S4E17: Romantic Violence and (Anti)Racists – Arno Michaelis

Original Recording Date: 2025APR14.  Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own. ----more---- TOPICS: Guest: Arno Michaelis – filmmaker, speaker, and author of My Life After Hate and co-author of The Gift of Our Wounds. Arno WAS a founding member of what became the largest racist skinhead organization in the world and lead singer of the race-metal band Centurion. NOW, he works as an interventionist with groups such as Parents 4 Peace, helping to lead people away from all violent extremist ideologies, and to support their families. The story of extremism and “Romantic Violence”. What does it mean? Recruitment into the fold. Racism & anti-racism – two sides of the same coin. Tactics and techniques that lead to a familiar place. The battle against the narratives. Solutions. ----more---- REFERENCES / RESOURCES: Important Links: Parents 4 Peace website: https://www.parents4peace.org/ Arno on Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-neo-nazism-actually-works-former-white-supremacist-2025-3 Profiles and Social Media:  Find Arno on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arnomichaelis/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnomichaelis Parents 4 Peace on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/parents-for-peace/ X: https://x.com/parentsforpeace Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parents4peace/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parents4peace/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyAPDWKMhF_feY-vmXQhCFg