Paul Jackson

Labour und Tories bleiben den Briten den Wandel schuldig - davon profitieren Rechtspopulisten Labour und Tories finden auf viele Probleme Großbritanniens keine Antworten. Immer mehr Briten sehen Rechtspopulisten wie Nigel Farage als wählbare Alternative.

How the far right is gaining ground in the UK - and why.

My report for @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy, featuring @petergeoghegan.bsky.social, @pnjackson.bsky.social and @joemulhall.bsky.social.

(Audio in German only.)

👇Listen here:
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Happy New Year from our team to yours! For those who resolved to 'Read more' or 'Get curious,' we're here to help! Check out our latest edition. Why not start with the words of our editors @pnjackson.bsky.social & @drhelenroche.bsky.social ? Check it out: ttps://doi.org/10.5117/FASC2025.2.001.JAC

The last In the news media round up for 2025 is out to read.

Recent coverage includes Psychology's Dr Cal Cooper on Radio 4's #Uncanny programme and Professor @pnjackson.bsky.social's comments about activists harassing migrants in Calais.

www.northampton.ac.uk/news/in-the-news-8-14-december-2025/

It now has an online shop: shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata...

17th Annual International Conference An international, multi-disciplinary organization of theoretical and empirical researchers whose mission is to enhance knowledge and understanding of terrorism and political violence through annual co...

A week to go! Deadline for abstracts for the 17th Annual International @socterres.bsky.social conference is 11 April. Join us at @royalholloway.bsky.social on 7 8 July to hear the latest research from academics & practitioners. 📘📈🏰

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A poster for the event, in blue with a picture of a burning police van on the right. The main text reads: Extreme Right Aware 23 May 2025 10am to 3.30pm Waterside Campus Sunley Hotel The extreme right space is fast-changing and complex. What risks does it pose? What draws people to such extremism? How does it cultivate violence and even terrorism? What can be done to tackle it? Updated for 2025, this Extreme Right Aware CPD workshop will explore the history of the extreme right, help you identify extreme-right groups and messaging, and explore how they organise and campaign – including in the online space. The day-long CPD workshop offers an important introduction to those new to this area, will deepen knowledge, and acts as a refresher for those already experienced working on the extreme right. Lunch and refreshments are provided, and parking is available. Tickets are £20, and free tickets are available for charities and educational groups, or as incentives for group bookings. Please contact Dr Daniel Jones at: Daniel.jones@northampton.ac.uk

The Extreme Right Research Network (@errnetwork.bsky.social) has updated its Extreme Right Aware CPD training for 2025. Thanks to funding, tickets are only £20 and we have free tickets we can make available for charities, community groups etc. Led by @pnjackson.bsky.social, on 23rd May 2025.

A poster advertising the Addressing the Extreme Right Threat: A Year after the Riots workshop at the University of Northampton. It takes place on the 6th of June 2025, from 9.30am to 4.30pm, and is free to register. The event will explore key aspects of contemporary extreme right politics and will set a research agenda for the Extreme Right Research Network based on the issues raised by all participants. As well as workshop activities, there will be four keynote talks from Prof. Roger Griffin, Dr Sophie James, Mark Wilson and Rajesh Thind. We welcome a wide range of participants including academic researchers (including postgraduate and early career researchers), as well as practitioners and professionals such as journalists, policymakers, specialists from local government, charities and NGOs, and the policing and criminal justice sector. Any queries, or to register your interest, please contact Dr Daniel Jones at Daniel.Jones@northampton.ac.uk.

This summer the Extreme Right Research Network will be hosting a free in-person workshop/conference covering the Extreme Right. With talks from academics, practitioners and professionals, it should be a great day. Please share with your networks, and get in touch if you are interested in attending.

Institute for Countering Digital Extremism | Every.org A non-profit think tank dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age.

And if you're following the news on US Federal grants being axed left and right, please take a moment to consider donating to our new organization!

www.every.org/icde

Congratulations Amy and Matt, looks great !!

The haunting past: memory and far right studies - C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism with Lorna Richardson (University of East Anglia) and Daniel Jones (University of Northampton)

Join us on March 20 for @crexuio.bsky.social @reacpolrn.bsky.social and CASEI webinar series on methods and ethics for researching the far right! We will discuss how collective memory and heritage are appropriated and mobilised by the far right. Don't miss it! 🌟 www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Daniel Trilling · Short Cuts: Labour’s Immigration Policy

Here's a small, 15-year-old scoop: I found a 2010 guide on how to beat the far right written by Morgan McSweeney. Since he's now Keir Starmer's chief of staff, I used it to assess what Labour is doing to beat the far right in 2025.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... @lrb.co.uk

Call for applications: PhD summer School Studying Online Extremism - C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism Studying Online Extremism: Ethics, Methods and Personal Safety (2nd edition)

🚨 Only 4 days left to apply! 🚨

Join the PhD Summer School on Studying Online Extremism 🌐, co-organized by C-REX and VOX-Pol.

