Kasper Braskén
@kasperbrasken.bsky.social
Academy Research Fellow, University of Helsinki. Transnational & global history, antifascism, resistance, solidarity, memory & urban history. Now: visiting researcher, Global History, FU Berlin | https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/kasper-brasken
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Kasper Braskén
@kasperbrasken.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Kasper Braskén
www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de
I guess it's real, when you can find my profile on the Freie Universität Berlin website 😀 Honoured to be a part of the Global History team for 4-months as visiting researcher.
www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/fmi/bereic...
www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/fmi/bereic...
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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Useful reminders of why interventionism in Venezuela is a continuity of US policy and not another Trumpian disruption. In the Americas, the Cold War has not ended www.npr.org/2026/01/02/n...
U.S. interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean haven't always gone as planned
President Trump's pressure campaign against Venezuela is the latest in a long saga of U.S. intervention in the region that is rooted in the 1823 Monroe Doctrine — and is a mix of success and failure.
www.npr.org
January 3, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Useful reminders of why interventionism in Venezuela is a continuity of US policy and not another Trumpian disruption. In the Americas, the Cold War has not ended www.npr.org/2026/01/02/n...
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Perhaps worth remembering that polls about US intervention in Venezuela conducted before today are no longer informative. Expect public opinion to polarise very quickly (dampening any effect on Americans’ views of Trump):
We were lucky enough to have our YouGov/The Economist poll in field when the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. You can see the partisan realignment in real time
January 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Perhaps worth remembering that polls about US intervention in Venezuela conducted before today are no longer informative. Expect public opinion to polarise very quickly (dampening any effect on Americans’ views of Trump):
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Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
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For months, in my home city, people have been throwing up Nazi salutes on their demos outside asylum hotels. The police look on and do nothing, in some cases reportedly allowing them through the line to get at anti-fascists. So their crackdown down on pro-Palestine “antisemitism“ is deeply cynical.
Two arrested on suspicion of shouting slogans calling for ‘intifada’ at protest
Total of five arrests made at pro-Palestine demonstration in London – hours after chiefs of two police forces announced change in approach
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
For months, in my home city, people have been throwing up Nazi salutes on their demos outside asylum hotels. The police look on and do nothing, in some cases reportedly allowing them through the line to get at anti-fascists. So their crackdown down on pro-Palestine “antisemitism“ is deeply cynical.
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Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
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On International Migrants Day, let’s celebrate the generations of migrants who’ve helped make London what it is today - the greatest city in the world.
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
On International Migrants Day, let’s celebrate the generations of migrants who’ve helped make London what it is today - the greatest city in the world.
I wrote a piece on the ambivalent history and legacy of the Popular Front (graciously translated into German), concluding with a call to reflect on the future possibilities of antifascist democracy: zeitschrift-luxemburg.de/artikel/das-...
Das ambivalente Vermächtnis der Volksfront
zeitschrift-luxemburg.de
December 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I wrote a piece on the ambivalent history and legacy of the Popular Front (graciously translated into German), concluding with a call to reflect on the future possibilities of antifascist democracy: zeitschrift-luxemburg.de/artikel/das-...
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The base will never leave
@andertoon.bsky.social
@andertoon.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The base will never leave
@andertoon.bsky.social
@andertoon.bsky.social
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What does the criminalization of Antifa mean? Stanislav Vysotsky (leading expert on US antifascism) explains the severity of the situation in this new essay: helsinkinotebooks.com/2025/12/16/t...
The Criminalization of Antifa
In the wake of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, and in response to ongoing protests against snatch and grab raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, the Trump administrat…
helsinkinotebooks.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What does the criminalization of Antifa mean? Stanislav Vysotsky (leading expert on US antifascism) explains the severity of the situation in this new essay: helsinkinotebooks.com/2025/12/16/t...
