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Aaron Winter
@aaronwinter.bsky.social
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Sociologist at Lancaster University working on Racism,Terrorism & the Far Right. Co-ed of @identitiesjournal.bsky.social. Co-author of Reactionary Democracy: How Racism & the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream (Verso) with Aurelien Mondon
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In light of the judge quashing the antisemitism case against Reginald D Hunter and police dropping the case against Bob Vylan, as well as the PA situation, I am re-posting my @opendemocracy.net article on the conflation of anti-zionism and antisemitism.

www.opendemocracy.net/en/israel-pa...
OPINION: The far right is exploiting fears of antisemitism
Antisemitism and other racisms are on the rise. A focus on pro-Palestine activism undermines the fight against these
www.opendemocracy.net
December 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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identitiesjournal.bsky.social
'Producing labour stratification: how migration policies affect the working, living and housing conditions of migrant farmworkers' by Giuliana Sanò

From #Identities' latest #SpecialIssue:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...

#migration @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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It may pain him to hear it, but the social justice movements he wrote a book railing against were designed to protect against the very kinds of bigotry he belated realizes might be bad (again, because they are now coming for him and his people).

The woke social justice warriors were correct.
Screenshot of a book by Vivek Ramaswamy called "Woke, INC. Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam"
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Bari Weiss has, obviously, been working assiduously over the years to meet this moment in exactly the way she did last night with the #60Minutes debacle. Shame on every idiot, useful and not, who tried to push this obvious charlatan as some free speech warrior on those of us who always knew.
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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identitiesjournal.bsky.social
'Negotiating one’s own belonging: envisaging the Japanese (Im)migratory stratification through immigrant-origin youths’ narratives' by Giulia Dugar

From #Identities' latest #SpecialIssue:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...

#migration

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December 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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New interview about the left, far-right and UK politics in @crossbordertalks.bsky.social. Always great to chat with Wojciech Łobodziński

www.crossbordertalks.eu/2025/12/15/t...
It is increasingly popular to tax the richest people in Britain - Cross-border Talks
Interview with the sociologist Aaron Winter on the Labour Party, Your Party and Green Party and the perspectives of social politics in the UK
www.crossbordertalks.eu
December 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Done! Last events, meetings, media, marking, revisions & emails are done & 'out of office' is on. Looking forward to the holidays. I am still posting, accepting media interviews & movie recommendations though. Happy holidays & all the best for 2026. Here's hoping it's a better year. Solidarity.
December 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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identitiesjournal.bsky.social
'Victoria Square, Athens: #migratory movements and social stratifications in the centre of the Greek capital' by Chiara Martini

From #Identities' latest Special Issue, 32.6:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...

#migration #SpecialIssue

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December 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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identitiesjournal.bsky.social
New from #Identities, with #OpenAccess:

‘Now all the world wants to be Oaxacan’: native corn commercialization and changing meanings of southern identities in Mexico' by Owen McNamara

doi.org/10.1080/1070...

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December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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identitiesjournal.bsky.social
Have you read the latest #IdentitiesBlog?

'#Sport celebrities and #cosmopolitan imaginaries' by Max Mauro

Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...

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December 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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"After the Bondi massacre, we don’t have the luxury to grieve silently" – by Em Hilton, for @972mag.bsky.social
www.972mag.com/bondi-massac...
After the Bondi massacre, we don't have the luxury to grieve silently
Before the blood had dried, the deadliest attack on Australian Jews was being used to justify repressing Palestine solidarity and retribution against Muslims.
www.972mag.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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identitiesjournal.bsky.social
The latest issue of The #Identities Newsletter is now published!

Read Issue 9 (December 2025), including updates on our trending articles, events, podcast episodes, blog posts and more:

sh1.sendinblue.com/a...

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The Identities Newsletter - December 2025 Edition
Read the latest issue of The Identities Newsletter
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December 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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identitiesjournal.bsky.social
'Agribusiness and #migration: the ages of Paraguayan rural emigration from the perspective of #migratory stratifications' by Juliana Carpinetti

From #Identities' latest #SpecialIssue, 32.6:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...

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December 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Heroic bystander, Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim man who put his own life on the line, and saved so many Jews. True safety in solidarity in action
December 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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"Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the university—have been given less than two weeks to accept insulting “offers” and pack up as early as January 2, 2026."

Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social

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Stop the Cuts at the New School
The restructuring proposed by the New School’s upper administration will harm faculty, students and the larger New School community. Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the univ...
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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I was interviewed for this @france24.com article:

'Stop the boats': British far-right activists accused of harassing migrants in Calais

By Joanna York

@lancasteruni.bsky.social
@lancasteruninews.bsky.social

www.france24.com/en/france/20...
'Stop the boats': British far-right activists accused of harassing migrants in Calais
British activists have made multiple visits to the beaches of northern France in recent weeks, saying they want to stop undocumented migrants from crossing the channel in small boats. Migrant support…
www.france24.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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identitiesjournal.bsky.social
Have you read the latest commentary on the #IdentitiesBlog?

'Managing #identity in higher education: a #Black woman's experience pursuing a master's degree' by Heather Poke

Read the post:
www.identitiesjourna...

#HigherEducation #race #belonging
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December 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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identitiesjournal.bsky.social
‘Merely decoration’: the role #identity of expatriate teachers in Chinese internationalized schools'

New from #Identities, by Adrian Golis

doi.org/10.1080/1070...

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December 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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'The #migratory crossroads of Alte Ceccato: an emblematic case of migratory stratification' by Andrea Calabretta et al.

From #Identities' latest Special Issue, 32.6:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...

#migration #SpecialIssue

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December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Great to finally meet @pdkmitchell.bsky.social in person - in Newcastle for the Launch of the Race and Migration IDRT at Northumbria and drinks.
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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identitiesjournal.bsky.social
'#Sport celebrities and #cosmopolitan imaginaries'

New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Max Mauro

Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...

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December 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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'Displaced memories in the Trieste border area: a neverending historical entanglement' by Roberta Altin

From #Identities' latest Special Issue, 32.6:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...

#migration #SpecialIssue

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December 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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I study this shit and my head is exploding.

It would be like two pretend gunfighters with 'good guy' on their flag ties shooting each other with nerf bullets at the same time - giving the party and nation plausible deniability.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage urged to sack Reform council leader accused of racism
Party is investigating Ian Cooper as Labour MPs call for him to resign as leader of Staffordshire county council
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Really looking forward to attending and speaking at the launch of the new Race and Migration Interdisciplinary Research Theme (IDRT) at Northumbria University in Newcastle next week.

10 December, 4-7pm

For more information and registration, see the link below

happeningnext.com/event/launch...
December 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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identitiesjournal.bsky.social
Have you watched the recording of our October #IdentitiesEvent?

'From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness' with Dr Jamella N. Gow

youtu.be/ZDg4dB22nqM

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From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global Blackness
In this talk, Dr Jamella N. Gow examined how global racial hierarchies rooted in histories of racialized Black labour under capitalism define Caribbean nations as Black. Tracing the global historical processes of colonialism, imperialist underdevelopment, and neoliberalism in the Caribbean, she show
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM