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Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Aug 22

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Alternative Epistemology in Far-Right Anti-Publics: A Qualitative Study of Australian Activists - International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society

Beliefs in hostile conspiracies against ‘Western civilisation’ or ‘white people’ play a key role in tying divergent far-right tropes together under an internally coherent meta-narrative. Claims of hav...

link.springer.com

Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Aug 22

Muslim community volunteering: the civic-religious ‘culture of benevolence’ and its sociopolitical implications: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies: Vol 46, No 11 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Muslim community volunteering: the civic-religious ‘culture of benevolence’ and its sociopolitical implications

Policymakers across the West seek to promote volunteering among migrants and ethno-religious minorities as a way to foster their social incorporation. Volunteering within a minority community conte...

www.tandfonline.com

Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · Aug 5

#ERSNew 🐣🔓This multi-method empirical study among 862 people from racialised communities in Australia highlights how structural and psychological factors create barriers to speaking out against racism. Article: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2508393

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Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Aug 3

Radio interview on SBS. Good to see that this is getting some media attention.

www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...

INTERVIEW: Why don't people speak up against racism?

Mistrust, fear and systematic barriers, these are the reasons why Victorians experiencing racism are hesitant to report the incidents, according to a new study by Victoria University. It also found th...

www.sbs.com.au

Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Jul 28

The study argues that the current system for reporting racism is not working well for the communities who need it the most.
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"We’re seeing the emergence of locally grounded alternatives that provide care, validation and advocacy...."

www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/new...

Majority of racism in Victoria goes unreported due to “high cost, low reward” system

New VU research reveals most incidents of racism in Victoria go unreported.

www.vu.edu.au

Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Jul 25

Happily sharing our new article about reporting barriers that silence the voices of those who experience racism.

Article is open access.

Speaking out against racism? Silence, agency and unheard voices among racialised communities in Australia
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Speaking out against racism? Silence, agency and unheard voices among racialised communities in Australia

Denying the persistence of racism and its impact on racially and culturally marginalised communities remains a key feature of how contemporary racism manifests. This denial is facilitated and reinf...

www.tandfonline.com

Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Jul 25

"Traditional methods of myth busting remain important for slowing misinformation, but to properly stop it democracies will have to do much more."

thewire.in/media/fact-c...

Fact-Checking Alone Cannot Tackle Conspiracies

Traditional methods of myth busting remain important for slowing misinformation, but to properly stop it democracies will have to do much more.

thewire.in

Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Jul 14

‘You become a target’: research shows why many people who experience racism don’t report it
theconversation.com/you-become-a...

‘You become a target’: research shows why many people who experience racism don’t report it

New research shows only 15% of those surveyed reported the racism they endured. Many feared negative consequences, while others thought no one would care.

theconversation.com

Illiberalism Studies Program @illsp.bsky.social · Jul 11

New piece! Mario Peucker on the social drivers and embeddedness of far-right attitudes in our societies, and strategies to counter the far right's appeal. Check it out!

@mariopeucker.bsky.social

Not as Fringe as We’d Like to Think: Building Broad Resistance to Far-right Mobilization illiberalism.org |

Mario Peucker on the social drivers and embeddedness of far-right attitudes in our societies, and strategies to counter the far right's appeal.

www.illiberalism.org

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Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Jul 10

"A story of resistance across generations, the power of family and the unrelenting struggle for justice in a country [namely, Australia] that remains in denial."

Trailer: vimeo.com/1045934675?s...
www.ourwarriordoco.com

Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe [Official Trailor]

2025 Trailer for the documentary Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe. A story of resistance across generations, the power of family and the unrelenting struggle…

vimeo.com

Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Jul 10

Not questioning that racism against different groups can manifest differently. But if we are blind to the common underlying system of racism, we will not make progress towards dismantling systems of racism and superiority, but get caught up in and distracted by 'victimisation hierarchies'.

Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Jul 10

Racism creates and cements a system of superiority claims and an unjust hierarchy that denies the fundamental principle of equal human dignity.

If in our attempts to address racism we apply different standards depending on what group we're talking about, we fall into the same 'hierarchy trap'.

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Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Jul 10

Panel discussion 'Democracy in Danger' in Australia, but I'd argue the situation elsewhere is often so different.
(...and yes, I'm also not happy with the 'demographics' of the panel, including myself - it was raised beforehand. We must do better!)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3EK...

