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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 12d

#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 · 12d

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...

journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2025...

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)

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 12d

#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 · 15d

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.

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 15d

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 · 15d

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 · 15d

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 · 21d

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 · 21d

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

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 21d

Zoe Gardner, not "Gardiner"!

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22d

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 · 24d

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 · 22d

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 · 22d

„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 · 22d

A new essay from the Helsinki Notebooks! 👇

The Helsinki Notebooks @helsinkinotebooks.bsky.social · 22d

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 · 23d

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

🔴 Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social · 27d

📅 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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Kasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · Nov 9

Time for a new introduction: I am a historian of 20th century political history. Passionate about transnational and global history. Did my PhD on German communism, internationalism and solidarity. Currently working on global antifascism. researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/k...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 4

Donald Trump is having a lovechild with Satan: South Park sets up future chaos

At times, the latest episode of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s comedy feels like it’s running out of ammo when tackling the US President. But might it just be sowing the seeds of what’s to come?

www.theguardian.com

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Morgan Finnsiö ⤦⤦⤦ @morganfinnsio.bsky.social · Sep 4

Expressen: Här är polisens razzia mot den svenska nazibutiken www.expressen.se/nyheter/krim...

Polisens jätterazzia mot nazistbutiken Midgård

Här slår polisen till mot nazistbutiken Midgård i Alingsås. Bilderna inifrån butikens lager visar på tusentals skivor och mängder med kläder som är redo att skickas till Europas nazister. Nu åtalas de...

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The Helsinki Notebooks @helsinkinotebooks.bsky.social · Sep 2

To the children of #Gaza - a powerful new poem by Ncebakazi Makwetu, published in the new "Visions" Series of The Helsinki Notebooks: helsinkinotebooks.com/2025/08/29/t...

The Children of Gaza – Night Skies

The night sky lights up with stars and timeless lullabies for children in South Africa.Palestinian children no longer see the gentleness of the moon. Only the glow of blood born of massive bombs Mo…

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · Aug 22

I wrote about American concentration camps.

www.startribune.com/trump-admini...

Opinion | Concentration camps are not just part of our past, but our present and future

From David M. Perry: From Minnesota’s Fort Snelling to Japanese internment camps to Florida's Alligator Alcatraz, these camps have become an American tradition.

www.startribune.com

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