Gaming Democracy
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Tom Drayton @miserchristmas.bsky.social and Joseph Dunne-Howrie @drjdunnehowrie.bsky.social are theatre scholars researching rightwing postdigital extremism through the lenses of gaming, conspiracies, and influencers.
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A thoughtful review by Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social of Richard Seymour's new book 'Disaster Nationalism'. Trilling invites us to think harder about what this conjuncture really means: Birth of Fascism 2.0 or a New Popular Conservatism?
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Trilling · Is this fascism?
As the historian Ian Kershaw says, trying to define fascism is ‘like trying to nail jelly to a wall’, yet for all...
www.lrb.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A thoughtful review by Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social of Richard Seymour's new book 'Disaster Nationalism'. Trilling invites us to think harder about what this conjuncture really means: Birth of Fascism 2.0 or a New Popular Conservatism?
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
When the Clock Broke by @lioneltrolling.bsky.social looks like the book we all need to be reading to understand the political and cultural forces that brought us to this historical moment. Excellent summary by @thomaszimmer.bsky.social
thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-origin...
thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-origin...
The Origins of Trumpism and the Birth of the Present
Reflections on the pre-history of Trump’s rise, the peculiar nature of Trumpism, and the radical politics of white despair – based on John Ganz’s masterful "When the Clock Broke"
thomaszimmer.substack.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
When the Clock Broke by @lioneltrolling.bsky.social looks like the book we all need to be reading to understand the political and cultural forces that brought us to this historical moment. Excellent summary by @thomaszimmer.bsky.social
thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-origin...
thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-origin...
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“One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over,” as we “simply remember the things we regard as creditable and inspiring.”
W.E.B. DuBois, “The Propaganda of History”
W.E.B. DuBois, “The Propaganda of History”
February 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over,” as we “simply remember the things we regard as creditable and inspiring.”
W.E.B. DuBois, “The Propaganda of History”
W.E.B. DuBois, “The Propaganda of History”
'With magic Jesus you don't need labour unions or health care'
Chris Hedges has been warning the world about the rise of Christian American fascism since the early Obama era.
substack.com/@smfleck/not...
Chris Hedges has been warning the world about the rise of Christian American fascism since the early Obama era.
substack.com/@smfleck/not...
Rev. Dr. Shannon Fleck on Substack
@Chris Hedges saying it ALLLLL!
substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
'With magic Jesus you don't need labour unions or health care'
Chris Hedges has been warning the world about the rise of Christian American fascism since the early Obama era.
substack.com/@smfleck/not...
Chris Hedges has been warning the world about the rise of Christian American fascism since the early Obama era.
substack.com/@smfleck/not...
Fight for America! is a live tabletop wargame based on the January 6 insurrection. It has it's London premier June 8- July 6
www.fightforamerica.games
www.fightforamerica.games
Fight For America!
www.fightforamerica.games
February 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Fight for America! is a live tabletop wargame based on the January 6 insurrection. It has it's London premier June 8- July 6
www.fightforamerica.games
www.fightforamerica.games
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the church pete hegseth is a part of, the CREC, is led by a lunatic who gives talks about "the lost value of sexism" and wants to drive women out of public life. this fully accords with hegseth's public comments. and he's been selected to run the largest corporation on earth
January 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
the church pete hegseth is a part of, the CREC, is led by a lunatic who gives talks about "the lost value of sexism" and wants to drive women out of public life. this fully accords with hegseth's public comments. and he's been selected to run the largest corporation on earth
Yes it was a Nazi salute
January 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Yes it was a Nazi salute
We need to start thinking of Facebook and Xwitter as weapons of information warfare @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Total information collapse
It's started. And it's only going to accelerate from here.
substack.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We need to start thinking of Facebook and Xwitter as weapons of information warfare @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social will be one of the most essential voices to listen to this year. Her investigations into Russian interference in Brexit and '16 US election were ignored, dismissed, mocked, and derided by the BBC and the press. And here we are.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
ChatGPT v The Guardian
Take my hand and come with me down into information dystopia...
open.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social will be one of the most essential voices to listen to this year. Her investigations into Russian interference in Brexit and '16 US election were ignored, dismissed, mocked, and derided by the BBC and the press. And here we are.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Peak liberal bias is believing with virtually no evidence that publics in authoritarian states only venerate their leaders out of fear. Hatred of LGBTQ+ ppl (for example) is deeply embedded in many cultures. It isn't just for show.
January 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Peak liberal bias is believing with virtually no evidence that publics in authoritarian states only venerate their leaders out of fear. Hatred of LGBTQ+ ppl (for example) is deeply embedded in many cultures. It isn't just for show.
