Minda Holm
@mindaholm.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at NUPI. Work on ideology, liberalisms and global order, Far Right, postliberal & reactionary global visions, sovereignty, (mis)recognition and state ideals, social & political theory. Personal website www.mindaholm.com
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Powerful new essay by Omer Bartov.
On Nov. 10, 2023, Omer warned:
"There is still time to stop Israel from letting its actions become a genocide. We cannot wait a moment longer."
We did not stop Israel.
We must do so now.
On Nov. 10, 2023, Omer warned:
"There is still time to stop Israel from letting its actions become a genocide. We cannot wait a moment longer."
We did not stop Israel.
We must do so now.
July 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Powerful new essay by Omer Bartov.
On Nov. 10, 2023, Omer warned:
"There is still time to stop Israel from letting its actions become a genocide. We cannot wait a moment longer."
We did not stop Israel.
We must do so now.
On Nov. 10, 2023, Omer warned:
"There is still time to stop Israel from letting its actions become a genocide. We cannot wait a moment longer."
We did not stop Israel.
We must do so now.
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This is a very in depth and insightful piece by @austinkocher.com on the Deportation State that Trump is building. I would just say that, while Trump has been silent on the details, he announced the broader plan loud and clear in his campaign.
Trump is Quietly Building a Deportation Army out of State and Local Agencies
Enrollment in the 287(g) program, which deputizes local police to do federal immigration enforcement, has exploded in recent weeks—but the administration has been surprisingly silent.
austinkocher.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is a very in depth and insightful piece by @austinkocher.com on the Deportation State that Trump is building. I would just say that, while Trump has been silent on the details, he announced the broader plan loud and clear in his campaign.
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Similarly, seeing them accommodate the far right in power despite their claims of being a bulwark against fascism should not surprise us either
Anyone who has taken an honest look at the history of really existing liberalism should know this was always a possiblity
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Anyone who has taken an honest look at the history of really existing liberalism should know this was always a possiblity
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February 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Similarly, seeing them accommodate the far right in power despite their claims of being a bulwark against fascism should not surprise us either
Anyone who has taken an honest look at the history of really existing liberalism should know this was always a possiblity
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Anyone who has taken an honest look at the history of really existing liberalism should know this was always a possiblity
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One thing I have always made clear is that my research on the mainstreaming of far-right politics is really not that complicated and what I am saying not that original
What has made it worth repeating is that it is wilfully ignored by those who could best do something about it
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What has made it worth repeating is that it is wilfully ignored by those who could best do something about it
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February 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
One thing I have always made clear is that my research on the mainstreaming of far-right politics is really not that complicated and what I am saying not that original
What has made it worth repeating is that it is wilfully ignored by those who could best do something about it
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What has made it worth repeating is that it is wilfully ignored by those who could best do something about it
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The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit
February 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit
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'...the percentage of Republican men who agree that women should return to their traditional roles increased from 28 percent in May 2022 to 48 percent in November 2024. Among Republican women, there was an increase from 23 percent to 37 percent.'
Opinion | Republicans Really Do Care More About ‘Masculine Energy’
The men and women of the G.O.P. are changing their minds about how men and women should behave.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
'...the percentage of Republican men who agree that women should return to their traditional roles increased from 28 percent in May 2022 to 48 percent in November 2024. Among Republican women, there was an increase from 23 percent to 37 percent.'
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This is also the logical conclusion of decades now of slow mainstreaming of far-right talking points
Islamophobia, transphobia, anti-immigration discourses were never "legitimate grievances" that deserved to be aired. Their purpose was to prepare the way for this
Islamophobia, transphobia, anti-immigration discourses were never "legitimate grievances" that deserved to be aired. Their purpose was to prepare the way for this
This is exactly how Hitler talked. It's not even a comparison or analogy, as people claim.
It's a direct connection in ideology as well as a similar approach to governance and relationship to democracy.
This needs to be how we talk about it. They are the ideological descendants of Hitler.
It's a direct connection in ideology as well as a similar approach to governance and relationship to democracy.
This needs to be how we talk about it. They are the ideological descendants of Hitler.
February 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This is also the logical conclusion of decades now of slow mainstreaming of far-right talking points
Islamophobia, transphobia, anti-immigration discourses were never "legitimate grievances" that deserved to be aired. Their purpose was to prepare the way for this
Islamophobia, transphobia, anti-immigration discourses were never "legitimate grievances" that deserved to be aired. Their purpose was to prepare the way for this
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Either these guys are hailing Hitler or they have a rare involuntary muscle spasm that coincidentally afflicts far right oligarchs and ideologues only.
Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.
February 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Either these guys are hailing Hitler or they have a rare involuntary muscle spasm that coincidentally afflicts far right oligarchs and ideologues only.
