Alex Prichard

British values

Social Semiotics Conceptual Flipsiding and Reversal of Liberal-Democratic Notions: Discursive-Political Strategies in the Normalization of Nationalism, Populism, Neoliberalism, and the Far Right. Volume 36, Issue 1 of Social Semiotics

The #populist #right is a master of #flipsiding established #concepts. Michal Krzyzanowski, Natalia Krzyzanowska, @jensrydgren.bsky.social have edited a special issue with pieces analysing this practice, including my analysis of double flipsiding of #security www.tandfonline.com/toc/csos20/3...

Wind up the OFS

A piece that I respectfully submit will make you drop your toast at least three times.

These fucking monsters.
"...his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance."

A hand posting an envelope into a postbox. The envelope has a unicorn sticker on it.

A list of candidates that can be found in an accessible form at www.ucucommons.org/election26

As a good member of @ucu.org.uk I have posted my ballot papers for the current NEC elections. I fully endorse this slate of candidates including @markpendleton.bsky.social and @suzitoole.bsky.social for the vice president positions in HE and FE. Please vote if you are a member - it really matters!

UCUCommons moved its newsletter from SubStack to Ghost (not cheap) for precisely this reason. It was a bit of a PITA to port the whole site from word press as well (the Ghost plan didn’t make sense unless we consolidated everything) but it’s so worth it.

This is the message of a competent politician in a competitive race in one of the most competitive states in the country—and it's not just a message about the economic havoc of Trumpism

Photography of a graying, balding Tom Mooney in his tiny prison cell, typing on a typewriter that is positioned on his bed. He is surrounded by stacks of books and papers.

Today in #LaborHistory 2/7/1917: #IWW #union organizer #TomMooney wrongly convicted for #SanFrancisco Preparedness bombing. IJ Golden wrote play, “Precedent,” about the case. #workingclass #anarchism #prison #play #playwright #books Read more about Mooney here: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/05/19/t...

YouTube video by crazylawstudent Alan Moore on Anarchism

Always worth sharing, over and over again. #anarchism

YouTube video by Make Tech Future India's Dead River Flows Again After 60 Years — The Before/After Doesn't Look Real

When people think of anarchism, it's always some twisted idea of violence or other capitalist nonsense. When actually, it's this--community working together, listening to nature, keeping corporate interests out of it. All for self-governance and environmental preservation.

youtu.be/VNKYO3VWZ4c?...

Alex Prichard, "Anarchism: a Very Short Introduction" (Oxford UP, 2022)

mto boa essa conversa sobre #anarquismo com o @profalexp.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/736v...

At last we know where Ghislaine Maxwell got her money from A confidential bank report in the Epstein files reveals that her fortune came not from him but from secret trusts created by her father

Follow the #DirtyMoney, if you can...

"Money was disappearing fast over last nine months of Maxwell’s life. To what extent he still had money was impossible to find, because it was offshore, in Liechtenstein, and all that.”

#Corruption
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

"LLMs do not improve one’s writing ability much like taking a taxi does not improve one’s driving ability."

This is an academic paper against AI, so caveat emptor, but it lays out the reasons against adopting AI as inevitable or even desirable, and pulls no punches.

zenodo.org/records/1706...

This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

University's disastrous new campus could be sold for just £14m It was previously decided to sell the short-lived campus

Will the axe fall on those who made this daft short sighted and dreadful financial decision? Of course not. The chop will come for teaching and support staff who actually bring value to the institution. Mind boggling!

www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

A huge turnout of staff, students and community members against the proposed closure of the Uni of Essex campus in Southend.

Thanks to @ucuessex.bsky.social for the invitation to speak about what’s happening at Sheffield - your fight is our fight! And solidarity for your picket lines next week!

This story should be retitled. The US is actually funding pro-Putin think tanks, ones that want to end European democracy.

Lets be honest about this.

YouTube video by StageClear Official Channel StageClear - เราคือประชาชน (Rise of the People)

“Rise of the People”
Thai punk rock released on eve of Thai Election 2026

youtu.be/OgJRGJUNIVI

“Wake up, we are the people.

Rise up and fight it, authoritarians.

Wake up, we are the people.

Sing the melody of the masses.“

Letter being put into a red UK post box

Just posted 📫 my ballot papers for the #ucu elections- don't forget to post yours!! @markpendleton.bsky.social @ucucommons.org

Coming soon: The Thunder Perfect Mind An Occult Action Thriller Tabletop RPG

Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!

Epstein class gets every benefit of every shadow of a doubt, the rest of us look at an ICE agent funny and we get pepper spray and a cracked skull

Actually a vanguard rightist leftist reactionary stalwart flakey

Aside from the message, which I support, his control of his instrument is impressive

Doh! 😩

The UK's political order may collapse over this Epstein stuff and the US is just shrugging this shit off like it's any given Tuesday because it is now the country equivalent of the guy who goes into Walmart without a shirt on

I really did intend to read all the election addresses, but then decided not to bother and used the @ucucommons.org cheat sheet (below) instead. Apologies to my fellow candidates, and good luck!

Me posting my ballot at a postbox in an overpriced area of south east London

Info at https://ucucommons.org/who-else-should-i-vote-for/

My #UCU NEC ballot paper arrived! Voted for @markpendleton.bsky.social and @suzitoole.bsky.social obviously plus a bunch of other @ucucommons.org and independent candidates at the list below.

Far right parties everywhere: the left and antifa are oppressing you and denying your rights and freedoms.

Also the far right: let’s leverage our massive networks and financial resources to ensure rights are suppressed and subsequent protests violently repressed.