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Alex Hinton

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Distinguished Prof. of #Anthropology at Rutgers & UNESCO Chair in #Genocide #Prevention / mass violence, Cambodia, #law & society, #extremism, (de)polarization, alexhinton.com / sasn.rutgers.edu/alex-hinton Twitter @AlexLHinton

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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Interviewed on #CNNInternational on the dangers of framing the #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner attack as an act of #lonewolf violence and related issues.
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CNN Newsroom - Conversation with Anthropologist Alex Hinton
YouTube video by Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences-Newark
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Interviewed on #CNNInternational on the dangers of framing the #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner attack as an act of #lonewolf violence and related issues.
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CNN Newsroom - Conversation with Anthropologist Alex Hinton
YouTube video by Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences-Newark
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
On #CPAC 26, and the #MAGA / #Trumpism political winter and possible impending demise youtube.com/shorts/xb-wE...
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Inside CPAC: Cracks in Trump’s base
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Are #Trumpism and #MAGA beginning to #decline as recent MAGA influencer infighting about #Israel and the war in #iran suggest -- or is just more wishful thinking by the left? This @us.theconversation.com essay, based on my observations at this week's #CPAC 2026, suggests the answer may be yes.
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I went to CPAC and found Trump supporters unhappy about Iran, Epstein files and the economy, even while the fans at the MAGA conference celebrate his immigration policies
Trumpism isn’t dead, as the roaring MAGA-merched crowds at CPAC make clear. But Trump is struggling through a political winter that could signal the early stages of his MAGA movement’s decline.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Are #Trumpism and #MAGA beginning to #decline as recent MAGA influencer infighting about #Israel and the war in #iran suggest -- or is just more wishful thinking by the left? This @us.theconversation.com essay, based on my observations at this week's #CPAC 2026, suggests the answer may be yes.
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I went to CPAC and found Trump supporters unhappy about Iran, Epstein files and the economy, even while the fans at the MAGA conference celebrate his immigration policies
Trumpism isn’t dead, as the roaring MAGA-merched crowds at CPAC make clear. But Trump is struggling through a political winter that could signal the early stages of his MAGA movement’s decline.
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afpeacebuilding.bsky.social @afpeacebuilding.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
AfP individual members gain access to partnerships, opportunities to strengthen their network, and increase their professional profile in the #peacebuilding field. Become an individual member today! www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/become-a-mem...
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Become a Member — Alliance for Peacebuilding
Join the world's leading peacebuilders' network. Membership with Alliance for Peacebuilding grants you or your organization access to a strategic network of the world’s leading peacebuilders, widespre...
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Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
🧵 Postdoc opportunity at McGill I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Quoted in @theguardian.com for this MAGA media article - thanks to Michael Savage for the thoughtful piece www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson and ... Liz Truss? Inside the former PM’s audition for Maga
Her delivery might be stilted – but Truss’ new YouTube show has grand ambitions: a ‘Trump revolution’ in Britain with the help of an influential US conservative ecosystem
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Yes they are two different books.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
**New Pub Unboxed!** @oxfordup.bsky.social Handbook of #TransitionalJustice 48 Chapters by Leading Scholars 6 Parts / 1154 Pages long A decade in the making Oxford Academic link in next thread
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
**New Pub Unboxed!** @oxfordup.bsky.social Handbook of #TransitionalJustice 48 Chapters by Leading Scholars 6 Parts / 1154 Pages long A decade in the making Oxford Academic link in next thread
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 20/11/2025
“MAGA without Trump would be like the tea party.” An anthropologist says that’s why the Epstein files matter so much to MAGA — they sit at the intersection of anti-elite conspiracy theories, Christian morality politics and deep loyalty to Trump. buff.ly/j7sJq5M #polisky #Trump #Epstein
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Why MAGA is so concerned with Epstein − and why the files are unlikely to dent loyalty to Trump
President Donald Trump’s base has supported him through countless controversies. But they split from him over the release of the Epstein files. Why does MAGA care so much about this issue?
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
**New Pub** on #Trump and #MAGA: a #Epstein driven split in the making? Thanks to @democracyeditor.bsky.social and @us.theconversation.com for publishing! theconversation.com/why-maga-is-...
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Why MAGA is obsessed with Epstein − and why the files are unlikely to dent loyalty to Trump
President Donald Trump’s base has supported him through countless controversies. But they split from him over the release of the Epstein files. Why does MAGA care so much about this issue?
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
**New Pub** on #Trump and #MAGA: a #Epstein driven split in the making? Thanks to @democracyeditor.bsky.social and @us.theconversation.com for publishing! theconversation.com/why-maga-is-...
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Why MAGA is obsessed with Epstein − and why the files are unlikely to dent loyalty to Trump
President Donald Trump’s base has supported him through countless controversies. But they split from him over the release of the Epstein files. Why does MAGA care so much about this issue?
