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Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics @journalrep.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This week we’re highlighting one of our most popular articles from 2025, “Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming” by @georgenewth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social, and @aurelmondon.com. This article is open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming | Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | Cambridge Core

Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming - Volume 10 Issue 3

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Henry Nowak's murder leaves the Labour government with a choice: move away from its failed strategy of trying to win over Reform UK voters, or continue down a route that risks further normalisation of the far-right's divisive politics. Me, in The Conversation theconversation.com/reaction-to-...

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Reaction to Henry Nowak murder shows why the government needs to channel a real ‘common sense’

Trying to outflank Reform UK won’t work – and could just make tensions worse.

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

And yet who are “the people” according to the majority of our media?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"They had a wide range of views"

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 17/05/2026

Not to be *that* person, but constitutionally, any change to the electoral system almost certainly does need to be in a manifesto, else the Lords will block it. I do think the proposal should be for STV not SV, though.

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Policy study on countering the mainstreaming of the far right, co-authored with some wonderful colleagues 👇

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Dr. Jan Philipp Thomeczek @drphilphil.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

🚨Publication Alert🚨 Supply & Demand of Regional Populism in Bavaria: Explaining the Regional Success of the CSU & Free Voters in German Politics 📑TL;DR: Regional populism is distinct from AfD's general populism and predicts CSU/FW voting well. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... A short 🧵 1/n

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Supply and Demand of Regional Populism in Bavaria: Explaining the Regional Success of the CSU and Free Voters

This article tests the concept of regional populism to explain the electoral success of the CSU and the Free Voters in Bavaria, two parties that together have governed the state since 2018. It brid...

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

A generous, well-written, and thorough review of 'Fathers of the Lega' by @amycking.bsky.social 'Richly researched and grounded in scholarly debates [...] Newth’s book reminds us that ideological strands thought to be dormant may yet re-emerge in new contexts' www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...

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Review of Newth (2024): Fathers of the Lega: Populist Regionalism and Populist Nationalism in Historical Perspective | John Benjamins

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

My review of Yannis Stavrakakis' 'Populist Discourse: Recasting Populism Research' has been published by Perspectives on Politics. The book is a great read for anybody interested in populism, and politics in general. Review is not Open Access so let me know if you would like a copy lnkd.in/eJxRYe9E

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

This is of course the logic behind the ban. Proscribing not just a direct action protest group, but the very cause of a free Palestine itself

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Section 28 all over again. Shameful beyond belief

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Alex Heffron @alexheffron.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

They never wanted to just proscribe Palestine Action, they want to turn everyone who supports the liberation of Palestine from Zionist settler colonialism into being designated as terrorists

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Starmer legitimising the most recent far right mobilisations around Asylum Hotels is a new low, but honestly the frequency at which he sinks to new depths is breath-taking. This is why his claim to 'regret' his 'islands of strangers' comments should be immediately discarded

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

How could he, when he is parroting the same hateful rhetoric which adds fuel to the fire?

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

This comes on the same day as the Health Secretary doubles-down on a refusal to to restore doctor's pay. Whether keeping streets clean or treating patients, workers are only part of Labour's 'Working People' if they play by the rules of Securonomics www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Unite votes to suspend Angela Rayner membership over Birmingham bin strikes

Union, to which deputy PM may not belong, also votes to reconsider ties with Labour if council forces through redundancies

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Exactly. Which is why further to being an inhumane and morally bankrupt policy, it is incredibly stupid. When it fails, Reform and Farage will be able to claim they have the answer, and Starmer will inevitably lurch even further to the right... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Migrant deal will be seen as failure if numbers don't fall

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Claire Burchett @cburchett.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Happy to share my first published article based on my PhD in Party Politics with @journals.sagepub.com in open access! doi.org/10.1177/1354...

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

There is undoubtedly a lot of truth in this thread, but I would also highlight more structural problems in academic publishing. Not least gatekeeping and/or overly zealous peer-review which, in the “publish or perish” environment of neoliberal academia reinforce many academic writing norms

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

My full and final PhD thesis can now be accessed online. This is an alt format thesis that explores safety in queer spaces, LGBTQ+ experiences in women's prisons and the concept of 'queering' the prison researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/studentTh...

