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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

“Laugh at them”

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Laugh at them. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

YouTube video by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 1d

Take a minute to read Holly Baxter's @hollybaxter.bsky.social report on Trump's hilarious 'Antifa roundtable'. Yes, it really is worse than you can imagine... www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got rid...

www.independent.co.uk

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Twentieth Century Communism journal @20thccommunism.bsky.social · 1d

CFP for special issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal - History, Memory and the Past in Twentieth Century Communism

Call for Papers

History, Memory and the Past in Twentieth Century Communism

While the revolution and the future of mankind were their main concerns, Communist Parties and movements, nevertheless, also developed an interest in the past. Communist engagement with the past has often been considered in contradictory terms. On the one hand, it has been interpreted as an engagement that had manipulatory purposes. On the other, even if less frequently, some communist intellectuals became professional historians who have been widely acclaimed as major contributors to the development and renewal of the discipline - Eric J. Hobsbawn among the most famous examples.
Some questions of interest include:
1. How have the political strategies and theories developed by communist parties and movements influenced the discipline of history and vice-versa?
2. How did the development of Marxist historical analysis influence professional historians and historical schools, as well as the emergence of new areas of historical research?
3. What kinds of memory policies and practices were promoted by communist movements, parties and militants outside academia?

Timetable

We invite you to submit an abstract of approximately 500 words by December 31, 2025 to: giuliastrippoli@fcsh.unl.pt
Authors will be notified about the acceptance of their proposal by March 1, 2026. Manuscripts should be submitted by December 1, 2026. The issue will be published in 2028.
For more information about Twentieth Century Communism and for general author guidelines, see: https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/

Editors
Giulia Strippoli  Institute of Contemporary History (FCSH/Nova University of Lisbon), IN2PAST
José Neves  Institute of Contemporary History (FCSH/Nova University of Lisbon), IN2PAST

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.

"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder

Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!

www.freefunder.com

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

How Mark Bray, author of the book on antifa, was targeted with death threats:

— Trump signs EO designating antifa as terrorists
— DHS memo warns about "antifa-aligned" individuals
— Far-right trolls target Bray on X
— TPUSA treasurer launches petition against Bray

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 4d

Academics in the US are increasingly under threat. Mark Bray is a great scholar who has made substantial contributions to the critical study of antifascism and fascism. Threats and intimidation cannot be accepted as the new normal.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 8d

A crucial new publication on #antifascism: It centres Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean, showing that activists in the region did not simply copy European models but refashioned them and added new ingredients to make antifascism fit the local context. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/anti...

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 8d

A crucial new publication on #antifascism: It centres Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean, showing that activists in the region did not simply copy European models but refashioned them and added new ingredients to make antifascism fit the local context. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/anti...

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 10d

Celebrating the one year anniversary of "The Helsinki Notebooks", we have launched a brand new version of the journal website with a beautiful new look! Please have a look and let us know what you think! #OpenAccess Also featuring a brand new essay by @shanealittle.bsky.social !

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 10d

Here is a direct link to the website: www.helsinkinotebooks.com

The Helsinki notebooks

ISSN 2984-5343

www.helsinkinotebooks.com

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 10d

Celebrating the one year anniversary of "The Helsinki Notebooks", we have launched a brand new version of the journal website with a beautiful new look! Please have a look and let us know what you think! #OpenAccess Also featuring a brand new essay by @shanealittle.bsky.social !

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 15d

#CFP for Vol. 2 of "The Helsinki Notebooks" (ISSN 2984-5343): We publish essays that connect the histories of fascism and colonialism / antifascism, anti-colonialism or antiracism. Follow @helsinkinotebooks.bsky.social and check the THN-website for more information: helsinkinotebooks.com

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Twentieth Century Communism journal @20thccommunism.bsky.social · 15d

The latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal has been published by @lawrencewishart.bsky.social

Issue 29 is the second issue dedicated to looking at histories of 1956 globally, edited by Madeleine Davis and George Odysseos.

A 🧵 of the articles...

