John E. Richardson
@discodiscourse.bsky.social
University of Liverpool. I tend to write about discourse, argumentation & racism. Editor of Critical Discourse Studies. I still 🌊 goodbye at the end of zoom calls.
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ORCID: 0000-0003-1251-8184
January 21, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Important piece from Melanie Goldberg, who was fired from the UK Holocaust Memorial Day Trust for her involvement with the Israeli Palestinian-Jewish organization Standing Together, which has called Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...
Jews gatekeeping Jews: How British Jewish leaders are policing dissent on Israel | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Important piece from Melanie Goldberg, who was fired from the UK Holocaust Memorial Day Trust for her involvement with the Israeli Palestinian-Jewish organization Standing Together, which has called Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...
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To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, @identitiesjournal.bsky.social, has curated a special collection of articles and made them open access.
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
@nasarmeer.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/journals/gid...
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
@nasarmeer.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/journals/gid...
January 21, 2026 at 9:31 AM
To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, @identitiesjournal.bsky.social, has curated a special collection of articles and made them open access.
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
@nasarmeer.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/journals/gid...
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
@nasarmeer.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/journals/gid...
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Trump threatens 200% tariffs on French wine and Champagne over Board of Peace snub tinyurl.com/5dkwxvwt via @teamdb.bsky.social #wineworldnews @wineworldnews.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Trump threatens 200% tariffs on French wine and Champagne over Board of Peace snub tinyurl.com/5dkwxvwt via @teamdb.bsky.social #wineworldnews @wineworldnews.bsky.social
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I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
The number of commentators whose bleets suggest 'the proper response to this authoritarian shit show is a pithy remark', rather than an unequivocal NO and push back, is fucking astonishing. You aren't jesters. Forget about your likes and grow a fucking spine.
January 20, 2026 at 9:24 PM
The number of commentators whose bleets suggest 'the proper response to this authoritarian shit show is a pithy remark', rather than an unequivocal NO and push back, is fucking astonishing. You aren't jesters. Forget about your likes and grow a fucking spine.
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
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We're overjoyed to announce that we are going to create the Foucault's Panopticon, from Foucault's classic cautionary essay For Fucks Sake Don't Let Them Create The Panopticon
Shabana Mahmood here, and the vibes are not getting better.
January 20, 2026 at 11:59 AM
We're overjoyed to announce that we are going to create the Foucault's Panopticon, from Foucault's classic cautionary essay For Fucks Sake Don't Let Them Create The Panopticon
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Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
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#HolocaustMemorialDay webinar from @ucu.org.uk
The genocide of Europe's Roma, with Eve Rosenhaft, University of Liverpool
Tuesday 27 January 2026, 13:00-14:00
www.ucu.org.uk/hmd
The genocide of Europe's Roma, with Eve Rosenhaft, University of Liverpool
Tuesday 27 January 2026, 13:00-14:00
www.ucu.org.uk/hmd
Holocaust Memorial Day
UCU commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), observed annually on 27 January, marking the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp.
www.ucu.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 11:26 AM
#HolocaustMemorialDay webinar from @ucu.org.uk
The genocide of Europe's Roma, with Eve Rosenhaft, University of Liverpool
Tuesday 27 January 2026, 13:00-14:00
www.ucu.org.uk/hmd
The genocide of Europe's Roma, with Eve Rosenhaft, University of Liverpool
Tuesday 27 January 2026, 13:00-14:00
www.ucu.org.uk/hmd
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉
To celebrate the start of a new year, we are currently offering 40% OFF EVERY SINGLE BOOK on our website, until 31st January 2026.
Head to our website (link in bio) to shop now.
#booksky
To celebrate the start of a new year, we are currently offering 40% OFF EVERY SINGLE BOOK on our website, until 31st January 2026.
Head to our website (link in bio) to shop now.
#booksky
January 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉
To celebrate the start of a new year, we are currently offering 40% OFF EVERY SINGLE BOOK on our website, until 31st January 2026.
Head to our website (link in bio) to shop now.
#booksky
To celebrate the start of a new year, we are currently offering 40% OFF EVERY SINGLE BOOK on our website, until 31st January 2026.
Head to our website (link in bio) to shop now.
#booksky
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Since 2020 the world's billionaires have accumulated enough additional wealth to end global poverty 26 times over. This inequality is staggering and utterly outrageous.
We urgently need national & global action to reverse this & address the distortion of politics caused by extreme wealth.
We urgently need national & global action to reverse this & address the distortion of politics caused by extreme wealth.
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Since 2020 the world's billionaires have accumulated enough additional wealth to end global poverty 26 times over. This inequality is staggering and utterly outrageous.
We urgently need national & global action to reverse this & address the distortion of politics caused by extreme wealth.
We urgently need national & global action to reverse this & address the distortion of politics caused by extreme wealth.
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Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
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I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.
The Trump administration has discussed offering asylum to Britain’s Jewish population, a lawyer for the president has said.
Robert Garson, Trump’s personal lawyer, said that the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews” ⬇️
Robert Garson, Trump’s personal lawyer, said that the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews” ⬇️
Trump lawyer says US discussed offering asylum to British Jews
Trump lawyer says US discussed offering asylum to British Jews
www.thetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.
Cover decided; coming soon!
January 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Cover decided; coming soon!
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Reform is not rescue charity for panicky Tory MPs, says leader of rescue charity for panicky Tory MPs
Reform is not rescue charity for panicky Tory MPs, Farage says
He insists his party will not become
www.bbc.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Reform is not rescue charity for panicky Tory MPs, says leader of rescue charity for panicky Tory MPs
The US is only an ally when other countries do what they want. It's a special relationship with a delusional abusive spouse
A lot of people are going to have to get used to the reality that America is no longer our closest ally.
Kamikaze stuff from Badenoch.
January 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The US is only an ally when other countries do what they want. It's a special relationship with a delusional abusive spouse
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I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
Completely deranged.
New tariff just dropped.
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
January 17, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Completely deranged.
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
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As the US announced the second phase of the so-called ceasefire deal, Israel killed 10 Palestinians in Gaza yesterday.
Israel has killed at least 451 Palestinians, including over 100 children, since the start of the ceasefire.
Israel has killed at least 451 Palestinians, including over 100 children, since the start of the ceasefire.
Israel kills 10 in Gaza as US declares phase two of ceasefire deal launched
Israeli forces carry out various attacks across the war-torn enclave, including hits on family homes in Deir el-Balah.
www.aljazeera.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
As the US announced the second phase of the so-called ceasefire deal, Israel killed 10 Palestinians in Gaza yesterday.
Israel has killed at least 451 Palestinians, including over 100 children, since the start of the ceasefire.
Israel has killed at least 451 Palestinians, including over 100 children, since the start of the ceasefire.
Unexpected delivery from Palestinian olive oil company, Olive Odyssey. Quite a nice print.
January 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Unexpected delivery from Palestinian olive oil company, Olive Odyssey. Quite a nice print.
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'Generations and difference: language, religion, and North African Jewish identification in Québec'
From our Special Collection commemorating #HolocaustMemorialDay, with #FreeAcces throughout January and February:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
#HMD @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter
From our Special Collection commemorating #HolocaustMemorialDay, with #FreeAcces throughout January and February:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
#HMD @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
'Generations and difference: language, religion, and North African Jewish identification in Québec'
From our Special Collection commemorating #HolocaustMemorialDay, with #FreeAcces throughout January and February:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
#HMD @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter
From our Special Collection commemorating #HolocaustMemorialDay, with #FreeAcces throughout January and February:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
#HMD @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter