Aaron Winter

It's been a tough year at work and both my kids had exams this term, so unsurprisingly I was really nervous about my MOT - but I passed!

Happy birthday

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'The Lion of Epping' and anti-migrant influencers hijacking Essex protests The i Paper has found thousands of profiles on social media inflaming tensions about migrants in Epping, with some posts coming from accounts outside the UK

I'm quoted in this i-Paper article:

‘The Lion of Epping’ and anti-migrant influencers hijacking Essex protests
by Sanya Burgess and Cahal Milmo

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Thanks Simon. Definitely. I was just thinking that. Looking forward to it.

'Conservative turn and political identity: challenges to democracy in Indonesia after presidential election 2019'

From #Identities' latest issue 32.3, by Zuly Qodir:
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The engagement work I do with civil society organisations, charities, communities, schools, students, gov't & media, as well as in my own institution, is one of the best, most rewarding aspects of my job, so it means a lot that it's supported & recognised. I share it with them of course.
Thank you.

Really great to hear and honoured that I've been highly commended for the Dean's Staff prize for Outstanding Contribution to Engagement in this year's Dean's Awards @lancasteruni.bsky.social

Before (or after) you watch that #Jubilee video, listen to our #UncommonSense episode with @aaronwinter.bsky.social on Free Speech to learn what’s wrong with #DebateMe culture and the value placed on appearing to be controversial – especially when dealing with far-right discourse.

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Lancaster University staff speak out on plans to slash hundreds of jobs Staff have hit out over plans for job cuts at Lancaster University.

Lancaster University staff speak out on plans to slash hundreds of jobs

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'From disconnection to intersection: making race and religion at the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)'

From our latest Themed Section, published in 32.3:
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Sign the Petition Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable

Petition: Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable

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Have you read the latest #IdentitiesBlog?

'The agentive powers of Afro-Cuban dance' by Ruxandra Ana

Read the blog post ⬇️
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Looking forward to seeing you there.

Really looking forward to participating in this conference and reflecting on the riots one year later:

Reflecting on the Riots: Racism, Islamophobia and Community Resistance

10 September 2025, 9:30am-4pm

The Leeds Library

More info and registration here 👇

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UK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel holds to ceasefire Cabinet agrees to support Middle East roadmap at emergency meeting called amid humanitarian crisis in Gaza

We'll recognise a Palestine state ... unless Israel maintains a ceasefire. Quite the powerful principled stand against genocide and for human rights.

Centrism is quite a drug.

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'Interplay between representing ‘others’ and experiencing peripherality: ethnographic study in a Swiss valley' by Emmanuel Charmillot

From #Identities' latest issue 32.3, with #OpenAccess:
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Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

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But it's @theguardian.com so no surprise.

Absolutely, but even if Reform itself doesn't benefits, it's ideas are becoming government policy and practice ... And the same people get hurt and far right gets legitimated and emboldened.

There are those who have been doing comparative analysis and issuing warnings and interventions in terms of analysis, politics and media for a long time, and these are ignored in favour of the same narratives, centrism, counter measures and false alternatives that led us here (and there).

Beware the blizzard of lies: US advice on how to handle Farage’s Trump tactics Pro-democracy campaigners suggest ‘pre-buttal’ is more powerful than factchecking in fighting falsehoods

So tired of American advice on how to fight this when: 1. They failed ... twice with a break between; 2. Think the US is the first case/canary in the coalmine & fail to see what's been going on for 10+ years elsewhere; 3. It's bad, decontextualised, failed ideas

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Islamophobia isn’t just socially acceptable in the UK now – it’s flourishing. How did this happen? | Zoe Williams Most people believe Muslim values are incompatible with British ones, a new poll has found. It makes for bleak reading, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Where have you been @theguardian.com?!

Islamophobia isn’t just socially acceptable in the UK now – it’s flourishing. How did this happen? | Zoe Williams www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Live Nation are allegedly behind the removal of Bob Vylan from Radar Festival in Manchester this weekend.

David Dremaine, the frontman of Disturbed, signed bombs that were dropped on Palestine, but Live Nation are actively promoting his UK tour including a show at the AO Arena, Manchester.

'Islamophobia, racial discrimination law, and the question of self-identification'

From our latest Themed Section, published in #Identities 32.3. Read with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...

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Maybe consider this intervention and see where it takes you solution-wise. Nice to see they finally recognise 'mainstreaming' as a phenomenon though ... even if they don't know who's doing it and how it works. 4/

I'm often told I don't offer solutions, but it's only problem-solving if the problem doesn't get worse on your watch. That is impact .... 3/

Some of us have been writing about the role of this legitimisation, mainstreaming and emboldening of racism, the far right and violence for over a decade - while the media and politicians reproduce it, and extremism and terrorism researchers look anywhere but there. 2/

Yes, it's definitely social media, AI and outside agitators! 1/