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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · 4h

In the last few years it has become somewhat of a fad to reject the term militarizaiton in IR. Well, here is what militarized policing under a far-right state government looks like. The pain and grief and horror is the embodied residue of what you seek to deny.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘This was a slaughter, not an operation’: the favela reeling from Rio’s deadliest police raid

Residents of Vila Cruzeiro gather bodies after more than 130 were killed in pre-dawn assault

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · 8d

Hold on, I leave social media for a while and we're now reconsidering nazi tattoos?

It's going faster than I thought...

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · 8d

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · Sep 14

After the rivers of blood speech, precisely no one in the major parties patted themselves on the back and declared free speech to be alive and well. They declared Powell a pariah, and he was only able to re-emerge in public life as the incongruous unionist MP for South Down.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 14

Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live

Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police

www.theguardian.com

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Jun 11

Use this template and email your local MP to fight back against the current xenophobic and unreasonable project to destroy HE in Britain! members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP

#InternationalRelations #PoliticalScience #HigherEducation #UK

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Jun 3

armament culture

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · May 23

No redundancies at Newcastle! chng.it/tMbNtfJtcT

Sign the Petition

End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · May 2

30% turnout, mate

Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Apr 25

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Apr 25

Our statement on the UK Supreme Court's ruling on the Equality Act. We stand in solidarity with trans and non-binary people and believe that it is the responsibility of researchers to hold our institutions to account to defend trans equality and dignity.

reacpol.net/supreme-cour...

RPRN statement on the Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act - Reactionary Politics Research Network

The RPRN stands in solidarity with trans and non-binary people and believes that it is the responsibility of researchers and academics to hold our institutions to account to defend trans equality and ...

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Apr 16

Gotta love political scientists

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Apr 3

Registration now open! reacpol.net/suspect-citi...

Talk - Suspect Citizenship: Rethinking Belonging and Non-belonging in Plural Societies (Jean Beaman - 19/05/2025) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

Talk - Suspect Citizenship: Rethinking Belonging and Non-belonging in Plural Societies (Jean Beaman - CUNY)

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Mar 25

I'm uploading the pre-print of my forthcoming article on the 2024 UK race riots and the need for an infrastructural approach to far-right studies.

Should we reconcile with the far right? The short answer is absolutely not! Please, find the reasons below 👇
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Should we Reconcile with the Far Right? The 2024 Race Riots in Britain and the End of Post-Fascism

PDF | This article interprets the pogrom in Southport and the subsequence events of the 2024 race riots in Britain as a rupture in the fantasy of... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Mar 24

I'm running for the EISA Board.

1) More global south representation
2) A stronger membership-led organisation
3) Solidarity with precarious colleagues and causes
4) The protection of a critical ethos and practice in HE!

Deadline 21st of April

European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Mar 24

✅ Henrique Tavares Furtado (University of the West of England)
bit.ly/candidatepro...

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Mar 19

Deadline extended, folks! There's still time to submit to REACT and join us in Bologna.

Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Feb 7

Call for Papers @europeanisa.bsky.social PEC 2025 for the newly established standing section on Reactionary Global Politics (REACT) in Bologna, Italy. @reacpolrn.bsky.social

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Feb 7

Call for Papers @europeanisa.bsky.social PEC 2025 for the newly established standing section on Reactionary Global Politics (REACT) in Bologna, Italy. @reacpolrn.bsky.social

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Mar 12

👇Now open access for your perusal!

Terrorism as an aesthetic signifier: The afterlives of terrorism discourse in Western reactions to wartime suffering | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core

Terrorism as an aesthetic signifier: The afterlives of terrorism discourse in Western reactions to wartime suffering - Volume 10 Issue 1

www.cambridge.org

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Mar 4

My two cents on this jewel

Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Mar 4

📢New blog📢

Our member, @furtadoht.bsky.social, discusses the reactionary violence presented in Walter Salles' Oscar-winning film 'I'm Still Here' (2024).

reacpol.net/im-still-here/

Reactionary Violence in Walter Salles's I’m Still Here (2024) (Henrique Furtado) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This text is based on a short talk given by Henrique Furtado (UWE Bristol) as a part of a special viewing of the Oscar-winning film I’m Still Here (2024) hosted at the Watershed Bristol on the 26/03/2...

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Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · Feb 24

Today is the first day of the @ducuuo.bsky.social strike against cuts. The future of higher education, our members jobs, & our students, is being ripped up across the UK. Brilliant work from the branch fighting back for us all, please send your solidarity.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/5...

I’m a Dundee University lecturer – and this is why I’m striking

Professor Angela Daly sets out why she and other lecturers will strike over the threat of compulsory redundancies at Dundee University.

www.thecourier.co.uk

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Feb 24

Dreadful news. 'UCU said that it believed as many as 1,000 professional services staff were likely to be threatened with redundancy under a plan to restructure every school within the university.'

Union fears 400 jobs set to go at Sheffield in £23 million cuts

Strike ballot called at South Yorkshire university, with similar vote also under way at Durham University

www.timeshighereducation.com

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C. B. Tansel @cbtansel.net · Feb 25

All around us institutions built on/sustained by our own labour are hollowed out by a lethal mix of mismanagement, moral decrepitude, and political inertia. No time to sit silent—Organise and mobilise whenever/wherever you can.

BDS in International Studies @bdsatisa.bsky.social · Feb 23

What's happening at the International Studies Association (ISA)? A whole catalogue of censorship & punitive actions against sections & caucuses by the ISA leadership is silencing democratic discussion, especially among Global South & marginalised members.. medium.com/@bdsatisa/ce...

Censorship & Antidemocratic Governance at the ISA

The International Studies Association (ISA) claims to be “an organization that is governed by and answerable to its membership.” However…

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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · Jan 20

Sure, it looks unfortunate. But can we really say for sure that his parents liked fascists?

Hitler Mussolini. Director General of Goiás Civil Police

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Feb 21

That's just your opinion, Christoph. 😆

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Feb 20

I am gobsmacked by this comparison.

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Feb 19

Our webinar with CASEI and @crexuio.bsky.social on 'Complications of Engaging Far-Right Participants and Formers' is coming up at 2pm GMT tomorrow! Sign up below.

Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Feb 11

Our webinar with CASEI and @crexuio.bsky.social on 'Complications of Engaging Far-Right Participants and Formers' is coming up on 20th February at 2pm BST/3pm CET. Follow the link below to sign up and check out our great line up of speakers!

www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Webinar series: Researching the Far Right: Methods and Ethics - C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism

This webinar series, co-organized by RPRN, CASEI and C-REX, aims to facilitate a much needed discussion about the methodological, ethical, political, personal, practical and professional challenges th...

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Henrique Tavares Furtado @furtadoht.bsky.social · Feb 19

Bristolians, this 26th at 5:30 in the Watershed I will take part in a special viewing of the Oscar nominated film I'm Still Here with a Q&A session on

Come, watch this moving story and ask me anything you wanna know about this dark period.

www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1304...

I'm Still Here

Walter Salles makes a triumphant return with an emotionally layered, visually rich account of family life under an oppressive regime in 1970s Brazil.

www.watershed.co.uk

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