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Aurelien Mondon

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Researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social Reactionary Democracy w. @aaronwinter.bsky.social and co-editor of The Ethics of Researching the Far Right Full profile: https://shorturl.at/CiYKm .. more

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hello new followers!

I research the mainstreaming of reactionary politics which informs much of my presence here

Below are some publications which might be of interest

A full list can be found here:

researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/a...

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 6h

No doubt this de-banking will also be splashed across the front pages of every single newspaper in the country and lead BBC bulletins for weeks on end too? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation

John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society

www.theguardian.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 7h

At a raid on the drop-off line at a local elementary school, hundreds of parents had ICE surrounded within three minutes. ICE gave up and fled.

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 7h

📣New Interview📣

'Neoliberal ideology builds the structure, the structure rewards domination, and from that, both misogyny and microfascism take root.'

@imrobwalker.bsky.social and Kay Sidebottom discuss neoliberalism, microfascism, and misogyny in classroom settings.

reacpol.net/misogyny-fas...

Interview: If you tolerate mis(ogyny), then fascisms will be next (Rob Walker) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This interview is based on Rob Walker and Kay Sidebottom's article 'If you tolerate mis(ogyny), then fascisms will be next: rewriting the classroom script through affirmative ethics' (2025)

reacpol.net

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 8h

Sure but isn't global heating a fair price to pay for us to have ChatGPT erotica and other kinds of AI slop to fry our brains while the world burn?

Just asking questions...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

www.theguardian.com

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 9h

Not once have I seen an explanation for why teenagers must hear things that upset them in virtue of the unspecified speech-acts being upsetting, nor have I ever seen an explanation for why teenagers will be forbidden to express displeasure with upsetting things.

William Hague: Why I’ll banish ‘safe spaces’ at Oxford
The new chancellor tells Cheltenham Literature Festival that there will be no ‘cancel culture’ and students should expect to hear things that upset them
October 14 2025, The Times
The new chancellor of Oxford University has said there will be no safe spaces for students and warned would-be undergraduates that they will “hear things that will upset and offend them”.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Border failings in Europe are eroding trust in nation states, warns Mahmood

Home secretary to tell meeting of interior ministers that international cooperation is way to curb irregular migration The failure to bring order to European borders is eroding trust in politicians and the concept of nation states, Shabana Mahmood will warn. As she hosts a meeting of fellow interior ministers to discuss migration routes through the western Balkans on Tuesday, the home secretary will say that international cooperation is the way to curb irregular migration. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 1d

The direct result of the "cancel culture"/"free speech" panic orchestrated by the reactionary elite has been their emboldening and willingness to push ever more authoritarian politics

Congrats to all the mainstream actors who helped make this a reality...

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 1d

It’s almost like billionaires and strong vibrant institutions of civil society can’t coexist

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d

I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 1d

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 1d

Ironic isn't it?

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 1d

It is humbling to think of how much power we have to be able to cancel reactionaries

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 1d

Who could have guessed that demonising trans people would impact on their rights?

The moral panic was never about 'legitimate concerns' or protecting women or children, it was always about vilification, oppression and the mainstreaming of reactionary politics
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Trans people at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces, rights expert says

Council of Europe commissioner voices concerns after April’s supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman

www.theguardian.com

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 1d

The English version can be found here:

reacpol.net/on-reactiona...

Article: On reactionary politics (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This article by Aurelien Mondon explores the meaning of reactionary politics and its use in our current context

reacpol.net

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 1d

Pourquoi parler de politique réactionnaire ?

Cette note de recherche, publiée sur @reacpolrn.bsky.social, a été traduite en français par les amis de Politika

C'est une réflection sur laquelle je travaille pour mon prochain livre.

politika.io/fr/article/p...

Pourquoi parler de politique réactionnaire ?

Nommer pour dévoiler la politique réactionnaire

politika.io

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 1d

It must be so hard to be a member of the censored left behind rebels, only getting constant coverage and the support of the wealthiest people on earth...

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 1d

Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
 CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
 But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.

👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...

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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications

The Art of Learning from Rejection

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 2d

Sociologists, political scientists, other scholars & practitioners of US politics - submit a proposal to our People-Ing Politics conference as part of the Eastern Sociological Society's conference in DC this March 5 - 8th. Apply by 10/15 (unless they extend) & please share - ess2026.exordo.com/login

Call for paper flyer with too much text to type, but the gist is:
Bringing the People Back In - Race, Class, and Inequality in US politics.
People-Ing Politics Network Mini-Conference
March 6-7, 2025, Washington DC
Amid threats to democracy, this conference will bring together social scientists and practitioners who study US politics with a focus on race, class, inequality, and the influence of social and cultural forces.
We are looking for papers that explore:
- how people's cultures, identities, and social groups shape their political views and behaviors
- how race, class, and other forms of inequality influence political engagement, representation, and policy outcomes
- the roles played by behind-the-scenes actors such as campaign staff, organizers, and bureaucrats, as well as by marginalized communities, in shaping political institutions and procesess.
visit https://www.essnet.org to apply; make sure to select this mini-conference when you do.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 2d

This episode is 🔥🔥🔥

Damning illustration of the radicalisation of the mainstream elite and their ability to swallow any reactionary moral panic

If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social · Sep 11

Episode 44: Summer of Our Discontent

Thomas Chatterton Williams is the only thinker brave enough to ask the question: is there a way to make that sentence longer?

Thomas Chatterton Williams'

Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 09/11/2025 · 1h 32m

podcasts.apple.com

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 2d

True and they have been actually really solid on these issues

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 3d

If anyone thinks the far-right are rebels rather than elites fighting to preserve and reinforce their privilege and the systems of oppression they benefit from, look at France where a billionaire has bought tons of media to promote the same old far right faces

www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

Philippe de Villiers, l’aiguillon de Vincent Bolloré en vue de 2027

Outrageusement promu par le groupe du milliardaire breton, le souverainiste au discours radical connaît un regain de popularité inattendu à l’extrême droite. De quoi peser sur la prochaine campagne pr...

www.lemonde.fr

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism and hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color.

Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to kn...

www.propublica.org

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 3d

Not that I know of

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Maarten Hopman @maartenhopman.bsky.social · 3d

Het is dat ze geen watermeloen-button droegen, anders werd dit misschien wel antisemitisch genoemd.

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