@peterhopkins.bsky.social discusses how the Far-right protests against #AsylumHotels in the UK have escalated into mass mobilisations, with #Migration dominating political debate while #Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism remain sidelined and silenced: buff.ly/J3hLPr9

📢New Issue of The GJ!📢 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 September's Issue features the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section alongside 9 papers, 3 commentaries, and records of the 2025 RGS-IBG Medals and Awards ceremony. Take a look here ⬇️ rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754959...

If his group comes here to launch a new political party on Saturday, we make clear we see them for what they are. We won’t be fooled by Tommy Robinson. He simply does not belong here. (4/4)

They are our friends, our neighbours, people who we play or watch football with and have a laugh with at work or on a night out, people who have built up businesses, employing others and who work hard and contribute a great deal. (3/4)

I look around our region and see a North East that is proud and welcoming. This is a place where families have come from all over the world to work in our hospitals and care homes. (2/4)

Tommy Robinson's brand of hate and division offers the people of the North East nothing. He won't create jobs, he won't do anything to reduce your energy bills, he won't make your local transport better. All he offers is hate, and too often violence. There is no place for that in this region.(1/4)

New piece @brisunipress.bsky.social about Islamophobia being ignored in the context of the debate about asylum hotels www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/09/22/a...

A new book out today @brisunipress.bsky.social. You can order your copy here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/everyday-isl...

NEW ANIMATION! Here is a short new animation that explain a little more about what is meant by 'everyday Islamophobia'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EavZ...

NEW ANIMATION! Here is a short new animation that explain a little more about what is meant by 'everyday Islamophobia'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EavZ...

A new book out today @brisunipress.bsky.social. You can order your copy here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/everyday-isl...

What is intersectionality? Here is a useful animation to help explain what it is all about: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1is...

What is anti-racism and what does it mean to be anti-racist? Here is a short animation that addresses these questions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExIx...

What is Islamophobia and how does it operate? Here is a short animation that addresses this question: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pFJ...

And here's a written piece that explains some of this further: from.ncl.ac.uk/how-do-we-cr...?

How do we create environments where people can do their very best thinking, for themselves? Here is a short animation that explains how this can be achieved using Nancy Kline's idea of creating 'thinking environments': www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Wg...

And here is an animation about hate crimes in the UK that provides some examples of the different forms this can take and where you can look to for support: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbNC...

And here is a piece by that my colleague Heather Smith and I wrote about our individual and joint work to tackle racism in schools: from.ncl.ac.uk/how-should-w...

What are some of the ways that racism can be addressed at school? Based on collaborative work with secondary school students, here is an animation that shares their ideas about how to tackle racism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcZp...

And here is an animation about hate crimes in the UK that provides some examples of the different forms this can take and where you can look to for support: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbNC...

How do we create environments where people can do their very best thinking, for themselves? Here is a short animation that explains how this can be achieved using Nancy Kline's idea of creating 'thinking environments': www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Wg...

What are some of the ways that racism can be addressed at school? Based on collaborative work with secondary school students, here is an animation that shares their ideas about how to tackle racism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcZp...

What is Islamophobia and how does it operate? Here is a short animation that addresses this question: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pFJ...

What is anti-racism and what does it mean to be anti-racist? Here is a short animation that addresses these questions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExIx...

What is intersectionality? Here is a useful animation to help explain what it is all about: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1is...

Studying Geography at university? 🌎📚💻 Check out this article for some top tips from our Geography colleagues (Simon Tate and @peterhopkins.bsky.social) on how to succeed in the first year of your new degree >> bit.ly/4lRcR4D

Are you a geographer researching issues of public relevance? Join us for The GJ's 'Meet the Editors' event at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference! 13:10, Wednesday 27 August, Muirhead Room 113 Ft.: @beckcollins.bsky.social @peterhopkins.bsky.social @trivikrama.bsky.social Paul Milbourne

How should we tackle racism in schools? Prof. @peterhopkins.bsky.social and Prof. Heather Smith, share their crucial work on how to tackle racism in schools and how to promote a culture of anti-racism. Read the blog here >> bit.ly/3UCsmC8

📢New Issue of The GJ!📢 This issue features papers on topics including drones, fintech, and e-waste. The GJ publishes papers on issues of public interest - get in touch with submission ideas at [email protected]. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754959... #geosky

A NEW ANIMATION - 'Ten ways to tackle racism at school'. The script for this was developed by five secondary school pupils at Shawlands Academy in Glasgow) in collaboration with @joeljoel.bsky.social and I following some research we did in the school. youtu.be/NcZpL4kSLpU?...

