Si vous ne l'avez pas encore vu, le documentaire Mister Nobody contre Poutine, qui a été primé aux Oscar, est encore disponible gratuitement jusqu'au 30 avril via Arte.
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Since the narrative of “young right-wing men” persists so — here are some findings/patterns from the representative election statistics of the various German federal states.
Spoiler: *IN NO GERMAN STATE DO MEN AGED 18–24 VOTE FOR THE AfD MORE THAN MEN AGED 35–60.*
We don't have the official cover yet, but we have a release date (October 27) and pre-order discounts!
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Aus der Banksy Art Gallery
"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men."
Just saying it right out loud now.
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Optimal was a page turner 📖
Extremism is seminal and paradigm shifting
So I can’t wait for The Pope’s Hitman
Congrats JM! 🙌
J.M. Berger, a bald White man with glasses and a white beard. He is wearing a black shirt and an Ebel Worldtimer watch.
Left, Placeholder (not final) cover image for The Pope's Hitman. Yellow background with red type. An image of a gun pointing upward and a crucifix coming out of the barrel. Inside cover flap copy: John Wick meets Conclave in this propulsive international thriller about a priest with a deadly secret who must stop a plot to kill the Pope on Christmas Eve. Everybody loves Father Francis Loyola, the humble pastor of a Catholic church in Boston. But his world is turned upside-down when a sniper attack during Sunday Mass forces him to confront his long-buried past as a covert assassin in service to the Pope. To uncover the truth about who is behind the attack, Loyola must take on old enemies and former allies, all while evading the dogged investigation of homicide detective Martina Rocha and interference from the formidable and enigmatic nun, Sister Belina Fortis. Loyola’s search for answers will take him from the streets of Boston to a fortified compound in Bosnia, a medieval castle in France, and finally to Rome, pursued every step of the way by an army of fanatic monks, heavily armed American mercenaries, and Interpol investigators. The Pope’s Hitman will keep you guessing until the final mayhem-filled pages of its breathless climax during Midnight Mass at Saint Peter’s Basilica, as Loyola races to thwart a shocking conspiracy to seize control of the Catholic Church! Represented by Wayne Arthurson of The Rights Factory. Placeholder cover. Final product will differ. Art credits: Crucifix via Wikimedia Commons, public domain, edited (link). Pistol via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike, edited. (link).
Writer of books, extremism theorist.
My next book: The Pope's Hitman (a novel, 10/2026)
Previously by me:
Optimal (a novel): amzn.to/4pMXU6t
Extremism (2018, MIT Press) amzn.to/4pMXU6t
Updated with new photo and cover flap text. Next update will be the cover reveal (this is a placeholder).
Pre-order the paperback now via Waterstones using code FEB26. Thanks for reading!
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🎙️ The book is based on interviews with activists and leaders including Tommy Robinson and Anjem Choudary. It also asks a difficult question: should we be talking to extremists at all?
⚠️ Misogyny operates as a tool. It is used to denigrate 'enemy' women — and used internally to maintain hierarchy, protect male status, and keep women controlled.
👥 Group socialisation, in both movements, is also socialisation into masculine cultures. Women leaders in the far right speak about the misogyny they endure, even as they propagate misogyny against Muslim women.
💬 Many of the men I interviewed described experiences of assault, bullying, victimisation, or a perceived loss of entitlement. What appears as 'identity crisis' is often a crisis of masculine status. Emasculation can lead to reinvention — and moral certainty — through collective identity.
🧠 At its core, the book examines radicalisation through a gender lens.
Radicalisation is not just ideological. It is social. Male status and radicalisation are deeply entwined — for men and for women.
🔎 The book traces two movements in the years before Covid: the anti-Islam far right and Islamists linked to Anjem Choudary. Together, they reveal how we arrived at our current moment — where the far right is increasingly mainstream and misogyny is a constant feature of online life.
Good news! 25% off my book Extreme Britain: Gender Masculinity and Radicalisation 📘 till midnight tonight!
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Based on interviews with activists in UK far right and Islamist movements.
Uk law to require abusive intimate images to be taken down within 48 hours
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A poster advertising a public seminar given by Professor Stephen Farrall.
Tomorrow we will have the first of the Lent Term public seminars, given by Professor @stephenfarrall.bsky.social from the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, about New Labour's policy on crime and its effect on crime over individuals' life course.
Learn more and book: www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/explo...
In academia we're slowly realising what journalists and others have long known. That processing and being exposed to harrowing content is traumatising. You can witness it second hand and still be harmed. In many areas we now mitigate and establish training and support. Elsewhere? Let people suffer
Fabulous! Well done and thank you for sharing!
We argue that effective responses must be holistic: While researchers need to develop individual strategies to prevent or respond to online harm if they become targets, these efforts must be integrated with support from research communities and institutions.
For a reflection by @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social and me on how online harm to researchers can be prevented and mitigated, see this new chapter 👇
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….
Image text relates to Sociology’s latest special issue, Sociology under Attack The full issue can be found below. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOC/59/6
Have you read Sociology’s latest special issue?
Sociology under Attack looks at the ideological battle about the role of universities and of social sciences. Find articles on authoritarianism, neoliberalism and sociology's role in current political climates.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOC/59/6
This is good - impunity will only embolden other ICE agents.
This should be the baseline energy expected from every elected Democrat in the country going forward.
My colleagues @joewhittaker.bsky.social @lizzypearson.bsky.social et al have done some great work on researcher welfare in the terrorism/extremism space that probably carries over. This is good as a standalone and also links to other resources. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Thanks for the recommendation JM! The Reassure report is useful too and there is a recent update on far right research from @antoniavaughan.bsky.social plus more at the excellent @vox-pol.bsky.social library!
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In the week that Adolescence wins at the Golden Globes, misogynist incel expert Dr Elsa Bengtsson Meuller joins the @genderrhul.bsky.social Substack at @royalholloway.bsky.social to contine the discussion on Blurred Violence - & why we can't ignore incels online.
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