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Tariq Modood

@tariqmodood.bsky.social

Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy, University of Bristol Leading author on multiculturalism, secularism, Islamophobia and cultural racism RTs are not endorsements and may be sent while I print it to read later.

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Starmer wants to be Macron. He risks becoming Hollande. And why Conservative/Reform shrieking about the rise of "sectarianism" rings hollow

Includes some good points about the smearing of Muslims with charges of 'sectarianism'
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/starmer-wa...

27.02.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ...

bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

27.02.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Book launch webinar: bristol-ac-k.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

27.02.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Modern World After Colonialism The Modern World After Colonialism - Remaking the Social Sciences; What happens when social science takes colonial histories seriously? This bold textbook rethinks key topicsβ€”migration, citizenship, i...

I am pleased to have a chapter in this book which has just been published:
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-modern-w...

I will put details of the book launch webinar in the Comments below.

27.02.2026 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Matt Goodwin is wrong about whiteness and Englishness – but here’s why he has struck a chord with some voters

From @jydenham.bsky.social's Substack
substack.com/inbox/post/1...

24.02.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Starmer government has no anti-racism or hate crime strategy (this last existed under May in 2016-2020) though its been drafting up a cohesion plan for some months

This govt has more anti-racism rhetoric (since Sept). I still see no strategy/policy beyond conference speech + ad hoc media comments

20.02.2026 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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The future of Reform rests on Matt Goodwin’s by-election Lose in Gorton & Denton and the party may be driven even further right

Matt Goodwin's candidacy in Denton & Gorton "illuminates the balance of risks & rewards for Reform, presenting itself as a potential govt, in embracing the sharper edges of the online right." Our @sundersays.bsky.social for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sunder-katwa...

18.02.2026 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024

More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain

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Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics Dozens of academics haveΒ written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...

"The collision of a multiparty electorate with a voting system designed for two parties is creating new risks for Britain".

I signed this letter. It's not about blocking Reform;it's about the danger to democracy of a system that can't cope with multiparty voting
www.politicshome.com/news/article...

14.02.2026 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 276    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5

I am talking about how we talk about immigration - the numbers & being "colonised" - on the World Tonight, BBC Radio 4 after 10pm tonight

12.02.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

More opportunities to come and join us at the @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk!

12.02.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!

In today’s episode David and Paul Sagar explore the ideas of two late-twentieth-century thinkers - Bernard Williams and Judith Shklar. Is the fundamental political question about how to achieve the best or is it about how to avoid the worst?

Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

11.02.2026 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Offene Stellen an der Γ–AW Aktuelle Stellenausschreibungen aus den Instituten und der zentralen Verwaltung der Γ–AW

1 postdoc position on ERC Advanced Grant project IDEO-YEMEN. Focus on Yemen under Ansar Allah (Houthis). The position starts September 1, 2025 and runs for 56 months.
www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=ul2v...

11.02.2026 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our February issue is now out! πŸ“˜
Read the latest research findings in all areas of #politics & #IR in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/3Q7MYjF
The journal publishes rigorous and original work significant to the whole discipline.

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsci #polsky @uoypolitics.bsky.social

09.02.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

25 years passed in a blink! "Ethnicities 25th Anniversary Symposium: Current reflections on the field",
contributions from @craigcalhoun.bsky.social Geoffrey Braham Levey, Gurpreet Mahajan, Varun Uberoi, Nira Yuval-Davis & @triandafyllidou.bsky.social
Here: journals.sagepub.com/page/etn/25_...?

09.02.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mission, State, and the Common Good Labour and industrial policy

Missions, the state and the common good. What's missing in Labour's industrial policy. With James Silverwood. buff.ly/7BMDUUv

09.02.2026 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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British Politics Gorton & Denton By-election Betting Odds | Politics British Politics - Gorton & Denton By-election Betting Odds. Get the best available British Politics odds from all online bookmakers with Oddschecker, the home of betting value.

Latest odds on Gorton & Denton by-election
Green 52% chance of winning
Reform 39%
Labour 10%
(Sums to 101% bc of rounding)
www.oddschecker.com/politics/bri...

08.02.2026 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Palestine Action activists cleared of aggravated burglary at Israeli defence firm site None of the six activists were convicted of any offence over break-in at Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in 2024 Six Palestine Action activists have been cleared of committing aggravated burglary over a break-in at an Israeli defence firm’s UK site. Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, Fatema Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin were accused of threatening unlawful violence and using sledgehammers as weapons after a prison van was driven into Elbit Systems’ factory in Filton, near Bristol, on 6 August 2024. Continue reading...

Palestine Action activists cleared of aggravated burglary at Israeli defence firm site

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It is quite striking that Konstantin Kisin simply denied (falsely) on BBC1 that he had said what he said, word for word, on his podcast.

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The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.

It leads on "sharply contested narratives"

It has a dramatic skew to the US government

It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue

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Interesting. How many lablels could people choose and were the rankings interesting. It would be helpful for those not familiar with the School or similar Schools to know something about the gender balance. Sociology is, I would guess, 10%-15% male. Politics is somewhat different.

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I'm not British Born Mr @Nigel_Farage I am as British
as u r. Yr comments r offensive&racist. I wld b
frightened 2live in country run by U.

I'm not British Born Mr @Nigel_Farage I am as British as u r. Yr comments r offensive&racist. I wld b frightened 2live in country run by U.

Nadhim Zahawi and family fled to the UK from Saddam Hussein's Iraq as a child refugee in 1978. Unable to speak English when he arrived, he became a hugely successful businessman and an MP before serving as Chancellor of the Exchequor.

His origin story is the very antithesis of the Reform narrative.

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πŸ‘€ Our line up is out!

We're thrilled to have such an insightful set of speakers for our first ever summit, Challenging the War Machine.

Tickets are selling out (low cost tickets available still) if you haven't already, grab your place now πŸ”— secure.declassifieduk.org/events

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Adelaide Writers Week in disarray as more than 40 writers boycott over Board’s β€˜censorship’ of Randa Abdel-Fattah Helen Garner, Melissa Lucashenko and Zadie Smith are among the more than 40 writers to have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers Week in the last 24 hours.

News for bibliophiles outside Australia:

The Adelaide Writers Week board just removed Palestinian-Australian author & scholar, Randa Abdel-Fattah, from the program.

Many dozens of authors & institutions have now (rightly) left the festival in protest.

Story: www.artshub.com.au/news/news/ad...

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Extreme cold kills another infant in Gaza as Israel blocks vital aid Israel continues to block vital necessities, such as mobile homes, as Palestinian enclave is hit by harsh weather.

Israel continues to block vital necessities, such as mobile homes, as Palestinian enclave is hit by harsh weather.

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Martin Rowson on Keir Starmer’s relationship with Donald Trump – cartoon The prime minister has faced criticism for not standing up to the US president’s actions

Martin Rowson on Keir Starmer’s relationship with Donald Trump – cartoon

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Responses by the authors Published in Politics, Religion & Ideology (Vol. 26, No. 4, 2025)

A response by Thomas Sealy and I to some new discussions of our book, The New Governance of Religious Diversity:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

09.01.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Read the inside story of White Vanguard, among the newest and most extreme neo-Nazi groups in the UK

07.01.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The recent statements from President Trump and his deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller concerning Greenland repeat claims made a year ago. My analysis in Ethics & International Affairs of the claims from Trump regarding Greenland still holds. www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/online-exclu...

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