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The Imaginary Queer Prison: The Possibilities and Limitations of ‘Queering’ the Prison

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Dr Ella Cockbain @drellac.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Racism, misinformation and self-serving agendas are a terrible basis for child protection, victim support and justice for survivors. Important interview with @louiseraw.bsky.social for @beyondslavery.bsky.social

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Dr Beatriz Lopes Buarque @beatrizlbuarque.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Had an amazing time today discussing some of the key findings from my research project on AI and the far-right riots in the UK at #STR2025. Thanks for having me @royalholloway.bsky.social @lizzypearson.bsky.social @ashkingdon.bsky.social @socterres.bsky.social

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 05/07/2025

At Pride in London security came on stage to stop someone from waving a Palestine flag during Chaka Khan's performance on the main stage.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

27 people — including a priest, professor and health workers — were arrested today under terrorism laws. Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide. This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

An increasingly rotten society

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Know that this Home Secretary would have banned the Suffragettes. End arms sales to Israel. End the genocide. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I published a piece in @uk.theconversation.com on Starmer's use of the term 'working people', his pitting of this demographic against 'non-working people', and what this can tell us about the chaos and confusion of his Labour government's first term. See below theconversation.com/in-search-of...

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In search of Labour’s ‘working people’ – the paradox at the heart of Keir Starmer’s first year in power

The new Labour government is pitching “change” to “working people” but it needs to update its idea of who these people are.

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Mine and @k8ebrown.bsky.social's article on normalisation strategies of the far right in Italy has been assigned an issue in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social Sadly, the normalisation/legitimation strategies we identify are certainly not unique to Italian politics... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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‘Post-fascism’, or how the far right talks about itself: the 2022 Italian election campaign as a case study

While the mainstreaming of the far right is attracting growing scholarly interest based on its contemporary relevance, the role that far-right self-representation strategies play in this process ha...

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Alex Heffron @alexheffron.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

'History teaches us that restricting resistance to reactionary politics to the electoral arena is a fundamentally flawed strategy, encouraging a circumvented view of democracy which can be weaponised by the far right.' Important point from @georgenewth.bsky.social reacpol.net/far-right-ma...

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Interview: Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming (George Newth) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This interview is based on George Newth et al's article 'Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming' (2025)

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Metal Gear Summer '27 ☀️🥀☠️ @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

A man shouted Britain First as he shot an MP dead and Britain First are not proscribed.

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

The BBC cancelled another docu on a similar theme but this one from Sky can be seen and should be shared widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bycL...

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Doctors on the frontline: Victoria Rose and Tom Potokar take you inside the war in Gaza

YouTube video by Sky News

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Today I made a video on: The Return of Ethnic Cleansing in Europe Please share we all need to speak out right now. Never again is now, stand the fuck up.

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Another death knell for democracy in the UK and a further example of the Islamophobia which underpins UK anti-terror legislation. We have entered a very dark place. This is setting the ground for a far right government in the UK

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Again: one of these groups espouses very extreme views on the use of massive violence against entire civilian populations, and the other does not.

Labour Friends of Israel &
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This is the right decision and we strongly welcome it.
There must be zero tolerance for extremist violence and intimidation.

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Confirmed that ICE is staying at the Cambria Hotel in Burbank. Address: 3501 N San Fernando Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505. Phone: 818-351-7157

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

“in terms of the specific actions that I want us to take together, as I did with Giorgia Meloni, slightly more upstream with her, which is where she’s shown some success in reducing her own numbers,” This is a lie, Meloni has not achieved this at all, and Starmer keeps saying it over and over.

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

This is so, so grim. And a combination of increasingly racist immigration and citizenship laws with Starmer’s AI drive means we will see a lot more of this fascist bullshit www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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UK Home Office tells parents their children should return to Brazil alone

While Ana Luiza Cabral Gouveia and Hugo Barbosa can remain, letter says sons, 11 and eight, must go back to Brazil

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Honestly think we've reached a point where Netanyahu could order airstrikes on parts of the UK in response to the UK government calling for 'de-escalation' (whatever the fuck that means), and Starmer and Reeves would rehearse the same bullshit line of 'Israel having the right to defend herself'

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

With the increasingly toxic, racist, and highly misleading discourse on 'grooming gangs' in light of the Casey Report, it is worth reposting this (and reading any of Ella's work on this topic)

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

According to this fucked up logic, Israel cannot stop starving kids in Gaza because Iran is bombing Tel Aviv…this is not serious analysis… www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Strikes on Iran ease pressure on Israel to end starvation in Gaza

Critics of war will be more reluctant to press for its end while missiles from Tehran are killing people in Tel Aviv

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

One can only assume the reason is because he’s a massive racist! In a recent letter opposing Trump’s calls to ban foreign students from Harvard, Pinker still found room to equivocate and push the long discredited idea of race being rooted in biology…

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

This is also happening with worrying frequency. Sunak attended this conference in 2023 and spouted Great Replacement narratives amongst other racist tropes

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Keir Starmer can find billions for weapons factories, drones and a submarine but not for disability benefits or the two child limit. One more time for those at the back: Poverty Is A Political Choice.

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