Reposted by Benjamin MoffittBenjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Let's try again, and this time actually write the name of the project properly - 'Culture, Democratic Resilience & the Challenge of the New Reactionary Right'. Trump and UFC, podcast bros, Karl Stefanovic, Rebel News, Kanye West, MAGA rappers...this is going to be great. 171
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Let's try again, and this time actually write the name of the project properly - 'Culture, Democratic Resilience & the Challenge of the New Reactionary Right'. Trump and UFC, podcast bros, Karl Stefanovic, Rebel News, Kanye West, MAGA rappers...this is going to be great. 171
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am SO thrilled to have won an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship - I'll spend the next 4 years working on my project 'Culture, Democracy Resilience & the the Challenge of the New Reactionary Right' 3231
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026For anyone, like me, awaiting FT results - tomorrow was the last day of the period they said they'd announce them - it's now gone to TBC (with no explanation why or public statement that this has happened, just a little edit to the scheme calendar) 000
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153... 4834451428
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittJan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026An essay on what happened in Hungary:lrb.co.ukJan-Werner Müller · Short Cuts: Orbán’s FallCan there be poetic justice in politics? Perhaps once in a lifetime. In 1989, a young Viktor Orbán bravely told the... 15419
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittBenjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026What are the stakes for One Nation - and perhaps more importantly, the Liberals - in the byelections over the coming weeks? Zareh Ghazerian & I on the big questions facing the parties here lens.monash.edu/pauline-hans...lens.monash.eduOne Nation’s moment of truthRising polls and key byelections in Farrer and Nepean could make or break Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, and its push into the lower house. 172
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026What are the stakes for One Nation - and perhaps more importantly, the Liberals - in the byelections over the coming weeks? Zareh Ghazerian & I on the big questions facing the parties here lens.monash.edu/pauline-hans...lens.monash.eduOne Nation’s moment of truthRising polls and key byelections in Farrer and Nepean could make or break Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, and its push into the lower house. 172
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittLiam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 20/04/2026It is remarkable how reliable this is. ONP was up, and it was a question of the future of populism, now they’re down and it’s their failure, the actual government is ambiguously kind of supporting a war, there’s inflation coming, fuel prices are up, but through it all the Greens stay on 12 2163
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittJosh Holloway @jholloway.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Some of the best journalism on party finance and organisational structure I've seen in a long time. Much of it aligning with a known pattern over decades, but still interesting to see - and adds to my suspicion of PHON as a lasting force. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comPauline Hanson’s One Nation banks millions in public funding. Where does all the money go?Exclusive: Former candidates accuse party of enriching itself at their expense, while insiders lift veil on chaos in Brisbane HQ – and staffers’ contempt for rank-and-file members 02011
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13/04/2026If Matt Goodwin is speaking in Budapest, 5pm today, he has kept v quiet about being there. He posted extensively about Hungary's 2018, 2022 election results, but nothing at all on 2026 21625138
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026What a joy it was to wake up in Australia this morning to the news out of Hungary. A wonderful day for my Hungarian friends and colleagues, and a reminder for the rest of us that politics is always open and contingent, that nothing is destiny. What a great day. 0171
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittPavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The bleak trend in new openings in politics academic jobs should be clearly explained to prospective PhD applicants. Landing an academic job is much, much harder than it was a few years ago. 051
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 31/03/2026It's always good to have a target market 351254201
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittAndré Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 30/03/2026If we are lucky, Victoria might actually be able to elect a properly democratic upper house this November. Time to put old mate Glenn Druery out of business 1265
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/03/2026🚨What you won't read in the British media: on X, journalist @twelves.bsky.social has looked at Matt Goodwin's new book, Suicide of a Nation, and found that is packed full of fake quotes and material that appears to have been made up by AI.threadreaderapp.comThread by @andytwelves on Thread Reader App@andytwelves: EXC: .@GoodwinMJ’s new book “Suicide of a Nation: Immigration, Islam, Identity” is out now, and I’m only 5 chapters in and have found a huge amount of what appears to be false quotes and... 23473219
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Following the SA election, keep seeing some version of "One Nation got 22% of the total vote, but only 0 or 1 or 2 seats haha". Sure. That's the electoral system. If we had proportional rep, people would not be laughing. They also got 24% in the Upper House, where they will win probably 3 seats. 230
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittBenjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Um, the second-biggest party in the polls right now is One Nation. Populism has arguably never been as "alive" in Australia as this very moment. 3156
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Um, the second-biggest party in the polls right now is One Nation. Populism has arguably never been as "alive" in Australia as this very moment. 3156
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Clive Palmer and Ralph Babet reunited at last 010
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I keep looking at these projections thinking that the one big thing that could arrest ON's rise is seriously-well-funded community independents in the McGowan mode in every single Coalition seat. But there are real limits to waiting on one guy/organisation to fund those for the good of lib democracy 140
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittAndré Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 20/03/2026One Nation (Hansonist) One Nation (Ashbyist) One Nation (Joyceist) One Nation (Queensland) One Nation (City/Country) One Nation (MAGA) One Nation (Hansonist-Joyceist-Katterist) One Nation (Patriotic) One Nation (United Patriots) One Nation (Reform) One Nation (Parliamentary) One Nation (Bernardiist) 5245
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittAndré Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 19/03/2026If this actually happened, within a year we would have more One Nation splinter parties than there are Nepali communist parties 75212
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Anglosphere agony vs Nordic nirvana. (PS Can't believe I'd never seen this graph before, so grateful to @stephenkb.bsky.social for sharing in his fab morning newsletter (www.ft.com/inside-polit...) 1114585
