📣 New blog 📣 'Starmer’s intervention on the side of progressive values might be a welcome one, were it not premised on a dead duck narrative of “progressive patriotism”.' @georgenewth.bsky.social reflects on the limits of Keir Starmer's 'patriotic' discourse. theconversation.com/starmer-has-...

Core to reactionary politics is a cowardly project that aims to protect and restore privilege and hierarchies of oppression Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social reacpol.net/on-reactiona...

📣Call for papers📣 If you are planning to attend the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference in Oxford (30 March-1 April), please consider submitting your paper to our Rectionary Politics Specialist Group stream at the link below! Deadline: 17th October. www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...

That's a wrap! The second edition of the Reactionary Politics Summer School is over! Once again, it was incredibly energizing to share this space with critical, committed researchers from all over the world ❤️‍ More info about the RPSS below 1/ reacpol.net/summer-schoo...

📣New interview📣 'Sentiments that are popular in the manosphere—like the idea that women’s “purpose” is to serve men—have their roots in more “mainstream” norms and histories.' Meaghan Furlano discusses 'manosphere creep' in the context of Netflix's Adolescence. reacpol.net/manosphere-c...

📣New open access research article 📣 Our member, Meaghan Furlano, discusses how emotional and hermeneutic labour are presented in Netflix's Adolescence. Check it out below! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📣New interview📣 ''Polarisation’ is used not only by those concerned with democratic erosion, but also by those seeking to protect ‘really existing (neo)liberalism’ from democratic critique' @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discusses his critical approach to 'polarisation' reacpol.net/critical-pol...

📣New blog📣 'Thin is back in and whiteness is re-associated with rightness.' Our member, Meghan Furlano, on why Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign is part of a wider cultural backlash. reacpol.net/sweeney-amer...

📣New interview📣 @paskokisic.bsky.social discusses how psychoanalytic theory can help us understand the contemporary far right and its normalisation. Check it out below! reacpol.net/psychoanalyt...

ICYMI check out @cburchett.bsky.social's interview on the far right's weaponisation of anti-antisemitism as part of their Islamophobic agenda. reacpol.net/weaponisatio...

'Fascism and the Women’s Cause offers a vital and unvarnished insight into the ways in which historical campaigns for women’s rights often intertwined with far right and fascist ideas about gender, race, class, and empire.' Thank you @drkatw.bsky.social and @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the review.

📣New interview📣 @uselesssimo.bsky.social discusses reactionary digital cultures in Morocco and their links to the global far right. Check it out below! reacpol.net/right-morocco/

📣New review📣 @drkatw.bsky.social reviews Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond's (@sisyphusa.bsky.social) 'Fascism and the Women's Cause', reflecting on the how tenets of women’s rights and agency are central to contemporary attempts to reinvigorate fascism. reacpol.net/fascism-wome...

📣New interview📣 @gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the Greek neo-Nazi party, Golden Dawn, and the limitations of legal repression in tackling the far right. reacpol.net/golden-dawn/

Only two weeks to go until applications for the Reactionary Politics Summer School close. Sign up below!

📣New interview📣 @cburchett.bsky.social discusses the weaponisation of anti-antisemitism by far-right parties and its role in their Islamophobic discourse. reacpol.net/weaponisatio...

"The coloniality of sexual violence tells us that white supremacy both enacts rampant sexual violence and projects it onto the Other." Alison Phipps reflects on sexual violence in racial capitalism in her interview with the RPRN. reacpol.net/sexual-viole...

'Being nominally a mainstream actor does not mean that one cannot support or implement far-right politics, espouse and promote far-right discourse or legitimise and embolden far- and extreme-right actors' reacpol.net/far-right-ma...

Applications for our Reactionary Politics Summer School are still open. The sessions will focus on how to understand, study, and disseminate research on reactionary politics. Sign up below!

ICYMI check out our interview with Reid Kleinberg on paleo-libertarianism in the US and its impact on contemporary politics. reacpol.net/paleo-libert...

Just over a month to go until applications for our summer school close! Apply below to develop your skills in researching reactionary politics.

'Moral panics are dangerous. Section 28 showed us this, and we clearly haven’t learned. It’s time for us to step up and stop this one in its tracks before more trans people get hurt.' @sandraduffy.bsky.social on the anti-trans moral panic in the UK reacpol.net/moral-panics...

Don't miss out on our second Reactionary Politics Summer School! Deadline for applications: 15 July

📣Applications for the second Reactionary Politics Summer School are open📣 The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below! reacpol.net/summer-schoo...

Now online: Ep 29, w Rebecca Yeo @disabmurals.bsky.social ‬ The disabled people’s movement has long argued that preventing people from meeting their needs is disabling. Restrictions imposed on people in the immigration system disable people with existing impairments and create new impairments 1/7

📣New interview📣 @georgenewth.bsky.social discusses how to research, understand, and resist far-right politics in times of mainstreaming. reacpol.net/far-right-ma...

