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[DOSSIER - Fr] Chaque entretien Diagram[me]s est enrichi d’un dossier documentaire. Cette semaine, téléchargez celui qui accompagne notre entretien avec Joe Lowndes @joelowndes.bsky.social, politiste américain reconnu pour ses travaux sur les droites et les questions raciales aux États-Unis.
Loved my time at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College discussing presidential power. Thanks for the hospitality @joelowndes.bsky.social and all!
POSTDEMOCRACY IN AMERICA. Our conversation with prominent scholar of American Politics, specializing in the study of right-wing movements, populism, and race, Joe Lowndes @joelowndes.bsky.social is now available in podcast on all your favourite platforms.
I had the great privilege of joining the amazing trio of Kimberle Crenshaw, Donna Brazile, and Barbara R. Arnwine to talk about Jesse Jackson’s legacy and what we still have to learn from it. Link in comments
Join IPK on February 23 for a book talk with @juliaazari.bsky.social. She will discuss her new book Backlash Presidents: Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History with @kimberleynyc.bsky.social and @joelowndes.bsky.social. ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
We spoke with @joelowndes.bsky.social about the latest polls that find support for Trump from young Americans has done a U-turn and the same conditions that dragged down Biden to defeat are now weighing on Trump. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
The Same Conditions That Dragged Down Biden To Defeat Are Now Weighing On Trump
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex
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From @joelowndes.bsky.social's MUST-read report for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest confab in Phoenix
New Yorkers! Come join a conversation with the brilliant revolutionary philosopher Linda Martin Alcoff and me about the past and future of our political moment. RSVP below
Tonight at IPK: @chelseaebin.bsky.social discusses her new book The Radical Mind: The Origins of Right-Wing Catholic and Protestant Coalition Building with @joelowndes.bsky.social.
New Yorkers! Come join us next Monday night when I'll be interviewing the brilliant @chelseaebin.bsky.social on her new book The Radical Mind, about the origins of Protestant and Catholic right-wing movement building. 5:30pm, Instutute for Public Knowledge, NYU. ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
I spoke with Community Change co-president @dorianwarren.bsky.social last week about current political perils and how to create the world we want. www.roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu/events/democ...
@joelowndes.bsky.social on Trump's attempt "to conjure up antifa"—which doesn't really exist!—by baiting Portland "into the mother of all antifascist confrontations."
Why Portland? – Joe Lowndes
The one big problem with Trump's executive order "Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization" is that they haven't demonstrated that sometjhing called antifa actually exists as more than ...
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I have a new piece about the memorialization of Charlie Kirk, American identity, and the coming storm.
The Autumn of Charlie Kirk
What does it mean to turn a far-right activist into a national martyr?
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🧵 [1/2 - VOSTF👇] « The Masculinist Factor » - Chapter 6 of our conversation with @joelowndes.bsky.social. 🎞️ From years of fieldwork (GOP, far right, white supremacists, Blue Lives Matter) and archival research, he traces the rise of right-wing populism since the 90s. Watch here buff.ly/h6y1IWK
[FR👇] 🎙️ @joelowndes.bsky.social, expert in U.S. politics and Visiting Distinguished Lecturer at @huntercollege.bsky.social, explores the rise of the far right, from 1990s conservatism to today’s multiracial authoritarian turn. Race, populism, power—his research cuts deep. 📹 Itw here buff.ly/Gpfoff3
Diagrammes is a new series that aims to diagnose our contemporary authoritarian condition through conversations with left scholars, journalists, and activists including Melinda Cooper, Thea Riofrancos, and Quinn Slobodian. I spoke with them about the past and future of the far right in the US.
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Brad Lander’s Arrest and the Emergent Fascist Strategy – Joe Lowndes
Mayor Ras Baraka, Judge Hannah Dugan, Rep. LaMonica McIver, Sen. Alex Padilla, and Comptroller Brad Lander have all been physically assaulted, detained, and/or arrested by federal agents in the last t...
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“Those who scold protestors for disruptive tactics don’t have a solid basis for their criticism.The highly visible invasion of communities,courthouses,& workplaces by Kevlar-clad, armed ICE agents is bringing thousands more into the streets–evidence that militant resistance is contagious right now.”
Trump, Anti-ICE Protests, and George Floyd Summer – Joe Lowndes
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The great antifascist Leonard Zeskind has died. Any activist in the U.S. who seriously confronted white nationalism and fascism in the last half century depended on his immense research, writing, and organizing. We are all indebted to him. www.kcur.org/news/2025-04...
Famed anti-racist expert Leonard Zeskind, who warned of fascism's rise, has died
A Kansas City resident, Zeskind began studying the white nationalist movement more than 40 years ago and published his findings in his 2009 book, “Blood and Politics.” His work showed uncanny foresigh...
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A powerfully grim, informative, and essential new piece by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on the bizarre and horrifying Armageddonist fascism we all now face:
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
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Micah and I recently published an essay about this in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social. Check it out here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Pop Culture and the Evolving Politics of the Right: The Potential of Interpretive Methods for Studying Gender, Race, and Politics | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Pop Culture and the Evolving Politics of the Right: The Potential of Interpretive Methods for Studying Gender, Race, and Politics
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I've been studying the growth of the multiracial right with Dan HoSang, @joelowndes.bsky.social and Micah English for the last few years. This work has included attending far right conferences and rallies, listening to right-wing media (especially podcasts), and interviewing key influencers.
The machinery of mass deportation has been set in motion in a nightmarish fashion. It is meant to be impossible to stop—or at least to appear that way. Still, history teaches us that this machine, like any other, can be brought to a halt. My latest @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Trump’s Deportation Machine
March 20, 2025 A Step-by-Step Guide to Trump’s Deportation Machine The machinery of mass deportation is meant to be impossible to stop. But any machine can be brought to a halt, if only we understand ...
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