More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

A generous, well-written, and thorough review of 'Fathers of the Lega' by @amycking.bsky.social 'Richly researched and grounded in scholarly debates [...] Newth’s book reminds us that ideological strands thought to be dormant may yet re-emerge in new contexts' www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

"The Pride of Britain" Fox - Charged under the Sexual Offence act for an upskirt photo on Twitter Hopkins - Detained in South Africa for spreading racial hatred and deported from Australia for breaching Covid Tommy "10 names" Robinson - Serial convict

A really strong, thought provoking start to the @publichistoryqub.bsky.social annual conference on ‘Public History in an age of Anxiety’ with @cathfletcher.bsky.social on museums and gun heritage, and Lisa Goff on the challenges of public history in Trump’s America

Very much looking forward to discussing antifascist pedagogies in Belfast this week!

Feel like they’d be firm friends with Italy’s umarell

Yesterday, I was reassured to see there were National Guards inside a real crime hotspot: The Natural History Museum. Those criminal… fossils?

Someone has immortalised the DC sandwich-thrower. This city works fast!

My journey home via Union Station, DC. What a time to be alive, honestly.

Chuffed to see this review of my book in La Repubblica this week, by Benedetta Tobagi! Incidentally the same week Meloni ‘remembered’ the Bologna bombing without mentioning the word neofascism.

Looks like I saw it just in time

Big thanks to Nicola Guerra for this thorough and generous review of my book. Still surprises me to think of people spending time with my work! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

My first 4 July weekend has been 10/10!

Perhaps a good time to re up the New Fascism Syllabus, an online repository of resources on neofascism, populism, and authoritarianism, including a research repository and relevant secondary literature. newfascismsyllabus.com

Super excited to see my book in La Repubblica today!

This looks a really great scheme!

Wow. An honest review of an SUV. www.irishtimes.com/motors/revie...

Lecturer in History - University of Hull - School of Humanities - Faculty of Arts, Cultures and Education #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNB990/l...

Two events linked to my book on the Red Brigades - published on 19 June 9 June Bookhaus - Bristol - booking required hdfst.uk/e125273 - 18.00 pm 10 June - Italian cultural institute London with John Dickie - 18.30 - booking required iiclondra.esteri.it/.../the-red-...

New Yorkers! I’ll be speaking with @brianjgriffith.bsky.social at Columbia’s Italian Academy on the 80th anniversary of Italy’s liberation from Fascism. Come along for the Bella Ciao?

Atelier Populaire, Halte a l'Expulsion!, 1968 via Letterform Archive oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=...

Very much looking forward to being part of a UNESCO roundtable in Paris this afternoon to discuss how education can respond to the rise of polarised ideologies and uncertainties. I’ll be talking about antifascist pedagogies and how knowledge of the past can build resistance today.

There are still tickets for this online talk I’m giving next Tuesday. As I like to say, ‘come for the #Tarot, stay for the cartomancy’. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tarot-and-...?

Very much looking forward to a trip to Paris next week to talk about antifascist pedagogies as part of UNESCO’s Global Citizenship Education work! What are our favourite Parisian museums and galleries these days that don’t cost the earth?

"History department power couple Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025."

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

One of my brilliant students wrote this about M: Son of the Century on Sky. Smart analysis and top writing! www.thebristorian.co.uk/arts/https/w...

Our new MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders is now open for applications! Taught by experts across the University of London in UCL, RHUL, KCL, QMUL, ULIP & ILCS, it delivers a unique interdisciplinary degree. And 3 bursaries are available! Find out more 👇 ilcs.sas.ac.uk/graduate-stu...

*Final week* to apply for School of Advanced Study bursaries available for Masters degrees across the School, inc. our new MA in Languages Across Borders - check out the Master's funding page here: www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate... - @ilcs.bsky.social

A total joy to officially launch my book yesterday with the help of @georgenewth.bsky.social! So lovely to see friends and students from different departments and big thanks to the 🇮🇹 department for hosting (and to Asda for the book cake 😂)

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

This is without comparison. A man fighting for his democracy, whose citizens have been killed, kidnapped and raped by fascist invaders comes to the Oval Office and is attacked by the President and VP. This is a gangster government. Never been more disgusted in the US.

Some might also call them squadristi

“Aspiring authoritarians sometimes rely on thugs willing to do violence while denying any link to politicians. In the 2010s in Ukraine, these men were called Titushky. Today, the United States has its own Titushky: the Proud Boys,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes:

Apropos of nothing, here's some posters I made for outside my office in case anyone wants them. Text on one edited from @blacktrowel.bsky.social, the other from an Eco article (both cited of course). If you'd like the PDF files, just email me. #antifascist #AncientBluesky 🏺

Tonight! Come along if you’re in town

Ahahahah!!!!!!! #Meloni #carnevale #Viareggio

📢 'Developing Anti-Fascist Pedagogies' Join us in our upcoming workshop, with speakers @amycking.bsky.social, @georgenewth.bsky.social, Charles Burdett & Angelica Pesarini 📅 12 May, 11-3:30pm 📍 In person, Senate House, London Further details and registration below 👇

Delighted to share news of a free in-person workshop I've co-organised in May at the ILCS (@ilcs.bsky.social) to discuss the need for explicitly antifascist pedagogies against the rising tide of far-right support and what that practice would look like. Info here: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/devel...

Breaking - White House is forcing out top leadership at the National Archives. “The exodus of senior staff is seen as a huge loss for the agency, which is considered nonpartisan and dedicated to the preservation of history and documents.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/p...

It is launch day!!! We can finally announce the new book series with @manchesterup.bsky.social on Queer and Trans Histories. Help spread the word! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer...

The great intellectual historian Anson Rabinbach, passed away a few days ago in Rome after a fall. The folks over at the George Mosse Program in Wisconsin have set up an online page to capture memories and reminiscences for friends and family. It is available here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

On Cardiff’s proposals regarding the teaching of languages and cultures The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and Emma Cayley www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card...

Damning.

FOUR. HUNDRED. Despite their most recently published financial statements showing that they have “a strong balance sheet” attributed that to the commitment of their staff - their “most important and valued asset” University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hit home today that Elon’s zooming in to a rally of the German hard right to tell them to stop feeling bad about the past and embrace German glory was right before Holocaust Remembrance day.

If you watch only one short video today, make it this one. Remarkable bravery, and the looks on the various faces could be material for a dissertation on gender, the family, and authoritarianism. youtu.be/gVInX42IQD8?...