Learn from experts like Dr. Maura Conway, Dr. Ashton Kingdon, and Dr. Cathrine Thorleifsson. 🧠 Apply now! ⏳ #OnlineExtremism #PhDSummerSchool www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Looks great! And will probably be of interest to my colleague @menysnoweballes.bsky.social

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The 43 Group was a British anti-fascist group set up by Jewish ex-servicemen after the Second World War. Their periodical, On Guard, was published from July 1947 to December 1949... buff.ly/4gYVJr8

Following the success of our Politicised Nostalgias conferences last summer, I am moving ahead with Arc Humanities Press to deliver an ongoing series titled Political Nostalgias. Our second planned volume, Political Nostalgias in the Modern and Contemporary World, has an exciting set of chapters already established, but women are underrepresented in the volume. Brief description: Nostalgia, defined most simply as a wistful or sentimental longing for a past period or set of conditions, has played a significant role in the shaping of historical and contemporary political discourses. This volume explores the role of nostalgia in modern and contemporary politics around the globe, exposing the often seamy underbelly of what can be assumed to be a positive emotional state. Nostalgia for a lost past (or a past that has really never been) may spur political actors on to build a better world – but better for whom, and on whose terms? While nostalgia can induce a positive emotional response in some, not all efforts to deploy idealized visions of the past are successful, marginalizing some and creating a more complex emotional landscape than may have been envisioned. Movements that push back against nostalgia as a means of political engagement further test assumptions about nostalgia’s perceived role in different societies. This series takes a global perspective to explore the ways in which collective nostalgia has been—and continues to be—both harnessed to justify a spectrum of political ends and contested. We welcome 200-250-word abstracts for 6000-word chapters of modern or contemporary history that engage with nostalgia. We particularly welcome contributions that focus on the Global South, but will consider all submissions from scholars who define themselves as women. Though please note, we do not currently require more chapters on British history, and we do not require North American history as there is a whole volume planned on this theme for later in the series …

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS BY WOMEN HISTORIANS: Political Nostalgias Volume 2 - the modern and contemporary world. 🗃️ Please share with your networks. Any questions - email me!

Schorr Collection - The Wiener Holocaust Library The Schorr Collection brings together nationally and internationally important Holocaust-related materials generously placed on long-term loan with the Wiener Holocaust Library by the Lewis family.…

📜 Just added to our Digital Archive!

The Schorr Collection brings together internationally important Holocaust-related materials generously on long-term loan with the Wiener by the Lewis family. It contains 100 rare books and pamphlets, as well as maps, photos, and documents https://buff.ly/434Ea5R

Bystander Society: Conformity and Complicity in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, by Mary Fulbrook In a political landscape where the stability of democracy seems once again to be embattled by the rise of far-right parties (sometimes self-proclaiming as

Helen Roche @drhelenroche.bsky.social reviews 'Bystander Society: Conformity and Complicity in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust', by Mary Fulbrook

academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social @uclholocaust.bsky.social

🚨Call for Papers Alert 🚨
#LukeHubbard #LisaSugiura and I are Seeking Contributions for an Edited Collection Focused on Researching Hate! Further Details can be Found Below 👇👇
Closing date for submissions is Friday 28th March! #Retweet #SpreadtheWord #Methods #Ethics #ResearcherSafety

🎓 Three fully-funded PhD positions for a project on "Visual Cultures of Fascism" - as timely as it can be in this age of anxiety. @liverpooluni.bsky.social

#FascismStudies #Fascism #AcademicSky

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Looks like a fascinating book, I look forward to reading it once it's out!

CALL FOR PAPERS for a Special Issue of @ceemr-journal.bsky.social edited by Bolaji Balogun, Kasia Kubin and myself - please share widely and send us your abstracts: 'Race-Making in the East of Europe: Understanding Imperial and Colonial Histories and their Afterlives': ceemr.uw.edu.pl/news

How to Switch Off From Work Over Christmas It’s important for your wellbeing to relax over the break, so you can come back refreshed. Here's how to switch off from work over Christmas.

Going to try really hard to take some of this very good advice myself for once! Have a read yourself and repost if useful.

Call for MBH Book Review Editor Modern British History is seeking a Book Review Editor to replace Dr Shahmima Akhtar whose term of office is due to end in December 2024. The post involves

We're recruiting a Book Reviews Editor! This is a great role for ECRs working in Modern British History (broadly defined). Details at the link below. Any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with Hannah! 🗃️
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We've created a Starter Pack of #History societies and groups working to support promote our disciple and historians, in higher education and related professions go.bsky.app/68FsvjY

Mainly UK but also international, with selected societies from related humanities subjects. Please share #Skystorians

**Black UK PhD students**

Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend

-Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
-Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

**Tell everyone**

www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...

What does ‘hard right’ mean? Why have journalists stopped using the term ‘far right’? Why is Le Pen ‘hard’ not ‘far right’ now? It’s irresponsible sanitisation.

when in doubt, draw a spider diagram

Saints Culture - C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism Graham Macklin discusses the growing threat of saints culture in far-right online groups.

I’ve published a short blog post for @crexuio.bsky.social on extreme right-wing “Saints Culture” www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

The RHS is now on Bluesky! 🎉

My new article on British fascism and emotions has just been published in Fascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies:

‘Wake Up—John’: Proto-Fascist Anxieties and the Emotionology of the British Fascists

It's open access here: brill.com/view/journal...