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Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2025 Issue 29 (2025) - Lawrence Wishart

Twentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2025 Issue 29 (2025)

journals.lwbooks.co.uk

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 15d

#CFP for Vol. 2 of "The Helsinki Notebooks" (ISSN 2984-5343): We publish essays that connect the histories of fascism and colonialism / antifascism, anti-colonialism or antiracism. Follow @helsinkinotebooks.bsky.social and check the THN-website for more information: helsinkinotebooks.com

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 18d

To support writers who have been targeted, we’ve created a guide on what to do if you’ve been doxed or placed on a watchlist. Please share it with anyone who needs it: pen.org/what-to-do-i... (2/2)

What To Do If You’ve Been Doxed Or Placed On A Watchlist

We map out steps you can take right away, and steps you can take to build resilience longer term against doxxing.

pen.org

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 18d

I wonder how long it will take for the Trump administration to realise that Antifa is not domestic, but international. What then?

Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social · 18d

I broke down Trump's executive order on "antifa"—which he describes as a “SICK, DANGEROUS RADICAL LEFT DISASTER"—for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

What is ‘antifa’ and why has Trump branded it a ‘terrorist organization’?

There is no such formal entity called antifa, yet the US president has designated it an ‘anarchist enterprise’, raising concerns from civil liberties experts

www.theguardian.com

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Bren @kindofnerdy.bsky.social · 18d

Priced out of the housing market, there's been an increase in the number of *families* living out of RVs.

Inflation, rising utility costs, and slowing employment options could exacerbate the trend.

But this isn't the picturesque #vanlife you might imagine.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Priced out of traditional housing, more Americans are living in RVs

Moving into an RV may seem like a way to save money, but it can come with unexpected costs and trap families in a cycle of debt.

www.nbcnews.com

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 24d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Phil Kapitan - Marx Appreciator 🏴🍉 @phil-kapitan.bsky.social · 24d

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” George Orwell, '1984'

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25d

Gee, I wonder why.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 24d

Zoe Gardner, not "Gardiner"!

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 25d

Zoe Gardiner, "The saddest thing I've heard about Trump's visit, is that he is going to get his golden carriage ride, but in private, because the great British public would have given him the rotten tomato treatment if he dared to show his face in public"

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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 27d

Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.

Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.

This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.

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Dr. Stephanie Seul @stephanieseul.bsky.social · 25d

In Deutschland behaupten ja etliche Politiker*innen, man müsse die AfD "inhaltlich stellen" statt sie zu verbieten. Diese sollten sich Alexander Schmorells Warnung mal gründlich ansehen.
#AfDVerbot

H.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 25d

„Man kann sich mit dem Nationalsozialismus geistig nicht auseinander-setzen, weil er ungeistig ist."
Alexander Schmorell, Mitbegründer der Widerstandsgruppe Weiße Rose, Verfasser bekannter Flugblätter der Gruppe, wurde am 16 September 1917 geboren.
Guten Morgen

Es zeigt ihn seitlich, er trägt ein Jacket darunter einen Rollkragenpullover. Er hat eine Pfeife in den Mund und schaut entspannt zur Seite.

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 25d

A new essay from the Helsinki Notebooks! 👇

The Helsinki Notebooks @helsinkinotebooks.bsky.social · 25d

Walter Gam Nkwi's new important essay on Cameroon’s violent genealogy and how it reveals fascism as not confined to Europe, but as embedded in colonial mechanisms: helsinkinotebooks.com/2025/09/15/t...

Tracing the Proto-Fascist Origins of Conflict in Cameroon

Cameroon’s Violent Legacy On February 14, 2020, local security forces attacked the village of Ngarbuh in North-West Region of Cameroon, killing at least 21 civilians, including 13 ch…

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 26d

This will be a fascinating event! Make sure to attend if you are in Hamburg!

🔴 Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social · Sep 11

📅 Hamburg | 23.9.
Netzwerke gegen Hitler und Stalin - Buchvorstellung mit dem Autor Bernhard Bayerlein

Kostenfreier Eintritt, kommt vorbei! 👇

Netzwerke gegen Hitler und Stalin - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

Die Pariser Wochenzeitung „Die Zukunft“, Willi Münzenberg und der Traum vom neuen Europa

www.rosalux.de

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