🚨New policy study🚨 There must be an alternative: Against mainstream defeatism and towards the rejuvenation of the democratic public space We make seven key recommendations to turn the tide @feps-europe.eu 🧵 1/ feps-europe.eu/publication/...

I had to mention Theroux's documentary in a lecture on the role of the media in the mainstreaming of reactionary politics In particular, it struck me how it goes exactly against the recommendations @k8ebrown.bsky.social and I made in a recent chapter (in link) aurelmondon.com/2026/01/28/t...

Fantastic from @zackpolanski.bsky.social to call out the media's responsibility in the mainstreaming of far-right politics The mainstream elite (media, politicians etc) have played a key part in hyping issues that benefit the far right I explore this here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Pretty exciting delivery today - hard copies of my first book! 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

When @zackpolanski.bsky.social launched his leadership bid for the Green Party on a platform of eco-populism, I felt hopeful about politics for the first time in a while. Does his project have the legs to take on the far right? I took a closer look at the evidence for my newsletter, Sower ⬇️

A political-media class capable of colluding in genocide has *already proven* itself capable of the dehumanisation of Others that can sustain fascism at home. Aimé Césaire wasn't kidding about the imperial boomerang.

Pivot >> Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics: A Practical Guide By Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social Free to download link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

So pleased to see my first book published! 📙🥳 I look at how and why we might want to combine poststructuralist discourse theory, critical discourse studies and corpus linguistics. 👉 bit.ly/DtCdsCl @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @springernature.com

👏 Very important new paper on the much-debated concept of the 'cordon sanitaire'. 📖

New article out! @luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics Read the full article, open access, here 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Case in point...

Not so much Reform making the political weather themselves as having it made for them. All this feeds into the hype, when really the gov. is actively choosing to pursue exclusionary policies. They're not forced to by the threat of Reform & the impact is being felt now www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I published a piece in @uk.theconversation.com on Starmer's use of the term 'working people', his pitting of this demographic against 'non-working people', and what this can tell us about the chaos and confusion of his Labour government's first term. See below theconversation.com/in-search-of...

Mine and @k8ebrown.bsky.social's article on normalisation strategies of the far right in Italy has been assigned an issue in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social Sadly, the normalisation/legitimation strategies we identify are certainly not unique to Italian politics... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🤓 Next up, @ecpr-ead.bsky.social: Rolf Frankenberger presenting some work-in-progress on our research into Everyday Extremism. Thanks to @manesweisskircher.bsky.social for chairing and @k8ebrown.bsky.social for agreeing to serve as discussant!

📣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...

Every single one in this succession of grotesque, genocidal crimes against humanity was made possible by the support of politicians outside of Israel, including the current UK government.

Great interview with @georgenewth.bsky.social, explaining key points in our co-authored article with @aurelmondon.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🧵THREAD: On "Populism" and the Far Right I want to highlight the excellent work of @aurelmondon.bsky.social , @k8ebrown.bsky.social and @aaronwinter.bsky.social, and then share some of my own thoughts about "populism" which partly go in a different direction (I'll do my best to outline my thoughts)

New @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org article out in Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics with @georgenewth.bsky.social and @aurelmondon.bsky.social: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐫-𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 Short 🧵 on the key ideas 1/

Still time to sign up for this free @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social event!

So many things people are angry about and only one that he ever 'gets'.

MCRL Symposium 2025: want to know what @manmetuni.bsky.social's #linguistics researchers have been up to over the last year? Register to come and join us on 28th May at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/linguistic...

New article Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming, co-authored with @georgenewth.bsky.social & @k8ebrown.bsky.social We explore a ‘fifth wave’ of far-right politics in which the identities of the mainstream & far right are mutually constitutive cup.org/3YFVnzn

#OpenAccess from Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics - Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming - cup.org/3YFVnzn - @georgenewth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social #FirstView #JREP10

I wrote about the impact of the Supreme Court judgment on our community. You can read here:

In a speech to launch his tough new immigration plans, the prime minister parroted the right’s rhetoric.