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“Rather than repressing opposition, labelling Antifa as terrorists may be strengthening antifascist sentiment in the U.S. as people recognize the importance of opposing the fascist policies of the Trump administration.” - Professor Stanislav Vysotsky: helsinkinotebooks.com/2025/12/16/t...
The Criminalization of Antifa
In the wake of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, and in response to ongoing protests against snatch and grab raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, the Trump administrat…
helsinkinotebooks.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“Rather than repressing opposition, labelling Antifa as terrorists may be strengthening antifascist sentiment in the U.S. as people recognize the importance of opposing the fascist policies of the Trump administration.” - Professor Stanislav Vysotsky: helsinkinotebooks.com/2025/12/16/t...
“Rather than repressing opposition, labelling Antifa as terrorists may be strengthening antifascist sentiment in the U.S. as people recognize the importance of opposing the fascist policies of the Trump administration.” - Professor Stanislav Vysotsky: helsinkinotebooks.com/2025/12/16/t...
The Criminalization of Antifa
In the wake of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, and in response to ongoing protests against snatch and grab raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, the Trump administrat…
helsinkinotebooks.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“Rather than repressing opposition, labelling Antifa as terrorists may be strengthening antifascist sentiment in the U.S. as people recognize the importance of opposing the fascist policies of the Trump administration.” - Professor Stanislav Vysotsky: helsinkinotebooks.com/2025/12/16/t...
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#OtD 16 Dec 1908 Mexican-Catalan revolutionary, anti-fascist and surrealist artist Remedios Varo was born. She was active during the Spanish Civil War then moved to Paris. Interned by Nazis until she was rescued. Learn more about the civil war in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...
December 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
#OtD 16 Dec 1908 Mexican-Catalan revolutionary, anti-fascist and surrealist artist Remedios Varo was born. She was active during the Spanish Civil War then moved to Paris. Interned by Nazis until she was rescued. Learn more about the civil war in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...
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Constantin Schreiber behauptet, er würde aus Angst vor Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund und Linksextremen nur noch mit sowas wie Pfefferspray bewaffnet auf die Straße gehen, unkt dass „was passieren“ könnte, dropped casual „Biodeutsche“. In der ARD.
December 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Constantin Schreiber behauptet, er würde aus Angst vor Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund und Linksextremen nur noch mit sowas wie Pfefferspray bewaffnet auf die Straße gehen, unkt dass „was passieren“ könnte, dropped casual „Biodeutsche“. In der ARD.
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Over this weekend, we have pushed the @calaisappeal.bsky.social fundraiser to almost £10k!! 🥹🥹
Let’s give it a really big push this week🙏
I feel sure we can raise more than the far right did to send over their thugs to harass people ❤️💪
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Let’s give it a really big push this week🙏
I feel sure we can raise more than the far right did to send over their thugs to harass people ❤️💪
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Over this weekend, we have pushed the @calaisappeal.bsky.social fundraiser to almost £10k!! 🥹🥹
Let’s give it a really big push this week🙏
I feel sure we can raise more than the far right did to send over their thugs to harass people ❤️💪
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Let’s give it a really big push this week🙏
I feel sure we can raise more than the far right did to send over their thugs to harass people ❤️💪
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
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For the past few months, I have been looking at what President Trump's mass deportation agenda really looks like on the ground in NYC for a TPM series.
We're about halfway through it and I'd like to show you what we've done so far.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...
We're about halfway through it and I'd like to show you what we've done so far.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...
Life Inside the Undocumented Underground
During President Donald Trump’s second term, dramatic raids staged by the Immigration...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
For the past few months, I have been looking at what President Trump's mass deportation agenda really looks like on the ground in NYC for a TPM series.
We're about halfway through it and I'd like to show you what we've done so far.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...
We're about halfway through it and I'd like to show you what we've done so far.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...
Impressive work!
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Impressive work!
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Far-right conspiracy theorists exposed. Great work by @hopenothate.org.uk !
