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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AOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunity—and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street.
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
AOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunity—and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street.
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"And with oil, Fascism." / Article on US oil imperialism from the magazine "The Fight", published by the American League against War and Fascism in Sept. 1938 (NYC): "When the oil is gone to make some rich man in New York richer, what will Venezuela have? Nothing." #imperialism #Venezuela
January 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"And with oil, Fascism." / Article on US oil imperialism from the magazine "The Fight", published by the American League against War and Fascism in Sept. 1938 (NYC): "When the oil is gone to make some rich man in New York richer, what will Venezuela have? Nothing." #imperialism #Venezuela
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Let's hope nobody tells this 79-year-old child about Svalbard. Also, for how long will the Republican Party and the American public be willing to be complicit in the daily humiliation of their own country?
"Norway, a NATO member, foolishly chose not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize."
This is U.S. diplomacy, 2026. F-ing sad, really.
This is U.S. diplomacy, 2026. F-ing sad, really.
January 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Let's hope nobody tells this 79-year-old child about Svalbard. Also, for how long will the Republican Party and the American public be willing to be complicit in the daily humiliation of their own country?
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"we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
No lie there!
No lie there!
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
January 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
No lie there!
No lie there!
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Trump operates as a dictator without dictatorship...he understands his power not as representation but as delegation. This is not how democracy works. Red flags happen every day & we cannot ignore his words because they mean testing the waters for what can become a dark reality
January 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Trump operates as a dictator without dictatorship...he understands his power not as representation but as delegation. This is not how democracy works. Red flags happen every day & we cannot ignore his words because they mean testing the waters for what can become a dark reality
"And with oil, Fascism." / Article on US oil imperialism from the magazine "The Fight", published by the American League against War and Fascism in Sept. 1938 (NYC): "When the oil is gone to make some rich man in New York richer, what will Venezuela have? Nothing." #imperialism #Venezuela
January 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"And with oil, Fascism." / Article on US oil imperialism from the magazine "The Fight", published by the American League against War and Fascism in Sept. 1938 (NYC): "When the oil is gone to make some rich man in New York richer, what will Venezuela have? Nothing." #imperialism #Venezuela
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Chatbot Grok recently generated sexual content on Elon Musk's X that appears to be illegal, raising fresh questions about how EU law applies. With the Digital Services Act and the AI Act in force, here’s what the rules and potential penalties mean for platforms and AI services operating in the EU.
Grok's illegal online content — what does EU law say?
Chatbot Grok recently generated sexual content on Elon Musk's X that appears to be illegal, raising fresh questions about how EU law applies. With the Digital Services Act and the AI Act in force, here’s what the rules and potential penalties mean for platforms and AI services operating in the EU.
euobserver.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Chatbot Grok recently generated sexual content on Elon Musk's X that appears to be illegal, raising fresh questions about how EU law applies. With the Digital Services Act and the AI Act in force, here’s what the rules and potential penalties mean for platforms and AI services operating in the EU.
Deplorable times for universities in Trump's USA. What next? New courses on the deep wisdoms (don't miss the irony here) of Nietzsche, Oswald Spengler, Carl Schmitt and Julius Evola?
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Deplorable times for universities in Trump's USA. What next? New courses on the deep wisdoms (don't miss the irony here) of Nietzsche, Oswald Spengler, Carl Schmitt and Julius Evola?
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On this 5-year anniversary of January 6th, let’s all remember that we are not immune from coups and insurrections. We are not immune from authoritarianism. Preventing them from happening in the U.S. requires all of us pay attention and do something to protect democracy.
January 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
On this 5-year anniversary of January 6th, let’s all remember that we are not immune from coups and insurrections. We are not immune from authoritarianism. Preventing them from happening in the U.S. requires all of us pay attention and do something to protect democracy.
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Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
January 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
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The official position of the White House is that on January 6, "it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election."
January 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The official position of the White House is that on January 6, "it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election."
“X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter” 🎯 Thank you @financialtimes.com for presenting the directors running the circus.
There we go. That there’s a headline.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
“X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter” 🎯 Thank you @financialtimes.com for presenting the directors running the circus.
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I will never understand, not for as long as I live, how January 6th, 2021 wasn’t the end of Donald Trump’s political career.
January 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I will never understand, not for as long as I live, how January 6th, 2021 wasn’t the end of Donald Trump’s political career.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Not so subtle Lebensraum vibes going on here.
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Not so subtle Lebensraum vibes going on here.
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TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
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The English teacher in me loves this cartoon…
From Benjamin Slyngstad.
From Benjamin Slyngstad.
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The English teacher in me loves this cartoon…
From Benjamin Slyngstad.
From Benjamin Slyngstad.
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Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
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»Um tolerant zu sein, muß man die Grenzen dessen, was nicht tolerierbar ist, festlegen.«
Umberto Eco
geboren am 5. Januar 1932
Umberto Eco
geboren am 5. Januar 1932
January 5, 2026 at 6:53 AM
»Um tolerant zu sein, muß man die Grenzen dessen, was nicht tolerierbar ist, festlegen.«
Umberto Eco
geboren am 5. Januar 1932
Umberto Eco
geboren am 5. Januar 1932
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It's a wrap! The Helsinki Notebooks can proudly look back at 2025 and the many excellent original essays published last year. Here below you can find a direct link to all *23* of them! For a global perspective on antifascist politics, start here:
January 4, 2026 at 2:43 PM
It's a wrap! The Helsinki Notebooks can proudly look back at 2025 and the many excellent original essays published last year. Here below you can find a direct link to all *23* of them! For a global perspective on antifascist politics, start here:
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Nobody could have predicted this.
January 4, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Nobody could have predicted this.
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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/