Dangers to Democracy? A panel discussion in the Australian context

YouTube video by Psychology of Change

www.youtube.com

Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thanks for the chat.

Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Mar 7

Podcast Relaunch!

FRAN's podcast Right Rising is back! Check out our latest podcast episode with Prof Mario Peucker talking about his efforts in Victoria, Australia.

rightrising.fireside.fm/55

Democracy Strikes Back

Dr. Mario Peucker joins the pod to discuss his efforts in developing robust institutions to combat hate and conspiracy theories alongside marginalized communities in Victoria, Australia

rightrising.fireside.fm

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Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Jun 20

A super-short summary of 'Democracy Strikes Back'.

Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · Feb 17

We need to acknowledge what makes far-right groups appealing if we're going to effectively tackle them, argues Mario Peucker. A part of this is removing the dichotomy between "us and them", positioning the far-right as a fringe movement on the edges of society.

Read more: tinyurl.com/mpb39ct6

If we want to counteract the rise of far-right extremism, we need to understand its appeal - ABC Religion & Ethics

How can we explain the growing appeal of what is usually regarded as a fringe ideology — despite the fact that state and federal governments have invested vast funding and resources to counter these a...

www.abc.net.au

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MiGAZIN @migazin.de · May 18

Was sind die Ursachen für Rechtsextremismus und wie kann er bekämpft werden?

Die Wissenschaft hat dazu bereits Antworten geliefert.

Dem Staat kommt eine zentrale Rolle zu.

Von Dr. Mario Peucker

👉 www.migazin.de/2025/05/18/k...

#NieWieder
#Zivilgesellschaft
#DemokratieStärken

Anleitung - Kampf gegen Rechtsextremismus? So geht's

Was sind die Ursachen für Rechtsextremismus und wie kann er bekämpft werden? Die Wissenschaft hat dazu bereits Antworten geliefert.

www.migazin.de

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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · May 17

Speaking out against #racism? #Silence, #agency and unheard voices among racialised communities in #Australia

Authors: @mariopeucker.bsky.social , Franka Vaughan, Jo Doley, Tom Clark

Victoria University

Coming soon!

#resistance #underreporting

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Longtail News @longtail.news · May 4

Feed: "Pearls and Irritations"
By: Mario Peucker on Sunday, May 4, 2025

Ignoring the impact of racism undermines effective policymaking

We have heard about a variety of urgent issues during the federal election campaign in the past few weeks and months, from cost of living, immigration, crime and health to housing and energy policies, but one of the topics that have received no attention — indeed never appeared high on the political agenda — is […]

johnmenadue.com

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Mario Peucker @mariopeucker.bsky.social · Apr 20

My first post on Bluesky - and using to to self-promote. What a start!

The book 'Democracy Strikes Back: Understanding and Countering the Rise of the Far-right' is out. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Let's see how all this works here on Bluesky...

Democracy Strikes Back

This book draws on empirical research from North America, Europe and Australia to present a nuanced picture of far right.

link.springer.com

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Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social · Mar 7

Podcast Relaunch!

FRAN's podcast Right Rising is back! Check out our latest podcast episode with Prof Mario Peucker talking about his efforts in Victoria, Australia.

rightrising.fireside.fm/55

Democracy Strikes Back

Dr. Mario Peucker joins the pod to discuss his efforts in developing robust institutions to combat hate and conspiracy theories alongside marginalized communities in Victoria, Australia

rightrising.fireside.fm

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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · Feb 17

We need to acknowledge what makes far-right groups appealing if we're going to effectively tackle them, argues Mario Peucker. A part of this is removing the dichotomy between "us and them", positioning the far-right as a fringe movement on the edges of society.

Read more: tinyurl.com/mpb39ct6

If we want to counteract the rise of far-right extremism, we need to understand its appeal - ABC Religion & Ethics

How can we explain the growing appeal of what is usually regarded as a fringe ideology — despite the fact that state and federal governments have invested vast funding and resources to counter these a...

www.abc.net.au

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Deepak दीपक دیپ @joshioz.bsky.social · Mar 10

Sam Kerr’s alleged comments may have had a racial element, but they were not ‘racist’ writes Mario Peucker

www.nriaffairs.com/sam-kerrs-al...

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