Aurelien Mondon
@aurelmondon.com
Researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics
Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social
Reactionary Democracy w. @aaronwinter.bsky.social and co-editor of The Ethics of Researching the Far Right
https://aurelmondon.com/
Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social
Reactionary Democracy w. @aaronwinter.bsky.social and co-editor of The Ethics of Researching the Far Right
https://aurelmondon.com/
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Aurelien Mondon
@aurelmondon.com
· Sep 24
Article: On reactionary politics (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Aurelien Mondon explores the meaning of reactionary politics and its use in our current context
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Core to reactionary politics is a cowardly project that aims to protect and restore privilege and hierarchies of oppression
Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social
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Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social
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holy shit
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
holy shit
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You can read more about what antifa actually is in my book To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right, now available for preorder www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...
To Catch a Fascist
A searing, provocative investigation into the rise of white nationalist and neo-Nazi movements in the United States, centered on the anti-fascist g...
www.simonandschuster.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
You can read more about what antifa actually is in my book To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right, now available for preorder www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...
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Come work with us at The Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies <3 THE BEST JOURNAL of its kind
We are looking for an Assistant Managing Editor to work with our fab editorial collective *and yours truly* starting in May
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@jscs-revista.bsky.social
RT🙏
We are looking for an Assistant Managing Editor to work with our fab editorial collective *and yours truly* starting in May
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
@jscs-revista.bsky.social
RT🙏
Assistant Managing Editor needed for Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies
Assistant Managing Editor needed for Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies
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February 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Come work with us at The Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies <3 THE BEST JOURNAL of its kind
We are looking for an Assistant Managing Editor to work with our fab editorial collective *and yours truly* starting in May
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
@jscs-revista.bsky.social
RT🙏
We are looking for an Assistant Managing Editor to work with our fab editorial collective *and yours truly* starting in May
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
@jscs-revista.bsky.social
RT🙏
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No one who has seen the Epstein case unfold should have any doubt left about why victims don’t report. When reporting means facing more abuse, more exploitation, and more betrayal at the institutional level, while the perpetrators are the leaders of the very systems of “justice” supposed to help you
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
No one who has seen the Epstein case unfold should have any doubt left about why victims don’t report. When reporting means facing more abuse, more exploitation, and more betrayal at the institutional level, while the perpetrators are the leaders of the very systems of “justice” supposed to help you
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I hate to dwell on the horrors, but more horrors about the links between the transphobic "Gender Critical" movement and Epstein...
I'm not being facetious. Epstein was apparently giving talking points to the people pushing anti trans rhetoric in the UK.
February 2, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I hate to dwell on the horrors, but more horrors about the links between the transphobic "Gender Critical" movement and Epstein...
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📣New interview📣
@anthonypkelly.bsky.social discusses how the often antagonistic relationship between reactionary content creators and their audiences mediates exclusionary politics.
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@anthonypkelly.bsky.social discusses how the often antagonistic relationship between reactionary content creators and their audiences mediates exclusionary politics.
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Interview: Conceptualising the Role of Audience Antagonism in the Mediation of Reactionary Politics (Anthony Kelly) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Anthony Kelly’s article, “On the Interface of Influencers and Antagonists: Conceptualising the Role of Audience Antagonism in the Mediation of Reactionary Politics.” (2025)
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February 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM
📣New interview📣
@anthonypkelly.bsky.social discusses how the often antagonistic relationship between reactionary content creators and their audiences mediates exclusionary politics.
reacpol.net/antogonism-i...
@anthonypkelly.bsky.social discusses how the often antagonistic relationship between reactionary content creators and their audiences mediates exclusionary politics.
reacpol.net/antogonism-i...
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Just over a week to go until our launch of The Far Right and the Media: International Trends and Perspectives. Sign up below!
📣Online book launch 📣
Join us on Zoom (Feb 10, 7pm GMT / 11am PST) for the launch of The Far Right and the Media: International Trends and Perspectives, exploring how media systems shape the visibility and normalization of far-right ideas in today’s digital world.
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Join us on Zoom (Feb 10, 7pm GMT / 11am PST) for the launch of The Far Right and the Media: International Trends and Perspectives, exploring how media systems shape the visibility and normalization of far-right ideas in today’s digital world.
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Book Launch: The Far Right and the Media - Reactionary Politics Research Network
Book launch of The Far Right and the Media, edited by Imogen Richards.
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February 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Just over a week to go until our launch of The Far Right and the Media: International Trends and Perspectives. Sign up below!
As we explore here though, cordon sanitaires only work if they apply to wider discourse and beyond election
Otherwise, mainstreaming can go on even when far-right parties are defeated
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Otherwise, mainstreaming can go on even when far-right parties are defeated
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 2, 2026 at 3:27 PM
As we explore here though, cordon sanitaires only work if they apply to wider discourse and beyond election
Otherwise, mainstreaming can go on even when far-right parties are defeated
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Otherwise, mainstreaming can go on even when far-right parties are defeated
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A reminder that Reform's candidate for Gorton and Denton, Matt Goodwin, has still not explained what he meant by this claim that developments in genetic science will make younger generations more right wing as they understand the "inherent differences" between different groups
February 2, 2026 at 9:53 AM
A reminder that Reform's candidate for Gorton and Denton, Matt Goodwin, has still not explained what he meant by this claim that developments in genetic science will make younger generations more right wing as they understand the "inherent differences" between different groups
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The wheel spins as it should.
February 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM
The wheel spins as it should.
This is so obvious and yet...
Drug laws have never stopped people from using drugs.
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drugs policy approach needs to change, Zack Polanski says
The Green Party leader of England and Wales says there needs to be a
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February 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
This is so obvious and yet...
