Patrick J. Vernon

@patrickvernon.bsky.social

lecturer in IR | thinking queerly about dehumanisation and political violence | author of the coloniality of humanitarian intervention | pronouns: they/them

New paper! 🚨 It studies anti-trans and anti-migrant media discourses in the UK as symptomatic of an ‘eliminationist news cycle’ in liberal democracies. Doing so, it challenges received wisdom on the role of the media in TJ and maps possibilities for new coalitions. academic.oup.com/ijtj/advance...

Rethinking Transitional Justice: The Eliminationist News Cycle in Liberal Democracies

Abstract∞. How can an ostensibly free and open media actively facilitate systematic violence against minoritized groups? Studying anti-trans and anti-migra

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It's -20 in Minneapolis and organizers are in the streets before dawn getting ready for actions related to the general strike. They've had locals training out-of-town volunteers on how to prepare for and endure the cold. AND IT IS WORKING. THE STRIKE IS HAPPENING. THE CITY IS DOING THE DAMN THING...

NEW from Important Context: Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S. www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...

Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans

Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.

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🚨Exciting news! Today is pub day for my book Queering Women, Peace and Security: Expanding Feminist Approaches to Gender in Peacebuilding. 🚨 You can preorder print copies now and the online edition of the book is already available to subscribers to Oxford Academic at this link: bit.ly/4hP3wdc

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