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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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 2h
📣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.

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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)
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 3h
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 · 4h
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 · 10h
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 · 15h
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 · 19h
Border failings in Europe are eroding trust in nation states, warns Mahmood
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 · 22h
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 · 22h
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 · 23h
'“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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Reposted by Juan Cole, Aurélien Mondon, Stuart White

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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d
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 · 1d
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
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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
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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 · 2d
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...
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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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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 3d
Fluffy break! 🐈‍⬛
Fluffy cat running Fluffy cat running Fluffy cat running
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 3d
To a different extent and accounting for their own context obviously, I think they play the same role although the NYT has been particularly egregious
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 3d
Great this is being noticed but the framing in these stories that centre on Farage's own words rather than the issue itself tells you all you need to know about the appalling coverage of the far right and the role the mainstream media play in enabling its rise and mainstreaming
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d
Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....
Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 3d
Such a strange choice of term when there are so many that are perfectly suitable...
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