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Katy Brown

@k8ebrown.bsky.social
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Research Fellow in Language and Social Justice at Manchester Met, researching far-right mainstreaming, media and discourse. She/her www.drkatybrown.com

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 20/03/2026
🚨New policy study🚨 There must be an alternative: Against mainstream defeatism and towards the rejuvenation of the democratic public space We make seven key recommendations to turn the tide @feps-europe.eu 🧵 1/ feps-europe.eu/publication/...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 19/03/2026
I had to mention Theroux's documentary in a lecture on the role of the media in the mainstreaming of reactionary politics In particular, it struck me how it goes exactly against the recommendations @k8ebrown.bsky.social and I made in a recent chapter (in link) aurelmondon.com/2026/01/28/t...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 28/02/2026
Fantastic from @zackpolanski.bsky.social to call out the media's responsibility in the mainstreaming of far-right politics The mainstream elite (media, politicians etc) have played a key part in hyping issues that benefit the far right I explore this here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Pretty exciting delivery today - hard copies of my first book! 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Book front cover: Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics - A Practical GuideBook back cover: Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics - A Practical Guide
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Jack McGovan @jackmcgovan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
When @zackpolanski.bsky.social launched his leadership bid for the Green Party on a platform of eco-populism, I felt hopeful about politics for the first time in a while. Does his project have the legs to take on the far right? I took a closer look at the evidence for my newsletter, Sower ⬇️
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Can eco-populism help defeat the far right?
Far-right narratives have become normalised. One politician has launched a left-wing populist project in response, though not everybody necessarily agrees that it's the right way forward.
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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A political-media class capable of colluding in genocide has *already proven* itself capable of the dehumanisation of Others that can sustain fascism at home. Aimé Césaire wasn't kidding about the imperial boomerang.
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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Pivot >> Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics: A Practical Guide By Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social Free to download link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics
This book provides a practical guide to combining three diverse traditions within the field of discourse studies and Corpus Linguistics.
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
So pleased to see my first book published! 📙🥳 I look at how and why we might want to combine poststructuralist discourse theory, critical discourse studies and corpus linguistics. 👉 bit.ly/DtCdsCl @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @springernature.com
Book cover of 'Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics: A Practical Guide' by Katy Brown
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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
👏 Very important new paper on the much-debated concept of the 'cordon sanitaire'. 📖
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 21/08/2025
New article out! @luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics Read the full article, open access, here 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The pretence of the cordon sanitaire: non-collaboration as a distraction from discursive congruence
Much has been written about how mainstream parties respond to far-right challengers in liberal democracies. Whereas some mainstream parties have become more open to forming coalitions with far-righ...
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Case in point...
Picture of Macron and Starmer shaking hands with headline '50 migrants a week could be sent back France in pilot of "one in, one out" deal'
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Not so much Reform making the political weather themselves as having it made for them. All this feeds into the hype, when really the gov. is actively choosing to pursue exclusionary policies. They're not forced to by the threat of Reform & the impact is being felt now www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform's momentum is making the political weather
Nigel Farage's party has seen four recent defections from the Tories, with Labour reshaping its approach in response
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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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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🤓 Next up, @ecpr-ead.bsky.social: Rolf Frankenberger presenting some work-in-progress on our research into Everyday Extremism. Thanks to @manesweisskircher.bsky.social for chairing and @k8ebrown.bsky.social for agreeing to serve as discussant!
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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
📣Applications for the second Reactionary Politics Summer School are open📣 The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below! reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
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Summer School - Reactionary Politics Research Network
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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Every single one in this succession of grotesque, genocidal crimes against humanity was made possible by the support of politicians outside of Israel, including the current UK government.
Screenshot from BBC News, reading: Mohammed Ghareeb, a local journalist in Rafah, tells the BBC that thousands of Palestinians had gathered near a US-backed humanitarian aid distribution centre when Israeli tanks approached and opened fire on the crowd.

Ghareeb says the crowd of Palestinians had gathered near Al-Alam roundabout around 04:30 local time (02:30 BST), close to the aid centre run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, shortly before Israeli tanks appeared and opened fire.

