All solidarity with HSS academics in the UK who are constantly being thrown under the bus by their admin bureaucrats who only care about cost cutting

Italian Anti-Fascism: A Generative Tradition (1945–2025) This book offers a concise and original history of anti-fascism through the Italian case, tracing its evolution from its origins in opposition to Fascism to its contemporary transformations and crisis...

This book offers a concise and original history of anti-fascism through the Italian case, tracing its evolution from its origins in opposition to Fascism to its contemporary transformations and crisis, while reinterpreting it as a dynamic and generative tradition

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Picasso’s Guernica is the ultimate emblem of the horrors of war. It has no place in Spain's partisan squabbles | María Ramírez Forty years after the 1937 masterpiece returned to Madrid from its Franco-era exile in New York, it is again embroiled in politics, says Spanish journalist María Ramírez

Possibly the greatest piece of anti-fascist art ever created. Seeing it is a transcendental experience www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Opinion | Trump isn't just losing his base at home. He's losing his friends abroad. Trump's erratic and belligerent behavior is alienating his allies in Europe. It’s a sign of decline.

President Donald Trump’s offensive behavior toward Christians and his unnecessary and unpopular war in Iran isn’t just splitting his political base at home — it’s also alienating his allies abroad.

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Anti-Islam influencer Valentina Gomez blocked from entering UK for far-right rally Exclusive: Home secretary understood to have withdrawn authorisation for speaker at Unite the Kingdom rally in May

Anti-Islam influencer Valentina Gomez blocked from entering UK for far-right rally

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He spreads hate online — and fans pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars The far-right influencer Nick Fuentes has pocketed roughly $900,000 from “fanatical” donors since the start of 2025. Some superfans see him as part of their families.

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When (and Why) Exactly Did Elon Musk Make His Hard Turn to the Right? “The coronavirus panic is dumb,” tweeted Elon Musk in early March 2020, his first public comment on COVID-19. (It was also his first tweet to earn more than one million likes.) To him, the true vir…

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The Rabbit Hole: Meet the Peckerwoods With hundreds of members, a white supremacist prison gang operated a sophisticated and sometimes not-so-sophisticated criminal syndicate.

Described by a federal prosecutor as “one of the largest takedowns in the history of the Department of Justice against a Neo-Nazi white supremacist violent extremism organization”, Operation Hate One Eight netted 68 arrests across the country

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J.M. Berger is one of the best writers on extremism. His 2018 book for MIT Press is the best book on the subject.

Fascinated to see what he will do with this move into fiction but very happy to recommend it to all who enjoy a good thriller

It’s no surprise to anyone that ‘free speech absolutism’ only applies to those voices they agree with

Police investigate whether London arson attacks were planned for weeks Criminals paid on behalf of Iran are believed to be behind attacks against Jewish targets, say detectives

The series of attacks against synagogues and other Jewish targets, as well as one premises linked to Iranian dissidents, are believed to be carried out by criminals paid on behalf of Iran, police said.

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‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right It starts with a ‘back in my day’ nostalgic meme – then suddenly your elders are sharing AI-generated ‘boomerslop’ and repeating conspiracy theories …

‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right

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New German search engine lets people check whether their relatives were Nazis | CNN A new search engine that allows users to search Nazi party records in order to find out whether their ancestors were card-carrying members has been accessed millions of times since it was launched ear...

A new search engine that allows users to search Nazi party records in order to find out whether their ancestors were card-carrying members has been accessed millions of times since it was launched earlier this month.

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Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto The problems with our tech philosopher kings

This is extremely good from @donmoyn.bsky.social on Palantir featuring also some good commentary from @casmudde.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

New university free speech complaints system to come into force this year Universities could face fines of £500,000 or 2% of their income if they are found to have failed to protect free speech.

This is an appalling policy. Which has been driven entirely by a right-wing agenda that only wants to suppress freedom of speech from those opposed to it www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The last time there was a systematic firebombing campaign against synagogues was organised by the National Socialist Movement in the 1960s.