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As many European far-right leaders gathered in Madrid, Viktor Orbán said "yesterday we were heretics, today we are mainstream"
He is not wrong but it's not because of their own success or the popularity of their politics but because of the wilful capitulation of the crumbling (former) mainstream
He is not wrong but it's not because of their own success or the popularity of their politics but because of the wilful capitulation of the crumbling (former) mainstream
February 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
As many European far-right leaders gathered in Madrid, Viktor Orbán said "yesterday we were heretics, today we are mainstream"
He is not wrong but it's not because of their own success or the popularity of their politics but because of the wilful capitulation of the crumbling (former) mainstream
He is not wrong but it's not because of their own success or the popularity of their politics but because of the wilful capitulation of the crumbling (former) mainstream
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🎓 Intro to a new (not yet fully released) special issue on "League of Nations and United Nations interventions in post-imperial crises and conflicts" by Volker Prott, Yarong Chen, Sara Cosemans @saracoos.bsky.social, Martin Ottovay Jorgensen & Barbara Warnock
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Introduction: League of Nations and United Nations interventions in post-imperial crises and conflicts
The introduction places the essays in this special issue in the context of recent studies by social scientists and historians on foreign interventions, international conflict management, and global...
www.tandfonline.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🎓 Intro to a new (not yet fully released) special issue on "League of Nations and United Nations interventions in post-imperial crises and conflicts" by Volker Prott, Yarong Chen, Sara Cosemans @saracoos.bsky.social, Martin Ottovay Jorgensen & Barbara Warnock
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Radovan Karadžić had a “remarkable proposal” for eastern Bosnia.
President Donald Trump indicated that he had spoken with the king of Jordan about potentially building housing and moving more than 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, a remarkable proposal from a sitting US president: cnn.it/3WACxIK
Trump suggests his plan for Gaza Strip is to ‘clean out the whole thing’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that he had spoken with the king of Jordan about potentially building housing and moving more than 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, ...
cnn.it
January 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Radovan Karadžić had a “remarkable proposal” for eastern Bosnia.
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Trump wouldn't be able to do what he is about to if his supposed opponents had not enabled the genocide in Gaza for over a year
What is there to stop him pushing it to its logical conclusion?
Broken record but if you don't confront mainstream failures, you will not be able to fight back reaction
What is there to stop him pushing it to its logical conclusion?
Broken record but if you don't confront mainstream failures, you will not be able to fight back reaction
January 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Trump wouldn't be able to do what he is about to if his supposed opponents had not enabled the genocide in Gaza for over a year
What is there to stop him pushing it to its logical conclusion?
Broken record but if you don't confront mainstream failures, you will not be able to fight back reaction
What is there to stop him pushing it to its logical conclusion?
Broken record but if you don't confront mainstream failures, you will not be able to fight back reaction
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In a new report, NUPI's @mindaholm.bsky.social discusses the implications of different ‘postliberal’, ‘illiberal’ and non-Western great powers converging in their critique of liberal global and domestic politics. With #Ukraine, #Gaza, & #Trump - what is to come next? www.nupi.no/en/news/trum...
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January 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In a new report, NUPI's @mindaholm.bsky.social discusses the implications of different ‘postliberal’, ‘illiberal’ and non-Western great powers converging in their critique of liberal global and domestic politics. With #Ukraine, #Gaza, & #Trump - what is to come next? www.nupi.no/en/news/trum...
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Med tanke på dagens politiske kvarter, om Norge og Midtøsten. 🧵 1/7
January 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Med tanke på dagens politiske kvarter, om Norge og Midtøsten. 🧵 1/7
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Really time to wake up that the idealised version of liberal democracy as innately opposed to the far right does not match the reality
Without liberal democracy's enabling of the far right to protect certain interests, we would not be where we are
This is not a bug in a well oiled machine
Without liberal democracy's enabling of the far right to protect certain interests, we would not be where we are
This is not a bug in a well oiled machine
December 21, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Really time to wake up that the idealised version of liberal democracy as innately opposed to the far right does not match the reality
Without liberal democracy's enabling of the far right to protect certain interests, we would not be where we are
This is not a bug in a well oiled machine
Without liberal democracy's enabling of the far right to protect certain interests, we would not be where we are
This is not a bug in a well oiled machine
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👉 Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science
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📅 Deadline: February 15th, 2025.
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👉 Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science
🇳🇴 Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
📅 Deadline: February 15th, 2025.
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (4 years) (272043) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (4 years) (272043), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Saturday, February 15, 2025
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December 16, 2024 at 11:35 AM
📣We are hiring! Please share!
👉 Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science
🇳🇴 Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
📅 Deadline: February 15th, 2025.
🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
👉 Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science
🇳🇴 Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
📅 Deadline: February 15th, 2025.
🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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This edited collection on the "rise of the international" looks great: #HistIR global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:02 PM
This edited collection on the "rise of the international" looks great: #HistIR global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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If the reaction of your gov is, "we wait for the ICJ - other courts - to rule on genocide", your gov is not discharging its prevention duty under the Genocide Convention. Govs must develop processes & criteria to assess genocide risk concurrently, not in 10 years.
BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:
BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:50 AM
If the reaction of your gov is, "we wait for the ICJ - other courts - to rule on genocide", your gov is not discharging its prevention duty under the Genocide Convention. Govs must develop processes & criteria to assess genocide risk concurrently, not in 10 years.
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Decades of research show that anti-immigration positions don’t help center-left parties win elections. Not now, not in the past, not never. 👇
Like many other European social democratic parties, Labour is moving right on immigration, certainly driven by the recent success of Reform. We have researched this question for years now. There is an abundance of evidence of why this isn't a good strategy. A thread summarizing some of our research
December 2, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Decades of research show that anti-immigration positions don’t help center-left parties win elections. Not now, not in the past, not never. 👇