Artikel mit @julianheide.bsky.social und @thomaslux.bsky.social (1) Ostdeutsche gelten als besonders unzufrieden mit der Demokratie, migrationsfeindlich, rechtspopulistisch. Oft werden diese Orientierungen durch Sozialisationseffekte des DDR-Systems erklärt www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...

Der lange Schatten der DDR? Zum Zusammenhang von ehemaliger Systemnähe und aktuellen politischen Orientierungen von Ostdeutschen

Zusammenfassung Ostdeutsche gelten als besonders unzufrieden mit der Demokratie, migrationsfeindlich und dem Rechtspopulismus zugeneigt. Oft werden diese Orientierungen durch Sozialisationseffekte des...

degruyterbrill.com

📚 Neue Publikation: mit @leoniedejonge.bsky.social habe ich für das aktuelle B&S-Heft den Forschungsstand zu #Rechtsaußen in #Deutschland und #Europa kritisch unter die Lupe genommen - mit Fokus auf #Ideologie, #Organisation und #Einfluss dieser Akteure. 🔓 Download: www.lpb-bw.de/publikation-...

"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...

We’re Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots

“For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underreprese...

mcsweeneys.net

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

A primer on Hungary’s electoral system. Hungary has a mixed-member pseudo proportional electoral system. 106 elected in first past the post constituencies 93 by proportional representation in closed lists 1/

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” These are the words of the president of the United States, today. The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...

The president speaks genocide

The words, the law, the future

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Das ist ein sehr guter Thread, der mit vielen Fehlwahrnehmungen aufräumt. Zwei Dinge sind darüber hinaus, denke ich, wichtig. 1) Veränderungen über die Zeit. Auch wenn junge männliche Wähler im Schnitt seltener AfD wählen als mittelalte Männer, konnte die AfD 2025 vor allem in ersterer zulegen. 🧵

Reto Mitteregger@indubioproreto.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Weil das Narrativ der "jungen rechten Männer" sich derart hartnäckig hält - einige Auswertungen aus den repräsentativen Wahlstatistiken der verschiedenen Bundesländer. Spoiler: *IN KEINEM BUNDESLAND DEUTSCHLANDS WÄHLEN 18-24-JÄHRIGE MÄNNER MEHR AfD ALS MÄNNER ZWISCHEN 35 UND 60.*

A helpful reminder: so-called 'remigration' is literally Nazi stuff

Germany: Legacy of Nazi Nuremberg Laws 90 years later

In 1935, the Nazis under Adolf Hitler introduced laws to discriminate against Germany's Jewish population, culminating in the Holocaust. Experts warn that the deadly ideology behind the laws has not been overcome.

dw.com

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

Yep

fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US

The US military has ranked among the most respected institutions in the US for decades. Mark my words, Trump will destroy that too.

I missed this, from a year ago, but the extreme-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) uses not just clear Nazi aesthetics in its propaganda but also a clear Nazi salute. By the way, these are the German friends of Trump and the GOP.

🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

IN NEW ISSUE: Authoritarian, But Not Nativist - @aborges75.bsky.social & @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social examine how far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterpart: buff.ly/4fK7Fwk (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

This can’t be repeated enough

Roderik Rekker@roderikrekker.bsky.social · 10mo ago

There are three things everyone should know about youth and far-right voting: 1: There is (averaged all European countries) no correlation between being young and voting for the far right.

Just the Department of Homeland Security, using a term hijacked and popularised by the extreme-right Identitarian Movement.

New article! Climate action versus environmental protection? How far-right and environmentalist messengers shape public attitudes towards renewable energy infrastructure in forests, by @manesweisskircher.bsky.social and Matthias Diermeier. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

This Thursday, we celebrate the retirement and work of Michael Minkenberg, one of the most underrated scholars of far-right politics. I will give an online keynote but there is also a great in-person panel with, among others, @andreapirro.it & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social Sign up here! 👇

New co-edited book on pedagogy in PoliSci is out!

So even someone like Jimmy Kimmel, who brings in millions, isn’t safe from far-right intimidation! And every high-profile surrender not just feeds the thirst for more among the far-right mob but also facilitates the next surrender.

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments

nytimes.com

Building on this theme, despite strenuous efforts by Right-leaning commentators to claim that the AfD is the party of German youth, in North Rhine Westphalia among under-25s it sits well behind the CDU, SPD, Hard Left Linke and the Greens Linke in particular are building momentum among young voters

Duncan Robinson@duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Constantly amazed at the desperation to make “young men love Reform a thing”, despite all evidence to contrary

Hate in the Homeland is a must-read. We have ALL the expertise at our fingertips so it’s on us to do the work. Book club anyone?? I'm happy to re-read it. Shit, I'll even read it TO you. WHATEVER IT TAKES!

Cynthia Miller-Idriss@milleridriss.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪

8th edition w/ @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social is now available!

“Far-right leaders from across Europe will gather near Milan next week to promote 'remigration', a hardline plan to deport non-white immigrants and their descendants, regardless of citizenship, birthplace, or legal status.” (H/T @drmarina.bsky.social) www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

The federal state of Saxony has just published first *register data* results from the German elections in 2025: These numbers show that young women overwhelmingly supported the LINKE (37%). Young men voted more strongly for the AfD (42%), but this is lower than among middle-aged men (50%).

As speakers of the @dvpw.bsky.social's working group Elections and Public Opinion, we invite proposals for a special issue on the 2025 German federal election (to be submitted to Electoral Studies). See: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a... Also see the previous SI: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Can anyone suggest a good, fairly recent German film about the immigrant experience or multiculturalism in Germany? Helpful if it’s available on Kanopy as well