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Tables are up now. The number of respondents for the headline voting intention, once don't knows and won't votes are removed, is 51.
<Meaningful stare>
<Meaningful stare>
January 29, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Tables are up now. The number of respondents for the headline voting intention, once don't knows and won't votes are removed, is 51.
<Meaningful stare>
<Meaningful stare>
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I'm not seeing many Muslims or Trans people in the Epstien Files.
Just lots of rich, cis white men.
Just lots of rich, cis white men.
February 1, 2026 at 10:25 AM
I'm not seeing many Muslims or Trans people in the Epstien Files.
Just lots of rich, cis white men.
Just lots of rich, cis white men.
Of course there are academics in the Epstein files
Academia is not a natural space for radical politics, knowledge and emancipation as many pretend it is, buoyed by reactionary moral panics
It is primarily built on conservatism, hierarchies and thirst for power so this should not be surprising
Academia is not a natural space for radical politics, knowledge and emancipation as many pretend it is, buoyed by reactionary moral panics
It is primarily built on conservatism, hierarchies and thirst for power so this should not be surprising
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Of course there are academics in the Epstein files
Academia is not a natural space for radical politics, knowledge and emancipation as many pretend it is, buoyed by reactionary moral panics
It is primarily built on conservatism, hierarchies and thirst for power so this should not be surprising
Academia is not a natural space for radical politics, knowledge and emancipation as many pretend it is, buoyed by reactionary moral panics
It is primarily built on conservatism, hierarchies and thirst for power so this should not be surprising
The cynicism of Labour who would rather have Reform win than the Greens so they have a hope of winning the next election as the lesser of two evils...
They have a huge majority, could have changed things for the better but are banking on the worst kind of politicking
Ghouls
They have a huge majority, could have changed things for the better but are banking on the worst kind of politicking
Ghouls
February 1, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The cynicism of Labour who would rather have Reform win than the Greens so they have a hope of winning the next election as the lesser of two evils...
They have a huge majority, could have changed things for the better but are banking on the worst kind of politicking
Ghouls
They have a huge majority, could have changed things for the better but are banking on the worst kind of politicking
Ghouls
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The three tiered system of justice, obvious for all to see:
The poor and marginalized—always under an authoritarian boot
The privileged—judged harshly but mostly fairly in normal times
The elite—complete impunity, maybe sometimes have to pick a fall guy
The poor and marginalized—always under an authoritarian boot
The privileged—judged harshly but mostly fairly in normal times
The elite—complete impunity, maybe sometimes have to pick a fall guy
February 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The three tiered system of justice, obvious for all to see:
The poor and marginalized—always under an authoritarian boot
The privileged—judged harshly but mostly fairly in normal times
The elite—complete impunity, maybe sometimes have to pick a fall guy
The poor and marginalized—always under an authoritarian boot
The privileged—judged harshly but mostly fairly in normal times
The elite—complete impunity, maybe sometimes have to pick a fall guy
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Compare the fates of Rebecca Long-Bailey & Louise Haigh—sidelined for tweeting & misreporting a stolen phone respectively—& The Lord Mandelson, who remains a peer of the realm despite lobbying the govt to change policy for the paedophile Jeffery Epstein.
Is there something a bit two tier, here?
Is there something a bit two tier, here?
February 1, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Compare the fates of Rebecca Long-Bailey & Louise Haigh—sidelined for tweeting & misreporting a stolen phone respectively—& The Lord Mandelson, who remains a peer of the realm despite lobbying the govt to change policy for the paedophile Jeffery Epstein.
Is there something a bit two tier, here?
Is there something a bit two tier, here?
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Monetisation of hate, basically. Musk introduced an incentive to do more fascism.
Wowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced…
economist.com/britain/2026...
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January 31, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Monetisation of hate, basically. Musk introduced an incentive to do more fascism.
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Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
January 31, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.
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It's easy to see these academics as individual bad actors. But I'd argue--they were enabled by "elite" schools' look-the-other-way approach to dealing with big-name abusers, and by the fact that, societially, we treat people associated with "elite" schools as automatically deserving of deference.
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 10:49 PM
It's easy to see these academics as individual bad actors. But I'd argue--they were enabled by "elite" schools' look-the-other-way approach to dealing with big-name abusers, and by the fact that, societially, we treat people associated with "elite" schools as automatically deserving of deference.
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Thousands of union members staged a nonviolent march today. iCE gassed the crowd of nurses and teaches. The neighborhood is in a cloud. Flash bangs are being fired.
February 1, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Thousands of union members staged a nonviolent march today. iCE gassed the crowd of nurses and teaches. The neighborhood is in a cloud. Flash bangs are being fired.
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Two things can be true: we’re a competitive authoritarian state with all sorts of efforts to put a thumb on the scale of who has power AND we have sufficiently free and sufficiently fair elections that every month we see the party in power lose.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Two things can be true: we’re a competitive authoritarian state with all sorts of efforts to put a thumb on the scale of who has power AND we have sufficiently free and sufficiently fair elections that every month we see the party in power lose.
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You can be kicked out of the Labour Party for retweeting Socialist Appeal, but associate with the world's most notorious sex trafficker of women and children and that's fine ...
Moments after he admits Lord Mandelson kept things from the govt prior to being appointed ambassador the US, Steve Reed is asked if Mandelson should be allowed to keep his peerage.
Reed invokes the victims to dodge answering the question.
Reed invokes the victims to dodge answering the question.
February 1, 2026 at 9:28 AM
You can be kicked out of the Labour Party for retweeting Socialist Appeal, but associate with the world's most notorious sex trafficker of women and children and that's fine ...
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lol because we know billionaire influence stops at the border of the countries they live in.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:53 AM
lol because we know billionaire influence stops at the border of the countries they live in.
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