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23 Dec, 27 tweets, 8 min read
A THREAD of THREADS (!) covering the rise of the Far Right, the funding of Laurence Fox, 'gang culture', the alt-right lexicon, the Attlee government, the BBC, Priti Patel, neoliberalism, propaganda, Foucault, the contemporary Left & more...
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THREAD 1: Far-Right populism

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THREAD 2 - Who funds Laurence Fox?

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THREAD 3 - Foucault quotes

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THREAD 4 - Discourse, Breitbart & the 'culture war'

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THREAD 5 - Explainer on nationalist populism & the rise & appeal of the Far Right

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THREAD 6 - UK discourse about 'gang culture'

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THREAD 7 - The etymology of the words 'snowflake' & 'woke'

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THREAD 8 - Julie Burchill & her attention-seeking claims about Mohammed

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THREAD 9 - The Atlee Government's 1945 electoral success

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THREAD 10 - Far Right tendencies in contemporary Britain

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THREAD 11 - The name of this band is...

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THREAD 12 - Worst President EVER!

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THREAD 13 - How progressives might better counter Far Right discourse

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THREAD 14 - @jemgilbert's suggestions for a more effective progressive alliance

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THREAD 16 - Fighting fake COVID news

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THREAD 17 - WTF is a 'Corbynista'?

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THREAD 18 - The Express is not a newspaper

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THREAD 19 - How long before it's illegal to support any left-wing Party or criticise capitalism?

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THREAD 20 - Terrifying account of the rise of the 'libertarian' neoliberals

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THREAD 21 - Parallels between techniques used by the Nazis & contemporary neoliberal Leaders & Governments

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THREAD 22 - The changing attitudes to the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (#BDS) movement.

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THREAD 23 - How the BBC helped Boris Johnson defeat Jeremy Corbyn in 2019

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THREAD 24 - Brexit was never about improving the lives of most British people

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THREAD 25 - About Prit Patel

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THREAD 26 - The BBC & privatization

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THREAD 27 - How the Left might adapt its discourse about the 'culture war' in order to reduce polarization

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A short THREAD which attempts to summarize the interesting & informative paper: 'MORBID SYMPTOM: IMMIGRATION AND THE RISE OF FAR -RIGHT POPULISM IN WESTERN EUROPE', by Ayaz Rzayev.

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▶️Have programs directed toward making the nation more ethnically homogeneous & returning to 'traditional values' of Western civilization.
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