João Carvalho

Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.

Article: Why Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign is part of a wider cultural backlash (Meaghan Furlano) - Reactionary Politics Research Network This article by Meaghan Furlano explores recent campaign by American Eagle with Sydney Sweeney

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'There's an arrogance to the way they move around the city': is it time for digital nomads like me to leave Lisbon? Like so many others, I moved from London to Portugal’s capital for the sun, lifestyle – and the tax break. But as tensions rise with struggling locals, many of us are beginning to wonder whether we’re...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Sign the Petition STOP THE SILENCE! Academic Associations Must Recognise the Genocide in Gaza

a drop in the ocean, but how can academics stay silent in face of current man made famine in gaza

www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...

Gaza suffering man-made mass starvation, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issues warning, as more than 100 aid groups urge Israel to ease blockade

No words 💔

UK opinion on Gaza war (YouGov, July 2025)

18% support Israel’s actions in Gaza, 55% oppose
81% of those who oppose say it’s a genocide

Large margins in favour of:
- trade embargoes (48% to 20%)
- financial sanctions on individuals (52% to 19%)
- suspending arms exports to Israel (57% to 18%)

Why we need to halt ‘hard right’ in its tracks Far-right parties are doing well – so it’s important that we see them for what they are. Yet, in the UK, the label ‘hard right’ is catching on. Why is debateable. But, argues Tim Bale, it’s a misdescr...

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Marcelo “perplexo” com números do governo sobre imigração, quando comparados com os do INE. Daniel Oliveira analisa opção do Executivo - Expresso da Manhã Daniel Oliveira, comentador da SIC e colunista do Expresso, diz que o Governo está a esconder debilidades em áreas que são prioritárias para os portugueses

classic handbook of increasing salience of immigration in national politics and to boost the far right!
government's numbers of immigration have more 500,000 individuals than the figure provided by the national statistics institute according to the President of the Republic omny.fm/shows/expres...

I am gripped by horror as US democracy disappears over a political cliff Trump and his followers are battering long-established American institutions into submission

hummm...

inews.co.uk/opinion/grip...

Nos últimos 25 anos, a criminalidade desceu. Mas crimes nas capas de jornais duplicaram Amplificação mediática dos fenómenos criminais alimenta o sentimento de insegurança que não corresponde à realidade da criminalidade em Portugal, aponta o Observatório de Segurança e Defesa da SEDES.

a worlwide trend in the media: "in 25 years, the criminality dropped in Portugal, but front page news about crime doubled in number!".
this is how you steer public perceptions...
www.publico.pt/2025/07/14/s...

A year after the 2024 election, which voters have abandoned the Conservative party and why? | YouGov Two thirds of Conservative to Reform UK defectors could be open to returning to the party

the consequences of centre-right parties accomodation of PRRP is evident in the UK, as the ideological frontiers of the electorates of the two camps vanish...
A Déjà vu of French politics in the mid-2010s… analysed and printed in government and opposition in 2017

Elon Musk’s latest Trump spat could end the Maga saga for good If the ‘trainwreck’ Tesla boss goes through with launching the America Party – bankrolling a new presidential candidate with his almost limitless wealth – it would do more than just derail Trump’s sec...

good news?! or milliards democracy?!

www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...

Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk

ICE raids are leaving fields full of rotting food in California.
Even the documented workers are not showing up.

And guess what? You’ll still want your strawberries then you’ll pay more for imported ones.

This isn’t border security.
It’s cruel economic sabotage, dressed up as patriotism.

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Reform would win most seats if general election took place now, new poll reveals No party would win an overall majority, but a YouGov poll suggests Nigel Farage would have the most seats by far

long term effects of accomodating the far right... and the lack of polarization...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

A política de imigração portuguesa: da teoria à prática - NOVA FCSH ensino a distância

recomendo bastante: www.fcsh.unl.pt/outros-curso...

mais vale aprender sobre um fénomeno social de elevada complexidade que reproduzir estereotipos e fake news

Inquérito: Declarações de André Ventura sobre ciganos recebem concordância Num inquérito realizado pela Aximage, a maioria das pessoas inquiridas diz concordar com as declarações do candidato do PSD a Loures sobre os ciganos. Uma maioria que abrange todos os partidos polític...

dados sobre ciganofobia em Portugal em 2017... uma clivagem transversal á sociedade portuguesa, capitalizada pela extrema direita...
já se sabe, é tudo culpa da imigração...

Historischer Rechtsruck in Portugal: Bei der Parlamentswahl legen Rechtspopulisten deutlich zu Die konservative Regierung gewinnt die Wahl ohne absolute Mehrheit und die Rechtspopulisten legen deutlich zu. Portugal erlebt einen Rechtsruck.

my view on Portuguese politics (I think, since I have no clue of german)

www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...

Follow the media? News environment and public concern about immigration Immigration is a hot topic in Europe, but research on the media effects on public attention to immigration remains limited. We examine how media coverage affects the degree of importance attached to ....

scientific research on the salience of immigration in Britain and other 7 european countries... its entirely free !
Starmer is repeating same mistakes as Blair...

ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

a glim of hope:

'I paid £11k to get my visa due to Home Office errors - then had a stroke' Visa application cost £5,000, but teacher had to submit a second one after his first was rejected due to a "computer error" at the Home Office

making people's life insane seems the new way forward in politics...

inews.co.uk/news/11k-vis...

UK Universities in Crisis: 10,000 Jobs at Risk as Student Numbers Drop UK universities are facing around 5,000 job cuts due to decreased budgets. Reduced facilities and staff, in addition to complex visas and a high cost of living is driving away foreign students.

in the meantime, there are real consequences on the ground... yet, more of the same... kind of sad for who studied in the UK

www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-universit...

Starmer vows to cut immigration ‘significantly’ by end of his first parliament - live Starmer announces every area of UK’s immigration system will be tightened

British politicians do not learn... keep repeating same errors, paving way for the radical right

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

My Time on 60 Minutes and Why I Refuse To Stay Silent From Marc | From the opening words of Judge Beryl Howell’s opinion to the 60 Minutes closing credits, this has been an emotional weekend for me personally.

Thank you to everyone who wrote to me to offer support about my appearance on 60 Minutes.🙏

I will never back down or go silent. I hope that what I write might help others, especially lawyers, speak out as well. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-t...

University of Sheffield staff to strike over 'drastic' cuts The University and College Union says up to 1,000 jobs will be put at risk by planned cutbacks.

Disgusted with the extent of the cuts in British higher education... Sheffield is where I did my PhD, and I learnt that my external examiner is under threat of unemployment elsewhere...
Considering events in the USA, prospects were never so bleak...

www.bbc.com/news/article...

??? realibility used to be a German asset ???

Germany: Intelligence agency says entire AfD 'extremist' – DW – 05/02/2025 One of Germany's most popular parties, the AfD, has been designated by the country's domestic intelligence agency as an extremist organization that threatens democracy.

Shock, but no surprise. The only unexpected thing about this is the timing #farright #radicalright #Germany

Why Nigel Farage really won Runcorn Making speeches about patriotism is easy – fixing potholes is harder. Farage is entitled to celebrate, but whether Reform is fit for power is another matter, says Simon Walters

"While many politicians, including Keir Starmer, who served under old-style socialist Jeremy Corbyn and now runs a government closer to Tony Blair’s New Labour, move with each change in the political wind, Farage sings more or less the same tune."

www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...