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Kasper Braskén
@kasperbrasken.bsky.social
Academy Research Fellow, University of Helsinki. Transnational & global history, antifascism, resistance, solidarity, memory & urban history. Cape Town - NYC - Chicago - London – Berlin | https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/kasper-brasken
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🙏 In Odesa, tens of thousands of people were left without heating and water supply after drone strikes.

Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk region…The damage included fires and the destruction of enterprises and residential buildings.

Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/russia-launc...
Russia launches another massive attack amid freezing temperatures
On the night of February 17, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 29 missiles of various types and 396 strike drones. The Air Force Command of the Armed
theukrainianreview.info
February 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Skulle dela min nya kolumn om högerpopulisternas välfärdschauvinism, för att samtidigt upptäcka dagens nyhet om att Riikka Purra föreslår att invandrare ska göra obetalt arbete för att få socialbidrag i Finland... www.abounderrattelser.fi/artikel/valf...
“Välfärdschauvinism” – eller hur invandringen förvandlades till välfärdens fiende | Åbo Underrättelser
Det är idag så gott som omöjligt att föra en politisk diskussion om välfärdssamhällets framtid utan att invandringsfrågan tar över.
www.abounderrattelser.fi
February 16, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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Ny artikel nationsbegreppet i relation till Algerietkriget - publicerad i Journal of Political ideologies: doi.org/10.1080/1356...
France and Algeria: ideas of the nation in the French political elite discourse 1954–1956
It has been argued that the French national identity after World War II demanded a future Algeria within the French colonial empire. And that the political elite at the outbreak of war in 1954 was ...
doi.org
February 16, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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Angesichts der stehenden Ovationen für die gestrige MAGA-Rede von #Rubio sollte spätestens jetzt der Blick auf die bereits etablierte Zusammenarbeit zwischen EVP und den rechte(re)n Parteien im EP gelenkt werden. Das sind nämlich beileibe keine Zufallsmehrheiten, wie #Monitor zeigt: 🧵

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February 15, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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February 12 - The Most Dangerous Woman in America

On this day in Labor History the year was 1913. That was the day that the labor leader known as “Mother” Jones was arrested in West Virginia. She was there to support coal miners during the Paint and Cabin Creek strike of 1912-1913. The West Virgi
February 12 - The Most Dangerous Woman in America
On this day in Labor History the year was 1913. That was the day that the labor leader known as “Mother” Jones was arrested in West Virginia. She was there to support coal miners during the Paint and Cabin Creek strike of 1912-1913. The West Virginia coalfields were one of the bloodiest sites of labor conflict in US History.
laborhistoryin2.podbean.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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@aoc.bsky.social should run for president because (a) 2028 is the year she could win, and (b) we desperately need a president who actually is enthusiastic about crushing fascism. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/why-aoc-sh...
Why AOC Should Run for President
Two words: Analilia Mejia
www.everythingishorrible.net
February 12, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Oil of unknown origin is washing up along 1,200 km of South Africa’s coast, closing beaches and alarming conservationists.

Tar balls and oil-filled barrels have been reported on 20+ beaches, with no confirmed source — raising fears for wildlife, including critically endangered African penguins.
Unidentified oil washes up on South African beaches
A mysterious oil spill is raising concern among South African conservationists and coastal communities. On Jan. 22, reports started emerging of congealed oil washing up on South Africa’s southeast…
news.mongabay.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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#OTD Am 11. Februar 1916 wird #EmmaGoldman in New York verhaftet, weil sie vor ~3000 Menschen über Geburtenkontrolle spricht & Schriften zur Verhütung verteilt. Sie fordert Gleichberechtigung der Frau + Recht auf Abtreibung, was bis heute kriminalisiert wird, gerade in den USA … /1
February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Right-Wing Halftime Show Was Worse Than We Imagined

