Aaron Winter

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

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"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

It's fascinating to watch cooler Labour heads like Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham say that comparing the Greens and Reform together is a terrible tactic.

Yet Labour ministers are hourly on shows keeping up the same narrative.

The Green Party and Reform are completely the opposite!

Whiteness, populism and the racialisation of the working class in the United Kingdom and the United States The election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote were widely hailed as examples of (white) working class revolts. This article examines the populist racialisation of the working class as white and ...

The racialisation of the working class has always been core to reactionary politics

E.g. mainstream elites were quick to blame/praise the white WC for both Trump & Brexit despite data providing a different picture

@aaronwinter.bsky.social and I explored it here

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Labour needs more Shabana Mahmoods, not Angela Rayners The home secretary is showing true leadership in her response to Labour’s defeat in Gorton and Denton – and the last thing Labour should do if it wants to be electable is to ‘lurch to the left’ to app...

'the last thing Labour should do if it wants to be electable is to ‘lurch to the left’ to appease the Greens'

Happy to lurch to the right to appease Reform though. If so, it means they learned nothing from Gorton and Denton.

www.independent.co.uk/voices/labou...

Red Lines: The death of Quentin Deranque, the demonisation of the French left, and far-right mainstreaming (Fraser McQueen) - Reactionary Politics Research Network This article by Fraser McQueen discusses the demonisation of the left in the aftermath of Quentin Deranque's death

Yesterday the main opposition party to Macron and the far right in France was classified as "extreme left"

This is a further step in the demonisation of the left and the concurrent mainstreaming of the far right

@frasermcqueen.bsky.social's piece is illuminating on this
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developed democracies are balkanising into 'internet fascist' & 'progressive liberal' teams

nobody wants reactionary centrism

Democracy is a conspiracy unless only racism is represented.

The political and media establishment, as well as far right experts need to reflect on this - particularly those who encourage centrism and mainstreaming and continue to cite Goodwin or reproduce his thesis in some form.

Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election with Labour pushed into third by Reform Hannah Spencer, a 34-year-old plumber, also becomes the first Green Party candidate to win a Westminster by-election.

If you want to defeat the far right, you need a real alternative, not a more moderate version that panders & parrots but offers nothing to address real issues.

Congratulations @greenparty.org.uk, Hannah Spencer, @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the people of Gorton & Denton
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The reaction from our volunteers in Manchester! 💚

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BREAKING: A wonderful speech from Green Party's Hannah Spencer after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Congratulations!

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I was on @lbc.co.uk News on Monday discussing the Reform UK Leader's speech with Jim Diamond ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Listen here. I'm on at 1.5 hrs in.

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Discussing Decolonisation: A guest lecture by Dr Aaron Winter (Lancaster) A guest lecture by Dr Aaron Winter on racism, resistance and the mainstreaming of the Far Right

Off to York to give a talk as part of the @yorkstjohn.bsky.social Discussing Decolonisation series. Looking forward to it.

Racism, Reaction & Resistance: Reflections on the Mainstreaming of the Far Right

Aaron Winter @sosslancaster.bsky.social
24 Feb
5:30-7pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discussing...

these people treat being called racist like it is a slur, and treat slurs like they're mere differences of opinion

Lord Mandelson arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office The ex-US ambassador had been under investigation over allegations he shared market-sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein while a government minister.

Mandelson follows the former prince Andrew into the Epstein-linked arrest book.

I'll be on @lbc.co.uk news today at 2:25 pm discussing Reform UK

The AfD is flirting with Nazi history – but moral outrage alone won’t stop the far right | Katja Hoyer Coincidence or not, the party has timed its congress for the centenary of an infamous Nazi rally. But condemnation didn’t stop Hitler, and it’s not enough now, says historian and journalist Katja Hoye...

Really important article. It won’t be long before Musk, Reform & other far right movements can afford to be less coy about Nazi inspiration. (Remember Farage hissing at Jews?) But the outrage that should induce still won’t be enough to stop them.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

as far as i can tell “bio hacking” is just a goofy term for giving yourself some combination of an eating disorder and a drug addiction

Absolutely. Most major papers as well helped him promote his last two books.

Matt Goodwin’s academic project was debunked as ‘total garbage’ Reform’s Gorton & Denton by-election candidate left a right-wing think tank ‘with his tail between his legs’ when work was exposed, sources tell The Times

Been saying this for years. That & the role of that research in the mainstreaming of the far right he now runs as a candidate for. How are other academics who used it surprised or think he turned at some point?! Says a lot about what they can't or don't want to see.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin faced GB News complaint over colleague’s claim of ‘inappropriate comments’ Exclusive: Nigel Farage understood to have known of grievance against byelection candidate, whose lawyer described it as resolved ‘minor workplace matter’ of miscommunication

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

'Reimagining #identity and #belonging in Ireland'

New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Malgosia Machowska-Kosciak and Maria Barry

Read the blog post ⬇️
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter Taylor & Francis Research

Looking forward to doing an interview about the place of far right politics in the Gorton and Denton by-election with LBC North West this morning. It is pre-recorded so will play later.

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RIP Jesse Jackson.

I will be on @lbc.co.uk today at 5:50 pm GMT discussing his work, passing and legacy.

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Next #Identities online event, open for registration!

The Asian Gang Revisited: Race, Youth Culture, Policing, and the Afterlives of Community

In collaboration with the Stuart Hall Archive Project at the University of Birmingham

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Episode 9: Researching Extremism and Risky Material

Check out the latest episode of the @identitiesjournal.bsky.social podcast: Researching Extremism and Risky Material

Great to chat with Shereen Fernandez & @rizwaansabir.bsky.social about the challenges of researching racism, counterextremism & counterterrorism.

open.spotify.com/episode/3Bpn...

Thanks! That caller was terrible. I am angry, just not then and don't consider his accusation a good faith one.

High court rules ban on Palestine Action is unlawful – live Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws

High court rules ban on Palestine Action is unlawful

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...