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Imogen Richards

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
IN NEW ISSUE: How do non-party actors view far-right parties in Australia? @imogenrichards.bsky.social, Callum Jones, Jordan McSwiney & @kurtsengul.bsky.social explore perceptions & relationships within the far-right ecosystem beyond formal politics.Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/uxTW0e3 #polsky #polsci
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Far-right political parties form an integral component of the broader far-right landscape globally. While these parties have received extensive scholarly attention, less is known about how they are perceived within the wider far-right milieu – a relationship with significant implications for understanding movement-party dynamics in contemporary democracies. This article investigates the relationship between far-right political parties and the non-party sector through a mixed-methods approach, combining keyword frequency analysis, sentiment analysis, and qualitative content analysis. Drawing on large-scale data sets from Telegram, X (formerly Twitter), 8kun, and far-right alternative media outlets in Australia, we explore two key research questions: How does the non-party sector perceive far-right parties and politicians? And what role do these parties play within the broader far-right ecosystem? Our findings reveal a complex and often contradictory relationship, with non-party actors expressing views that reflect deeper ideological, organisational, and strategic divisions within far-right movements. These patterns of conditional support, strategic adaptation, and ideological tension offer insights applicable beyond Australia, contributing to theoretical understanding of how extra-parliamentary actors evaluate electoral politics across democratic settings.
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
How do non-party actors view far-right parties in Australia? @imogenrichards.bsky.social, Callum Jones, Jordan McSwiney & @kurtsengul.bsky.social explore perceptions & relationships within the far-right ecosystem beyond formal politics. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/IbeMNRL @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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The White Rose Society (Australia) @whiterosesociety.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A leader of a global satanic child abuse ring bailed. The group hasn't been named, but if it's 764, they are a proscribed terrorist group in Canada and the UK. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Bail win for alleged leader of global satanic child abuse ring
The accused head of the syndicate that allegedly includes a sports coach and former cop has been released into the community, despite concerns about potential alleged reoffending.
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The White Rose Society (Australia) @whiterosesociety.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Banning protest slogans won’t end antisemitism. We need to understand the complex forces driving it -- @imogenrichards.bsky.social theconversation.com/banning-prot...
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Banning protest slogans won’t end antisemitism. We need to understand the complex forces driving it
Antisemitism has many forms in Australia – and a diverse array of actors behind it.
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
How do non-party actors view far-right parties in Australia? @imogenrichards.bsky.social, Callum Jones, Jordan McSwiney & @kurtsengul.bsky.social explore perceptions & relationships within the far-right ecosystem beyond formal politics. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/EJKn2bX @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Got a chapter with @philofwrite.bsky.social and @aysed.bsky.social on the media and Jan 6 coverage in @imogenrichards.bsky.social’s new book. www.routledge.com/The-Far-Righ...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 29/01/2026
So pleased to have received my copy of The far right and the media, edited by @imogenrichards.bsky.social! You can order the book here: www.routledge.com/The-Far-Righ...
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
How do non-party actors view far-right parties in Australia? @imogenrichards.bsky.social, Callum Jones, Jordan McSwiney & @kurtsengul.bsky.social explore perceptions & relationships within the far-right ecosystem beyond formal politics. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/RIP41sg @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Imogen Richards @imogenrichards.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Excited to share that a new book I was fortunate to edit is now online! 📚 shorturl.at/LaKw7 'The Far Right and the Media' examines cases of reporting on the FR across Spain, Portugal, the US, UK, Aotearoa NZ, Israel & Australia. A preprint of the introduction is available here: shorturl.at/Rui7S
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(PDF) Introduction: Media, democracy, and the global rise of the far right
PDF | This introductory chapter establishes a theoretical and conceptual foundation for analysing far-right media representations across the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Resea...
