I took part in this devastating episode on how Israel has targeted and killed journalists in Gaza - the most courageous professionals who carried on working in the most impossible conditions www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUSx...

We are living under an aspiring fascist regime that has not yet fully consolidated. This is not difficult to understand unless you get paid to muddy the waters.

The only real use of AI I see at a moment is as yet another tool of oligarchic state control It is used to control knowledge, destroy education (in its emancipatory understanding) and ultimately curtail democratic imagination at a time when authoritarian measures become the norm

When it comes to intimidating racist protests including outside our homes or place of worship, Black and Asian people are supposed to just accept it and the government saying “we hear you” and “it is right to protest this” and “I love flags me”. No thought of “cumulative impact” for us!

☎️ Call For Papers ☎️ 🔹International Symposium: Far Right, Gender and Femonationalism🔹 Mid-March 2026, Lausanne CRAPUL and CEG (UNIL) invite scholars to submit proposals for a three-day symposium on far-right politics and gender. 👉 Full CFP text: urlr.me/35GyhK ⏰ Deadline : 30th October 2025

"Most of the rightwing policies for which we remember Reagan started under Carter, who was hoping to woo conservative voters. He failed" Funny how this never works, always makes things worse and yet remains a dogma in sensible politics... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

An absolutey fantastic piece. It's something that I struggle with lots as a very junior (PhD student) figure in academia. My research touches on various right/far-right oppositions to climate change and I'm often surrounded by work (in various settings) which uses 'populism' incorrectly.

🔴How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists Over 450 members of the aid flotilla to Gaza are now being held by Israel in an “anti-terror” prison in the Negev desert, reports @mathildamall.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/h...

You know the right has you when you're sympathising with and defending the FBI in order to own/oppose Trump. If you want a history of state overreach, authoritarianism and crackdowns on political enemies, Google them ...

The New York Times doesn't tell you why the alleged murderer said he sent pizzas to the victim's house just before he ran down the girl and her best friend. He said on video that he was getting revenge for social media comments about death of Charlie Kirk.

“When we use the term “populist”, we often create a semantic link between the word and “the people”. So when we allow the far right to be described as populist, we are incorrectly implying that they are tapping into what the people want or that they speak for the “silent majority””

Fascinating quote from the Labour spokesperson that shows how populist hype works It both legitimises the far right by euphemising it and linking it to "the people" and delegitimises left alternatives by equating them to the far right What we see though is that push back is possible

An Andrew Tate and Charlie Kirk fan just murdered two teenage girls. In a livestream now taken down he claimed they had made fun of Charlie Kirk's death. This is the real world consequences of the hate and misogyny the right promotes while claiming the left is violent.

ICE is absolutely out of control in Chicago.

What @zackpolanski.bsky.social is saying is simply what anyone who pays attention to politics is witnessing Starmer has played a key role in mainstreaming far-right politics, enabled by a mainstream media which still tiptoes around this terrible state of affairs

Pete Hegseth demands to “untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country.” Donald Trump demands to use US cities "as training grounds for our military,” claiming “We’re under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy.” Fascism.

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

I’m beginning to think it is bad that some of the world’s the worst people control our entire media infrastructure.

As if the vile attack in Manchester wasn't horrible enough, in and of itself, it will also be used by fascists and their mainstream enablers to pour more fuel on the fire... Things are turning so bad, so quickly Solidarity with victims and those seeking a better world

Finally, a major media outlet will be headed by a true free speech warrior who got her start trying to get her professors fired

“Small farmer” = major local landowner “Working class” = millionaire business owner, if sufficiently racist

the going definition of "working class" seems to be whether or not one went to college. look I know we're not going to agree on here about what "working-class" is but can we all agree it's not that?

This is absolutely horrific. To attack a synagogue and kill people, and that too on Yom Kippur. Vile and inexcusable.

As everybody knows, politics is only limited to elections and voters make their mind up in a vacuum, with no influence whatsoever from others It's not like the media, politicians and those with a privileged access to shaping public discourse have any power in shaping the agenda... Unbelievable...

Pls join us in following the Global Sumud Flotilla as it attempts to break Israel’s starvation siege of Gaza. It will make more noise if more people are watching on YouTube. So far over 60,000 people are following live. www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...