If you missed our talk with @jean23bean.bsky.social on 'Suspect Citizenship: Rethinking Belonging and Non-belonging in Plural Societies', you can now find the full recording on our YouTube channel below www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4h...

📣New interview📣 Reid Kleinberg discusses the history of the paleo-libertarian movement and its influence on contemporary reactionary politics in the USA. Check it out below! reacpol.net/paleo-libert...

Did you miss this semester's webinars on the ethics and methods of researching the far right, hosted by @crexuio.bsky.social, @reacpolrn.bsky.social, and CASEI? 🎥 Check out the recordings of all the sessions here! #FarRightResearch #Webinars #Ethics www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The full video of our panel on anti-gender politics in the UK with @sandraduffy.bsky.social, @franamery.bsky.social and @slamble1.bsky.social is now available online. Check it out below! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM2s...

The RPRN stands in solidarity with our German colleagues who have been targeted for opposing Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. reacpol.net/statement-ge...

📣New interview📣 @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social discusses the constructions of 'the elite' in the discourses of Die Linke and AfD in Germany. He reflects on how these constructions are informed by party ideology, and the degree to which populism plays a central role. reacpol.net/elite-populi...

New interview with me: Reform UK and Farage: Children of the British Political Establishment By Wojciech Albert Łobodziński in Cross-border Talks @lancasteruninews.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social @reacpolrn.bsky.social @identitiesjournal.bsky.social www.crossbordertalks.eu/2025/05/15/r...

Coming up today! Join us in Bristol or online from 17.30 (BST) for @jean23bean.bsky.social's talk on 'Suspect Citizenship'. Sign up at the link below! forms.office.com/e/CgkaeGrDvE

Check out this new article from our members @georgenewth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social, and @aurelmondon.bsky.social on the '5th wave' of the far right and its mutually constitutive relationship with the political mainstream. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Our member @k8ebrown.bsky.social reflects on Keir Starmer's embrace of far-right rhetoric on migration in @theconversation.com.

📣Research talk📣 Join us on Monday 19th May (17.30 BST) for a hybrid discussion with @jean23bean.bsky.social on 'suspect citizenship'. Jean will discuss the positioning of racially minoritised people outside of full societal inclusion in postcolonial societies. Make sure to sign up below.

Thanks to my friends over at @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the opportunity to do this interview about moral panics and the trans moment. reacpol.net/moral-panics...

Sandra will also be participating in tomorrow's online panel on 'Anti-gender politics in the UK' (14.00 BST). Sign up at the link below! reacpol.net/antigender-p...

📣New blog 📣 Our member, @sandraduffy.bsky.social, discusses the anti-trans moral panic in the UK and its historical antecedents. Check it out below. reacpol.net/moral-panics...

This incredibly timely intervention from our member @franamery.bsky.social explores cisfeminism as a mode of feminism which universalises cis perspectives. As such, it can be exploited to recruit cisfeminists into organised transphobia. You can find the article at the link below.

As the UK Labour government's lurch to the right on migration continues, check out @aurelmondon.bsky.social's contribution on Starmer's embracing of far-right discourse and policies.

As @franamery.bsky.social notes, we'll be without Alison due to strikes at Newcastle (but we'll discuss the reasons for the strike at the start, in solidarity with her).

Update on 'Anti-Gender politics in the UK' online panel below.

Less than a week to go until this incredibly timely online panel on anti-gender politics in the UK w/ @franamery.bsky.social, @sandraduffy.bsky.social, @slamble1.bsky.social and Alison Phipps (Thursday 8th May, 14.00 BST). Sign up below.

The local election results confirmed that moving to the (far) right does not help with countering it We knew that already through countless examples Why then would Labour shift so far to the right on so many issues? Reposting my thoughts on @reacpolrn.bsky.social reacpol.net/starmer-far-...

This incredibly timely intervention from our member @franamery.bsky.social explores cisfeminism as a mode of feminism which universalises cis perspectives. As such, it can be exploited to recruit cisfeminists into organised transphobia. You can find the article at the link below.

'By mimicking the far right, Labour and Starmer haven’t stolen their thunder, they have made these politics legitimate and reactionary policies ever more entrenched.' Check out our new article from @aurelmondon.bsky.social on Keir Starmer's turn to the far right. reacpol.net/starmer-far-...

The recording of our webinar on activism, knowledge production, and dissemination in the study of the far right is now online. Check it out below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH6j...

Is Starmer’s Labour far right? This question sounds absurd, but today, it is not only necessary but urgent to ask for anyone who still cares about democracy My thoughts on @reacpolrn.bsky.social reacpol.net/starmer-far-...