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Kurt Sengul @kurtsengul.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
🚨 We have a new article out in Political Studies Will hopefully be of interest to scholars of the far-right, party politics, social movements, and anyone drawing breath really Led by the excellent Imogen Richards, & Callum Jones & with Jordan McSwiney & me journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Victoria must build 80,000 new social housing homes over the next decade just to catch up to the national average, according to new data released by housing advocates.
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Victoria facing 'human catastrophe' without social housing fix
Victoria must build 80,000 new social housing homes over the next decade just to catch up to the national average, according to new data released by housing advocates.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 11/05/2025
First white South Africans board plane for US under Trump refugee plan reut.rs/3YEFARt
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First white South Africans board plane for US under Trump refugee plan
The first white South Africans granted refugee status under a programme initiated by U.S. President Donald Trump boarded a plane to leave from the country's main international airport in Johannesburg on Sunday.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
When the vice president uses the exact same language as a white supremacist mass murderer www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I mourn for every single person slaughtered in this needless genocide, and I mourn for the souls of those in my own community who have been following Israel down into the moral abyss. Full statement on this shameful saga brought to you by the Israel lobby and gutter journalists at Murdoch 1/2
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The White Rose Society (Australia) @whiterosesociety.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
National Socialist Network leader Joel Davis has boasted that neo-Nazi news site The Noticer is "literally one of our biggest weapons." Many federal election candidates or current and former political figures have engaged with Noticer content. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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Neo-Nazis say this site is their 'biggest weapon' and candidates are spreading it
Federal election candidates and elected officials are sharing content from The Noticer, a news site regularly publishing articles promoting white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideologies.
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Clare Corbould @clarecorbould.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
making America white again (as if it ever was 🤬)
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Kurt Sengul @kurtsengul.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🚨 Very thrilled to see my latest article out in the world (open access) It looks at the far-right dating app, The Right Stuff which boasts “profiles without pronouns” and was co-founded by Trump administration AND Project 2025 alumni www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/03/2025
They're actually selling the FBI headquarters.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
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Graham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Russia-linked Telegram channels ‘offering to pay for attacks on mosques’. Campaigners say cryptocurrency payments were offered to UK residents if they daubed anti-Muslim graffiti
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Russia-linked Telegram channels ‘offering to pay for attacks on mosques’
Exclusive: Campaigners say cryptocurrency payments were offered to UK residents who daubed anti-Muslim graffiti
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 27/02/2025
Why we're suing Elon Musk's X for German election data
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Why we're suing Elon Musk's X for German election data
As part of our research agenda, we gained access to TikTok’s Virtual Compute Environment (a secure data room designed for civil society organisations in lieu of its API) and Meta’s Content Library. X, however, was not cooperative.
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 26/02/2025
Framing this article around "eating less kebabs" is really strange... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK urged to act now on net zero – and skip two kebabs’ worth of meat a week
Climate Change Committee issues advice to government on meeting carbon emissions target by 2050
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The Trump budget has passed in the House of Representatives: 💸$4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the top 1% + corporations 🪖more money for war + mass deportations 🚑$2 trillion in cuts to programs like Medicaid + food stamps This is a massive transfer of wealth from the poor to the uber-elite.
Donald Trump, Kid Rock, and Elon Musk
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Kate Burns @katerqburns.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
“The privilege of asking Trump the first question was bestowed upon none other than nepo boyfriend Brian Glenn, a “journalist” at the far-right propaganda peddler Real America’s Voice, who’s currently dating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). “ I hate this timeline
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/02/2025
Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees. ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.
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DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 26/02/2025
A potential Elon Musk "monopoly" over Australian telecommunication networks over a de facto requirement to use Starlink has senators worried, report @cameronwilson.bsky.social and Anton Nilsson.
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A Musk 'monopoly' has major party senators worried, as Greens sound alarm over billionaire's influence
The fallout of the Albanese government's plan to make telcos use satellite services has raised concerns from politicians of all stripes over whether this will entrench Elon Musk's Starlink in Australia's telecommunications network.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
"We're going to be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million, and that's going to give you green card privileges. Plus, it's going to be a route to citizenship."