A key part of Reform UK’s narrative has been that the party's vetting crisis has been resolved. The “bad apples” would be gone, Farage promised.
But are they? We put together a list of the four most questionable conspiracy theorists working for Reform: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/09/f...
But are they? We put together a list of the four most questionable conspiracy theorists working for Reform: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/09/f...
Far-right conspiracy theorists working for Reform UK – HOPE not hate
When Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s head of policy, was interviewed earlier this summer, he boasted that “the talent density available to this party continues to...
hopenothate.org.uk
December 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Far-right conspiracy theorists exposed. Great work by @hopenothate.org.uk !
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Berlins Polizeibudget wächst seit 15 Jahren ununterbrochen – während bei Bildung, Sozialem und Kultur gekürzt wird. Das Justice Collective zeigt: Pro Kopf gibt es hier nun mehr Polizeibeamte als in New York City.
Berlin: Mehr Polizei als New York City
Berlins Polizeibudget wächst seit 15 Jahren ununterbrochen – während bei Bildung, Sozialem und Kultur gekürzt wird. Das Justice Collective zeigt: Pro Kopf gibt es hier nun mehr Polizeibeamte als in…
buff.ly
December 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Berlins Polizeibudget wächst seit 15 Jahren ununterbrochen – während bei Bildung, Sozialem und Kultur gekürzt wird. Das Justice Collective zeigt: Pro Kopf gibt es hier nun mehr Polizeibeamte als in New York City.
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The author of the national security strategy that committed the US to aiding the far right in Europe is a race-obsessed hysteric and paranoid fantasist
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Michael Anton: An American fanatic
Trump’s hacks make their hatred for us clear
comment.press
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The author of the national security strategy that committed the US to aiding the far right in Europe is a race-obsessed hysteric and paranoid fantasist
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Far-right conspiracy theorists exposed. Great work by @hopenothate.org.uk !
A key part of Reform UK’s narrative has been that the party's vetting crisis has been resolved. The “bad apples” would be gone, Farage promised.
But are they? We put together a list of the four most questionable conspiracy theorists working for Reform: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/09/f...
But are they? We put together a list of the four most questionable conspiracy theorists working for Reform: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/09/f...
Far-right conspiracy theorists working for Reform UK – HOPE not hate
When Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s head of policy, was interviewed earlier this summer, he boasted that “the talent density available to this party continues to...
hopenothate.org.uk
December 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Far-right conspiracy theorists exposed. Great work by @hopenothate.org.uk !
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We are #StrongerTogether
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December 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Cheryl's Blue Accounts under 20K
All these resister accounts are vetted by me.
Please Follow & Repost.
Even if you're not on the list, Reposting helps give you exposure and gives these accounts a boost
We are #StrongerTogether
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All these resister accounts are vetted by me.
Please Follow & Repost.
Even if you're not on the list, Reposting helps give you exposure and gives these accounts a boost
We are #StrongerTogether
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Bennie Thompson, everybody! 👏 👏 Listen and learn how to release the air out of the "Antifa is the top domestic terrorist threat" balloon.
There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
December 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Bennie Thompson, everybody! 👏 👏 Listen and learn how to release the air out of the "Antifa is the top domestic terrorist threat" balloon.
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Still one of my favourite books on US antifascism in the 20th century: “Haunted by Hitler: Liberals, the Left, and the Fight against Fascism in the United States” by Chris Vials 👇👇👇
December 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Still one of my favourite books on US antifascism in the 20th century: “Haunted by Hitler: Liberals, the Left, and the Fight against Fascism in the United States” by Chris Vials 👇👇👇
Still one of my favourite books on US antifascism in the 20th century: “Haunted by Hitler: Liberals, the Left, and the Fight against Fascism in the United States” by Chris Vials 👇👇👇
December 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Still one of my favourite books on US antifascism in the 20th century: “Haunted by Hitler: Liberals, the Left, and the Fight against Fascism in the United States” by Chris Vials 👇👇👇