Good, short interview with @gsamaras.bsky.social #farright #radicalright

The issue is not populism, it never was Anti-populism serves a purpose though as it limits the domain of the possible in politics between the status quo and anything beyond that is painted as "populist"

📣New Interview📣 'Moving from an immaterial feed to a poster on a street furnishes AfD’s claims with context and permanence.' @gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the mnemonic normalisation of the German far right through its visual politics. reacpol.net/mnemonic-nor...

2/5 | Keeping democracy strong Join Prof Peter John, @gsamaras.bsky.social, @joeysherlock.bsky.social and fellow researchers if your work touches on democracy, political behaviour, civic engagement, and related fields ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/solid...

Populism was never the issue The issue was calling far-right politics "populism" which was not only inaccurate but euphemised and legitimised them as a so-called alternative to the status (while they aim to take the worst of it and push it further) Yes, I'll keep banging on about this

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...

🔊 "They find the idea of an open society quite difficult to understand, and that pushes them to extreme positions." 🎧 On the next episode of the School for Government podcast, @gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the far-right radicalisation of young men ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-sch...

I went on @channel4news.bsky.social to stress that migration is a top-down construct, weaponised by the state to target the vulnerable. Far-right marches, driven by hatred of minorities, are being normalised and the government's complicity risks violence. Full vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxhB...

Fascists demonstrating yesterday pretend to be an alternative to the system while having the unwavering support of the nominally centre left and right parties in this country, the sympathetic ear of the mainstream media and the back up of tech billionaires But sure, they're "left behind" rebels...

Good to see my colleague @gsamaras.bsky.social on Channel 4 News discussing the dangers posed by the far-right racists marching through London today - and the need for the government to push back on their hatred and lies. [about 8 minutes in] www.channel4.com/programmes/c...

Our @reacpolrn.bsky.social summer school starts tomorrow and it feels again far too timely While our research deals with utterly grim issues in utterly grim contexts, I hope this will again be an opportunity to create a sense of community and solidarity ❤️ reacpol.net/summer-schoo...

How Nigel Farage’s biopolitics captured Westminster

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

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....

Again: shock.

Kick off your week by reading my @politico.eu analysis of independent MP Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain movement — which aims to shift Westminster's Overton window rightwards without becoming a political party. But will it be crowded out by Reform UK? www.politico.eu/article/meet...

Short but important interview with @gsamaras.bsky.social about Europe's most successful neo-Nazi party, and the conclusions that Europe should draw 👇

You can find Georgios' research article, which this interview is based on, here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣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/

Mahmoud Khalil is free.

🔎 IN FOCUS | After a week of chaos, Reform has a new chair and a leader insisting the party is on track, but the signs are there that this is a party not ready to be in charge – whatever the polls say, writes government expert Georgios Samaras

"Strategic misjudgements and internal disputes have become particularly evident in the aftermath of the May 2025 local elections." ✍️ Check out @gsamaras.bsky.social's long read for @the-independent.com on the turmoil within Reform UK and the party's impact on the councils it now controls

Curious why far-right parties implode from within? Head over to @the-independent.com to read my latest long read, where I analyse Reform UK and show why Farage will flop long before he even knocks on Number 10’s door www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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

"Politicians could take up Tax Justice UK’s idea for a 2% wealth tax on assets over £10m. Campaigners say this would raise £24bn annually – enough to begin repairing broken Britain. Oxfam says 78% of the public would support such a progressive levy". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Democracy is being eroded in the very country where it was born: #Greece. In our latest magazine issue, @gsamaras.bsky.social examines how Prime Minister Kyriakos #Mitsotakis' administration is dismantling human rights and targeting the press: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

"...Trump is hell-bent on steamrolling cultural norms and silencing dissent, even if it hurls the world into another Great Depression." @gsamaras.bsky.social, Assistant Prof of Public Policy writes for @politico.com ➡️ www.politico.eu/article/dona...

OPINION: With the US showing signs of political self-destruction, Europe is now poised to confront authoritarianism, if it so chooses. It could unmask Trump’s far-right allies as embarrassingly inept on the economy, while sparking a renewed belief in democracy even as the darkness deepens.

