Bruce Bennett
@brucebennett.bsky.social
Prof in Film Studies, Lancaster University. Personal a/c.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
It’s remarkable how vocal these ‘gender-critical’ academics are about being silenced by the institutions they work for. It’s almost as if it’s completely untrue…
July 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It’s remarkable how vocal these ‘gender-critical’ academics are about being silenced by the institutions they work for. It’s almost as if it’s completely untrue…
Inspired, apparently, by the Tory governments attempt to transform the UK into a hostile environment for immigrants, extending the borderzones across the whole country, Starmer’s govt wants big tech companies to tell it how to turn the entire country into an open-plan prison.
July 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Inspired, apparently, by the Tory governments attempt to transform the UK into a hostile environment for immigrants, extending the borderzones across the whole country, Starmer’s govt wants big tech companies to tell it how to turn the entire country into an open-plan prison.
Simply breathtaking that the Guardian can publish this article today, referring to the genocidal war on Gaza euphemistically as a ‘security failure’. Utterly I nexcusable.
June 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Simply breathtaking that the Guardian can publish this article today, referring to the genocidal war on Gaza euphemistically as a ‘security failure’. Utterly I nexcusable.
There would have been a point where an atrocity like this provoked international outrage. By this point in the war on Gaza, it’s hard to keep up with the number of war crimes committed by Israel, a country that is relishing the licence it’s been given to commit crime after crime after crime.
June 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
There would have been a point where an atrocity like this provoked international outrage. By this point in the war on Gaza, it’s hard to keep up with the number of war crimes committed by Israel, a country that is relishing the licence it’s been given to commit crime after crime after crime.
Toxic masculinity.
June 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Toxic masculinity.
Fascinating to see the war machine at work. Political journalists are playing a key role in treating the imperialist violence of Israel and the US as if it’s driven by a genuine concern for democracy.
June 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Fascinating to see the war machine at work. Political journalists are playing a key role in treating the imperialist violence of Israel and the US as if it’s driven by a genuine concern for democracy.
The most immoral army in the world?
June 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The most immoral army in the world?
Genocide, it seems, is no reason not to continue business as usual for the UK govt. As for this headline, how about substituting ‘shameless hypocrisy’ for ‘garbled messaging’?
May 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Genocide, it seems, is no reason not to continue business as usual for the UK govt. As for this headline, how about substituting ‘shameless hypocrisy’ for ‘garbled messaging’?
Pro-Gaza, anti-genocide graffiti at the Giro d’Italia today. It’s particularly pointed since one of the owners of the Israeli team competing in the race has described the war on Gaza as a matter of ‘good vs evil and civilisation against barbarism’
May 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Pro-Gaza, anti-genocide graffiti at the Giro d’Italia today. It’s particularly pointed since one of the owners of the Israeli team competing in the race has described the war on Gaza as a matter of ‘good vs evil and civilisation against barbarism’
It takes a special kind of insight - the superior analytical skills of a political journalist - to write an article at this point in the genocide that insists both sides are to blame.
May 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It takes a special kind of insight - the superior analytical skills of a political journalist - to write an article at this point in the genocide that insists both sides are to blame.
Well, I suppose, as the individual most responsible for imposing the disaster of Brexit on the UK, he’s got some experience in this field.
May 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Well, I suppose, as the individual most responsible for imposing the disaster of Brexit on the UK, he’s got some experience in this field.
I wonder when professional political commentators will announce that we’re allowed to call this fascism?
May 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I wonder when professional political commentators will announce that we’re allowed to call this fascism?
Of course ‘cleanse’ is still a euphemism, but Israeli finance minister Smotrich is now open about Israel’s project in Gaza. ‘Cleansing’ is a key term in the lexicon of genocide and fascism
May 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Of course ‘cleanse’ is still a euphemism, but Israeli finance minister Smotrich is now open about Israel’s project in Gaza. ‘Cleansing’ is a key term in the lexicon of genocide and fascism
So Israel came second in Eurovision? Who’s have thought the overlap between fans of camp pop and genocide was so decisive?
May 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
So Israel came second in Eurovision? Who’s have thought the overlap between fans of camp pop and genocide was so decisive?
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I wrote this nearly 3 yrs ago & it's genuinely hard to believe that the "fascism debate" is still ongoing given all that has transpired since then. It's clear—both tactically & ideologically—what is unfolding before us. Nothing to gain at this point by continuing to give the benefit of the doubt.
Why I Use The F Word (And You Should Too)
We have a fascism problem. Solving it requires that we correctly identify this problem and the dangers it creates.
drwilliamhorne.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I wrote this nearly 3 yrs ago & it's genuinely hard to believe that the "fascism debate" is still ongoing given all that has transpired since then. It's clear—both tactically & ideologically—what is unfolding before us. Nothing to gain at this point by continuing to give the benefit of the doubt.
This article exemplifies a key problem in British politics, which is the total, shameful failure of political journalists to interrogate the role of news media in shaping debates. Instead it imagines politics as a direct, unmediated conversation between politicians and voters.
May 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This article exemplifies a key problem in British politics, which is the total, shameful failure of political journalists to interrogate the role of news media in shaping debates. Instead it imagines politics as a direct, unmediated conversation between politicians and voters.
This man is a ghoul. First he wants to follow Putin and grab areas of Ukraine for the US, now he wants to do the same with Gaza, exploiting Israel’s genocidal war for his own advantage.
May 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This man is a ghoul. First he wants to follow Putin and grab areas of Ukraine for the US, now he wants to do the same with Gaza, exploiting Israel’s genocidal war for his own advantage.
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The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
May 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
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I'm so old, I remember when 'British jobs for British workers' was a National Front slogan
May 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I'm so old, I remember when 'British jobs for British workers' was a National Front slogan
I wonder what the difference is between mimicry of far-right scaremongering, and the real thing. Different outfits? Smaller flags?
May 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I wonder what the difference is between mimicry of far-right scaremongering, and the real thing. Different outfits? Smaller flags?
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Yvette Cooper gives an exclusive interview to GB News about her immigration plans, during which the interviewer tells her that some of their viewers live near asylum seekers and their "children can't leave home".
No push back from the Home Secretary
No push back from the Home Secretary
May 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Yvette Cooper gives an exclusive interview to GB News about her immigration plans, during which the interviewer tells her that some of their viewers live near asylum seekers and their "children can't leave home".
No push back from the Home Secretary
No push back from the Home Secretary
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Labour voters today...
May 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Labour voters today...