Excited to read Kahina Meziant's new paper, 'Glitches, geopoetics, and the matter of migration: Regrounding beyond citizenship' at @thegj.bsky.social: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The tenth piece is written by Elizabeth Olson (University of North Carolina), considering the state of family care in the US under Trump. 'Care, family and crisis' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 12/14

The ninth piece is by @spacedemands.bsky.social, Bryttani Wooten & Danielle Purifoy, re-imagining Black futures in the face of violent anti-black politics. 'Black geographies in the wake: The afterlives of difference and the possibilities of reproductive justice' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 11/14

The eighth piece is from Solange Muñoz & Pamela Sertzen, exploring the histories and geographies of Latinx populations in the US: 'Latinxs in the (newest) Trump era' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 10/14

And finally, @peterhopkins.bsky.social & @joeljoel.bsky.social reflect on Trump's Muslim-targeting travel bans and the Islamophobic politics at play in this administration. 'The "Islamophobia President" re-elected' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 14/14

The penultimate piece is by @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social (University of British Columbia), thinking through the implications of Trump's presidency for Indigenous environments and citizens in the US: 'Settler colonialism in Donald Trump's America' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 13/14

The seventh piece is by Banu Gökarıksel (University of North Carolina), examining the exclusions which construct a white heteropatriarchal vision of American nationhood: 'Convergent exclusionary politics of gender & migration in Trump's re-election campaign, 2024–2025' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 9/14

The sixth piece in this collection is written by @wiley.pink, Sarah Fogel, @queergeog.bsky.social & @nickandplants.bsky.social, exploring the implications of the 2024 elections on trans lives. 'Resisting gender fascism' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 8/14

The fifth piece comes from Caroline Nagel (University of South Carolina), placing Trump's anti-immigration politics in historical context. 'Immigration policy in the second Trump administration: Restriction, removal, and the limits of MAGA nativism' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 7/14

The fourth piece in this collection is by Cynthia Gorman (West Virginia University), on the legal circumscribing of asylum under Trump. 'Geographies of "lawfare" and the disappearing pathways to US asylum' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 6/14

The first piece comes from Colin Flint (Utah State University), exploring Trump's likely foreign policy initiatives through a geopolitical lens. 'Hegemonic retreat: Transactionalism as foreign policy' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 3/14

The third piece is by Mark Davidson (Clark University), reflecting on the future of US cities: 'He's a builder, but does Trump have an urban agenda?' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 5/14

The second is written by Conor Harrison (University of South Carolina) on what the Trump administration means for the US electricity system. 'Trump and the US energy transition' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 4/14

📢 New in The GJ! 📢 We've published 12 intervention pieces in a special collection reflecting on Trump's second term in the White House, and how geographers are responding. All pieces are free to read for the next 3 months - access them here ⬇️ rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

An introduction to this collection is written by the organisers, Caroline Nagel & @peterhopkins.bsky.social, providing context for interpreting Trump's second term. 'The next four years: Geographical reflections on the second Trump administration' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... 2/14

The introduction @thegj.bsky.social to a set of geographical reflections on the second Trump administration has now been published. Have a read of this here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... and the other papers in the collection here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

Look 👀 new essays reflecting on the election of Trump @thegj.bsky.social. Issues covered include energy and urban policy, geopolitics, immigration, gender, asylum, black and Latinx geographies, care, settler colonialism, Islamophobia and more 👇 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

How do we create environments where people can do their best thinking? @peterhopkins.bsky.social reflects on best practices for colleagues and students to do their very best thinking bit.ly/4izoaNm