Very much recommend @aurelmondon.bsky.social's work on this: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 📒New article with @k8ebrown.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social! We propose a revised definition of the term ‘far right', problematise binaries between the far right & the mainstream & illustrate the ‘5th wave’ of far-right politics of this contemporary moment 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.

Great analysis by @k8ebrown.bsky.social "The far right is not some threat lying waiting in the future – its normalisation is happening now" reacpol.net/starmer-immi...

Some thoughts on Starmer's speech and Labour's normalisation of far-right politics in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/keir-starmer...

If you missed Monday's event with Katy Brown (@k8ebrown.bsky.social) on the nature of the political mainstream and its relationship to the far right, the full recording is now available on our YouTube! Check it out! @ieres-gwu.bsky.social

When you read headlines today about the "irresistible" rise of Reform, look at the turnout Reform is not popular, it's just a little less unpopular in what is a broken democracy It doesn't mean Reform is not a massive threat obviously, just don't buy the hype

📢Webinar announcement📢 Our ethics of researching the far right webinar with @crexuio.bsky.social and CASEI returns on Thursday 17th April with a session on activism, knowledge production and dissemination in the study of reactionary politics. Sign up below! reacpol.net/webinar-7/

Join us on April 28 for a presentation from Dr. Katy Brown (@k8ebrown.bsky.social) on the political mainstream and its relationship to the far right. Register here: tinyurl.com/578vp26z

💥 Extended Deadline Alert! 💥 There’s still time to submit panels and papers for the inaugural ECPR E&D Conference! We’ve curated an exceptional lineup of speakers, making it a fantastic opportunity to connect with colleagues and share your research. Don’t miss out — submit your work by 10 March!

Still a little space left in our inaugural Extremism and Democracy conference in London, please submit your proposal by 10th March (extended deadline) 👇

This Labour gov. never fails to reach new lows. Disgusted by these raids & videos released for plaudits. Despite the impact, focus is on threat of Reform. Obviously, their growth is v. concerning, but we've got far-right politics being enacted by gov. right now and people are facing violent effects

If you like all the new op-eds on the mainstreaming of the far right by gatekeepers and big names, you should read the book ... www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Euphemisation is a key part of the mainstreaming process For years, far and extreme right politics have been described as populist, nationalist, anti-immigration etc, downplaying the threat they pose to communities and democracy As always, mainstreaming is a top-down process

Corrected tag for this one. Sorry @k8ebrown.bsky.social meant to tag you in to this one. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...

💻 | BLOG WEBSITE Now we're back over here, check out our sister website where we publish blog pieces and interviews about the latest JLP articles. 👉 languageandpolitics.com

#OpenAccess Research Article Katy Brown & George Newth ‘Post-fascism’, or how the far right talks about itself: the 2022 Italian election campaign as a case study www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡| RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT To kick us off on this platform, we're going to be sharing all research articles published in #JLP since the start of the academic year. Follow this thread for updates! 👉 benjamins.com/catalog/jlp

⭐New article⭐   Two parts Charles Mills adaptation, one part abolition, one part rage: “Whiteness as Expertise in Studies of the Far Right.” (It's open access!)   I ask: what explains backlash to taking white supremacist violence seriously? 1/

🚨Coming out next month🚨 The ethics of researching the far right: Critical approaches and reflections Co-edited by @antoniavaughan.bsky.social, @joanbraune.bsky.social, @meghanetinsley.bsky.social and @aurelmondon.bsky.social Pre-order here 👇 1/ manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173874/

Really enjoyed reading and reviewing this article by @gkatsambekis.bsky.social! Thoroughly recommend it: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The way people were smiling and clapping while literally denying trans people's humanity... the callousness of this government and its enablers knows no bounds

Labour's key takeaway from all the vile racist stuff the Tories are doing is seriously that they're not doing a good enough job at being vile and racist. Thoroughly depressing that they're battling it out over who can be the most 'effective' at implementing deadly border policies