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The alleviation of women's abuse "is made less likely by the mandated subservience of women by Christian fundamentalists. What is especially disappointing...is the docile acceptance by so many strong Christian women of their subjugation & restricted role." - Jimmy Carter (RIP)
December 29, 2024 at 11:27 PM
The alleviation of women's abuse "is made less likely by the mandated subservience of women by Christian fundamentalists. What is especially disappointing...is the docile acceptance by so many strong Christian women of their subjugation & restricted role." - Jimmy Carter (RIP)
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'The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth—it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true'
December 29, 2024 at 3:50 PM
'The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth—it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true'
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factions of the far right may be eating each other alive, but they always do this, and would be just as glad to turn and sink their teeth into your neck. the sniping can be entertaining and useful, but don't mistake it for meaningful fractures in the project of ressentiment.
December 29, 2024 at 6:20 AM
factions of the far right may be eating each other alive, but they always do this, and would be just as glad to turn and sink their teeth into your neck. the sniping can be entertaining and useful, but don't mistake it for meaningful fractures in the project of ressentiment.
Instinctively I agree with Chris Hedge's assessment on the superficiality of modern democracies. But the implication that theatricality is inherently deceitful and shallow ignores how ideologies must be staged in order to produce systems of political identification.
December 29, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Instinctively I agree with Chris Hedge's assessment on the superficiality of modern democracies. But the implication that theatricality is inherently deceitful and shallow ignores how ideologies must be staged in order to produce systems of political identification.
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WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
December 17, 2024 at 3:58 AM
WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
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In 2011, David Cameron declared that state multiculturalism had failed. His (neo)liberal model of inclusion helped to lay the ideological groundwork for the ethno-nationalist discourse of cultural decay.
josephdunnehowrie.substack.com/p/inclusion-...
josephdunnehowrie.substack.com/p/inclusion-...
Inclusion Isn't Enough
When does a culture stop changing?
josephdunnehowrie.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 2:57 PM
In 2011, David Cameron declared that state multiculturalism had failed. His (neo)liberal model of inclusion helped to lay the ideological groundwork for the ethno-nationalist discourse of cultural decay.
josephdunnehowrie.substack.com/p/inclusion-...
josephdunnehowrie.substack.com/p/inclusion-...
*Correction - Theo Aiolfi @theoaiolfi.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 3:49 PM
*Correction - Theo Aiolfi @theoaiolfi.bsky.social
These upcoming books by Victoria Scrimer and Theo Alfi will be important landmarks in the growing interdisciplinary research into political extremism and activism. Performance studies and political science have much to learn from each other in this darkening world #Theatre #Politics #Academia
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December 13, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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A statement from The Onion about InfoWars.
December 11, 2024 at 5:14 AM
A statement from The Onion about InfoWars.
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How many of the people who denounced the Hunter Biden pardon will condemn Trump for saying he’s going to pardon Jan 6th convicts who assaulted police officers and ransacked the capitol?
December 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM
How many of the people who denounced the Hunter Biden pardon will condemn Trump for saying he’s going to pardon Jan 6th convicts who assaulted police officers and ransacked the capitol?
As the #Assad dictatorship falls, memories of The Arab Spring are stirring. Khalid Abdalla's solo play 'No-Where' creates a space to revisit the new horizons this forgotten revolution erupted into our political consciousness #TheatreSky #Syria
youtu.be/k20g4XlRbDQ?...
youtu.be/k20g4XlRbDQ?...
nowhere: an anti-biography | trailer
YouTube video by Battersea Arts Centre
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December 8, 2024 at 8:51 AM
As the #Assad dictatorship falls, memories of The Arab Spring are stirring. Khalid Abdalla's solo play 'No-Where' creates a space to revisit the new horizons this forgotten revolution erupted into our political consciousness #TheatreSky #Syria
youtu.be/k20g4XlRbDQ?...
youtu.be/k20g4XlRbDQ?...
Sarah Gancher's digital performance 'Russian Troll Farm' about Kremlin disinformation campaign in 2016 election should be required viewing in schools. The play is infinitely more informative about the ideological drivers of Russian propaganda than almost all mainstream coverage #TheatreSky
RUSSIAN TROLL FARM - October 2020 (Hartford Theatre Works)
Written by Sarah Gancher Directed by Jared Mezzocchi & Elizabeth Williamson Multimedia Design by Jared Mezzocchi Media Support by Virtual Design Collective…
eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Sarah Gancher's digital performance 'Russian Troll Farm' about Kremlin disinformation campaign in 2016 election should be required viewing in schools. The play is infinitely more informative about the ideological drivers of Russian propaganda than almost all mainstream coverage #TheatreSky
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If you as a parent do not want your child to read about something, that is your job as a parent to oversee their reading. It should absolutely not affect what children who are not yours are reading.
December 4, 2024 at 10:14 PM
If you as a parent do not want your child to read about something, that is your job as a parent to oversee their reading. It should absolutely not affect what children who are not yours are reading.