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 The Hannah-Arendt Institute in Dresden is looking for an Assistant Director. (In German)
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Appreciated the chance to speak on ABC Australia TV about #Nazi symbolism controversy in US politics www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-gW...
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US Democratic Senate candidate apologises for tattoo of Nazi symbol | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Appreciated the chance to speak on ABC Australia TV about #Nazi symbolism controversy in US politics www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-gW...
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US Democratic Senate candidate apologises for tattoo of Nazi symbol | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Look forward to giving this talk tomorrow amid the fraught situation in the U.S.
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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
War crimes alert as food runs out in besieged Sudan city www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Sudan siege: War crimes alert as el-Fasher runs out of food
Evidence of the intentional targeting of civilians in el-Fasher amounts to war crimes, researchers say.
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Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jmgilligan.org · 14/10/2025
The Department of Environmental Studies at CU-Boulder is searching for a new Assistant Professor in the area of energy and environmental policy, with an emphasis on sustainability and decarbonization. #EnergySky jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Honored to give the 22nd #HugoValentin Lecture last night at the #Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on why #perpetrators kill. Great engagement from the audience and wonderful hospitality by Roland Kostic, his colleagues, and the Vice-Chancellor.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Honored to give the 22nd #HugoValentin Lecture last night at the #Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on why #perpetrators kill. Great engagement from the audience and wonderful hospitality by Roland Kostic, his colleagues, and the Vice-Chancellor.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Sadly reupping those piece
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Sadly reupping those piece
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David Broockman @dbroockman.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
UC Berkeley is hiring an Assistant Professor this fall, with a preference for candidates in International Relations, American Politics, or Public Law. I am on the committee and glad to answer questions. Please apply! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04948
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Assistant Professor - Department of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Erik Nook 🏳️‍🌈 @eriknook.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
We're hiring!!! Princeton Psych has an Assistant Prof search in cog neuro (joint with @princetonneuro.bsky.social). Apply apply apply! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Important legal analysis of The #GazaGenocide by IAGS President @drmelob.bsky.social
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
@alexhinton.bsky.social answers a question we are all bewildered by: 'Why do MAGA faithful support Trump if his ‘big beautiful bill’ will likely hurt many of them?' They see him as a divine savior 'who can help ward off the threat of radical left socialism'. #USA theconversation.com/why-do-maga-...
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Why do MAGA faithful support Trump if his ‘big beautiful bill’ will likely hurt many of them?
Trump voters still reliably back the president, believing that most of the criticism of him is fake news.
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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Out now! We look at a new #UK initiative – the Atrocity Crimes Standing Group & ask them what they plan to do to make states follow int law obligations + prevent atrocity crimes With @ewelinaochab.bsky.social @aarifabraham.bsky.social & Christine Chinkin www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
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Episode 140 – States’ Atrocity Crimes Obligations with Aarif Abraham, Christine Chinkin and Ewelina Ochab
We explore a new UK group pressurising the government to fulfil its obligations under international law to prevent atrocities. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check…
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
**NewPub** -- Why do the #MAGA faithful support #Trump when his policies – like cuts to #Medicaid -- hurt them? #CognitiveDissonance – many think he’s “Crushing It” and counterarguments are dismissed as #fakenews. Bottom line: MAGA sinks or swims with Trump. @theconversation.com
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Why do MAGA faithful support Trump if his ‘big beautiful bill’ will likely hurt many of them?
Trump voters still reliably back the president, believing that most of the criticism of him is fake news.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 25/07/2025
Columbia’s $200M deal with the Trump administration isn’t just about antisemitism — it expands federal oversight into admissions, hiring and more. We unpack the agreement in a Q&A with a #highered scholar: theconversation.com/columbias-20... #edusky
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Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s will
While Columbia University can afford to pay the government $200 million in order to unfreeze federal grants and contracts it was awarded, many other universities and colleges could not.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 24/07/2025
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” slashes Medicaid and boosts tax breaks for the wealthy, yet many of his supporters back it anyway. Why? Loyalty, identity and a deep belief that Trump alone can fix America. theconversation.com/why-do-maga-... By @alexhinton.bsky.social @rutgersupress.bsky.social
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Why do MAGA faithful support Trump if his ‘big beautiful bill’ will likely hurt many of them?
Trump voters still reliably back the president, believing that most of the criticism of him is fake news.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
**NewPub** -- Why do the #MAGA faithful support #Trump when his policies – like cuts to #Medicaid -- hurt them? #CognitiveDissonance – many think he’s “Crushing It” and counterarguments are dismissed as #fakenews. Bottom line: MAGA sinks or swims with Trump. @theconversation.com
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Why do MAGA faithful support Trump if his ‘big beautiful bill’ will likely hurt many of them?
Trump voters still reliably back the president, believing that most of the criticism of him is fake news.
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Here it is, my 234th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 234
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Now out -- "Trump orders a plan to close Education Department – an anthropologist who studies MAGA explains 4 reasons why Trump and his supporters want to eliminate it" theconversation.com/trump-orders...