My new open access publication is now available in Visual Studies. I examined four far-right parties in Greece, spanning from 2012 to 2024, exploring visual symbols, cues, and how hateful messages are disseminated through social media posts: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What does Marine Le Pen's conviction mean for France's National Rally party? Is she following a predictable playbook? What should left-wing parties do now? @gsamaras.bsky.social of @policyatkings.bsky.social explores this in @theguardian.com ⬇️ #OurDividedPlanet www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"[T]he boundaries between global far-right movements are increasingly blurred, with their mobilisation tactics evolving rapidly. Democracies must confront this challenge head on and urgently unite against the far-right threat before it is too late." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"...we must not reproduce Le Pen’s argument that her conviction was a political attack...the courts exist to deliver justice, and no one is above the law." @gsamaras.bsky.social, Assistant Prof of Public Policy at the School for Government, writes for the Guardian about Marie Le Pen's conviction

Delighted to share my debut op-ed in The Guardian in which I explore Le Pen’s threat to democracy. In the past 14 years we observed the 'de-demonisation' designed to shed the NR's extremist past-a process that shows no sign of slowing. Only the left can stop this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ο τραμπισμός προσπαθεί να ενεργοποιήσει ένα διεθνές δίκτυο ομοϊδεατών του. Ποια είναι η ατζέντα που ενώνει τα κόμματα-δορυφόρους. Και πώς επιχειρείται να εισαχθεί στην Ελλάδα www.kathimerini.gr/politics/563...

Publication Alert 🚨 Pleased to share 'Weaponising Religion in Greece Post Economic Crisis' in the Journal of Empirical Theology. Using CDA, I examine how three far‑right political parties in Greece have abused religious narratives and promote elements of anti-woke culture brill.com/view/journal...

Graciously waiting for the German government to issue a Betätigungsverbot

A lot of international attention to the German Die Linke now as they are rising in the polls. It's important that since the split from BSW they should probably be much more regarded as a progressive (radical) left such as Podemos or Green Left rathern than traditional populist left such as Dutch SP.

Job alert! SFG is currently seeking a Reader in Public Policy. If you are passionate about policy research and eager to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/105325-...

I was interviewed by Al Jazeera @aljazeera.com regarding Musk’s vision for an Aryan empire and its profound implications for European politics. The far-right is undoubtedly monitoring these developments. Full vid: youtu.be/DPQyN7GqCcI?...

I was interviewed by Al Jazeera @aljazeera.com regarding Musk’s vision for an Aryan empire and its profound implications for European politics. The far-right is undoubtedly monitoring these developments.

Was that also a “communist, socialist guy” salute?

Elon Musk did the Hitler salute twice during his speech today. But it isn’t clear what this gesture might have meant.

As President Trump takes office, what will be the implications of his second term on the rest of the world? King’s academics Dr Georgios Samaras @gsamaras.bsky.social & Dr Charlie Laderman share their views. ⬇️ You can read more from Dr Laderman in this IISS article ➡️ www.iiss.org/online-analy...

remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity

I have written a blog entry for @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2... In it, I discuss the argument in my book about the normalization of the radical right. I also discuss how that argument can explain the rapid, and often unforeseen, rise of politicians with this ideology.

If 2024 was the beginning of the move away from Musk controlled social network platforms... ... then 2025 is going to be the beginning of the move away from Zuckerberg controlled social network platforms

Elon Musk has designs on the whole of Europe The billionaire’s attacks on the UK are part of a pattern of support for the hard right across the continent. By Georgios Samaras www.newstatesman.com/world/europe...

In my new op-ed for @newstatesman.com I discuss how Elon Musk became the biggest far-right propagandist, openly espousing neo-Nazi views and shaping an Aryan vision for Europe too. This is just the beginning, considering that Trump has not even entered the WH yet www.newstatesman.com/world/europe...

I think journalists, policymakers and good govt types are struggling to understand DOGE because their mental model is that it is a government reform commission, operating like previous ones. Maybe. But it might be better to start thinking about it as a hostile takeover of the govt by oligarchs.

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