣️Remarks from Ms. Gabriele Scheel, @GermanyDiplo/ @AuswaertigesAmt 📊With presentations from @CEP_Germany/
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📢Our next @FightExtremism webinar on Sept 17: "Transnational Connections Between Antisemitic Extremist and Terrorist Actors" Supported by the German Foreign Office (@GermanyDiplo, @AuswaertigesAmt) With @CEPschindler moderating. 🔽Agenda & RSVP: https://t.co/z5Zw6FFhiU
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CEP Senior Advisor @alexRitzmann on the surge in far-right content online: These groups "pursue a sophisticated social media strategy by using youth-oriented aesthetics...and combining topics such as migration with identity and self-valorization offers."
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Das Bindeglied zwischen rechten Inhalten und sozialen Medien ist die Verschwörungserzählung. Deren Beliebtheit folgt einem klassischen Rezepts: Irgendetwas da draußen stimmt nicht und finstere...
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📢NEW Episode: The Rise of Organized Antisemitism on Campus CEP Senior Director @CEPschindler & Senior Advisor @alexRitzmann are joined by Franziska Sittig, to talk Western academia on the edge of extremism and antisemitism 🎧Listen: https://t.co/vDepXRCrdO
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CEP Senior Advisor @alexRitzmann tells @morgenpost how a neo-Nazi youth group is in crisis following state action, raids and arrests. https://t.co/408w383zYo
morgenpost.de
Die rechtsextreme DJV kämpft mit internen Konflikten und staatlichem Druck. Experte sieht sie in der Krise und erklärt, welche Rolle andere Neonazi-Gruppen für sie spielen.
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Are neo-Nazi youth groups in Germany & Poland echoing the 1990s? @fightextremism hosted and livestreamed to @ARCHERatHouse88 a webinar on the resurgence of extreme-right youth. @alexRitzmann assessed the current threat. 📺 Watch the webinar: 🔗
counterextremism.com
On July 17, 2025, CEP hosted a webinar, "Back to the 90's? New Neo-Nazi Youth Groups in Germany and Poland". CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann gave a presentation on the extreme-right (youth)...
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