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
How Dan Bongino went from InfoWars to deputy director of the FBI www.wired.com/story/dan-bo...
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How Dan Bongino Went From InfoWars to FBI Deputy Director
Dan Bongino rose through the ranks of right-wing media thanks to his unflinching loyalty to Donald Trump and willingness to push baseless conspiracies—including about the FBI.
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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
🗳️"What is the AfD? Germany’s far-right party, explained" Rolf Frankenberger and I wrote a short primer for @theconversation.com on the AfD in the run-up to the German elections on Sunday: theconversation.com/what-is-the-...
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What is the AfD? Germany’s far-right party, explained
Until recently, the far right was consistently excluded by mainstream political parties.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Looking ahead at the German elections and its likely consequences in my new op-Ed in the Guardian.
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Europe is looking to Germany for leadership – but these elections will dash its hopes again | Cas Mudde
The CDU is a big player in the European parliament, but its predicted win this Sunday won’t change Germany’s inward focus, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
An 11-year-old girl took her own life in Texas after she was tormented by classmates who threatened to call ICE and have her family deported. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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11-year-old took her own life over deportation threats, family says
‘I waited a whole week for a miracle that my daughter would be well, but unfortunately, nothing could be done’, despaired her mother
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The White Rose Society (Australia) @whiterosesociety.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
We've spent years discussing this issue, CVE and police and state deradicalisation programs do not work. We're relieved that desperate families of radicalised people are finally being heard. They need early intervention and community-based support. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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Chris fears his brother may carry out a 'lone wolf attack'. He's pleading for help
Experts and families are warning that the current system to intervene and rehabilitate people who have joined extremist groups is flawed.
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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Struggling with the concept of ‘not guilty’
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 11/02/2025
Bridget McKenzie, Moira Deeming and key News Corp figures to attend Jordan Peterson’s ‘civilisation’ conference
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Bridget McKenzie, Moira Deeming and key News Corp figures to attend Jordan Peterson’s ‘civilisation’ conference
Exclusive: Former prime minister Tony Abbott to address Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Coalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie and Victorian Liberal MP Moira…
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/02/2025
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
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Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
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Graham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Australian government imposes counter-terrorism sanctions on online neo-Nazi network Terrorgram
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Labor imposes counter-terrorism sanctions on online neo-Nazi network Terrorgram
Group calling for violent acts to destabilise society one of five listed as federal government steps up response to antisemitic attacks
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
He is on a warpath against USAID, and the cruelty it will unleash is going to be immense. USAID provides emergency aid after natural disasters, tries to improve child health and nutrition, promotes good governance, funds literacy programs and programs that empower women, works on food security, etc.
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
“A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more” www.wired.com/story/us-gov...
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US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time
A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
NIH Office of Research on Women's Health-gone. bsky.app/profile/docb... 3/x
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 01/02/2025
Leaders in the Pacific raise alarm over ‘direct impact’ of Trump’s climate retreat and aid freeze
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Leaders in the Pacific raise alarm over ‘direct impact’ of Trump’s climate retreat and aid freeze
Samoa’s prime minister says US withdrawal from Paris climate agreement is ‘very disappointing’ and puts the survival of Pacific countries at greater risk Leaders and environmental advocates in the Pacific have expressed alarm over Donald Trump’s decision…
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Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com · 01/02/2025
Trump said he hadn’t read Project 2025 – but most of his early executive actions overlap with its proposals www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/p...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 31/01/2025
It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
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Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 31/01/2025
This is a 5 alarm fire. They're going to pull down all publicly available data, studies, guidance, etc that involves LGBTQ people so when the worst happens to us, no one will know. They're actively trying to erase us. gizmodo.com/cdc-ordered-...
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CDC Ordered to Scrub Website of Words Like 'Transgender' and 'LGBT'
A CDC employee spoke with Gizmodo about the
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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