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Matt Canavan elected as Nationals leader and Clive Palmer announces he will run again for Parliament. What a bumper day for right-wing populism in Australia. 162
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I know I wrote the book on populism and performance, but god, I didn't mean the performance thing literally 151
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittAnna-Sophie Heinze @asheinze.bsky.social · 02/03/2026🎉 New publication 😍 The 4th wave of the #farright is marked by #mainstreaming & #normalisation - but how can we distinguish between them? In our new article, @gefjonoff.bsky.social and I map the existing literature, introduce a conceptual framework & outline research avenues. doi.org/10.1017/S147... 316667
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Well done to Nigel Farage for convincing Matt Goodwin to run for an urban seat with a large ethnic minority population. I think we now can be sure who did the numbers for Revolt on the Right. 1030035
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittSophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 27/02/2026*deep breath* a hahah ahHahahahahHAhahahhahhhaaaaaaaaaheeheeeeee heehehe 2277495
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittAmarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 10/02/2026CALL FOR CHAPTERS! Me and @grahammacklin.bsky.social are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i... 26857
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Great piece by the two academics in Oz who knows One Nation best. I am increasingly worried that we can't assume the infighting/dysfunction will continue though - and even if it does, whether relying on this position is too passive at a time when they are soaring in the polls. 260
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I think there is something to this argument. The Greens have been almost invisible since the Federal Election in May - their return to polite 'constructive' reformism clearly isn't cutting through or working 2166
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittDuncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 04/02/2026What Sofia is too modest to explicitly say in her post below, is that - in addition to our PRR youth wings book - she has a solo one coming out with OUP in June on grassroots women in the PRR: global.oup.com/academic/pro... 15414
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittPolitical Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Are visual strategies distinctive to populism? Francesco Melito & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social examine how political parties’ comms teams strategise, based on original interviews with professionals working directly with Italian parties. Read more: buff.ly/VNboEXh @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social 1117
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 03/02/2026"The other iron law of reactionary centrism – beyond the asymmetry that is hiding behind the seeming evenhandedness – is that only the left and liberals really have agency." Brilliant column by @jwmueller-pu.bsky.socialtheguardian.comBeware of ‘anti-woke’ liberals: they attacked the left and helped Trump win | Jan-Werner MüllerSo-called ‘reactionary centrist’ pundits proclaimed that there was a global ‘vibe shift’ in favor of the right. They were wrong 16621
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 03/02/2026A correction for the ages (from The Guardian's review of 'Melania'): 191558342
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Reupping this now Bernardi has formally announced it. Seeing a lot of "hahaha this guy" in press coverage but I think unfortunately it's probably a very canny move and ON will get big numbers in the South Australian election in March. Not sure who the joke will be on then. 330
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittDuncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 03/02/2026Coming out in June. (when @casmudde.bsky.social & I will be presenting it at the @ces-europe.bsky.social conference in Dublin) 29921
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittBenjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 01/02/2026🔥 NEW ARTICLE ALERT 🔥 The five spatial political logics of populism: An analytical framework and research agenda for studying the populist politicisation of space from the local to the transnational in @bjpir.bsky.social with Benjamin de Cleen & Panos Panayotu journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comThe five spatial political logics of populism: An analytical framework and research agenda for studying the populist politicisation of space from the local to the transnational - Benjamin De Cleen, Be...How does populism interact with space? While it is increasingly acknowledged that populism operates across geographical scales from the local to the transnation... 22510
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Very good piece by Murray Goot on why compulsory voting has not 'saved' us from the rise of the far right insidestory.org.au/is-compulsor...insidestory.org.auIs compulsory voting a bulwark against parties on the extremes? • Murray GootPolls and international experience complicate the conventional wisdom 3126
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittShaun Ratcliff @shaunratcliff.bsky.social · 02/02/2026some large-sample survey work we did last year found that the best groups for One Nation were older renters, and older voters reporting high levels of financial insecurity 251
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 02/02/2026I should also note - I seriously doubt Hanson will be able to keep Joyce, Bernardi, and now possibly Antic & Giles, together & united in one party until the next election. But I also think "don't worry, they'll implode" is a risky & potentially stupid strategy to take, esp if ON polling continues 5142
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Re: Cory Bernardi joining One Nation - yes, he's a joke, but this will do the trick in terms of a) keeping the media focused on ON - and I think all this attention is helping them greatly in the polls b) adding a strong & prominent 'Christian values' face to the party 3135
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 01/02/2026🔥 NEW ARTICLE ALERT 🔥 The five spatial political logics of populism: An analytical framework and research agenda for studying the populist politicisation of space from the local to the transnational in @bjpir.bsky.social with Benjamin de Cleen & Panos Panayotu journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comThe five spatial political logics of populism: An analytical framework and research agenda for studying the populist politicisation of space from the local to the transnational - Benjamin De Cleen, Be...How does populism interact with space? While it is increasingly acknowledged that populism operates across geographical scales from the local to the transnation... 22510
Reposted by Benjamin MoffittRob Topinka @robtoes.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Part 2, on the online right, out now: “The convergence of monetary incentives with ideologically charged engagement produces a kind of ambient extremism in contemporary politics…” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHow the right won the internet | Robert TopinkaIn the second part of our series on digital politics, we look at how online provocateurs have advanced extreme political ideas – and watched them seep into the mainstream, says digital media academic ... 087
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Well it finally happened. And you can't half tell Goodwin has studied populism listening to this speech - check out the grab - "I am not part of the establishment"(!) youtu.be/OtcnYXnPyes?...youtu.beGB News presenter Matt Goodwin announced as REFORM candidate for Gorton and DentonYouTube video by The Mirror 240