#USA #Trump #uspoli

youtu.be/2uQYjayVLd4
Right-Wing Halftime Show Was Worse Than We Imagined
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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February 10, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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Since the audience is supposed to tell you what it wants, I'm the audience. I want more stories like this. Great combination of data reporting and vivid detail. Story link is further down the thread and is worth the click through.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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'Consulting historian' is a growth industry.
February 9, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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My essay on the Popular Front is now also available in English via the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung website @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
The Popular Front’s Enduring but Ambivalent Legacy - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Unity against the far right is a vital precondition for social transformation, but socialist strategy must go further
www.rosalux.de
February 5, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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"Voter suppression is one of the core tools of authoritarianism. It is how you shift from democracy to autocracy. And for millions of Americans, it’s about to become the norm"

www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
How Autocrats Meddle With Elections
The Trump administration has its eyes on the midterms and beyond.
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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Bezos burning the Washington post to the ground is as firm a reason for the continued bbc licence as ever there was. Eventually everything that can be owned by a billionaire will be owned by a billionaire and at that point its future will be determined by the whims of a man making 166k per minute.
February 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Goodbye Berlin! My heartfelt thanks go to my very generous host, professor Michael Goebel @mgoebel.bsky.social at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. The past 4 months have been an indispensable time for research, writing, and connecting with wonderful new and old colleagues. 🙏
I guess it's real, when you can find my profile on the Freie Universität Berlin website 😀 Honoured to be a part of the Global History team for 4-months as visiting researcher.
www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/fmi/bereic...
Kasper Braskén
www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de
February 6, 2026 at 8:54 AM
My essay on the Popular Front is now also available in English via the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung website @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
The Popular Front’s Enduring but Ambivalent Legacy - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Unity against the far right is a vital precondition for social transformation, but socialist strategy must go further
www.rosalux.de
February 5, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social

www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Jacob Price Fellowship in British Studies (18 month FTC):London Senate House - Hybrid
The University of London is both the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 renowned higher education institutions.
www.jobs.london.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Bei einer Kollision zwischen einem Flüchtlingsboot und einem griechischen Patrouillenboot starben 15 Menschen, darunter auch Kinder. Dutzende wurden teils schwer verletzt.
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1197...
15 Tote bei versuchtem Pushback in der Ägäis
Bei einer Kollision zwischen einem Flüchtlingsboot und einem griechischen Patrouillenboot starben 15 Menschen, darunter auch Kinder. Dutzende wurden teils schwer verletzt.
www.nd-aktuell.de
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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A powerful essay by Ncebakazi Makwetu (Department of Liberation Studies at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa): "Africa, the Dumping Ground of the West: Colonial Legacies, Fascism and the Racialised Logic of Deportation" helsinkinotebooks.com/2026/02/02/a...
Africa, the Dumping Ground of the West: Colonial Legacies, Fascism and the Racialised Logic of Deportation
In early 2025, the Trump administration moved to bypass further process and deport five men — from Vietnam, Laos, Jamaica, Cuba, and Yemen respectively&…
helsinkinotebooks.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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Senior Reform U.K. councillors at Kent county council have admitted their Elon Musk-inspired cost-cutting drive has not found any significant waste to cut, despite bombastic claims made by senior figures in the party
Reform UK admits Kent council’s Musk-inspired cost-cutting drive found little waste
County councillors say former Conservative administration ‘weren’t crazy, they were business people’
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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The Western politicians and press are silent about #Israel cutting water and electricity to @unrwa.org health centres and schools in #Palestine 's occupied East #Jerusalem.

European Union etc are supporting the attack on #UNRWA by refusing to act.

And so is the media.

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🔹 Both water and electricity supplies were cut to UNRWA installations in Shu’fat Camp, Occupied East Jerusalem, across 27-28 January, as provisions of the Israeli anti-UNRWA laws came into effect

Latest update on #Gaza and the Occupied #WestBank: www.unrwa.org/resources/re...
January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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While I’m at it: the English version of @juergenzimmerer.bsky.social’s edited collection “Erinnerungskämpfe” has also emerged into the world! Entitled “Germany’s History Wars”, it covers a range of vital controversies that dot the German historical landscape. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Germany’s History Wars
Like no other country’s Germany’s identity is shaped by its history or rather by the critical engagement with this history. The book traces the most important public debates on history since the new m...
www.degruyterbrill.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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Als Lisa Ekstein (später Fittko) am 30. Januar 1933 aus der Hochbahn am Halleschen Tor stieg, hörte sie das Gegröle der Braunhemden und war perplex, dass auch in ihrer Nachbarschaft die Machtübernahme akzeptiert wurde. In ihren Memoiren fragt sie: „Aber hier, bei uns – mitten in Kreuzberg?“ 🧵
January 30, 2026 at 8:17 AM