"The dead and wounded lay on the ground for a long time," Ghareeb says.

"Rescue crews could not access the area, which is under Israeli control. This forced residents to use donkey carts to transport victims to the field hospital," he adds.
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Great interview with @georgenewth.bsky.social, explaining key points in our co-authored article with @aurelmondon.bsky.social: 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
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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
🧵THREAD: On "Populism" and the Far Right I want to highlight the excellent work of @aurelmondon.bsky.social , @k8ebrown.bsky.social and @aaronwinter.bsky.social, and then share some of my own thoughts about "populism" which partly go in a different direction (I'll do my best to outline my thoughts)
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
New @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org article out in Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics with @georgenewth.bsky.social and @aurelmondon.bsky.social: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐫-𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 Short 🧵 on the key ideas 1/
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Still time to sign up for this free @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social event!
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Fraser McQueen @frasermcqueen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
So many things people are angry about and only one that he ever 'gets'.
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Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
MCRL Symposium 2025: want to know what @manmetuni.bsky.social's #linguistics researchers have been up to over the last year? Register to come and join us on 28th May at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/linguistic...
Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics Inaugural Symposium: Linguistics in Action 
Free Face-to-Face Event 
Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics May 28th 2025 @ ManMet Business School G.26
Event outline running from 9am to event closing at 5pm.
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 14/05/2025
New article Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming, co-authored with @georgenewth.bsky.social & @k8ebrown.bsky.social We explore a ‘fifth wave’ of far-right politics in which the identities of the mainstream & far right are mutually constitutive cup.org/3YFVnzn
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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
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 14/05/2025
#OpenAccess from Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics - Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming - cup.org/3YFVnzn - @georgenewth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social #FirstView #JREP10
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 13/05/2025
I wrote about the impact of the Supreme Court judgment on our community. You can read here:
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 13/05/2025
In a speech to launch his tough new immigration plans, the prime minister parroted the right’s rhetoric.
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Keir Starmer’s immigration plans: research shows you don’t beat the far right by becoming them
In a speech to launch his tough new immigration plans, the prime minister parroted the right’s rhetoric.
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Very much recommend @aurelmondon.bsky.social's work on this: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Populism, public opinion, and the mainstreaming of the far right: The ‘immigration issue’ and the construction of a reactionary ‘people’ - Aurelien Mondon, 2025
While mainstream elite actors with the ability to shape public discourse (politicians, academics, and the media) generally oppose far-right politics, it is wide...
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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🚨 📒New article with @k8ebrown.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social! We propose a revised definition of the term ‘far right', problematise binaries between the far right & the mainstream & illustrate the ‘5th wave’ of far-right politics of this contemporary moment 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
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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Our member @k8ebrown.bsky.social reflects on Keir Starmer's embrace of far-right rhetoric on migration in @theconversation.com.
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 12/05/2025
Great analysis by @k8ebrown.bsky.social "The far right is not some threat lying waiting in the future – its normalisation is happening now" reacpol.net/starmer-immi...
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Article: Keir Starmer’s immigration plans: research shows you don’t beat the far right by becoming them (Katy Brown) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Aurelien Mondon explores whether the Labour government under Starmer can be considered far right
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Some thoughts on Starmer's speech and Labour's normalisation of far-right politics in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/keir-starmer...
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Keir Starmer’s immigration plans: research shows you don’t beat the far right by becoming them
In a speech to launch his tough new immigration plans, the prime minister parroted the right’s rhetoric.
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Illiberalism Studies Program @illsp.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
If you missed Monday's event with Katy Brown (@k8ebrown.bsky.social) on the nature of the political mainstream and its relationship to the far right, the full recording is now available on our YouTube! Check it out! @ieres-gwu.bsky.social
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What's Mainstream? Talking "With" and "About" the Far Right
YouTube video by Illiberalism Studies Program
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 02/05/2025