The fact that this latest campaign is inspired by Islamist ideology should not be an excuse to offer no support and solidarity to the Jewish community

There have been two attempted firebombings of synagogues in the past week as well as the arson attack on Jewish ambulances which served the whole community

The British left’s abandonment of its Jewish community during the worst upsurge in antisemitism for generations is utterly shameful

Out in the summer, the book is about the fiction anti-fascists have written, menippean satires, feminist dystopia, Communist-modernist-activism, Judas allegories, love letters to David Bowie, detectives under Hitler, queer fantasia, and much else besides.

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The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism? Some of today’s far right is openly violent and undemocratic – and even in its less extreme forms, far-right populism is a profound threat. But that doesn’t mean it is just a re-run of history

The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism?

This Guardian Long Read from @trillingual.bsky.social is worth spending some time on. He asks all the right questions without being unnecessarily alarmist.

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The man who saw the future: the legacy of cultural theorist Mark Fisher Touching on everything from late-stage capitalism to Adele, the work of the late writer is proving increasingly influential. Now a documentary on him is looking to live up to his ideals

The man who saw the future: the legacy of cultural theorist Mark Fisher.

Mark was a brilliant analyst of the tendencies in late capitalism which made it a breeding ground for our own era of neo-fascism.

His early death was a genuine tragedy.

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation banks millions in public funding. Where does all the money go? Exclusive: Former candidates accuse party of enriching itself at their expense, while insiders lift veil on chaos in Brisbane HQ – and staffers’ contempt for rank-and-file members

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Banal Fascism Online: Weaponizing the “Everyday” for Extreme Ends Banal Fascism Online: Weaponizing the “Everyday” for Extreme Ends offers a novel lens through which to research, conceptualize, and understand fascism and its place in today’s political culture. It al...

‘Banal Fascism Online: Weaponizing the “Everyday” for Extreme Ends’ offers a novel lens through which to research, conceptualize, and understand fascism. It allows space for its authors to explore fascism as it exists in the digital world.

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Meta threw a party for a right-wing influencer who wants to “save the West” The celebration offers a cocktail-fueled look at the tech behemoth's rightward pivot.

Meta Threw a Party for a Right-Wing Influencer Who Wants to “Save the West”

The celebration offers a cocktail-fueled look at the tech behemoth’s rightward pivot.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Reform’s Matthew Goodwin Challenged on Orbán Funding Ties at Budapest Event Reform UK politician Matthew Goodwin was taken to task over his financial links to Viktor Orbán’s ousted government at a post-election event in Budapest yesterday. Despite offering no commentary on th...

Reform UK politician Matthew Goodwin was taken to task over his financial links to Viktor Orbán’s ousted government at a post-election event in Budapest yesterday.

www.desmog.com/2026/04/14/r...

How Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Hijacked the State and Our Minds Historian Quinn Slobodian tells Byline Times that Elon Musk's rise tells a deeper story—of fortunes built on state power, and a new politics where humans are treated less as citizens than as systems t...

How Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Hijacked the State and Our Minds – Byline Times based on @quinnslobodian.com excellent new book bylinetimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

Police debunk rumours as Danny Tommo whips up disorder in Epsom | Searchlight Danny Tommo in Epsom April 2026 Danny Tommo - aka the former kidnapper and drug dealer Daniel Thomas - has had quite a fortnight. Banned from Dover, strippe ...

Recently banned from Dover, convicted drug dealer, kidnapper, and now itinerant racist agitator Danny Tommo turned up in Epsom this week whipping up disorder over "migrant rape" allegations that police say are baseless.

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Centrepoint to cut ties with Sharon Osbourne after she backs Tommy Robinson rally Homelessness charity distances itself after Osbourne says she plans to attend far-right ‘unite the kingdom’ march

Centrepoint to cut ties with Sharon Osbourne after she backs Tommy Robinson rally

Homelessness charity distances itself after Osbourne says she plans to attend far-right ‘unite the kingdom’ march

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Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa” Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat signals.”

FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM parent company Meta changed its speech rules to add new restrictions around posts including the word “antifa,” according to documents reviewed by The Intercept.

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Ex-BNP leader Nick Griffin denies stirring up racial hatred with social media cartoon The 67-year-old is facing a private prosecution brought by the Campaign Against Antisemitism.

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