The @euobserver.com just published an op-ed based on the research published by @lrubiogrundell.bsky.social, @juanroch.bsky.social & I. The column focuses on the recurrent pinkwashing strategies to dehumanise Palestinians mobilised by Commission President von der Leyen: euobserver.com/211821/von-d...

The EU has played a key role in legitimising Israel’s aggression on Palestine in the international arena, & particularly EU Commission President von der Leyen. Check out this new open access article from a decolonial feminist perspective by @lrubiogrundell.bsky.social, @juanroch.bsky.social & I 🇵🇸 👇

The Dehumanization of Palestinians by European Commission President von der Leyen: A Decolonial Feminist Analysis The unconditional support of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to Israel following the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 2023, and Israel’s ensuing genocidal aggression on Palestine, ...

🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 Very happy that our article @alvarooleart.bsky.social and @juanroch.bsky.social "The Dehumanization of Palestinians by European Commission President von der Leyen: A Decolonial Feminist Analysis" is out Open Access at Middle East Critique: doi.org/10.1080/1943...

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

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation - Contemporary Political Theory Contemporary Political Theory - Public discourse about polarisation has become one of the latest hypes in politics, whether it is in the political sphere proper, the media, or academia. Much like...

This is something @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I discuss at length in this article

As fascism resurges, what we need is more polarisation, as anything less is complicity

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I will also fight against the extremes in politics on the right and the left, parties who want to tear our country apart.

This is why polarisation is such an unhelpful term as it encourages this kind of horseshoe theorising

Starmer's vision may sound grownup but it's one where politics should be in between democracy and authoritarianism, racism and anti-racism, transphobia and trans rights and fascism and anti-fascism

El avance de la reacción no se resuelve con silencio Es precisa una polarización democrática que haga frente a la transformación autoritaria de los Estados modernos

Escribo esto en @elpais.com sobre el giro reaccionario y la polarización, con un enfoque algo distinto sobre esta última elpais.com/opinion/2026...

A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation - Contemporary Political Theory Contemporary Political Theory - Public discourse about polarisation has become one of the latest hypes in politics, whether it is in the political sphere proper, the media, or academia. Much like...

A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation doi.org/10.1057/s412... Polarization
Narrative, Political parties, Public sphere, Democratic expansion @juanroch.bsky.social @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social

Interview: On polarisation hype (Juan Roch and Daniel Balinhas) - Reactionary Politics Research Network This interview is based on Juan Roch and Daniel Balinhas’s article, “A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation.” (2025)

"Liberal elites often mobilise this ahistorical polarisation narrative because it downplays their involvement in processes of democratic erosion"

@juanroch.bsky.social & @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discuss our article on polarisation hype on @reacpolrn.bsky.social

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reacpol.net/polarisation...

Interview: On polarisation hype (Juan Roch and Daniel Balinhas) - Reactionary Politics Research Network This interview is based on Juan Roch and Daniel Balinhas’s article, “A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation.” (2025)

📣New interview📣

'Processes of democratic erosion started decades ago under neoliberalism, well before the current widespread concerns about polarisation.'

@juanroch.bsky.social and @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social critique the polarisation hype.

reacpol.net/polarisation...

Gracias @maxcossetti.bsky.social !

Justo sobre este tema leí este maravilloso artículo de @juanroch.bsky.social , @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social y @aurelmondon.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/aure...

📣New interview📣

'The more Palestinians are seen as modern-day Nazis, the easier it becomes to justify their killing.'

Omran Shroufi examines Geert Wilders’ pro-Israel discourse and its influence on other far-right politicians.

reacpol.net/wilders-proi...

Great to see this out! check the thread and the open access article below

Our pre-print forthcoming in Contemporary Political Theory by @juanroch.bsky.social, @aurelmondon.bsky.social, and me is now available. Building on interdisciplinary insights, we systematize a critical approach to political polarization. Check @aurelmondon.bsky.social's thread for more info.

(PDF) A critique of the polarisation narrative: Expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation PDF | To cite: Roch J, Balinhas, D and Mondon A (2025) 'A critique of the polarisation narrative: Expanding the limits of democracy, parties and... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...

The ‘polarisation narrative’ simplifies complex issues by constructing a spectrum where good should be found in the middle of diametrically opposed political positions

New preprint article by @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I

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www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Recent articles on the radical left in Southern Europe in @sespjournal.bsky.social. @raulgomez.bsky.social @ljramiro.bsky.social & @lamprinirori.bsky.social analyze whether changes in programmatic stances & voter base are associated w/major events. Open access
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight in #SouthernEurope

A moral or class divide for populist parties? ‘The people’ in the discourse of #Podemos and #Vox in #Spain

🔓Read #OpenAccess article by @juanroch.bsky.social & @guillermocordero.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It's crucial to counter claims that polarisation (much like populism) is always bad

The middle ground between racism and anti-racism, transphobia and trans rights, genocide and anti-genocide is complicit with racism, transphobia and genocide rather than the "reasonable" position

Ayer estuve en ‪rtve.es/noticias‬ en #EspecialTorrePachecoRTVE. Por aquí se puede encontrar el programa entero.
www.rtve.es/noticias/202...

¿Polarizados o paralizados? Una conversación con Juan Roch YouTube video by Viento Sur

Dejo por aquí esta conversación que tuve hace poco con el compañero @miguelurban.bsky.social
. El video y la entrevista transcrita por
@fvientosur.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_a...
vientosur.info/poralizados-...

#Actividad

Presentación del libro ¿Polarizados o paralizados? #Tecnos
Con su autor, Juan Roch: junto a José Luis Moreno Pestaña y Ruth Ferrero Turrión.
Martes 24JUN 19hs, Duque de Alba 13

https://acortar.link/zea1G4

Recordatorio de esto mañana a las 19 horas!

@paolocossarini.bsky.social , @itziarrga.bsky.social , @luisbouzagarcia.bsky.social , @ljramiro.bsky.social

También se discutirá el modelo de liderazgo y cómo mantener la independencia política frente a la integración institucional en el Estado. El evento se enmarca además en un contexto global alterado por el continuo avance de la ola reaccionaria.

Abordaremos varias preguntas como: ¿es posible democratizar instituciones jerárquicas? ¿Puede resurgir una alternativa política a nivel municipal o regional con nuevas formas de organización? ¿Cómo reconciliar demandas diversas sin renunciar a un proyecto común?

populares y democráticas. El objetivo es abrir una conversación sobre los límites de la institucionalización, el desgaste del ciclo iniciado tras el 15M y las posibilidades de reconstrucción política en clave transformadora.

📢Finalmente vamos a poder realizar el encuentro con José Luis Moreno Pestaña (@hexisfilo.bsky.social‬) y @ruthferrero.bsky.social en @traficantes.bsky.social el martes 24 de junio a las 19 horas! Más allá de la presentación del libro, queremos continuar un debate más amplio sobre las alternativas

Our book is out and available to read open access online: academic.oup.com/book/60532. It is dedicated to Niko.

Juan Roch nos presenta el libro '¿Polarizados o paralizados?' El politólogo Juan Roch nos explica el problema de la polarización y en su nuevo libro da las herramientas para que la ciudadanía se implique en política. Es...

Ayer estuve por aquí conversando con Josep Cuní, sobre cuestiones relacionadas con el libro y sobre todo la actualidad política.
www.rtve.es/play/audios/...