When you read headlines today about the "irresistible" rise of Reform, look at the turnout Reform is not popular, it's just a little less unpopular in what is a broken democracy It doesn't mean Reform is not a massive threat obviously, just don't buy the hype
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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
📢Webinar announcement📢 Our ethics of researching the far right webinar with @crexuio.bsky.social and CASEI returns on Thursday 17th April with a session on activism, knowledge production and dissemination in the study of reactionary politics. Sign up below! reacpol.net/webinar-7/
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Illiberalism Studies Program @illsp.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Join us on April 28 for a presentation from Dr. Katy Brown (@k8ebrown.bsky.social) on the political mainstream and its relationship to the far right. Register here: tinyurl.com/578vp26z
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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
💥 Extended Deadline Alert! 💥 There’s still time to submit panels and papers for the inaugural ECPR E&D Conference! We’ve curated an exceptional lineup of speakers, making it a fantastic opportunity to connect with colleagues and share your research. Don’t miss out — submit your work by 10 March!
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Stijn van Kessel @stijntvankessel.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Still a little space left in our inaugural Extremism and Democracy conference in London, please submit your proposal by 10th March (extended deadline) 👇
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This Labour gov. never fails to reach new lows. Disgusted by these raids & videos released for plaudits. Despite the impact, focus is on threat of Reform. Obviously, their growth is v. concerning, but we've got far-right politics being enacted by gov. right now and people are facing violent effects
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Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
If you like all the new op-eds on the mainstreaming of the far right by gatekeepers and big names, you should read the book ... www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 02/12/2024
Euphemisation is a key part of the mainstreaming process For years, far and extreme right politics have been described as populist, nationalist, anti-immigration etc, downplaying the threat they pose to communities and democracy As always, mainstreaming is a top-down process
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Corrected tag for this one. Sorry @k8ebrown.bsky.social meant to tag you in to this one. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...
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Episode 33 - Katy Brown and discourse analysis by Lexis
Show notes for Episode 33 Here are the show notes for Episode 33, in which Dan and Jill talk to Katy Brown from the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at University of Bath a...
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Journal of Language and Politics @jlanpol.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
💻 | BLOG WEBSITE Now we're back over here, check out our sister website where we publish blog pieces and interviews about the latest JLP articles. 👉 languageandpolitics.com
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Critical Discourse Studies @critdiscstuds.bsky.social · 16/04/2024
#OpenAccess Research Article Katy Brown & George Newth ‘Post-fascism’, or how the far right talks about itself: the 2022 Italian election campaign as a case study 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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Journal of Language and Politics @jlanpol.bsky.social · 02/04/2024
💡| RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT To kick us off on this platform, we're going to be sharing all research articles published in #JLP since the start of the academic year. Follow this thread for updates! 👉 benjamins.com/catalog/jlp
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Journal of Language and Politics
The Journal of Language and Politics (JLP) represents an interdisciplinary and critical forum for analysing and discussing the various dimensions in the interplay between language and politics. It loc...
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
⭐New article⭐   Two parts Charles Mills adaptation, one part abolition, one part rage: “Whiteness as Expertise in Studies of the Far Right.” (It's open access!)   I ask: what explains backlash to taking white supremacist violence seriously? 1/
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Whiteness as expertise in studies of the far right
This article addresses backlash from white academic gatekeepers to research on the white far right and white supremacist violence. Centrally, I interrogate how whiteness shapes the field’s response...
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The Ethics of Researching the Far & Extreme Right @ethexnetwork.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
🚨Coming out next month🚨 The ethics of researching the far right: Critical approaches and reflections Co-edited by @antoniavaughan.bsky.social, @joanbraune.bsky.social, @meghanetinsley.bsky.social and @aurelmondon.bsky.social Pre-order here 👇 1/ manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173874/
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Manchester University Press - The ethics of researching the far right
The ethics of researching the far right - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The ethics of researching the far right by .
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
Really enjoyed reading and reviewing this article by @gkatsambekis.bsky.social! Thoroughly recommend it: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
The way people were smiling and clapping while literally denying trans people's humanity... the callousness of this government and its enablers knows no bounds
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Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
Labour's key takeaway from all the vile racist stuff the Tories are doing is seriously that they're not doing a good enough job at being vile and racist. Thoroughly depressing that they're battling it out over who can be the most 'effective' at implementing deadly border policies
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