Imogen Richards

How do non-party actors view far-right parties in Australia? @imogenrichards.bsky.social, Callum Jones, Jordan McSwiney & @kurtsengul.bsky.social explore perceptions & relationships within the far-right ecosystem beyond formal politics. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/RIP41sg

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Thanks to all contributors inc: @k8ebrown.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social Luca Manucci, João Bernardo Narciso @kurtsengul.bsky.social Jordan McSwiney, @amaramarasingam.bsky.social @aysed.bsky.social @philofwrite.bsky.social Chris Wilson, @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social & @gretajasser.bsky.social

(PDF) Introduction: Media, democracy, and the global rise of the far right PDF | This introductory chapter establishes a theoretical and conceptual foundation for analysing far-right media representations across the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Resea...

Excited to share that a new book I was fortunate to edit is now online! 📚 shorturl.at/LaKw7

'The Far Right and the Media' examines cases of reporting on the FR across Spain, Portugal, the US, UK, Aotearoa NZ, Israel & Australia.

A preprint of the introduction is available here: shorturl.at/Rui7S

Exclusive: Hundreds of previously unreported Facebook posts, Telegram messages + Instagram comments show how Dezi Freeman openly fantasised about killing and torturing police officers in years leading up to the alleged Porepunkah police shooting

www.crikey.com.au/20...

🚨 We have a new article out in Political Studies

Will hopefully be of interest to scholars of the far-right, party politics, social movements, and anyone drawing breath really

Led by the excellent Imogen Richards, & Callum Jones & with Jordan McSwiney & me

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Victoria facing 'human catastrophe' without social housing fix Victoria must build 80,000 new social housing homes over the next decade just to catch up to the national average, according to new data released by housing advocates.

Victoria must build 80,000 new social housing homes over the next decade just to catch up to the national average, according to new data released by housing advocates.

First white South Africans board plane for US under Trump refugee plan The first white South Africans granted refugee status under a programme initiated by U.S. President Donald Trump boarded a plane to leave from the country's main international airport in Johannesburg on Sunday.

First white South Africans board plane for US under Trump refugee plan reut.rs/3YEFARt

When the vice president uses the exact same language as a white supremacist mass murderer www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

I mourn for every single person slaughtered in this needless genocide, and I mourn for the souls of those in my own community who have been following Israel down into the moral abyss.

Full statement on this shameful saga brought to you by the Israel lobby and gutter journalists at Murdoch 1/2

Neo-Nazis say this site is their 'biggest weapon' and candidates are spreading it Federal election candidates and elected officials are sharing content from The Noticer, a news site regularly publishing articles promoting white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideologies.

National Socialist Network leader Joel Davis has boasted that neo-Nazi news site The Noticer is "literally one of our biggest weapons." Many federal election candidates or current and former political figures have engaged with Noticer content. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

making America white again (as if it ever was 🤬)

🚨 Very thrilled to see my latest article out in the world (open access)

It looks at the far-right dating app, The Right Stuff which boasts “profiles without pronouns” and was co-founded by Trump administration AND Project 2025 alumni

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

They're actually selling the FBI headquarters.

NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two.

www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...

Russia-linked Telegram channels ‘offering to pay for attacks on mosques’ Exclusive: Campaigners say cryptocurrency payments were offered to UK residents who daubed anti-Muslim graffiti

Russia-linked Telegram channels ‘offering to pay for attacks on mosques’. Campaigners say cryptocurrency payments were offered to UK residents if they daubed anti-Muslim graffiti

Why we're suing Elon Musk's X for German election data As part of our research agenda, we gained access to TikTok’s Virtual Compute Environment (a secure data room designed for civil society organisations in lieu of its API) and Meta’s Content Library. X, however, was not cooperative.

Why we're suing Elon Musk's X for German election data

UK urged to act now on net zero – and skip two kebabs’ worth of meat a week Climate Change Committee issues advice to government on meeting carbon emissions target by 2050

Framing this article around "eating less kebabs" is really strange...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Donald Trump, Kid Rock, and Elon Musk

The Trump budget has passed in the House of Representatives:

💸$4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the top 1% + corporations
🪖more money for war + mass deportations
🚑$2 trillion in cuts to programs like Medicaid + food stamps

This is a massive transfer of wealth from the poor to the uber-elite.

“The privilege of asking Trump the first question was bestowed upon none other than nepo boyfriend Brian Glenn, a “journalist” at the far-right propaganda peddler Real America’s Voice, who’s currently dating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). “ I hate this timeline

DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…

Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees.

ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.

A Musk 'monopoly' has major party senators worried, as Greens sound alarm over billionaire's influence The fallout of the Albanese government's plan to make telcos use satellite services has raised concerns from politicians of all stripes over whether this will entrench Elon Musk's Starlink in Australia's telecommunications network.

A potential Elon Musk "monopoly" over Australian telecommunication networks over a de facto requirement to use Starlink has senators worried, report @cameronwilson.bsky.social and Anton Nilsson.

"We're going to be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million, and that's going to give you green card privileges. Plus, it's going to be a route to citizenship."

How Dan Bongino Went From InfoWars to FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino rose through the ranks of right-wing media thanks to his unflinching loyalty to Donald Trump and willingness to push baseless conspiracies—including about the FBI.

How Dan Bongino went from InfoWars to deputy director of the FBI

www.wired.com/story/dan-bo...

What is the AfD? Germany’s far-right party, explained Until recently, the far right was consistently excluded by mainstream political parties.

🗳️"What is the AfD? Germany’s far-right party, explained"
Rolf Frankenberger and I wrote a short primer for @theconversation.com on the AfD in the run-up to the German elections on Sunday: theconversation.com/what-is-the-...

Europe is looking to Germany for leadership – but these elections will dash its hopes again | Cas Mudde The CDU is a big player in the European parliament, but its predicted win this Sunday won’t change Germany’s inward focus, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia

Looking ahead at the German elections and its likely consequences in my new op-Ed in the Guardian.

11-year-old took her own life over deportation threats, family says ‘I waited a whole week for a miracle that my daughter would be well, but unfortunately, nothing could be done’, despaired her mother

An 11-year-old girl took her own life in Texas after she was tormented by classmates who threatened to call ICE and have her family deported. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Chris fears his brother may carry out a 'lone wolf attack'. He's pleading for help Experts and families are warning that the current system to intervene and rehabilitate people who have joined extremist groups is flawed.

We've spent years discussing this issue, CVE and police and state deradicalisation programs do not work. We're relieved that desperate families of radicalised people are finally being heard. They need early intervention and community-based support. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

Struggling with the concept of ‘not guilty’

Bridget McKenzie, Moira Deeming and key News Corp figures to attend Jordan Peterson’s ‘civilisation’ conference Exclusive: Former prime minister Tony Abbott to address Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Coalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie and Victorian Liberal MP Moira…

Bridget McKenzie, Moira Deeming and key News Corp figures to attend Jordan Peterson’s ‘civilisation’ conference