Too toxic for the Tories? Don't worry, Labour will do it. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

Among countless witnesses recalling the openly fascist politics of young Farage, we get this: "although he also said Farage was “quite capable of being reflective, and intelligence and quite charming” It might be time to stop thinking fascists are pure evil 1/ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It's breathtaking seeing prominent media figures who have played their part in hyping far-right politics and demonizing left alternatives mocking their colleagues for doing precisely that today Zero memory, zero reflection, zero accountability and then we wonder why we are where we are

Racism, fascism and reactionary politics are rightly* considered as insults No one wants to be called either, even when they espouse these politics by definition This explains the results below but also makes clear why we must call a spade a spade rather than take racists/fascists at their word

“Farage boats” is such a terrible catchphrase No doubt, Starmer's advisors will think it's very clever based on their outstanding record, but all it will do is play in Farage's hands. It makes him unavoidable in what this government made its key issue Appalling politics and appalling strategy

This BBC panorama episode is a frustrating watch It makes clear that the way the issue is covered is wrong (factually and politically) and fuelled by racism rather than "legitimate concerns" And yet they still end up on the fence somewhat www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

The Metropolitan Police is braced for an undercover documentary screening tonight showing Charing Cross police station is full of violent, racist and outright fascist officers and staff www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Royaume-Uni : les travaillistes face à une extrême droite galopante. Le Labour au pouvoir tient sa conférence annuelle à Liverpool. Jamais la lutte contre l’extrême droite, incarnée par le parti Reform UK de Nigel Farage, n’avait été autant au cœur de ce rendez-vous. www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

Some great reporting here: “One of the most prominent YouTubers, Anthony Styles, 59, has since deleted his AJ Audits channel after it was revealed he is a convicted paedophile. He was known to frequent protests… where demonstrators claimed to stand for the “protection of women and children”

that's not a defense, it's an admission of guilt

Keir Starmer’s speech today argued defence spending is “undeniably good for growth”. But military spend as prosperity is a false promise. The MoD supports about 9.4 jobs per £1m. By contrast, Transport for London supports 13.7 jobs per £1m. shorturl.at/mpM75

This quote from Starmer is a good example of what is wrong with the mainstream strategy to counter the resurgence of far-right politics The (far)right has no answer to the many crises facing us, but the mainstream hasn't proven it does either and discarding the left only strengthens the former

So glad the mainstream media gave so much space to the reactionary free speech panic That's really helped make sure the left is no longer censoring the free flow of ideas...

You do not need the far right in power to have far-right politics implemented and far-right discourse normalised This should be clear by now and yet those responsible keep being given the benefit of the doubt

Yes, because appeasement of fascists has famously always worked...

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

[1/8] Maxime Lerolle présente une recherche du CNRS et de l’Inrae sur le recyclage du plastique qui ne suffit pas à solutionner la pollution mondiale. La production atteint 400 Mt par an, et seule une réduction massive de la fabrication de plastiques vierges pourrait inverser la tendance. #geography

So a Trumper with an assault rifle massacred people in a church and burned it down because he hated Mormons. But we're so used to seeing THAT, it'll be out of the news by the end of the week. No flags at half staff for the slain worshippers I guess.

"The way out of AI hell is not to regroup around our treasured flaws and beautiful frailties, but to launch a frontal assault. AI, not the human mind, is the weak, narrow, crude machine." 🔥🔥🔥

The so-called “Gen Z” protests that broke out in Indonesia in August, overthrew the government of Nepal on September 9, and spread to Peru continue to resonate around the world. Today, protests toppled the government of Madagascar.

Trump in full on neo colonial deal. The UN? Who are they? Can Palestinians vote for a govt of their choosing? No they cannot. Is Tony Blair the Vice Roi? Of course he fucking is.

In the millionth example proving that the reactionary panic about "free speech" is sheer hypocrisy and only aims to protect their privilege...

"Accept this plan that was devised by your enemy without your input. Otherwise we give your enemy 'our full backing' to destroy you."

« La santé en premier, on ne veut pas la Coupe du monde » : au Maroc, la jeunesse lance une mobilisation majeure www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...