Viktor Orban's defeat - and what comes next for the far right Spotify video

"The fact that Orbán lost doesn’t mean a return to liberal democracy is guaranteed, because Fidesz is literally everywhere..."

@gsamaras.bsky.social on #ViktorOrban the far-right and more

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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'Orbánism Survived for 16 Years - It Won't Disappear Overnight' Dr Georgios Samaras warns Adrian Goldberg on the Byline Podcast that joy over defeat of Hungary's authoritarian leader may be short-lived

'Orbánism Survived for 16 Years - It Won't Disappear Overnight'.

My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social with @gsamaras.bsky.social

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Viktor Orban's defeat - and what comes next for the far right Spotify video

“Orbanism survived for 16 years. It is a political ideology that is not going to go away anytime soon.”

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social talks #ViktorOrbán with @gsamaras.bsky.social

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Viktor Orban's defeat - and what comes next for the far right Spotify video

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#ViktorOrbán defeat - and what comes next for the far right...

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social in conversation with @gsamaras.bsky.social

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Orbán’s Defeat: The Truth No One’s Saying YouTube video by Owen Jones

Watch my interview with @gsamaras.bsky.social for the truth about Orban's defeat 👇

Interview: Affective-discursive ecologies of the far right (Ben Nangle) - Reactionary Politics Research Network This interview is based on Ben Nangle and Leen d’Haenens’s article “Affective-discursive ecologies of the far right”.

📣New interview📣

'The ecology produces ideological effects that exceed and outlast the intentions of any individual actor within it'

Benjamin Nangle discusses the affective-discursive ecologies of the far right.

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#OpenAccess from the new issue of @epsjournal.bsky.social -

Misuse, mislabelling, and the broken path of the ‘hard-right’: Challenging nonscientific political discourse - cup.org/45kNxP2

- @gsamaras.bsky.social

🌷March Issue

🔍 Research

@gsamaras.bsky.social presents the first systematic study of how major English-language outlets used the term “Hard-Right”.

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RPRN statement on HEPI’s Preparing for Populism debate paper - Reactionary Politics Research Network RPRN statement on HEPI’s Preparing for Populism debate paper

Excellent statement from @reacpolrn.bsky.social on hegemonic defeatism in academic circles regarding the resurgence of the far right

"HEPI’s Preparing for Populism is a profoundly unhelpful document that mistakes capitulation for strategy"
reacpol.net/populism-hepi/

Political Science's academic job market having its worst post-Covid year -- almost 20% fewer jobs than at the same point in the previous cycle (which itself was bad!)

Data scraped from APSA ejobs pdfs.

THIS WEEK: Solidarity Symposia: Keeping democracy strong

Join @florianfoos.bsky.social,
@gsamaras.bsky.social, @joeysherlock.bsky.social & like-minded researchers to explore how we can tackle developing risks to democracies

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I look grumpy but it was such a pleasure chatting to @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social about polarisation hype

In particular, we took our cue from the paper @juanroch.bsky.social @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I co-authored

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I can't even find the words to express how repugnant and despicable this post is.

People who spew such Islamophobic bile don't belong in the United States Congress. The job of elected officials is to combat hate, not fan its flames. (1/2)

Tomorrow Wes Streeting will remove trans minors ability to access, and doctors to prescribe, cross-sex hormones.

Try as it might Labour will never eradicate trans people. They cannot, and should not, change who they are. All Labour will do is make trans lives harder - with more harm and more death.

Media must stop normalizing the far right Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.

"Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences. Every headline, every clip, every click adds weight. This is how the line gets crossed."

"And how some media are no longer just covering the far right but helping it speak."

Media must stop normalizing the far right Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.

Excellent critique of the media’s normalization of the far right.

Media must stop normalizing the far right Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.

OPINION: Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial choice with political consequences.

Here’s how some media outlets are no longer just covering these forces — but amplifying them.

Media must stop normalizing the far right Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.

Media must stop normalizing the far right
Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences

www.politico.eu/article/medi...

Media must stop normalizing the far right Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.

Must read from @gsamaras.bsky.social

"Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences. Every headline, every clip, every click adds weight. This is how the line gets crossed"

www.politico.eu/article/medi...

The article reflects on my recent publication in European Political Science, where I examined how English-language media use the label “hard right”. For those interested, you can read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Media must stop normalizing the far right Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.

I published a new op-ed in @politico.com on how the media is mainstreaming the far right. It blurs ideology, sanitises extremist actors and quietly shifts the centre of gravity of public debate onto far-right terrain. It’s free sanitisation. www.politico.eu/article/medi...

Headline: Polanski and Farage don't agree. But they have more in common than you might think

Political journalism in this country is so unserious...

Imagine how cut off from society you have to be to come up with something so arrogantly ignorant and careless...

(Via @gsamaras.bsky.social)

So the Telegraph is taking this well

On the "hard right" as a euphemism, check out @gsamaras.bsky.social's excellent article

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The hard right has high hopes in Gorton and Denton – but a grassroots fightback is under way As ordinary people feel the effects of divisive rhetoric, a local group is taking action to empower the community

It's a real shame that this otherwise refreshing article based on the actual views of the local people in their diversity euphemises the far right as "hard right" through misguided editorial choices while showing clearly the threat should not be taken lightly...

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Trump official allies with Europe’s far right in attacks on migration and hate speech policies US state department’s Sarah B Rogers has become face of White House’s hostility to European liberal democracies

"[Advocacy for free speech on the far right] was never a neutral commitment to open debate. It is a claim to special permission"

@gsamaras.bsky.social spoke to the Guardian about deepening connections between the Trump administration & far right European parties

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Claims of neutrality are an admission of bias in and of themselves

No research is undertaken in a neutral space as funding, hierarchies, job perpectives, privileges, power and hegemony all come into play when deciding what will be research and how

Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university? When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….