Alexandra Stein
@alexandrastein.bsky.social
Social psychologist specialising in cults and totalitarian systems. My books: Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in cults and totalitarian systems & Inside Out: A memoir of entering into and breaking out of a political cult. www.alexandrastein.com
"It is hard not to draw the conclusion that the police and Home Office seem to be incapable of an appropriate response to the threat of far-right activity and violence."
Did Kent Police ignore a 999 call?
Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information.
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“Despite warnings from Hope Not Hate, authorities have failed to act. They have allowed Thomas to agitate, organise & mobilise large groups Last weekend was the consequence of police inaction, and I fear that without decisive action things will only get worse” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dover and Portsmouth showed us a new kind of far right – and the authorities were caught out | Joe Mulhall
This is a new and dangerous development: a network of vigilantes who have mobilised as politicians and police have failed to act, says Joe Mulhall of Hope Not Hate
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Former head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove has warned foreign states have their 'fingerprints' all over public service tech.. "For the sake of Britain’s national security this cannot continue...it risks overseas actors taking control of them (our critical infrastructure) at will.”
Christopher Harborne - the Reform mega donor who gave Farage £5m - is suing ex-Reform deputy leader, Ben Habib. The particulars of claim have now been published. And we need to talk about them. 1/
Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised
Turns out that if you are an old lady with a banner supporting Palestine, the government arrests you on charges of terrorism. If you are a masked white male thug bringing a national port to a standstill, the government does absolutely nothing, and the media covers it like some lads on a day out.
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.
Hundreds marching through the streets dressed in black. No arrests. Imagine living there: as if the SS were marching down your street. And the police turn a blind eye, standing by and watching…🤮
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
📌 ICYMI: Lest we forget — the key roles of James Orr, Nathan Cofnas, Toby Young and the Free Speech Union in the persecution of Jason Arday One of this month’s most-read stories.
The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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It seems like its always the"ethics" departments that have the highest density of eugenicists of every variety.
Still scarcely any mainstream coverage of this massive story, despite the new and separate scandal involving James Orr. This is not just double standards. I'm struggling to detect any standards at all.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4w agoThe Jason Arday story is by no means the biggest scandal at Cambridge University. I'm sure the media is going to pick this up and run with it in just the same way ... Or is the exaggerated CV of one Black professor somehow more important than this?
Who are the terrorists: rickety old pensioners waving placards against genocide, or balaclava wearing gangs of men in black blocking roads and intimidating the vulnerable? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Disruption at Port of Dover as masked men hold protest
Images appear to show hundreds of protesters, all dressed in black and wearing face coverings.
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In this 250 to 250 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the first First Lady elected to the US Senate, recalls Eleanor Roosevelt’s role in creating The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document in human rights. youtu.be/Fxsl0mrJbXg?...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Narrated by Hillary Clinton
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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📌 ICYMI: The Peter Thiel Backed Race Science Network There is a connection between the two Cambridge Professors. Orr was part of the ‘race realist’ group which targeted Arday as a ‘DEI hire’ Support our investigations
The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
bylinetimes.com
Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago. We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
As someone else has pointed out, Professor James Orr spent 4 years at Oxford's McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics & Public Life as a postdoc fellow. Of the Ten Commandments, I think the 8th - "thou shalt not bear false witness" - is broken here, but also 1, 7, 9 and 10 are in play
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton
For the past year, Channel 4 Dispatches team has been working on an investigation into Tommy Robinson’s money: where it came from, and where it went.
NEW: French researcher Stephanie Lamy exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey, and the media that fell into his trap. If you think the news cycle has “moved on” from this story, ask yourself why? broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killin...
The killing of a black man
A French researcher exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey and the media who fell into their trap
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The staggering increase in arrests over the past year is the clearest indicator that the UK’s counter-terror laws are not fit for purpose. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Almost half of terrorism arrests in Great Britain since 9/11 have been in past year
Increase coincides with proscription of Palestine Action last year which has led to thousands of arrests for allegedly supporting the protest group
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Apple still hasn’t changed it. Lake Ontario is Lake Ontario. Google folded in 48 hours. That’s not “following official sources.” That’s bending the knee the second a toddler with a Sharpie starts renaming lakes to feel bigger. This isn’t about maps.
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The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
Unification Church: 'Moonies' church leader jailed for two years over bribery offences
Unification Church: 'Moonies' church leader jailed for two years over bribery offences
Han Hak-ja, 83, gave South Korea's former first lady two Chanel bags and a diamond necklace, a court found.
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Palantir, Anduril, Cellebrite and others supply America’s deportation machine. They also hold UK contracts with the Home Office, MoD and police – offering surveillance capabilities that a Reform government would inherit. @mc00.bsky.social reports www.thenerve.news/p/ice-tech-c...