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Trump orders a plan to close Education Department – an anthropologist who studies MAGA explains 4 reasons why Trump and his supporters want to eliminate it
A desire to fight ‘wokeness’ and reduce government spending are among the reasons that Trump and his supporters want to close the Education Department.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Why Trump wants to dismantle the US Dept of Education …
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Many thanks to #Jim and #Katie at #ComplexStories for their great work creating my new website! alexhinton.com
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Home - Alex Hinton
A leading expert on political violence and extremism, Dr. Alex Hinton moves from the killing fields of Cambodia to the mass rallies and grassroots gatherings
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Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences-Newark @sasn.rutgers.edu · 14/07/2025
With half of Americans viewing those on the opposite side of the political spectrum as “downright evil,” it's hardly surprising that 80% of US adults worry about political violence, notes @alexhinton.bsky.social in his piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
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Trump’s America Is a Tinderbox
Alex Hinton warns that rising extremism and weakened institutions could lay the groundwork for major political unrest.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
My @projectsyndicate.bsky.social piece on the rising threat of #PoliticalViolence in the U.S. – a #tinderbox that #Trump has greatly amplified as the “polarizer-in-chief.” The U.S. is in for a rough ride through the 2028 election. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
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Trump’s America Is a Tinderbox
Alex Hinton warns that rising extremism and weakened institutions could lay the groundwork for major political unrest.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
My @projectsyndicate.bsky.social piece on the rising threat of #PoliticalViolence in the U.S. – a #tinderbox that #Trump has greatly amplified as the “polarizer-in-chief.” The U.S. is in for a rough ride through the 2028 election. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
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Trump’s America Is a Tinderbox
Alex Hinton warns that rising extremism and weakened institutions could lay the groundwork for major political unrest.
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EASA @easainfo.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
"Violent extremists like the Minnesota shooter are not lone wolves" @alexhinton.bsky.social, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology & Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social ‬ 🔗 theconversation.com/violent-extr...
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
@alexhinton.bsky.social on the 'lone wolf' right-wing shooter myth in the #USA, & how these men are all part of 'packs' that espouse white nationalism, anti-LGBTIQ agendas, etc. A broader culture of hate that promotes violence & exclusion of 'the other'. theconversation.com/violent-extr...
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Violent extremists like the Minnesota shooter are not lone wolves
The lone wolf metaphor used to describe mass shooters misinforms views of extremists – and hampers law enforcement efforts to deter the violence.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
New pub out — sadly this point needs to be made again and again … theconversation.com/violent-extr...
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Violent extremists like the Minnesota shooter are not lone wolves
The lone wolf metaphor used to describe mass shooters misinforms views of extremists – and hampers law enforcement efforts to deter the violence.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
New pub out — sadly this point needs to be made again and again … theconversation.com/violent-extr...
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Violent extremists like the Minnesota shooter are not lone wolves
The lone wolf metaphor used to describe mass shooters misinforms views of extremists – and hampers law enforcement efforts to deter the violence.
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Yet another useful Conversation piece from @alexhinton.bsky.social, this time on 'white genocide' & its use in the USA. theconversation.com/trumps-white...
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Trump’s white genocide claims about South Africa have deep roots in American history
Trump’s claims of a white genocide happening in South Africa have been debunked by fact-checkers. But this is still the rationale for bringing white South African people to the US as refugees.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Just out – my @theconversation.com piece noting that #Trump 's remarks about #WhiteGenocide in #SouthAfrica are really about U.S. #immigration and the #GreatReplacement conspiracy theory – as well as distraction from his failures to deliver his promised #goldenage theconversation.com/trumps-white...
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Trump’s white genocide claims about South Africa have deep roots in American history
Trump’s claims of a white genocide happening in South Africa have been debunked by fact-checkers. But this is still the rationale for bringing white South African people to the US as refugees.
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Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Just out – my @theconversation.com piece noting that #Trump 's remarks about #WhiteGenocide in #SouthAfrica are really about U.S. #immigration and the #GreatReplacement conspiracy theory – as well as distraction from his failures to deliver his promised #goldenage theconversation.com/trumps-white...
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Trump’s white genocide claims about South Africa have deep roots in American history
Trump’s claims of a white genocide happening in South Africa have been debunked by fact-checkers. But this is still the rationale for bringing white South African people to the US as refugees.
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Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences-Newark @sasn.rutgers.edu · 09/05/2025
2 million people were killed by the Khmer Rouge government in Cambodia from 1975-1979. How much can we learn from genocides like Cambodia to counter such actions today? 50 years later, genocide expert @alexhinton.bsky.social talks to The Scholar's Circle: scholarscircle.org/scholars-cir...
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Scholars' Circle - Insights into Cambodian Genocide and Wiriyamu Massacre in Mozambique - April 27, 2025
April is Genocide Awareness Month, and no genocide was more devastating, more destructive and more emblematic of the demand for never again like the Cambodian Genocide. Often referring to as the “Kill...
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